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Looks like a very positive statement!
This week our management team has gone through our race calendar for the remainder of 2020, making decisions around our ability to put on a safe event within these new guidelines. Our plan is to organise some test events in August, with limited entry limits, then put on selected races in September, October and November, with a view to returning to our full race calendar in December - in time for the festive race calendar.
Good news re races. Victory 5 is probably one of the closest races to my home (if its stll at Lakeside - about a mile away), but i dont usually run it.
12m early doors (6m ~8mm, 6m 6.50ish).
But not today
8 miles in, just past Chequers, a wasp/bee/hornet thing decided to get scooped up by my unzipped shirt. It stung me on the neck then as I tried to get rid of it, it dived down into my jersey and stung me several more times in quick succession! It was VERY painful! I lifted up the jersey and got rid of the wee bastard! I thought the pain would ease after a few minutes and carried on. It didn't - just got worse! 15M later, I stopped in Thame to get something to eat. The pain was just at a plateau by then. I went to pay for my pasty, and got another sting!!! The bloody thing had hitched a list inside the back of my jersey!!! It was a hornet and is now most definitely dead!
Just got back, and have counted 9 separate stings - neck, torso and back - and they are all still very painful!
Bloody hate nature this year
Marlow fartlek romp for me today within a 10miler.
Went for 10, and hoovered up 8.
Annoyingly the 2 I missed out on weren't pace issues, but very slight route errors - we're talking like a route ever so slightly coming off the path it's followed the rest of the route. Still registered the segment though, so I can only imagine it's when I crouched down to recover thinking it was bagged, then wandered just over the line - 20/30secs on!
8 is probably a decent plunder though
So, Cancel Culture, what's it all about?
🙂
Anyway - 5K TT just now. First proper effort since pre-lockdown. As flat a route as I can find round here, but all 100ft of climb was early on in mile 2, so needless to say that felt hard! 19:38. OK, but some way to go for any races that might happen
(look away now if you are of a nervous disposition or have an aversion to hair!)
Can't be fun trying to boot a 100 feet mile at 5k effort
(and erm, some men too maybe)
Maybe too much of a drive for you for such a thing, but it's probably only slightly more than 2 laps as well - so not one of my old style thrashes round a track, or a loop.
Good work.
I mentioned Nice Work having test events in Aug, then running some events Sep-Nov.
The Podium 5k in Burnley is going ahead in early August, with a range of time requirements. When I did it, I was fortunate enough to just be in an "A" race, alongside low to mid 14 animals.
This time 14.30 is the cut off for the A race, and it goes down to 19 in about 5 races.
Bedford have an interesting looking one in October at a race track.
5k/10k/HM/16m/Marathon.
All start at different times. Must be somewhere around 3miles a loop, as 16m is 5 laps and there must be some little runway onto the loop to avoid any clashes between races?
Maidenhead HM finally called it off, but GSR still remains open. I guess there needs to be a big government loosening before that one has any sort of chance!! Probably the same odds as the London marathon.
Goodwood have multi distance days on the mottor cct too. End of Sept and early Dec.
Rumour is vlm is about to be announced as an elites only race on a closed loop taking in the mall etc Not sure what Brighton are planning.
Fast starter pal of mine Dom, and a guy i've robbed of many a seg this last few months. Potentially a 3rd, but no time given.
Looked a classic Dom race effort, going out too fast, leading, easing off, then a ferocious finish, for about 18.25, and the other chap, mid 40s, doing what looks a superb effort of 17.45
All round a loop of what must be somewhere near 1km.
Could be interesting to wangle into their gang. I wouldn't expect great guns, but even putting something in the mid 18s down would be a good bit of training.
For now I think I'll do similar to last Tuesday, but a 6mile version. A session I never particularly look forward to, but historically a key building block job. Probably 3 full laps of a road loop, then finishing down the grassy stretch to the river should do it.
Now I'm not really a follower of football, but you have to support your local side.
🙂
300 feet climb in mile 9, so it was as steep on stats as it felt on the legs, but all in, 15 averaging 7.19.
Have noticed some cheeky rival has one of my segments "targeted" on his page, at 1 second quicker than my CR there, so I might have to get along there shortly and boot it down a bit.
I was sad to see Bournemouth go down, I expect that Villa's time will come next time around if one of the big clubs can get in for Jack.
I'm seeing more and more folks pinning their hopes on the events in the New Forest in early Sep taking place. Something is going to have to re-ignite my mojo before I commit. It'll perhaps be the sight / reports of others racing!
https://www.entryhub.co.uk/2020-new-forest?_ga=2.205875731.1888683940.1595842054-77872242.1595842054