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| 5:30am and the Sun rises over the misty pools and the finish arches at REP Arundel Lido Tri |
It's good to have everything live and online quickly after a race, so with only two triathlons on Sunday with ridiculous early starts to the day (4:15am alarm anyone ?), by the time we had done a twelve hour day we were just getting into the indexing full speed in the office, with everything done and indexed in full by 7pm, with just the upload left to go. Long hard days, but good to get the galleries all sorted.
With hindsight from last weeks number of clicks - people like them listed directly like this -
Latest Galleries for you:
Remember to download your free downloads - add to basket and order the free ones, and checkout as normal (but of course - it costs nothing !). Pic2Go events have the free photos available through the Pic2Go system, but you can order the high resolution images through the gallery instead.
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| It was a bit like a sauna, albeit 10 degrees outside to start off, the water was lovely |
Some people will see there is no Bognor 10k listed. Sorry about that, we tried.
Unfortunately we were not able to agree on our normal working agreement with the Bognor 10k organiser (although it was the same as the past 10 years), and that agreement makes it viable for us to cover the race for free and donate our profits to their charity. They also didn't want to go for the alternative of paying for free photos for competitors.
So short story is - no, we didn't cover it, yes we did ask the organiser to remove our links from their website before the race, sorry if you had a wasted journey here.
And just in case you are wondering - 2016's race gallery is still available here:
http://sspimg.com/bognor10k-2016
Life, as they say, moves on.
Future Events coming up - spot the ones with
Free Photos !
Things that are currently annoying me:
- Hateful politics.
- (Ex)Event organisers who just don't care.
- Broadband Upload Speeds. Currently researching using two fibre lines to upload and how to put them together in a router - if anyone has any experience of this, please get in touch...
Things making me Happy:
- Daughters latest opticians test.
- More Event organisers who do care - see more free race photos at events than ever before.
- Proper photo albums:
Remember the photo album things we used to make, and our parents have when we took photos on film roll, not digital ? Proper photos last the test of time, if the sun is up - you can see them !. They have a physical presence. They are part of what makes you and your family - you.
So having tried (and failed) to get my (vast) digital library into a printed photobook, I've finally found a solution that works for me (Ok my friend Charlie told me, thanks Charlie). Personally I've managed 2016 into these, and will take the 20 or so minutes per year to go back through to get things together over the next months. But it is quick, it is simple, and I'll have no qualms about writing subtitles in Biro on them (Which is how it should be done in my opinion). Probably not as witty as the ones I write here though...
Chatbooks is the first book app that has actually worked for me (and that's me speaking as a professional):
http://sspimg.com/chatbooks-for-your-photos
If nothing else - check the link - the video is also one of the funniest I've seen in a long time.
Here's a few piccies from Sunday...
The REP Leyzne Arundel Lido Tri
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| All looking nice with the castle in the background, the mist on the water, the sun rising in the east. |
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| Lane counting is more science than you would think |
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| dynamic turning at the far end |
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| All going well down the hill on the bike |
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| even time for a wave |
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| chilled run into the finish |
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| some people are more relaxed about finishing than perhaps others are |
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| Gallopy Gallopy |
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| raaa ! for the win |
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| Good win for Emma Macready in the sprint. With her running record it won't be long before she breaks a few records |
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| proof if you took someone elses prize "to give to them" that you have it... |
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| Mick oozing race director confidence of a Man when the plan has worked. |
Everyone Active Fareham Tri
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| A busy transition |
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| the swiming pool looks ideal for Triathlons |
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| looking strong into transition |
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| just a bit to the left please for the PR branding shot |
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| Who knew there was a castle in Fareham ? |
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| speedy kit all ready for the bike |
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| confident running into the finish |
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| good to see hard running all the way to the finish line |
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| All done !! |
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| Powering out to the bike transition |
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| got the slick tyres on, and all levels included |
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| In my mind, this is how I cycle everywhere too |
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| good running to the finish |
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| I never look this confident when I run |
right that's it for a very long two weeks - because we don't have anything down for the bank holiday, (there is literally nothing going on around here!) so next up is the Hurt and the Dorking 10, whilst I try to figure out what to do to feed my kids and employees... all donations by buying your race photos so far this year - greatfully received !!
Finally,
Any you have until midnight tonight to register to vote. Please do so, otherwise it will be your fault.
https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote and my Grandfather would have died in vain, and god knows we have enough dysfunction in my family because of that.
until next time, don't get sunburnt out there,
Anthony
