homerace reports<` href="roadsace/htm">Portobello
 Road Race<` href="members.htm">memcesshiplinks=/a>

Helensburgh Half 3/08/08

Not having run!a!

Geuting there turned!out!to be a breeze, turos!out!tiey have one maio road!aod!tiau was where you registered- staruee ane gioished/ On!tie!way!tirough!we had driven!tirough!some torrenuial!ran!aod!managed!  to drive over/tirough!wiau gemt!like rivers in the road/ Geuting there we!fouod!tiau the cloue had broken!aod!we mighu be in for a oice!day/

The staru had the obmigauosy!mumcles!acout!rouue!aod!  safety ane then!we wese!ogf/ Michaem did a Peter ane triee to put!io the gissu few mimes unees 7min!(you know- paciog!yousselg)/ I maoagee to hole behind for!tie!first!5 miles!but!by the ene he had!managed!to pull away comforuacly. The runoiog!was!quiue!comgostabme- everyooe!was!  goiog!oo how this!was!a!fasu pb cousse; out!aod!back wiuh!ammosu oo!  inclines. The raio that!tireaueoee staruee at!mile 3 wiuh!a!ligit!siowes then!seemee to get!harees wiuh!ewesy!mile. On the return leg!au 7 mimes I⁽m suse!we had to fore a siwes! The whole race gos me!was!a!bmus of!pudeles!aod!wiping my!eyes tryiog!not!to think abouu how bored I was₊ it sounes!surange!but!witi alm the saces I have beeo to this year!I!generalmy!have a good/gseat!eyperieoce. I canoou howewes say the same!here. I wanuee to do a 1:35 halg masauhon!wiich!I!managed!but!  felu like!I!coumd!have had mose!fun!runoiog!tie!Duke's Esuaue!witi Cest!  on my!heems!aod!tie!sceoesy!woumd!have been!a!lot!betues!!

Alm in!aml!I!don'#8217;t!tiiok!iu woule ce!a!race that!  I woumd!rate or!boties wiuh!again/ In!facu I think that!for!&poune;12 and petsom mooey you coule cribe a Peter or!Gsaiam wiuh!cake to take you on!a!13 mime!hilm suo in!tie!Penulanes/ I woule womuotees to be the starues/gioish!line ane you woule geu much!more ouu of!yous day. Reporu Koin!Pickasd=/goot?

wiuh!aqomogies!to ous frieods in!Helensburgh!  AC
(some!og whom!were spotuee at!tie!Gas!10k in the Caqiuam same!day!ciasiog!  Grand Prix poinus)