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Feb 2012
8:49pm, 24 Feb 2012
7,251 posts
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ChrisHB
I'm massively impressed by the work that's gone into course measurement. I suppose that happens for all serious races. But given that cycles wobble, is a bike a good way of measuring a straight line?
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Feb 2012
10:20pm, 24 Feb 2012
989 posts
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BrianJ
This link may be of interest...http://www.coursemeasurement.org.uk/director-1.htm
I thought they walked the route with the bike but it doesn't say that on the link. I like it that they have a section to put GPS users right!
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Feb 2012
6:04pm, 25 Feb 2012
8 posts
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Mave
Looks like I'm being entered today! Looking forward to it...am going to add some hills into my training though!
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Mar 2012
12:42pm, 5 Mar 2012
18,744 posts
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Frobester
I've entered. It looks far from beastly, in fact it looks quite lovely.
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Mar 2012
5:47pm, 13 Mar 2012
9 posts
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Mave
This is less than a week away now! Feel a bit nervous. My last long run was the furthest I've ever done, at around 13.4 miles. So I know technically I can do it. But that was a flat route and it still hurt!
Have a good run Frobester.
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Mar 2012
5:55pm, 13 Mar 2012
6,580 posts
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(schnell)Schnecke
Mave - the adrenaline will help you on the day  And if it's your first race at this distance whatever time you do will be a PB, which you can later beat on an easier course - so what's not to like?
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Mar 2012
6:17pm, 13 Mar 2012
8,466 posts
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Pootle
I've entered. I didn't bother reading the course description because I just thought how hilly can it really be.
Given that I slogged my guts out doing another 1/2 only 2 days ago that may have been unwise, Oh well. There's medals at the end and that's all I care about!
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Mar 2012
11:36am, 19 Mar 2012
10 posts
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Mave
I did it! And absolutely loved it.
It was very hilly. My sister who is training for the VLM ran this with me for support and her words were "if i was doing this at race pace, it would be really really tough. you chose a hard one for your first half marathon!". The trail bit was quite short, which is a shame as it was the bit that I liked the best. The marshalls were friendly, enthusiastic and offered lots of supprt. There were plenty of water stations offering both water and sports drinks. It was generally well organised.
My only gripe was that the start/finish line was a long way from race HQ. So this meant a 5 minute walk from bag drop/toilets etc to the start. Not a problem. But, the 10 minute walk from the finish line to the town centre where they were handing out the goody bags, medals and t shirts was a KILLER! This was not done with runners in mind! I really suffered on that walk back. I appreciate that it was done to try and get a 'running festival' vibe in the centre of town. If this is important, then the finish line should be in the town centre.
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Mar 2012
11:39am, 19 Mar 2012
18,983 posts
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Frobester
I'm gutted I couldn't do this. It sounded like a fantastic race, I will move heaven and earth to be there next year. I'm sure they'll take learning points away Mave, (the organiser has already said by email they realise it wasn't the best in terms of distance between HQ and start/finish).
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Mar 2012
1:41pm, 19 Mar 2012
11 posts
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Mave
Shame you couldn't make it Frobester. It was a good run.
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