Well it's been a week now since the annual World Wide Festival of races "Dream Inspires" run in Oxford and I'm still smiling about it. The weekend started off with a fantastic guided tour of Oxford by local runner Sheila and Krister on the Saturday afternoon, followed by an evening meal with Nigel, Steve, Krister and Gary.I had originally planned to just run the 10k but in the end ran the half marathon (including an extra mile at Abingdon wjth a closure on the Thames towpath!) Picking up the 10k runners we all kept together for the rest of the run which included a circuit of the famous Oxford colleges but an even more famous mile to finish around the Iffley Road track home to the world's first sub four minute mile.
All in all a fantastic event despite the rain and cold, and whilst my times will be personal worsts for both the half and 10k that really wasn't the point and it was certainly the most fun event of the year!
See Phil Moneypenny's brilliant video of the event at -
Annual mileage 1003
Yeah, the "race" wasn't really important was it? It was just fun to be together! So the swift half next year? I hope so!
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