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GordonG Nov 2018 4:09pm, 18 Nov 2018 7,613 posts	Quote Pin GordonG well, that was a highly enjoyable event. great to meet HellsBells and Badger, and Mick n Phil during the run
HellsBells Nov 2018 4:21pm, 18 Nov 2018 24,681 posts	Quote Pin HellsBells lovely to meet you too It was indeed a lovely day
Badger Nov 2018 4:31pm, 18 Nov 2018 10,006 posts	Quote Pin Badger Likewise! Ages since I'd seen Mick & Phil.
Rosehip Nov 2018 7:20pm, 18 Nov 2018 11,176 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip Sorry I missed you Gordon! I missed almost everyone apart from HB and Badger - it's not the same at the school as it used to be at the leisure centre, is it?
Badger Nov 2018 8:32pm, 18 Nov 2018 10,010 posts	Quote Pin Badger It isn't. Still a lovely fast race. I was looking through my race history today and I've run this 5 times since 2006, with 4 pbs, three of which are my fastest times (so on no other course have I run within about ninety seconds of a time I set in 2007)
GordonG Nov 2018 3:43pm, 20 Nov 2018 7,615 posts	Quote Pin GordonG Question: i emailed the st neots race organisers to say a) fab race, but b) too much plastic waste. Their responce was "As of yet there is no other way of providng such amounts of water for over a thousand runners... without plastic cups being spread all over the famers fields". if that were true then i'd agree. but i know this has been talked about on FE recently. Can anyone point me towards a thread and/or external site that gives advice to race organisers? ta
HellsBells Nov 2018 3:45pm, 20 Nov 2018 24,688 posts	Quote Pin HellsBells run free is you go-to Fetchie and this thread fetcheveryone.com/viewtopic.php?id=60278 if they'd at least used smaller bottles for the water it would have cut the plastic. it's November, we don't need 500ml available at 4 water stations and the finish!
GordonG Nov 2018 3:50pm, 20 Nov 2018 7,616 posts	Quote Pin GordonG that's the one! cheers HB. yes, my son and i were having that exact conversation about smaller bottles even during the race!
Old Man Nov 2018 6:35pm, 20 Nov 2018 3,401 posts	Quote Pin Old Man We have the same conversation about bottle size when organising the Great Eastern Run and the response from the water supplier, who sponsors the water larger bottles are cheaper than the smaller ones, so not unreasonably that's what they provide So not only do we have excess plastic, only half the content is consumed as well
Badger Jun 2019 5:55pm, 3 Jun 2019 10,836 posts	Quote Pin Badger Boing for 2019! Opened this morning and there are about 250 places left...