SPRINT Issue 63 - Spring 2018

Each night as a group we would head out for dinner based on Pete’s
recommendations, and we ate some great food. In one of the restaurants the
waiter kept calling Gary Dwyer “Mr Gary” and somehow this has stuck!
On day 3 (Saturday) we did the multi-terrain half marathon. By this time we
were starting to feel the effects of the other events, but running this was one
of the best running experiences I have had. The course took us down a
winding mountain road before tackling the coastline and finishing on the
beach not far from where we had started the hill race the day before. We all
felt such a sense of achievement once we had completed this, and celebrated
with a dip in the sea!
We also had James Skipworth with us as our alco-nutritionist! (And he ran the
half marathon). This tac-tic obviously worked as between myself, Paula
Barker and Mel Austreng we scooped the ladies 2 nd team prize – beating lots
of forces teams.
Day 4, the last day was a road 10k around Paphos, starting and finishing at
Paphos Castle. With such a stunning location for our last event, we were all
excited to achieve and finish the four day challenge, and they even had lager
on tap at the finish. The atmosphere was great and everyone was in high
spirits and congratulating each other.
After the four day challenge some people headed home the next day,
whereas others stayed on to make the most of a week’s break.
Needless to say Paul Viney was one of these people as we couldn’t leave
Cyprus without having a curry!
Kelly Amos
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