A traditional part of our summer outrun schedule, the no watch race will challenge your ability to estimate time and distance whilst on the run. The location is announced a few days in advance, but the course is not announced until the day, with only a broad estimate of total distance shared with runners.
The ‘race’ is then a simple one – provide your estimated finish time to the organiser and whoever finishes closest (in number of seconds/minutes) to their prediction wins.
Use of any timekeeping device (watch, gps, mobile phone, etc) will result in immediate disqualification. If running without any of these is a scary prospect, don’t worry we will let you know the precise distance and your time so you can still update your training diary / spreadsheet / blog / Facebook / Strava profile, etc.
As ever with our club events, this is all intended to be a bit of fun, and a chance for those not normally in contention for a race win to taste victory.
27 Members ran in the 2021 event from the Nags Head Saltby around a clockwise 5.10 mile route. With Julie Ashby being the winner recording a time of 21 seconds outside her predicted time.
| Name | Predicted Time | Actual Time | Difference |
| Julie Ashby | 00:44:00 | 00:43:39 | 00:00:21 |
| David Hall | 00:43:15 | 00:42:47 | 00:00:28 |
| Celina Smith | 00:48:00 | 00:47:30 | 00:00:30 |
| Brian W | 00:42:30 | 00:41:36 | 00:00:54 |
| John Robinson | 00:35:00 | 00:34:00 | 00:01:00 |
| Ashley Milne | 00:39:00 | 00:37:58 | 00:01:02 |
| Nick Smilth | 00:46:16 | 00:45:12 | 00:01:04 |
| Natash Inns | 00:47:20 | 00:46:07 | 00:01:13 |
| Rory Mapletoft | 00:33:00 | 00:31:40 | 00:01:20 |
| David Brook | 00:40:40 | 00:39:11 | 00:01:29 |
| Jayne Martin | 00:50:00 | 00:48:28 | 00:01:32 |
| Zoe Wyrko | 00:45:00 | 00:43:23 | 00:01:37 |
| Tam Nichols | 00:39:26 | 00:37:47 | 00:01:39 |
| Nicola Taylor | 00:40:50 | 00:39:08 | 00:01:42 |
| Vicki Galbraith | 00:42:10 | 00:40:25 | 00:01:45 |
| Daryyl Hazelwood | 00:40:00 | 00:38:13 | 00:01:47 |
| Robert Craig | 00:37:00 | 00:35:11 | 00:01:49 |
| Chris Page | 00:43:00 | 00:40:59 | 00:02:01 |
| Simon Berg | 00:40:00 | 00:37:40 | 00:02:20 |
| Anthony Ison | 00:39:00 | 00:36:36 | 00:02:24 |
| Abi Arnott | 00:47:30 | 00:45:00 | 00:02:30 |
| Simon Dolphin-Rowland | 00:40:00 | 00:37:25 | 00:02:35 |
| Paul Geeson | 00:39:40 | 00:36:54 | 00:02:46 |
| Mark Tyler | 00:39:15 | 00:36:26 | 00:02:49 |
| John Martin | 00:46:00 | 00:42:54 | 00:03:06 |
| Karen Matthias | 00:52:00 | 00:48:28 | 00:03:32 |
| Andy Hart | 00:37:30 | 00:33:45 | 00:03:45 |
Due to Covid-19 restrictions there wasn’t a race in 2020.
The 2019 event took place on Wednesday 14th August at 7pm from the village of Sproxton (the Crown Inn). Reports/results here.
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The 2016 event took place on Wednesday 10th August at 7pm from the village of Branston – meeting outside the Wheel Inn. Report/results here.
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The 2015 event took place on Wednesday 20th May at 7pm from the village of Hickling – meeting at the wide paved area next to the canal (i.e. opposite the pub).
