Viceroys Peter Bell, Ian Talbot, Kate, Jon, Simon and Suze all had a shockingly early start for an 0800 race on the morning the clocks went forward – a beautiful running day though for the inaugural Brooklands Half Marathon: cold first thing, but warmed up nicely.
Peter Bell was running a different race to the rest of his team, finishing in 1.24.38. 1st in his age group and 18th overall, averaging a 4.01 minute km/h pace for 13.1 miles… and that was after claiming not to be on top form!
Although not quite in the same league as Peter, all Viceroys loved the event and would put it in the calendar for next year. Perfect weather and the pleasure of running on closed roads made this a lovely event – good marshalling and friendly locals combined to make it a thoroughly enjoyable trundle from Weybridge to Walton (and back) on very familiar roads and a pretty flat course. Well done to Ian for smashing his sub 2 hour target, Simon and Suze for just missing the same barrier by 1 minute, Kate for taking 5 minutes off her half marathon time from 3 weeks ago and Jon for completing a half marathon with 3 days notice!
