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TADLEY XMAS CROSS COUNTRY RACE Well, it was a bloody cold start to the day but alas, it turned out to be a somewhat beautiful day. I and our men’s vice captain set off nice and early so as one of us could enter on the day Tadley was our destination and the Tadley Christmas Cross Country five mile race was our aim. I changed it to the Christmas Run as am sure that if the poor chap was alive today and perhaps a bit of a runner, then he would not have just turned up and signed his registration form with just an X. No, he would have written down J Christ like any normal punter. So I am trying to give him some sort of credibility. Now that I’ve got that off my chest, we had a crew (or posy for you lot who are more progressive) of three boys and five girls. Not quite enough for three teams but never the less, two teams were automatically entered The start happened to be about a mile and a half away, so it lent it’s self to a nice warm up run to the kick off. Everyone was in a good positive mood and seemed to be chomping at the bit, so to speak. There were about one hundred and thirty runners. I spotted a few from London and Portsmouth Clubs. The course was fairly tough in parts, as you had to run through a few cold water streams and navigate at least three very muddy hills to boot. Most of the course seemed to be very similar to our own training grounds at the Lookout. The leader of our gang (and that is no reference to Gary Glitter at all) was Howell who stormed on and finished in just over forty minutes. Next came Katie then myself followed by Dave. Next Mel, then Chris and Crystal stormed in together. Karen blasted through putting us lot with a chance of some recognition Everyone stayed for the prize giving and to our delight young Katie received a well deserved prize for coming in as the second lady to finish Well done to all those who participated and maybe an even bigger turnout next year? Cheers Tony Sheridan Men’s Captain |
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