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Northstowe Festival of Running
posted 5th September 2022
We were delighted to be invited back to time the Northstowe Festival of Running again this year, with a whole series of races and entertainment provided during the evening, this event has one of the most exciting atmosphere's on the calendar.
The weekend kicked off on Saturday with the 10k race in the afternoon and a host of eager runners ready to get out on the road. After the safety briefing and an excellent warm up, we were ready to go and our timing crew were on the start line closely monitoring the timing equipment to make sure everyone was recorded.
Our participating athletes made great time with our winner coming across the line in 36:01. The 'Personal Best' bell rang out a few times throughout the afternoon as a few people smashed their previous personal records.
Once the race was over, the evenings festivities began with some live music on the main field, accompanied by food and drink provided by the vendors available at the venue.
Sunday morning saw us back again, nice and early, ready for the Half Marathon, Family Mile and the 5K with our timing equipment charged and refreshed from the day before.
The day truly started with the warm up for the Half Marathon, with all of the races entrants looking keen and eager to get started just as soon as the warm up and safety brief were completed.
Our crew checked everyone across the line and our systems performed well with starting reads coming in thick and fast. Once all the runners were away, our crew moved off to get started on preparing the start line for the 5k later that afternoon.
No sooner had our team completed the setup and testing at the 5k start, the first of the Half Marathon runners were heading back across the finish line, with the winner at 1:17:57. From there, a steady stream of athletes came across the line, a number gaining new personal bests and the PB Bell ringing out a good number of times.
The Family Mile was the next event, giving our crew a short break as we weren't needed to time this race. Instead, we took the time to watch everyone getting ready and setting off around the course together. It was great to see so many runners of different ages taking part and everyone was clearly having a great time as we watched the winners coming back across the finish line.
Our team's break was fairly short lived and the 5k was soon upon us. Our team performed some final checks on the start line, ready to see the final race of the weekend away.
Once all of the 5k athletes were away, our team made their own dash back to the finish to get the start data into the system and prepare for the winners to come back across the line. Barely 17 minutes after they'd left the start, our first runners were finishing the race and celebrating their victory before the evening's entertainment began with another set of live music.
The Northstowe Festival of Running proved to be a very well attended and lively event again this year and we're looking forward to next year already!
Well done to all of the athletes who took part over the weekend and congratulations to all of you who got to ring the PB Bell!
