Oops I did it again. Autumn 100 fail
Before Or was it a sensible strategic move. The headine is that 4Km in to Leg 3 as I climbed on the the Ridgeway I noticed I had amazing mobile reception (5G - its a new phone!), booked the Premier Inn in Reading. Texted Race Control to say I was retiring and then went back the same way to the Goring HQ. What was a little amusing was the procession of people climbing up on to the hill greeting me with "Well done" although I suspect I looked like a fairly sluggish elite runner - the only few I'd seen go past at that point were flying. I had seen one shuffler passing me I was heading up and I'd assume he was an elite having a break, but I suspect he was probably in the same position as me. The day had started ok. I'd jumped on the train at Guildford at 6.15am, discovering my lower back was pretty sore on the way. I figured it would soon fade in to insignificance as everything else started to hurt, which was correct. Timings were pretty good, I had an hour after r
