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larkim 29 May 10:45am, 29 May 2025 27,430 posts	Quote Pin larkim Was at a 5k race recently and the complaints about congestion there were about a narrow road 2-3km into the race holding up people at 17-18min pace. Congestion is just a feature of busy running events to some extent.
Weath 29 May 11:11am, 29 May 2025 1,251 posts	Quote Pin Weath IdrisTheDragon wrote:I was at Endcliffe recently and the congestion is terrible. Much longer than 1/4 mile. More of an issue for slower runners than faster ones but a pain for nearly everyone I think. Endlcliffe was one of the others I was thinking off. It's not helped there by having a single-file bridge early on. Whilst quite narrow for a while afterwards I fou d overtaking limited but possibe, and it had cleared by the time I got to the bridge the 2nd time.
IdrisTheDragon 29 May 11:19am, 29 May 2025 12,856 posts	Quote Pin IdrisTheDragon I am a slower runner and found the single-file bridge had me at a standstill for a minute or so which was OK but then there was a part by a wall where the faster runners were lapping us but there just really wasn't room for all the people who were there. I felt squashed in to a wall and amazed there weren't any falls.
Weath 29 May 11:27am, 29 May 2025 1,252 posts	Quote Pin Weath IdrisTheDragon wrote:amazed there weren't any falls. I have actually badly fallen and drawn blood at Endcliffe Park! That was over a tree root in the open park with barely anyone near me on the final sprint at the end of the Round Sheffield Run - as@minardi can testify! 🤣
minardi 29 May 12:09pm, 29 May 2025 12,828 posts	Quote Pin minardi Oh yes, it was a spectacular head over heels! We had matching grazes
Weath 29 May 4:45pm, 29 May 2025 1,253 posts	Quote Pin Weath I forgot there was photographic evidence! 😮🤣
HappyG(rrr) 29 May 5:29pm, 29 May 2025 52,903 posts	Quote Pin HappyG(rrr) minardi wrote:Oh yes, it was a spectacular head over heels! We had matching grazes Ouch! Cool pic tho! G