Having been away from the computer for a few days and experiencing the joy that is to be had by flying in and out of a UK airport at the moment, it was a relief to get back to Holland. Yesterday was the Vlietloop (I got the name wrong on previous posts) and after waking up to dreadful weather Bedders and Mrs. B were the only two of the clan to make the start line. CB and KB decided that it simply wasn't nice enough to run and they had not put in enough training.
For what it's worth I ran the 10 English Miles (as it was described - which worries me as I thought a mile was a mile and there were no regional differences) and Mrs. B ran the 10km, which actually was 10.3 km as for some unknown reason they can't move the start line 300 meters forward.
Anyway, all you need to know is that Bedders ran the 10 English thingies in 1:19:09 which was slightly quicker than planned, and Mrs. B, surpassed even her own high standards and came second in the ladies 10-and-a-bit km. Yep, second place. The first podium place for a Bedders in living memory - in fact in history. The best bit was which was worth waiting for was the announcer's attempt at Mrs. B's name - it was all over the place and took him at least 15 seconds to get out. Can't wait to see the local papers this week to see how he had spelt her name on his "winners" list.
So off on a business trip this week and my attempt at running on those frightfully difficult hotel running machines in anticipation for Amsterdam.
2 comments:
Well done Mrs B!!
oh and a good time ofr you too ;>)
Second place [sigh]
Well done, Mrs B!!!!! And Mr B :o)
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