Howdy, Stranger!
Categories
Brass Monkey 2010
The materials in this website are in no way intended to replace the professional medical care, advice, diagnosis or treatment of a doctor, qualified personal trainer, therapist, dietitian or nutritionist Runners's World, Part of the Hearst UK well-being network © Copyright 2017
Comments
Torque - Aye, that 'hill' is a monster. Biggest around for miles.....
And the course isn't that boring. Pretty villages, some nice fields and woodland, the distant chimneys of Drax powerstation. Veritable feast for the eyes
Glad to hear the thaw has set in in the Vale of York - fingers crossed!
If the forecasts are to be believed then from a lack of snow perspective we should be ok although it may be damp underfoot.
I live in West Yorkshire and haven't been able to run outside since pre Xmas so my training is a bit behind where I want to be but there's still 12 days to go
ang12
good news from you!!
Wardi
!!
ditto
I guess it has been better than it could have been as there was no wind to cause drifting and increased snow depth on the exposed sections of the course
Even though there was another 1"+ of snow last night in Harrogate it does seem to be thawing slightly - plenty of time for more improvement he says hopefully even if that does not translate into running improvement on my part!
8 degrees? I'll be far too hot!
Got my number today but cant go so I have a spare. Dont know about changing details. get in touch through biggeo13@talktalk.net
I suspect there will be a fair number of no shows on the day beacuse of training disruption and uncertainty about travelling.
Pity, given the popularity of the event and the number of people that have been unable to get in at first time of asking.
I had almost decided not to run as I just got back into runing in December after a near running ending injury but the last couple of weeks, despite the weather, have gone well so I will give it a go - it may not be fast and it certainly will not be pretty!!!
They stop it by not allowing it. If you change a number with another runner without the organiser's permission there are 3 possible negative consequences:-
1. You mess up the results and prizes if you run a time of 80 mins as a senior male whilst wearing a F55 clubmate's number.
2. You collapse in the race and your mate's family gets a phone call telling them you're in York General (or whatever the local hospital is).
3. You get reported to England Athletics and banned from future competitions (and reported to your club if you have one).
..................................that's why you have to fill in the details on the back of the number bib so that the correct people are contacted
TET
LOL - I will join you there under those circumstances
Is it time for a race number list yet on teh off chance one remembers the numbers and then bumps into someone whose number they remember - numerical ascending order please!
1195 - Torque Steer
There is a 4th potential longer term consequence, if #2 happens a lot, or is the cause of an "incident" , the issue of 'runners taking part under the wrong number' will make it onto the race risk assessment, and the only mitigation for the risk will be an identity check before the race. Don't be the person that causes this to happen, else you will be reponsible for all runners having turn up at races an hour early and prove who they are!
They have done in recent years, wardi (and I'm not even sure I haven't heard of one this year) - but agree the info's pretty specific.
I get a bit irritated with this "I'll just run as my mate, can't do anyone any harm" line - even if you don't win a prize lots of clubs have leagues going on all year and people get points depending on where they come in specific races - so even if you're well down the field you can still mess it up for anyone behind you.
A local club to us were openly offering numbers to each other for a popular race and one of the people that ran "won" a veterans prize - til someone pointed out the person was clearly about 15 years too young - ban the buggers, I say.
Equally annoying was a race I did a year or two ago that had traditionally had quite a few entries on the day - it got full, so lots of people (thinking "I've travelled, I'm jolly well running!") ran the race numberless - several of them actually going into the finish funnel and messing up the results again.
The Ebor stand where the race is based is nearer 2m I'd say - you could jog down from the station, or it looks like there's a bus at 0853 - timetable here.
It's easy enough to find - you need to come in from Bishopsthorpe Rd (which is the east side).
Mr Viper
agree with Andy that it's closer to 2 miles - and you have to pick up your chip before the race starts. You should have your number already!!!!!!!!!
where are you travellinbg from?
Local weather forecast says heavy snow on Thursday but they have been wrong several times over the last few weeks ...............................