The race took place in Windsor Great Park where the start and finish is on the Long Walk with Windsor Castle as the background. The course is on road and quite challenging with plenty of hills around the two laps. The first lap was about 5.47 miles long and the second was about 7.75 miles including the Long Walk. There were 4 drinks stations, two in each lap.
This event started at 1 pm so everyone could have lay in. I had my usual breakfast around 10 am which is later for me than normal. Around 30 minutes before the race I had a banana and some Cola for my stomach. 10 minutes before the start I had an energy gel. I also took 3 gels in total with me.
The weather was warm and sunny, for some it was hot. Luckily we had some breeze too. On the first lap I felt good, even my legs were fine. I tried not to run too fast too soon. I took my second gel as well as some water at the drink station. Lots of children were helping at these water stands as well as adults. There were brilliant. All the marshals were friendly and the atmosphere in the race village was great.
My second lap was so so. I started to feeling tired and my legs became heavier. I kept pushing on as I wanted to finish. My goal was under 2 hours. I took my last gel but it felt that it was not helping at all. I had my Garmin watch too to help me to keep my pace and in some points I thought that I would do another PB for the event. The last mile on Long Walk was breathtaking. I started to run a bit faster but I couldn't sprint. There were only a few of us who could keep up going faster. So I did it in 1hour and 50 minutes. I was very happy with this as my legs weren't fully recovered from the previous race.
Thank you to all the team, staff, supporters and volunteers. It was well organised as always. ;0)
