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| The Hurtwood claims another victim |
A near perfect weekends weather for the running that took place - first up on Saturday was The Hurt -
http://bit.ly/AAT-The-Hurt-Gallery-2016 in very humid conditions up the hills in the Hurtwood, but very nice and clear skies at the start finish field - perfect for recovering and discussing the finer points of the course with Rory and the rest of the AAT crew.
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| The first push on from the start as the field starts to spread at the Dorking 10 |
Sunday saw the Dorking 10,
http://bit.ly/Dorking-10-Gallery-2016 which is also the Surrey 10mile county champs race, for a quick lower loop race and a bit of a draggy return uphill to Dorking Rugby Club pitches where the finish is.
For me it was extra special as we had the whole family out at the event and they all got stuck in with some cameras instead of not seeing them and having to pay for babysitting. It's only the sort of thing that can be done at such a friendly event without too many people about and a nice safe big field at the finish. See if you can spot their photos in your selections - any sales they make get paid to them just like any of our normal photographers - so help them out to become independent !! A really lovely event that sums up the social side of running, expertly organised by Sheena and her team once again.
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| Ok, she's left handed and left eyed |
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| a more considered approach to the work |
Facebook videos
You might have seen we tried a bit of putting videos up on Facebook (here
https://www.facebook.com/UKSportPhoto/videos ) from the Hurt and at Dorking, a bit of a new experiment which depends on the data connection available from our phones to get them up. We might also try some facebook live posts - although my phone app doesn't support it for some reason. Anyway - for those of you who can't make it to an event it might be something for you to enjoy of a weekend morning. I've found myself watching more videos on social media - as long as they are short, punchy and to the point - so we will see what we can do and the response - let us know if you like them ! Apologies if I sound a bit like Stampy in a few of them, I blame my kids Minecraft youtube viewing.
Set your likes
If you follow our facebook page - one thing I found out recently - and that applies for any FB pages you follow - you need to change the "liked" option on the page front page (
https://www.facebook.com/UKSportPhoto/) to "see first", not just "default". Otherwise good old facebook puts "default" pages so far down the pecking order it won't show you any page updates until your least favourite in-law has posted an update and nothing else is happening. They are also using it to try to make more money by getting pages to pay for "Boosting" the priority of their "default Liked". It's a simple work around if you have a few page groups you like to actually ensure FB shows you what you've asked to see by setting them to "see first" !
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| It was a final chase up to the top of Holmwood Hill, and into the mist |
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| Ruth and Hendo, fetchies forever |
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| Rory the race director does his rounds up the steep hill in his 4x4 |
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| I literally have no idea what is going on here down this hill |
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| All ok at the top |
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| Looking dynamic around the corners |
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| All looking smooth at the first ascent |
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| Crazy running fun |
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| and people wonder why I have knee pads - get low marshal photographer ! |
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| No Surrender |
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| Strong work into the lap turning point for the 20k in the race HQ |
On sunday over in Dorking...
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| On your toes to be at the pointy end of the race |
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| Epsom - allowed out for the day |
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| A good run by West4 harriers at the 4 mile mark |
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| Wearing the correct race tshirt ! |
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| Double thumbs up from Carolyn |
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| Pushing it hard to the finish |
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| The long train of runners at 4 miles |
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| Proper finish sprinting |
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| good form into the finish line |
So that's it for this weeks update, next weekend has two races on Sunday and then we get into the somewhat very busy end of June and into July rush before we all stop for the school holidays, so get things sorted out this weekend, don't get caught out in the thunderstorms and enjoy the training - and don't forget to join our Strava group
https://www.strava.com/clubs/sussexsportphotography
Until next time !
Anthony
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