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| The view south from the lower fields to the finish as the sun set and the Rainbows played under the rain clouds over the City at the South of England XC Championships at Parliament Hill |
The Brutal races were also at a new location of Greenham common near Newbury which proved itself to be a worthy location for the annual gender specific races, and as always - the women outshone the men in the number turning up for the prizes. Who said Men were the more competitive gender ?
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| Everyone enjoys a good Brutal |
The weather held off everywhere for all the events, despite being a bit drizzly en-route, at the end of the day in London it was clear we had missed the worst of the late afternoon passing clouds as we looked across the city.
SEAA Facebook Live video Stream
Also during the events from the SEAA championships we managed to run a facebook live video stream from out on the course. By clamping the phone to the camera monopod you get a first person experience of race photography and the race - you even get to hear my amazingly witty commentary and support when I have the brain capacity to do it - as well as the shouts of the supporters if they are right next to me shouting in my ear... I've put a playlist together here of all of them in race order to make it easy for you to find the right one for you - feel free to tag your friends if you see them: https://www.facebook.com/pg/UKSportPhoto/videos/
The live video stream is something I'm trying to do more often at events - of our intrepid team it's usually only me doing it (because I sign off on the costs for the data use!), but if you're not up and about on a Sunday during race times (or sometimes Saturday) it might be something to watch to see if you can spot your friends out ?! and give them a virtual shout-out. Apologies I can't type replies to your posts on the app - but I can say something and will always try to give a mention to anyone asking any questions or checking in whilst it's all going on (yes I can multi-task - sometimes). Just bear in mind I'm supposed to be looking through the camera and working...
| Date | Race | Gallery or Event website | |
| Latest Races | |||
| Sat-28/01/2017 | 
SEAA XC Championships
at Parliament Hill |
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Sat-28/01/2017
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Brutal Women Only
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Sat-28/01/2017
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Brutal Men only
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http://sspimg.com/BRutal-men-only-2017-gallery | |
| Last Weekend | |||
| Sun-22/01/2017 | ETL Denbies10 |
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| Future Races | |||
| Sun-05/02/2017 | Gloucester Marathon | beyondthelimitations.org.uk | |
| Sun-05/02/2017 | Watford Half | http://bit.ly/watford-half-entry | |
| Sun-05/02/2017 | ETL Bookham 10k | http://www.eventstolive.co.uk/ | |
| Sun-12/02/2017 | Worthing Half Marathon | http://bit.ly/worthing-half-2016 | |
| Sun-19/02/2017 | Hampton Court Half Marathon | http://bit.ly/Hampton-Court-Half-Entry | |
| Sat-25/02/2017 | Brutal Bagshot | http://www.brutalrun.co.uk/dates/bagshot/ | |
| Sat-25/02/2017 | English National XC Champs | http://www.englishcrosscountry.co.uk/ | |
| Sun-05/03/2017 | Leicester 10k - don't forget your Discount code "Sussex10" | http://www.townandgown10k.com/leicester/ | |
| Sun-05/03/2017 | The Steyning Stinger | http://www.steyningac.co.uk/ | |
| Sat-11/03/2017 | Hero Races | https://heroraces.co.uk | |
| Sun-12/03/2017 | Colchester Half | http://bit.ly/Colchester-Half | |
| Sun-19/03/2017 | Richmond 13.1 Half | http://bit.ly/Richmond-Half | |
| Sun-19/03/2017 | Hastings Half Marathon | http://bit.ly/Hastings-Half | |
| Sun-19/03/2017 | ETL Spring Badger Half | http://eventstolive.co.uk/collections/events-new | |
| Sun-19/03/2017 | Brentwood Half | http://bit.ly/Brentwood-Half | |
| Sun-19/03/2017 | Fleet Half Marathon | http://bit.ly/Fleet-Half-Marathon | |
Here's a few shots from the weekends action
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| looking composed on the way down the hill |
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| good concentration |
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| Watford taking it out on the senior womens race |
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| The Northern field at the start of the U20 Men race |
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| Mornington chaser chasing |
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| What joy it was to be alive that day |
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| Pushing hard for 4th place after last weekends Farnborough Half win |
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| Royston enjoying the hills - hope from home |
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| Leonardo Di Caprio's younger brother from Hastings runs in a slight disguise |
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| As the sun sets, the dancing starts |
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| In the detail there's a lot more cranes in the city than usual |
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| Push hard to the end |
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| Take the race on and commit. Top work. |
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| Enjoyable run for Fulham |
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| Healthy competition at all the age groups |
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| That hill - with that background. Still hard work. |
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| Excellent work all the way to the finish |
Brutal Races
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| What else are friends for ? |
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| Holding hands and supporting through the water |
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| Looking for the end ? |
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| Not so sure before the start |
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| All setting off enthusiastically |
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| more enthusiastic than most |
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| not quite as enthusiastic about the cold water |
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| good teamwork |
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| The step into the unknown |
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| zooming |
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| all together now |
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| delicately put |
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| hi Dad |
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| Always check the bottom of your shoe for dog poo |
Later on the Mens Brutal course
So that's about it for this weeks news - we're getting ourselves ready for The Watford Half, Gloucester Marathon and Bookham 10k - so look forwards to seeing you there soon
p.s. don't forget to tell your team mates and juniors from the SEAA XC about the race photos - don't let them miss out, it's a big deal for them and a good photo they like can inspire them to greatness and application in future years.
Anthony
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| at least he was wise to putting his number on with pins |
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| Siamese race numbers |
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| The joys of marshalling |
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| A clear hurdle into the mud |
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| only knee deep ! |
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| clearly enjoying it |
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| Drones legally need to be 50m above or away from small crowds - that's only about 14m high - estimated off the arch height, so illegal. lucky it's a small crowd - otherwise it would be 150m away - http://dronesafe.uk/drone-code/ |
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| where's the toilet roll ? we don't know. |
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| Great run off at the start |
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| wave your hands in the air like you just don't care ! |
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| Enjoy your trip |
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| Like trump winning an inauguration, or a wrestling match |
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| across up and around - proper brutal |
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| All Thumbs are ok, despite wearing Vibram 5 fingers |
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| Best walking on water impression of the day |
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| aaaand another thing... |
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| La La Land |
p.s. don't forget to tell your team mates and juniors from the SEAA XC about the race photos - don't let them miss out, it's a big deal for them and a good photo they like can inspire them to greatness and application in future years.
Anthony
