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| 6th May 2007 | 10 miles, road, "undulating" | ||||
| Venue: | Salisbury Leisure Centre. | ||||
| Travelling time: | 40 mins. | ||||
| Weather: | Warm. | ||||
| Comments: | Scenic but hard run, several sharp climbs in 2nd half.
Rosemarie's "comeback" race. Still lacking strength and speed but running again - hooray. | ||||
| Age-groups: | Up to MV70, FV60 | ||||
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| 3rd June 2007 | Off-road, steep hills; also full marathon option | ||||||||
| Venue: | Freshwater Leisure Centre, Isle of Wight. | ||||||||
| Travelling time: | 30mins ferry Lymington - Yarmouth.
15mins in Neil's car to Freshwater. | ||||||||
| Weather: | Sunny. | ||||||||
| Comments: | Very scenic, with gates and stiles en-route. Few marshals except in town, but route marking very clear. Rosemarie managed to complete it, though had to walk up steeper hills. | ||||||||
| Age-groups: | None, just 1st M and F prizes | ||||||||
| Results: | Lots of NFR did this as fun-run, selected results:
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| 24th Jun 2007 | Road/forest track, "undulating" | ||||
| Venue: | Warminster cricket ground. | ||||
| Travelling time: | 1hr 15mins. | ||||
| Weather: | Cloudy, slight showers. | ||||
| Comments: | Continuing Rosemarie's comeback.
Alec took it cautiously with dodgy knee. 3 miles on tarmac lanes, 4 miles in the forest, 3 miles road (downhill). Another tough course - 1st half mainly uphill, with long drag to 5-mile mark. Some of the tracks very muddy after last weeks heavy rains. | ||||
| Age-groups: | 10-year groups up to M60 and F55 | ||||
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| 1st Jul 2007 | 10 mile, road, hilly | |||
| Venue: | Portland. | |||
| Travelling time: | 1hr 15mins. Car park entrance height restriction (camper too high). | |||
| Weather: | Sun/cloud, extremely windy. | |||
| Comments: | Same course as previously: 2 circuits: 3 miles, up to top, down and round back up to start, then 7 miles, up again, then all the way down to the lighthouse and back up. Nice blue bath towels for all finishers. | |||
| Age-groups: | Awards in 5-year age-groups (up to mv70, fv60). | |||
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| 7th Jul 2007 | 10 miles, road/track | |
| Venue: | New Park Farm, Brockenhurst. | |
| Travelling time: | 30 mins. | |
| Weather: | Warm. | |
| Comments: | Saturday evening pre-NF10 club championship. Changed course in 1st mile - better, as avoided farmyard. | |
| Age-groups: | 1st/2nd/3rd in 10-year groups (40/50/60/70). | |
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| 15th Jul 2007 | 15k forest trail (1st and last 1k on road) | ||||||
| Venue: | Serent, Brittany (France). | ||||||
| Travelling time: | Ferry Poole to Cherbourg. Approx ?? miles drive to Serent (near Vannes). Camped overnight en-route. | ||||||
| Weather: | Hot, humid. | ||||||
| Comments: | Small friendly event (about 200 entries). Also 30k option. Narrow trails, so not easy to overtake. Dodgy bit in old slate quarry - very slippery after rain. | ||||||
| Age-groups: | 1st/2nd/3rd in 10-year groups (40/50/60/70). | ||||||
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| 22nd Jul 2007 | 20k road/sandy track | ||||||
| Venue: | Perros-Guirec to Trebeurden, Brittany (France). On north coast; run in alternate direction each year. | ||||||
| Travelling time: | Ferry Poole to Cherbourg. Camped at Trebeurden for race finish. Buses provided to take runners to start. | ||||||
| Weather: | Warm, sun/cloud. | ||||||
| Comments: | 'Serious' race - no fancy-dress/fun-runners. Also 10k/3k options. Well organised - roads closed to traffic. Crowded start, straight up very steep hill for 1st k. | ||||||
| Age-groups: | 1st in 10-year groups (40/50/60/70). | ||||||
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| 5th Aug 2007 | half-marathon, road, hilly | |||
| Venue: | Sturminster Newton. Car park in field at finish; start in town centre. | |||
| Travelling time: | 1hr 15mins. Lift with Chris and John Hunt (too hot for Alec) | |||
| Weather: | Very hot, sunny, little breeze. | |||
| Comments: | Hard run, little shade, sore feet. Steep downhill on last half mile.
