I have to admit to a sense of relief at the conclusion of the veterans handicap event last night. It was the fifth event in 15 days that I have attended - four as a photographer and one as an athlete. As usual, against my better judgement I took the video camera as well as the ordinary one and filmed the races from the finish line.
I wanted to get to bed on the right side of midnight so I didn't do much editing. So apologies for (unless you mute the sound) having to listen to, among other things, David Griffiths and I talking about his good work on the compilation of Manx road running records.
I don't think there were any set last night but the event was revived by the inclusion of veteran athletes from outside the host club and it was a great achievement by Mike Garrett to set a personal best for 10km when he is only a few weeks away from his 42nd birthday. Robbie Lambie put his years of experience to good use to win the walk.
Subject to ratification etc, there actually was one record set - Moira Hall in the V60 category.
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