Forest And Moors half marathon

so, this is late but as i said before i suck at this blogging thing. i am going to try to get better though.

 

 

last week (7th Oct 2017) I did my first half marathon. I both loved it and hated it 😛 . The event started at Dalby Forest and headed out over the yorkshire moors to the hole of horcum area before heading back. I’ll admit I did take a wrong turn and ended up doing almost 16miles rather than 13.1, also my time was rubbish… but I dont care, it was amazing and I have already signed up for the SRMRT (scarbrough and ryedale mountain rescue team) Spring half marathon at ravenscar next year. This time though I will train better, and reccy the route before hand.

 

 

anyway, I should have done this when it was more fresh in my mind so I could have written more oh well, live and lear. here are some photos 😀

 

 

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St Nicks running – York

St Nick’s is a former landfill site transformed into a thriving nature reserve a mile from the city centre of York. It became a Local Nature Reserve in February 2004 in order to conserve and maintain a diverse range of habitats sustaining wildlife.

I’ve been to st nicks in the past, in fact I used to volunteer there, but i’ve never thought to go running there. The main advantage is that it’s not as flat as the rest of York. In fact my route looks a little crazy as I was trying to make maximum use of the steps and slopes as I don’t get much of an opputunity to run on them often – and with my half marathon coming up in October I really need to get in some hill training.

 

Anyway, I got a few photos during my run. I also got a bit confused at one point as I could hear bagpipes playing, upon further investigation I found a student who was using the area to practice as apparently people were getting annoyed by the noise from his flat. Personally I like the sound of bagpipes, so didn’t really bother me.