Part of my LSR yesterday included a loop of the Torbay route. Before I joined Teignbridge Trotters the vast majority of my training was on that route. I used to park at a leisure centre as I was a gym member (I've since ditched the membership) and run from there. I think a relatively large number of Teignbridge Trotters are invading Torbay again for the Half. Last time I checked I think there were 30-odd Trotters entered so it should be a good event.
I'm planning a slow 6-8 tonight after work, and then hoping to get to a parkrun tomorrow for the second time in two weeks (my first ever parkrun was last week).
I've found myself looking at other marathons. I was very tempted with Florence marathon in November as I know a couple of people who are doing it. It looks a great place, but I can't really justify the time off work for it and flying out Friday and back Monday would mean two days off work, and being a teacher my wife couldn't come either. So looking at UK ones I looked at Bournemouth but at 50 quid, that's a rip off so I'm definitely not doing that! Isle of Wight looks interesting, but I hear they sometimes get traffic issues getting over and back. Therefore, top contenders at the moment are New Forest in September or Dartmoor Vale in October. I fancy the New Forest one as it gets good reviews, but timing/training wise it may be a few weeks too early. Dartmoor Vale is local to me so logistically is much easier, but there's a massive hill on the course. I have done the Dartmoor Vale Half a couple of times which means for the marathon course I'd have to do the hill twice, so not sure on that. On the halfs I've done I remember thinking "Hmmm, I couldn't face doing this course twice!".
I've got plenty of time to book something, but it's strange I find myself looking at another one now. After my marathon in May I had told myself I wouldn't look to do another one until next year but I find myself researching ones for this year anyway...
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