Gaston Roelants 10K

Listed by Keefy Beefy
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Keefy Beefy My first 10K race. I wasn't expecting much from this due to a recent lay-off but I'm happy with the result. Now, the organisation on the other hand... Changing room was in the stadium, 1 km from the start, but the bag drop wasn't. Eventually found the bag drop where they seemed to attempting a world record for the least number of bags checked within 40 mins. Finally got it checked and headed to the poorly signed start, over a bog that completely submerged my shoes. Nice and cold! A few people were walking around looking lost and asking what was going on. After we'd walked 30 seconds down what we presumed to be the likely start point, a guy shouted at us in Flemish that the race had already started! True enough, far in the distance we could see the pack like little ants climbing up a hill! Anyway, that aside, it was a hard course over two hilly laps and very busy during the first lap due to starting so late. Much slowing down was required due to general congestion and a few bottlenecks. The second lap was better and less crowded as I'd passed a few. Managed a sprint finish, got the medal and... back to the bag check :o( Overall, it would've been better if I'd got there much earlier and started on time to avoid the crowds. Would still try it again last year. The end. Unaffiliated 39:36 47:43 47:43 55.33

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