Skegness 10K

Grimsby 10k today, what a fantastic well run event, big thanks to Tape 2 Tape, Neil and Nicola. Now if you thought Grimsby 10k was flat, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Dec 2nd starting in Butlins, no hills (except speed bumps). Entries open now www.skegness10k.com

That moment in the afternoon when your brain says enough beer, and the body says but I’m thirsty ............ Won’t be a problem I think on Dec 2nd. Haven’t got a clue how many have entered and how many spaces we have left .... to many beers 🍺

Ramblings of a slightly sozzled and sizzled race director. The risk assessment has been done, road closure applied for so should be entirely traffic free, St. John’s ambulance have confirmed they are ok for the 2nd Dec, I’ve had several beers by the pool (entirely irrelevant I know, but it’s true hence the sizzled and sozzled comment earlier) entries are filling up nicely. Website has been renewed for another year so you can follow the link in there www.skegness10k.com to enter......

Flat 10k race mostly traffic free environment. Best course for a PB

Who did the sting in the tail last Sunday? Great race, well organised, well marshalled, but those hills... just cruel and in that heat. Pleased to let you know that you won’t have to worry about the heat or hills on Dec 2nd. Enter now as filling up nicely https://www.stuweb.co.uk/basket.php

Well we are approaching 1 week since we opened entries, and it’s filling up nicely.... 250 as of this morning. Keep sharing please people and entering....

Wow, 130 entries so far, thank you. We’ll soon be at our limit if this carries on

Wow!!! Been busy all day, only just had a chance look at the entries and we have 110 already!!! Thank you to all that have entered, please keep sharing and spreading the word 😃😃

This will be just as important in December as it is during this hot spell
Drink before you're thirsty! Dehydration and its effects on performance
... Athletes can sweat out 6% to 10% of their body weight during competition. And thirst is not a reliable indicator of dehydration. If you wait to drink until you are thirsty and stop drinking when your thirst is satisfied, you’ll remain 25% to 50% dehydrated
Losses in excess of 5% of body weight can decrease the capacity for work by about 30%
Fluid loss equivalent to 2% of body mass can decrease the capacity for work of around 3% at shorter distance events, 5% at longer runs and rides
time to exhaustion for power or sprint based exercise is reduced by as much as 45% by prior dehydration corresponding to a loss of only 2.5% of body weight
Even in cool laboratory conditions, maximal aerobic power (VO2max) decreases by about 5% when persons experience fluid losses equivalent to 3% of body mass or more
The main reasons dehydration has an adverse effect on exercise performance can be summarised as follows:
• Reduction in blood volume • Decreased skin blood flow • Decreased sweat rate • Decreased heat dissipation • Increased core temperature • Increased rate of muscle glycogen use
Even for normally hydrated individuals, climatic heat stress alone decreases VO2max by about 7%. Thus, both environmental heat stress and dehydration can act independently to limit cardiac output and blood delivery to the active muscles during high intensity exercise.
Dehydration also impairs the body’s ability to lose heat. As core temperature rises towards about 39.5° C (103° F), sensations of fatigue ensue. This critical temperature is reached more quickly in the dehydrated state.
A person’s ability to tolerate heat strain appears to be impaired when dehydrated, so the critical temperature for experiencing central fatigue is likely to be slightly lower when dehydrated by more than about 5% of body mass
Before a workout or competition Drink 1 to 2 cups of fluid an hour before starting One cup 15 to 30-minute prior 5 [142 ml] to 10 ounces [285] of fluid every 15 to 20 minutes of activity. Adjust these amounts to the weather and how much you sweat.
Post Session or Race You’ll need to drink 16 ounces [455 ml – [one small bottle almost] of fluid for every pound | ½ KG approx. that you’ve lost, just to get back to your starting point
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We opened for entries early this afternoon, already got 50 entries- if we carry on like that we will be full in no time !!! Don't miss out!

If your looking for your end of year race, wanting to get that elusive PB, or better still to smash your existing PB. This has to be the course to do it on. Its flat!! nuff said!!!!! http://www.stuweb.co.uk/events/2018/12/2/ 3032

We are open for entries www.stuweb.co.uk/events/2018/12/2/3032
Same course as last year

Update!
Final instructions have just been emailed to Stuweb who are dealing with our online race entries. Therefore.....hopefully we will be live within a few days!!!!!! 🖒🖒🖒🖒
... Medal and t-shirt design have yet to be finalised but as soon as they are we will let you have a sneaky look !!!!
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Finally, after much negotiation and conflab. We have a date. 2nd December 2018, a couple of weeks later than previous years but cooler weather + pancake flat course = PB potential!!!! Save the date, entries opening very very soon.

The RNLI cheque presentation will take place at 11am on Sunday 7th January at the Skegness lifeboat station. If you would like to join the Skegness Coasters in the pre presentation run please be at the Welcome Inn, Burgh rd Skegness for 9.30am. This is an exciting time for us as we are presenting a cheque for an amazing £7,500 to the RNLI and would appreciate as much support as we can get.

