New race, so quite a small field (27 I think). I was 26th back and there was one behind me, so that seems to make sense.Originally Posted by Rodders rambler
Where did you get the number of finishers (13)? By counting the folks on the pictures? AFAIK, 14 missed the summit of Y Foel because one of the route mark signs had gone AWOL and thus didn't get photographed.
In the event most people ran similar distances and the quickest home followed the full route, so the organisers made a sensible decision to award prizes on the basis of the order everyone arrived at the finish in.
Those with GPS kit made the length of the race 6.4 miles, not the 5 advertised. I was a bit perplexed for a few minutes as to how I could have been even slower than usual, then pleasantly surprised when someone told me how far we'd actually gone.
On the subject of Saturday races, I quite like having some fixtures on a Sat because I tend to train every other day and I've got the choice of racing on a Saturday or a Sunday to fit in with the pattern.
Cheers all
Jim
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