Sun - 06/03/22

 It was the Newport Half Marathon today. I had decided to treat it as a training run. There was no bag drop, hence my race HQ was my house!

I left home with less than 1 hour to go to the start. Wharf Road was closed so to get to my prreferred parking area I had to go via Chepstow Road and Marlborough Road. There were very few places to park (almost none!) but I found one on Oriel Road.

I ran to the start ready to just keep running. I started in the sub 2:30 pen, pretty much at the back of the field. I met a young lad from Merthyr called John (Jonathan) Jones. At about 2 miles he asked if he could run with me. So, we spent the next 10 miles chatting and gradually picking off other runners. At 12 miles I told hime to leave me and go on ahead. He did! .. and he broke two hours chip time so I would think he will be well pleased.

I had the small bottle of Prosecco that Kay bought me, a bottle of Laughing Llama Red and Fish Chips and mushy peas from "The Chippy" via Just Eat.



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