We've doing the Nike+ 10k this evening. Why oh why couldn't they start it in the morning so one wouldn't have to hang around gibbering with tension all day? ?
Ggggaaaaahhhh, that was hideous. Hideous. Utter shambles. We got there as requested for 6, and waited around for over two hours while they did a "concert" (which was completely random imo, although I concede some may have liked it) then annoying hypy warmup for wave 1, which eventually got off at about 7.30. We were in wave 3. They got us down into the stadium to get ready to start at about 7.45, by which point it was pissing with rain. Then they announced that (wooooo!) our warm-up would start in about 15 minutes. It was about 8.15 by the time we started. The course was awful - really boring, way too narrow, ill-lit in some parts (as of course by now it was pitch dark, and still chucking it down). It was impossible to pass anyone. Because it was so crowded, dark and everyone *had* to wear the same shirt, it was really hard to keep together. The course had loads of really deep pubbles which were bringing a lot of the runners to a complete standstill. We did the first 5k in over 30 minutes. The water station was a mess - it was so crowded that it was impossible to drink because you were getting jostled constantly. It was only by about km 6 that things thinned out enough to be able to run almost properly. We finished in about 58 minutes I think. Finish was total chaos too and the promised medals didn't materialise. They also promised that we'd be running in "dusk", not pitch dark.
Never, ever again. LOML was slagging it off on Fetch before he even showered ?
