Seaton Half Marathon - 12 September 2004

paskha

Anyone doing any other Halfs before Seaton ?

I am doing just one:

Indian Queens, nr Newquay 01/08/04
(2003 - 2:06:11 Course Best)

It is a tough course & can be VERY hot -
I should be able to tell if I've improved !! as I have done it every year since 1998 (except 2000) when it was my first (2:06:34) & ran Burnham Beeches (1:59:48!) 2 wks later

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hilly - to add a bit of excitement the course starts & finishes at a pub, the Hook & Parrot. They have been known to present a bottle of something to the runner who is first to complete the initial loop.

My pb so far this year - Bideford 1:33:21
My pw so far this year - Plymouth 1:38:53

All time:
pb - Cheddar 2003 - 1:33:15
pw - Torbay 2002 - 1:50

Of course this is all half marathon stuff, my best race time was the Teignbridge 10 earlier this year with 68:26, although I was also very pleased with myself after flm.

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I surprised myself two years ago by doing 90.44 at seaton taking 2 minutes off my old pb, silly thing is the year before I did 1.49.

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Steve - That is one big improvement in a year!

Hilly

Let's hope we all get a new pb!

As I've been injured and trying to build back up for Cardiff marathon I've been unable to race. I do hope though that my leg is strong enough to do a 12 mile road race at he the beginning of August as I've also got a 32 mile off road event to do in the middle of August-although if I decide to do this it will not be at race pace!

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The previous year I had a bad run, plus I think it was 23C at the start and got hotter.

Hilly

Well I hope it's not hot this year as I don't race well in the heat!

OuchOuch

After the monsoon weather of late..I would love to see some sunshine but preferably not on the following dates/ times, as the heat is a killer for me to, not sure if it is the heat from the sun I dislike more than the heat rising from the road surface.

So cool and a breeze please and ideally the odd spot of light rain on:
Aug 1 Indian Queens 10.30 - 12.30
Sept 12 Seaton 10.30 - 12.30
Oct 3 Cardiff 9 - 12.20

Hilly

Anyone know if this race fills up fast or are there still entries on the day?

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I didn`t do it last year but normally your ok to enter on the day.

retro

Yes there are entries on the day Hilly the usual £1 extra.this will be my first half so i hope to do about 1 40

Hilly

That's good news as I've wasted so many race entries this year due to injury I don't want to enter and find out I can't do it. However, hopefully I'll feel confident enough with my fitness before the day too enter.

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hilly - Just watch the AVR web site, they will probably post a warning if they get anywhere near the entry limit.

Hilly

Thanks 90 mins, I'll most probably enter soon anyhow.

Rescued this thread from the depths of the forum!

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hilly - will you be picking up a Grizzly entry form?

Hilly

I might do 90 mins. I missed last year's due to injury, so this year it'll depend if I decide to FLM or not.

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What difference does flm make? It makes a great "long slow run" which is how I ran it. Grizzly is one of those events which you don't have to race, although I did give in to temptation over the last couple of miles!

Hilly

Exactly the temptation is too much when you want to do well. But maybe I'll think of entering and doing it as a long training stamina building run-like my run today!

Hilly

Boing from page 3 again!

I know it's a long way off, but must try and keep the thread going as it's my pre-marathon half marathon!

So lets start a list of those doing this. Add your name!

Hilly - not entered yet!

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Could be quite tempted by this, but am concerned by the words 'hill' and 'climb' that have appeared in this thread. Can anyone clarify these?!

paskha

not so much a BOING - more a bounce

paskha - 1:59
Doug - 1:50-1:55
paskha's sister (is she really older than paskha?) - 1:45
hilly - 1:32
90 minutes - 1:34
Ouchouch - 1:25

btw - I may be in luck - as I am committed to doing a Triathlon on 21 August cos I'm a Hayle Runner - and the Tri is in Hayle !!
(1000m / 25 mile / 6 mile)

I say I'm in luck - cos the extra cross-training I've started SHOULD improve my fitness !!

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Line - For Devon this is fairly flat, a few undulations but nothing that challenging.

Hilly

Don't know why I didn't look for the other list-one of those days!

Come on now 90 mins, I've heard this undulating before! How undulating is it?

Hilly

Good luck with the tri Paskha, is it a first?

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its not too bad, lumpy at around 5 and 10 mile, for a devon half its about as flat as you can expect.

paskha

Hi Hilly - YES it will be my FIRST Tri -

but I have done one duathlon - the Ballbuster (8 mile / 24 mile / 8 mile) back in '98

so I know about "losing" your bike in transition !! ha ha

and I haven't swum for about 8 months - which is strange cos I LOVE swimming but get ear trouble - in fact I think swimming might be something I could be good at - whereas I am not really a "natural" runner !!

Hilly

Lumpy! Now that sounds different!

Good luck then, I think tri's are great fun. I'm the opposite as in swimming is what I'm least talented at (not that I'm talented at any of the disciplines)but do manage to swim a mile slowly. Have only done sprint tri's myself, but hope to do more longer distances in the future.

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Hilly, as Steve says it's not that bad.

Of the races we've both done it is certainly flatter than Plymouth, perhaps comparable to the 2nd (hillier) half of the Teignbridge Ten.

OuchOuch

Races called BallBuster 'ouch ouch'.

Would love to do a tri at some stage - something for 2005 I think.

Taking my sore shin splints out on an easy 16 miler today, not as prep for Seaton I would add, and looking forward to the Indian Queens this Sunday.

Hilly

Love you picture OuchOuch,where is it?