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as 'participant' rather than 'competitor'.
Hinton Admiral
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Still trying to do some off-road events but as 'participant' rather than 'competitor'. |
Hinton Admiral
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| 31st Mar 2013 | 10k cross-country. |
| Venue: | Hinton Admiral Estate (near Bransgore). |
| Travelling time: | 10mins by car. But another 10min walk from car park to start. |
| Weather: | Frost early, beautiful sunny day, chilly east wind. |
| Comments: | Well organised, except only 2 portloos (but lots of rhododendron bushes).
Course 2 laps, undulating, well-marked and marshalled; short tarmac section, some gravel tracks, but mainly unmade woodland trails, couple of very muddy corners. Ran all 1st lap, walked up steepest bits on 2nd time round. Alec came with camera. Over a dozen NFR runners. Also included a short fun-run around start area. |
| Age-groups: | up to mv60, fv55 |
| Results: | Rosemarie 1h:00m:43s (2nd fv55) 161 finishers |
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| 28th Apr 2013 | 6.5 miles MT (trail race). |
| Venue: | Langford Lakes, Wilts (near Salisbury) |
| Travelling time: | <1hr, left home 8:15am |
| Weather: | Cloudy, chilly wind. |
| Comments: | Same organisers as last years 'Drovers revenge'.
Based at Langford lakes wildlife centre. Course well-marked and marshalled; walked up much of steep first mile. Terrain quite easy, v.little mud; mile on old tarmac road not good for my sciatica. Steep downhill at end on chalk track - would be v.dodgy if wet. Alec drove me there, then walked & took photos. Lunch at pub (Bell at Wylie) |
| Age-groups: | Up to v60 gents and ladies. |
| Results: | Rosemarie 1h:03m:51s (2nd v60, beaten by Judith from Yeovil, now just 60)
94 finishers. |
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| 26th May 2013 | 6.3 miles off-road. |
| Venue: | Foxbury (near East Wellow), Hants |
| Travelling time: | about 30mins, left home 9:15am |
| Weather: | Sunny, warm! |
| Comments: | Low-key family-friendly (included childrens race).
National Trust inclosure, in process of restoration, so quite bare. Unfortunately all run on gravel track, hard on feet and not good for my sciatica. Managed to keep on central grass strip in parts. Continuous undulations, with steep uphill finish. Alec drove me there, then walked. |
| Age-groups: | Up to v60 gents and ladies. |
| Results: | Rosemarie 59m:40s (2nd v60; under the hour - hooray!)
90 finishers. |
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| 6th July 2013 | 7.8mile, fell, v.hilly | |||
| Venue: | Charmouth school. | |||
| Travelling time: | 2 hours. | |||
| Weather: | Sunny, hot. | |||
| Comments: | Camp site next to start full, had to use one 10 min walk away.
Race was in afternoon, so full heat. Walked most of long first hill on tarmac. Very hard run, classed as category BM fell-race. Pleased to get under hour and a half. | |||
| Age-groups: | Up to v60 gents and ladies. | |||
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| 28th Jul 2013 | 10k MT. |
| Venue: | Wool (near Wareham), Dorset |
| Travelling time: | about 1hr, left home 9am |
| Weather: | Sunny, warm |
| Comments: | Based in sports pavillion (hot showers).
Unfortunately half on tarmac (not good for my sciatica). Nice winding path through woods but too narrow to overtake timid roadies. Relatively few hills, none steep (so no views). Black tech T-shirt for everyone included. Long delay waiting for results (excuse=too many entries on-the-day). Gave up and went to pub Stokeford Inn. Alec drove me there, took his bike. 6 NFR runners. |
| Age-groups: | Every 5 years, gents and ladies. |
| Results: | Rosemarie 57m:06s (1st v65; another 'seasons best'!)
206 finishers. |
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| 31st Aug 2013 | 10k x-c, 2 laps (or 5k 1 lap). |
| Venue: | Avon Tyrrell, Bransgore, Dorset |
| Travelling time: | about 10mins |
| Weather: | Sunny, warm |
| Comments: | 10k Charity fun-run organised by 'Hope Rising', also part of Runningtree series.
All off-road. Very convoluted course doubling back thru woods on winding mountain-bike trails; tapes, arrows and marshals but still easy to go off-route. Large group (including me) missed a turn on 1st lap, cut out a loop (about 2.5mins extra on 2nd lap). Quite hilly, but not steep; ground very uneven, loads of tree roots so couldn't look at views (would have been treacherous if wet and muddy). Lots of NFR runners. |
| Age-groups: | No vets categories, just 1st 3 ladies & gents. |
| Results: | Rosemarie 58m:41s (only 5.75miles; 6th lady)
60 finishers (39 gents,21 ladies). |
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| 20th Oct 2013 | 10mile MT. |
| Venue: | Ocknell campsite (off A31, near Minstead), Hants |
| Travelling time: | about 30mins, left home 8:30am |
| Weather: | Mild,windy, but rain held off during run. |
| Comments: | Based in campsite, but no use of facilities (only portaloos).
All off-road, mostly gravel, some very muddy tracks, plus a stream crossing. Undulating, mainly down for first half, mainly up coming back, with long muddy hill to finish. Well marked and marshalled, goody bag, including 'buff'. Gave up waiting for presentations as heavy rain imminent. Alec drove me there, then went for walk. 13 NFR runners. |
| Age-groups: | 40+,50+,60+, gents and ladies. |
| Results: | Rosemarie 1:39:23 (2nd v60; pleased to get under 1:40)
106th, of 143 finishers. |
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