Popped out to drop off a birthday card... got a bit carried away with myself...
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Any Runners On Here??
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Richard A Thackeray
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No ParkRun this morning, even though one of my Club-mates is celebrating his 200th, & there should also be a 100th there! (I'm only on 72, despite having run event 1 at Pontefract - now on 285, & event 1 at Nostell - now on 119)
I'll be up at Bingley, for http://www.bingleyharriers.co.uk/events/harriers-vs-cyclists/
It's where my avatar picture was taken
Same route, sections favour either group
Rob Jebb, & both Brownlees have turned up before ('Bingley' is their club, anyway)
I'll be up at Bingley, for http://www.bingleyharriers.co.uk/events/harriers-vs-cyclists/
It's where my avatar picture was taken
Same route, sections favour either group
Rob Jebb, & both Brownlees have turned up before ('Bingley' is their club, anyway)
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Richard A Thackeray
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A heck of a race, as usual!!
Ended up with the '1' race-number again - I had it back in 2014 too
That start hill doesn't get any shallower, & the fields after it, don't get any drier, or less 'Cow-poop strewn' (nice & soft too)
Some nice features on the course, that I always take time to look at, such as the 'Birdcage Gate' & down to the 'Mill-Dam' (we run over the dam, itself)
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3770890
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/563564
Then it's a clamber up through the boulders, onto the top of Shipley Glen, & a climb/loop of Baildon Moor/Hope Hill
With a slight amendment, on the top of Hope Hill
No results yet
Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
three miles today, still gently easing the mileage up while I recover. Five tomorrow, three again Monday, two days rest, then later in the week ill do three, five, then eight miles, see how I do. Survive that ok i'll resume my normal five-on, two-off, alternating short-long regime.
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Richard A Thackeray
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Still no results
Although Tom Adams (Ilkley Harriers) won for the runners, Rob Jebb was second (riding, for Hope, but he is a member of the organising club)
Some pictures though - more to follow during week, when Dave Woodhead uploads his
I've spotted myself, on page 1
https://www.flickr.com/photos/freedom2run/albums/72157675334637730/page1
I was pleased before the start, to see my old buddy, Richard (my near name-sake), along with his parents; Norah & Phil
Richard, & his brother, Robert, used to be junior (& senior) members of the GB National Cyclo-Cross squad (& rode at Leeds, when the 1992 World Championships were held there)
Richard's quite a good fell-runner (Bingley Harrierss), but Rob prefers Triathlon (Leeds Triathlon Club)
Old shot is circa 1991/1992
Still the same Club for me, the kit design changed mid 2000's
Although Tom Adams (Ilkley Harriers) won for the runners, Rob Jebb was second (riding, for Hope, but he is a member of the organising club)
Some pictures though - more to follow during week, when Dave Woodhead uploads his
I've spotted myself, on page 1
https://www.flickr.com/photos/freedom2run/albums/72157675334637730/page1
I was pleased before the start, to see my old buddy, Richard (my near name-sake), along with his parents; Norah & Phil
Richard, & his brother, Robert, used to be junior (& senior) members of the GB National Cyclo-Cross squad (& rode at Leeds, when the 1992 World Championships were held there)
Richard's quite a good fell-runner (Bingley Harrierss), but Rob prefers Triathlon (Leeds Triathlon Club)
Old shot is circa 1991/1992
Still the same Club for me, the kit design changed mid 2000's
You do know that we don't know these people, don't you?
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Richard A Thackeray
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I'm sure quite a few of you know the name Rob Jebb though??
He's the (10 times) 'Three Peaks Cyclo-Cross' winner
A few older members, will know Richard, from his days of being sponsored by Pace Research, in the early-mid 90's
I'm not knocking you, but referring to complete strangers just seems slightly odd to me.
And I speak as one who likes reading your posts of personal achievements despite the fact that I can't run any more myself!
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Richard A Thackeray
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No worries
I thought that maybe, some of the Northern (Yorkshire, in particular) members, who may run, could know them
Plus, I've mentioned Daves races quite often (all good fun & your 'elfin-safety' is mainly down to yourself)
http://www.woodentops.org.uk/
And, Dave shouting (I did that race, & have seen myself, standing next to 'Mr Ben', & 'SpiderWoman'; Mick & Angela, 2 friends of mine)
I think the name Rob Jebb rings a bell with me, though I'm not sure why.
