wrc

Goyt Valley 10K

Thursday 28th April 2011

Provisional Results

Pos	Name	Age Cat	Club	Time
1	Richard Kay	M	Tipton Harriers	36.34 (R)
2	Ryan Holroyd	M	Staffs Moorlands	37.14
3	Matt Chapman	M	South London Harriers	38.30
4	Andy Pead	M45 (1)	Goyt Valley Striders	38.45
5	Malcolm Fowler	M45	Wilmslow Running Club	39.28
6	Ed Gamble	M45	Cheshire Hill Racers	39.53
7	Sarah Tunstall	F (1)	Kendal AC	40.02
8	Alan Kay	M	Unattached	40.50
9	Stuart Parrott	M45	Wilmslow Running Club	41.04
10	Nat Winfield	M	Pennine Fell Runners	41.14
11	Rick Lloyd	M40 (1)	Stockport Harriers	41.19
12	Neil Pettie	M	Goyt Valley Striders	41.43
13	Paul Light	M50 (1)	Staffs Moorlands	42.13
14	Beckie Woodland	F	South London Harriers	42.26
15	Barry Archbold	M	Unattached	42.30
16	Mark Smith	M50	Unattached	42.41
17	Robert White	M	Buxton AC	42.57
18	John Mooney	M50	Macclesfield Harriers	43.03
19	Pete Woodhead	M	Goyt Valley Striders	43.05
20	Lee Brotzman	M	Goyt Valley Striders	43.11
21	Colin Coote	M40	Unattached	43.17
22	Nathan Mayoh	M	Unattached	43.25
23	Lee Barratt	M40	Stockport Harriers	44.01
24	Julian Brown	M45	Macclesfield Harriers	44.30
25	Craig Hunt	M40	Unattached	45.17
26	Alistair Fitzgerald	M	Goyt Valley Striders	45.23
27	Jonathan Sevell	M	Unattached	45.24
28	Mike Hill	M45	Unattached	45.25
29	Brian Holland	M55 (1)	Goyt Valley Striders	45.35
30	Tim Webster	M	Unattached	45.44
31	Trevor Hindle	M45	Goyt Valley Striders	45.50
32	Jason Tatton	M	Buxton AC	45.51
33	David Shepherd	M45	Unattached	45.53
34	Stephen Bull	M	Goyt Valley Striders	45.54
35	Chris Harding	M55	Goyt Valley Striders	45.56
36	Miko	M	Unattached	46.06
37	Kim Lo	F	Haywards Heath Harriers	46.10
38	Andrew Moore	M50	Dark Peak Fell Runners	46.14
39	Stephen Fosbrook	M	Unattached	46.15
40	Mark Platts	M	Staffs Moorlands	46.16
41	Stuart Lucas	M45	Unattached	46.32
42	Tim Walton	M40	Macclesfield Harriers	46.39
43	Peter Bannister	M	Wilmslow Running Club	46.53
44	Peter Davis	M	Goyt Valley Striders	47.03
45	Mish Abushal	M	Unattached	47.08
46	Paul Garnett	M45	Wilmslow Running Club	47.19
47	Louise Rudd	F35 (1)	Wilmslow Running Club	47.21
48	Chris Harbron	M40	Macclesfield Harriers	47.28
49	Mark Wood	M40	Unattached	47.30
50	Matthew Grove	M	Macclesfield Harriers	47.32
51	Mike Slater	M45	Stockport Harriers	47.34
52	Kristy Readman	F35	Macclesfield Harriers	47.35
53	Brian West	M40	Macclesfield Harriers	47.42
54	Mark Cliffe	M	Pennine Fell Runners	47.55
55	Gary Willcock	M45	Sale Harriers	47.57
56	Katy Green	F35	Wilmslow Running Club	48.03
57	Kelly Dyson	M	Goyt Valley Striders	48.06
58	Steve Lomas	M40	Macclesfield Harriers	48.15
59	Gavin Elliott	M	Ripley AC	48.19
60	Mick Wren	M50	Goyt Valley Striders	48.30
61	Jon Bale	M45	Wilmslow Running Club	48.39
62	Kevin Day	M45	Goyt Valley Striders	48.52
63	Paul Norris	M50	Wilmslow Running Club	48.55
64	John Brough	M45	Goyt Valley Striders	49.08
65	Shaun Coram	M40	Goyt Valley Striders	49.10
66	Fiona Johnson	F	Unattached	49.24
67	Christine Geraghty	F45 (1)	Wilmslow Running Club	49.48
68	Glyn Roberts	M40	Unattached	50.06
69	William Houghton	M	Unattached	50.11
70	Jim Harries	M55	Stockport Harriers	50.12
71	James Hobson	M	Goyt Valley Striders	50.22
72	Matthew Hack	M50	Stockport Harriers	50.25
73	Scott Overton	M	Unattached	50.27
74	Neil Murphy	M50	Macclesfield Harriers	50.50
75	Sikobe Litaba	M45	Glossopdale Harriers	51.12
76	Sophie Kirk	F	Macclesfield Harriers	51.16
77	Tom Rice	M	Unattached	51.19
78	Keith Mulholland	M45	Macclesfield Harriers	51.25
79	Tom Powell	M	Unattached	51.43
80	Rachel Jones	F	Wellingborough	51.50
81	Alf Heyworth	M	Unattached	51.57
82	Ferguson	M	Unattached	51.58
83	Ken Bloor	M50	Trentham	52.00
84	Jo Miles	F45	Goyt Valley Striders	52.03
85	Ian Waddell	M40	Goyt Valley Striders	52.05
86	Ben Jackson	M	Unattached	52.25
87	Mark Anderton	M	Macclesfield Harriers	52.30
88	Michael Jones	M	Unattached	52.35
89	Cath Shepherd	F	Unattached	52.36
90	Roger Wood	M40	Unattached	52.38
91	Rich Grant	M	Unattached	52.55
92	Jolyon Meredith	M40	Unattached	53.00
93	Chris Metcalfe	M45	Razzers Runners	53.03
94	Lawrence Haughton	M45	Unattached	53.04
95	Jane Blackburn	F40 (1)	Unattached	53.05
96	Darren Burns	M45	Unattached	53.17
97	David Taylor	M50	Unattached	53.36
98	Ross Kennedy	M	Unattached	53.43
99	Steve Fairclough	M45	Stockport Harriers	53.46
100	Paul Whyte	M	Unattached	53.51
101	Will Meredith	M	Goyt Valley Striders	53.52
