So I'll content myself with showing you a picture of the route and a brag that everyone's watches declared 10k achieved within 50m of the planned finishing point. The shuttle run at the eastern end of the prom ensured we all saw one another a few more times during the run than might have been the case. As others have noted, we did handicap starts with the aim of everyone finishing at the same time, and that (mostly see below) worked too, despite everybody finishing a couple of minutes or more ( or perhaps 20 minutes!!) inside their forecast times. Which, given a 20 mph wind and occasional driving rain was a pretty good performance all round. Well done us.
And well done the Stratford contingent for a similarly successful outing. Next year, all in one place hopefully - maybe even London!!
Oh, and I managed 51'45" which made me very very happy
Onward and upward!!
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Half Marathon
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Never get bored and really look forward to the group posting 🙂
A terrific day with some great times too. Your time is absolutely incredible 👏👏👏🥇
Well done to you and the group for sharing your special memories with us.
Congratulations on two accounts UTS, for organising the run the way you did, everything worked out perfectly and secondly on that 51.45 time you ran that 10K, well done. 😊 🏃🏾
This being a 10k run, I meant to post it on the Bridge forum .... it's only here because that cheekychipmunks posted hers here too and I did mine after reading hers ......
I got on to Google Street View and had a virtual tour along part of where you run, going east along the A288 the prom where you run is on the right side with sea views as well, I noticed a kiosk selling pancakes, passed the South Parade Pier as well, that is a very good place to run, walk or cycle.
Given that we planned this @ least 6 weeks ago, there was little choice IJ. Tomorrow is going to be lovely, but all the better for a long post run walk.
Mine were all under 5’10” until 7, 8 & 9 which slipped out to over 5’15” with wind mostly against and tiredness creeping in. Last K was still against the wind but I had got a sniff of sub-52 so managed to kick on - also had Dexy and Cheeky as targets ahead of me!
The gauntlet was sub-50, which I don’t think either of us excepted to hit- I got marginally closer today, but only because Southsea is flatter than Stratford 😃
Never get bored with running posts UTS. I've loved reading them all. Congrats on the route organisation. It sounds like you all had the best day. Well done on your 10k time. Amazing 👏👏👏👏
You certainly were speedy UTS! Watching you disappear into the distance that last time you saw us, and turn into a small orange dot was interesting! At least you gave me an indication where the finish was! 😄
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Woodhall Spa 10km race report
My marathon training plan 
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Fission 2023 race report.
