sean i'm the race organiser the course is undulating it starts uphill goes into clumber park a national trust site very scenic all the race is on road and finishs down hill for last mile regards nigel
I've run the race a few times and even achieved my half marathon PB there!
Nigel is right - it's very scenic; also very well organised + the finishers' t-shirt is always good quality. Good atmosphere too and always well attended.
The 'down hill for the last mile' is fun and can lead to some furious battles between clubs!
aluaka start at bottom of Sparken Hill this is where you go up but u come back down it through Trumens Lodge try out Limetree Ave as you cover most of this also the hill near the lake and Windmill Lane tired yet
Only once - last Sunday at GNR...although once before in training - think I could have probably done faster had it not been for nuns, panto horses, fairies and 47,000 other people! Problem is I've just discovered I won't be in the country on the 27th!!!
richard dont worry entries to date stand at 810 not including the fun run 1hr 45 will put you in amongst some good runners last year this would have put u in the top 300 finishers
Pleased to see that there are other 1.45ers. I anticipate being somewhere around that time, although a hip problem is slowing me down at present. I think 1.45 at GNR is good Richard. I'm sure I ran more like 15 miles last year dodging in & out of all the fancy dress lot. Will look out for yoy Aluaka.
It's either Worksop or Leicester - like the sound of worksop - but training partner from work is doing Leicester - unless I talk him into worksop.
Going to have a crack at 1:30 - my best and only previous is 1:36ish in Notts which is fairly flat - I take it WOrksop is going to be quite a bit tougher but I would be happy to trade a bit of time for scenery! - how would it compare to Leicester?
I'm going to try and be a bit more systematic in training for this one - although I've got no hope of following the RW training schedule which looks a bit too demanding for me - probably try for one long training run (10-13 miles), one hour steady run, and then a couple of other sessions which might be easy recovery runs or hill/interval/cross country/fartlek/cycling stuff as the mood takes me per week.
Please note no more postal entries accepted closing date19th October 2002 To date 1000 entries for the half you can enter on the day 27/10/02 10.30 start
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i'm the race organiser the course is undulating it starts uphill goes into clumber park a national trust site very scenic all the race is on road and finishs down hill for last mile
regards
nigel
Nigel is right - it's very scenic; also very well organised + the finishers' t-shirt is always good quality. Good atmosphere too and always well attended.
The 'down hill for the last mile' is fun and can lead to some furious battles between clubs!
When will numbers & race info be sent out ?
Cheers
That answers the question .... anyone else going to be at Worksop on 27th October ??
On-the-day entry: Yes
Entries in advance: Yes
Postal closing date: Saturday 19 October 2002
See race details in events section of this site:
Contact: N Dawber
Address: 73 Vessey Road
Worksop
Nottinghamshire
S81 7RJ
i will send an entry
do you have a map of the course at all just so I can try bits out prior to the race date ??
I know there are some hills around Worksop so I want to know when to expect 'em (I lived in Worksop for 6 years)!
Cheers mate - ps was anyone on this thread at Clumber park on 29th Sept ... I enjoyed that 10k even though I found it heavy going at times !
start at bottom of Sparken Hill this is where you go up but u come back down it
through Trumens Lodge
try out Limetree Ave as you cover most of this
also the hill near the lake
and Windmill Lane
tired yet
I've changed my mind !!!!
(Joke) !!
Your t-shirts had better be good !!!
and the t shirts are good and will have your name on the back
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/aluaka/page1.html
Please pay it a visit.
I'd be very, very pleased with that .... if you fancy being a pacer for me give me a shout - I need pacing !
Have you done it before Richard ???
What is your usual Half Marathon time ?
dont worry entries to date stand at 810 not including the fun run
1hr 45 will put you in amongst some good runners last year this would have put u in the top 300 finishers
nice homepage
Going to have a crack at 1:30 - my best and only previous is 1:36ish in Notts which is fairly flat - I take it WOrksop is going to be quite a bit tougher but I would be happy to trade a bit of time for scenery! - how would it compare to Leicester?
I'm going to try and be a bit more systematic in training for this one - although I've got no hope of following the RW training schedule which looks a bit too demanding for me - probably try for one long training run (10-13 miles), one hour steady run, and then a couple of other sessions which might be easy recovery runs or hill/interval/cross country/fartlek/cycling stuff as the mood takes me per week.
Llama man: What no. are you ?? I can watch out for you as well then. Are you a club runner ??
closing date19th October 2002
To date 1000 entries for the half
you can enter on the day 27/10/02
10.30 start