Portland Marathon 24th January 2009

This is suppose to be the 'easiest' of the Enduralife Coastal Trail Marathons, but still nearly took me 5 hrs to run.

The island itself was not as impossible of parts of the November Dorset stage but Portland is basically one large quarry so there is tons of loose stone around. The killer is Chisel Bank - the 7 mile pebble spit that contacts the island to the mainland. We had to run the ridge of this for about just under 2miles (x2) - hard on the legs and harder on the head. It was difficult first time around but at second time it hits at mile 23, hard.


Well organised run - run HQ is at the 2012 sailing centre which excellent facilities. Loved the 'dog-tag' medal plus ok teeshirt.

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