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Old Deer Park Richmond Half Marathon
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So... any final tips on whether to go for road shoes or trail?
i made it a couple of hundred m too short...looking at other peoples strava distances most seem to agree. Bit of a shame
My Garmin made it 20.86 km - so 238m short. If it makes you feel better, a half marathon is 13.1m not 13.2m...
Indeed - but my Garmin had me 0.1m out at 10 miles (I thought maybe due to not taking the perfect racing line) so had prepared myself at that point to shoot for 13.2m when I crossed the finish line, rather than hit PB at 13.1m still finding myself short of the finish line. Make sense?
Still, thought the event worked out well in the end, especially considering the recent weather!
The first mile marker was out by 0.1miles by my garmin and lost another 0.05 somewhere, otherwise quite a nice race. No pb which I put down to the wind on the second lap but am in the right place for VLM training wise.
My Garmin had it at 12.94, which makes me feel even worse about not beating my PB! I agree that the event worked out well, however - I was fully expecting to have to run through boggy fields and deep puddles. I also thought the marshals did a great job, it helped a lot
I really enjoyed the course, but the towpath was abit annoying under foot but all in all a good event. My previous pb for the half was 2:04 and today my clock time was just over 1:47
The uneven towpath can make up for the point one lol. Well done everyone
Results already posted
hi David, yes i found the grass tough at the end too, and the towpath hurt my feet abit. Marshalls were great. Id definitely do this event again
Wow Nina congratulations, first woman over the line, amazing
my garmin has me doing 13.09 miles...i noticed most mile markers were out which isnt unusual,BUT the last race i ran that was organised by the same people i missed a PB cos the course was to LONG!!!! didnt get the tiem id hoped for (sub 1hr 50) but still got a PB by 4 mins 52 and that included me falling and a toilet break at 1/2 way so i guess i cant complain!!!
very enjoyable race today, marshals were great and I felt the race had a genuinely good feel about it all round.
Didn't enjoy the towpath and the u turn however but all in all im happy
Wonderful event. Must say I wasn't expecting the whole Richmond green loop, that wasn't on the high level course map i downloaded a few months ago. my Garmin had me come up short on 20.83k , and the mile markers (that I saw) were consistently out as well . Bur great organisation and great marshals doing a tough job holding up traffic for us. This is going to be a regular for me . It felt really flat throughout.
Pleased to get a PB, and to me, seemed pretty accurate with my watch recording 13.1 exactly though mile markers were fractionally out. Solid organisation, and the course quite enjoyable. The off-road stuff was a bit tougher than expected!
Generally enjoyed the race, but did find the towpath pretty brutal as a road runner! Course was also short for me. I ran on past the finish line and had it as 20.88 on my Garmin.
Missed my PB by 4 seconds!! Probably took it too easy at the start/started too far back. Good event all in all
Lap tow path made my soles of my feet feel like they
was being ripped to shreds. I had asics running
shoes and running socks. What do I need to do
to stop this pain again? Any suggestions please. Thanks
hi Gavin my feet felt exactly the same, they were burning! I was wearing marathon specific socks and adidas boost shoes. If i were to run this again i would probably go with a thicker soled shoe with more cushioning like my brooks ghosts that i plan to use for a full marathon. On Sunday i could almost feel the stones stabbing into my feet, couldn't wait to get off that towpath
Gavin I was in Asics’s as well. I do a far bit of fell running which might have been a factor but normally for a race I put on 2 pairs of socks and also put Vaseline on the soles of my feet to cut down on blister’s and it wasn’t a factor. So might be useful but as I said I do a fair bit of off road running which was probably more of a factor.
Thanks Lisa and Cake. Hope all goes well for the marathon and fell running for you both. I appreciate you responding. I seriously was close to giving up. Never felt such pain before when running, it was awful. You both must be made of tougher stuff, because I was lIke a baby with it. My wife can't understand why I only felt it when we did the second lap on the tow path? Was that the same for you? So how can I be prepared for such a surface, thicker souls? Double Socks? I did not expect it to hurt. My asics gel 1170 have been great for me on paths, roads and cycle paths. But this was awful. I don't want to go through that again. Thanks for your suggestions.
Just out of curiosity, does anybody know why the start was delayed? As far as I'm aware, it was supposed to be at 09:15.
Hi James i think it was because people were still registering, the queue was massive even at 9am. Hi again Gavin it was a one off for you? I did feel it abit more on the second lap but i think that was because of my shoes and the fact i had a blister already before the race which i put conpeed over but still felt it. Thanks for the good luck
Thanks for the clarification Lisa; I thought that queue was for the ladies portaloos!
Is anyone doing this race this Feb? As most of the course is on the towpath, will road shoes be fine?