RODDLESWORTH ROLLER MARCH 2008

REPORT by PAULA GATERELL

Well what can we say at the last minute Kirsty and I decided to join Clare in this race, however being unprepared we had a few hiccups setting out. First of all Kirsty arrived at my house without her trainers and had to go back for them! Eventually we set out from Parbold in glorious sunshine, although a little cold,only to arrive at the race to find it was glum, blowing a gale and freezing cold. None of us knew what best to run in as Yvonne wasn’t there to advise us,( vests or t shirts), we decided on t shirts. Although ten minutes into the race we realised this was a bad decision and we should have braved the cold in our vests as we warmed up very quickly and I ended up tucking mine into my bra leaving my tummy hanging out not a good look even in a race.
We a started off really well and the scenery was lovely we ran around the reservoir and along some really nice tracks it wasn’t too muddy and the route seemed relatively flat compared to Parbold, we were really enjoying it when we heard marshal say we approaching a hill, A Hill!!!!!!! It was a small mountain!!!!! All I kept thinking was well if we get to the top we must be going down on the other side this was all that kept me going, eventually we got to the top and it did go down and it turned into a nice undulating run home we all enjoyed this race a lot, it would be great if more of us could try it next year.

Paula xxxxxx