{"id":6041,"date":"2019-07-31T09:56:42","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T09:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/?p=6041"},"modified":"2019-07-31T10:23:35","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T10:23:35","slug":"space-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/?p=6041","title":{"rendered":"Space Race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the \u2018Eagle\u2019 lunar landing, Phoenix runnings weekend of running promised a \u201cfew giant leaps for mankind\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Glen Jones had chosen this event as his July \u201csmall step\u201d towards his 12 in 12 challenge whilst Kelvin Mansfield travelled up with girlfriend Callie Hatcher to participate in his first 6 hour timed event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting at the Xcel Leisure Centre in Walton on Thames at 11am, this completely flat out and back course took in the Walton side bank of the River Thames, with Sunbury and Shepperton on the other side. Each circuit measuring 3.28 miles, Glen and Kelvin had to collect a wristband every time they completed the course before ringing the bell upon retirement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They set off at 11 on the dot into the glorious sunshine, (Yes! the Glen hot&nbsp;&nbsp;weather curse had returned!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve stood on the startline not knowing if I could finish\u201d said Glen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was nothing to do with the weather either. Glen had been hit in the side of the knee a few days before by a speeding cricket ball. The pain had not particularly subsided and had certainly got worse when he tried to run. Despite his misgivings we went out as Glen always does, giving it 100% effort.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the first few laps they were both going well. Still smiling, especially after a certain running legend popped up on the course, out for his Sunday \u201cplod\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1279\" height=\"1775\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/02B2D410-7C81-45FE-8D9C-0D7F5217692A.jpeg?fit=474%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6047\" srcset=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/02B2D410-7C81-45FE-8D9C-0D7F5217692A.jpeg 1279w, http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/02B2D410-7C81-45FE-8D9C-0D7F5217692A-768x1066.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1279px) 100vw, 1279px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Excitement over and the business of getting this marathon run continued. Kelvin feeling the effects of being on holiday for 3 weeks and Glen finding his knee becoming more and more painful with every lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/9A708932-13C6-4C45-AB1A-67352CB6C60D.jpeg?fit=474%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6049\" srcset=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/9A708932-13C6-4C45-AB1A-67352CB6C60D.jpeg 2048w, http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/9A708932-13C6-4C45-AB1A-67352CB6C60D-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>With the temperature rising it was getting tougher and tougher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI started to walk at halfway\u201d said Glen \u201cbut that was worse, so I plodded on\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After 2 more laps and 20 miles Glen had to call it a day. Gutted that he had failed in his mission.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kelvin did manage to keep going and managed to clock up the marathon distance after 8 laps&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was hoping for one more, but considering my poor preparation I\u2019ll take that. It was a lovely scenic route and great support\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They both received what can only be described as some sort of discus as a medal #bestblingever&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"813\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/78041593-81CE-492B-ABF4-2A124778C50D.jpeg?fit=474%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6048\" srcset=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/78041593-81CE-492B-ABF4-2A124778C50D.jpeg 813w, http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/78041593-81CE-492B-ABF4-2A124778C50D-768x757.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/><\/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:\/\/i1.wp.com\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/EEA900EA-E39E-42F7-840A-D86283B6A0A8.jpeg?fit=474%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6050\" srcset=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/EEA900EA-E39E-42F7-840A-D86283B6A0A8.jpeg 2048w, http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/EEA900EA-E39E-42F7-840A-D86283B6A0A8-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Well done chaps&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the \u2018Eagle\u2019 lunar landing, Phoenix runnings weekend of running promised a \u201cfew giant leaps for mankind\u201d&nbsp; Glen Jones had chosen this event as his July&#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-6041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6041"}],"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=6041"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6051,"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6041\/revisions\/6051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}