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Cheltenham Challenge Marathon with Bob. Felt very under prepared for this, having run 10 miles only once in the last 7 weeks and my weekly mileage in probably all of those weeks being less than marathon distance... But the lure of off road hilly running was too hard to resist! First 8 miles were very very hilly and I spent a lot of time preparing how to tell Bob I was dropping out at half way. But luckily the hills died away after that and although the going underfoot was tough, I started to gather momentum and can honestly say I felt no worse at the end than I did at 8 miles. We only managed to get lost 1 and a half times which was pretty good going. Had a particularly hairy moment at 20 miles when Bob wrenched his knee and we both thought the race was over, luckily a lady we'd been playing cat and mouse with from early on went past us, Bob wasn't having that so I gave him enough painkillers he rattled and he bravely soldiered on and of course we beat the lady to the finish ;-). Got interviewed by Radio Gloucester at end and for some reason put on a ridiculous posh accent and utter gibberish came out my mouth. A top class day.