4th May 2003

Five Striders ventured to Thetford to take part in the Breckland 10Km.  This will be the third time Anne and I have done this race and I wonder why more from Striders don't go as this is an excellent race, well organised and a great location.  Situated some 3 miles out of Thetford in the village of Croxton this is an almost flat run through the forest on very quite tarmac roads.  The start is in the centre of the village of Croxton and you run down a slight hill, then up a slight hill in the first Km and after that almost completely flat.  The course dog legs out to a turn point at 6 Km and then you retrace you steps for 1.5 Km before returning to the start area (finish) on a different road.  The best description is that the route takes the form of the outline of a chair.  The last 1Km is essentially down a gentle slope so good for the fast finishers.  There were 193 finishers (down on recent years) in a pretty competitive field.  The day was hot with a moderate wind that seems to slow most people up by one to two minutes.  Colin was the 4th over 40 men so he just dropped out of the prizes.  I crossed the line in a dead heat after a tussle with a runner from Norwich only to see in the results I was down as two seconds slower than him, still it's the taking part.

The Stowmarket Striders results are:-

There were 193 finishers.