Uttoxeter Half Marathon

A fairly new member of Newport and district Running Club, Ben Roperrecently took part in the Uttoxeter Half Marathon. This was his first runsince returning from a knee injury picked up in a previous race of thesame distance in Stafford.The course was a fairly tough one with a particularly awkward climb ataround the six mile mark and a couple of quite steep downhill sectionsthat were hard on the legs, but Ben kept going and was grateful to theScouts who manned the numerous water stations along the route.Ben managed to finish in 306th place in a time of 2hr 14m 18s, which was agood result considering his lack of race practice.