{"id":5902,"date":"2019-07-19T12:34:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T12:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/?p=5902"},"modified":"2019-07-24T17:58:35","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T17:58:35","slug":"north-downs-way-30k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/?p=5902","title":{"rendered":"North Downs Way 30k"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hosted by Istead and Ifield Harriers the 36th North Downs Way saw Steve Hickman back out on the startline of what has been described in Runners World Magazine as \u2018one of the most iconic trailraces in Europe\u2019. Not only that but it incorporates the British Masters Trail Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1202\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/68B306A7-341C-42C0-A466-B0C03D32DBA3.jpeg?fit=474%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5929\" srcset=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/68B306A7-341C-42C0-A466-B0C03D32DBA3.jpeg 1202w, http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/68B306A7-341C-42C0-A466-B0C03D32DBA3-768x511.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1202px) 100vw, 1202px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting at Cascades Leisure Centre, in Gravesend, the course follows the country lanes, footpaths and tracks across Shorne farmland before winding its way through Cobham Park and the Cuxton Valley before embarking on the North Downs Way and the Weald Way. Challenging underfoot and full of ascent this is never a walk in the park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1316\" height=\"888\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1E202248-D589-4E4B-AA77-038944076DD7.jpeg?fit=474%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5930\" srcset=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1E202248-D589-4E4B-AA77-038944076DD7.jpeg 1316w, http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1E202248-D589-4E4B-AA77-038944076DD7-768x518.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1316px) 100vw, 1316px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/B95B7B50-33C0-4B06-9915-EBE94EE03A76.jpeg?fit=474%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5931\" srcset=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/B95B7B50-33C0-4B06-9915-EBE94EE03A76.jpeg 2048w, http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/B95B7B50-33C0-4B06-9915-EBE94EE03A76-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt bites me every year\u201d Steve said with an eyeroll \u201cI managed to trip and fall before halfway. Ended up with a swollen knee and elbow&#8230;. at least I didn\u2019t get run over by the event ambulance&#8230;. that actually happened one year haha\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/BFF01093-04A4-482D-B5CD-916B967049D8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5928\" srcset=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/BFF01093-04A4-482D-B5CD-916B967049D8.jpeg 904w, http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/BFF01093-04A4-482D-B5CD-916B967049D8-768x547.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite stacking it, Steve carried on and made to the top of the notorious Holly Hill with all of its 180m of elevation to enjoy the beautiful vistas before dropping back down to the Leisure Centre to complete the challenge in 3.42.47<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1076\" height=\"1436\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/4BC786A6-A0CD-4F52-8EEA-0642A533C940.jpeg?fit=474%2C297&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5927\" srcset=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/4BC786A6-A0CD-4F52-8EEA-0642A533C940.jpeg 1076w, http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/4BC786A6-A0CD-4F52-8EEA-0642A533C940-768x1025.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1076px) 100vw, 1076px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosted by Istead and Ifield Harriers the 36th North Downs Way saw Steve Hickman back out on the startline of what has been described in Runners World Magazine as \u2018one&#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-5902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5902"}],"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=5902"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5970,"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5902\/revisions\/5970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}