5K chip timed events

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fetcheveryone Jan 2019 6:20pm, 22 Jan 2019 20938 posts	0 fetcheveryone Agreed. Luckily, as our parkrun is on an officially measured course, I'm happy to use it as my 5k yardstick Can't beat free
Akie Jan 2019 6:21pm, 22 Jan 2019 428 posts	0 Akie That seems very pricey. You can pay £24 for 5 race 5K series round Cheshire way (sold out already I believe).
icemaiden Jan 2019 6:32pm, 22 Jan 2019 4896 posts	0 icemaiden It will however be fast as most of it is downhill.
BrianJ Jan 2019 6:34pm, 22 Jan 2019 1385 posts	0 BrianJ There's a series of three chip timed evening races in Hatfield in the Autumn that are around £9 each to enter, with a discount if you enter early. The course is completely flat and popular with club runners so a lot of fast times are recorded - I'm was in the last few at just over 30mins so not like a parkrun..
fetcheveryone Jan 2019 6:36pm, 22 Jan 2019 20939 posts	0 fetcheveryone I've done that one I think Brian - I seem to remember it being dark or close to. Round an industrial estate? Good run though.
BrianJ Jan 2019 6:45pm, 22 Jan 2019 1386 posts	0 BrianJ Yes, that's the one fetch - there's enough street lighting but I used my running light, my night vision isn't very good now