On Sunday 18th November John Nevard returned to his home town of Gosport
in Hampshire to join 2000 other runners taking part in the 33rd
Gosport Half Marathon. It was John’s first attempt at the 13.1 mile distance,
having run several 10K races over the course of the past 12 months.
The two lap course takes runners
along the seafront at Lee-on-the-Solent, mainly run on cycle-paths and pavement
with the return leg heading along the Esplanade. The course was nice and flat.
Conditions were near perfect with blue skies and sunshine, with only a slight
cooling headwind to contend with at the turn.
John’s plan was to run an even paced
race. With the race going more or less to plan, John finished in a time of
2:04:54, which he was very happy with for a first attempt.
The race was extremely well organised
by Gosport Road Runners with a super goody bag and medal, good support
around the course and even a samba band to keep runners entertained.
The winning man was Tom Merson of
Exmouth Harriers in a new course record of 1:07:33. The winning lady was
Lorna Russell of Winchester and District AC in 1:18:52.
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