Tuesday was the Tri-Department (MQ vs Transaction Processing vs the Rest) Games Running Race at work. Last year Sam Massey sprinted past me on the run-in and I was determined to get my revenge (although we’re actually on the same team!). The plan was to go out fast and put plenty of space behind me. I did start to stuggle on the inclines during the second lap of the site but had enough of a lead to keep Sam at bay, finishing the 2.7 mile course in 15:57. I’m glad to say that the MQ Mavericks also recorded a team victory for the event.
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Tri-Department Games Running
Thursday, October 1st, 20094th in 10
Thursday, October 1st, 2009It was the Hursley 10K on Sunday and, unlike the previous weekend, I felt completely unprepared. It was certainly convenient being able to nip down the road, get my entry on the day, and nip back home to finish getting Emma ready. Warming up though my knees ached, my hamstrings were tight and I generally felt sluggish. It was therefore somewhat of a surprise to find myself sitting in third place shortly after the off. The first two runners continued to pull away and were never seen again once we entered the woods. At the 7k marker I was still in third place but could hear footsteps closing on me. It wasn’t much longer before I was passed and it was something of a relief to have someone to chase. I had to watch my back on the run-in but was pleased to finish in 4th place although half a minute slower than the previous year and over three minutes behind the winners.
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Last Rufus Run
Thursday, September 24th, 2009September is due to end prematurely as it’s getting dark earlier and we prefer to run from Fritham. Consequently, Tuesday was our last run from Rufus Stone for the year. I’m not sure it was particularly memorable – I spent most of the run discussing potential scoring systems for next year’s SOC summer series with Jon and Peter! At least I didn’t have to rush off to B&Q this week so could enjoy the pub afterwards.
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Test Success
Thursday, September 24th, 2009
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Rainy Rufus
Friday, September 18th, 2009On Tuesday I’d cycled home in the rain. It wasn’t all that heavy and, it being a fairly short ride, I didn’t get too wet. Then I went running in the New Forest and got absolutely soaked. It was tipping it down as I drove to Rufus Stone with traffic crawling along the motorway. The GPX track below doesn’t start at the Stone because, having only just arrived on time, the group of runners huddling under a tree for cover weren’t about to wait for my watch to find a satellite before starting off! The only saving grace was that Christine had lent me her relatively new waterproof jacket to take for a test run in case I decided mine wasn’t up to an OMM in Wales so at least part of me stayed relatively dry.
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Living legend
Friday, September 18th, 2009A belated post about last week’s Tuesday night run. It was probably most notable for the presence of the legend that is Mike Yeo. Having proved that he is still alive though I’m not sure if he ceases to be a legend at that point? Perhaps he can remain a legendary runner as he disappeared in the car as we set off running! The run itself was the two underpasses.
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Dire Dibden
Sunday, September 6th, 2009We went orienteering for the first time in ages today and it showed! We were down at Dibden early to set out the string course (yes – it’s come to that!) so my brain wasn’t entirely engaged. Things started out well enough on my course with reasonable speed and not much requried in the way of navigation. On the way to five I somehow decided I was running along the fence to the south of the control and when I didn’t see a bend in it decided I had overshot. It was only after wasting about three minutes that I eventually hit the open ride and twigged what I had done.
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Running from Rufus
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009For September the Tuesday runs have moved to Rufus Stone. We ran round the three cricket pitches with Ian finding them all with impressive accuracy. We did less well on getting back to the underpass, as evidenced by the rather wiggly line below. Thankfully we missed the downpour about an hour earlier and got away with just a little very light drizzle towards the end of the run.
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