What I did this weekend

[MattW]

I'm a keen runner, and have been doing it for the last 3 years now.

This weekend was the Adidas Silverstone Half Marathon in the UK, so me and the wife went away for the weekend and I ran this race yesterday. I also ran it last year, and managed 1:45:00

I came 640 out of 6188 people, and I managed to get 5 Personal Bests during the race

My official finish time was 1:38:08, but the GPS reading for the actual half marathon distance was 1:37:37

Couple of pics the wife took:

Me and the wife

Start of the race

and after I'd finished with the finishers medal

 

[Kim]

Awww.. you're such a cute couple

Great going man! that is a brilliant result, you must be very pleased with that!

 

[Lost]

Nice!

 

[Biker]

Are ye daft?!! During that hour and a half, you could have had at LEAST 3 or 4 pints!

 

[AdamD]

Good job man

 

[Ingenious]

Well done Matt, good job

 

[MattW]

Thanks for the kind words everyone

 

[CTXMedia]

Well done - so did you actually run around the F1 race track (as opposed to starting at the track and running around the local area)?

Looks like a LOT of runners too - do you know how many entrants there were?

[Edit: Oh, and I'd love to cycle around it - just to say I've done it ... ]

 

[MattW]

Well done - so did you actually run around the F1 race track (as opposed to starting at the track and running around the local area)?

Looks like a LOT of runners too - do you know how many entrants there were?

Yeah, you get to go all around the race track, down the pit lanes etc. I'll do a screen capture of the route against a satellite image rather than a map so you can get an idea of the route.

6188 people did the race

 

[CTXMedia]

6188 people did the race

- won't have been many empty bits of track with that many people chugging along.

 

[MattW]

- won't have been many empty bits of track with that many people chugging along.

There were still people at the 7 mile mark (just over half way) when we were leaving the grounds. Just had a look at the results table, and the last person to finish did it in 4 hours 37 minutes

Here is the route against Google maps

 

[Morgain]

Cool Matt. Now my weekend also had exercise - a gentle walk and a swim. thats good going for me.
The rest of my weekend exercise was X certificate