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| It can be brutal out there sometimes |
I have to say I can't fault their marketing - go out - do stuff - wash it with our stuff - and by the way - here's a load of events to go and do stuff at (aka parkrun). It's a modern play on the famous Michelin restaurant guide - which was invented by the French tire company to get car drivers to actually drive their cars outside of Paris and use them - thereby needing more new tires. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelin_Guide#History and sspimg.com/michelin-guide-history )
So here's a definitive list of all those 12 parkruns below - we have been to from Edinburgh to Monmouth to Norwich to Poole. To say we've covered over 5000 miles (Michelin will be pleased), seen over 6100 finishers and made over 80,000 images available - to be honest - even I'm surprised at that !
So here's a definitive list of all those 12 parkruns below - we have been to from Edinburgh to Monmouth to Norwich to Poole. To say we've covered over 5000 miles (Michelin will be pleased), seen over 6100 finishers and made over 80,000 images available - to be honest - even I'm surprised at that !
There's also the other three January events we have been to and the future races for February in the table below - the two big big ones being the National XC champs in Leeds this year and the Cambridge Half Marathon - both with free images provided on the day - courtesy of the superb race sponsors Saucony. However I must point out the challenging and equally rewarding Steyning Stinger for local Sussex runners - it's fantastic and supports a great local club.
| Date | Event | Free gallery | Gallery or Future race Event website |
| Tue-01/01/2019 | Serpentine 10k | http://sspimg.com/Serpentine-10k-2019 | |
| Sat-05/01/2019 | parkrun Lloyd | Free images | http://sspimg.com/Lloyd-parkrun-2019-Gallery |
| Sat-05/01/2019 | parkrun Vogrie | Free images | http://sspimg.com/Vogrie-parkrun-2019-Gallery |
| Sat-05/01/2019 | parkrun Forest of Dean | Free images | http://sspimg.com/Forest-of-Dean-parkrun-2019-Gallery |
| Sun-06/01/2019 | Tadworth Ten | http://sspimg.com/Tadworth-10-2019-Gallery | |
| Sat-12/01/2019 | parkrun Southampton | Free images | http://sspimg.com/Southampton-parkrun-2019-Gallery |
| Sat-12/01/2019 | parkrun Cannock Chase | Free images | https://sspimg.com/Cannock-Chase-parkrun-2019-gallery |
| Sat-12/01/2019 | parkrun Rising Sun | Free images | http://sspimg.com/Rising-Sun-parkrun-2019-Gallery |
| Sat-19/01/2019 | parkrun Worsley Woods | Free images | http://sspimg.com/Worsley-Woods-parkrun-2019-Gallery |
| Sat-19/01/2019 | parkrun Poole | Free images | http://sspimg.com/Poole-parkrun-2019-Gallery |
| Sat-19/01/2019 | parkrun Leamington | Free images | http://sspimg.com/Leamingston-parkrun-2019-Gallery |
| Sat-26/01/2019 | parkrun Worcester | Free images | http://sspimg.com/Worcester-parkrun-2019-Gallery |
| Sat-26/01/2019 | parkrun Catton | Free images | http://sspimg.com/Catton-parkrun-2019-Gallery |
| Sat-26/01/2019 | parkrun Oakwell Hall | Free images | https://sspimg.com/Oakwell-Hall-parkrun-2019-gallery |
| Sat-26/01/2019 | Brutal Men only | http://sspimg.com/Brutal-Men-Only-2019-Gallery | |
| Sat-26/01/2019 | Brutal Women Only | http://sspimg.com/Brutal-Women-Only-2019-Gallery | |
| February | Next month | future races | |
| Sun-03/02/2019 | Watford Half | https://watfordhalf.co.uk/ | |
| Sun-17/02/2019 | Hampton Court Half Marathon | http://bit.ly/Hampton-Court-Half-Entry | |
| Sat-23/02/2019 | National XC Champs | Free images | http://www.englishcrosscountry.co.uk/ |
| Sun-03/03/2019 | Steyning Stinger | Free images | http://www.steyningac.co.uk/ |
| Sun-03/03/2019 | Cambridge Half Marathon | Free images | https://cambridgehalfmarathon.com/ |
| Sun-17/03/2019 | Brentwood Half | http://bit.ly/Brentwood-Half |
A quick message from the team at the Muscular Dystrophy Town and Gown - Oxford 10k (which we take the photos for! - please help them out if you can)
Amazingly our
Oxford town and gown has been voted by the Running Awards as ‘best 10k in South
East England’ and have been awarded with a lovely gold badge (attached)!
We’ve now
been shortlisted to have a chance of winning the NATIONAL award. We’re very
excited and think that the Oxford town and gown really deserves this status. It
would be brilliant if you could circulate it amongst friends/family/colleagues.
If we were to win, it would really help expand the event even further, and give
the charity great exposure.
Voting ends
on 1st March and the winners
are announced at the running awards dinner on 25th April.
Please click here to submit your
vote in the ‘10k National’ category: https://therunningawards.com/vote/179/242#vote.
We’ve also been shortlisted for the Town and Gown Series here.
and finally - here's a few pictures from the last few events - first parkruns then some Brutal
just a note - the parkruns are very very dark in the early winter mornings in the dark woods - it's been a really technical challenge and pushed our cameras to their technical limits - which always makes getting good images slightly harder !
