Our Northern Borders section was in action this weekend as Calli Sharp competed for the first time in a while in this lapped race.
The 8th running of this race, the course takes in laps of the historic Exhibition Park and the Town Moor. Completely traffic free, it uses good wide footpaths making the terrain very favourable.
Three and a half laps gave our Callie her 13.1 miles. A fantastic achievement especially as she has only ran 3 times in the past 3 months.
“My friends made signs and kept popping up around the course” she tells her mum “I just followed the runners in front for most of the way. I felt like I was near the back, but I was still doing sub 9 minute miles”
“The last lap was hard, I felt like I couldn’t lift my legs and I started to slow. Luckily one of the marathoners took me under their wing and tried to get me home in under 2 hours”
Calli finished only a smidgen outside her target in 2.00.58.
