St Neots Riverside Half Marathon 2014

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Rosehip Nov 2014 7:28am, 16 Nov 2014 4,168 posts	0 Rosehip Its a bit foggy
GimmeMedals Nov 2014 8:07am, 16 Nov 2014 12,194 posts	0 GimmeMedals I've just bumped into Corona and Excitabubble
Rosehip Nov 2014 8:13am, 16 Nov 2014 4,170 posts	0 Rosehip At the station waiting for a trainful of fetchies
KinkyS Nov 2014 8:27am, 16 Nov 2014 17,000 posts	0 KinkyS Bags packed and ready to go! That's a lie, I'm not ready to go, I'm broken, but I'm going anyway... C&C vest and Fetch buff for me
Carpathius Nov 2014 9:15am, 16 Nov 2014 4,914 posts	0 Carpathius Flanker, hope you haven't forgotten the paperweight
karl Nov 2014 9:30am, 16 Nov 2014 410 posts	0 karl Good luck everyone doing st neots half
HellsBells Nov 2014 3:09pm, 16 Nov 2014 18,252 posts	0 HellsBells Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Badger Nov 2014 3:38pm, 16 Nov 2014 4,507 posts	0 Badger Good run then HB? Mission well and truly accomplished, mainly thanks to Nellers' 1:50 bus. There were just the two of us in the end, so more of a 1:48 motorbike with me on the pillion trying not to fall off. I'd nominate him for MOTM if he hadn't already won it Love this race. Everything a local race should be, and deceptively fast. (You'd think Grunty Fen should be quicker, as it's so flat, but my quickest time there is remarkably similar to my slowest time at St Neots).
PaulaMc Nov 2014 3:39pm, 16 Nov 2014 2,886 posts	0 PaulaMc Most excellent running by all Fetchies today Lots of happy faces in the post-run cafe crowd. Not a PB for me but a good strong steady run with which I was very pleased indeed.
Ceratonia Nov 2014 4:00pm, 16 Nov 2014 1,757 posts	0 Ceratonia Nice to say hello to so many fetchies. Glad I didn't run with Nellers & Badger in the end, as I finished in 1:44, a whole minute per mile faster than when I ran this in 2012. My target when I entered was sub 1:50, so delighted with that time. I live 35 miles away and spoke to 5 runners from my village - 4 of them people I only really know to say hello to as we run past each other in the street. I was trying to put my finger on what makes this the kind of race that people don't want to miss. The price, the ability to transfer your place, the speed the results are available (text arrived within minutes of the finish) are all factors, but I think it's the marshals who really make it, you're hardly ever out of earshot of someone shouting encouragement. Badger - I reckon Grunty Fen being in the summer makes a fair difference. Today's conditions were perfect for running.