Sport

Conkers non-parkrun #40 Saturday 19th December 2020

Posted by Robert
Seasonal attire for this walking group

40 Saturdays have now passed since our last real free timed 5k parkrun on 14th March 2020, and the lure of the Conkers trails is strong – a number of parkrun afficionados, running or walking their own individual non-parkrun 5k routes, chose to add a fancy-dress seasonal flavour for this last Saturday before the Winter Solstice and before Santa’s night next Thursday. From 9am until 9:45, the photochippy camera was at the canal turn to capture the style observed there. Strong winter low-angle sunshine was present, which proved a little challenging for runners heading South East and for the camera’s auto-exposure calculator.

The 164 best images are in a Facebook album, here:

  • Aperture: ƒ/1.8
  • Camera: iPhone 7
  • Focal length: 3.99mm
  • ISO: 20
  • Shutter speed: 1/170s

Leicester 10k Running Race Sunday 25th October 2020 at Prestwold

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The Leicester 10k running race took place on a sunny autumn morning at Prestwold in Leicestershire England on Sunday 25th October 2020. About 500 runners took part – Find a full album of nearly all the runners in over 800 photos here on Facebook PhotoChippy.com

A sample of 15 of the hundreds of runner portraits here
  • Aperture: ƒ/4
  • Camera: Canon EOS 80D
  • Exposure bias: -2/3EV
  • Focal length: 142mm
  • ISO: 100
  • Shutter speed: 1/1000s

Carsington 7+ Race 20 September 2020

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About one-quarter of about 500 runners taking part in the Carsington Reservoir round-the-lake race in Derbyshire, England, on Sunday 20 September 2020 are shown here approaching mile marker 6 of the seven and-a-half mile course. The images are from a tiny lens in the back of a cell-phone after a total lens failure in the Photochippy normal camera. Hope the smiles on the runners’ faces make up for the poor image quality and for those who were missed ..

Find a full album of 198 images, here on Facebook PhotoChippy.com

  • Aperture: ƒ/1.8
  • Camera: iPhone 7
  • Focal length: 3.99mm
  • ISO: 20
  • Shutter speed: 1/620s

Here’s one we did Earlier.. Conkers parkrun #66 of 21 July 2012

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Find a full album of 93 images from 2012, here on Facebook PhotoChippy.com

The 66th Conkers parkrun weekly timed run event took place in bright sunshine on Saturday 21st July 2012 at Conkers in Leicestershire, England. 93 People braved the 5 kilometre course in this FREE run or walk. Nearly all are seen here, some in odd behaviours like three-legged-race mode, egg-and-spoon-race, wheel-barrow race, even one runner choosing to SKIP with a skipping rope the whole way. These photos of nearly all the 93 participants are resurrected here in April 2020 on the 9th birthday of the event, which is currently not taking place during the health emergency.

  • Aperture: ƒ/8
  • Camera: Canon EOS 60D
  • Focal length: 50mm
  • ISO: 100
  • Shutter speed: 1/250s

Here’s one we did Earlier.. Ashby 20 of 2011

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You probably can guess why they cancelled this year’s annual Aldi Ashby 20, the renowned 20-mile Road-Running Race at Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, England. The race comes through Packington village 3 times, and provides a sport-photo opportunity. Here’s the one that PhotoChippy used as a launch event back in 2011, with images never before published..

Find a full album of 698 images from 2011, here on Facebook PhotoChippy.com

  • Aperture: ƒ/4
  • Camera: Canon EOS 60D
  • Focal length: 30mm
  • ISO: 100
  • Shutter speed: 1/400s

Equinox24 24-hour running event at Belvoir Castle 22 September 2018

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Find a fuller album of 1,100+ images here on Facebook PhotoChippy.com

The first two volunteer Marshals at the Marshal Point Number 2, just over 4 km into the 10km lap, taken immediately prior to the first runner appearing, just 16 minutes after the race start, seen with the dominating Belvoir Castle feature behind in the distance

  • Aperture: ƒ/2.8
  • Camera: Canon EOS 80D
  • Focal length: 70mm
  • ISO: 100
  • Shutter speed: 1/500s
23 hours to go – solo contestants find it sensible not to run.. and more sociable..

  • Aperture: ƒ/2.8
  • Camera: Canon EOS 80D
  • Focal length: 70mm
  • ISO: 100
  • Shutter speed: 1/500s

Robert’s 250th – parkrunner Portraits prior to Conkers parkrun #398, 29th September 2018

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Need a profile picture, parkrunner or park-walker?

Have YOUR portrait taken FREE for inclusion in Robert’s PhotoChippy.com facebook album to celebrate his 250th parkrun on 29th September 2018.

We’ve seen lots of ways to celebrate a 250 parkrun milestone – a 250 balloon, even lots of balloons, fancy dress, a 250 sash, a 250 gilet, sweets, flapjacks, cake – they’ve all been good, but this is different: YOU get a FREE portrait photo of YOU in a facebook album that will help us remember this milestone event day. Robert gets to take photos for an album only of people who WANT them, and to then run as well!

So, come early on Saturday 29th September to Conkers Waterside, DE12 6BA, see the picture, where from 8:30am until the parkrun briefing start at 8:55am the PhotoChippy camera will be at the Waterside facing the lake, for you to run or walk past and have your photo taken! Easy!!

Get there early if you can! Thanks in advance, all you stars.. have a great parkrun with me!

 

  • Aperture: ƒ/2.2
  • Camera: iPhone 6
  • Focal length: 4.15mm
  • ISO: 32
  • Shutter speed: 1/1364s