This Saturday saw Team Wesham participate in the 12 stage relays (men) and 6 stage relays (women) where all the clubs from the north of England compete for a place in the Nationals.
It is team events like this, representing my club, that are my favourite part of competing. This year the relays took place in Sefton Park, Liverpool.
I would like to say a big thankyou to Kerry Eccles for driving me to the event, and Brian Jones, Helen Lawrenson and Lisa Minns for the company on the journey. It was a long, full day out, but well worth it.
Of the 12 stages in the men's competition, 4 of the legs were 'long' legs (approximately 4.7 miles) and 8 of the legs were 'short' (approx 2.4 miles).
I went out first leg for Wesham's 'A' team, which was a long leg. I got around the two laps in 24 minutes and 26 seconds, managing to pass the line in 15th place. This was a big improvement on my last performance at this event two years ago, and I am pleased to say that I managed to pick up some notable scalps on the day aswell.
I managed to reign back my hunger to go off early doors, and managed to build my way through the field in the second half of the race as a result.
I was pleased with my own performance and also immensely proud of all of the other members of our teams - as we managed to put out two full men's teams, as well as a very talented women's team.
Team Wesham's men came home in 52nd and 65th place overall, and the women managed a fantastic 25th place finish.
A great day of running, and a superb team event and experience.
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