We would like to wish all our friends and followers a HUGE MERRY CHRISTMAS and a happy healthy 2018 - may all your runs be good ones🏃🏃

We will be presenting a cheque to Skegness RNLI on January 7th 2018 - proceeds from our highly successful Skegness 10k. We are intending to have a run in the morning from the welcome to the lifeboat station where we will meet the RNLI guys after their early morning practice and hand over the cheque. We are inviting the press, Look North have expressed an interest, we want to make this as big as we can as it's for such a good cause. Please please please Coasters and friends - come along and support us, the more the merrier. Up to lucky strikes for a coffee afterwards x

What an awesome race day experience. I know how much hard work went into this event and it sure did pay off. Credit to every single person who was involved. Fantastic atmosphere and brilliant marshalls. Loved the medal and goody bag and a pb to boot. ����

Well organised, nice flat course, great medal and lovely goody bag. PB for me so very happy. Thanks to all the Marshall’s �

Well organised and very friendly, pleasant course. Really enjoyed and plan to return next year!���

Well done to all involved, well organised,friendly, and great marshals.

Really well organised and such supportive marshals as well. Love the fantastic medal as well. Will be back next year x

Really good event, well organised

Thanks

Really enjoyed today. Lovely run Thank you to all who organised and helped out x

Nice flat course, fab medal, friendly marshall’s, a goodie bag and a PB!! Great event. Thank you all x

Great time today! Well organised, fab medal and goody bag! And I got a PB.. so very chuffed!thanks to all organisers and volunteers!

Great Marshalling and atmosphere thanks for a well organised event

Good support and fast flat route. Well done Coasters for putting on a good run :)

First time here and what a good route and run, flat and I've seen so many PB's ( mine included) goody bag,medal and t shirt are all fab too x

Fantastically organised events. Big shout out for all the Marshall who were fantastic. Skegness you rock and we will be back.x

Fabulous event, loved running alongside friends going the other way and hearing everyone cheering each other on. Top Marshalls, superbly organised, great medal and goody bag. Well done Coasters, top marks.

Fab event, well done Skegness loved the bling & Butlins bag, see you next year�

Easy to find with plentiful parking. Top check in and venue. Thank you Butlins The course flat and fast. Traffic free. The Marshalls =Awesome. The participants = Brill, The Goody bag A1. The weather Top class. The Negatives er there are none. Thank you all for a fantastic race and a PB for me.

Brilliant, fast, 10k just a shame it doesnt loop round and onto the seafront very well organised

Brilliant turn out!! super flat course!! Thankyou to all Marshall’s and organisers! Well done everybody!! ����

An absolutely fabulous event. Really enjoyed running alongside friends going the other way and hearing everyone cheering each other on. Brilliantly supported with lots of marshalls along the route, well signed too. A superbly organised event, great medal and goody bag. Well done to The Skegness Coasters

What an awesome race day experience. I know how much hard work went into this event and it sure did pay off. Credit to every single person who was involved. Fantastic atmosphere and brilliant marshalls. Loved the medal and goody bag and a pb to boot. ����

Well organised, nice flat course, great medal and lovely goody bag. PB for me so very happy. Thanks to all the Marshall’s �

Well organised and very friendly, pleasant course. Really enjoyed and plan to return next year!���

Well done to all involved, well organised,friendly, and great marshals.

Really well organised and such supportive marshals as well. Love the fantastic medal as well. Will be back next year x

Really good event, well organised

Thanks

Really enjoyed today. Lovely run Thank you to all who organised and helped out x

Nice flat course, fab medal, friendly marshall’s, a goodie bag and a PB!! Great event. Thank you all x

Great time today! Well organised, fab medal and goody bag! And I got a PB.. so very chuffed!thanks to all organisers and volunteers!

Great Marshalling and atmosphere thanks for a well organised event

Good support and fast flat route. Well done Coasters for putting on a good run :)

First time here and what a good route and run, flat and I've seen so many PB's ( mine included) goody bag,medal and t shirt are all fab too x

Fantastically organised events. Big shout out for all the Marshall who were fantastic. Skegness you rock and we will be back.x

Fabulous event, loved running alongside friends going the other way and hearing everyone cheering each other on. Top Marshalls, superbly organised, great medal and goody bag. Well done Coasters, top marks.

Fab event, well done Skegness loved the bling & Butlins bag, see you next year�

Easy to find with plentiful parking. Top check in and venue. Thank you Butlins The course flat and fast. Traffic free. The Marshalls =Awesome. The participants = Brill, The Goody bag A1. The weather Top class. The Negatives er there are none. Thank you all for a fantastic race and a PB for me.

Brilliant, fast, 10k just a shame it doesnt loop round and onto the seafront very well organised

Brilliant turn out!! super flat course!! Thankyou to all Marshall’s and organisers! Well done everybody!! ����

An absolutely fabulous event. Really enjoyed running alongside friends going the other way and hearing everyone cheering each other on. Brilliantly supported with lots of marshalls along the route, well signed too. A superbly organised event, great medal and goody bag. Well done to The Skegness Coasters