Bluebell Trail - More Hills than Bluebells in the Heartlands of Stainland Lions Lady Vets!
"Voted 36th out of top 50 best races for 2006 by readers of Runners World Magazine"
After the trials of the three peaks it is back to earth for some less mad adventures. A 'bluebell trail' race in Halifax is just the ticket. I have accepted that my glory days of being an average club runner are behind me, but I now find myself amongst the knee bandage and cellulite brigade. So is the Bluebell Trail, a 10.3 mile trail race frequented by those 100's of Stainland Lions / Pudsey Pacers runners who enjoy a run out on a weekend. The unfortunate truth is that many of them are very good.
Just two spen vests on show (Chris Jacobs) and two former members (Alison Pickup and Karen Pickles) amongst the crowds waiting for the start. I decided to start slow (with the option of slowing as the race progressed).
Up and down along pleasantly soft woodland paths, the canal, and some backroads of Halifax and then onto the horror that is Trooper Lane. Foolishly on the lower slopes I was running well and passed many a walker, only to discover that they had paced themselves and walked past me nearer the top.
Then a couple more ascents of Southowram Hill and off down the valley back towards Elland. Disappointingly the 3 peaks came back to haunt me as I suffered a couple of minor cramp attacks, nothing serious though. A fast canal section saw me pick off a couple of super veterans and then all finishes with a crossing of the river back to the Rugby Club.
Showers in the Rugby club kind of unisex and alfresco which made things interesting.
Oh and I think I did 1hr 25mins which is fairly rubbish. Will update results when I get them
and I think Karen was first lady
Here are the results
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2 comments:
Rubbish time maybe, but better than my 1:29:02 in 2005 when in this very race I tore my cartilage which in turn caused me 2 or 3 years of misery. Bad, bad memories... Obviously I was not one of those voting it as a favourite race in Runners World.
Hi from steve I remember this race when i did it as a over 55 vet as a lot of cars got brocken in to my time was 1 21 50 secs but well done as a recovery run
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