[{"image":{"unique_id":"e624a6dc-2096-4f1c-ad97-94f8f87cdf1b","athlete_id":10421173,"activity_id":406085096,"activity_name":"Marathon Relay leg 5","post_id":null,"resource_state":2,"caption":"","type":1,"source":1,"status":true,"uploaded_at":"2015-12-19T13:52:15Z","created_at":"2015-12-19T13:52:15Z","created_at_local":"2015-12-19T13:52:15Z","urls":{"2048":"https:\/\/dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net\/Tvctrm4Q3phLyhcBuTT6MuCj5vkGUdIlioDHoIIGvvE-2048x1536.jpg"},"sizes":{"2048":[2048,1536]},"default_photo":false,"url":"https:\/\/storyteller.fit\/sites\/default\/files\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/e624a6dc-2096-4f1c-ad97-94f8f87cdf1b.jpg","filepath":"public:\/\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/e624a6dc-2096-4f1c-ad97-94f8f87cdf1b.jpg","uid":"305","taken_timestamp":1450533135,"imageStyles":{"map_marker":"https:\/\/storyteller.fit\/sites\/default\/files\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/derivates\/map\/e624a6dc-2096-4f1c-ad97-94f8f87cdf1b.jpg"},"coords":[49.183007,-2.108064],"position":426,"prevPosition":""},"textarea":{"index":0,"content":"As I said before earlier in the week I was drafted in to replace an injured runner, despite having a fairly heavy cold myself earlier but it cleared up in time.\n\nFor the relay there was the traditional logistic hassle of having to reach the start, but we met everyone in plenty of time. Too much time really. When eventually I started my first annoyance was the silly velcro backed ankle tag we had to wear to get chip-timing working properly. It was needless faffing really and considering the vast cost of entry per team, you\u2019d really have liked to have thought they could afford one per runner. Actually at the cost they should have been able to afford one each, lined with saffron and dipped in molten platinum, but that moan is for another day.\n\nI followed the rules and ran without music, and before long found that my mind wandered rather a lot. So I chose to focus on following my fellow runners. That served me well until about 7km when I just decided to do my own thing.\n\nI\u2019d obviously kept enough energy back because when two guys came running past me in the final few hundred metres I had enough to just sprint past them on the finish line. Bit naughty really according to race etiquette but I blame them for passing me in the first place \u2013 they got my attention."},"link":{"url":null}},{"image":{"filepath":"public:\/\/default_images\/transparent.png"},"textarea":{"index":1,"content":"So my 9.2km was completed in 47 minutes. Which, if I\u2019d have kept the same speed going until 10k would have taken about two minutes off that PB. I did set one best taking about a minute off my 5 miles best time.\n\nAll together it\u2019s been a tough weekend but really affirming my love of race running. I may not be quickest, but I\u2019m far from the slowest but I just really enjoy the competition of it all. And to know we have 11 more of those competitions (not including parkruns) is a very very good feeling indeed."},"link":{"url":null}}]