102	Angela Maziere	F50 (1)	Wilmslow Running Club	53.54
103	Russ Evans	M	Goyt Valley Striders	53.59
104	Mark Whelan	M40	Goyt Valley Striders	54.06
105	David Brindley	M	Buxton AC	54.07
106	Richard Burgoin	M	Unattached	54.07
107	Martin Williams	M50	Unattached	54.08
108	Stephen Sanders	M55	Goyt Valley Striders	54.16
109	Malcolm Stubbs	M55	Pennine Fell Runners	54.22
110	Paul Convery	M	Stockport Harriers	54.25
111	Yvonne Cooper	F	Bushfield Joggers	54.35
112	Phil Leigh	M45	Unattached	54.42
113	Tim Carter	M	Unattached	54.43
114	Rachel Lawrence	F	Macclesfield Harriers	54.49
115	Aled Roberts	M	Unattached	54.50
116	Martin Johnson	M45	Unattached	54.54
117	Simon Reid	M	Unattached	54.57
118	Dave Mason	M	Unattached	54.59
119	Kevin Holroyd	M50	Staffs Moorlands	55.11
120	David Woodward	M	Unattached	55.19
121	Phillip Mallon	M	Unattached	55.20
122	Paul Simpson	M	Unattached	55.21
123	Paul Blossoms	M40	Unattached	55.24
124	David Larkin	M	Macclesfield Harriers	55.26
125	Katy Thornhill	F35	Goyt Valley Striders	55.30
126	Steven Berry	M45	Goyt Valley Striders	55.36
127	Chris Cannon	M50	Wilmslow Running Club	55.44
128	Paul Hunt	M45	Goyt Valley Striders	55.49
129	Harold Pinkney	M55	Congleton Harriers	55.53
130	Sarah Guise	F40	Buxton AC	55.57
131	Ian Ridgley	M50	Unattached	56.14
132	Richard Fletcher	M	Goyt Valley Striders	56.26
133	Mary Jones	F40	Goyt Valley Striders	56.32
134	Stuart Barker	M	Unattached	56.41
135	Sarah Bull	F35	Goyt Valley Striders	56.44
136	Carolyn Hirons	F45	Wilmslow Running Club	56.56
137	Philomena Smith	F45	Goyt Valley Striders	57.05
138	Susan Holland	F50	Goyt Valley Striders	57.09
139	Tim Latala	M	Unattached	57.14
140	Sally Mitchell	F55(1)	Goyt Valley Striders	57.19
141	Cath Wright	F45	Unattached	57.24
142	Noreen Insley	F45	Unattached	57.39
143	Rosemary Jones	F	Unattached	57.59
144	Steve Warwick	M55	Unattached	58.05
145	Carolyn Whittle	F35	Goyt Valley Striders	58.07
146	Andrew Dobson	M	Goyt Valley Striders	58.13
147	Elizabeth Baker	F50	Staffs Moorlands	58.26
148	Richard Whatmuff	M	Unattached	58.42
149	Alan Charnby	M60 (1)	Unattached	59.01
150	Adam Leese	M	Unattached	59.20
151	Peter Samuelson	M65 (1)	Spectrum Striders	59.32
152	Tracy Vernon	F45	Goyt Valley Striders	59.39
153	Chloe Fletcher	F	Goyt Valley Striders	59.58
154	Jonathan Storey	M	Goyt Valley Striders	60.12
155	Claire Elsworth	F35	Goyt Valley Striders	60.13
156	Rebecca Glen	F35	Goyt Valley Striders	60.19
157	Julia Wilson	F35	Unattached	60.41
158	Lesley Sutton	F55	Goyt Valley Striders	60.47
159	Nina Tomlin	F	Unattached	60.54
160	Martin Kocsis	M40	Unattached	61.01
161	Carole Hill	F40	Goyt Valley Striders	61.09
162	Nicholas Hurrell	M	Goyt Valley Striders	61.14
163	Karl Smith	M45	Goyt Valley Striders	61.18
164	Richard Hough	M55	Unattached	61.25
165	Julie Lucas	F45	Wilmslow Running Club	61.48
166	Andy Lees	M40	Goyt Valley Striders	61.55
167	Helen Gray	F45	Goyt Valley Striders	62.06
168	Chris Leese	M60	Unattached	62.35
169	Nickie Williams	F40	Unattached	62.36
170	Helen Smith	F50	Goyt Valley Striders	62.56
171	Peter Goodwin	M60	Unattached	63.25
172	Steve Sharp	M40	Unattached	63.35
173	Rebecca Sullivan	F	Goyt Valley Striders	63.50
174	David Smith	M40	Unattached	63.55
175	Peter Stanley	M40	Unattached	64.21
176	Bill Mould	M60	Staffs Moorlands	65.02
177	Sarah Flynn	F35	Unattached	65.34
178	Tom Whittle	M	Goyt Valley Striders	65.36
179	Gareth Frazer	M	Unattached	65.52
180	Robert Whittle	M	Goyt Valley Striders	67.28
181	Mark Taylor	M	Staffs Moorlands	67.45
182	Michelle Bancroft	F35	Unattached	67.53
183	Catherine Morris	F	Unattached	67.53
184	Nadine Muller	F	Unattached	69.22
185	Chris McDermott	M40	Unattached	69.59
186	Jim Lampard	M60	Unattached	70.05
187	David Taylor	M50	Staffs Moorlands	70.44
188	Sarah Davis	F	Unattached	71.18
189	Ross Weston	M40	Wrekin Road Runners	72.50
190	Andrew Cotton	M40	Muller RC	73.33
191	Stephanie Watts	F	Goyt Valley Striders	74.30
192	Melanie Watts	F45	Goyt Valley Striders	74.54
193	Bernie Peacock	F40	Unattached	81.41
194	Sam Goodwin	F	Goyt Valley Striders	81.41

Official results to appear at : http://www.ukresults.net/

Photos, courtesy of Mick Hall at : http://www.mickhall-photos.com/index.asp

We managed to raise £1,000 for Buxton Mountain Rescue Team which is the most we have ever raised from an evening event and I know that with the last two harsh winters and rising fuel costs their funds have been depleted somwhat.

