The 2015 National Cross Country Championships from Parliament Hill are now online.
Very tough conditions under foot, although the rain narrowly missed the course during the day it was windy and the low sun for the mens race did make it challenging to see where the course went at some points. Some amazing performances all round across all the age groups with some of the tightest running in the u13 packs that barely separated all the way around the 3k races.
For some this is the only time they can make it to this historic event at the home of English XC racing, but hopefully we will see you back here again at some point soon ! Make sure you get your shots - you never know if you will be lucky enough to be back next time...good performances can take their injury toll...
Over 100,000 images were taken on the day and it's taken the best part of three days to catalogue and get the images ready for you - but that should save everyone a lot of time searching now !! Enjoy them on the link below:
http://bit.ly/National-XC-Champs-Gallery-2015
Please remember they will only be online here for 3 months - so please get them before they go.
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| The Senior Men's Race in full flow at 2k |
The Hampton Court Half marathon and 10k race gallery is also now live and online here:
http://bit.ly/Hampton-Court-Half-Gallery-2015
It was a fantastic flat race around Hampton Court and up to Kingston - a very flat and fast course in perfect conditions for running. Slightly different route to last year and we also have the 10k race photos online too.
Faster online pic2go
For indexing the majority of these images we pay for a barcode system called pic2go to speed things up - but it does rely on being able to see the barcode clearly in the image - so if you ever see them on your race number - please make sure they are as visible and flat (not creased) as possible on your front ! And don't put a pin through it either !
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| Make sure the pic2go barcodes on the front can be seen for faster pic2go tagging and gallery online |
Image cataloguing - search time and prices
People sometimes wonder why photos cost so much - the simple answer is 80% is to pay for the cataloguing and the photographers. It's been a massive effort this weekend yet ultimately when everyone uses the search facility to find their pictures - near instantly - that's the time saving that we deliver for you ! (it would take you days to find your pictures otherwise) (and your time is money, the minimum wage says so). So in essence the more you value your time, the cheaper the photos become.
Call for entries
Last call for entries for the
Surrey Half Marathon on the 8th of March for the closed road race starting in Woking this year.
The
River Thames Half at Walton on the 15th of March
It's also Hastings, Richmond, Fleet and Brentwood Half Marathons on the 22nd of March - it's going to be a busy one on that monday afterwards for us !!
Did you know?
Google analytics tells us exactly which images are being viewed, searched, and bought, as well as who is highlighting (div focus) and illegally trying to take watermarked copies. Some people seem to forget that these are photos of them and we can tell who you are !! We had 85 people on the gallery at the same time last night... very very busy. Let's see what happens once this blog hits the emails...
Here's some shots of the action from the weekend - enjoy !
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| Look people over there behind me !!! |
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| Warpaint with Tonbridge |
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| All the races were a bit busy |
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| It's easy from the front |
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| Socks and shoes |
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| Just powering up a little hill |
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| Ever have that feeling of being chased (and this is at the finish after the field broke up) |
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| Spot the strongest performance here |
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| Moody london light and skyline |
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| Yes. XC is really Easy. not. |
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| Good to see a few Race Directors out working at it too |
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| Correct Finishing technique i.e. Happy about it !! |
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| Living legend that is Mrs Tabor. Look her up on Power of 10... |
http://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=7754
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| A Calm win in the evening winter sun for the Senior Mens title |
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| Don't get in the way |
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| More foot tape needed next time |
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| Forgot the left glove |
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| Flying high at the last corner |
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| Don't leave litter on the course |
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| spikes don't make you finish faster |
meanwhile on the Sunday at Hampton Court Half Marathon and 10k
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| Raising money for a good cause (but put pin through barcode - error) |
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| Looking good at the start |
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| Excellent fund raising |
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| Sheen Shufflers - no idea what the race number is though... |
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| A common lament of the runner |
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| Clipping along at a good pace |
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| Still a long way from the finish |
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| dangly heaphone problems |
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| where's the palace ? |
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| You can tell he's in the race. Chip on foot. OBVIOUSLY. |
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| A great race past some great landmarks |
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| Going well at the 2:30 pace at 3km |
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| Good fund raising Graham |
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| Priorities... actually we had no way of knowing if she was in the race at all... |
Next Weekend..
Is the legendary
Steyning Stinger - long, hilly, muddy, cold, snow, rain, even sun - it stings - and for everyone who's pic2go barcodes we can read clearly - you will get your photos delivered to your facebook accounts as a priority (just register once you know your race number - from registration - on the gallery here
http://bit.ly/Steyning-Stinger-Gallery-2015 ).
There's also the Berkhamstead Half Marathon
http://bit.ly/Berkhamstead-Half-Marathon-entry which has entries still open - for all you late decision makers...
until next time, put in some good training !
Anthony
