I live in Sittingbourne! I didn't even know about it though. I can't do it because I'll be winging my way to Portugal with a raging hangover from my birthday the day before.
Plus I'm doing RunLondon on the 8th and Leeds Castle on the 15th so I think a hat trick of 10K's might be a bit too much!!
I'm going to log off in a moment and fill in the entry form which I also received the other day.
This is, I think, my favourite autumn race; it is interesting to see how certain parts of the course have changed since the first race back in the early-mid 90s.
On the subject of hills, there is a dip in the course at about 1 mile, and this is repeated at about 9 miles - apart form that, the course is gently undulating. If you are reasonable on hills, this is a PB course.
Good to see them listing this in RunnersWorld as the Sittingbourne 10 - last year, they called it the Chas Ryman 10 in the race calendar and no-one from RunnersWorld knew about it.
AB2 What are you like??? A dip in the course at one mile! You forgot to mention "immediately followed by a shortish but fairly steep ascent of Stockers Hill"
Thought I'd point that out otherwise you might have a few forumites looking out for no.19 after the race with ill intention!!!
Look - people tend to go flying off at the start of the course, and if they were not aware of the slight depression in the route, it might come as a bit of a surprise. Armed with this knowledge, I usually gain about 20-30 places on Stocker's Hill, so it's only fair I let others know so they can check it out if they wish!
Ajax - if you look at the number of comments on the Sittingbourne 10 over the last few years, you will see I have little to fear from angry forumites, as it does not attract as many posts as it should. If I do have to run away, there's this monstrous climb about a mile from the finish which they'll never race me up...
I'm sure they'd be gentle with you; they might just have a bone to pick with you re. the hill you didn't mention. But now we've mentioned it, they have been warned. So diversions up monstrous hills about a mile from the end hopefully won't be necessary.
I agree, Tiger, and I know I'm not the only one who felt that way. Anyway, I must thank you for spurring me on to beat 1.24 (on my watch); I had hoped to beat 1.20, but the wind made that impossible - it seemed to be in my face for at least 2/3rds of the race. Still, at least I wasn't as exposed as those who did the Quicksand 15 must have been.
Thanks, as always, must go to the members of Sittingbourne Striders, who gave up the time to organize the race, and without whom, this race would not have been possible.
One other thing of some sort of note - I seemed to be the only person sporting the original race T-shirt from the early 90s; I've obviously been doing this for too long, but I still hope to be back again next year.
Just back from the Quicksand and you're dead right. If it hadn't been for the sheer weight of sand, saline & seaweed in the shoes, we might well have been blown somewhere into the North Sea!
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Plus I'm doing RunLondon on the 8th and Leeds Castle on the 15th so I think a hat trick of 10K's might be a bit too much!!
Good luck Tiger!
I 'll be there - one of the best races in Kent!
Enjoy!
have to admire your grasp of the written word though, at such a tender age.
This is, I think, my favourite autumn race; it is interesting to see how certain parts of the course have changed since the first race back in the early-mid 90s.
On the subject of hills, there is a dip in the course at about 1 mile, and this is repeated at about 9 miles - apart form that, the course is gently undulating. If you are reasonable on hills, this is a PB course.
What are you like???
A dip in the course at one mile! You forgot to mention "immediately followed by a shortish but fairly steep ascent of Stockers Hill"
Thought I'd point that out otherwise you might have a few forumites looking out for no.19 after the race with ill intention!!!
For those of you who aren't familiar with Stockers Hill, imagine the first incline of a rollercoaster..... THATs Stockers Hill.
Also, that's a great hill for sledging down.
Ajax - if you look at the number of comments on the Sittingbourne 10 over the last few years, you will see I have little to fear from angry forumites, as it does not attract as many posts as it should. If I do have to run away, there's this monstrous climb about a mile from the finish which they'll never race me up...
But now we've mentioned it, they have been warned. So diversions up monstrous hills about a mile from the end hopefully won't be necessary.
Is anyone else out there doing this race?
T2x
Thanks, as always, must go to the members of Sittingbourne Striders, who gave up the time to organize the race, and without whom, this race would not have been possible.
One other thing of some sort of note - I seemed to be the only person sporting the original race T-shirt from the early 90s; I've obviously been doing this for too long, but I still hope to be back again next year.