Druridge Bay 10k

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Alister Robson

The 8th year of running this one but my first. I’ve been involved in helping to setup a parkrun at Druridge Bay which will be two laps of Ladyburn Lake so I was keen to go up and see what this route, which encompassed a lap of it, was like.

Saturday saw heavy rain as did earlier in the morning on the Sunday so we didn’t hold out a great deal of hope for the weather, but on arriving it was absolutely gorgeous – warm and wind free. Jacquie and I bumped into Richard and Helen Hall on arrival and Richard Hockin and Jean Bradley later too.

We had to get there early to enter on the day, but that gave us time for a quick cup of coffee and for Jacquie to have her tight calf attended to by one of the masseurs, who like this event, were raising money for this year’s designated charity, the Stephen Carey fund.

The route starts off on path, some of which was understandably heavily puddled, at the Country Park. From there it runs along a quiet road out to the bay, onto the bay and around a flag, back about a mile or so on the sand before re-entering the park and completing almost a full anti-clockwise lap of the lake.

I had a decent if unspectacular run – I could see Richard Hall just in front of me most of the way, but never got any closer to him, even when I could see him tiring. Jean was in shortly after me but unfortunately Richard Hockin pulled a calf and had to drop out. Jacquie and Helen came in shortly after, even though Jacquie found the sand really tough and needed another massage after to loosen it off.

Memento was a mug and wristband with water on the course and at the finish and although entrance on the day was a touch pricey compared to a few others, I could have further lowered that if I’d got organised and entered previously and I imagine they topped the £7000 that they raised for HospiceCare North Northumberland last year.

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