Well organised, plenty of water stations, plus hose-pipe showers en-route. 10 min walk downhill to start in town, so overall uphill course. Just pipped by 5secs for 1st v55 (not enough strength to catch up). A few other NFR runners there. Shoe sale (Blandford Sports) | |||
| Age-groups: | Up to MV70, FV55 | |||
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| 26th Aug 2007 | half-marathon, road, hilly | ||||||
| Venue: | Pewsey school. | ||||||
| Travelling time: | 1hr 15mins. | ||||||
| Weather: | Sun/cloud, warm, light breeze. | ||||||
| Comments: | Good run, half mile steep hill at 4 miles, last mile uphill.
Well organised, water stations at 2.5mile intervals. Nice hot showers. Shoe sale (Blandford Sports) | ||||||
| Age-groups: | Up to MV60, FV55 | ||||||
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| 16th Sep 2007 | 10.1 miles, off-road, hills | ||||||
| Venue: | Lynton, Devon. | ||||||
| Travelling time: | about 3 hours (+pub lunch stop). | ||||||
| Weather: | Warm, sunny. | ||||||
| Comments: | Our 8th visit, route reverted to original start on Lynmouth seafront. Much better, especially not having the last half-mile uphill. 10 mins slower than in 1997! | ||||||
| Age-groups: | Up to MV65, FV60 | ||||||
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| 20th Oct 2007 | 10 mile, road, hilly | ||
| Venue: | Weymouth Pavillion. | ||
| Travelling time: | 1hr 15mins. Car park concession ticket for £2 at start. | ||
| Weather: | Chilly, cloudy. | ||
| Comments: | Too cold for vest (T-shirt and cycle shorts ok).
Same course as last time (2004): 2 flat miles round bay, 2x 3mile circuit up steep hill to campsite (with short loop in car park on 1st lap to make up distance) then undulating back down road, finally back round bay again. Surprisingly fast (when not too windy) | ||
| Age-groups: | Awards in 10-year age-groups (up to mv60, fv60). | ||
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| 28th Oct 2007 | 10.1 miles, off-road, hills (a.k.a Dorset 3 Peaks) | ||||||
| Venue: | Shillingstone, Dorset. | ||||||
| Travelling time: | about 1 hour. | ||||||
| Weather: | Warm, wet and windy. | ||||||
| Comments: | Same course as usual, mud not too bad, hills just as steep. | ||||||
| Age-groups: | Up to MV60, FV60 | ||||||
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| 18th Nov 2007 | 10 mile, road, hilly | ||||
| Venue: | Q.E.Leisure Centre, Wimborne. | ||||
| Travelling time: | 45mins. | ||||
| Weather: | Very cold, very wet, very windy. | ||||
| Comments: | Thermal top + knee-length bottoms - should have worn all thermals.
Similar course to last time (2004): Long walk/jog to start. Crowded start, 1st mile downhill but couldn't get going; back up same hill at end. Very hard 2nd half after turn back into freezing wind. Faster than expected, as managed to tuck in behind helpful gent going into wind. | ||||
| Age-groups: | Awards in 10-year age-groups (up to mv60, fv55). | ||||
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| 9th Dec 2007 | Road | |
| Venue: | Burton. | |
| Travelling time: | 10mins. | |
| Weather: | Very windy, wet. | |
| Comments: | Pleased with time considering weather conditions. | |
| Age-groups: | 5-year groups both M and F | |
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