Archive for January 10th, 2010

Sitges Half Marathon

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

Simon Black reports:

As Britain freezes, the temperature in Barcelona was predicted to be a balmy 4 degrees, but on the day rose to a wonderful 12 degrees in the seaside town of Sitges. With nearly 2500 starters, this race is not as hilly as Swanage, but a 2km hill from 8-10k should have put paid to any PB’s…… but not for Kathryn who took nearly 3 minutes off her PB!!!!
 
                     Place    Cat position  10k time   Gun Time   Chip time 
Kathryn Black 1746       100/230     53:47       1:50:39    1:49:45
Simon Black    179        176/2216    41:50       1:24:54    1:24:17
 
To give some idea of the quality of the race, the top 6 all ran sub 1:10 and the top 60 all beat 1:15. You also got a technical t-shirt and a free ruck-sack all for €15.