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 Carol & Mike Hawes
Posted: 16/07/07 09:53:46 46
Message: I've been wondering about the last two runners - I went to get my van to give a lift to the soaked through photographer and when I got back to the finishe there were still two people left to finish . Did they get in all right??

Also my wife waited just at the flats before Brindley place , she was with the photographer and there were runners on the "other" side of the canal . How did they get there? at waht point did they cross over the canal?

It was a fantastic race - had the weather been good it would have been stunning on the canal. I did the questionnaire at the end but frankly I couldn't think straight let alone write in the rain. All that would be needed next year are some brightly coloured route markers perhaps by where the canal goes under the motorway. It was a little confusing there but it's a small thing . As to the extra distance - I don't know what to do - Halfish Marathon sounds better than 14.4 Canal Run - "Great Black Country Canal race" would be good.

I'm really hoping this is on next year - I think the canals are an under used resource in our cities. I'm feeling a lot less slaughtered today than I would have been after a road half. You had to watch your footing on the canal and the different surfaces really found all the muscles in the legs rather than only a few! The doging from puddle to puddle didn't help and after a while I just went straight through .

Did anyone do the 10K?
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