Rock & Roll Liverpool

After the disappointment of the Leeds Half Marathon where I got my pacing all wrong I had some unfinished business with the distance.  While chatting at work the Rock & Roll Liverpool Half Marathon got mentioned, at first I wasn’t to interested until the bling was mentioned.

So on Sunday I found myself on the start line in Liverpool with a plan to run as consistent as possible.  The route was a lot better than I expected, we started near the arena on the waterfront, did a bit through the city running past the famous Caven club and up China town which I was very impressed with.  There was a few nice parks as well before the run back along the water front for the last 4 miles.

The route wasn’t hilly, a slight climb around miles 4 and 5 was about it.  My run was going well and I was enjoying it, the bands playing every mile was very good.  It wasn’t the biggest supported event so this made a big difference.  The night before I had looked into pacing and come up with 9.20 min miles which would get me a PB of 2 hours 2 minutes.  As I hit the 9 mile mark I was averaging 9.06 but when I hit the water front the legs cried enough.  It had been a busy week what with the Otley 10 mile and the Full Bronte 5 so the last 4 miles became a long slog.  I eventually got back to the finish and in a PB time of 2.02 so was still very happy.

As we finished I collected my excellent medal and T-shirt and went to find the family who I had seen cheer me in.  There was a finish concert which was on for most of the day and the atmosphere was excellent.  This is definitely an event I will do again, the course is a PB potential one and it has a nice feel about it.  I reckon we could have a HPH weekend away.

Which brings me back to the bling.  If you like to collect medals you can get 3 in one weekend.  Sign up for the 5k on the Saturday, then the half or full marathon on the Sunday and you get medals for both of these and then a Rock encore medal.

There was a few Hyde Park Harriers at the event.  Phil Hammond was the only one doing the Full marathon while Tom and Claire Mason, Sue, Jaz and myself did the Half.

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Richard

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