Rowan do you know when the pics and official times for last Saturday will be on ? I appreciate your busy like the rest of us so no rush , just a quick question
times should go up over weekend - lady who does it all got day off tomorrow so will hope to get sorted.
photographs - we had Echo and freelance last year but not this year - this year we had just one of the cricketers doing it - will try and get some up on the web-site over the weekend.
hope a report and photos will go in the Echo in next few days.
Ok, I'll try to be be patient Weirdly I think I came seventh when I ran it in the 20th c and seventh again last year. I might have even improved this year. It's such a fantastic race though - I love these low-key, uncommercial, local races, with quirky routes. Still very well organised, though - smooth as silk on the day.
I will tell my mum as it was her idea many many years ago!
We learned a lot from the first race last year (more drinks stations, finish in cricket club etc) but still mad panic in few days up to the race to make it look like we are organised! we raised over £500 for Tewkesbury Hospital from the race which was good!
I like the description of quirky for the route - went around a few local races drumming up support and cross country seems to be a dirty word nowadays!
Seventh is still seriously good running - my aim is to beat an hour next year (if train really hard could get under 50 minutes - built for cricket and golf not for running!)
(don't want to chase too much as lady who has had info has recently lost job and her mum just had car accident!) but again been promised that it will be ready this evening!!!
Results tend to be as important to club runners as marshalls or water stations. I think this should go down on your lessons to be learned list. Don't just rely on one person being able to publish the results on your website.
I have to agree with Matt. If the event is to succeed (which I believe it deserves to - it's a great course, an unusual distance, and very congenial) then getting accurate and speedy results out is a must, particularly as we all pay good money to run, and some (not me) come quite a distance. I could understand if this was the London Marathon, but there were only a few dozen runners, and collating these on a spreadsheet is a couple of hours work at most..
Another thing that could go on the lessons-to-be-learned list is to source numbers that don't fall to bits
1 30 Dave MCGRATH 39.44 2 65 Russell YOUNG 40.38 3 145 Martin Ford 42.03 4 24 Luke HOWSE 42.23 5 5 Justin BLAKEMORE 42.33 6 135 Philip WISEMAN 43.15 7 2 Omar ALIM 43.18 8 13 Mark FLETCHER 43.54 9 31 James MCMAHON 44.19 10 70 David AUBREY 44.23 11 53 Paul THOMAS 44.3 12 21 Simon HART 45.09 13 49 Nick SPICE 45.12 14 47 David SPACKMAN 45.54 15 54 Joel THOMSON 46.34 16 22 Steve HAWKINS 46.52 17 40 Mungo PARK 46.59 18 26 David JONES 47.15 19 6 Craig BRETT 47.27 20 25 Rhys HUGHES 47.29 21 119 Alex PALMER 47.29 22 156 Mick Gavin 47.35 23 71 Daren AUSTIN 47.46 24 162 Paul Clarke 48.02 25 142 Colin WALKER 48.3 26 157 Shaun Payne 48.32 27 66 Michael YOUNGER 48.52 28 273 Pat SANDERSON 49.22 29 61 Steve WIGGALL 49.3 30 50 Russell STEELE 50.36 31 41 Mike PLATT 51.23 32 44 David Schermer 51.51 33 163 Paul Lehegarat 51.58 34 73 Tom BANGS 51.59 35 11 Mark EVANS 52.05 36 28 Jason KING 52.07 37 36 Mark NOBLE 52.25 38 35 James NEWBURY 52.35 39 84 Alex COTTON 52.43 40 153 Alex Hawkins White 52.49 41 27 Leighton JORDAN 53.04 42 152 Matt Diesel 53.35 43 56 Henry WAKEFIELD 53.44 44 68 Calvin BLANDFORD 53.5 45 106 Robert LARGE 53.5 46 69 Paul TURNER 54.04 47 151 Julian Terry 54.08 48 42 Kevin RICHARDSON 54.23 49 86 Rob DOWDING 54.37 50 52 John THORNE 54.45 51 91 Raymond FIELD 54.5 52 155 Charles Stone 54.55 53 146 Edmund Williams 55.11 54 133 Martin WILLIAMS 55.29 55 32 Charlie MILNER 55.3 56 134 Ian WISEMAN 55.34 57 59 Nick WELSH 56.36 58 10 Duncan EELES 57.06 59 7 Andrew BROWN 57.17 60 33 Nyall MONKTON 57.41 61 148 Peter Church 57.47 62 154 Keith Waters 58.18 63 139 Peter HALL 58.34 64 43 Dave ROTHERY 58.48 65 80 Andy CHRISTY 58.56 66 79 Martin CHOPPING 59.15 67 3 Ian BARTLETT 59.17 68 111 Leo MANNING 59.46 69 67 Paul BARTLETT 60 70 129 Richard WEST 60.07 71 150 Luke Smith 60.07 72 63 Stuart WILSON 60.35 73 39 Martin PARADINE 61.27 74 45 David Shaughnessy 61.49 75 141 Matthew PATES 61.52 76 55 Daniel WAKEFIELD 62.02 77 120 Andrew PATERSON 62.43 78 103 Kyle KIRKHOPE 63.27 79 161 Martin Wiggins 64.43 80 15 Tom GABBOTT 66.02 81 94 Steve HALL 66.22 82 159 Scott Gibson 66.3 83 160 George Goold 66.34 84 9 Alex CHARRETT 67.34 85 147 Ed Douglas Miller 67.39 86 51 Phil TAYLOR 67.41 87 60 Derry WHITEHEAD 69.15 88 83 Ian COOPER 69.42 89 149 Wesley Reid 69.55 90 23 Richard HOARAU 70.02 91 101 Jon KERSHAW 70.25 92 123 Rich POCKETT 70.25 93 58 Bill WATTS 70.54 94 116 Andy 'Teflon' O'CONNOR 71.2 95 85 Stephen DOUGHTY 71.56 96 144 Mark Williamson 73.35 97 62 Craig WILLOUGHBY 74.51 98 37 Peter O'GORMAN 75 99 34 Daniel NELMES 76.31 100 121 Ray PEARSON 76.57
embarrassed by delay - very sorry, thanks for your patience! was fairly quick last year - if the server is working the results should be up on the web-site soon.
sticky numbers will be sorted ( looks like we have lost a couple of runners' times as they lost their numbers
I was the Gloucester AC runner just ahead of you (only 2 of us on the day and the other was further down the field), and I finished 7th - which obviously makes you 8th. I hope this helps!
