As usual there were a couple of pantomime horses at the front which must have taken at least 2-3 minutes of every ones times as the runners attempted to get past and skidded on the manure, another PB slips away in the first few minutes.
There was a strange orange lady running that looked like she had drunk some special Orange fizzy drink from Willy Wonkers chocolate factory, expanded in strange places and changed colour
Jade (who was not orange) lavished in the sun shine, it was a beautiful day, and she really enjoyed 'racing' a fast course.
Steve Mac also had a great race and felt very comfortable all the way round until about mile 10 when allegedly Saturdays bike ride came back to pay a visit, a quick stretch (he did not say where) and by mile 11 it was all ok again.
Jade set off steadily increasing her pace and surprised herself when she smashed her previous best time (that was previously well over 2 hours!) and even managed a negative split
Steve was running in his new MSTC running vest and appeared to be missing 2 nipples at the end and has customised his vest with red go faster streaks
Well done to Andy who was quite surprised at his result with a stupendous 1.21.53 and third in his age group he says that despite being 53, it just goes to show that by laying off the alcohol, abstaining from sex and only eating fruit, it really can turn a man from being a cart horse plodder, who in previous years has only achieved a PB of 1:39, into a testosterone crazed athlete capable of dramatically improving his performance by 18 minutes.
Colin tried to hide from all the MSTC runners to save being taken down in the final minutes fortunately Steve Mac did not spot him but Martin did a sterling effort to chase him to the line crossing just a few places behind. Colin would have gone faster but slipped on Steve's nipples (not for the first time) as they rolled across the road in search of the orange lady (in a kind of cathodic way)
The general consensus from the throng of disgruntled sweaty athletes moaning as as they crossed the line is that ½ mile was added on to the course (700m by my and others Garmins), which meant most had run slower than they thought they should have. The organisers have amended the race results to try and reflect this but not correctly and most agree that the calculations are wrong and additional time should be taken off the final results.
Colin (in his very boring nerdy way) believes that at least 3min 40secs should have been deducted from his original time as he was running an average of just under 7.20min miles, where only 2m 20 was deducted, so he is going to take of an additional 1:20 it all helps so all should give themselves a proper adjusted time by deducting half of a one mile pace from the original time.
Jim and Martin would benefit from the Colin rule of taking of extra time time to give exceptional PBs as will Helen who did a stonking PB, Jade, Jean and Steve also PB'd which were most deserved with Jim doing a spectacular 1.25.01 which should be amended to sub 1.25 and Martin about 1.36
Steve Mac smashed his PB by nearly 7 mins to show that level pacing and steady Heart Rate really do work and for the first time felt like he could have carried on for a few more miles. If there was a prize for the biggest PB smash then maybe Steve and Jade are in the running.
Jade reckons it is a great course, great day, fun atmosphere and great results all round, terrible organisation but won't dwell on any negatives, no bumping into the boobtastic Miss Price so an all round good day!
And a big cheer for the support from MSTC spectators inc Claire and Tim who have had their loyalty cards stamped - five more spectator sightings and they get a big sweaty club hug.
After a very short millisecond Andy honourably fessed up that he was not a turbo charged whippet capable of creaming the opposition and smashing younger club runners into the middle of next week, he was ill on the day and one of Steve Macs new pace makers had taken his place. Although if its there in print it's hard for the 'race time denialist' to argue as Colin knows with his 2.03 London Triathlon certificate which takes pride of place on his wall.
So it was all a bit Pee Bee City on the seafront with about eight noted and sorry if your PB has not been mentioned especially as they may be more PB's with the statutory Colin adjustment
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Chip time |
Adjusted time |
Proper adjusted time |
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Andrew Miles
|
1.23.53 |
1.21.53 |
1.20 something |
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Jim Graham
|
1.27.07 |
1.25.01 |
1.23 something |
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Colin Chambers
|
1.39.39 |
1.37.16 |
1.35.56 |
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Martin Sanwell
|
1.39.45 |
1.37.22 |
1.36.02 |
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Tamsin Clarke
|
1.45.44 |
1.42.05 |
1.40.45 |
|
Jade Overy
|
1.48.19 |
1.45.43 |
1.44 something |
|
Steve Mac
|
1.53.19 |
1.50.36 |
1.49. something |
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Derek Hastings
|
1.59.46 |
1.56.53 |
1.55. something |
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Nancy Doyle
|
2.05.28 |
2.02.27 |
1.59.58 ish |
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Jean fish
|
2.09.04 |
2.06.08 |
2.05 ish |
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Helen Graham
|
2.11.38 |
2.08.28 |
2.06.59ish |
|
Kay Mac
|
2.13.15 |
2.10.03 |
2.08. something |
Authors: Colin and various others