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Baked Apes!
By John Scally. AKA: Zilla The Gorilla on 01/10/2003 16:10:36
One was the world's biggest half-marathon. The other was the world's hairiest 7K. On the same morning as the Great North Run, the Great Gorilla Run romped 500 fully gorilla-suited souls around the straight-laced streets of London
One was the world's biggest half-marathon. The other was the world's hariest 7K. On September 21 - the same morning that the Great North Run filled the highways of North-East England with 50,000 runners - the Great Gorilla Run romped 500 fully
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Right Hair, Right Now...
By Zilla the Gorilla on 09/09/2003 09:49:13
It's Friday evening in the centre of London's West End. Time for a training run in full gorilla costume, right? Five furry forumites reckoned so...
"When we've done this pic, let's put the suits on..." (l-r) Neil, Sloth, Zilla, Donna, FlavioIt's Friday evening in the centre of London's West End. A perfect time to train for the Great Gorilla Run? Five furry forumites reckoned so...I arrived
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RW Pocket Race Guide - September
By David Mitchell on 28/08/2008 13:17:47
Featuring...Totallywild 10K, Carver Wolverhampton City Marathon, Studland Stampede 12K, Yorkshireman Off-Road Marathon, Anglesey Marathon, Middlesbrough Tees Pride 10K, The Great Gorilla Run
, October 19) There are still places available, so book your spot at the Welsh capital’s hugely popular half-marathon race.Great Eastern Run (October 12)Over 3,000 runners are expected to take on the twists and turns of this fast and flat award
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RW Pocket Race Guide - Early September
By Daniel Benson on 25/08/2004 15:18:16
What's coming up, what's closing soon, what's filling fast
? Apart from the obvious shorter distance, there’s less in the way of hills. Julia Shepherd: "The best of Hampshire and Sussex countryside with wonderful views in all directions."National Highlights..Monkey business: The Great Gorilla Run 7K Great Gorilla
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My VLM 2010: NotReallyARunner (6:10)
By NotReallyARunner on 04/05/2010 21:37:52
When my right arm was really aching the next day, I realised that it was from all the high-fives with the kids along the way – great fun!
I first applied to run the London Marathon 27 years ago, then 15 years ago. Six years ago, I made the decision that I would keep on applying until I got in as I’d heard that if you applied six years in a row, you’d automatically get a place. Last
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Readers' Top 10 UK Races: Beginner-friendliness
By Alice Palmer on 25/03/2009 10:22:13
The most beginner-friendly British races of 2008 - as voted by you, the runners who ran them
in the attractive surrounds of central London’s Battersea Park. One of the UK’s growing band of fancy-dress Santa races, the London Santa Run comes from the race organisers who’ve brought London-based runners top fancy-dress opportunities including the Great
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The Weekend's Races: What You Said
By Runner's World on 26/09/2006 09:41:25
A round-up of your race reviews for the weekend of September 23-24
-shirt, too. Well done Swansea – a truly cracking race, and I'll definitely be back!"One race unlikely to bag you a PB was Sunday's Great Gorilla Run, which saw hundreds of runners doing a one-lap 7K around the City of London. "To be clear, this is a fund
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Pocket Race Guide - May
By Runner's World on 28/04/2008 13:09:58
Featuring... Beaverbrooks Blackpool 10K, Halstead and Essex Marathon, Tewkesbury Half-Marathon, Sevenoaks 7, Helen's Trust Golden Gate 10K, Queen Mother Reservoir Series and the Magic Roundabout 10K
17 and July 15) Sign up now for the first fixture in a brand-new, exciting Tuesday night series (also run on June 17 and July 15) offering two different distances. Run around the magnificent Queen Mother Reservoir, – and offering great views
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BIG Race Report Index
By on 18/06/2009 08:40:45
All our UK event editorial in one BIG A-Z index
Valley 10K Gravy Pud 5 Great Bentley Half-Marathon Great Edinburgh Run Great East Anglia 10K Great Eastern Run Great Gorilla Run Great Malvern Run Half-Marathon Great Manchester Run Great North West Half-Marathon Great South Run Great West Run
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How To... Organise A Race
By Catherine Lee on 17/08/2007 09:38:32
Straight from the race organisers' mouths - everything you need to know about staging a running event
Trail races Name Eric Hardwick MBE, Hastings Lions Club Organises Hastings Half-Marathon (since 1984) Name Mike Gratton, 2:09 Events Organises Tens of races each year, including the Salomon South Downs Marathon, London’s Great Gorilla Run and the Jersey
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