On Sunday Trudy Layton, Mandy Harrison and Janet Stables along with their friend Clare McGrath ran a Remembrance Run Half Marathon which was organised to honour our fallen heroes. At 11am we had a 2 minute silence where runners stopped to remember those who bravely fought and gave their lives over 100 years ago and in all conflicts since. It was incredibly moving, we stood in silence listening to the last post from Durham’s Remembrance Service, the runners, the rowers on the river and people out for a Sunday morning walk all observing the two minute silence.
It was a perfect Autumnal day running along the river Wear path with Durham Cathedral in the distance, it was a lapped event which we all managed to complete four laps. Along the route were signs detailing statistics relating to the wars and quotations such as NEVER IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN CONFLICT WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW – Winston Churchill. We all thoroughly enjoyed the day which ended with Sunday lunch on the way home.
Trudy was back in a time of 2hrs 46 with Mandy and Janet both 3hrs 14 minutes. Once again, we all received a very special medal.
