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| The 2025 Bluebell Run was raising money for KSS Air Ambulance |
The full gallery from last sunday is of course live and online - have a check of the table below, and have a look at any you might have missed recently too
So here's a little table of past and future gallerys for you to use, and I'm sure if you wanted to you can find the event website you're looking for
It was the first of the hotter days on Sunday, so we were expecting a slightly slower times across all the runners - although we were pleasantly surprised by the outstanding time from the 10Mile winner - Liam Brisco in an outstanding time of 56:31
Full results here:
frankly anyone running 10 miles under the hour needs a big medal, so 56 minutes is amazing pace especially with those hills.
A total of 656 human participants and 21 Canine warriors took to the course this year - and it's always a popular race.
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| busy start on the first turn for the 10miler and some club rivalry |
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| catching up with mum and baby |
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| The surprise and joy of finishing |
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| YES ! |
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| if it's on the side of your leg and even the timekeeper can't read it - then you might want to think about putting your number somewhere else. like the bottom of your tshirt ? |
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| Ah, the calm at the end of it all |
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| All respect to the KSS Air Ambulance and the medical teams on Sunday |
Well done to everyone who took part and completed the course - all the entries help raise funds for the
https://aakss.org.uk/ Air Ambulance - who were called to the event on the day to help, The air doctor took over once he arrived, but they left by normal ambulance.
If you're wondering, the last I heard on sunday was the participant made it to Worthing Hospital for further care. Even with 21 years of covering events, and as you might expect after several hundred thousands of runners have passed my camera lens we have seen or been near many many serious medical situations - but this was the first time I've personally had to be the first responder. It was a bit of a surprise, but I hope I did enough to the point when the medics were gathered enough and I then returned to taking photos. 5 minutes overall for me, but an important 5 minutes none the less.
[Edit update - last heard that he was sat up and responsive on wednesday - still rooting for him!]
Which brings me onto the importance of learning the basics of first aid - which I first learned at Scouts back in 1981 and had some further courses as I got older through school and work. It's the first time I've had to use that much of it - but I do urge you - especially as I do have heart problems - Know your CPR and also know where the nearest defibrillator is - both at home (in your village? / town) and when at events or down the training track (we have one at the end of the 100m straight at Withdean in brighton).
I had a neighbour who ran a company specifically about First Aid Training etc - so here you go
https://tigerlilytraining.co.uk/ no excuses. If your company hasn't tried to train you, then ask them why not ?
So on that slightly more serious note than usual - I hope to see many of you at the newly located 3 Forts Challenge - which says it is sold out ! which is excellent news - for the Half, Full and 5Mile routes, it will be chilly but bright and windy - so be prepared !
Until next time
Anthony
