Well, that was the Valentines Weekend of 2016. First off was the Brutal Bagshot race - a tough hilly muddy wet run through the woods and the rain, and then the contrast of the inaugural Worthing Half Marathon in crisp and clear conditions on what must be the flattest possible course in the UK with fully closed roads around the town centre and seafront.
If anyone found any of these races romantic, very good luck to you, they both would have been bonding experiences but for very different reasons !
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| The start of the Canicross race at the Brutal 10 |
If you like a bit of strava race tracking - here's the Worthing Half Marathon with all the runners who registered and tracked their race
http://bit.ly/strava-worthing-half-2016
and here's the one from the Brutal Bagshot race:
http://bit.ly/Brutal-Bagshot-2016-Flyby
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| The Start of the inaugural Worthing Half Marathon 2016 |
Race Gallery links here:
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Here's a short selection from the galleries this weekend,
First up some shots from the Brutal at Bagshot - more water than usual due to the heavy rain all last week, a cold northerly wind and a drizzly rain all day
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| No Surrender ! |
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| Black Lab Power |
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| Meet the challenge head on |
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| You can try to swim if you want to |
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| Ollie took the Jesus route |
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| it's so easy really, what's the problem ? |
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| Winner of the high jump award |
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| Apparently the water was cold |
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| thumbs up teamwork |
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| A quick dry off |
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| #4thewin #throughthemiddle |
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| "I can't believe I'm still awake" after sorting out 5 triathlons in 5 days, Dave was starting to hallucinate |
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| the joy of finishing |
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| good to see the team getting stuck into the experience |
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| chase the pig !! |
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| Have it ! Race finished. |
The next morning, with a pre-dawn wake up call, this is what happened in Worthing - big congratulations to Richard and his team, and the council on putting on such a complex road closed route so well - especially for the first time !
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| The view at one mile back to the pier from the start - almost 1500 runners on the hoof |
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| Debbie was still enjoying it on the first turn into Grand Avenue |
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| Jay was clearly surprised to make it back onto the seafront so quickly |
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| very good run, he had to hold his head up the whole way, or was it a Dark Side Force Choke ? |
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| This chap was seen moments earlier "waving" at the fancy dress dog |
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| I think he found her lack of faith disturbing. Or the Harry Potter scarf ? |
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| If you're not going to enter a race, don't put a wrong number on and fold the edges to hide the wrong sponsors, and don't put a number on with the wrong number font either. It's just rude. |
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| If you do enter the race, don't use an elastic "tri" belt - they just don't work. Just Pin it (or clip it) in four corners to the front of your top. Loads of pictures of this chap - no idea what his race number was, permanently flapped up. |
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| Being this far away at Goring and it was time for a spot of valentines chat |
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| Valentines kiss anyone ? |
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| The Lynx Effect was primed and ready |
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| Top tip - most people tend to nod their heads down when they raise their arms. Don't. |
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| Belgrave man Peter put in a strong V60 performance 1:35:26 |
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| Ed nailed 1:45:00 gun time exactly - to plan - good work ! |
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| If you run with the flag, you'll get pushed by the flag - awesome 1:39:42 gun time and 1:38:36 chip. |
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| Correct arm technique for the win |
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| He wasn't really hugging him, he was dragging him back whilst getting blocked ! Friends eh? |
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| Good storming run into the finish |
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| proper fist pump celebration ! |
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| Working the crowd |
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| Working the Camera |
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| Working the finish line - for the win in 1:08:43 by James Connor from the start gun |
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| Happy Valentines Day xx |
A few runners were clocked on camera on the way out and on the way back to Goring, but in what can only be described as "world record time". We have suggested a chip mat at the furthest point on the course for next year and a video camera...
There were a lot of Personal Bests at Worthing, the flat fast course, although it had a few turns through town - didn't seem to be overly difficult to negotiate. Make sure you get your shots for your archive - it's only the Inaugural race once !
Until next time - at Hampton Court - keep warm
Anthony
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