Archive for the ‘Sport’ Category

Running the Clarendon Way

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

203Went to Winchester yesterday to start my third Clarendon Way Marathon. This is a mainly off-road race from Winchester to Salisbury following the Clarendon Way footpath. Having finished in just under three hours (and second place) last year it was going to be interesting to see how I faired 12 months on.

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Redshoot result

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

164An early start this morning to help hang controls for the SOC district event at Redshoot. Although initially chilly, it turned in to a gloriously sunny day – just perfect for sitting around on first aid duty and taking the odd photo here and there! Unfortunately there were a few competitors who needed patching up after colliding with the ground or tress but thankfully nothing too serious.

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Pacing the Test Way

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

160It was the Test Way relay today and, unlike previous years, I’d had no last minute callup for the men’s team. Instead, I was acting as ‘minder’ for Nala McRobert on the Stockbridge to Mottisfont leg for the Southampton Running Club women’s team. I have to confess that I found it extremely difficult to keep a constant pace for Nala, not helped by meeting a group of eight or so horses travelling in the same direction! Still, with a great finish Nala put in a very respectable time of just over 42 minutes.

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Wet wedding

Monday, September 4th, 2006

150We headed up to Harrogate this weekend for the wedding of Janine Hensman and Jason Inman. They were really unlucky with the weather as it contrived to rain on and off for almost the entire weekend with a strong wind making matters worse. The venue was the ironically named Sun Pavilion which, on the odd occasion when the sun did shine was filled with light through the stained glass roof. Fortunately part of the colonnaded walkway looking out over the beautiful Valley Gardens has a roof so the photos could still be taken outside, although keeping the Janine’s dress in check proved difficult.

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Beach Tour in Bern

Friday, September 1st, 2006

The stand that appeared in Bundesplatz on Wednesday night (viewable from my hotel room) was eventually filled with sand and turns out to be the venue for a round of the Coop Beachtour. It seems to have brought the sunshine with it and I spent an enjoyable hour last night watching the men’s final. Beach volleyball certainly knows how to create an atmosphere but the rallys are a little short to sustain my interest.

Sadly, despite not having to go to the customer today, I’ve moved my flight forward so won’t be able to stay and watch the women’s event! Christine had also taken my DSLR back home with her so you’ll have to make do with the official photos.

Sedbergh Hills Race

Monday, August 21st, 2006

There’s nothing like a good fell race to remind you how unfit you are! We attended a misty Sedbergh Hills Race yesterday. With over 350 starters (it was a British and English Champs race) navigation was never really going to be a problem but the 14 miles and 6000ft of ascent/descent certainly took it out of me physically.
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Rude awakening

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

Back in Denmark again this week but in yet another hotel: Comwell Holte. This proved to be a fairly standard conference venue but has the twin benefits of a) being just 15 minutes drive from the customer and b) having a large forested area known as Rude Skov just over the road.
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Final O-manager results

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

The standings in the WOC O-manager competition have finally been updated with the results of the relay. Odds On ended up in 109th place and Christine’s Stars were 177th. I take some small consolation from having just beaten Jon’s Jokers although I suspect that, as a GB selector, he may have made the mistake of picking too many Brits for his team!