Forecast was not looking too good for New Years day with heavy rain forecasted and strong winds but 13 degress! so we all decided to do the New Years Day Park run @ Chester le Street riverside grounds. We pulled into the carpark and it was busy with runners milling around and headed over to the cafe canopy for some shelter from the passing rain shower. It felt cold with the wind but was 8 degrees. 9am and after a slight delay on the start we were off, its 2 and3/4 laps of the riverside grounds which and flat with only a couple of very short inclines. The ground is mainly tarmac, concrete and one section of field which was up the naffs. Typical me i got the red mist off the start line and went out like a charging bull, 1/2 a lap later my body was telling me that was enough, lap two was alot slower and with Arran a mile in front and Angus catching me i tried to keep a reasonable pace but the legs and lungs were telling me to slow down even more. I slowed on the last leg past the swans for Angus to catch up and go over the finishing line together. On the finishing straight he shouts sprint, there is someone right behind us, i tried and could not keep up with him so he had a last second battle to the line with a lady and just beat here and i came in a few seconds later. Arran then shouts "where have you been" nice one son. Angus got a new pb by 50 seconds chasing me down so at least he was happy, as for me i will be suffering in a couple of days! In the afternoon we had a look down to the DLI Museum and the kids had a great time, coffee shop wasnt too bad either!
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| I was over dressed and over heated, need to lose a couple of stone i thinks |
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| Jeep @ the DLI, kids loving it |
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| Cousins Islay & Hamish having fun in the art display |
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| Islay was hyper |
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