Beautiful weather. See below however for the experience I had on the trail
Came dead last but don't care. What I do care about is at 3 kms the trailing cycle marshall made me feel like I didn't have the right to race- even though I was on pace at 8:30 min/kms which was the cut off. I am slow... I knew by the end I would be over cut off but to be made to feel twice by the same person that I don't have the right to race because I am slow was upsetting. The second time he came up to me was just before 15 kms saying he was worried about me. Then kept saying that the drinks stations are going home as they had done their time. THe lovely family at the 16 km drink stop were so supportive, unlike the Marshall. At 20 kms another marshall was riding by and asked if I needed a car to come and pick me up as I was so behind the cut off time. Once again, I had to say I was fine, confident of the distance and just wanted to run home.It was lovely however to have the guys at the end, 25 mins after cut off waiting to clock me in. The finish line was 150m from my house, I am used to this distance- and longer- I've run a number of halves and am in training for my second marathon in NYC. Running is meant to be a happy event. Today I was made to feel like I shouldn't be taking part.
This was what I posted on the SARRC Facebook Page. Several runners have commented very supportively. As of now, SARRC have not commented.
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