The Forum of Benfleet Running Club

Karl C · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1691 Location: Rayleigh

Well done everyone.

(must admit I was still in bed when you all started !)

Hope it went well.

Info about the course posted here will be helpful...

david thomson · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 192 Location: thundersley

had other plans for today but did run through the downs yesterday , joining just after the station and then running the 2nd part of the xc course. was pretty muddy in 1 or 2 places and my road shoes (suacony jazz , supposed to be grippy)didnt grip at all.
but on the whole quite runnable

Stevie · Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 413 Location: Benfleet

Well Done everybody that ran today and Good luck to those racing tomorrow, have a quality run Steff, ill be waiting by the pond tomorrow to give you some abuse Laughing

Guest · Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:17 pm Post subject:

cycled over the bit along the sea wall this afternoon.
mostly broken pathways but a bit of mud here and there.

good luck to everyone running , smile for my photos at the finnish

david thomson · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 192 Location: thundersley

Andy F · Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 132 Location: Hullbridge

Ran the course this morning, most of the course was ok. The worst part was the section of the downs just before Leigh Station Crying or Very sad

, absolutely no grip at all ( nearly went A#!+ over T#T a couple of times). Sea wall out and back was ok, can make good time up on these sections Wink

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All the best to all running tomorrow and thanks to all the guys that manned the water stations etc this morning.

Steffan · Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 543 Location: Basildon

OOOh I can't wait for Sunday!

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Steffan · Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 543 Location: Basildon

Stevie · Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 413 Location: Benfleet

Well Done to all that raced today, everybody that passed me just before the 7 mile mark looked in great shape and Steff was still upright Smile

david thomson · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 192 Location: thundersley

told him not to fall over just as he passed me just after 14 miles. someone did though just in fornt of me , the poor sod was so intent on posing for the camera he tripped and fell , the last i saw he was limping off !

well done to everyone that took part , taken tonnes of photos that im bombarding karls email with now. everyone looked surprisingly happy. maybe ill have a go at it next year

david thomson · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 192 Location: thundersley

also well done to the benfleet cocky (cocker spaniel) did it run the whole race ?

Stress Head · Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 55 Location: Benfleet

Big well done to everyone who ran & marshalled today - the weather wasn't as kind as yesterday - even if the mud had dried out a bit!!

Thanks to the back-up crew yesterday, Graham, I've never been so happy to see a man carrying a tin of chocolates!!