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Aug 2010
9:29am, 30 Aug 2010
16,414 posts
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KinkyS
Team flinky checking in!
We had a race of two halves. The first half was great and we reached halfway in about 9:15 feeling comfortable and good  And then flanker's knee gave up in a bad way and he was reduced to a 25 minute mile hobble I decided to stick with him rather than run my own race, and we eventually completed the second half in 16 hours for a finish time of about 26:10. We made the final CP cut off and Barbury castle but missed the finish cut off by a few minutes and didn't even get a medal for all that effort
Lizological passed us about a mile from the finish, still jogging and so she should've made the finish in time
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Aug 2010
9:33am, 30 Aug 2010
64,301 posts
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santababy
gutted for teamflinky
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Aug 2010
9:44am, 30 Aug 2010
11,679 posts
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ogee
Shit, so sorry Kinky:(
All that way for nothing:(
Fantastic team effort though, start together, finish together. Top drawer.
Well done to Liz for nipping in at the finish:)
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Aug 2010
9:59am, 30 Aug 2010
776 posts
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clairster
Team Flinky!
Text from Liz to say she just got in under 26hrs
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Aug 2010
10:05am, 30 Aug 2010
7,282 posts
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Fenland Runner
Gutted for team flinky
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Aug 2010
10:17am, 30 Aug 2010
1,278 posts
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sarah1
Blimey you poor things, the terrain of that last bit is shocking with a knee injury !! What a nightmare !!! Huge effort for sticking it out & finishing
Well done Liz
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Aug 2010
10:27am, 30 Aug 2010
16,415 posts
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KinkyS
We even got escorted in by the medical team because word got ahead that flanker was struggling, so the St John guys met us on the corner by the pub to walk the last bit with us. We were the only finishers to not get a medal, which seems a bit harsh, but never mind.
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Aug 2010
10:29am, 30 Aug 2010
2,071 posts
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Anna Finn
Well done everyone. Good on you team Flinky for finishing - great mental and physical training, annoying that you didn't get the medal for it. I wonder if they feel they have to be very strict as it's the UK Trail Running Champs?
(I was only 5th, but I was running with Helen who hadn't done the distance before and she won vet 40 lady. Maybe I could pursue a career change into pacing for ultra runners...)
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Aug 2010
10:33am, 30 Aug 2010
8,390 posts
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hellen
Well done everyone, so sorry for team flinky, look forward to reading all your blogs
PS the helen anna ran with is not me
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Aug 2010
11:50am, 30 Aug 2010
11,683 posts
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ogee
Anna, whats the story with the trail running champs?? Do you have to enter it seperately or are you automatically put into it? Quite fancy a crack at it next year.
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