The second event of the first weekend of September, which attracted one lone Harrier, was the inaugural Bridgwater Half Marathon. A welcome new event over this distance in the area, it boasts a flat and fast course and offers competitors in the Southwest the chance to set a new PB. Fired up by this challenge, Exmouth's own Adam Miller ventured up the M5 and did exactly that.
Adam had already set an already impressive new half-marathon PB of 78:14 at the Torbay event back in June. Whilst the Bridgwater course is advertised as being fast Adam didn't know whether he was in PB shape having backed off his training to take a few months rest over the summer. He has nevertheless kept his legs sharp by running weekly fast 5ks at the Killerton Parkrun events.
On the day Adam felt that he had the speed but not the speed-distance endurance as he started to flag a little in the latter miles. This meant that after holding 3rd position for most of the race he was just overhauled towards the end, eventually finishing just 26 seconds adrift of 3rd place. As it was he still ran a superb race to clock 77:22 and set another new PB. Not long now surely before he goes sub-77!! Well done Adam!
Sometime 2nd claim Exmouth Harrier, Tom Merson, won the race in an impressive 68:54, a time which was just 10 seconds short of his PB.
Exe-rated runners!
The successful Harriers team, en masse, at the Erme Valley Relays, July 2013
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