{"id":5169,"date":"2019-03-05T11:11:59","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T11:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/?p=5169"},"modified":"2019-03-05T11:49:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T11:49:26","slug":"steyning-stinger-marathon-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/?p=5169","title":{"rendered":"Steyning Stinger Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Not content with running one of the toughest marathons he\u2019s ever run, Steve Hickman was back on the startline of marathon 155 just 7 days later. Set in the beautiful South Downs between Worthing and Shoreham-by-Sea, this marathon is a bit of a challenge too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The name Stinger refers to to the 4 stings (hills) encountered along the way. With a huge 2714ft of elevation between them, this can only ever be a tough run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"613\" height=\"565\" src=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1A70DEA9-BB8C-4B59-AA88-8E8BC456EC7B.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5173\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite its famously challenging conditions, our marathon supremo Steve Hickman has gone back for more almost every year since its inaugural running in 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recent unseasonably warm temperatures had abated somewhat, however what they did leave behind was a clash of weather fronts in the shape of Storm Freya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHigh winds, driving rain, extreme mud, puddles and oh a few hills\u201d Steve described it on Facebook \u201cI\u2019ve run this 17 years in a row, but that was a battle against the elements today\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"452\" src=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2C875BBC-9359-4837-A30A-19277C79B5A9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5174\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>With his experience, you know that if Steve tells you it was a battle, then it was super tough. He\u2019s run 145 marathons&#8230; he would know! But despite the weather he finished 11 minutes quicker than last year, coming over the line in 5.13.43.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"845\" height=\"973\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/BA25F2F0-D280-4853-99EE-0805E3FAAC7B.jpeg?fit=474%2C379\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5171\" srcset=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/BA25F2F0-D280-4853-99EE-0805E3FAAC7B.jpeg 845w, http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/BA25F2F0-D280-4853-99EE-0805E3FAAC7B-768x884.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not content with running one of the toughest marathons he\u2019s ever run, Steve Hickman was back on the startline of marathon 155 just 7 days later. Set in the beautiful&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5169"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5175,"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5169\/revisions\/5175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}