Tuesday, 14 October 2014

Chichester Half, Cambridge 10k, Herts10k, Denbies 10, Kellys 10k and Mudmonsters 2014

I really need to figure out a snappier name for these posts ! When we have 6 events over a weekend it does get a bit long and silly. Mind you it does mean they get found on the internet searches...

Right here's the list of events and their galleries from the weekend - everything seemed to go very smoothly (even the one with the unplanned route change) and once again testament to the great race organisers we work with and see every weekend..

Race
Gallery Link
Race website
Chichester Half
Cambridge Town and Gown 10k
Herts 10k
Events to Live Denbies 10
Kellys Guildford 10k Challenge
Mud Monsters Run october

Frankly that's a load of images and events, and it's a bit of a record for us to have so much online so quickly on a Monday across multiple races, and the rest on the tuesday. I hope you're all enjoying the new faster service we are providing...  The office has taken a bit of rearranging, but it seems to be working !


OK, you *know* this next item is going to be on every post from now until April....


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Next Weekend
You will probably be at the Brutal10 at Woolmer (click here to enter) and if you're not there, there's the Cabbage Patch 10 mile race in Richmond (oh, that's full), or the  Abingdon Marathon (sorry - sold out months ago). Then there's Beachy Head at the end of the month if you're feeling masochistic ? (yep that's sold out too).

Amongst all this rain there is a mini heatwave as well (ok 18degC), so that's going to mix things up a bit here in the southeast, although that low pressure looming over the entire atlantic looks rather ominous...

If you like that kind of weather and getting muddy then perhaps go over to Obstacle kit and see what sort of stuff they have there to keep you warm during those long dark races as they draw in over winter ?

Those photos where I always loose the caption competition

Running away from a vineyard at Denbies10. It's ok they get to come back for a drink afterwards

The Cambridge Town and Gown 10k - with new iconic course through town

Vineyard tour route with the family

Sonic the Hedgehog spotted in Chichester

James takes the win at Chichester after some last minute course changes.

This is the hardest man in running I know. He's wearing gloves like I do. This makes me feel better. Thanks Dave.

Proper finish line sprint screaming

DQ'd from your own race for no race number. The shame.

Kings Parade is really wide when there are no cars on it. Or bikes.

Here you can see the route I cycled to school across Midsummer common in the 80's Not changed a bit. Can't quite see my old house from here.

Running with photobombing friends is the best !

You can wave at the boats, but they don't wave back.

First 100m of Herts 10k Nailed

Best and only Mobot of the day


Good teamwork and Thumbs up at 9k

Are these thumbs up or down ? you decide...

She definitely loves to run !

I've photoshopped out the trampoline in this 90's Miami Vice shot


So it's very busy again after last weekend, personally I'm all ready for Brutal and Abingdon - only 315 miles of driving ahead ! If only I didn't have to go back to HQ on Saturday I could save 100miles... time to do some planning...

Until next time, get some good training in between the showers...

Anthony









Tuesday, 7 October 2014

Basingstoke and River Thames Half Marathon, and Reading O2O 10k, and Dusk 'till Dawn 2014 now live

Possibly the last of the sunny weekends ( but I've been saying that for the last month), with a slightly colder chill in the air than previously made it perfect conditions (apparently that's between 14C and 18C) for fast times at all the races on Sunday...

Good news !
Apart from it now being dark at Sunday awake o'clock, there was a nice surprise to discover that the Major A23 road widening at Handcross that has been going on for over three years (it started in October 2011!!!) - is now completed northbound, and that at 6am they had opened it back up.
It is difficult to describe just how nice this made that bit of the journey for my usual Sunday race trip, although the 40mph speedlimit had worked really very well for the past 2 years, I'm betting the Monday commuters had a fantastic surprise this morning.
Full details here http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/road-projects/a23-handcross-to-warninglid/ since it started in 2005 at the initial tender, it has been a long road in more ways than one...

It was a busy weekend for us, with 5 races on the Sunday, with the autumn race season reaching it's crescendo next weekend with 6 races for us (and having turned down three others on that day, well if the race directors will phone up during the busy season with two weeks to go...), it's the peak season - so get your entries in early....

Right, most of the weekends galleries are now online - we have Clarendon and the Warrior to work through now which is heads down in the office tomorrow for everyone... wish us luck !


Race logo Race Gallery link

Basingstoke Half Marathon 2014

http://bit.ly/Basingstoke-Half-2014-Race-Gallery

River Thames Half Marathon

http://bit.ly/River-Thames-Half-2014-Race-Gallery


Purple Patch Reading O2O 10k

http://bit.ly/Reading-O2O-10k-2014-Race-Gallery

Dusk 'till Dawn 2014
http://bit.ly/D2D-photo-gallery-2014


Coming Soon -
The Clarendon Marathon and Half Marathon

http://bit.ly/Clarendon-Marathon-2014-Race-Gallery


Coming soon -
The Warrior Run

http://bit.ly/Warrior-Run-Race-2-2014-Photo-Gallery
In other news - if you enjoy this blog, then give us a vote in the Running Awards nominations here:  Online - Blog - SussexSportPhotography. Got to be in it to win it ! Thanks for your vote, I'll make sure we only put up really good photos of you from now on, that's a promise.

Talking of which, here's a small handful from Sunday at Basingstoke:
Don't mess with the pace

Has anyone seen Peter Parker ?

Moments later he inadvertently revealed his true identity to a journalist. Oh the irony Peter Parker.

A top win for Jonah  - 7 minutes ahead of second place in 1:06:15

Sarah Hill put in a great race in her non-farnham kit

I'm sure there's laws against artificial lungs allowed ?

How to guarantee your photo in the blog. Flattery works 100%

The Pacer Train...

Stereo thoughts

Fresh from Farnham Pilgrim - Aneta shows her other matching leopard print top. Love a bit of colour co-ordination !

It's a nice little dipper

NO SURRENDER !!! oh, ok just the once.

Well done at Reading Ben, hope your hands have warmed up since ;-)

Right that's it for today, I need some sleep, and get back to the cataloguing with the team tomorrow !
Hope the rain isn't too bad where you are,

until next time
Anthony