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...and if it doesn't, that it's behind us all the way - could do with all the help I can get!
But I'm with you in hoping for a nice tail wind!!!
8:00 Sunny 40° 32° 32° 10% 73% From the West at 16 mph
9:00 Sunny 41° 33° 32° 10% 70% From the West at 16 mph
10:00 Sunny 42° 34° 33° 10% 70% From the West at 16 mph
11:00 Sunny 43° 35° 34° 10% 70% From the West at 16 mph
12:00 Sunny 43° 35° 34° 10% 70% From the West at 16 mph
Sunday, 21 Jan Temp ° F Feels
Like Dew
Point Precip. Humid. Wind
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ;o(
Forcing porridge down - not awake yet. Going to eat this then lie down for 10 minutes :-)
Very nice race, course was good. To my tired legs it felt like there was some hills in there :-) Thanks to the marshalls for their support.
Finished in 1:23 - happy enough with that. Got home, laid in bath with flannel over my head for 10 minutes & am now eating pizza.
Thanks to St Albans Striders. Only one minor moan - it would have been to nice to have some sort of 'energy' something at the end, either drink or anything I could eat.
I was beating Brooks, but he overtook me at the 2nd water station. I nearly caught him but had to tie my shoelace :-(
good marshalling and policing. well organised, although was a bit of a squeeze at the start
So much for my first race :-(
Very well marshalled as well.
Didnt actually get there due to missing train as I had also been kept awake by the wind. Oh well!
Great race! the weather was lovely, cold but bright and the marshalls were excellent, so friendly and encouraging - loved the tea, rolls, cakes etc afterwards very good idea indeed - needed to put some sugar back in my system! :-)
Managed just under 92 mins so no pb but given it's been nearly 2 1/2 years since my last 10 miler - at which time I was a *lot* fitter - I'm really chuffed with the result. Those last 2 miles were killer though I must say!
Well done to all of you who ran and a big well done to the organisers, thank you all for your hard work
Tara x
Its not the first one I have missed because I havent got there so I must go for entry on the day races. Thinking I may do Benfleet 15 next week.
Apart from the start, I liked the new route. It took me 9:44 to do the first mile though because of the runners ahead of me and the narrow paths. Brooks will, no doubt, comment that a 9:44 mile is good for me.
Only managed to see Brooks and Mitten. At least I managed to beat Motty again!
Never seen so many marshals, well done all of you.
Tara, was lovely to see you again.
V well organised and good course and the bunch in the first 2 miles helped me as it made me start sensibly and then speed. AS Predicted 8 to 9.5 miles were the toughest for me but managed a "sprint" at the end.
Wabo - good to meet you and hope the run went well.
This one could become an annual event
Thanks to all the friendly marshalls.
I must have run straight past them - picked up my (empty!) bottle at the end and saw no food. Where was it?
Sorry leadfoot - although you might have struggled with the stairs
Provisional results available at
www.stalbansstriders.com
Can you let us know if you disagree with any nos.
that's the trouble with non-chipped races though I guess as your finish time isn't particularly accurate unless you managed to start right at the front - I got 1:31:54 on my watch but started nearly a minute after the first people - ahhh well
But then, I would probably have walked straight past it. Left my jacket in the sports hall in the mad dash to get home for a warm bath!!!
:-)
My Zimmer frame is perfectly manuoeverable I'll have you know!
Will defo come back and run this next year and will reccommed it to my fellow berkshire runners as St Albans wasn't as far as I thought on a Sunday morning. Well done everyone that took part!
AJH - sorry you never made it. I only got to the school at 9:25 so probably wouldn't have seen you anyway.
My aim was to try and run a steady race. This was my first speed race for 6 months having concentrated on training for 3 Maras in 3 days last October.
The endurance from those events is still there as I managed a very steady 7:20 min miling all the way and finished in 1:13:58 by my watch, missing a PB by 3 seconds!!!!
The difference between this and my PB race was that I was knackered last time. Today I still felt strong at the end. Heres looking forward to some Halfs in February.
Thanks to St Albans Striders. Great organisation and great marshalls out on the course. (GCR Member)