On Friday 15 August, School’s Out, which is organised by See York Run York took place at the city’s racecourse. The course starts near to the grandstands at the Racecourse and runs alongside it for about 4 furlongs before crossing over the course and looping around York College. Each lap is about 5.4k long, with just one slight climb.
It was a rather warm day to say the least. The organisers battled to keep all the refreshments cool at the feed station, but inevitably all the bags of Haribo became a bag of one giant multi-flavoured sweet and the Cola could have been served from a teapot.
To complete a ‘heavy’ half marathon, runners had to complete 4 laps and for a marathon, they had to complete 7 laps followed by an out and back section to the ‘Cone of Doom’. For Matlock Athletic Club, Lisa Walton completed the heavy half which is just over 14 miles, seeing her times come down based on previous runs, which was particularly impressive in the heat. In the blistering heat, Dan Ashcroft’s performance was not blistering, but he finished the full.
