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The Children's Mutual Tunbridge Wells Half-Marathon
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Anyone got a spare place for The Tunbridge half? The place is for a friend. Please call me on 07880 602333.
Many thanks, Rupert.
Hope you all have a great day and good luck! Enjoy.
Sarah Russell
Race Director
Well done everyone that ran today.
The results are now up at www.twharriers.org.uk/halfmarathon.
Photos to follow soon.
Well done all. A great event. I surprised myself and did 1:48:24. I'm in better shape than I thought. I might have to give my PB a crack on a flat course.
Shamir - how did you get one. You looked pretty fresh on the hill.
I've posted a few lo-res pics at
www.flickr.com/photos/mikekingphoto
I was the bloke on the bike if you saw me. Race report in the printed RW to follow.
Well done all who made it, Mike.
Full results including pdf on http://www.jandresults.co.uk
I last did it in 2006 and didn't enjoy it because of all the traffic speeding by but the road closures and good marshalling really made a difference and I'll happily do it again
Excellent goody mag, great medal and a nice tee shirt too.
I have a comment about the results on the TW website though. I was just looking to see how I fared in my age group and I noticed that my position is shown as well below a woman who finished in a slower time as they have been listed by clock time. Shouldn't the finish position be based on actual chip time?
1334 52 Karen Hearn F51 02:09:50 02:09:50
1357 1151 Susie Hewer F51 RRC 02:09:02 02:10:51 - me
Great race, all it needs is some bottled drinks, those cups are a nightmare!
Thanks to all the organisers and marshalls for a great course and a well organised day.
I had a great day and did a lot better than expected. Simon, good to have the brief chat... I think it was this that made me catch my breath on the hill
. I fell away a fair bit but I had enough in me to push myself in the last 3 miles (that's the surprising bit) to post a 1:48:48. I currently have a smile from ear to ear.
Sussex Beacon Half next week - anyone know how the hill compares to the long hill in TW?
Great race - massive pb - really enjoyed it. It's much quicker than you'd expect provided you push on the flat / downhill bits - new course is much better than old course - well organised & well marshalled.
Loved it.
Shame about th edrinks in cups - more went on my top than in my mouth......
There are two ways of drinking from cups on races. The first is to pinch the top of the cup and then you can pour without spilling. The other is to stop. For the 5 seconds it takes to stop, drink and then get going again, you get all the water and you don't really lose anytime overall.
Plastic bottles of water are terrible for the environment and expensive for the organisers.
I would call myself fairly serious (6 marathons, 55 half marathons 45 10k etc. etc.) and I have found that stopping doesn't change much.
I often find I end up running with the same group of people throughout a race and when I stop, have some water and then continue running the people who didn't stop are only just ahead and with a small increase in speed, I'm back with them in no time. I've had a whole cup of water, I'm dry and I haven't lost any ground.
I find I don't really need the water. Well not a whole cup anyway. A mouthful at a couple of intervals around a half marathon course is fine.
I don't like stopping - not because of any losing ground issues, but because it disrupts my rhythm.
Anyway, really glad you all had a good time out there though! the weather was great and the race went really well. Thanks for your support and thanks for the feedback... keep it coming!
They seem to implementing the IAAF rule for official times, i.e. Gun time takes precedence over Chip time.
IMO I think that for an event such as this, Chip time should take priority... otherwise this IAAF rule only makes sense if everyone starts on the line as the gun goes off (... not sure there is a road wide enough to cater for 1600 runners
). FYI, I started at the back so I would say this wouldn't I.
Chelsea Plodder, good idea about pinching the cup... must try that next time.
Everyone, don't forget to rate the event on the RW website (to backup up your comments.)