Thanks to Kirsty for her report:
On Saturday 19th July, Kerrie, Marie and I took part in the 2nd Boudicca Way 50k; starting at Diss and finishing in Trowse, this is a beautiful route taking you through some beautiful villages and lots of greenery. Last year’s event happened to fall on the hottest day of the year and this year it also promised to be a scorcher. With this in mind, the organisers (Boghopper Races) allowed two earlier starts for those who wanted to try and beat the heat a little as well as the official 830am start. Like many others, us 3 opted for the 730am start so we got dropped off at the hall, went through mandatory kit checks and got our trackers and we were ready to go! The weather prediction had changed slightly during in the week and rather than the scorching sunshine we had lots of liquid sunshine! Fortunately it was still quite warm and wasn’t too bad, it also dried up shortly into the run and it was really lovely. Kerrie and I ran together and as always we had lots to talk about and the miles absolutely flew by. Without the excessive heat from last year which was extremely energy sapping and that we’ve done a few of these now, we managed to take 90 minutes off our previous finish time. What a result! Marie had another excellent run too and was there to clap us in. A lovely route, organisers and a generous cut off time for those wanting to dabble in the longer distances. Checkpoint refreshments were spot on and we even had ice lollies towards the end which was very welcome by then!
The route is quite flat, bit getting closer to the end and through High Ash it does get quite a bit hillier – the Boudicca North to South in November would mean lovely downhills at the start!
