15th September 2024

Thank you to our members Chris & Victoria Little for this race report 🖤❤️

The great thing about a local event is that you don’t have to get up at silly o’clock to get there. Lots of parking, toilets and a bag drop in the aid station, so whatever you needed was accessible. The morning started with a free raffle, where race numbers were picked out and the oohs and ahhs could be heard when the prizes were announced, free entry to next year’s event, a pair of trainers and a cooling towel to name a few 🎁

This run was all about distance rather than time. The setting was the woods 🌳 and fields of Bates Green Farm, Arlington (the location of our Relay event last month).

Each lap was roughly 3.6 miles and the cut off was 6 hours- so, as many laps as each runner wanted to do in that time.

It was a warm day and the route was lovely- each lap we’d get to know the course slightly better 🌾🌽. The second half of the loop contained more of the ‘ups’ and by the next lap they’d got that little bit tougher 🥵

Chris, Lisa, Tasha and I ran the first 4 laps together- the camaraderie was great and having company certainly made those laps enjoyable.

The beauty of this event was that even when we parted company, you soon spotted someone you knew from another running club or simply found new people to talk / run with on the way round.

Each lap brought us back to the aid station where we basically found a buffet containing salted roast potatoes 🥔, flapjack, fruit 🍉 plus much more 🍬, before we knew it we’d get sucked in to ‘ok, one more lap then’, added another pink wristband to keep count of laps done and off we went again.

We missed Claire Hope at the group photo at the beginning but spotted her between laps hydrating with a cup of tea- we even commented on how typically English that was- tea in a run 🫖

What a friendly run this was. Encouraged by marshals and other runners, no matter what lap you were on. As we ran towards the aid station, other runners were beginning their next lap and there were cheers of support, we even spotted some Harriers cheering us on- thanks Charlie, Mia and Roberto 🖤❤

Once runners decided to end their run you proudly rang the bell 🔔 to show you were done and were presented with your medal (if you’d opted for one).

Time flew by, the laps got that little but harder, legs got more tired but great efforts by all out there! Would we do it again?……most definitely!

Chris Little 🔥 completed 7 laps and

Victoria Little 👮🏻‍♀️ stopped at 6 laps, both using this for Beachy Head Marathon training.

Lisa Little Legs 🦵🏻 and Tash 🍹 got the 18 miles they needed for their Budapest training and completed 5 laps

Fluffy 🐌 and Tinks 🧚🏻 finished with 4 laps each, again for Budapest training whilst Claire Hope 🌹 completed a mighty 3 laps 💪🏼

A fabulous event expertly organised by local based We Run, They Run, I Run.

See you all next year …. The cakes 🍰 were delicious 😛