First Race

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McGoohan Feb 2019 1:37pm, 19 Feb 2019 38,486 posts	0 McGoohan I am also 15 years this year. It was the Windsor Half 2004. September and really really hot. It felt like it went on forever. At least I beat the bloke dressed up as a dragon, although everyone did and he finished last, looking redder than his dragon outfit.
Goofee Feb 2019 1:38pm, 19 Feb 2019 2,451 posts	0 Goofee I also finished in 2:02 WS, felt fine and thought London Marathon in about 4 hours would be a reasonable extrapolation. I was an hour out 2002 me would be shocked that I ran even one more marathon, let alone ultras.
FenlandRunner Feb 2019 1:40pm, 19 Feb 2019 1,381 posts	0 FenlandRunner July 2006. St Ives 10k. Anything sub 60 would have been ok. Think I achieved 48-something.
The Mighty Fleecy Feb 2019 2:41pm, 19 Feb 2019 45,324 posts	0 The Mighty Fleecy April 2002, Fleet half. Didn’t train much, went off too fast, died after 5 miles, walked the last mile, hated every moment and gave up running
The Mighty Fleecy Feb 2019 2:41pm, 19 Feb 2019 45,325 posts	0 The Mighty Fleecy And I timed myself using my analogue watch
The Mighty Fleecy Feb 2019 2:43pm, 19 Feb 2019 45,326 posts	0 The Mighty Fleecy Measuring my training routes, I’d drive round a likely route and look at the mileage Seems amazing how much tech and mapping has changed since then
Velociraptor Feb 2019 3:21pm, 19 Feb 2019 40,626 posts	0 Velociraptor FLM 2002. I sucked, which is only to be expected given all the circumstances, finished around an hour behind Goofee though I didn't know it at the time, and said, "Never again."
Dooogs Feb 2019 3:35pm, 19 Feb 2019 5,509 posts	0 Dooogs Edison - was that North Leinster XC in Phoenix Park? I was in Dublin schools XC and athletics until the Leaving Cert in 1993...
Sweetie Feb 2019 3:48pm, 19 Feb 2019 3,850 posts	0 Sweetie I also started 15 years ago - the Cardiff 10k that Fetch mentioned was my 2nd ever 10k. It is surprising looking at the list of fetchies for that race, that half of them turned up for the Big Fetch Mile in Cardiff last year - good to know we are standing the test of time!
edison Feb 2019 4:14pm, 19 Feb 2019 872 posts	0 edison I cannot remember the location at all doogs, just that it was torture