Race report by Rachel H;
Windmill half marathon, Arrived in lytham to an overcast but very warm morning, I knew the course was a lapped event but thought it was 2 laps, curses it turned out to be 3 laps 😠(I hate laps).
I’d taped my knees up for this as I’m struggling with knee pain at the moment and I’d come with a just get round mindset (consider it a training run for Palma in October).
It was a sell out event and we all set off at 10am along the coast, beautiful views and of course the picturesque windmill, we struggled with a headwind on the way out and weirdly when you turned to head back the wind doesn’t turn into a tailwind, it just disappears then it’s like running in a sauna 🥵 the route turned off the front then did a loop along the road before hitting the beach front again, lap 1 was ok, lap 2 I was questioning my life choices and lap 3 was torture, had to take a painkiller and caffeine gel to get me to the finish, it was mentally and physically draining but I crossed the line and received a nice medal, don’t think I’ll sign up for that one again 🤣
Finished in a time of 02:01:42
