700 miles in 2022

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Oct 2022
9:56am, 3 Oct 2022
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CStar
Morning all and congrats to the marathoners. Sorry I missed you all except Sal. It was a bit busy!
Another amazing and exhilarating day. I think the weather caught a lot of people out. Much warmer than expected, but nice to not have the rain predicted. Have never seen as many vomiting as yesterday :-( One serious moment when I found a guy had collapsed next to the fencing and we had to do CPR on him and then the defib, but I was later told he was making a good recovery which was a huge relief. Kudos to St John's who were excellent.

Looking forward to being back in April. :-)
Oct 2022
10:25am, 3 Oct 2022
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Pothunter
Scary stuff Cstar! Lucky you got to him quickly
Oct 2022
12:40pm, 3 Oct 2022
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Carpathius
That's such a terrifying situation CStar, well done indeed for saving a life. I'm so glad he'll be OK.

The heat was unexpected and unwelcome. I was grateful for water every couple of miles, and a thigh pocket big enough to put the bottle in. I missed the final water station, and was chasing a course PB so didn't want to dash across. I was gasping by the end.
Oct 2022
3:14pm, 3 Oct 2022
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Serendippily
Well done CStar starstar
Oct 2022
3:23pm, 3 Oct 2022
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Cheeky’s Dad
Amazing work CStar and all the people who offer first aid both officially and unofficially at races. I hope I never need you but I’m beyond grateful that you are there and willing to step in 🙏

I thought there seemed to be quite a few vomiters at Chester too. Not sure why, it didn’t seem too hot. Nobody as serious as CStar’s gentleman however and the first aid teams at Chester were red hot at getting to anyone who was in difficulty
Oct 2022
3:48pm, 3 Oct 2022
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Lip Gloss
Well done CStar. You always hope it’s never needed but grateful to know someone is there.

Great photo on FB of Ness & race angel AL heart
Oct 2022
4:42pm, 3 Oct 2022
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Mandymoo
Well done CStar and all the volunteers. Sadly seen in the news that a 36 year old collapsed and died 3 or 4 miles from the end.
Oct 2022
4:46pm, 3 Oct 2022
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Lip Gloss
Oh such a shame :-(
Oct 2022
5:30pm, 3 Oct 2022
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LazyDaisy
Hi Dipps could I trouble you to add Guy Fawkes 5 on November 6th, and Weston Christmas Cracker on December 4th, to the sidebar please? Thank you!

The latter race is a sad example of the drop off in race entries since Covid. That race used to sell out really quickly when it opened for entries in August, and I would never have been able to enter it as late as this in the year. I think we're going to see a lot of races just not happening next year; the smaller events are just too costly to put on :-(
Oct 2022
6:07pm, 3 Oct 2022
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Sombrero
So sad about the runner who passed away during the marathon.

Well done CStar for your work at the finish line.

I've come back from London, tested positive for covid. I had 8 printmaking workshops and 1-1s this week, my best ever. This may be the test that breaks me. Am so gutted.

About This Thread

Maintained by Serendippily
Welcome to this year’s 700 thread: Amazing cake, amazing badges, amazing people :) Training goals: Don’t cry, don’t die

Links to targets and 700 table below. Reach 700 miles and we’ll heap you with bunting with extra points for bins. And if you go under or over 700 miles, noone will mind. 700 miles is neither necessary nor sufficient. Overachievers: please reset your target so everyone gets a spot in the sun heart

Pop a note in the thread or drop me an fmail if you have an event of any type where a bit of encouragement may help.

Join in the chat on the friendliest thread around - all things discussed, sometimes even running.

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Jiving January
16/01/22 Oundle New Year 10k - Badger medal pb

Fighting February
06/02/22 Lliswerry 8 - Sweetie medal wava pb
06/02/22 Alsager 5 - ageingtractor medal pb
13/02/22 Draycote water 10 - Sweetie medal pb
26/02/22 Storey's Field pr - Badger medal pb
27/02/22 Oswestry Marches 10k -Cheekys Dad medal pb

Meet-up March
05/03/22 Rhayader Round the Lakes - Mrs Jigs medal pw and star support
06/03/22 Surrey Half - Peregrinator medal pb
06/03/22 High Legh 10k - Autumnleaves medal course pb
06/03/22 Cambridge Half - Compartmental medal pb, Fleecy + DS1 medal pb, Badger medal pb
19/03/22 Grasmere Duathlon - Autumnleaves medal pb
20/03/22 Stafford half - NeilEthere medal Fetch pb

Awesome April
10/04/22 Brighton marathon - Badger medal pb
29/04/22 - Cardiff summer series 1 mile - Sweetie medal unofficial wava pb

Mojo May
15/05/22 Clanfield Challenges 20K - Dipps medal pb
15/05/22 Llanelli sprint triathlon - Sweetie medal course pb
21/05/22 Parkrun - Neil_E_There medal pb, Columba medal SB
22/05/22 Hackney half - Pothunter medal course pb
28/05/22 Mývatn half - ITG medal 1st Vet

Jiving June
30/06/22 Akureyrarhlaup half - ITG medal pb

Jubilant July
01/07/22 Bourton One Mile - LazyDaisy medal 70% WAVA
01/07/22 One Mile -Compartmental medal silver
17/07/22 Chapleton 10k - KimCanRun medal SB

Appreciative August
21/08/22 Compton Bassett 5 mile - Just Commando medal SB

Splendid September
04/09/22 Stratford's Big 10k - Turtlemama medal pb
25/09/22 Robin Hood HM - JenHB medal SB
25/09/22 Stafford 10k - Neil_E_There medal pb

Outrageous October
02/10/22 Chester marathon - Cheeky’s Dad medal PB
02/10/22 London Marathon - Carpathius medal course PB
16/10/22 Great South Run - DrPhleecy medal Wava PB, Diogenes medal SB, Sweetie medal PB
16/10/22 Middleton Trust 10k - KimCanRun medal SB

Nifty November
27/11/22 San Sebastian marathon - Sweetie medal pb

Devilishly Fine December
03/12/22 Jingle Mile - 200m, 800m Dipps medal pb
03/12/22 Christmas Cracker Day 1 Half Marathon - Northernslowcoach medal SB
04/12/22 Mapledurham 10k canicross- JustCommando and TedDog medal pb
17/12/22 Celtic Christmas Ultra - Sweetie medal pb
18/12/22 Portsmouth Coastal marathon - RRR-Caz, DrPhleecy medal pb, DS1 medal pb

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