{"id":1860,"date":"2017-04-10T20:59:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T20:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/?p=1860"},"modified":"2017-04-10T20:59:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T20:59:11","slug":"pewsey-downsaround","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/?p=1860","title":{"rendered":"Pewsey Downsaround"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wiltshire Long Distance Walkers Association are the hosts for this self navigated tour of the Vale of Pewsey and the Marlborough Downs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1861\" src=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1755.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1755\" width=\"600\" height=\"243\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Intrepid ultra Runner Dan Williams was the only club member taking on the challenge, having competed at this event last year. From the 4 distances on offer, Dan selected the 35 mile circular route. Armed with a sheet of directions, he sent off along the footpaths and bridleways to find all 4 checkpoints and taking in some historic sights, such as the Avebury Stone Circle, The Sanctuary and a Windmill Hill along the way.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1862\" src=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1757.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1757\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was very hilly and rough&#8221; explained Dan, &#8220;it was hot with very little breeze.\u00a0It was physically tough. I think I was a bit complacent with my water intake, but my navigation was spot on&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1863\" src=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1754.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1754\" width=\"691\" height=\"1011\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite suffering from cramps from 19 miles onward, Duracell Dan battled on to place a superb 6th overall in 6 hours 37 minutes, improving on last years time by a cracking 12 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wiltshire Long Distance Walkers Association are the hosts for this self navigated tour of the Vale of Pewsey and the Marlborough Downs. Intrepid ultra Runner Dan Williams was the only&#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-1860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1860"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1864,"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860\/revisions\/1864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}