Malcolm / Don

Form Scores - Run the Bridge

	Runcorn	Crewe	Mow Cop	Wilmslow
Alan Turner		149	154	153
Andrew Dodd		140	139	141
Andrew Whittingham	119	121
Andy Watts				126
Angela Maziere	152	154		151
Aron Myers		132
Carolyn Hirons	160	158	159	165
Catriona Marshall			159	166
Charlotte Godfrey		171		179
Chris Cannon	152	155	151	162
Christine Geraghty	138	139		135
Clare Hawkes				141
Damian Nicholls	102	106
Don Bullough	162		158	176
Ed Hickling				135
Elspeth Gibson		175	182	174
Gail Hill	172	170	182	169
Gareth  Trimble		133	132	135
Gavin Mendham		158		135
Geoff Gilbert		135		135
Graham MacNeil	112	115	110
Hamish Shaw	112			119
Huma Rahman	156		151
Ian Ashcroft	141	141	147	144
Ian Smallwood		127	121	129
James Eyre	125	124		126
Janine Ellis	139	139		136
Jarrod Homer				141
Jeremy Bygrave				129
Jim Pendrill			110	110
John Porteous		147	145	146
Jon Bale				139
Jonathon Dunkley				124
Julie Lucas		170	169	173
Kate Sutton		141		138
Katy Green		137
Louise Rudd	131	131		131
Malcolm Fowler	114
Mark Bale				117
Mathew Atkinson	136
Mick Fairs		126		122
Mike Cooper			125
Ned Spencer				168
Neil McAleece				225
Nicky Mowat				136
Nina Birch	163	170	181
Owen Ashcroft	140	144	146	145
Patrick Grannan	134	137	141	133
Paul Garnett	130	132		138
Paul Norris	137	134		131
Paul Stonier				140
Penny Hinke			162	162
Pete Stock				137
Peter Bannister				126
Peter Watson	155	156		157
Phil Smith				113
Richard Hirons			130	135
Rob Downs	111			108
Rob Gilbert				120
Rod Coombs	159	162
Roy Pownall	173	166	177
Sally Gilliver			133
Sally Johnston			145	140
Sarah Miles		173	166	172
Sarah Waite		147
Sharon Jones				154
Simon Fenton		157		166
Soraya Mason	153		158	152
Steffi Sperring	157			142
Steve Russell				147
Sue Strang				144
Tom McGaff	114		112	114
Tony Hulme	129	131	127
Trevor Faulkner	184		171	174
Trevor Morris		114		112
Zoe Hoghton	147			146

Your form score allows you to assess how well you ran in a race by comparing your time against all other Wilmslow runners in the race given the extent to which they normally run faster or slower than you. The lower you score, the better you ran.

