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how is it for obstacles in greenwich park? is it slippery leaves everywhere yet?
going all out in the morun 10km there at the end of the month, racing flats, short shorts, the full works, but my flats have about as much grip as bambi on ice.
should be quite an interesting run, we have a group of over 150(!) runners from run dem taking part which is the largest group the morunning people have had at any of their races since they started. am really looking forward to it (but also dreading trying to run at 7:00 min mile pace for 6.2 miles)
HatBeard
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I did a 10k in Greenwich Park yesterday. I didn't exactly put in a stellar performance but it could have been far worse. I think I've nailed nutrition though: I had a toasted pitta bread (didn't have any normal bread) and an out-of-date yoghurt before leaving the house, then an out-of-date gel waiting for the start. Felt pretty good, food wise, no diving into the bushes or anything halfway round.
There were loads of runners, most of whom were listening to ipods and weaving about the place. One woman spent 3/4 of the run holding a business call, and annoyingly I couldn't drop her (which says a lot about my speed!!) so I got to listen to her business negotiations and a lengthy discussion about her notice period. One chap nearly thumped me in the face when he tried to take his jacket off in the middle of the path, doing what looked like a great impression of an electrocuted octopus. Clearly no one was aware of the Hardness Committee as I was the least dressed person there (shorts and short sleeve top). Quite a few people were running wearing tights, jackets, hats and gloves. WTF?!
There’s another 2 races in the series and I've already signed up for the whole thing, which I'm kind of regretting now due to the crowds/ipods/octopi/seas of fluro winter running wear.