The Jingle Mile - A Christmassy East Angular FetchEvent.

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Little town of Greplehem Dec 2020 1:03pm, 5 Dec 2020 124,049 posts	0 Little town of Greplehem Forgot all about this, plodded for two-and-a-bit as usual. Should I log my first mile anyway?
Alice the Camel Dec 2020 1:06pm, 5 Dec 2020 5,884 posts	0 Alice the Camel I would, Greg. Or use the benchmark figure off your log.
Alice the Camel Dec 2020 1:06pm, 5 Dec 2020 5,885 posts	0 Alice the Camel Grep! (Sorry)
Little town of Greplehem Dec 2020 1:10pm, 5 Dec 2020 124,050 posts	0 Little town of Greplehem apology accepted with delight. I'll use the benchmark figure - great idea, thanks.
Cerrertonia Dec 2020 2:50pm, 5 Dec 2020 13,490 posts	0 Cerrertonia 6:20 - equalling my PB from 2016. Delighted with that, as it was pretty wet and splashy, and I'm sure the track surface is worth a few seconds, as is having people to chase. First 400m was the fastest, so I think I set off a little too quick. I'd probably have managed a sprint finish if I'd known I was close to a PB. Haven't really done any running at faster than 9:30 or 10 minute miles for at least six months due to lack of parkrun or races.
Eynsham the Red Knows Rain Dear Dec 2020 2:59pm, 5 Dec 2020 6,841 posts	0 Eynsham the Red Knows Rain Dear 8:57 for me, which is a little better than anticipated. I too started off a bit too fast, but notice form my pace chart how the wind affected my pace. It’s a little bit like a suspension bridge. Faster at the beginning and end, and a wind affected trough in the middle.
Flatlander Dec 2020 3:59pm, 5 Dec 2020 1,836 posts	0 Flatlander A disappointing 7:00 for me, not even a 70% WAVA. I blame it on the tight 90 degree corner at halfway and having to run off the pavement onto the road to avoid a couple of pedestrians
🎄FestiveMedals🎄 Dec 2020 4:40pm, 5 Dec 2020 18,795 posts	0 🎄FestiveMedals🎄 I'm very happy with 10:54 - my fastest mile since May 2017. I set off down the lane but was stopped by the Royal Mail post van coming up the lane. So I restarted and managed a down and up mile without further interruption. A tight 180* turn at the half way point was executed without incident
Festive Flier Dec 2020 5:37pm, 5 Dec 2020 1,999 posts	0 Festive Flier Wow some really good running from everyone. A 1/4 mile false start from me My Garmin froze and I had to reset it.
Flatlander Dec 2020 5:50pm, 5 Dec 2020 1,837 posts	0 Flatlander I see from your result that you didn't freeze, and presumably neither did your back .

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Okay, here it is. Again. And again. And yet again. And once more. And this time with feeling. And this time in the summer which probably means it's going to piss it down. And now again at Christmas. And this time not even in East Anglia, really (which is probably just as well). And back in Cambridge with bells on. And this time it's a bit Disnae. Yet again, eighth time for luck. Like Tokyo 2020, Jingle Mile 2020 has been postponed to 2021 but we can't afford a rebrand. Instead there is a Virtual Jingle Mile. Make up your own swears. And back for a Not The Jingle Mile 2020 In 2021 thanks to Hells Bells. The Jingle Mile 2020 is happening in 2022, thanks to the magic of television. (It's not the magic of television.)

fetcheveryone.com/races/jingle-mile-2022-it-apos-s-happening-again-7105729

Saturday 3 December 2022
12:00pm - 2:00pm

Cost £5.00

Directions to the track:

DON'T ENTER WILBERFORCE ROAD FROM MADINGLEY ROAD!

It's blocked off about a hundred yards down.

From M11 - Exit at J12 (A603, Sandy & Cambridge), follow the A603 along Barton Road to Grange Road on your left. Up Grange Road to Adams Road on your left. The entrance to the track is at the end of Adams Road.

From A14 Eastbound - Exit at J31. Follow A1307 Huntingdon Road towards Cambridge city centre. Follow signs for A1134 Ring Road and turn right onto Mount Pleasant and follow the one-way system down onto Madingley Road. Turn right onto Madingley Road, first left onto Grange Road, and second right onto Adams Road. The entrance to the track is at the end of Adams Road.

From A428 Eastbound - Exit for Cambridge and American Cemetary. Follow the signs for Cambridge city centre past the American Cemetary, across the M11 bridge, Churchill College on your left until you reach Grange Road where you turn right. Take the second right onto Adams Road. The entrance to the track is at the end of Adams Road.

From A14 Westbound - Exit at J31 onto the M11 Southbound and follow the directions above.

For anyone who is coming by train, there is now a bus service U from the railway station to Robinson College, Grange Road, which leaves a half mile walk along Adams Road to the Wilberforce Road University Track.

You could also walk from the station. It's a couple of miles. Head out of the station and onto Station Road, right onto Hills Road then follow that all the way into the city centre to Petty Cury. Turn left there and go down onto the Market Square. Cross the square diagonally then bear down the side of Great St Mary's. Turn right at the end then immediately left down Senate House Passage. Follow Trinity Lane round to the right and then left onto Garrett Hostel Lane. Over the bridge then straight on over Queens Road and up Burrell's Walk. Bear right at the end and up onto Adams Road. The track is at the end of Adams Road.

Swimmers and paratroopers, you're on your own. Weirdos.

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