So here's some pictures from around the parkruns with the @PersilUK team and the fun we have been having at them together !
And this is what the images looked like with the Persil parkrun #DirtIsGood branding - which everyone with their pic2go sticker could receive very soon after the runs to use on facebook and social media - anyone tagging @persilUK and #DirtIsGood on their posts stood a chance of winning a years free supply of Persil's new 3in1 tablets - and there have been plenty of happy winners so far !
Meanwhile over at the Brutal Women and Men's only races we had a bit more mud and indeed #DirtIsGood !
so that's about it so far - social media posts with @persilUK and #DirtIsGood stand a chance of winning a prize (don't know when the end of the competition is!) and makes for an interesting social media search if you're into that sort of surfing...
We have a line of very busy events coming up (refer to above table), so it's going to be a lot of planning and then a lot of images to sort out after each race - and it's going to be very pressured to get the turn around done to our high standards. Meanwhile our thoughts are with Paul driving up in the snow and rain to Bolton from Sussex, he's not going to go too fast today ! And my wrist is booked in for an operation on March the 4th, right after I see a friend/cousin and town counsellor start the Cambridge Half Marathon ! (what a small world it is becoming) then I'll be off for 5 weeks, so might be a bit less typing on here - I guess for a laugh we could test how siri copes...
Reflective and bright clothing
until next time, train carefully, if it's dark at night - please wear something bright (like these tops https://amzn.to/2B8q7OP I have a mountain warehouse one - and they are simply fantastic) and also don't have an overbright LED blinding people - because when they can't look at you because it's too bright - they also can't see you... for cyclists I'm going to try to do a demonstration of what having a second white light that points backwards from your handlebars onto your chest does for rider visibility (hint: a lot) and it doesn't need to be super bright - but it's enough to give size and depth perception to the other person looking at you - which is very very important and that is something that is not given by a single bright dot headlight that blinds people. Double-ended front bike lights anyone ?
At the very least in this weather - drag out a white T shirt and put it over the top of any black or dark tops you are wearing, even over your dark running waterproof top - because any dark tops are simply a death trap in the dark - give people any chance of seeing you !!!
train safe, keep warm, time for some gym ?
until next time
Anthony
just a note - the parkruns are very very dark in the early winter mornings in the dark woods - it's been a really technical challenge and pushed our cameras to their technical limits - which always makes getting good images slightly harder !
So here's some pictures from around the parkruns with the @PersilUK team and the fun we have been having at them together !
And this is what the images looked like with the Persil parkrun #DirtIsGood branding - which everyone with their pic2go sticker could receive very soon after the runs to use on facebook and social media - anyone tagging @persilUK and #DirtIsGood on their posts stood a chance of winning a years free supply of Persil's new 3in1 tablets - and there have been plenty of happy winners so far !
Meanwhile over at the Brutal Women and Men's only races we had a bit more mud and indeed #DirtIsGood !
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| All go at the start of the Brutal Womens race |
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| oops up side your head, I said oops upside your head. Julie's having none of it. |
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| raging. silent raging. |
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| Yes, this is silly ! |
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| Its as if the mud and hills are not there |
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| just how much fun is this ? |
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| this is even MORE fun !! |
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| Running the sand - easy work |
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| much friendly fun |
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| fast running frowning fury |
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| it's double thumbs up |
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| water depth is a relative thing - depending on your size... up to your ankles or...higher |
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| that's a wrap to the end of the course ! |
The Brutal Men were of course a completely different kettle of fish... or were they ?
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| grrrrrr etc etc as ever ! |
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| strength and agility |
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| water ? what water ? |
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| Sticking to the dry route eh ? |
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| water ? no, I never noticed any.... |
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| easy running in on the sand at the finish |
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| Top team mates |
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| mudstacle in their warm weather tights, zooming along |
We have a line of very busy events coming up (refer to above table), so it's going to be a lot of planning and then a lot of images to sort out after each race - and it's going to be very pressured to get the turn around done to our high standards. Meanwhile our thoughts are with Paul driving up in the snow and rain to Bolton from Sussex, he's not going to go too fast today ! And my wrist is booked in for an operation on March the 4th, right after I see a friend/cousin and town counsellor start the Cambridge Half Marathon ! (what a small world it is becoming) then I'll be off for 5 weeks, so might be a bit less typing on here - I guess for a laugh we could test how siri copes...
Reflective and bright clothing
until next time, train carefully, if it's dark at night - please wear something bright (like these tops https://amzn.to/2B8q7OP I have a mountain warehouse one - and they are simply fantastic) and also don't have an overbright LED blinding people - because when they can't look at you because it's too bright - they also can't see you... for cyclists I'm going to try to do a demonstration of what having a second white light that points backwards from your handlebars onto your chest does for rider visibility (hint: a lot) and it doesn't need to be super bright - but it's enough to give size and depth perception to the other person looking at you - which is very very important and that is something that is not given by a single bright dot headlight that blinds people. Double-ended front bike lights anyone ?
At the very least in this weather - drag out a white T shirt and put it over the top of any black or dark tops you are wearing, even over your dark running waterproof top - because any dark tops are simply a death trap in the dark - give people any chance of seeing you !!!
train safe, keep warm, time for some gym ?
until next time
Anthony
