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Boothy...entries for this race are usually in January, and this years race was full within 5 days.
Just keep an eye out on the website www.greatrun.org
Kelly.....great time and well done with your pb.
Enjoyed today...organisation was fantastic but couldn't get over the crowds! It was so packed running, I was trying to break 60mins but with all the weaving and slowing down I couldn't get going and did it in 61mins (but still chuffed to bits with that!)
Is that what the London Marathon is like? I mean having to watch where you're running all the time and trying not to crash into people?
When will chip results be out and where?
Also, saw loads of people taking photos, will they be 'marathonphotos.com' - does anyone know?
Ploddinglady...chip times are out. visit the wesite i posted above on this page, should also say about the photos.
Well done with your time.
yey!!! Brilliant! I came just ahead of midway 15,000 or something like that. That's cheered me right up cos I'm always last at my club!
How many runners did it exactly - do we know?
49:45 - pleased to be beat 50 mins.
Well organised as usual - very congested for first 1km though.
Enjoyed a few well deserved pints afterwards.
Pb of 44.19
Could not fault the organisation given the numbers involved
Brilliant day and ditto organisation comments. PB of 57.21 for me, I was in the blue but jumped the railings into the white which was a good job given that some of them were already walking early on and there was a lot of weaving about to do - it was still brill though. Personal breakdown of the race is very interesting and useful, more work to do mid section.
Yeah was a very well organised event. I ran 47.53 but have had ITBS for the past 2 months so have hardly run at all and only managed swimming and cycling mainly. The course wasnt as congested as I thought it would be but you do have to concentrate more to avoid people and bottles on the course. Great support as well!!
I think you can pre-register for next years event meaning that they email you with the date when the entries are open for 2010 so you dont miss out by forgetting etc.
My 4th Manc 10k. Did it in 43.12 - nearly died about the 6k mark - and then there was the wind!
Manchester 10k is a very well organised event - it is first come first serve, and fills up quicky in January sometime when tickets go on sale. You can register somewhere so you get an email reminder. If you miss out there are plenty of charities you can run for - need to raise about £150 usually.
Sorry to hear previous poster about spraining ankle on bottle of water - they need to get rid of that and just hand out paper cups of water. Too dangerous.
i was in the orange wave, and managed a new pb of 41:30
was in the top 460 - something i never thought i would manage!
seriously considering joining a club now...any club members here think i would be OK to join one? i've been "umming" and "aahing" because i didn't think i would be fast enough, but i think this has proven to me that i possibly am?
Well done everyone!
New PB of 38.11. I was hoping to get under 38 but struggled with the wind on the way back in to the city centre.
Was in the Orange A wave so got a fairly good start myself. There were lots of people without A numbers in there as well which isn't really fair on the other runners but it didn't seem to slow me down too much.
A friend of mine started at the back of the orange wave and said it was crowded the whole way round. Perhaps they could introduce an extra wave next year or at least police the start a bit better to ensure people stay in the correct waves (with the exception of SA of course!).
Another friend of mine sprained his ankle on a bottle at around the 7km mark. I think plastic cups should definitely be introduced next year.
The above points aside I thought the race was very well organised and I thoroughly enjoyed it and am already looking forward to next year.
Mark - are you kidding?? With that time you are DEFINATELY fast enough to join a club.
I joined mine and I only run at 10min miles. To be fair, the men are a LOT better than the women in my club but there are loads of men who run at 7/8min miles.
You'd be great in a club - go for it!
mark _ i'm in a club and I just did yesterdays race at 1:07:58. Your definately fast enough
43.42 for me, new PB but I was hoping for nearer 40, felt harder then before all the way around. Good atmosphere again. Dreading the photos.
Bloody favouritism.
When you run races like this - makes you realise how good the real top athletes like Haile Gebrselassieis are. Running it in 27.25 - that's running over 22km/h! So impressive.