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| All go at the start of the 2018 Winchester Half Marathon |
In a weekend where the weather was forecast to be torrential and gale force all day, it ended up torrential and gale force for half a day, and freezing cold all day (5deg C), and still very gusty in the afternoon. Whilst Velo South was cancelled on Wednesday evening, when the forecast was for a massive low pressure to arrive on saturday night with 60MPH gusting winds, by friday evening it had split into two low pressures - both bringing miserable amounts of rain throughout Saturday and Sunday to most of the south - along with a horrible northerly ice wind.
Suffice to say that conditions for the Winchester Half marathon were challenging. People turned up for the event expecting a hard run, and a hard run with plenty of hills and rain and wind is what they got. You can see from the photos we didn't have a finish gantry this year - and the standard barriers did go for a tumble in the gusting wind as we waited for the finishers and the team were deconstructing the scrim and branding from them to be on the safe side.
Now you've recovered from the run, check out the galleries - especially Run Reigate and Clapham 10k from last weekend in much more pleasant conditions for running in !
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We have a little hiatus this weekend, we're not at Ealing or Barnes Green - both events that we helped grow over a period of years with much success - and alas I'm too unfit at the moment to give either of them a go.
Whilst we have our race listings below - there's always a few good places to look for a local race - and I can always suggest the Sussex Race planner for something local in Sussex -
http://www.sussexraces.co.uk/sussexraceseventplanner.html
Races are always coming and going, new and old, one off charity event, or established village cause - you'll find them all in there. We have other places we look and watch for new races, but this is as good a site to start with...
Anyway - here's our next list of races - enjoy and I'd always recommend targeting the races with free downloads
Future event planning - October the 7th is going to be a busy one !
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and now for some photos
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| tough job for the timing guy, he had to run the whole course holding the main stopwatch |
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| happy waves at the start, chap at the front isn't so sure |
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| always just wave at any camera |
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| and the hill up begins |
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| Tracey was doing alright |
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| long straight country lanes - on the return to town |
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| Altitude sickness at the top of the main climb |
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| the educated response |
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| proper hill you ran up there |
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| keeping dry all the way to the end |
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| Some hot 2:10 pacing action |
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| Sure you've forgotten something ? |
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| Not a deft cuff around the head to get Hannah past some Bum |
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| take it easy on those slippy cobbles |
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| feeling fine near the finish with the cathederal in the background (just) |
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| Storming run for the finish |
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| Great victory in the womens race |
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| one of the highest finished Fetch shirts in a long time |
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| proper racing into the end |
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| BORS offers a race fear and assimilation package to get you going |
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| have a good weekend, hopefully the weather will pick up. You can tell it was worth getting my hair cut for this one |
Until next time, very well done to Nicky, Chris and the rest of the Winchester Half team on a well executed and safe event in what was very challenging conditions ! I had three coats, three trousers and a variety of gloves and hats and was still cold - so it was an excellent job done on the event.
Until next time, and keep training
Anthony
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