I did my first ever hill race on Saturday at Tinto (near Lanark). Good fun but I need to practice descending - I used to be a semi-decent descender but on the way down on Saturday I knew what I wanted to do but couldn't do it - got passed by about 25 men (but only one woman - and held off two more to come in 6th female, which wasn't too bad).
I did my first ever hill race on Saturday at Tinto (near Lanark). Good fun but I need to practice descending - I used to be a semi-decent descender but on the way down on Saturday I knew what I wanted to do but couldn't do it - got passed by about 25 men (but only one woman - and held off two more to come in 6th female, which wasn't too bad).
SWSteve
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- Bristol...ish
After half marathon then Trail race (which featured a lot of recently ploughed fields, giving a feeling of cross country if I'm honest) in successive weeks, I have 4 weeks until a 10k. Time to pick up the speed work, so I'm going to turn up at the clubs run tonight, and see how it goes (I did this a couple of months ago, but life got in the way).
Do any of you run with clubs, any rules I should know of? Other than searching for the local hash group
Do any of you run with clubs, any rules I should know of? Other than searching for the local hash group
Stephenite
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Hehe. I keep thinking about HHH. I'm, probably, too crap/unserious for anyone else.
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Richard A Thackeray
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10 times Three Peaks Cyclo-Cross winner
4 times Three Peaks Fell-Race winner
Sponsored by Hope, for 'cross http://www.hopetech.com/team/
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Richard A Thackeray
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The results have been released this morning
A very poor performance, but I had hoped for a 'sub 55', due to a lack of training/speed in my legs
I managed it, Just
179th/245 @ 54:23 my slowest ever run here (PB is 47:08, but the course has changed since that)
Winning time was 34:03
Edit @ 11:43
Heading back along the top of Shipley Glen, on the return, & still reasonably clean, at this point
Photography credit goes to Dave Woodhead, of http://www.woodentops.org.uk/
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smutchin
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- Location
- The Red Enclave
I've gone off my 'home' parkrun (Whitstable) lately because I feel it's got too big for its location - it was averaging around 100 runners when I started four years ago, these days it's regularly over 250.
So, I've taken to being a parkrun tourist and visiting other Kent parkruns. Last weekend I went to Shorne Woods (near Gravesend), which is a lovely three-lap course around a forest trail. Very twisty-turny, narrow in places, gently undulating. A really nice course to run - or would be if I were in better shape. And it was raining steadily but not too heavily, which was pleasantly refreshing.
The week before I visited Bedgebury Pinetum. That's a single lap course on wide trails through the woods. Starts with a steady climb for the first 1.5km then downhill for the next 1km. At around the 3km mark there's a shorter, steeper climb and the final 500m is the toughest climb of all - must be getting on for 10% gradient. Great course but very challenging.
I've now done nine different parkruns. When I first started going regularly, there was just one parkrun in the whole of Kent, now there are 18. I'm making it my aim to tick them all off. I've only done one parkrun outside Kent - Weymouth, which happened to hold its first event the same weekend I was down there on holiday a couple of years ago. Need to add a few more further afield to my list as well - I'm up in the Lake District over Christmas but they're few and far between up there so it won't be easy.
Anyone with more than nine different parkruns to their name?
So, I've taken to being a parkrun tourist and visiting other Kent parkruns. Last weekend I went to Shorne Woods (near Gravesend), which is a lovely three-lap course around a forest trail. Very twisty-turny, narrow in places, gently undulating. A really nice course to run - or would be if I were in better shape. And it was raining steadily but not too heavily, which was pleasantly refreshing.
The week before I visited Bedgebury Pinetum. That's a single lap course on wide trails through the woods. Starts with a steady climb for the first 1.5km then downhill for the next 1km. At around the 3km mark there's a shorter, steeper climb and the final 500m is the toughest climb of all - must be getting on for 10% gradient. Great course but very challenging.
I've now done nine different parkruns. When I first started going regularly, there was just one parkrun in the whole of Kent, now there are 18. I'm making it my aim to tick them all off. I've only done one parkrun outside Kent - Weymouth, which happened to hold its first event the same weekend I was down there on holiday a couple of years ago. Need to add a few more further afield to my list as well - I'm up in the Lake District over Christmas but they're few and far between up there so it won't be easy.
Anyone with more than nine different parkruns to their name?
