Witham Boxing Day 5

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Mrs Pants and I will be returning for another 5 miles of festive fun - anybody else doing this one?

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Suffolk Punch and myself shall be there, as it happens to be our clubs race. Look forward to seeing you and Mrs Pants.

Suffolk Punch

Yeah - and hangovers are no excuse for not turning up!

TillyP

Did this last year and look forward to a new pb! If i make it through my marathon in October .........

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I ran it with Mrs Pants last year but I'm looking forward to racing it this year. Will be the transition from halfs to XC in January. Unlikely to beat my 5M PB though - it is a tough course if I recall...

Didn't know the Punchs were from this neck of the woods...

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Yep Pants we live here, so I'll have to check the course out now as for one reason or another have never been able to run this race, but have no excuse this year tho.

Anyone doing Tiptree 5/10 on Sunday.

TillyP

I am! Have you done it before?

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I hope to do this one as well as it is pretty local. I assume hangovers are an excuse for a 'carp' time though SP?

Not sure about a PB attempt post Christmas Day Tilly but best of luck anyway!

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The route says undulating - but we though "hilly" might be more accurate. Up and down all the way as I recall...

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Oh dear think I've confused things ;-0 Who's talking about Tiptree and who talking about Witham, whatever I'll be doing both.

For anyone doing Tiptree on Sunday I'll be in Witham Running vest and number is 268 and hubby is 269 say hallo if you spot us, oh our colours are yellow and black.

pab

is race full ,on the details it says you can`t enter on the day or in advance

pab

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Whereabouts in Essex is this race? Im looking at a boxing day race, my planned race is not taking place!

pab

A12 between chelmsford and colchester

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Cool thanx Pab!
Thats about 1h30mins from me!

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Race is not full, you can enter in advance and you can start now, I'll check out tonight if you can enter on the day.

See you all there either running or doing a bit of marshalling.

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I thought I'd better post on this forum as this event is organised by the running club that I run for, and I've recently been made Captain of the mens team. As many local club runners may have noticed there has been a recent upturn in the fortunes of Witham Running Club with 4 or 5 times more runners turning out for recent races. With this in mind this years boxing day race promises to be the best in recent years. I personally am looking forward to this event and I encourage everyone who can make it to this race to come along. DON'T MISS OUT.

One quick note on the course there is only 1 section of the race with an incline worthy of being called a hill as witham on the whole is faily flat. The rest of the course is pretty fast and fast times will be possible (depending on weather and hangovers).

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Anyone know what the winning time was last year and the standard of entry?

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Winning time in the male open category last year was 25.52, the full results can be found at http://withamrc.redirectme.net/oldsite/race2003/Results.html, while you're there you may wish to look at the new website as it is very good and updated regularly. www.withamrc.org.uk

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Darn it - I'm not going to my parents until the 27th this year. Oh well, I'll remember to put this in my diary for next year.

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Micksta - we can race! :-D
The winning time was VERY good as the course is on the hilly side of undulating, as I recall...

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Possible I may do the race pants, looking for a race either the week leading to xmas or boxing day, off a few weeks hard training,

Only worry is the distance to travel, how long did it take you to get there?

Hilly courses do not worry me as such so that would not be a problem!

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Micksta - my folks live nearby so we are in the area then anyway. But it'd take you about 1.5hr to get there. Nice race though if you make the trip.

Last 400m are up a tough slope - ideal for getting a max HR reading! ;-)

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Especially if it comes down to a sprint finish between two arch rivals! ;P

Possible I may do this race, but if there is anything closer in London then I would do that, I say 50/50 for this one at this stage

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Hubby and I quite fancy this one - a good reason not to overeat on Christmas Day. Does anybody know if you can register on the day? Thanks

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They were taking entries on the day last year, BL.

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Yes you will be able to enter on the day

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RW can you amend the details of this race please if possible, it stating no entries in advance and no entries on day. Should be yes to both.

Ta muchly

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Also the website link is wrong the website address is www.withamrc.ORG.uk

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Thanks everyone. Good to know we can enter on the day as who knows we might even have a white Christmas or perhaps just a very 'Merry' Christmas! Hope to be there though as I have only ever raced 10k's or cross country - 5 miles sounds a nice distance and whatever happens will be a pb!!

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A list of entrants to date is now up on their website. It seem the numbers will be sent out around 11/12th.

Quite looking forward to this one as I always struggle on the last mile of a 10k, so should be able to put in a strong finish for once!

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We also get quite a lot on entries on the day - if you are intending to enter on the day can you please get there earlier rather than later...ta muchly...I'll be the poor b*gger sorting out the entrances on the day ;-)