The Woldsman, 13 April 2013

I forgot to tell you how good the Woldsman was, starting at 8 am on 13 April. 

A lovely 50 mile circuit round the Yorkshire Wolds, with Andreas, Ian and Steven Worth replacing Steve Dixon on the start line, who was forced to withdraw due to illness. 

What joy to run in such good company,

to stop at such lovely cake-filled checkpoints

 

and to be visited by Steve and Ziggy at Thixendale who bobbed by to deliver some emergency gels and join us for a hearty pasta lunch and crumble pudding. 

I said to Ian: "we'll dig deep when we get to Wetwang".

Ian: "I thought we were already digging deep?"

Ian was smiling by the end.

as were Andreas and Steven

I would like to do this LDWA event again.  I felt quite proud to be flanked by such good runners and even though my knee took a hammering, and I was literally crippled for a month, my memories of this day are of us basking in golden wolds.  Magical.  Although I do remember muttering at one point "if I see another bloody wold..." but that was just me displaying a shocking lack of humour on one of the best days of my life. 

We took around 10h 20m if I remember correctly and around an hour of that time was spent partaking in the refreshments on offer, to be polite.

Number of starters 195
Number of finishers 181
First Male & First Overall Neil Ridsdale in 7 hours 58 minutes
First Female Lorraine Laycock in 9 hours 19 minutes

12 Steven Martin Worth  10:18
13 Sarah Smith               10:19
13 Andreas Mayer          10:19
13 Ian Sanderson            10:19

 Start Driffield Showground 018566

1 6.75 Danes’ Graves 022634 D 2 13.5 Sledmere Village Hall 936648 H D S 3 20.5 Wharram Percy 866644 D S 4 25 Thixendale Village Hall 842611 M (cut off 5pm) 5 31.5 Givendale Scout Hut 818538 H D S 6 36.5 Huggate Wold 865547 D H S 7 42 Wetwang Methst Hall 932591 H S 8 46.5 Sand Pit CoBage 973578 D Finish 50 Driffield Showground 018566 M

D – cold drinks H- hot drinks S-snacks M - Meal