Comments on: 170. The winds of doubt – Brighton 10 km 2007 http://roadsofstone.com/2007/11/20/170-the-winds-of-doubt-brighton-10-km-2007/ rocks, running and the world Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:20:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Roads http://roadsofstone.com/2007/11/20/170-the-winds-of-doubt-brighton-10-km-2007/#comment-9010 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:19:19 +0000 http://roadsofstone.com/2007/11/20/170-the-winds-of-doubt-brighton-10-km-2007/#comment-9010 Thanks, Nichole. Our winters in England aren’t that cold, but they are dark. All the better for sitting by the fireside after a hard run.

]]> By: nichole3 http://roadsofstone.com/2007/11/20/170-the-winds-of-doubt-brighton-10-km-2007/#comment-9003 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:00:53 +0000 http://roadsofstone.com/2007/11/20/170-the-winds-of-doubt-brighton-10-km-2007/#comment-9003 A wonderful spellbinding account of you and your friend running together. How wonderful that you could later have such a good conversation while eating dinner.

]]> By: Roads http://roadsofstone.com/2007/11/20/170-the-winds-of-doubt-brighton-10-km-2007/#comment-8735 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:04:57 +0000 http://roadsofstone.com/2007/11/20/170-the-winds-of-doubt-brighton-10-km-2007/#comment-8735 Yes, Angela – the joys of winter running. Sweder raves about it … and on a crisp sunny morning, I tend to agree with him.

This wasn’t one of those mornings. But it certainly blew the cobwebs away.

]]> By: Angela http://roadsofstone.com/2007/11/20/170-the-winds-of-doubt-brighton-10-km-2007/#comment-8734 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 09:03:26 +0000 http://roadsofstone.com/2007/11/20/170-the-winds-of-doubt-brighton-10-km-2007/#comment-8734 What a great race report and a touching end to what looked like a particularly grueling morning. Look how grey it was out there.

]]> By: Sweder http://roadsofstone.com/2007/11/20/170-the-winds-of-doubt-brighton-10-km-2007/#comment-8689 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:15:05 +0000 http://roadsofstone.com/2007/11/20/170-the-winds-of-doubt-brighton-10-km-2007/#comment-8689 Hello BB – just nipped through to your site and am full of admiration! Took on my first Ultra this year – Two Oceans in Cape Town, a baby ultra at 35 miles. It was tougher than trying to fight Mike Tyson in a room full of broken glass.

Walk/ run sounds interesting – I tried to run all the way which, with hindsight, may have been extremely daft. I’ll keep an eye on your progress from now on.

]]> By: Roads http://roadsofstone.com/2007/11/20/170-the-winds-of-doubt-brighton-10-km-2007/#comment-8673 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:07:44 +0000 http://roadsofstone.com/2007/11/20/170-the-winds-of-doubt-brighton-10-km-2007/#comment-8673 Muchas gracias !

Yes, BB – the mysteries of the 10 km. It’s a frantic, breathless affair from start to finish, and it’s not my favourite distance, either.

But in mitigation, it does leave more time for convivial conversation than those longer distances.

]]> By: ebwrite http://roadsofstone.com/2007/11/20/170-the-winds-of-doubt-brighton-10-km-2007/#comment-8671 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:24:38 +0000 http://roadsofstone.com/2007/11/20/170-the-winds-of-doubt-brighton-10-km-2007/#comment-8671 A 10k is hard work from beginning to end — long enough to hurt; not long enough where you can really take a break …

Buen trabajo!

]]> By: Roads http://roadsofstone.com/2007/11/20/170-the-winds-of-doubt-brighton-10-km-2007/#comment-8548 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:40:09 +0000 http://roadsofstone.com/2007/11/20/170-the-winds-of-doubt-brighton-10-km-2007/#comment-8548 De acuerdo, Sweder. I’m with you there, mate.

]]> By: Sweder http://roadsofstone.com/2007/11/20/170-the-winds-of-doubt-brighton-10-km-2007/#comment-8542 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:54:04 +0000 http://roadsofstone.com/2007/11/20/170-the-winds-of-doubt-brighton-10-km-2007/#comment-8542 Hola! Roads.
Yes, as far removed from the magical Haile as is possible to be; I fear my tread, unlike the floating master, was heavy enough to crack paving slabs; yet it needed to be, else I’d've ended up blown clean to Littlehampton or beyond.

That finish of yours recalls another, not un-related; our first in Almería: http://www.runningcommentary.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=501 . Such moments make a running life, and here’s to many more.

]]> By: Roads http://roadsofstone.com/2007/11/20/170-the-winds-of-doubt-brighton-10-km-2007/#comment-8529 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:55:57 +0000 http://roadsofstone.com/2007/11/20/170-the-winds-of-doubt-brighton-10-km-2007/#comment-8529 Al contrario, Antonio. I fear I slowed you down, so I’m very pleased we squeezed inside 54 minutes, after all.

I’ll give my legs a rest this week. More strength is needed if I’m to keep up with your new pace in Andalucia next January.

Well done on a fabulous PB, carved out of appallingly hostile and foreign conditions.

A performance which mark outs a great champion, indeed.

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