{"id":7031,"date":"2022-02-20T19:16:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T19:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/?p=7031"},"modified":"2022-02-20T19:16:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T19:16:44","slug":"portsmouth-coastal-half-marathon-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/?p=7031","title":{"rendered":"Portsmouth coastal half marathon 2022."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Described by the race organisers as \u201cthe opportunity to \u201ccome and see the seven wonders of Southsea\u2026\u2026Something for every runner to enjoy with a different view around every corner\u201d you might find there are many seasoned Portsmouth Coastal Marathon runners with a very different opinion\u2026\u2026\u2026.especially the use of the word \u2018enjoy\u2019. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However 3 of our awesome ladies braved the strong winds and the less than desirable weather conditions to take on the coastal paths of the Portsmouth Half Marathon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boasting features such as \u201cThe Bog of Doom\u201d and \u201cThe Muddy Beach\u201d the half marathon shares a similar route to the December Marathon. This course although flat proves to have its own challenges and paired with the wind it made it tough for our runners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consisting of narrow footpaths, muddy track, pebbly beaches and quite a bit of tarmac it\u2019s hard to know what shoes to wear, and it\u2019s certainly not a good PB course but our ladies went out and did their thing and represented our club in true Road Runner style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First in was Carolyn Littleton with a fantastic course PB and finishing 3rd in her age category with a brilliant time of 1:55:10. Carolyn said that she &#8220;felt fairly strong considering the brutal headwind along the seafront&#8221; and with another brilliant result like that she certainly showed her strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"589\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/A5A12E1F-9F60-47D3-9840-9C28D1B1B214.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7036\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gillian Shaw didn\u2019t let the blustery conditions slow her down either and managed to get herself a brand new PB finishing in 2:26:37 and claiming 8th position in her age category. Gillian said that the &#8220;extremely blowy weather both ways along the route and particularly the seafront made it very difficult at times&#8221; but was very thankful that the rain held off and was very pleased with her result. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally Lyn Snow finished as strong as ever running a brilliant 2:59:03 taking a couple of minutes off her previous time and finishing 13th in her age category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1293E086-1197-4BBB-8B1E-1FA98DFBF9E6-750x675.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7034\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fantastic results team , well done to all of you. X\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1832\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/A08D0CA0-F24E-40C5-818C-4742794CC304.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/A08D0CA0-F24E-40C5-818C-4742794CC304.jpeg 1832w, https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/A08D0CA0-F24E-40C5-818C-4742794CC304-768x859.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/A08D0CA0-F24E-40C5-818C-4742794CC304-1374x1536.jpeg 1374w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1832px) 100vw, 1832px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Carolyn Littleton    1:55:10 (course PB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gillian Shaw    2:26:37 (PB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lyn Snow    2:59:03<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Described by the race organisers as \u201cthe opportunity to \u201ccome and see the seven wonders of Southsea\u2026\u2026Something for every runner to enjoy with a different view around every corner\u201d you&#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-7031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7031"}],"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=7031"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7037,"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7031\/revisions\/7037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}