Bank Holiday Running.

A lovely Bank Holiday Monday took me to Slapton Sands. The scene of a tragic incident that took place on April 28th 1944, when, during Exercise Tiger, 749 men lost their lives. Exercise Tiger was a training exercise for D-Day. However, it went horribly wrong when a German U-Boat spotted the landing craft and servicemen as it was off the coast of the English Channel. Official records state the number dead as 749, but it is estimated that this number could be at least 1000. Despite the tragedy, it was many years later that the secret was actually revealed, thanks to the discovery of a tank and landing vessel off the coast. The tank was hauled back to shore and restored. It now sits a memorial to those who died that day.

So I started off running along the perimeter of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve. Didn't think it would take long and it looked fairly flat to be fair. What I didn't know was, that the footpath around the nature reserve stopped about half way around and I would end up on the road for half of the distance. That was not too bad. What was bad was the fact that it was mostly uphill from about 5kms until 8kms. That said, I did complete it in a decent enough time. Not too slow, but still not Sir Mo standard.

As it was Bank Holiday Monday, it was only fitting that after I finished my run off, I stopped for a pint of cider at the Salt Bay Inn, Torcross. 

Total kms completed = 195.

Total kms still to run = 305.