The Colchester Half , Bolt and Cranleigh 15-21 race galleries are now live and online !
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| Probably the slowest 13.1 miles this Porsche has ever driven, but never mind ! |
Finding childcare for early Sunday mornings has been one of the key operational challenges of growing this business, and I can't even put it on the company - where's the fairness in that eh ? (and they usually make more than a photographer would at the event - so where's the economic argument for event photography to be a worthwhile endeavour I hear you ask ? - I don't know - you've got me on that one...but might be why we can't cover small events that only need one photographer any more)
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| The start of the Bolt round the Holt with GUTS http://www.gutsfbc.co.uk/ |
The event galleries are listed here, and a few upcoming events we hope to see you at - checkout which ones have free photos too !
Free downloads
A few standard questions on the free race downloads - "how do I get my free photos?" - "there's watermarks all over them ?" Simple - click add to basket - on the top tabs of prints,products and downloads - select "downloads" - and then select the free one (at the top of the list) for free download !! because it's free you won't be asked for any transaction/payment - but the rest of the process is the same as normal ordering - so you get a download link by email, and it's also put into your downloads folder on your user account for 10 days.
If you forget within 10 days - just order the free ones again !
Didn't have a user account - then open one (with the same email address) and as if by magic - they will be in that user account for you.
Watermarks are only on the ones you see on the gallery - you've not downloaded them - the downloaded ones don't have watermarks on them, so please download them !
Full explains and help on collecting orders can be found in our handy "My Orders" page on the gallery - here
One final thing - phones and tablets don't really like downloads unless they are from an app or the app store, or you're running Windows mobile - so most of the time you will need a computer to download your images. (Sorry, but changing the world of mobile OS software policy is too much for us).
Charity fundraising
One of the things that we sometimes see at events is significant teams fundraising for a local cause - and Colchester Half Marathon had a significant team out for the Our Amy foundation.
more information is here - https://ouramyfoundation.co.uk/mission/ - it's worth a look and a read - and if you do take a moment to share the lesson that Amy has for us, then it's probably worth making a donation to their charity.
Her sister, family and friends all ran and walked the Colchester Half 2018 a fantastic fundraising effort.
Bolt round the Holt for GUTS http://www.gutsfbc.co.uk/ - free race downloads
The Cranleigh 15-21 miles
Colchester half Marathon 2018
so that's that for this weekend - it's a quieter Easter than usual without the Folkestone 10 on our radar (although I think it's still going ahead if you're that way inclined on the Friday,) and the RBK Spring Half. If you fancy giving me a run for my money, I hope to be at the local Lewes 10k on Easter MONDAY [correction, Ed] - https://www.lewesac.co.uk/events/easter-fun-run at the very sensible time of 11am.
Goodness, I could even do a parkrun (if I wake up in time as there's no kids activities scheduled in) When will this madness end ?
Until next time - and good luck to all of you getting your last long runs in before Marathon taper (Brighton or London)...
Anthony
A few standard questions on the free race downloads - "how do I get my free photos?" - "there's watermarks all over them ?" Simple - click add to basket - on the top tabs of prints,products and downloads - select "downloads" - and then select the free one (at the top of the list) for free download !! because it's free you won't be asked for any transaction/payment - but the rest of the process is the same as normal ordering - so you get a download link by email, and it's also put into your downloads folder on your user account for 10 days.
If you forget within 10 days - just order the free ones again !
Didn't have a user account - then open one (with the same email address) and as if by magic - they will be in that user account for you.
Watermarks are only on the ones you see on the gallery - you've not downloaded them - the downloaded ones don't have watermarks on them, so please download them !
Full explains and help on collecting orders can be found in our handy "My Orders" page on the gallery - here
One final thing - phones and tablets don't really like downloads unless they are from an app or the app store, or you're running Windows mobile - so most of the time you will need a computer to download your images. (Sorry, but changing the world of mobile OS software policy is too much for us).
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| The last four of the OurAmy foundation with the rest of their team supporting behind them |
Charity fundraising
One of the things that we sometimes see at events is significant teams fundraising for a local cause - and Colchester Half Marathon had a significant team out for the Our Amy foundation.
more information is here - https://ouramyfoundation.co.uk/mission/ - it's worth a look and a read - and if you do take a moment to share the lesson that Amy has for us, then it's probably worth making a donation to their charity.
Her sister, family and friends all ran and walked the Colchester Half 2018 a fantastic fundraising effort.
Bolt round the Holt for GUTS http://www.gutsfbc.co.uk/ - free race downloads
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| all six feet off the ground - flying |
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| simply not pulling their weight and earning their rewards |
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| surely just give the dog the relay baton ? |
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| top photo jumping |
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| Good running for a great cause |
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| Great sponsor fundraising |
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| The side effect of running for GUTS |
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| The Boss man did 5k, good work ! |
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| get in ! |
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| It was at that moment it crossed Rory's mind to call in an airstrike |
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| Always take your warm-down seriously. That's how you prevent injury. Watch and learn. |
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| If you can run 21k dressed as a dinosaur, the world is your oyster. |
The Cranleigh 15-21 miles
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| All go on the roads of Cranleigh for the start of the 15-21 miles |
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| clearly early on in the race judging from the smiles |
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| Ben clearly wasn't paying any attention to the banter from Woking AC |
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| all going well past the waterstation |
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| not raining, what's not to enjoy ? |
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| Dab or just a bad Bolt ? or a completely wrong Mobot ? you decide |
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| Double Bolt madness I tell you |
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| brutally honest TShirt, but it seems right and they all seem happy enough |
Colchester half Marathon 2018
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| 0.2 miles left, and this is how it feels |
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| nice water tower |
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| Hello ! |
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| Almost at the end and the enjoyment is bottling up |
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| Get your team photographer on the job for you |
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| Nothing like a bit of teamwork |
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| Essex Air Ambulance team makes it round together |
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| this is an accurate depiction of how it feels to run a half marathon |
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| he won the bet for wearing the unicorn shorts |
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| when a start line looks like this - you know you're in for a good race |
so that's that for this weekend - it's a quieter Easter than usual without the Folkestone 10 on our radar (although I think it's still going ahead if you're that way inclined on the Friday,) and the RBK Spring Half. If you fancy giving me a run for my money, I hope to be at the local Lewes 10k on Easter MONDAY [correction, Ed] - https://www.lewesac.co.uk/events/easter-fun-run at the very sensible time of 11am.
Goodness, I could even do a parkrun (if I wake up in time as there's no kids activities scheduled in) When will this madness end ?
Until next time - and good luck to all of you getting your last long runs in before Marathon taper (Brighton or London)...
Anthony
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