Margate Race for Life 2015, Palm Bay

Glorious sunshine greeted the pink ladies as over 1500 took part in this year's annual Race for Life at Palm Bay.

Margate Race for Life 2015 (257 pics)

Margate Parkrun #91, 1 January 2015

Many who took part in the Whitstable run had a quick skittle down the Thanet Way and also ran the Margate NYD Parkrun, which started 90 minutes later.  Record field for this event of 100 runners - on what was my 100th race covered, by coincidence.

Margate Parkrun #91 (200 pics)

Kent Coastal Marathon & Half Marathon 2014

First time I've been able to cover this race.  It normally clashes with another event I do.  Glad I made it this time, it was a cracker.  The warm sunshine made it a pretty arduous race at times, particularly for the half marathoners - those doing the full 26 miles had the luxury of a bit of cloud cover later on.

The course is pretty much perfect from a snapping point of view.  You can cover the start, then the runners loop back the same way about 15 minutes later.  Jaunt up to North Foreland to get some shots of them struggling up that steep hill, then back to Palm Bay in time for the first of the half marathoners to start arriving back.  Just as those towards the back of the pack finished arriving, the first of the full distance guys began to return.

Hence a somewhat larger than usual haul of pics...

Kent Coastal Marathon/Half Marathon (1120 pics)

Palm Bay Race for Life 2012, Margate

Sun was in and out like a fiddler's elbow.  Constant changing of settings required.  Pain in the bum - but a good race, again in aid of Cancer Research.  The best part of 1000 runners turned out for the Palm Bay race.


Palm Bay Race for Life 2012 (101 pics)