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| The start of the new Hampshire Hoppit - you can just see the runners going up the escarpment |
Such a busy weekend with 4 events on Saturday and 2 on Sunday that one of the events on Sunday - the Shrewsbury Half Marathon - will get it's own blog after this one later in the week.
All fantastic in their own right we've seen iron man swimming, muddy charity fundraising obstacles, marathon trail running, endurance overnight walking, Sportive cycling and one "normal" half marathon on closed roads. Nothing if not a bit of a Heinz Variety of a weekend !
Here's the main table of galleries for you to get cracking through to get your pictures -
four of which are free downloads. The market is definitely changing with the overall offering from event organisers growing year on year to include Free Race photos as the prices of Memorabilia items like Tshirts and Medals continue to drop from global suppliers. It mostly seems to be the events organised by Runners for Runners that are leading the way - so it's a good marker for the type of event you're going to get.
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| Almost at the finish of the swim at Littlehampton |
In other news - the ETL
Bacchus marathon and half marathon
are now sold out - so don't procrastinate if you're planning your summer holiday and autumn running, get your entries in early !
Discount Corner
| Date | Race | Event link | Special SSP Discount code |
| 26-Jun-16 | Harry Hawkes 10 | http://bit.ly/HarryHawkes
over 500 clicks through to this event, so don't miss out | SSP10HH |
| 25-Sep-16 | The Winchester Half Marathon | http://bit.ly/Winchester-Half
There's a 2for1 offer with southampton half at the moment | SSP10 |
| 25-Sep-16 | Royal Borough of Kingston Half Marathon |
http://bit.ly/kingstonhalfmarathon
Almost 400 clicks through to this race entry - don't be late ! | SSP10RBK |
Future Events Through July
and yes, still loosing weight on the LCHF diet (
http://bit.ly/diet-doctor) - recently taken to scotch eggs for breakfast. Nice. This is how it's promoted in South Africa -
http://bit.ly/BantingDiet
Works been busy so only managed the one run this past 7 days. Must do more, and stretch my Achilles too.
Anyway time for some photos... apologies not being able to do big coverage from all the events, simply too many and we have got work to do in the office to get galleries sorted out and next weeks prepared for - and that all takes a lot of time (hence this blog being a bit later than usual).
Brutal Frith Hill - there's a rule - you have to run with your hands above your head...
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| Feeling good at maximal Heart Rate |
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| The joy of finishing |
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| All going ok in the woods |
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| I think she saw a spider |
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| zombie chase |
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| Don't surrender on the hills |
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| On the way up the last hill |
The Hampshire Hoppit - a new race of a Half Marathon and Full Marathon, which starts and finishes out of the fields that belong to Claire Baldings brothers horse training facilities
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| The view behind at the top of the first climb |
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| Along the gallops a few miles into the run |
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| amazing what you can pick up on the way |
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| Feeling good on top of the downs |
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| The last flight into the finish |
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| The joy of finishing a trail marathon on seeing the beer tent |
Meanwhile on the Nuts Challenge course, there was some Muddy Missions going on raising money for Parkinsons.
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| The young are always ready for action |
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| Getting their briefing from Wayne |
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| Tyres, because that's easy according to spiderman here |
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| a quick dip after the barbed wire crawl |
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| Tyred out yet ? |
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| all ok with the universal British sign language for "no really can you help me" |
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| Not sure I'd twist the rope around my arm like he has. By comparison - it doesn't keep you any drier !(as the look on his face says) |
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| At some point it's good to stop and remember what this feels like for reference later. But not for too long. That would be weird. |
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| She stayed here for some time, contemplating the meaning of life |
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| What true friends are for. Just be careful, |
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| cowabunga |
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| If you do it on tip toes, you don't break through the crust |
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| When Princess Fiona first meets Shrek at his swamp. Sorry kids, it's not all fairy tales in reality. |
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| HUGS ! very helpful in most situations |
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| Just after the moment they realised that it was really just very silly |
Meanwhile in Yorkshire, there was a Great Bike ride going on
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| With shoes like that, this really was a British cry for help |
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| Happy to have put that hill behind him |
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| Not sure at that speed a peleton has much aerodynamic benefit |
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| This is not superimposed, it's just a bit of extra flash |
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| Knowing this was not a one way road nor closed, they let their favourite lead the way. |
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| It was only when he got home that he realised he had picked up a stowaway |
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| All looking good up yet another hill ! |
And then there was the crazy Arun Swimmers at the Raw Energy Pursuits race
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| The dove from above |
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| You can always rely on friends to enhance a photo |
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| Steve has already thanked me for posting this one of him on facebook. No probs Steve. |
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| Roy gives the British "get me out of here" thumbs up. He knew what was coming. |
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| Practice your swim strokes and technique before you get in the water |
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| The camera is over the other way |
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| And they were off, for a 3.2k shooting of the rapids |
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| Mickey practised her groovy moves |
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| Ready for the onslaught of people wearing rubber suits |
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| Vulcan death grip to get an advantage is a bit harsh |
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| Roy enjoyed every bit of it |
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| It was all smiles before hand, little did they know |
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| This is how close the finish was - slipping and into second |
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| no press please |
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| always get Karate practice in at every opportunity if you're a ninja |
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| Steve lent a helping hand at the finish |
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| post race nerves ? |
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| see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. of REP Events |
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| "probably best you don't take up triathlon quite yet" |
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| "It's only a flesh wound" |
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| "That was fun" |
That's all the photos for this blog, there will be another blog all about the Shrewsbury Half Marathon later organised by the wonderful team at #UKRunChat
http://bit.ly/UKRunChat
Until next time, keep training, and I hope you enjoyed mid-summers day yesterday !!
Anthony
