Potholes - Hartlepool Steals Crown From Blackburn Lancashire!

I knew that when I came up with this hair brained scheme, organisation was going to be and issue, and I'm sure that there will be much red tape and brick wall to surmount in the future! But Hartlepool Council haven't made things any easier already.

Whilst out today on reconnaissance for the Ultra Marathon loop with fellow HET member James Campbell, I was shocked at how unusable Hartlepool's streets are for runners.You could literally lose whole people down some of the pot holes in the pavement, fill some of the cracks with water and manoeuvre a barge freely along them and create a colour chart for a goths bedroom with the amount of mismatched and raised strips of tarmac due to the amount that has been dug up and relaid over the years!

So, Our 26.2mile loop that reduced to 13.1 to stop our runners from throwing themselves under late night freight lorries on the A689, has now diminished to a 5 to 6 mile loop around the best of paths and tracks around the Seaton area to avoid snapped ankles. It seemed to be the sensible thing to do anyway as we will be doing at least 40% of our running in the dark and with a smaller loop, support, aid and companionship will be much easier.

Big meeting with Butterwick tomorrow that I'm both excited for and dreading as I'm a soft get and don't want to get upset at the amazing things that go on over in Stockton.

PS. note to historians. you might want to check if the record books have any evidence of the following people visiting Hartlepool in their final days: Lord Lucan, Richie from the Manci Street Peachers and Glenn Miller. I'm  sure I heard Jive Bunny whilst riding down Catcote Rd!!!!!!