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Post by Woody (Admin) on Sept 19, 2021 7:54:21 GMT
I was just looking at the webcam and saw lots of runners leaving the Bourtzi and running along harbour front towards the old port. Anybody got an idea what event is taking place?
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Post by dennisn on Sept 19, 2021 8:01:35 GMT
It’s a 10k run, I don’t know how formal. Angela’s daughter Stamatia is doing it. We went to see it yesterday, which is why we saw nothing!
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Post by dennisn on Sept 19, 2021 8:45:45 GMT
UPDATE!!! I checked with Angela and it's a proper run, with an award. Stamatia did it some years ago by bike, won and got a medal and a cup, so she's no amateur fun runner. Not expecting a win today as she hasn't done much training. It's not just for Skiathos people, "they" come from all over to do it, she says an English woman arrived on the island on Friday to do it. Facebook has photos of runners and a poster announcing the Skiathos 10K RUN 2021.
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Post by balddave on Sept 19, 2021 18:27:52 GMT
I believe this is an annual event and is taken quite seriously, I have a feeling it may be more than 10k, however if not some serious inclines en route.
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Post by dennisn on Sept 19, 2021 18:39:53 GMT
A woman on FB said she wanted to register for the 10K, but it wouldn’t let her, only for the half marathon. The poster pictured on harbour said 10K. Must have been very hard anyway - our Skiathos entrant had not been able to do proper training due to schoolwork commitments and was a victim to the heat, anywhere from 28 degrees upwards and she had to give up and be collected by mum.
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Post by Woody (Admin) on Sept 21, 2021 7:32:35 GMT
Thanks peeps. Just a coincidence that I was watching the webcam just as they were setting off.
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Post by katet on Sept 22, 2021 21:10:41 GMT
We were driving down the steep track to Kehria, Bob and there were lots of very serious-looking runners toiling upbank. I saw later, on Facebook, that Dennis's friend Victoria Sandels had been one of the very few female runners to complete the course.
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