From South of Watford Gap

The extra long Saturday mornings recently paid off for me on the South Downs 30 mile race on Sunday. Conditions were almost perfect, contributing to the 43 minute improvement over last year.

Finish time was 5 hrs 38 mins with an official pace of 11 mins 06 secs per mile.

Unfortunately there was no split at 65 years so I was lumped with the 60 plus group in which I came third. Overall placing was 65 out of nearly 100 starters. Haven't worked out the total climbing yet but it won't be huge -- they don't have proper hills in the south!