Have done this for the last few years, and began last year with a personal worst - however things have improved since then, and I'll be going over for a blast, and hoping to do rather better than last year's 44 and a half minutes.
Anyone else going?
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its a good course very fast despite nasty hill around 5 miles
Dave
It's near the sea. And the canal. And...erm...Preston.
I'm busy
My parents live in Garstang - and it would have been a good excuse. I shall download the map anyway as being a good training route for when I visit!
Dave
I was therefore disappointed to find, after a leisurely half-mile walk to the school, that the school car park was almost empty!!!
Start was a bit chaotic, but understandable due to building work. Good race as always - ran 39:49, and I reckon I lost 10-15 seconds at the start as I ended up way back cos we went round nice and early and everyone basically started from in front of us!
They ended up full, didn't they? They must've been close to it last year, so we pre-entered, bu they were turning loads away. Disappointing to see the number of people that ran with no numbers and then just ducked out of the finish funnel - that's the sort of behaviour that gets races called off by the police.
Also disappointed to have my time 'stolen' by a bloke who overtook 2 of us in the finish funnel - he was a member of the Road Runners Club, so presumably he's done enough races to know what a finish line looks like and that you need to stay in order so you get the right time - dork.
And Paul - I'll be in for some new shoes soon as my nikes have been miles now!
Yes strange that. In previous years when the 'elite' runners have got to the line early they have made all the others join behind them. I think they should nullify all times for those who ran less than the required 10K (that would make me the winner ;o))
just as a matter of interest and don't want to start the big GPS / course measuring debate but..
What distance did your garmin show? Mine was a little over distance at 6.38!! Usually find it much nearer the mark with Ribble Valley 10k showing 6.21 and Green Drive 5mile showing 5.02. Spoke to a couple of other runners who also got similar distances to me!
Results are at http://www.ukroadraces.net/races2006/garstang10kandfunrun2006.htm.
Well done on your 59:57, TPL - pretty sure the results'll be slightly dodgy as there was at least one dickhead who ran with no number and went into the finish funnel - so got a time but no result as the fierce lady taking the numbers kicked him out (and called him a "swine" - fair enough - if you don't get in, don't run, piggy).
are prizes today for foottraffic or Tony Bolton ?,Might visit soon if i have prize as 3rd old man for a N2S jacket
Dave Lord
if the distance is 0.1 out then why not move the start to the school gate and move you onto the start line like in the Chorley Night series. you could also move the finish slightly as well....it would also stop the problems at the start.
otherwise great race today and the bum bag thingie will do nicely !!!!
Paul - my garmin said 6.21 so I lost a few hundred metres somewhere! Congrats on coming first btw - and hope you have some shiny new shoes ready for me to test!
it was all in the warm-up, y'see.