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LW, race photos? do you have a link available?
Well done TP, perfect conditions for fast times I thought despite the wet roads towards the end.
Saw your splits posted on the sub 3.15 threads and found it amazing how close we were to each other on the way round. It appears that you were more or less sat on my shoulder from about half way.
As a word of encouragement your splits add to 37.55....... so perhaps grounds for optimism for both of us! Well done on the sub 40 too!
LW.....I'm also interested for the photo link to see the incredible Humph stalking me!
Nice to see that you are going well too, looking good for North Downs with a month to go.
Micksta – Good return to form!!
Hopefully... this'll be a pic of me and Pants. Nice that htey got the pic of the one part of the race when we were racing!
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c272/Bryn_R/untitled.jpg
Wabo, I think many of the men were amazed at Timmy's pace and stamina. I was constantly asked in the first 5k if he was doing the whole race. Only one guy was upset by this as you know, but he soon realised who not to mess with :-)
Great to spend time with others off the forum at the picnic kindly provided by Pants and Mrs P - thanks both!
Jordo - no such thing sadly - you are not allowed to run 10K till 15 or 16 in the UK (hence Tim being numberless). A totally stupid ruling, IMHO - esp. when many of the African teenagers are world class at that age.
What there is though is an age-group world record list (http://www.arrs.net/SARec.htm), which is sketchy admittedly, but lists the WR for a 9yr old over 5K (track) as 19:42 - Tim went through half way about that time! But I imagine there are many young African kids much faster. Either way, it matters not a jot - he's doing well, fit and having great fun. We'll leave it a few more years before we worry too much about times. We'll focus on Chloe's training more (don't forget how well she did) and let Tim come along for the ride.
Hilly - Massive thanks to you! They'd never have done it without you. It was a pleasure to meet you at last - you're always welcome in this house!
Glad everyone enjoyed the picnic too. :-D
Certainly can't ignore Chloe's achievement, in some ways it's more amazing. I've run in a few 10ks where she would have been first lady with that time!!
Clearly you have a running dynasty in the making.......
All those finishing around Tim were very pleasant and gracious to him - much appreciated. The friendliness of runners is part of what makes the race day experience such a joy for him.
http://www.eeng.co.uk/HBORR/Racepage/RaceList2006.html
Remember the day you beat him (just) - it may provide bragging rights in a few years...
On the official results all three of our times seem 3 secs slower than our watch times - anybody else find this?
Just checked the official times.
Now I only start my watch as I cross the start line and the difference between what they've given me and what my Garmin recorded is alarming. I've been quoting 51:50 and they've got me down for a 53:34. As I queued in the finishers' funnel, I heard a timekeeper uttering an 'Ooops!' type comment and I'm sure that they can't cope with the large volume of runners at the end. Your 3 seconds has, no doubt, been magnified as more and more runners cross the line. Still, it won't spoil an otherwise great day/race and I'll certainly be back next year.
I was confusing my Wheathampstead with my Hatfield Broad Oak result.
At Hatfield Broad Oak I apparently did 52:35, which is still a minute different. So the same logic could apply.