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Chris Brasher Memorial Run 10K
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Jeff T
Glad to see that you all had a good race. Mine did not go well. Was aiming for 43min finished in 47:00.
My hayfever was so bad at the start I could hardly see or breathe. I don't think it helped having to walk through the long grass [obviously unavoidable though]. Did anyone else have the same problem?
Got home in 41:10, which is far better than expected after a string of injuries. I even think i saw the front at one point!
A most enjoyable race, and I think the mid-race drizzle really did the trick.
Not too sure about those Powerbars at the end though!
No PB for me... a nice easy 1.01, it made a nice change to just run and enjoy, rather than going flat out to bust a gut!!!!
Well done to everyone.
A little bit of rain during the run which was lovely, a very hard 3 mile climb at the beginning but after that lots of down bits,
I can build on that now in prep for the Cardiff marathon in Oct, next target is a 9 mile run in July
I had a look round but couldn't see any forumites.
I'm signed up for the Windsor half, can anyone recomend another 10k around London in a month or two?
hope that helps
12 sept
25/7/ London Chest Hospital 10k
21/8/ London Pride Run 10k
12/9/ Middlesex & Open 10k Road Race (see link in other posting)
Didn't see any forumites either... must have seen me first...
Seems amazing that this was my first 10k race, given that I've done many a GNR, GSR and FLM - pleased with a 56.5 min finish time.
Well done to all you PB-ers.
Met up with flr via the marvels of modern technology though (txt that is).
Good race - my upper thighs hurt today though. I guess running along the thames is no prep for those hills
PB of 60:14 for me so very happy just thinking how fast i could have gone if it had all been flat
Nice medal too!
Was my 1st ever 10k - so it had to be a PB - all the 1s - 1hr 1min and 1sec (it's no joke that's what my watch showed crossing the line !). I didn't find URWFRC either - I did recognize JJ at a distance.
Some of you may take away the same memories:
- Roger Bannister waving us over the start....in an overcoat ?!
- the lady who ran behind a tree at the one mile point (I didn't stop laughing until 2 miles)
- that &*&^% of a hill just before 4 miles
- what were those strange people doing in the middle of the field ? Some new age incantations or something.
- the two ladies who held hands for at least two miles - I didn't look to see if one was a guide for the other, but it looked like a special run for them.
- the two young marshalls at the second turn shouting encouragement - Thanks it really helped
- the half mile to go, rapidly followed by the 6 miles (was I the only one to forget the .3 in coversion from kilometers to miles ?)
- that disgusting power bar (I ate it though)
- the Rugby player - big lad - said he'd make it and he did - huge respect
- the biblical downpour as I was changing trains at Waterloo.
What a great experience. I didn't know Chris Brasher - but that was a send off to be proud of.
Slug
Shame not to meet people but, PB for me anyway!
Didn't get my sub 50, but am very happy with 00:50:45. previous PB was 52:48 and that was on the flat!
So good day, and very well organised I thought!
Well done everyone.
Didn't meet up with anyone which is a shame but just wanted to say what a fab race!
I made the mistake of gulping down a whole bottle of powerade before I started on an empty stomach - d'uh!! I didn't want to have to carry a bottle you see, not going to make that mistake again! I joined my group in the pens and walked to the start, however I had to turn around and leg it back to the portaloos as I felt so uncomfortable, you have no idea how jealous I was of all those men who were going behind trees! (some of you guys may have seen me running the wrong way before the race started!)
I managed to get back to the start after everyone had gone and I set my stopwatch from then.
Had a really great race and enjoyed it thoroughly, managed to catch up with and overtake some people who were in the pens with me though nearly died on that hill at 3 1/2 miles gone! Legs felt like jelly after that!
Made the mistake of legging it after what I knew to be the final hill and not taking into account that there was actually more than a mile to go, when I reached the half mile left mark (which I thought was the end) I totally lost it and stopped. However a couple of really nice runners told me to keep going and I managed to start again - yippeee!
Soooo I finished, according to my watch, in 56:41 minutes!!!!!! Best ever! Official time was 1:03 something I think but I'm going to go by my actual race time and be dead chuffed with that.
How nice was that rain by the way, all misty and cooling
Only problem is that my knee is really giving me problems, I think I took the hills too quickly but it was the only way I knew I could get over them!
Congratulaions everyone and the organisers for a really well marshaled and organised race, power bars were a bit rank though so I gave them to my son haha
(how heavy is that medal?!)
All the best
Tara
Went round a bit slower than I had hoped, but still managed it in 45:21 - the Kingston Hill was much more punishing than I thought it would be (much gritting of teeth up to the top!)
Highlight was the crowd-lined last 300m or so, I felt like a proper runner with the crowd!
Hopefully this will become an annual event, well done to everyone who took part,
Ben
Only trouble was that I got there a bit late, started right from the very back and moaning about a niggly knee. Never overtaken so many people in my life though, managed a PB of 47mins in the end and was more than happy.
I couldn't find any URWFRC tent type objects either. Catch you next time...
AW! One thing that did annoy me - they could have done with a clock at the start...
I run Richmond Park all the time in training but it's the first race I've done there and I was fascinated to see how much difference the hills made to the mile splits: in my case about a minute between my uphill miles and my downhills. Very happy that I got within a minute and a half of my pb on such a hilly course.
Well done to all.
Oh and I don't need to buy a stopwatch, I got one free when I signed up to runners world :oD - it's very naff and a bit chunky but it does exactly what it says on the tin!
from the minute we got off the train and were met in the station to the great crowd cheering at the finish, it was a pleasure. and what an honour to be started by Sir Roger as well!
thanks Hugh Brasher and here's hoping that you've raised a shed-load of cash for your charity and think about doing the same next year.
Was anyone else on that first bus?
thought i saw you at one point helephant - did you have your name written across your front?
I worked. I met Tinks and ran the first half with her.