We left Aberdeen on Saturday evening 5pm for the 14 hour voyage to Lerwick on Shetland. The ship and cabin were very comfortable and the crossing not to choppy so we where on good form for the morning of the race on Sunday.
We cycled to the sports centre in Lerwick where we had arranged to meet a member of the Shetland AAC to leave our bikes and pick up our race numbers before heading to the bus stop to join our fellow runners to jump on the bus to the start at Cunningsburgh hall.
It was sunny but much cooler than home at the start of the race. A 4 mile loop on quiet roads before joining the main road back north to the sport center in Lerwick. Very tough run with some long climbs and some pretty heavy rain squalls made this a very challenging run. I overtook a few runners and then settled into a lonely run back to Lerwick. The race finished at the running track where we had a 400m lap of the track on the rain to finish.
Gillian and I both had great runs, I was 6th, 3rd vet and Gillian was 13th , 2nd female, 1st vet. 68 finished
The guys at Shetland running club were incredibly friendly and looking forward to catching up with them at the Parkrun on Bressay Saturday.
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