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Stockport 10

Big Al — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:20:14 +0000

Last “proper” race of the year (assuming you don’t count the excellent parkrun’s). The Stockport 10 (miler) is famous for two things. Two bloody steep hills, and an, erm, eccentric, finisher’s goody bag.

This is the longest race I’ve done to date, and was far too excited about it when I woke up this morning. The race was actually quite fun, and the hills actually didn’t present much of a problem for me – training in and around Glossop has it’s advantages, there is only one flat (ish) route in the area, everything else is a hill!

Very happy with my time. I wanted to get round in at least under 1:30 hrs, and would have been very happy to get around 1:25, so I was absolutely stoked to get back in 1:21.

The pictures below are the T-Shirt all finisher’s got – a very nice Technical Tee with a relief map of the route on the front – and the contents of the goody bag (see the video at the end), and a map of the route.

Navigators Go Wild in Wales

Big Al — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:50:56 +0000

A small video thingy and some photos.

And so conludes a summer of racing!

Big Al — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:11:03 +0000

Yesterday saw the final race that I’ve signed up for this year (excluding the weekly parkruns), the Tatton Park 10K.

Over the last three months I’ve ran the Reebok Sizzler 5K series, the Marple 10K and the Tatton 10K. I’m now seriously considering the Wilmslow Half Marathon next March (right after Gang Show, that’ll be good prep!), and the Tatton Park Triathlon next September.

London 09 Summer Camp – Last Batch of Photos

Big Al — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:32:19 +0000

So, the last batch of photos from London are up. Here are the ones from the Group Activities:

And here are the ones from the two places I visited on my own whilst down there:

London 09 Summer Camp Photos

Big Al — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:14:45 +0000

The first 3 batches of London 09 Summer Camp photos are up.

Marple 2009 AGM Vid

Big Al — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:43:32 +0000

A little compilation video I put together for this year’s AGM.

Great Balls of Fire

Big Al — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:58:54 +0000

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Waiting for the Splorers

Big Al — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:15:47 +0000

Waiting for the explorers at Victoria station after Imperial War Museum and wander round London.

Tip for would be naughty people – it would seem that all London Museums conduct irritating bag searches upon entry which cause long lines. However they only check bags, not anything you carry on your person, thereby totally negating any benefit of the bag searches! Massive Fail!

Who needs a mess tent anyway?

Big Al — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:33:21 +0000

So, sans Mess Tent legs, we make the most of the situation.

GS09 – Back in Black!

Big Al — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:21:15 +0000

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