Goyt Valley 10K

Thursday 28th April 2011

Provisional Results

Pos	Name	Age Cat	Club	Time
1	Richard Kay	M	Tipton Harriers	36.34 (R)
2	Ryan Holroyd	M	Staffs Moorlands	37.14
3	Matt Chapman	M	South London Harriers	38.30
4	Andy Pead	M45 (1)	Goyt Valley Striders	38.45
5	Malcolm Fowler	M45	Wilmslow Running Club	39.28
6	Ed Gamble	M45	Cheshire Hill Racers	39.53
7	Sarah Tunstall	F (1)	Kendal AC	40.02
8	Alan Kay	M	Unattached	40.50
9	Stuart Parrott	M45	Wilmslow Running Club	41.04
10	Nat Winfield	M	Pennine Fell Runners	41.14
11	Rick Lloyd	M40 (1)	Stockport Harriers	41.19
12	Neil Pettie	M	Goyt Valley Striders	41.43
13	Paul Light	M50 (1)	Staffs Moorlands	42.13
14	Beckie Woodland	F	South London Harriers	42.26
15	Barry Archbold	M	Unattached	42.30
16	Mark Smith	M50	Unattached	42.41
17	Robert White	M	Buxton AC	42.57
18	John Mooney	M50	Macclesfield Harriers	43.03
19	Pete Woodhead	M	Goyt Valley Striders	43.05
20	Lee Brotzman	M	Goyt Valley Striders	43.11
21	Colin Coote	M40	Unattached	43.17
22	Nathan Mayoh	M	Unattached	43.25
23	Lee Barratt	M40	Stockport Harriers	44.01
24	Julian Brown	M45	Macclesfield Harriers	44.30
25	Craig Hunt	M40	Unattached	45.17
26	Alistair Fitzgerald	M	Goyt Valley Striders	45.23
27	Jonathan Sevell	M	Unattached	45.24
28	Mike Hill	M45	Unattached	45.25
29	Brian Holland	M55 (1)	Goyt Valley Striders	45.35
30	Tim Webster	M	Unattached	45.44
31	Trevor Hindle	M45	Goyt Valley Striders	45.50
32	Jason Tatton	M	Buxton AC	45.51
33	David Shepherd	M45	Unattached	45.53
34	Stephen Bull	M	Goyt Valley Striders	45.54
35	Chris Harding	M55	Goyt Valley Striders	45.56
36	Miko	M	Unattached	46.06
37	Kim Lo	F	Haywards Heath Harriers	46.10
38	Andrew Moore	M50	Dark Peak Fell Runners	46.14
39	Stephen Fosbrook	M	Unattached	46.15
40	Mark Platts	M	Staffs Moorlands	46.16
41	Stuart Lucas	M45	Unattached	46.32
42	Tim Walton	M40	Macclesfield Harriers	46.39
43	Peter Bannister	M	Wilmslow Running Club	46.53
44	Peter Davis	M	Goyt Valley Striders	47.03
45	Mish Abushal	M	Unattached	47.08
46	Paul Garnett	M45	Wilmslow Running Club	47.19
47	Louise Rudd	F35 (1)	Wilmslow Running Club	47.21
48	Chris Harbron	M40	Macclesfield Harriers	47.28
49	Mark Wood	M40	Unattached	47.30
50	Matthew Grove	M	Macclesfield Harriers	47.32
51	Mike Slater	M45	Stockport Harriers	47.34
52	Kristy Readman	F35	Macclesfield Harriers	47.35
53	Brian West	M40	Macclesfield Harriers	47.42
54	Mark Cliffe	M	Pennine Fell Runners	47.55
55	Gary Willcock	M45	Sale Harriers	47.57
56	Katy Green	F35	Wilmslow Running Club	48.03
57	Kelly Dyson	M	Goyt Valley Striders	48.06
58	Steve Lomas	M40	Macclesfield Harriers	48.15
59	Gavin Elliott	M	Ripley AC	48.19
60	Mick Wren	M50	Goyt Valley Striders	48.30
61	Jon Bale	M45	Wilmslow Running Club	48.39
62	Kevin Day	M45	Goyt Valley Striders	48.52
63	Paul Norris	M50	Wilmslow Running Club	48.55
64	John Brough	M45	Goyt Valley Striders	49.08
65	Shaun Coram	M40	Goyt Valley Striders	49.10
66	Fiona Johnson	F	Unattached	49.24
67	Christine Geraghty	F45 (1)	Wilmslow Running Club	49.48
68	Glyn Roberts	M40	Unattached	50.06
69	William Houghton	M	Unattached	50.11
70	Jim Harries	M55	Stockport Harriers	50.12
71	James Hobson	M	Goyt Valley Striders	50.22
72	Matthew Hack	M50	Stockport Harriers	50.25
73	Scott Overton	M	Unattached	50.27
74	Neil Murphy	M50	Macclesfield Harriers	50.50
75	Sikobe Litaba	M45	Glossopdale Harriers	51.12
76	Sophie Kirk	F	Macclesfield Harriers	51.16
77	Tom Rice	M	Unattached	51.19
78	Keith Mulholland	M45	Macclesfield Harriers	51.25
79	Tom Powell	M	Unattached	51.43
80	Rachel Jones	F	Wellingborough	51.50
81	Alf Heyworth	M	Unattached	51.57
82	Ferguson	M	Unattached	51.58
83	Ken Bloor	M50	Trentham	52.00
84	Jo Miles	F45	Goyt Valley Striders	52.03
85	Ian Waddell	M40	Goyt Valley Striders	52.05
86	Ben Jackson	M	Unattached	52.25
87	Mark Anderton	M	Macclesfield Harriers	52.30
88	Michael Jones	M	Unattached	52.35
89	Cath Shepherd	F	Unattached	52.36
90	Roger Wood	M40	Unattached	52.38
91	Rich Grant	M	Unattached	52.55
92	Jolyon Meredith	M40	Unattached	53.00
93	Chris Metcalfe	M45	Razzers Runners	53.03
94	Lawrence Haughton	M45	Unattached	53.04
95	Jane Blackburn	F40 (1)	Unattached	53.05
96	Darren Burns	M45	Unattached	53.17
97	David Taylor	M50	Unattached	53.36
98	Ross Kennedy	M	Unattached	53.43
99	Steve Fairclough	M45	Stockport Harriers	53.46
100	Paul Whyte	M	Unattached	53.51
101	Will Meredith	M	Goyt Valley Striders	53.52
102	Angela Maziere	F50 (1)	Wilmslow Running Club	53.54
103	Russ Evans	M	Goyt Valley Striders	53.59
104	Mark Whelan	M40	Goyt Valley Striders	54.06
105	David Brindley	M	Buxton AC	54.07
106	Richard Burgoin	M	Unattached	54.07
107	Martin Williams	M50	Unattached	54.08
108	Stephen Sanders	M55	Goyt Valley Striders	54.16
109	Malcolm Stubbs	M55	Pennine Fell Runners	54.22
110	Paul Convery	M	Stockport Harriers	54.25
111	Yvonne Cooper	F	Bushfield Joggers	54.35
112	Phil Leigh	M45	Unattached	54.42
113	Tim Carter	M	Unattached	54.43
114	Rachel Lawrence	F	Macclesfield Harriers	54.49
115	Aled Roberts	M	Unattached	54.50
116	Martin Johnson	M45	Unattached	54.54
117	Simon Reid	M	Unattached	54.57
118	Dave Mason	M	Unattached	54.59
119	Kevin Holroyd	M50	Staffs Moorlands	55.11
120	David Woodward	M	Unattached	55.19
121	Phillip Mallon	M	Unattached	55.20
122	Paul Simpson	M	Unattached	55.21
123	Paul Blossoms	M40	Unattached	55.24
124	David Larkin	M	Macclesfield Harriers	55.26
125	Katy Thornhill	F35	Goyt Valley Striders	55.30
126	Steven Berry	M45	Goyt Valley Striders	55.36
127	Chris Cannon	M50	Wilmslow Running Club	55.44
128	Paul Hunt	M45	Goyt Valley Striders	55.49
129	Harold Pinkney	M55	Congleton Harriers	55.53
130	Sarah Guise	F40	Buxton AC	55.57
131	Ian Ridgley	M50	Unattached	56.14
132	Richard Fletcher	M	Goyt Valley Striders	56.26
133	Mary Jones	F40	Goyt Valley Striders	56.32
134	Stuart Barker	M	Unattached	56.41
135	Sarah Bull	F35	Goyt Valley Striders	56.44
136	Carolyn Hirons	F45	Wilmslow Running Club	56.56
137	Philomena Smith	F45	Goyt Valley Striders	57.05
138	Susan Holland	F50	Goyt Valley Striders	57.09
139	Tim Latala	M	Unattached	57.14
140	Sally Mitchell	F55(1)	Goyt Valley Striders	57.19
141	Cath Wright	F45	Unattached	57.24
142	Noreen Insley	F45	Unattached	57.39
143	Rosemary Jones	F	Unattached	57.59
144	Steve Warwick	M55	Unattached	58.05
145	Carolyn Whittle	F35	Goyt Valley Striders	58.07
146	Andrew Dobson	M	Goyt Valley Striders	58.13
147	Elizabeth Baker	F50	Staffs Moorlands	58.26
148	Richard Whatmuff	M	Unattached	58.42
149	Alan Charnby	M60 (1)	Unattached	59.01
150	Adam Leese	M	Unattached	59.20
151	Peter Samuelson	M65 (1)	Spectrum Striders	59.32
152	Tracy Vernon	F45	Goyt Valley Striders	59.39
153	Chloe Fletcher	F	Goyt Valley Striders	59.58
154	Jonathan Storey	M	Goyt Valley Striders	60.12
155	Claire Elsworth	F35	Goyt Valley Striders	60.13
156	Rebecca Glen	F35	Goyt Valley Striders	60.19
157	Julia Wilson	F35	Unattached	60.41
158	Lesley Sutton	F55	Goyt Valley Striders	60.47
159	Nina Tomlin	F	Unattached	60.54
160	Martin Kocsis	M40	Unattached	61.01
161	Carole Hill	F40	Goyt Valley Striders	61.09
162	Nicholas Hurrell	M	Goyt Valley Striders	61.14
163	Karl Smith	M45	Goyt Valley Striders	61.18
164	Richard Hough	M55	Unattached	61.25
165	Julie Lucas	F45	Wilmslow Running Club	61.48
166	Andy Lees	M40	Goyt Valley Striders	61.55
167	Helen Gray	F45	Goyt Valley Striders	62.06
168	Chris Leese	M60	Unattached	62.35
169	Nickie Williams	F40	Unattached	62.36
170	Helen Smith	F50	Goyt Valley Striders	62.56
171	Peter Goodwin	M60	Unattached	63.25
172	Steve Sharp	M40	Unattached	63.35
173	Rebecca Sullivan	F	Goyt Valley Striders	63.50
174	David Smith	M40	Unattached	63.55
175	Peter Stanley	M40	Unattached	64.21
176	Bill Mould	M60	Staffs Moorlands	65.02
177	Sarah Flynn	F35	Unattached	65.34
178	Tom Whittle	M	Goyt Valley Striders	65.36
179	Gareth Frazer	M	Unattached	65.52
180	Robert Whittle	M	Goyt Valley Striders	67.28
181	Mark Taylor	M	Staffs Moorlands	67.45
182	Michelle Bancroft	F35	Unattached	67.53
183	Catherine Morris	F	Unattached	67.53
184	Nadine Muller	F	Unattached	69.22
185	Chris McDermott	M40	Unattached	69.59
186	Jim Lampard	M60	Unattached	70.05
187	David Taylor	M50	Staffs Moorlands	70.44
188	Sarah Davis	F	Unattached	71.18
189	Ross Weston	M40	Wrekin Road Runners	72.50
190	Andrew Cotton	M40	Muller RC	73.33
191	Stephanie Watts	F	Goyt Valley Striders	74.30
192	Melanie Watts	F45	Goyt Valley Striders	74.54
193	Bernie Peacock	F40	Unattached	81.41
194	Sam Goodwin	F	Goyt Valley Striders	81.41

