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Please put numbers on the front of your tshirts, sorry for the confusion!
Vici Richardson
PPUK
I hope you all enjoyed the run! times will be on www.ppuk.org this evening, but the raceahead is the correct site.
Vici
PPUK
Chip time is the time between when you crossed the red matt at the start and when you crossed the finish line.
Not everyone starts at the physical start line - can be up to 20m behind it when the gun goes - therefore the 2 times.
The chip time is a better/more accurate time for your 10k run.
Hope that makes sense.
Anyone know what website will be used for the photos of the event?
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Organisation could be tidied up. Having the t-shirt tent so far from the start meant people were turning up a little bit late.
And the water station wasn't well marshalled. I didn't try for a bottle, but I saw some runners having to rip open the packs themselves. And a couple of park tramps blocked the water station for a while.
The chap collecting the chips managed to irritate several runners by wandering around, often away from people. Two static boxes, one either side of the finish would have been a better idea. Having a guy wandering round meant that nobody knew where he was at any one time. And the fact that he was grumpy and grumbling wasn't nice.
A time clock at the finish would also be appreciated.
I am not sure if there were more than one photographer there though..
I never got a yellow leaflet
Shame about the two girls on the water station; One of them held out a bottle and took it away as I reached out to get it. Never mind, just one of those things!
(But I do prefer to be handed a cup rather than a bottle).
On the plus side, Battersea Park is ideal for a good time, and the chip timming is always welcome. Organisation went smoothly for such a big field.
There are quite a few criticisms about the organisation of the run on the Ratings. And I notice some of the same negative comments on previous years. Lack of interest and enthusiasm from those involved, and poor organisation.
It would be nice if some of the criticisms were taken on board by the organisers, and improvements put in place. Perhaps get a runners club involved - people who know what other runners want and expect.
I've just noticed we now have the ability to put in live links.
However, I was averaging 4:30ish for the first km marker on each lap and was on course for a 46:20 if I'd have done this in the last km. I finished in 44:20 :-)
Consider this too: the distance between the water station and the 1km marker was much longer than the distance between the water station and the finish line.
not moaning tho, was for an excellant cause and i enjoyed the run very much - ta to all organisers / volunteers
Anyway you lot seem a lot of fun and was wondering whether anyone would participate in my 5K Superman Run I am organising in Hyde Park on the 24th March. It's a bit of a fun run really and will be raising funds for Cancer Research UK along with raising awarness of Testicular Cancer. The whole event is my own concept and runners will be required to reflect the Superman theme by wearing custom race pants over their gear. These pants will be supplied to you along with your race number and will be covered by the £10 race entry fee (the majority of which will be donated to Cancer Research UK).
Anyway I can give more details infact all details are available at www.supermanrun.co.uk. Just curious to know if anyone would be interested. Just a bit nervous about managing to recruit enough runners as it is my first event I have organised. Any advice much appriciated. Thanks
However overall do we think the course was actually less than 10k's?
shows how important it was to wear your number on your front. Thanks for that advice. Not that I liked my photos sadly. Sure my legs are too short and thats why I am so slow. Oh well.