{"id":729,"date":"2013-02-16T21:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-16T21:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miguelpdl.com\/weblog\/?p=729"},"modified":"2013-04-01T18:43:03","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T18:43:03","slug":"run-mount-juliet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miguelpdl.com\/weblog\/run-mount-juliet\/","title":{"rendered":"Run Mount Juliet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the picturesque surroundings of Mount Juliet I made my first attempt to the run around the famous golf course, although I spent more time out the back of the estate, than near the golf greens.<\/p>\n<p>I was super surprised with the number of people participating around 640 for the 10km and another 500 for the 20km. Seeing the numbers I was determined to locate a good starting spot as the start line was in a very narrow part of the course. Had a little luck come my way as the start line for 10km was pushed back from the start line of the 20km and so I pretty much ended up right in the first row at the gun.<\/p>\n<p>Now as the run got underway I was now worried that I&#8217;d run too quickly for the first 2km given that I might be with a whole load of strong runners up front so keeping my own pace was super important.<\/p>\n<p>I can say that the rear landscape of Mount Juliet is lovely however what isn&#8217;t nice is the very stiff long hill out on the back roads towards Stoneyford.\u00a0 That hill nearly stopped me in my tracks and a few people passed which I found a little frustrating. However I did catch a couple of people too so I wasn&#8217;t the only one struggling.<\/p>\n<p>After that the run was smooth and I really enjoyed the fact that the run was smooth.<\/p>\n<p>At the very end two guys had obviously saved all their energy for the last 1km as they came blasting by but at that stage I was still happy with the run.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/miguelpdl\/8609146137\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Daniel, MIa, Kate, Sam and Dad in Mount Juliet\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8525\/8609146137_d9e719e669.jpg?resize=500%2C335\" alt=\"Daniel, MIa, Kate, Sam and Dad in Mount Juliet\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel, MIa, Kate, Sam and Dad in Mount Juliet<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I had my little fan club cheer me on at the finish line which was great. Also the estate had put on a great refreshment stand which really helped.<\/p>\n<p>So on the watch I caught a time of 43:55 and off the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.totaltiming.ie\/results\/2013\/run_mount_juliet_2013_10k_fullresults.htm\">chip timing<\/a> 43:55 as well. I&#8217;m more or less on track with my times at the end of 2012 which I think is good as I want to built up to have some strong runs and times in 2013. I was 27th out of 633 registered runners, strollers and walkers which for me was a great result. Finally I leave the course also wanting to try a 20km just to see what its like, I&#8217;ll certainly aim for this towards the end of March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the picturesque surroundings of Mount Juliet I made my first attempt to the run around the famous golf course, although I spent more time out the back of the estate, than near the golf greens. 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