Age/sex adjusted times

Summer Series, race 3 -	Runcorn
	adjusted time		'discount'
Tom McGaff	24:17		15.2%
Rob Downs	25:26		8.1%
Graham MacNeil	25:28		9.3%
Tony Hulme	25:28		21.0%
Damian Nicholls	25:36		0.0%
Malcolm Fowler	25:59		9.0%
Patrick Grannan	27:24		18.3%
Ian Ashcroft	27:26		22.3%
Christine Geraghty	27:47		19.9%
Hamish Shaw	28:04		0.0%
Andrew Whittingham	28:23		4.4%
Peter Watson	28:31		26.3%
Louise Rudd	28:36		12.4%
Janine Ellis	29:32		15.2%
Paul Garnett	29:38		9.2%
Paul Norris	29:38		13.3%
Angela Maziere	30:18		20.4%
James Eyre	31:01		0.6%
Soraya Mason	31:46		16.9%
Zoe Hoghton	32:07		12.5%
Rod Coombs	32:36		18.3%
Chris Cannon	32:46		14.1%
Huma Rahman	33:08		15.3%
Carolyn Hirons	33:22		16.8%
Mathew Atkinson	34:06		0.0%
Trevor Faulkner	34:29		25.0%
Roy Pownall	34:43		20.0%
Owen Ashcroft	34:58		0.0%
Steffi Sperring	34:59		11.1%
Don Bullough	35:06		13.5%
Nina Birch	36:18		11.1%
Gail Hill	37:10		13.5%

 

The table, after three races, continues to read Graham 1st., Tony 2nd., Ian 3rd.. Then come Patrick, Carolyn & Chris, Roy, Owen, Gail and Nina.

However Tom, who has won every year since we instigated this league, has two races and two wins.

Summer Series - Race 3

 Run the Bridge, Runcorn 

" A personal worst", said Gail "but at least I beat Roy". Tells you something about Roy's day.

 Damian's was better, up against some class runners he finished 3rd. Rob was 13th and 1st.M45, quite an achievement in a field in which Malcolm, 23rd. overall, was  5th.M45.  Hamish, running his first 5 miles was 18th., read his blog at http://hamishshaw.blogspot.com/2011/04/runcorn-bridge-5-miler-race-report.html. Graham, who led the Summer Series table coming into the race was one second behind Hamish. Tom was 25th. and 1st. M55, Andrew's PB brought him in 37th. Nick was brought to a stop by a pain in his hip which he said was like being shot (we were close to Liverpool), after three years of amazing resilience through a string of injury problems he deserves better.

