Comments on: 146. School cross-country – Clandon Park 10 km http://roadsofstone.com/2007/04/25/146-school-cross-country-clandon-park-run-10-km/ rocks, running and the world Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:20:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Linda http://roadsofstone.com/2007/04/25/146-school-cross-country-clandon-park-run-10-km/#comment-9237 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:09:14 +0000 http://roadsofstone.com/2007/04/25/146-school-cross-country-%e2%80%93-clandon-park-10-km/#comment-9237 I loved hearing what you had to say about it because I am the volunteer mum that organises it all. I laughed about the hated gym master – who wasn’t a teacher at all!

]]> By: Roads http://roadsofstone.com/2007/04/25/146-school-cross-country-clandon-park-run-10-km/#comment-2347 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:31:58 +0000 http://roadsofstone.com/2007/04/25/146-school-cross-country-%e2%80%93-clandon-park-10-km/#comment-2347 Well done, Sweder. It’s the fantastic effort put in by all the charity organisers and runners which in part make London the extraordinary race it is.

Two matches in another desperately nailbiting Premiership season to go, and the last of all against your beloved Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Let’s just hope that the Mighty Reds have the title firmly decided in their favour by then, with only West Ham’s survival or relegation left to play for …

]]> By: Sweder http://roadsofstone.com/2007/04/25/146-school-cross-country-clandon-park-run-10-km/#comment-2345 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:28:58 +0000 http://roadsofstone.com/2007/04/25/146-school-cross-country-%e2%80%93-clandon-park-10-km/#comment-2345 Sorry I missed it, Roads.

My pre-Flora London Marathon Pasta Party and the send-off for 141 JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) runners took precedence, followed by 10 gruelling, sun-baked hours at the mile 22.5 spot outside Oddbins’ Wine Shop on The Highway.

Quite a day.

Clandon does sound like one for the future, though I’m bound to agree that 10ks are not top of my running wish-list.

Funny I should be catching up with things here just as the Hammers take a 2-0 lead and Blackburn a similar advantage against Charlton. Exciting times with a few twists to come yet.

]]> By: Elayne http://roadsofstone.com/2007/04/25/146-school-cross-country-clandon-park-run-10-km/#comment-2333 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:00:31 +0000 http://roadsofstone.com/2007/04/25/146-school-cross-country-%e2%80%93-clandon-park-10-km/#comment-2333 Whee! that race sounds like a blast and does remind me of the races I did on the high school cross country team.

While I can’t fathom people whining about small races put on by individuals out of a love for the sport I can see why people whine about the big urban marathons. Those cost a fortune to enter and likely make a lot of money for those holding the purse strings. I suppose people feel like if they’re going to pay a king’s ransom to enter a big ‘for profit’ race they should get something back for their money.

]]> By: Roads http://roadsofstone.com/2007/04/25/146-school-cross-country-clandon-park-run-10-km/#comment-2314 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:51:09 +0000 http://roadsofstone.com/2007/04/25/146-school-cross-country-%e2%80%93-clandon-park-10-km/#comment-2314 Excellent comment, BB, and I couldn’t agree more. Those people give up their time, a lot of time, for runners like us.

]]> By: ebwrite http://roadsofstone.com/2007/04/25/146-school-cross-country-clandon-park-run-10-km/#comment-2312 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:34:59 +0000 http://roadsofstone.com/2007/04/25/146-school-cross-country-%e2%80%93-clandon-park-10-km/#comment-2312 “And what a bunch of moaning minnies, eh ?!”

No worse than what I often hear these days in comments regarding stateside urban marathons … if the pre-race expo doesn’t rival a major shopping mall, if the course isn’t completely flat, shaded, and supplied with 50 or 60 water stops, if the finisher’s medal isn’t the size of a manhole cover, the organizers are nailed to the wall.

I suppose if trail running is capable of teaching us anything, perhaps it’s how to deal with something a little beyond our immediate control. As the race director of one ultra I ran put it …

http://tinyurl.com/3cgu87

]]> By: Roads http://roadsofstone.com/2007/04/25/146-school-cross-country-clandon-park-run-10-km/#comment-2308 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:24:24 +0000 http://roadsofstone.com/2007/04/25/146-school-cross-country-%e2%80%93-clandon-park-10-km/#comment-2308 Thanks, BB. Bumpy courses come in grades, as you appreciate better than anyone. Those wilderness 50 milers you get up to are certainly well off the scale of bumpiness in UK Runners’ World parlance.

That’s why you do them, I know. And maybe you might be onto something there, as well.

And what a bunch of moaning minnies, eh ?!

]]> By: ebwrite http://roadsofstone.com/2007/04/25/146-school-cross-country-clandon-park-run-10-km/#comment-2306 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:22:56 +0000 http://roadsofstone.com/2007/04/25/146-school-cross-country-%e2%80%93-clandon-park-10-km/#comment-2306 I enjoyed the complaints among the Runners’ World comments about the course being “bumpy.” Well, yes, just a few …

Congratulations; glad you enjoyed your return. It looks like a fun event.

]]> By: Roads http://roadsofstone.com/2007/04/25/146-school-cross-country-clandon-park-run-10-km/#comment-2291 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:04:26 +0000 http://roadsofstone.com/2007/04/25/146-school-cross-country-%e2%80%93-clandon-park-10-km/#comment-2291 There were indeed plenty of those parents running the 4km with their kids. Even that was PG-rated.

They didn’t allow kids onto the 10 km, but one or two still slipped in, despite the X certificate.

This definitely wasn’t the kind of race to suit any of those smokers still lurking behind the bike sheds, though …

]]> By: Angela http://roadsofstone.com/2007/04/25/146-school-cross-country-clandon-park-run-10-km/#comment-2290 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:25:03 +0000 http://roadsofstone.com/2007/04/25/146-school-cross-country-%e2%80%93-clandon-park-10-km/#comment-2290 Well you sold it to me – sounds great fun. Although when you started the post I thought you were describing a parents event at the school sports day and I really pitied the poor folk who were pushed into a 10k run just to support their young’un.

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