How's this for a fast, flat 10K course..?

[Sandraj39]

Meant to share this last week. I have signed up for a 10K race at the end of November, at Dunsfold Park aerodrome (home to BBC's Top Gear!) A chance to run around the perimeter and runway of the old aerodrome - runs do not come much flatter than this so a great opportunity for a PB maybe? Should be fun either way

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate]

Please... send it here!!!! This is wonderful..flatness... everywhere, flatness!

[Sandraj39 Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

Ha ha! I love my undulating trails usually, but it just has to be done!!

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate in reply to Sandraj39]

I love my fields too,but.....I am sure even I could do 10K on that course😉

[Sandraj39 Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

You could do 10k anywhere you wanted Oldfloss! ☺

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate in reply to Sandraj39]

I'm trying!!! So close..but has to be spot on 10..!!!

[runswithdogs Graduate10]

Ooh. Looks great. Only thing I would find tough is seeing so many folks off in the distance since it's so open. Looks like loads of fun though, I bet that pavement is smooth.

[davelinks Graduate10 in reply to runswithdogs]

It should be good rwd! it was built by the Canadian army! What a coincidence!😁

[runswithdogs Graduate10 in reply to davelinks]

Interesting! During WWII I'm assuming? I'll have to look it up. I'd find that really interesting to run - I'm a military history nut.

[davelinks Graduate10 in reply to runswithdogs]

Dunsfold Aerodrome (ICAO code EGTD) is an unlicensed[clarification needed] airfield in Surrey, England, near the village of Cranleigh. It extends across land in the villages of Dunsfold and Alfold.

It was built by the Canadian Army and civilian contractors as a Class A bomber airfield for Army Co-operation Command. It was commanded by the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1942–1944 and was known as Royal Canadian Air Force Station Dunsfold. Under RAF control it was RAF Dunsfold.

You like military history like me..

You can look up my great uncle Oscar Horace Linkson who is well documented, he was a professional football player killed on the Somme in France in 1916 and is marked on The Thiepval memorial, I'm well proud of him and of course all the other Brave soldiers who lost their lives throughout the wars..

[runswithdogs Graduate10 in reply to davelinks]

Ah. I will look him up. Most of my focus of study has been on Canada and World War One but I love reading about other countries as well as Canada in the other wars. My dad and I visited Scotland years ago as I was able to track down a fellow that had served with my grandfather in a mixed RAF/RCAF squadron in the Burma theater in the Second World War. It was a life-changing trip, I learned so much about my grandfather and about war and it's costs. That was my first and only trip to the UK so far. On my bucket list is a battlefield tour of continental Europe.

[poppypug Graduate10]

That looks great Sandra !

Ooh another race signed up for - Fab ! xxx

[aliboo70 Graduate10]

That looks like fun Sandra! Pb for sure😆

[Biscuit0107 Graduate10]

Looks great, not sure what the wind chill will be like at the end of November!

[Sandraj39 Graduate10 in reply to Biscuit0107]

I gather it can be quite windy!

[Biscuit0107 Graduate10 in reply to Sandraj39]

I hope it feels like the wind is behind you all the way round!

[davelinks Graduate10]

Sandra, I've been there for The wings & wheels event a while back, that should be great for a 10k and get some speed up! Good luck..😊

[Sandraj39 Graduate10 in reply to davelinks]

Thanks Dave. Yes, I've been there for 'Wings and Wheels' too! It's literally about a 10 minute drive from my house!