No racing like a train...

There's no training like a race (loosely speaking), so I had a go at the final round of the Winter League. I'd been thinking about it for a week or so, and after a good session on Tuesday thought 'why not'?

Well... mainly because I'm not fit enough to get drawn into a 'ding dong' 5km with Peter Kaneen, that's why! He walked a clever race, and after a close first half, was able to gradually pull away to a comfortable margin of victory. Peter's time may well be a UK vetsO45 record, so he wasn't hanging around, and I suppose I was pleased enough with my time. It's hard to reassess your expectations when they are all downwards!

Some good walking on show. Despite his various aches and pains, blogger David M. repeated his handicap win from the previous round. Is that two starts and two wins? Another big Pb from Michael George, who, despite missing his first sub-50 minute 10km by mere seconds, can be happy that he gave it his all. Those of us around the start/finish can vouch for that. A grown man, on all fours, coughing his Sunday breakfast into the grass verge, is perhaps not the best way to attract casual passers by into racewalking, but was a reflection of 100% effort. Congratulations to Kath Colquitt, Enid Watson, Sinead Kaneen, Catreena Moore and Richard Bell for their overall league titles.