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Thanks Tracey. You're so kind. If only I shared your optimism. I now take nearly two hours longer to get round Halstead than when I first ran the course. At this rate it just seems I'll soon be running out of daylight hours. But I do continue to enjoy it!
YIPPEE. Post has just arrived and I have my Halstead number (Number1). Race Info and Instructions were also in the envelope but I couldn't fathom the two A4 blank pages!!!
See you all there.
I'm really looking forward to this one!
Long range forecast for Sunday is cool. I hope that doesn't change.
how long is the longest hill?
Mark
Whoop di whoop whoop! Have my number.
I notice in the past people have put their own drinks on the water stations, is it possible to do that this year? Would I be able to leave gels at them this way? Dosen't really matter, as I've got a bum bag and also my wife will be watching and so she could keep them for me but was just wondering.
Good luck everyone.
Legs are almost recovered from London now, Going to test them on a gentle jog later to flush out that lactic acid.
Realy looking forward to the 9th!
Stet #467
got my number today 8 never had a single figure number before ,names on them is a nice touch cautiously hoping for 3hrs 30 if i can avoid the usual too quick start and crash at mile 22
does anyone know if there are height restrictions on the car park ?
Anyone else hate the health & safety gone mad trend towards banning mp3 players everywhere?
It's entirely possible to have an mp3 playing at a volume low enough that you can hear everything going on around you. I, along with millions of other runners, do it every week on public roads.
Banning MP3s doesn't make races safer, just makes them tougher & less enjoyable. We're all adults. Whatever happened to common sense..
WHAT'S THE CONSEQUENCE FOR WEARING AN MP3 PLAYER, OR IS IT JUST ADVISIBLE NOT TO WEAR ONE.?
But why...? Unquestioning acceptance of bad ideas is a bad idea (!)
I'm not aware that deaf people are banned from entering races in which mp3 players are banned so where's the logic?
Or what about people who aren't fully deaf but are very hard of hearing? I can tell you for a fact that I can hear far more of what's going on around me whilst wearing an MP3 player at low volume, than some folk I know (including runners) are able to hear naturally.
It may not be the organisers fault (I don't know whether it's an insurance requirement). Either way it's unnecessary nannying of grown adults.
Got my number yesterday love that fact is has my name on it.
Don't think it is sad keeping race numbers, I have all of mine. Friend of mine has them all as well. However, they are sad. They keep them in plastic wallets with a piece of paper with all the details (date, time, weather condition, how it went, etc) filed in date order.
Adrian - MP3 players are banned for a couple of reasons. Firstly, health and safety so you can hear marshalls, traffic (especially we the roads are not closed), other runners (had to push past people in the past because they can not hear me asking to be let through), get yourself or others tangled in the cables, etc.
Secondly, some people use them for pacing and have a click track or music at a set BPM and some consider this as cheating (a UKA rep told me this).
I ran Brighton a couple of weeks ago and this had an MP3 ban. Loads of people still wearing them and not aware of anyone being disqualified. Maybe health and safety overload. However, rules are rules so if you choice to wear one and get disqualified you can't really complain.