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Oxford Town & Gown 10K
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Great event, well organised, very happy :-)
Thanks
This morning was the first time I've raced in the rain too....definitely going to get contact lenses!!!
Really enjoyed running a 'home' race, a feeling of freedom on the pavements and roads I normally shuffle along behind hordes of tourists, busker gawpers and strolling shoopers.
Yet a little peeved with the route - a bit repetitive for such a short race and far too narrow and congested in the first 3k.
Still, well done to all finishers.
I know what you mean about the chip scanner at the finish, I luckily hit an empty lane, but thought when a pack hits it'll be a nightmare.
This is the only problem I have with the race..
I agree about the timing, it is a pain.
On another issue you brought up, my Garmin 301 measured this race as 6.74 miles. A good 800 meters over 10k. The thing with this is, it is stated as being a measured course. I know that GPS can be out, but half a mile over this distance is quite a large error.
Thank you. And well done, everyone.
The rain didn't bother me too much, i'd have struggled more in the heat so it suited me.
Well done to all with PB's. Think that was one for me too, by about 4 minutes!
My Garmin 201 measured 6.99 miles, noticed it lost the signal a couple of times but that was on a straight bit so it would of filled in the blanks soon as it aquired again which wasn't long. Must admit was a bit strange them using hand held readers and not the usual mat to run over. When I went through the start for the second time I saw the guy packing up the hardware for the start reader which was wires from across the start.
And thanks to the people of Oxford for turning out in the rain to cheer us on.
Few minutes above my PB, according to my watch I did it in 57:08 ..... but if it was a little bit longer than 10K hurrah!! Thanks Paul and your team and I'd also like to thank the people of Oxford for turning out in such numbers on a wet sunday morning!! see you next year
PS are there any photos this year?
Other than that I thought this was a well organised race. I had some hassle getting to the start and then losing my parents who were supposed to be guarding my stuff so had to leg it back to the changing rooms, throw my bag at a really nice woman who managed to get my number and leg it back to the start just in time (though didn't get as far forward as I'd have liked). That was all my own fault, but the race officials and volunteers made it all a bit less stressful.
My GPS read 6.48 miles. However, last year it read 6.26 and I'm pretty sure it was exactly the same course. I think I got stuck on quite a few outside bends so did run further than 10K, but otherwise will perhaps have to put it down to the occasional inaccuracy of the GPS.
My apologies and thanks for the info on the chip timing. What you did makes sense, as you suggested I didnt see the wire at the finish.
On the GPS distance side of things, maybe i shouldn't rely on my Garmin so much.
Glad I missed it though looking at the weather. Hope you've dried out now ST!
one little gripe, and I know I may get moaned at for saying this, but for 13 quid couldn't we have had a goodie bag or medal at the end, I appreciate and agree that entry money go to the charity, but personally I'd pay a coupld of quid for something. Also not everyone runs for charity every time they enter a run.
I don't wish to sound mean, I'm not I have made a donation by sponsoring someone else.
PS where can I buy a t-shirt?
Dried out now, thanks, TMW!!
Tell me about your marathon - can you email me all about it?
I'm not surprised Garmins measured the course long. As I understand it, the official route of the race is measured on the shortest distance for a route - ie assuming you take the "racing line" throughout. Some of the roads were very wide and I found myself running to the outside on corners to avoid crowds. But (and there had to be a "but") - having done the extra few yards and got round in 46.40 I was pretty disappointed to see my official time as 47.10 in today's paper. Despite having started well into the 40-50 minute area, and so not at the front, the clock was showing 47.08 from the gun as I passed the line. Then it took a couple of seconds to be swiped by what I now know to be the back-up system. Not sure whether this means there were problems with the chip readers at the start or if we have to wait for the web results to get our "real times"?
Thank you.
Results due to be put up within 2 weeks of the event.