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I've also been harassing the GSR team and have had the same 'ignored' then 'it's all crashed' reply. Maybe it's doing the Big Brother thing and going all female!
This is my favourite race by far - but I do hope they can avoid the Glasgow Green chaos of last year. Sure we all remember the invisible finish line and how difficult it was to cross the Green. Get these 2 things right and it would be the 'perfect' race.
I'm also running better than I ever have in my life. I must be losing that youthful exhubernace which meant that I always went off far too fast at the start of every race.
Cap'n - I'm not bothered about turning 40 either - I did it 15 years ago and have got kinda used to it.
You from borders!! Did you do the Stranraer half on Saturday? A hilly wee run but I've no complaints - took 3min 13sec off PB, now at 1:44:47.
Ian T & CL - I agree wth your comments on the congestion and the finish, tho' I was in the green start last year and we did not have the stationary bits that the start in front of us suffered.
The GSR is still cheaper than the GNR by a good margin.
CH - I've done a bit of work in Kelso, company call Plexus.....
CH - Bit of a hike from Kelso to Stranraer right enough, and not great roads. You doing your local Jedburgh half this year? I did it last year and aside from the bl**dy hill at m11 I enjoyed it. A nice friendly event.
Jed is quite a small event but it's okay. The course is quite hilly at the end. My running friends were saying it wasn't so good at the end last year in that they were slow in taking down your numbers. Hopefully they will ove with the times and get chip timing. We are a bit slow to move with the times in the Borders!
I'm not on the ' Who's entered', either,and beginning to wonder if I did apply....the age thing, you know..
I can't find any kind of acknowledgement.Anyone else got one?
I got an email from Scottish Athletics confirming my entry had been received. It still looks like the 'Who's entered' is still not updated with only female names shown - presumably those who did the joint entry with the 10k.
At the 3rd time of asking they told me that there were problems with the entry download but that if I had received an acknowledgement then my entry was def in.
Fire them off an email - the more the merrier!
I entered on line and the money came off the card the same day, 29th March!
I'll look out for you.... I'm not the guy who runs carrying weights, nor the one with the dog, nor with earphones in, nor the guy who runs on his toes...... local heros one and all!
Smackie - I suppose you have to allow for the slow conjested bits at the start - so 8mm pace where you can might still bring you in well over the 1:45.
How is everybodys training going. We all hoping for pb's. I'm still post Edinburgh marathon so I've only had a couple of easy 5 mile runs in the last 10 days. I'm going out tomorrow night for another 5 and then maybe 7 at the weekend. After that I aim to get back to my usual three times a week training. I don't think I'll be running any more than 12 miles as a long run before Glasgow.
I found another half at Helensburgh on the 4th August.... couldn't resist... I lived there for a while and did the 10k 2 weeks ago, it was great.
Wrote on page 1 of my running log back in January GSR 1:45. Hope I can do it! I crept just under that for the Stranraer half but there was no conjestion there - hillier tho'!
I'm doing Loch Ness this year and have jiggled my schedule about a bit so I can do Glasgow (should be doing 20m that day!). I know some peeps have run the 10k then gone straight on in to the half, but now it starts in George Square again instead of the High Street, might not be so easy!
I never thought of doing the 10k and the half though. Might try that another year.
http://helensburghaac.co.uk/
It fits into my half schedule just perfectly - I'll be following the RW sub 1:45 schedule, and looking to take a good few minutes off last year's 1h40m. Anyone else doing this schedule?
Ive entered again for the 4th year on the trott.Love traveling up from Sunderland to do this half.Great run and great crack.Using this half as prep for mablethorpe marathon later in september.
Debstir - get your point about the pens, but do they not police the number colours - last year was my first ever half and I was a bit overawed to take it in!
Ian - Helensburgh is my next race (unless something else comes along)and I am looking forward to it. I enjoyed their 10k recently - nice and flat!
Hi Mick - You bringing your white tracksuit up for the warmup again?
I am returning the compliment and coming down later that month for your GNR - exciting stuff.
I am following them with the Aviemore Half - anybody else doing this one?