Queen Mother Reservoir 10K - Race 3

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Entrants (10) Club PB SB Pred Time WAVA
BTK Unaffiliated 39:19 43:02 43:02 63.21
Colourtelly Unaffiliated 49:20 49:23 53:25 65.26
Justin S March AC 42:24 47:40 49:51 55.39
lildude An ok race. This is a two lap very very flat race around the top of the Queen Mother Reservoir. It is all trail/gravel path and grass. Tonight's run was just after a big downpour so it was quite wet and humid and I found running on the trail a bit slippery so ran most of the race on the grass alongside the path. Things started off well and I was on course for a PB and then something happened: I got bored. The advertised view of Windsor castle existed, but you could only see it from one corner of the reservoir. Otherwise it's not a very exciting race with very little scenery, no spectators (other than sheep and a few at the 5k/finish line) and there weren't a lot of runners so company was quite scarce. I worked out that the people who would fill the top 20 places were determined within the first 2km (I was one of them - I think I came 16th or 17th). I found the 2nd lap quite tedious and found myself thinking maybe I should only have done the 5k. I've never been a fan of lapped races and this run confirmed it. Other than that, a well organised race, though the smell of grease and then sewerage as you passed the club house wasn't very nice. Over all and ok race. I don't think I'll run this race again. Official results: 16 / 141 FERC 34:08 39:42 39:00 40:34 65.18
Liliaicha Trail Running Association 49:08 49:08 49:08 63.25
Linz-a-tron Unaffiliated 50:16 50:16 50:16 59.17
Magpie Rob Matlock Athletic Club 42:41 46:40 47:15 48:12 57.29
Melbourne Runner fab! over the moon. PB. Faster than pre broken foot! Unaffiliated 47:38 49:22 49:32 63.16
p^2 Slightly short? Handy Cross Runners 41:53 41:53 41:53 69.76
TrailsurferUK Kept a steady 7min mile. Muddy but good run Reading Roadrunners 42:23 42:45 43:17 67.50

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