On the 20th November hundreds of nutters competed in the annual Bahrain Marathon Relay. It is against the rules for any member of a team to run two stages consecutively - so the most you can do is just over 3km......... hardly worth getting out of bed for really. So I did a stage for two different teams to make it worth spending a day down on the highways of Bahrain.
The old knee held up well and I managed to do my 3.11km stage in 13.30 and the later stage (a lengthy 2.9km!) in 12.30. Happy enough with that, managed not to drop the batten even though my hands did get rather sweaty due to the heat......
Team 43 was one of the Bahrain Polytechnic staff teams (ahead of the other BP team by an hour or so but behind both student teams) and Team 82 was the British Club Gym team. All good fun and focus is on getting people out there not on running fast. Lots of people walking their stages but all enjoying the atmosphere, Bahrainis certainty know how to have fun and laugh at every opportunity.
Something quite surreal about running along the 6 lane highway with several small plastic cones offering 'protection' against the traffic zooming past - like no event I have ever done before. Bring back Coromandel hills any day!
Every runner received a medal too - woooohooooo
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