North Hampshire Time Trial

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Rach E Jul 2009 7:37pm, 25 Jul 2009 4,099 posts	Rach E Anj, As Snaps said, the Sweatshop has always "helped" parkrun (they provide the monthly prize at all the parkruns, for example). However, as I understand it, it's merely the staff at Sweatshop (who are all excellent runners - hence why they were keen to start their own parkrun). We were asked to help start it, but we don't have time given our involvement with Basingstoke.
Anj Jul 2009 7:42pm, 25 Jul 2009 3,139 posts	Anj OK, will it will be interesting to see where they look to run it. As it's more local I hope to get there more regularly when it starts up
Rach E Jul 2009 7:47pm, 25 Jul 2009 4,100 posts	Rach E I understand it's going to be at Thames Valley Park (http://www.thamesvalleypark.co.uk/). Maybe Microsoft and Oracle could join in and provide laptops and software?
Rach E Jul 2009 7:48pm, 25 Jul 2009 4,101 posts	Rach E The original (and best) is, of course, Basingstoke :¬)
Snapstinget Jul 2009 7:53pm, 25 Jul 2009 1,473 posts	Snapstinget only because you are there
RuthB2 Jul 2009 7:53pm, 25 Jul 2009 4,263 posts	RuthB2 will be good to see how the Reading one turns out. i don;t know if Oracle would help out though, given that they stopped running the O2O 10k.... I just wonder where runners will go for coffee afterwards!
Anj Jul 2009 7:55pm, 25 Jul 2009 3,140 posts	Anj TVP interesting and would be nice scenery although maybe not a fast course. Agree Ruth, where would you go for Coffee?
Rach E Jul 2009 7:55pm, 25 Jul 2009 4,102 posts	Rach E BP Garage?
anne23 Jul 2009 7:57pm, 25 Jul 2009 1,741 posts	anne23 All very interesting. Can any of you Basingtoke/Reading locals help me out with two questions? 1: If I did NHTT and it took me about 25 minutes, are the queues afterwards short enough that I could jog down to Queen Mary's College by about 9:40? 2: If this Reading one does turn out to be at Thames Valley Park, is there a nicer route from Caversham that just going over Reading bridge and then along the main road? Does the Thames path go along the south side of the river for that bit?
Snapstinget Jul 2009 7:58pm, 25 Jul 2009 1,474 posts	Snapstinget Ruth's place