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I am doing this for the first time.can any one tell what to expect?
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I've never run it as Bestwood 10K but we used to do the same course on one of the road race leagues.
Still not worked out who you are yet (though I do have an inkling), but I bet you know who I am. Several club members have said that they have read my postings on here.
As mentioned yesterday, I have never run this course as Bestwood 10K, mainly due to the fact that it used to clash with the GNR.
Been out in Bestwood tonight and I really struggled, think I might be going down with something.
i.e normal racing trainers,spikes or off road trainers
Help!!
Bring two pairs of shoes and recce the course, then decide which you prefer.
BTW, I am now down as a marshall.
Hope you have a good run.
Hope you all have a good run.
Any constructive messages, good or bad, would be welcome.
BTW, I was at the bottom of the hill just after water station below the arch. (You know, that nice little easy one called Heartbreak Hill)
Well organised and nice to get some encouragement on the way round - wouldn't mind another crack at it next year.
Warm building and start/finish area courtesy of Notts. Fire Brigade so thanks to them.
This was the third time I had run the Bestwood 10K. A demanding and enjoyable course. I was doing great thins year 18 mins after 3 mile about 20th position. survived the 2 big climbs at the 4 mile point. At about 4 1/2 mile it all went wrong. Following the guys (and lead girl!) ahead of me, we were all going the wrong way. We re-joined the course, only to find ourselves at the end, cutting out about a mile. Whilst some continued to do record breaking PB's. Myself and others simply pulled up and walked to the finish, were nobody would take any blame for poor marshalling, that led to around 10-20 runners getting around the course. Effective marshalling around this off-road course, through woods, is vital. A dissapionting morning. Hope to get some answers. Nice to hear that the lead woman was still awarded the prize. She was storming it.
sorry to hear of your disappointment. If it's any consolation, after all the work we had put in organising this race I feel as upset as anyone that some people had a bad experience.(13 runners went off course)
The area where the wrong turn was taken was a path that branches to the left as the main path took a right turn.The path to the left was taped off, unfortunately after the race had started the park rangers drove round the course removing all the tape.This obviously gives cause for concern as we have marked the course out this way for the last 20 years without a problem and if we had been informed of a problem prior to the start of the race we could have looked to see if we could re-deploy marshalls to other areas but 15 minutes into the race with marshalls spread out all over a complex course left us with a problem.Anyway once again, apologies for your disappointing experience hope I've gone some way to explain the reason the problem occured.Hope to see you next year and give us the opportunity to make up for yesterday.
Being a bit new to all this, do you know how many started the race (or registered to run it), and if there was a cut off time in which you stopped the clock?.
Thanks.
not sure of the number of people who were registered to run(413 pre-entries plus entries on the day.I'll find out though)We did'nt operate a cut off time, the clock being stopped when the last runner crossed the line. Thanks for entering, hope you had a good day.
Great long sleeved shirts. The cakes on the food stall were excellent value and very tastey.
A big thanks to all concerned.
Thanks "Triple R" - it was my first ever organised event (i only started running 2 months ago) so i have the taste for it now - i could have chosen an easier start than Bestwood but as i live in Sheffield i can't avoid hills wherever i run!!.