I think all of those who ran the February 2020 handicap will remember it as being pretty grim weather – which makes our thanks to Karen and Ian for timing and photographing even more heartfelt than usual.
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January 2020 Handicap
As is now traditional, the January handicap is run on the last day of the month to give the RED (Run Every Day) participants a chance to complete their challenge by running round together. Apart from David Henderson who chose to use his RED derived fitness to speed round – this is exactly the sort of thing I would do, so big kudos to David for choosing speed over his friends

December Handicap + Review of the Year
The final handicap of the year was probably also the wettest – which makes our timers Claire and Sam even more deserving of our thanks than usual.
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By Naomi Stanley

A dull, grey, damp Monday marked the November handicap. So as I headed out in full waterproofs with a huge OS umbrella to time with Kat, I was struggling to understand why 26 brave OS Runners were already so keenly waiting in the drizzle to run the monthly handicap…
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On a somewhat windy day (who knew you could have a headwind the whole way round the course), just 9 OSR’s took to the start line, including first timers Phil Clayton and Ray Marr. My thanks to Alan P and Keith who ran with them throughout to ensure they didn’t get lost (& hopefully made their first handicap more enjoyable). 9 is also our lowest attendance this year and lowest since August 2014.
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September handicap 2019
A short break in the torrential rain gave 13 runners a clear run on the 5km handicap route, this month running anti-clockwise. This time the handicap was entirely male #ThisBoyCan, with the exception of me doing the timing (did I mention my ultra-marathon tomorrow)!
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