Suggestions for a fast Half Marathon in July/September/October in the South East please

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Too Much Water Apr 2014 12:27pm, 24 Apr 2014 3,838 posts	0 Too Much Water Windsor or Henley are fairly quick courses, there are a few hills, but down negates up.
Flatlander Apr 2014 12:31pm, 24 Apr 2014 13 posts	0 Flatlander Grunty Fen HM (Witchford, nr Ely) in September. Dead flat apart from 2 short rises onto low ridges. Does get exposed to the wind.
HermanBloom Apr 2014 12:37pm, 24 Apr 2014 4,494 posts	0 HermanBloom Marvellous stuff, thanks I may well enter one of these myself also, think a few from my other club did Maidenhead and Windsor last year.
fleecy Apr 2014 1:09pm, 24 Apr 2014 15,229 posts	0 fleecy My husband complained that Windsor was hillier than Basingstoke. How about Poppy half in November (Bexhill). Bint says it's super-duper flat.
HermanBloom Apr 2014 1:14pm, 24 Apr 2014 4,495 posts	0 HermanBloom The one I sign up for solo needn't be flat, will be nice just to do a different race. For my mate though, I want to give him the best chance of cracking that time. Bexhill pushing that 2 hour journey time, but onto the list it goes
HermanBloom Apr 2014 1:16pm, 24 Apr 2014 4,496 posts	0 HermanBloom haha, as is Grunty Fen. All of them within 10 minutes total distance to get to from me
Lalli Apr 2014 1:23pm, 24 Apr 2014 2,858 posts	0 Lalli Poppy Half is good - four laps, but good and flat. I'm now considering Gosport, myself!
Frobester Apr 2014 1:25pm, 24 Apr 2014 25,727 posts	0 Frobester Grunty Fen gets VERY hot - and has very little tree cover, so if you're considering that one, bring French Foreign Legion kit...it's also lots of long straight country roads, so if you get bored easily - let's say it's a mental challenge as much as it is a physical one!
JustDistracted Apr 2014 1:49pm, 24 Apr 2014 362 posts	0 JustDistracted I'm still trying to pick 2 autumn HM. More to the west of that London, but my research has gone further afield. THis is my list of potentials in case of use! 7th Sept - Maidenhead (Chippenham, Scottish (6th) Maidenhead 2 lapper…might be dull… 14th Sept - Bacchus, Budapest, Truro, Cologne. Lake somewhereinwales. GruntyFen (Ely) 21st Sept - Bristol, Ipswich. 28th Sept - Windsor (hilly?) Ealing. Robin Hood. 5th Oct - Bournemouth / Lisbon , river Thames 12th Oct - Henley and Oxford HMs (good planning there someone) Swindon. Munich. Lake Garda 30k. 19th Oct - Eden project / Amsterdam / Majorca 26th Stroud Worksop…niagara falls… I shall probably do Bristol and Oxford for financial reasons (they are nearer!) although the Nottingham one was recommended by a few people and I enjoyed Bournemouth last year (one silly big hill at 8 miles, walked it and still got a PB, rest flattish and scenic by the seaside) I want a decent break between them for recovery. Annoying how Henley and Oxford are the same day!
Bru-Bru Apr 2014 1:52pm, 24 Apr 2014 2,529 posts	0 Bru-Bru Just to add to the earlier comments: Pleshey - definitely NOT a PB course for me, though a very pleasant country route-there are a few gently hilly bits. St Neots - always a good fetchie-occasion and pretty flat, but you have to gain the elevation for that 3m downhill finish sometime.... Great Bentley my PB course and a great race though I am told it depends on the wind. I was lucky it was not windy the year I did it.V flat.