Our marathon mogul Steve Hickman continued his recent spell of shorter races by taking on the Poppy Run this weekend. Bexhill-on-Sea was the seaside location for this remembrance event. Starting at the iconic De La Warr Pavillion, this promenade event offers 3 distances, a 5k, 10k and a half marathon all selling out and raising money for the local Royal British Legion.
Steve entered the half marathon race with his son Rick.
“He’ll be well in front of me!” He quipped on Friday on Facebook.
2 laps of an 8k circuit followed by a final loop of the 5k route made up the fairly flat course into the half marathon distance.
“I enjoyed it!” Steve said “3 laps along the seafront was not as boring as it sounds!”
And he said that despite losing the family PB to young Ricky
“Rick only went and ran 1.38.14. A huge 11 and half min off his PB and with that beat my own PB of 1.39. Kids eh!!”
Steve finished in a respectable 1.59.01.
Well done to both of them for running a great race and supporting a fantastic cause.
