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Eight Uckfield Runners competed in this event. It was Cold day but dry day. There was little wind but it was noticeable from about 4 to 7 miles. The event was well organised and in spite of a field of 7,500 runners was not too congested and water was readily available at the drik stations. The course is mostly fairly flat except for the climp from 3 to 5 miles up towards Rottingdean. However the sourse was actually 13.48 miles rather then 13.11 miles so adjusting to correct half marathon distance would tale about 2.5 to 3 mins off official chip times below. There are some notable results with Tanya finishing 5th in her class, Brian smashing his prevous PB of 2 hour 7min, Mark running well inside his target of 1hr 45 and Peter running an excellant sub 2hour (which taking account of the extended length was equivelent to 1hour 54).
Graham West 1hr 39.06 (32nd M50)
Mark Slaughter 1hr 40.15
Brian King 1hr 42.05
Jon Waite 1hr 47.15
Kathy Gore 1hr 55.44
Jon Collett 1hr 57.29
Peter Wilkes 1hr 57.40 (27th M60)
Tanya Edmondson 2hr 03.29 (5th F60)
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I attended this and it was a very good talk. We had an amazing turn out with about 70 attendees from clubs in the area. The talk theme was mental focus and 'postivity' in races to maximise performance. In particular that you slow down in relation to Rating of Perceived Excertion rather than a purely physical measurement and the concept of Race Focus Energy: as you run this depletes againt rather then purely physical aspects. Obviously you need to do the training but if you have the right mental attitude you can run to the best of your ability. Well done to Peter Wilkes for organsising it.
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Peter and Brian went on Uckfield FM on the Saturday afternoon sports slot to promote the club and Brian talked about his upcoming London Marathon.
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It is not just about running. To celebrate the clubs 20 year anniversary we had an eat all you want meal at the Wok Inn. Plenty eaten all round, personally I did not need to eat again until the following Wednesday. Four of the Founder members are still in the club, Peter, Richard, Sue and myself Graham.
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Well done to Tanya in completing the Venice Marathon in a very respectable 4 hours 8mins