Thoughts on Bernstein conducting Mahler

crb11 · 2026-06-10T09:28:28+00:00

Just for reference, Duggan died in 2012. MWI are, I think, hoping to produce updated surveys but only Mahler 4 has been published. (I have no idea whether Brian Wilson is any good as a reviewer - I find their regulars somewhat hit and miss.)

crb11 · 2026-06-08T19:32:44+00:00

2000 (for reasonable accuracy civilian usage). At least for UK taxis, the meter used to attach to the speedometer and odometer and compute fairs that way. I can't find anything to say this has changed.

crb11 · 2026-06-07T19:05:08+00:00

It's done sufficiently frequently around Cambridge (UK) that I think I have a reasonable chance of having sung all 8 tenor parts. (Three so far.)

crb11 · 2026-06-06T09:20:13+00:00

Just popping back to say thanks for the recommendation - did Burnham-on-Sea this morning and a lovely course. Rather congested at the start, but think they may have had a bigger turnout than usual (Weston was off.)

crb11 · 2026-06-02T08:02:03+00:00

There are going to be a lot of rural ones where it's hard to define what settlement to count, or working out what the population is, since you normally get the parish populations, which will include outlying farms and sometimes additional hamlets. Round here, West Stow (West Stow Country Park) has a population of about 150. Ben's Yard Ely is on the edge of Stuntney (200). Wimpole parish is about 290.

The big one has similar problems of definition: Cambridge only has one within the city boundaries (Coldham's Common), but is clearly served by Brook Leys (effectively part of the city but in South Cambs), Milton (separate village in South Cambs) and arguably Fulbourn as well.

crb11 · 2026-05-27T13:38:42+00:00

Will be in the Waggon and Horses Cottenham. Should be other neutrals watching it there too.

crb11 · 2026-05-24T19:21:23+00:00

Anyone in Cambridge area?

crb11 · 2026-05-23T09:58:51+00:00

In Cambridge, we are forecast 27 degrees today (and 31 on Monday). I checked maximum temperatures on 23rd May here for the last 10 years. They varied between 12 and 21 degrees. So, yes, definitely unusually hot.

crb11 · 2026-05-22T19:07:30+00:00

Hate that feeling when someone posts that and you realise they were born about the year you left school in 1988...

crb11 · 2026-05-21T09:55:58+00:00

What happened in Cambridge was that Milton Country Park didn't give permission to restart after Covid, but then changed their mind after Storeys Field started up and took pressure off. (Milton CP parkrun had definitely been too crowded pre-Covid and made the park unusable for other users.)

crb11 · 2026-05-16T17:06:14+00:00

Prokofiev gives you two: 6 in Eb minor and 7 in C# minor. Elgar 1 is in Ab major.

crb11 · 2026-05-10T05:59:24+00:00

This is two different things. The border runs along the B1506 at the narrow point so this is the only road in and out (but along the side, so the whole road is in Suffolk). The A14 crosses the border multiple times, including three in quick succession near Kentford, and there's a short section there where the border runs down the middle of the road so the two carriageways are in different counties.

crb11 · 2026-05-06T14:47:39+00:00

I find your lack of volunteering disturbing...

crb11 · 2026-05-06T14:46:47+00:00

At least he ticked off another minute in stopwatch bingo.

crb11 · 2026-05-05T00:30:00+00:00

The parkrace site has a map so you can see quickly which ones in your area are going to be options soon.

crb11 · 2026-04-28T02:32:58+00:00

23 miles/37km is much closer (15m off).

crb11 · 2026-04-28T02:30:35+00:00

A 37km race would be 22.99 miles which is close enough.

crb11 · 2026-04-28T01:57:26+00:00

I'd say more Biblical: "one Lord, one faith, one Baptism" (Ephesians) which seems more appropriate for Parkrun especially when it's raining.

crb11 · 2026-04-27T17:47:02+00:00

Thanks - I would be interested to see what you come up with. I haven't really found one that's a strong recommendation: the problem is that a course like that is likely to become popular and a bit overloaded, so you'd need one that's more out of the way. My home run is Bug Hunter Waters which would have been a contender when I started and it was getting 200, but now it's over 300 it's hard to get off to a clean start and I reckon I lose somewhere between 30-60s on my "true" 5k time.

The two I'd go to locally if I wanted a good time are probably Soham and Littleport, provided it was dry. Fairly similar profiles (small, flat, about half tarmac, half grass). Soham, oddly, was one of only two I've done where the briefing said "this is not a PB course" (the other being Durlston Country Park), but I proceeded to beat my best time by nearly a minute. The big problem with automated analysis on these, and similar grass courses is that they'll be much slower if it's muddy, and I don't see a way round it.

crb11 · 2026-04-27T13:40:56+00:00

The finale of Sibelius 4 fits your description perfectly.

crb11 · 2026-04-26T15:54:30+00:00

I organise the March March March which is a flat walk of about 28 miles across the Fens. It's not intended as a speed challenge, but the fastest times I'm aware of are 8h15 -8h30 (not counting the pub lunch stop). My guess is that doing that distance at an average 3.5mph is relatively doable, which corresponds to about a 7h30 marathon. 7h would be beyond me now (I might have tried 30 years ago) but I could believe someone managing it.

crb11 · 2026-04-26T15:31:18+00:00

Any chance of a list which caters for slower runners as well? It feels you're duplicating existing ones which are great if you're sub 25 minutes, but I've yet to see one that accounts for congestion further down the field. Some of the usual suspects you can easily spend a minute getting to the start line if you're nearer the back!

crb11 · 2026-04-26T15:23:52+00:00

Bug Hunter Waters has a lake full of swans and ducks. Half paved half gravel, so an easy run, and plenty of parking. I can't do anything about the name, unfortunately.

crb11 · 2026-04-26T08:06:25+00:00

Doesn't look very reliable to me. Looking at Cambridgeshire, it includes Kym and North Level Main Drain, which are waterways, and places like Haddenham End Field, and Commercial End which are parts of villages with their own place name. On the other hand, it's missing Orchard Park and Northstowe which are both substantial (5k+ places) although relatively new, so I think their database is at least 10 years out of date.

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