It was cloudy and still when we left Wilmslow. The Race HQ at Picow Farm sounded rural but, having just passed the old ICI chemical works, it became Picow Farm Industrial Estate. As Tony said it's not the Lake District. The sun broke through before the start which was not everyone's liking. The route looked flat on the diagram but in fact always seemed to be going up or down, to me more up than down but, as the chart said we finished at the same altitude as we started,  that must be a false perception.

Louise was 1st.L35and took the 60 points in our Ladies table. She was followed by Christine, Janine, Zoe, Angela,  Soraya, Huma, Steffi , Carolyn, Nina and Gail.

James was first home in League 3, Tony, who was 1st.M60, took 59 points, Paul (Garnett) was third then Louise, Matt and Paul (Norris).

Patrick won Group 4 from Christine, Janine, Owen, Ian, Zoe, Angela, Huma and Don. I thought it was just me but Angie and Owen commented on how hard they found the bit from the '400m to go' sign. Looking forward to Patrick's recollections of another stunning run.

Chris picked-up his second 60 points in League 5, Soraya's warm-weather training paid-off for  59, Peter came through the field in the second half for 58 points and 1st.M70.,then came Steffi. Rod gained revenge over Carolyn for Crewe but she got a debut PB, then came Nina followed by Gail, Roy and Trevor.

Despite this being a Grand Prix race, the bank holiday weekend limited numbers and points were good.

After a silent speech from the mayor we had a novel Le Mans rolling start and then made for the Bridge. It crosses the Mersey estuary and the Manchester Ship Canal. The Ship Canal was built primarily to take the cotton picked by the black slaves in the southern United States to Manchester, whose damp climate was ideal for spinning. Tony told me on the coach back from the finish to the start that initially the cotton was off-loaded at Liverpool but the Manchester mill-owners objected to what they saw as extortionate charges and the Ship Canal was their riposte. It's an education running for Wilmslow.

Scenic interest thereafter was a bit limited. Janine and I were both targeting 7-minute miles but hers were faster than mine. Owen came through in the first mile but, after running in a bunch at Crewe, there wasn't much Wilmslow jostling in my area of the race to excite the spectators. I was having a go at Rocket Ron's >65 club record, my Garmin said I achieved 6:58 minute miles which would have given me the record but also that I ran 5.06 miles, which took it away again. Others' watches suggested that it was the course being a little over-distance rather than me meandering.

 Janine was disappointed with her good-for-age marathon but is in a rich vein of form with a 5-mile PB here to follow one in the 10k at Crewe.  Patrick also collected his second PBs in a fortnight.

The finish was in a pretty park. There were  hot-cross buns, buttered toast, tea and coffee, all courtesy of the local council who promoted and organised the race extremely well, though they were perhaps a little slow with the results.  The sun was shining, it was a perfect Easter Sunday. Driving back home we were quickly back in the cloud again and forget Spain, apparently it was raining in Malaga, Runcorn's the place to take the family for a sunny bank holiday.

Graham retains leadership of the Main table. Tony moves up to second, Patrick to third. Owen next then Ian, Chris, Carolyn, Nina, Roy and Gail. The ten have run all three races.

Carolyn says she's not confident that she'll still be top of the Ladies' table come the Autumn but race 3 and she's still there. Nina is up to second and Gail third. Last year's champion, Louise, two races, two firsts, looks a bit of a threat.

Tony takes over leadership of League 3. James is second, Ian (Smallwood) third, Louise, Gareth splits the Pauls.

Patrick strengthens his position at the top of League 4 with Owen second and Ian third.

Chris moves to the head of League 5, Carolyn's up to second, Nina's up to third then Roy and Gail.

Ian

2011 Summer Series > Race 3 - Runcorn Bridge

12th 'Run the Bridge' - Halton 5m Road Race

Runcorn Bridge to Hale Village

Sunday 24th April 2011

Pos	Name	Age Cat	Time
1	Matthew Barnes (Altrincham)	M	24:48
3	Damian Nicholls	M	25:36
8	Andrew Lamont (Macc)	M	25:56
13	Rob Downs	M45 (1)	27:40
18	Hamish Shaw	M	28:04
19	Graham MacNeil	M45	28:05
23	Malcolm Fowler	M45	28:33
25	Tom McGaff	M55 (1)	28:37
34	Maria Booth (Liverpool)	F (1)	29:12
37	Andrew Whittingham	M40	29:42
56	James Eyre	M	31:12
74	Tony Hulme	M60 (1)	32:15
85	Paul Garnett	M45	32:38
97	Louise Rudd	F35 (1)	32:49
118	Patrick Grannan	M60	33:33
137	Matthew Atkinson	M	34:06
140	Paul Norris	M50	34:12
153	Christine Geraghty	F45	34:40
162	Janine Ellis	F40 (1)	34:50
167	Owen Ashcroft	M	34:58
171	Ian Ashcroft	M65	35:18
216	Zoe Hoghton	F35	36:42
257	Angela Maziere	F50 (1)	38:05
260	Chris Cannon	M50	38:08
266	Soraya Mason	F45	38:13
287	Peter Watson	M70 (1)	38:41
298	Huma Rahman	F40	39:07
307	Stefanie Sperring	F	39:21
332	Rod Coombs	M60	39:55
335	Carolyn Hirons	F45	40:07
359	Don Bullough	M50	40:35
370	Nina Birch	F	40:50
457	Gail Hill	F35	42:59
479	Roy Pownall	M60	43:22
560	Trevor Faulkner	M65	45:59
	Nick Bishop	M50	ret
(814 finishers)

Full results & photos at : http://www.runhalton.co.uk/results_page.html

Yes, the Men (Damian, Rob, Hamish) finished 2nd behind Liverpool Harriers, but going one better the women (Louise, Christine, Janine) were 1st just ahead of Vale Royal.  The Cheshire Grand Prix results are awaited with added expectation.

