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.
21st June 2023
This year 26 runners participated in the annual event run from the Hickling Basin as an out and back along the Grantham Canal returning to The Plough for post run drinks where Lewis Hyde was presented with his trophy for having the closest predicted/actual time of only 4 seconds difference.
Results as follows: 2023 No Watch Race
29th June 2022
This years event was run around the Hambelton Peninsula route with Paul Geeson having the closest time to his prediction ( 10 seconds out) closely followed by Mark Tyler ( 12 seconds) and Robert Craig ( 27 seconds). Thanks to Andy, Katie and Matt for hosting.
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).
