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I was over in Barton last week to see my friend and see Bon Jovi and she showed me Gravel Pit (the hill) - didnt seem too bad but now thinking what have I let myself in for. I am more dreading getting back onto the bridge after the hill!!
Will get the weather the day before...it was supposed to be sunny last Tuesday according to the forecast and it rained.
Anything like it is at the moment would be a bonus...Saturday was just too hot!!
see you all on Sunday.
Please do
my legs are shot to bits after the last 2 weeks
Ill be lucky to do under 2.30
Got to set my MP3 player up with some tunes incase its lonely at the back!
Doesn't sound too bad for a 13 mile run.
i CANT cope with your pic
SHEEP
aaaaaaaargggggggggggggggggggggggh
After I've done a pb tomorrow though...
Sunday's forecast looks about the same so should be good race.
Have a good one.
Rob H
Good Luck to everyone !!
I will not be doing it as done a Marathon 2 weeks ago. Was hoping would be ok but just built myself back up to 6 miles at the moment.
Have fun :-)
Now the problem i have is that i ran Nottingham as my next run last year but cannot attend this year due to the dates clashing with a little weekend break we have planned. So which event to run instead??????? any ideas
I didn't reckon the hill was that bad though, ran it all apart from the water station.
well done everyone..does neone else haet that really sharp left turn in the final bit in the carpark?
I enjoyed the route - thank God I took my camelpack with me as I don't think I could have coped with those cups of water - can they try and get VITEL on board as a sponsor next year so they can have some bottles?
I am home noe
Bliddy great event
really well organised
(i think the water got stolen, hence no bottles)
But Loads of water stations, fab ulously encouraging marshalling and the general public were amazing
you should be proud of yourselves!
(just scraped under 2.30 by my watch-lost it at 9 miles)
Report later
Was a fantastic race and well organised . Started to worry when the sun came out at 3 miles especially after reading about last year's nightmare, but all was good in the end and the hills were worth it in the end.
Have run it 3 times in the past and this year took 9 and a half minutes off my PB, finishing in 1:38.
A wicked day and am now planning my next venture.
fast time that-some pb!!!!!!!!!!!!!
welcome Jonathan
thankyou anyway
I sat down on my bag for 20 minutes, and OT came to talk to me
i didnt think i made much sense
Going back a bit, Cybor, 2 half's in our area (Sheffield) at the end of the year worth a look are Worksop Half on 29th October and Clowne Half on 26th November.
See you in both
organisation was poor, I arrived at 9.50am and needed to do one thing, use the toilet!! Thought this should be plenty of time, however with only three toilets working just got in the toilet as the hooter went. So I had to run to catch up with the last person. First time I have run here and thought the Humber bridge would be an experience, it proved just that, as soon as we got on the bridge could not believe there was just a pavement, about all of 1 1/2 metres wide to run on. So not only could you not run past people but it was dangerous as others thought they could. First water station had about three people on it, did not think it was worth risking injury to try and get water. Going back to the bridge, OK lets just give them a pavement, however lets not even shut the pavement to the public and having them walking towards the runners!!!eh!!! And then the roads, at times I was running next to cars that had to reverse because of other oncoming traffic due to lack of marshalls/road closures. Still managed a Personal Worse o 1hr39m and will not be back again. For those who only run Humber and think it is good, it is not try Sheffield/Nottingham/Leeds, etc and see how a race should be organised. On the plus side, a medal and a t-shirt, V-Nice, would swap for organisation any day!!
but i am not of your speed Scott-so you may have had a different expereince
THAT problem
my sympathies
for once i didnt have that issue
(but i always carry loo roll)
did you not see the other loos near the Tourist centre?