Don

LE MARATHON DE PARIS

LE 10 AVRIL 2011

Having already done five marathons I would have thought I would take a sixth in my stride.  However I seemed to be more nervous about doing Paris than I had doing London last year.  Perhaps it was the fact that I was doing it by myself and the fear of the unknown.  I had actually been a spectator at the event five years ago when I should have done it but got the flu.

It was baking hot the day before and the temperatures were set to rise which made me even more worried with my track record of running  (or rather collapsing) in the heat.  But I was incredibly excited to be running a marathon in my favourite city. 

I didn’t need to get up so early as our hotel was just off the Champs Elysee and on the doorstep for the ‘depart’.  Although they cooked my porridge to my specification the butterflies in my stomach didn’t allow me to get much down.

Unlike London there was only one start point so I was rather further back with no celebs to spot.  It was an amazing sight, a mass of runners stretching from the Arc de Triomphe far off into the distance towards the Place de la Concorde.  By the time everyone had taken their positions in the pens I could barely see the arch of the ‘depart’.  The only reason I knew the race had started was because we started shuffling forward.  It took over five minutes to reach the start and then progress was rather slow. 

My game plan was to start at a steady pace and not go faster than a 4.3 min/kil but I hadn’t anticipated such a struggle to get into a rhythm.  As we went round bends we came to a standstill.  Even at 5k there was a pile up as we approached Place de la Bastille.  I completed 10k in 49 mins which was slower than planned but probably put me in good stead for the last 10k.  At 15k I passed a 3.30 pace setter and was starting to get into more of a steady 4.4 to 4.5 min kil.  I decided to stick to the kilometre markers as they came by more frequently and it made a change (yes I did realise there were rather more of them!).

The temperature was rising all the time but I followed Doctor’s orders and poured water over my head at regular intervals as well as sipping from a bottle which I kept in my hand.  I got through about 5 bottles during the race and didn’t seem to suffer unduly from the heat which apparently rose to 27 degrees!  The tunnels we went under on the way back protected us from the sun.  I didn’t fancy the gels I had in my pocket so survived on a few jelly beans to get me round.  Water was provided every 5k and more substantial refreshments towards the end of the course like bananas and oranges which I couldn’t face either.

The course didn’t cover as great an area as it used to when the runners covered all twenty  arrondissements of Paris.  We went from the Arc de Triomphe to the Bois de Vincennes passing Chatelet, the Hotel de Ville and the Chateau de Vincennes on the way out.  On the return which was along a parallel road adjacent to the Seine there were many sights to be appreciated such as the Musee d’Orsee and the Notre Dame.  Luckily I was already quite familiar with these monuments as by this stage my eyes were set on the pavement a few feet ahead.  The Eiffel Tower however was hard to miss!  The end of the route took us through the Bois de Boulogne where the Red Cross were doing a roaring trade getting runners through the last 10k.

My husband had a tracking device on his phone and so was informed when I passed the 21k, 30k and 42k.  He was due to spot me at 28k but I was just too quick between 21 and 30k!  I just heard his familiar voice on Ave Foch which pulled me through the last few metres. 

I didn’t exactly do a negative split (about 1.42 and then 1.48 for the second half) but I was pleased that I didn’t hit the wall as I did last year in London.  The famous words from Andy the guru of marathons  ‘the marathon begins at 20 miles’ kept repeating in my head especially when I was still feeling quite comfortable at 18 miles and was tempted to speed up.  My fastest split was between 21 and 30k.  It was fun overtaking people all the time, although there were times even further along the course when we got bunched up.

As I crossed the line I wasn’t sure exactly what time I had done.  I had set my watch but infact 7seconds after the chip.  Even if it had been accurate I’m not sure I would have been able to throw myself over the line to get under 3.30 as the figures on my watch was too small for me to see!!

As I wandered through to the meeting area I felt a lot more spritely than I had done in previous marathons and had no need of the Croix Rouge.  Some Parisian friends were there to meet me as well as my husband.  As the finish was so close to the start I had no need to pick up a bag as in fact the hotel was between the two.

I got a round of applause as I came back into the hotel with my medal and t-shirt, although I’m not sure how much they appreciated what a ‘marathon’ was.  The receptionist asked me if I’d completed the whole marathon!

Apart from a few war wounds (chaffing between the legs – ow and a huge blister) I felt great.  Perfect recovery treatment was wandering around Paris, shopping and eating with childhood friends.  Un weekend formidable!

Many thanks to all who shared the gruelling long runs with me; Janine, Gavin, Gareth, Patrick in particular.  I would recommend the Paris marathon even though there is not quite so much ‘razzmatazz’ as London.  I didn’t see anyone dressed up.  The crowds were very supportive.  I heard a lot of ‘Allez les filles’ as I was mostly surrounded by men as there were only 20% women.  Even so I was rather surprised to be so high up in the field (184^th) of women overall.  The organisation was very slick apart from the crowding at the start.  Next time I think I’ll lie about my finishing time and start further ahead!

Nicky Mowat 

Anglesey Training Day

Sunday 17th April 2011

       (click on images)

See Tony's video record of the day.

In case you have difficulty finding it, you can also see the video of the previous training day to Snowden at this link.

Form Score

Your form score allows you to assess how well you ran in a race by comparing your time against all other Wilmslow runners in the race given the extent to which they normally run faster or slower than you. The lower you score, the better you ran.

