Gosport Half Marathon: 20 November 2005
All runners
# | Pos | Name | Time | Cat | Club | Graded | Pace |
1 | 1 | David Rivington | 1:35:01 | V40 | Serpentine | 66.3% | 7:15 |
Report
Traditionally a Sunday morning run at 11am. The course is very flat and fast, consisting primarily of two 6 mile loops from Gosport over the bridge to Portsmouth and back. Well-marshalled, you are able to run on the road rather than sidewalk except for a portion leading to an ASDA shopping center which smells like the Cromwell road for 800m each loop. Despite 900 runners, they were courteous enough to let me hit pace by 1 mile in.
Water was available every 3 miles, with sports drinks and water available at start and finish.
The course tends to be unseasonably warm, likely because it is beside the Solent. We ran in 11 degree temp vs the 7 degrees in London that time of year.
Public transport from Fareham train or bus station is dodgy. Cabs recommended from train station, approx 2 hrs from London Waterloo by train in November 2005.
Report by David Rivington.
Result queries
This race is enabled for self add. If your result is missing you can add it by clicking on the self add result button at the top and entering the correct details.
If you have any queries about these results please email results@serpentine.org.uk