The results are STILL incorrrect. I realise that I only came 8th but to a saddo like me that's important. Please can you have a word in the correct ear or ears and get it sorted?
i am out running as well as part of big diet purge! lost nearly stone and a half which makes running easier - 1/2 to 1 stone go and will be back to my 20's weight! Might even beat an hour this time ...
Andrew if you get this - please could you send your email again to rowanleeke@hotmail.co.uk and i will arrange time to come and see you regarding chipping!
same for whoever potentially wishes to sponsor the event!!!
and thank you - about time, first time ever "fat", John Biffa is my new "diet" hero!
thanks to Andrew we will be having chipping this year
believe we have a sponsor for the race so more money for charity and club
charity this year is pied piper appeal
unless i break a leg or violently ill i will run - if get over £300 will run in nurses uniform! training going and up to over 10 miles and had a runners high this morning (endorphins i assume!)
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times should go up over weekend - lady who does it all got day off tomorrow so will hope to get sorted.
photographs - we had Echo and freelance last year but not this year - this year we had just one of the cricketers doing it - will try and get some up on the web-site over the weekend.
hope a report and photos will go in the Echo in next few days.
Results and pix still not up.....
Any news?
Just for the record, I love this event (having run the original years ago).
Edward
Edward
Sorry - not yet! I can do pictures but waiting for results - the lady is swamped with work as well but will do when she gets a chance!
Not many that have done the race in the 20th and 21st century - makes about 4 that I know now!
I hope the race has legs (pardon the pun) and can get up to 250 -300 runners each year.
Hi Rowan
Ok, I'll try to be be patient Weirdly I think I came seventh when I ran it in the 20th c and seventh again last year. I might have even improved this year. It's such a fantastic race though - I love these low-key, uncommercial, local races, with quirky routes. Still very well organised, though - smooth as silk on the day.
Edward
I will tell my mum as it was her idea many many years ago!
We learned a lot from the first race last year (more drinks stations, finish in cricket club etc) but still mad panic in few days up to the race to make it look like we are organised! we raised over £500 for Tewkesbury Hospital from the race which was good!
I like the description of quirky for the route - went around a few local races drumming up support and cross country seems to be a dirty word nowadays!
Seventh is still seriously good running - my aim is to beat an hour next year (if train really hard could get under 50 minutes - built for cricket and golf not for running!)
and me ...
(don't want to chase too much as lady who has had info has recently lost job and her mum just had car accident!) but again been promised that it will be ready this evening!!!
Ive entered the birmingham half in october now so got a little run in last night
Ok, Rowan. I'll try to be patient..... If you can, would you mind posting here when the results are up as then I'll get a notification?
Thanks
Edward
Results tend to be as important to club runners as marshalls or water stations. I think this should go down on your lessons to be learned list. Don't just rely on one person being able to publish the results on your website.
Thanks
I have to agree with Matt. If the event is to succeed (which I believe it deserves to - it's a great course, an unusual distance, and very congenial) then getting accurate and speedy results out is a must, particularly as we all pay good money to run, and some (not me) come quite a distance. I could understand if this was the London Marathon, but there were only a few dozen runners, and collating these on a spreadsheet is a couple of hours work at most..
Another thing that could go on the lessons-to-be-learned list is to source numbers that don't fall to bits
embarrassed by delay - very sorry, thanks for your patience! was fairly quick last year - if the server is working the results should be up on the web-site soon.
sticky numbers will be sorted ( looks like we have lost a couple of runners' times as they lost their numbers
we will get better
out of all the people that I did not the timers to miss .... sorry!
i will add you on the site when I get a chance (makes you 6th i think)
Edward,
I was the Gloucester AC runner just ahead of you (only 2 of us on the day and the other was further down the field), and I finished 7th - which obviously makes you 8th. I hope this helps!
Cheers Omar. You were parked next to me in the car park, I think... I was certainly in front of Dave Spackman, though that hasn't always been the case
Looking forward to next year.
Hi Rowan
The results on the website are incorrect. I should be at 8th place - my time (on my watch) was 43m 23s.
Thanks
Edward
Hi Rowan
The results are STILL incorrrect. I realise that I only came 8th but to a saddo like me that's important. Please can you have a word in the correct ear or ears and get it sorted?
Thanks
Edward
Andrew if you get this - please could you send your email again to rowanleeke@hotmail.co.uk and i will arrange time to come and see you regarding chipping!
same for whoever potentially wishes to sponsor the event!!!
and thank you - about time, first time ever "fat", John Biffa is my new "diet" hero!
Update -
thanks to Andrew we will be having chipping this year
believe we have a sponsor for the race so more money for charity and club
charity this year is pied piper appeal
unless i break a leg or violently ill i will run - if get over £300 will run in nurses uniform! training going and up to over 10 miles and had a runners high this morning (endorphins i assume!)