About 260 runners completed the 10km trail running course around the Garendon Estate near Loughborough, Egland, on Sunday 4th August 2024 starting at 11am. Photochippy camera was at the finish line and has published about 500 images of runners in 2 Facebook Albums on the Facebook page named photochippy.com – the first album is here and the second album is here
the first and second runners approaching the finish portal on Sunday 4th August
236 Runners finished the 10-mile road running race at Rugeley, in Staffordshire England, on Sunday July 7th 2024. The Photochippy camera at the finish line captured about 95% of them, most several times, and their 422 images are posted in a Facebook album on the PhotoChippy.com Facebook Page – click here to go direct.
You can find a set of four photo albums, each of 250 portrait images, 1,000+ total in timed order – showing about 90% of the runners – they are on Facebook PhotoChippy.com, just click on the links below, with the times, as follows:
These Portrait photos were taken at the entrance to Packington village, at the end of the first lap of the 9-mile loop in Leicestershire countryside. The first runner came through at 10:53 am, that’s 9-plus miles in 53 minutes.. less than 6 minutes a mile. Phew!
300 runners took part in the 10-mile trail race known as Brooksie’s Bash starting at 10 am on a dull sumer Sunday morning from Foremark in Derbyshire, England. A small number also took part in a 5km MiniBash at the same time. Later, the sun came out. Our main album was taken at the finish line with individual runner portraits for all but 6 of the 292 runners. Some 300 photos of finishers of the 10-mile Bash are posted on the Photochippy.com Facebook page here: Here’s one of them:
Journey’s end for this runner some 50 metres before the finish..
Also, photos of the pre-starts and of the two 10-mile starts are here on Facebook The first start was a “Gun-time” start, for the faster runners all to go together; ten minutes later, the main body made individual timed starts using the green Dibbing start sensors and transponders provided. SOme sense of the fun atmosphere may be gleaned from this albym, like this crowd below in their amazing fancy dress!
A Fun occasion.. a posed photo outside the Foremark main building with the small lake in the background.
Just 15 photos of the 5k MiniBash are on a separate Facebook album here:
The lead runner in the small 5k miniBash looks back from the finish at an empty funnel behind him
At the FREE timed weekly 5km event of Saturday 1st July 2023, lots of volunteers enabled 435 people to walk, jog, run or even sprint the 3-plus mile route of the trails of Conkers parkrun. Here are photos of a number of the volunteers – apologies to those I missed!
On coronation day, 204 people finished the FREE 9am Saturday weekly 5km parkrun and parkwalk at the Leicester England Abbey Park recreation area. Many of the volunteers – who set up, service, marshal all the participants, time them in, issue tokens, process the results and times, and all the other things needed for a successful event – are shown in a short album here on Facebook
This new event venue hosted a near-10k cross-country race with a couple of hundred runners starting at 11 am for the Leicestershire Road Runners League. The Alton Grange venue made for a two-lap route through the nearby QE Diamond Jubilee Wood, DJW, planted by the Woodland Trust in 2012 to celebrate the 60th year of the reign of HM Queen Elizabeth II. Since then the area has matured into a fine woodland leisure facility with a mature lake and birdlife.
The PhotoChippy cameras were at the South end of the route, adjacent to the lakeside. Two different cameras were used, one on each lap. Not all the runners were photographed due to handling issues, but a good selection of 477 portraits are to be found here on Facebook PhotoChippy.com
537 people finished the FREE 562nd weekly timed 5km walk / jog / run / whatever at 9 am at the Conkers Waterside’s parkrun course in Leicestershire, England on Saturday 11th February 2023. This was a special event, with the SDRR – South Derbyshire Road Runners – club members filling the volunteer positions AND providing 15 pacers labelled with times between 18.5 and 45 minutes. The PhotoChippy camera was positioned for most of these images about 50 metres beyond the start line, and from 09:07 over the next Three minutes took these 186 images of the participants now in an album on Facebook @photochippy.com
408 people finished the FREE 523rd weekly timed 5km walk / jog / run / whatever at 9 am at the Conkers Waterside’s parkrun course in Leicestershire, England on Saturday 28th May 2022. This was a special event, for the 4th Saturday “5k My Way” team helping those whose lives are touched by Cancer. Initially taking portraits of the volunteers from 8:30 am, the PhotoChippy camera was then positioned about 50 metres beyond the start line, and from 09:07 over the next Three minutes took these 145 images of the participants now in an album on Facebook @photochippy.com
Yes – as well as half of the tail-walk team, this photo advertises the new Canalside Cafe The tokens team – over 210 years of experience amongst these three..
Also, a further 56 images are here on Facebook showing the fun at the Normanton Water Station on the Ashby 20 route, where water bottles and toilets were provided for the runners. The station was manned by colleagues from Conkers parkrun
