So who enjoyed the mud and fun at Nottingham for the 2020 English National XC Champs ?
Thankfully almost rain free - we provided the free images sponsored by Saucony using pic2go tech to get them out live during the day. The high resolution sales gallery is now live if you have a particular favourite or a high quality print - follow the links below ! (also there might be a few that were not catalogued on the day due to the mud - so check them out just in case there are some extra ones there for you!)
Next weekend is the Muddiest Brutal at Bordon, and then the Steyning Stinger - which with this years cold and wet weather is going to be a particularly stingy one - especially for the marshals, timekeepers and er, us photographers....
and now for the race galleries..
The Quicksilver Hampton Court Half Marathon
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| 1 mile done |
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| Save the Battle Unicorn |
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| all going ok here ! |
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| it's like they're happy angry |
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| it's the double thumbs up (DTU) |
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| Ed Balls does not run, and does not have a doppleganger |
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| guilty or wearing vapourflies |
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| Vapourflies make you look serious. Although I'm no follower of fashion - is the top inside out ? |
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| Necessary, because you blocked us getting a good photo for him... |
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| Runner behind waved for this one |
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| and then I grabbed it |
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| another reason not to wear headphones - cable control |
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| came back for another one. Still didn't show his number, so got his own one of the arch. |
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| which way after the bridge ? |
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| always like a good start shot ! |
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| did you know that you can get vapourflies that match ? |
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| Gary Barlow runs to keep fit for his performances (*not). |
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| If we can't see the runners, then they can't see the finish. Oh and their finish picture is a bit crap. |
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| all busy on the first loop out |
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| team pointing champs - these guys are the best ! |
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| all good here |
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| Henry VIII, says no surrender |
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| choking up a bit about this shot to be honest |
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| can't beat a smile ! |
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| caught out running again |
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| doubling back after 1 mile to help his friends.. |
and then there was the knee deep mud at the national XC in nottingham the day before...
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| Trowbridge put out a big team |
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| mid the splash |
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| it was deep if you got the wrong bit |
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| all smiles at the start on the small first lap |
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| proper knee lift and out of the ditch without a blink |
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| ah, spare shoes |
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| If you're out front, you keep clean |
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| still easy to splash yourself though |
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| she didn't want her shoe so kicked it off over to us... |
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| it is possible to faceplant and finish first ! |
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| more good knee lift technique |
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| king of the mountain, but not of the ditch |
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| Drive out like a steeple chaser |
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| it was close with a large lap to go |
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| Ealing - unsure about all this countryside |
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| just running along here cleaner than everyone around him... |
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| oops where did it just go ? |
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| proper cross country ! |
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| ready for anything |
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| concentrating hard |
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| you can always just kick the mud off |
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| Great for tan lines |
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| all a bit one sided |
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| don't stop digging when you're half way in |
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| spare shoe time |
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| It's quite a nice location |
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| his mind was elswhere, probably on the next film casting he was going to |
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| should do the skin the world of good |
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| Steve Ovett has returned from Melbourne and grown back his beard, and lives in Corby now. |
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| more views of niceness |
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| keep the form up |
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| faceplanted |
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| "I'm alive" |
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| log jumping DTU |
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| Winner |
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| Winner |
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| Winner |
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| Winner |
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| Winner |
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| Winner |
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| Winner, and earlier faceplanter |
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| Winner |
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| Winner |
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| Very pleased Winner ! |
So that's the weekly roundup, and now to add a serious note.
Lisa Hale - a runner from the Fleet and Crookham club, along the M3/A3 corridor has gone missing since February 14th around midnight on a quick visit to the Petrol Station.
Here's the latest police notice -
https://www.hampshire.police.uk/news/hampshire/news/missing/2020/february/missing-lisa-hale---residents-asked-to-check-outbuildings/
We have seen Lisa at many events, and she often volunteers to help at other events that we work at - it was particularly poingniant for us to see that she uses one of our photos on her Strava profile.
Fingers crossed - she will turn up soon, but it's now been 14 days, which is too long.
If you or your friends are in the area, please share the police information and request to check outbuildings and keep an eye out on your runs if you do run in the area - for anything vaguely suspicious.
Thank you.
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| Lisa Hale in 2016 at the Arundel Castle 10k |
and until next time, Stay safe out there.
Anthony
