Where: John Forest National Park
When: June 2017
Adventure Companions: The usual crazy trail runner sorts
Has Bob come through yet?
My ride share, Runner Bob, was on the 21km course, 11km
longer than the course I had just finished*. The tail end Charlies were
straggling in and celebrating their achievements but Bob was no where to be
seen. A marshall came in and said that he had left a runner nursing an Achilles niggle. After asking for a description we confirmed it was Bob. He’s been
on and off running since I met him at the beginning of the year due to this
injury and it seemed that now, on his first half marathon, it had reared it’s
ugly head.
I started helping the race crew break down the finish area
and there was still no Bob. I bumped into a friend from University (yes, the
one in the UK) who was out with her family and still no Bob. He finally
appeared, nearly 3 hours after starting, pleased as punch with himself that he
had hobbled his way around most of the course and swearing blind that it couldn’t
be an Achillies injury because he could still move his foot**. After all that,
the Brave Bob was still able to drive home, thanks to an automatic car and his
injury being on the ‘right’ side.
*I had an amazing race and was very pleased to have
completed the 10km trail in under an hour.
**three days later he found out that he had torn his Achilles completely (with a ‘pop’) when he fell and now will be off running
for a whole year for surgery and rehabilitation. Poor Bob.
Opening hours: never closed
Cost: $12 per car
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