Each year the Caversham Harrier's Club hire a bus and travel to Clyde for this annual event. The club also pays the entry fee for all those that participated.
We all met at the Otago Road Services Bus Depot in Green Island at 9am. I think there were around 36 on the bus with 50% of them being walkers.
The race starts on the Clyde Dam at 1pm and heads down the by-pass road through the historic township of Clyde, past the hospital, along Muttonbird Road to the main highway until reaching the outskirts of Alexandra.
I got away to a good start being in the first group off the dam. By the time I got into Clyde I was in the first 10 but as is usual I was passed by 4 walkers to finish in 14th place. Caversham had its own walking race within the main race and so I was the 4th Caversham walker home. The three club walkers ahead of me were Tom, Gordon and Colin. My friend Danny was fourth home.
My time was 1:13:01 which compares to 1:12:18 last year. My goal is to break the 1:12:00 mark.
The prize giving at the end of the last race dragged on and we left the stadium at 5:15pm with the bus heading to Shingle Creek Hotel for a lovely buffet meal. We left the hotel at 7.30pm sharp and arrived back at 10pm.
A great day of club fellowship.
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