RUN GATWICK is slightly controversial as it started as a half marathon running around Crawley, Lowfield Heath, Gatwick and Charlwood. But since it lost the British Airways sponsorship the run has been taken down to a 10km.
Although it's a reduced route the run has not been downgraded in terms of it's quality. The organisation is still perfect and the run feels more like Gatwick than ever before, this is because it boasts to be the only organised event that can get that close to the single runway and you are pretty close.
Starting at the Gatwick Aviation Museum the route runs down the Lowfield Heath Road, before turning off towards the service road to the side of the runway, this goes down past Brook House. At the bottom you turn around at a roundabout and take the journey back to the Aviation Museum.
I have never done a run like this before, it was the first truly hot and sunny day of the summer. There had been no opportunity to train in the hot weather and we were suddenly on the tarmac and the side of the runway with hot jet engines, taking off and landing.
It was at the turning point on the service road that I saw one person collapse in the heat and on the way back there were pacers walking and two people throwing up, not connected and at different points. Which shows the importance of training for the hotter weather. Regardless it was a great run.
NOTE: Due to personal issues it has taken a long time to publish this event. Run Gatwick is not taking place this year, but hoping to come back next year as a half marathon, from Crawley. One to look forward to.
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