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Nov 2019
10:46am, 8 Nov 2019
30,748 posts
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DocMoye
It took me several weeks to get my correct time last year as I had the wrong chip ( their fault not mine)
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Nov 2019
11:19am, 8 Nov 2019
11,361 posts
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Cerrertonia
The new course probably lets them re-open main roads faster, takes in some lovely touristy bits of Cambridge (running through a couple of the colleges) and avoids the fairly unpleasant last mile alongside busy traffic along Elizabeth Way bridge that has been a feature of the route in the last few years. So those are all positives.
I think there are some concerns with some narrow paths quite early on in the race - you're pretty much in a group for the full distance, so any pinchpoints are a problem. I guess they're planning to do a much more staggered start to avoid that, which I assume is why we're being asked to provide a target finish time within a couple of minutes.
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Nov 2019
11:27am, 8 Nov 2019
30,751 posts
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DocMoye
i thought the finish looked a little less soul destroying. Could feel tough coming up to Granchester later in the race, maybe?
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Nov 2019
11:31am, 8 Nov 2019
11,363 posts
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Cerrertonia
Well, Grantchester is nearly 10 metres higher than the centre of town, so maybe some locals will struggle with the thin air at altitude  but I really can't see such a slight incline being all that tough.
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Nov 2019
11:35am, 8 Nov 2019
30,753 posts
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DocMoye
that stretch has less supporters which might be more significant
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Nov 2019
11:35am, 8 Nov 2019
25,944 posts
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HellsBells
I'm just pleased that Garrett Hostel bridge is now at mile 3 rather than 10+
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Nov 2019
11:41am, 8 Nov 2019
30,754 posts
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DocMoye
that's the one "hill" in the route? I love that one.....first time i ran it I thought i was climbing everest. more recently its felt like a bridge
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Nov 2019
4:47pm, 8 Nov 2019
25,948 posts
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HellsBells
There's still places - Eldest has just entered now
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Nov 2019
4:50pm, 8 Nov 2019
30,766 posts
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DocMoye
Wow, have they upped the numbers again ?
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Nov 2019
4:52pm, 8 Nov 2019
25,949 posts
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HellsBells
I think they've found the tipping point on price
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