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Golf wrote: 26 Jun 2022, 13:11 a rare slip up for me i thought no way after only 3 events would tidworth be cancelled but that just reminds me to look at the cancellation page so a return to salisbury it was no time i ran with aura in a pushchair and millie aged 7 in a time of 35m 51s around a beautiful flat course defo a pb i wouldnt be surprised if the guy who came first wasnt in top 10 of country 15m 41s lapped me twice on a 4 lap course.
The guy who won Salisbury (Harry Smith), is ranked 200th at 5k for 2022, his best time of the year is 14:45.

I managed my best ever finish, 2nd this week at Penryn Campus in 21:38, over 4 minutes behind 1st place.

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Very hungover trot around Bevendean today, but I was first in my age group for the first time!

I'm staying in Tooting next Friday night, can anyway recommend a parkrun in that part of London?
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im back my leg is healed although not on my best times list frankfully its not as flat a course as i thought it would be and i held back a bit as im still worried but i had to be fast today 22m dead as iain mc naughton was only 5m 34s behind me good job!.
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Here are the stats from last Saturday:

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after ur marvellous first yesterday i changed my signature welcome to the 1 club
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Very early morning trip to Dublin to do Malahide. A lovely friendly team and a thoroughly enjoyable run
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jamesthegill wrote: 02 Jul 2022, 17:09 Very hungover trot around Bevendean today, but I was first in my age group for the first time!

I'm staying in Tooting next Friday night, can anyway recommend a parkrun in that part of London?
Congrats on 1st place in your age group :D
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Golf wrote: 10 Jul 2022, 17:51 after ur marvellous first yesterday i changed my signature welcome to the 1 club
Cheers Golf....!
It was the strangest feeling finally managing to claim the No. 1 token. For the entire run I couldn't quite believe I was at the front. Heartlands is a very twisty turny course so you get plenty of opportunities to see the chasing pack, I was expecting someone to start closing the gap, but as each lap passed the gap grew. Although I could have eased off at the end I pushed on to try and claim a "Course Wars" gold, but you still have that honour by 5 seconds!

I have now run Heartlands on three occasions and each time the course has been slightly different. I almost went wrong at the first turn (Ken's Corner), last time it was 180 degree turn, but this time only a 90 degree turn.

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when i won at dartford heath i had that strange feeling at the start over 300m ahead with only a youth for company i stuck behind him hoping he run out of gas he did i was still convinced i be caught until only 100metres from the line.
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Well done Soup Dragon on 1st place. The only time I'll get my hands on a "0001" token is when I'm handing them out when volunteering!

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Felixstowe for me this weekend - flat and a good surface, but way too hoy for my liking. Still beat my best time for years by a few seconds.
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hove promenade and the case of the too fast pacer 21m over 100metres ahead at finish line but i was still 2 seconds inside at 20m 58s i knew he gone too fast so hot though couldnt get fresh air into lungs at all.
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Golf wrote: 17 Jul 2022, 11:00 hove promenade and the case of the too fast pacer 21m over 100metres ahead at finish line but i was still 2 seconds inside at 20m 58s i knew he gone too fast so hot though couldnt get fresh air into lungs at all.
I know it's only a fun role and nobody should expect professional pacing, but Hove Prom should be piss easy to pace, unless there was a really strong wind.
Just run even splits and use a running watch to keep you in pace with the target time.
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