WORDS: TINA CHANTREY
Running the Isle of Wight Half on a beautiful, sunny, hot summer day really reminded me of living in New Zealand. The hills weren’t as big as those in New Zealand (although they felt challenging at halfmarathon pace!). It’s more the feeling of this event. If New Zealand was closer it wouldn’t be so exquisite and spectacular. If the Isle of Wight Half-Marathon was bigger, with thousands of runners and the usual structure and rules of a big city race, it wouldn’t be the charming gem of a race that it is.
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