Watford Half Marathon

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  • 13.1mi
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Entrants (52) Club PB SB Pred Time WAVA
UltraMrsR Unaffiliated 1:54:42 2:19:00
Ashalina Unaffiliated
Super Sue Metros RC, Poole AC 2:16:20 2:17:30 2:17:30 50.79
Pottingshed Unaffiliated 2:13:48 2:28:34 2:28:34 41.56
LWG Unaffiliated 1:53:00
runningfrog Unaffiliated 1:44:34 1:44:34 1:44:38 61.04
ancient Two minutes slower than last year, but training had been disrupted for illness, so OK with result.  Second half felt better than first! Trent Park Running Club, Watford Joggers 1:26:40 1:27:42 1:27:42 76.08
Chris_w81 Ware Joggers 1:30:54 1:36:04 1:50:33 52.44
bazzzer Pewsey Vale RC 1:49:16
TP88 Unaffiliated 1:23:14 1:23:14 1:23:14 69.65
threedrains Watford Joggers 1:30:04 1:30:04 1:35:00 61.03
Sean1504 Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 1:33:49 1:33:49 1:38:16 59.00
andrewmoore10 Unaffiliated 1:42:24 1:44:46 1:50:02 54.34
Garden City Rick Garden City Runners 1:37:38 1:37:38 1:39:23 65.95
Viddy Green Harpenden Arrows 1:19:22 1:19:41 1:19:41 80.84
londonpride Runnymede Runners 1:56:40 1:58:43 1:58:43
richard68 Royston Runners 1:24:21 1:24:25 1:25:01 70.86
Oranj FERC 1:16:55 1:31:40 1:31:40 67.93
mattykay York Acorn RC 1:20:38 1:38:29 1:38:29 58.87
TRIM Bedford Harriers AC 2:10:23 2:10:23 2:10:23 50.10
CheekyP Gade Valley Harriers 1:25:01
Stevie Owen Unaffiliated 1:37:38 1:44:00 1:47:01
Cazros Serpentine RC 1:41:16 1:41:51 1:44:25 61.82
GOM. Ely Tri Club 1:35:20 1:45:02 1:45:02 56.93
Prof Disco Dean a good sharpner for first race of year (testing hills) Reading Roadrunners 1:22:36 1:23:03 1:27:56 65.93
Ginnie B Kent AC 1:38:15 1:46:36 1:46:36 60.55
Becfleck Ampthill & Flitwick Flyers RC 1:50:08 1:56:19 1:59:54 53.79
RunGingerRun Watford Joggers 1:31:22 1:36:07 1:36:07 62.68
bree Watford Joggers 1:27:13 1:29:40 1:31:58 76.70
KITCHEN Tadley Runners 1:48:12 1:59:27 1:59:27 53.93
foop Unaffiliated 1:43:29 1:51:37 1:51:37 51.98
Padams Pleased - had a bit left in the tank, and quicker than last year. St. Albans Striders 1:08:48 1:12:47 1:14:00 1:12:47 79.65
Go-KL First Half Marathon of the year. Will look to run close to PB, and maybe attack a sub 1:18 if training is going well.
Update 2Feb: In Valencia for F1 testing - tired and with cold. Hopefully will recover in time for Sunday.

Watford Half Marathon. Up nice and early to go via Barnet to pick up laptop from brother. Lucky to get a last parking space near to race HQ. Did a good warm up routine. Nearly went for tights (Weather around 4C and cloudy, but as the cold breeze was very gentle, settled for long sleeved top, thermal vest and gloves which was fine).
Started right close to front, which at the time I thought was a bit rude of me but as things turned out it was merited. Had a really good race, went with a good group for the first half which got fractured on a difficult downhill and steep uphill at 6 miles. Rallied through that to run a strong second half which was gradually downhill for the most part. Big PB and 20th position overall in a big race - excellent marshalling and crowd support, especially in final miles. Legs were good for near entire duration - right calf a little tight on one of the hills. Trainers were excellent and belied their lack of weight in terms of cushioning. Grantham Running club 1:14:46 1:16:47 1:19:00 1:17:19 75.20
Woolfie Fantastic course. Well marshalled with great support. Perfect conditions. Unaffiliated 1:22:43 1:22:43 1:27:00 1:25:14 68.63
mr guinness Garden City Runners 1:22:50 1:22:50 1:28:00 1:24:35 74.23
Dusty Unaffiliated 1:29:21 1:29:21 1:32:00 1:31:34 70.35
Hercules Struggled! Unaffiliated 1:29:24 1:36:04 1:32:00 1:36:04 60.35
Brookers MK Lakeside Runners 1:25:59 1:27:47 1:34:00 1:29:54 64.49
Smoggy Billingham Running Club 1:22:56 1:36:58 1:35:00 1:36:58 61.66
Lillias Epsom Allsorts, Epsom Oddballs RC 1:58:54 1:40:00
steveobb68 Watford Joggers 1:41:15 1:41:15 1:42:00 1:41:15 59.50
Monkey Nuts Unaffiliated 1:32:56 1:32:56 1:43:00 1:38:13 59.81
jexy St. Albans Striders 1:33:54 1:39:36 1:45:00 1:42:38 57.52
DanG Wootton Road Runners 1:39:00 1:40:47 1:45:00 1:43:24 56.38
oneronaldo Always find this race tuff. Its them hills.----Update well them hills were not as bad as i remember them, pleased with time as i was saving something for the hills. Bearbrook Joggers RC 1:43:12 1:46:55 1:55:00 1:49:29 68.28
fatface Unaffiliated 1:41:30 1:47:27 1:55:00 1:47:27 58.43
louise_c Harpenden Arrows 1:38:02 1:50:26 1:56:00 1:54:16 63.87
kdp Hillingdon AC 2:09:22 2:00:00
Serendipity A blinding PB - by 15 whole minutes!!! Ware Joggers 1:34:02 1:49:58 2:05:00 1:53:19 57.45
FurryH Hmm.  Bedford was great for me with 7mins off PB.  Not sure I'm going to top that.  UPDATE odd intermittent pain in my right knee and a head cold is likely to slow me down :( POST FINISH  well best laid plans an all that course was not the nightmare that everyone talks about and managed to take 2min 30 off my PB!  Totally wiped out for the last 3 miles though. Watford Joggers 1:41:28 1:49:09 2:10:00 1:57:25 49.43
shoeboo81 Unaffiliated 2:05:03 2:05:03 2:10:00 2:07:59 50.38
lesleyanne Unaffiliated 2:28:58 2:37:16 2:40:00 2:55:08 46.00

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