Am a regular at this race but ths year I felt that the 4000 was just too many for the route - only 3071 finishers so I guess nearly 1000 cried off due to weather and thank God they did because it took us 6 mins to reach the start line and I spent the entire 10kms trying to get by slower runners. I am by no means an elite runner and I certainly encourage everyone to run for fitness but there were runners stopped out of puff after one Km ! and as for the "mates" who run three and four abreast chatting about any old crap blocking other runners - ITS A RACE YOU WALLIES ! take it a bit seriously or dont bother. I think the organisers need to rethink the start and whether to consider quantity or quality for next year. Maybe split it into 2 runs - I 10kms race and another 10kms fun run??
These running clubs are stupis if they try and ban music - people are just going to run without entries - if the race is on a public road theres nothing they can do - surely ? - I would much rather pay and be part of therace - but if they are going to be daft over this trivial matter....
Am just making a comeback to running after a 7 month break after a broken ankle - there seems to be a negative reaction to Ipods ?? is this a permanent thing or just people arguing ??
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Wayne Olorenshaw
