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Cardiff Half Marathon - pre and post race thread

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Oct 2014
8:09am, 6 Oct 2014
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Lazydaisy
Congrats OB and monsenb1!

How crowded were the start pens? Friends who did it last year were very critical of the crowding in the pens and there were lots of fallers around them, which put me off but I might have a go next year if they've sorted that out now.
Oct 2014
9:47am, 6 Oct 2014
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Shred Betty
I don't know why, it didn't seem nearly as bad for crowding and congestion this year, but it didn't seem like they'd done anything different?! Didn't see any fallers this year, and have the previous two years. It was a great day for it - didn't quite manage to sneak under two hours, but gave it a good try!
Oct 2014
10:04am, 6 Oct 2014
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Oysterboy
I did feel a little bit restricted for the first two miles but it wasn't too bad and with a lot of weaving a made it through. This was mostly because I started way too far back and I couldn't fight through the people to get near the front of the pen. "Over 2 hours" seems like a pretty wide bracket so maybe they'd benefit from refining it a bit more given what a huge race it is. I thought I'd finish in about two hours, managed just under that in the end but could see the 2:15 pacer miles ahead of me in the pen and couldn't get anywhere near them.
Oct 2014
10:04am, 6 Oct 2014
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Oysterboy
(I didn't see any fallers. I didn't last year either mind)
Oct 2014
10:48am, 6 Oct 2014
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monsenb1
I was fairly at the front in the orange pen and it took me 1 min to cross the start line. So I didn't really have any overcrowding issues.
Oct 2014
11:00am, 6 Oct 2014
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RBNLMX
Awesome day! Very well organised and a great course - well keen to do it again next year!
Oct 2014
12:30pm, 6 Oct 2014
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mrsdistraction
I was in the yellow pen, took me 18 minutes to get across the start line. I didn't mind the mass start, and I managed to get a PB as well taking me under 2hr30 :)
Oct 2014
12:47pm, 6 Oct 2014
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Lazydaisy
Thanks everyone - sounds like you all had a good time! I will put it on my list of possibles next year :-)
Oct 2015
1:11pm, 2 Oct 2015
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James74
Good Luck to everyone racing this year! Weather looks ok at the minute.
Oct 2015
7:28pm, 2 Oct 2015
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*Anj*
Meant to be running but have had a gritty cold. Bungled up nose with cheery cough, all week so not looking promising :-(

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