Great Eastern Run – 16/10/2022

I have run this race twice before and on both occasions, it has run like clockwork. Not so on Sunday. I was fortunate to be staying quite close to the start so ambled across after a short warm up fully expecting to be told to go to the starting pens. Instead, an announcement was made that there would be a 15 minute delay. I subsequently found out there had been a 30 minute delay with the 5km race that had taken place early so I was prepared to wait a bit longer but I was not expecting the hour it ended up being!

Thankfully it was a beautiful sunny morning and once the race started there was plenty of crowd support along the route. The course has been altered since I last ran it but it is still generally flat but not totally and the course route is quite varied with a section through Peterborough town centre. The end comes very suddenly with a sharp U turn leaving a very short distance for the final sprint. I was informed by a runner from Tri Anglia he had seen a few Jags as he sauntered past. He had done better than me as in the large crowds I had seen none!!

Sandra Roberts

Name	Time	PB	Standard
Sandra Roberts	1:38:58	First Timer, 3rd in Age Category and New Club Age Category Record!	Platinum
Sonja White	1:49:04		Silver