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Thanks BB and good luck to yourself and everybody else running tomorrow. If anybody recognises me tomorrow pop over and say hello, I should be pretty easy to spot in my RNLI yellow vest .... I'm number 958.Most of all enjoy yourselves
Enjoyable race today
Running up the Great Orme was a challenge to say the least!
The finish will have to be improved for next year especially if they are expecting much higher numbers
All done. Race was good and then I go to check my results and somewhen during the registration process and the race I have become a male.
So I got my time but that's the only thing I can belive
. I do apologise if I made a mistake and registered as a male but I'm pretty sure someone decided to place me in a certain gender group because of my name.
Taking it so personally....
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Conwy's half is the latest race on the list
Fantastic first Half Marathon for me. Was warned it was not agood idea to do this one as my first because of the long climb up the Orme but it was nowhere near as bad as I'd imagined! I only started racing this summer and suffer terribly from pre-race nerves but I can honestly say this was the first race that I've actually enjoyed
Lovely medal too!
Well done everybody who raced today and a big thanks to Bruce for dragging me round that last mile when I was starting to struggle.
Well done esp to Lo-Jo if you're the Lo-Jo off Fetch as that's a fantastic time for first time out. (I'm not stalking you honest
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BB ..... I'll have to be a bit more careful what I say next time as the hill training has paid off as not only did I get under 2 hours but managed 1.53.53 so no nekid dancing this time but who knows in future
Well done everyone great race 1:51:01 for me must of been close to you FFM
Near perfect weather (cool and calm) for a great race.
I started to tire at about mile 10 (lack of training following a heavy cold after snowdonia marathon perhaps).
1:26 for 21st place didn't lose any places in the race but my splits slowed. Half marathon is a testing distance.
Excellent day all round ... and a great race (the little lump in the middle not withstanding!).
Really chuffed that managed to run the whole thing, although it was somewhat soul destroying 3/4 the way up the Orme to come round that corner to think you must be a the top to only see the road continue winding its way up again !!.
Good to meet a couple of forumites too and a massive congrats to Tony (FFM) for smashing his PB, a truly remarkable effort on that course. (BTW .. I wasn't trying to help you round at the end .. I was secretly employed by BB to actually slow you down a bit to make sure you didn't hit the 1:50 ... it was just far too cold for the whole nekid dancing thing !
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Now, if anyone has any tips on how to resurrect my poor legs .. please feel free to speak up now!
Conwy results
Love this race - did it last year too and will enter again next year. Had a great weekend in Conwy topped off by my daughter running a massive PB - 1.33 - and winning her age group. She bought the chips with her prize money
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That Orme doesn't get any smaller does it?
Back home now and have to say how much I enjoyed that. I knocked 10 mins off last year's time, finishing in 1:44:04, helped home by some bloke called "Marsy" and a chap who'd fallen on the Orme and ran the second half of the race with blood pouring down his face. I decided to stick with him cos of all the cheers he was getting - I just pretended they were for me
I was impressed to get back to my car and discover a text had been sent 10 mins after I'd finished, giving me my clock time, chip time, and position. It was particularly useful as I didn't have any internet access while I was away.
Tigerlily - well done to your daughter - that's a brilliant time.
My only gripe is that I paid an extra fiver for the tech t-shirt and they'd run out of small ones by the time I finished. I don't think that should have happened, especially as I'd ordered a small one.
I'm glad I didn't order a tech t-shirt PF - If they had no smalls left by the time you finished I'd have no chance.......
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The text service was really good - we had our times & positions within 10 mins of finishing too.
I reckon if they sort out the few gripes with this race it will become a real classic. TBH the narrow path at the start didn't bother me as i wasn't chasing a PB but my daughter got a real nasty shove from a bloke who wanted to pass her so she nearly ended up on her face. My daughter is a track athlete so she understands the etiquette when wanting to pass - a polite "excuse me" usually works or a yelled "TRACK!" A hard shove is dangerous at 6.5 min mile pace. The bloke in question saw her at the end and apologised and was impressed that she'd beaten him by 2 mins. I think he'd decided a little girl had no business being at the sharp end of the race
....... my daughter was polite to him - if it was me I'd be dancing around yelling "yeah! eat my dust slow boy!!!" 
PS...... if you are the bloke alluded to here..... you got beat by a girl!!
I saw the queues for the 2 hr finishers and didn't envy them. I've just read the race ratings and noticed there's a few negative comments about that.
Tigerlily - I'm chuffed she beat the brute! Although my opinion of him softened a bit when I read he apologised. Some bloke once tried to barge past me just before a finishing funnel - I'm a 5'2" woman with a skinny upper body, yet all it took was a gentle lean to send him crashing into the bushes at the side. And HE apologised to ME!!! Girl Power
PF I saw that bloke at the end, quite spectacular wasn't he!
I'm doubly grateful to you Bruce .... I was cold enough fully clothed !
Jason Cordingley 2 wrote (see)
Glad to hear it Jason. Mike did look a bit of a mess.
Tattooed Runner38 wrote (see)
I might have been close to you at the start but those 3 mins feel like an eternity by the endWell done to TL jnr and what an excellant way to spend the prize money
Poorly Feet wrote (see)
Well done PF that a fantastic result to knock 10 mins off last year .... congrats
TL .......
" PS...... if you are the bloke alluded to here..... you got beat by a girl!!"
HA HA HA HA HA
Surely we ran further this year than last year due to new start .
Still got a faster time though ,1:39 so well pleased .
Celebrated with a pint in the Liverpool Arms on the Quay and then a nice sunday roast at the pub that was the HQ last year .
Thanks for a lovely day Conwy
Does anyone else think that next years target entry of 5,000 is too many?
It would have to be a different route at least