	Crewe	Mow Cop	Wilmslow
Alan Turner	149	154	153
Andrew Dodd	140	139	141
Andrew Whittingham	121
Andy Watts			126
Angela Maziere	154		151
Aron Myers	132
Carolyn Hirons	158	159	165
Catriona Marshall		159	166
Charlotte Godfrey	171		179
Chris Cannon	155	151	162
Christine Geraghty	139		135
Clare Hawkes			141
Damian Nicholls	106
Don Bullough		158	176
Ed Hickling			135
Elspeth Gibson	175	182	174
Gail Hill	170	182	169
Gareth  Trimble	133	132	135
Gavin Mendham	158		135
Geoff Gilbert	135		135
Graham MacNeil	115	110
Hamish Shaw			119
Huma Rahman		151
Ian Ashcroft	141	147	144
Ian Smallwood	127	121	129
James Eyre	124		126
Janine Ellis	139		136
Jarrod Homer			141
Jim Pendrill		110	110
John Porteous	147	145	146
Jon Bale			139
Julie Lucas	170	169	173
Kate Sutton	141		138
Katy Green	137
Louise Rudd	131		131
Mark Bale			117
Mick Fairs	126		122
Mike Cooper		125
Ned Spencer			168
Neil McAleece			225
Nicky Mowat			136
Nina Birch	170	181
Owen Ashcroft	144	146	145
Patrick Grannan	137	141	133
Paul Garnett	132		138
Paul Norris	134		131
Paul Stonier			140
Penny Hinke		162	162
Pete Stock			137
Peter Bannister			126
Peter Watson	156		157
Phil Smith			113
Richard Hirons		130	135
Rob Downs			108
Rob Gilbert			120
Rod Coombs	162
Roy Pownall	166	177
Sally Gilliver		133
Sally Johnston		145	140
Sarah Miles	173	166	172
Sarah Waite	147
Sharon Jones			154
Simon Fenton	157		166
Soraya Mason		158	152
Steffi Sperring			142
Steve Russell			147
Sue Strang			144
Tom McGaff		112	114
Tony Hulme	131	127
Trevor Faulkner		171	174
Trevor Morris	114		112
Zoe Hoghton			146

Ras Mynydd Swtan, Anglesey

Sunday 17th April 2011 (12.00 noon)

Church Bay, Anglesey 

Part of Tony's mystery training day > 2-mile/670ft. hill race, with a beach start - tide permitting !!

Pos	Name	Club	Age Cat	Time
1	Damian Nicholls	WRC		13:38 (R)
2	Brendan Rothery	Eryri		14:32
3	Jim Pendrill	WRC	MV40	15:37
4	Rhys Owen	u/a		16:16
5	Irfon Rowlands	Cybi	MV40	16:27
6	Desmond Rothery	u/a		16:44
7	Tony Hulme	WRC	MV60	17:08
8	Steve Farrar	Cybi	MV40	17:12
9	Pete Stock	WRC	MV50	17:15
10	Morgan Evans	Eryri	Jnr	17:19
11	Michaela Lauder	Cybi		17:50
12	James Eyre	WRC		17:57
13	Jane Saunders	WRC	FV40	18:09
14	Ian Rothery	Cybi	MV50	18:19
15	Geraint Williams	Cybi	MV40	18:23
16	James Hooton	Cybi		18:32
17	Del Williams	Cybi	MV40	18:36
18	Ifan Evans	C'fon Rygbi	MV40	18:36
19	Paul Norris	WRC	MV50	18:56
20	Patrick Grannan	WRC	MV60	19:06
21	Dafydd Williams	u/a	MV40	20:05
22	Kate Sutton	WRC	FV40	20:24
23	Merfyn Williams	Cybi	MV50	20:40
24	Lee Hodgson	u/a	MV40	20:43
25	Nick Bishop	WRC	MV50	20:57
26	Alun Rowlands	Cybi	MV50	21:23
27	Lorraine Jones	Cybi	FV50	21:51
28	Maggie Oliver	Eryri	FV60	22:04
29	Huma Rahman	WRC	FV40	22:49
30	Ruth Harvey	Cybi	FV40	22:57
31	Don Bullough	WRC	MV50	23:26
32	Alun Jones	Cybi	MV50	24:08
33	Julia Kelly	u/a	FV40	29:32
34	Jim Kelly	Eryri	MV40	29:33

My Marathon experience

London Marathon, Sunday 17th April.

Everything had gone according to plan, a really good 16 weeks or so of training, a half marathon a month since Christmas and a great 20 miler early March – my team even beat those pesky reds the day before!!!!  I’d had barely any niggles all the way through, was carb loaded to the gills and freshly massaged, I hadn’t even had a glass of wine all week!  Having done London 3 times before (in 4.30, 4.21 & 4.11)  I went with only one mission – to break 4 hours.  I’d even been told about the good for age qualifying time and only dared dream briefly about that, the main thing was finishing in 3 something, 3 anything, just as long as it started with a 3!  On the train on the way down, I read an article about mantras and thought maybe this could help me drown out that voice in my head that tells me it’s ok to walk for a little while.  I made myself a mantra and even woke up reciting it over & over in my mind. It sounds silly though when I think of it now!

I met up with Gareth at the blue start and we managed to bump into Mark as well.  It was a cloudy start which was good but already it felt quite warm.  The first couple of miles were inevitably slow with lots of stop/starting going on while we all jostled for position.  I had a timing band on for 3.50 and was lagging behind that by mile 3 but by 5 had caught up nicely.  Unfortunately, that was also about the time the sun started to shine.  I generally tend to just get a lucozade every 4/5 miles or so and just run past the water stations but after I managed to spot Elspeth on Tower Bridge before the half way mark, I realised I was desperately thirsty, grabbed some water and couldn’t walk in a straight enough line to drink it properly.  I drank the whole bottle in one go and then got the biggest stitch for my trouble.  Once that wore off the right side, it re-appeared in my left side.  I tried Trevor’s tactic, but it didn’t work.  Just after halfway, after seeing Andrew Lemoncello over the other side, at 22 miles – just behind him was the guy with the ponytail who won at Crewe last week so he must’ve done a great time. Anyhow, into Docklands, the crowds were noisy, so noisy in fact I couldn’t hear my mantra anymore.  By mile 17 I was in pieces, total meltdown and realising that there was no way I could make my target now, I burst into tears.  But then I couldn’t breathe, stitch came back, where’s a taxi when you really need one???!  After a quick nose blow on my vest and lots of ‘come on Wilmslow, you can do it’ I pulled my metaphorical socks up and staggered on through the heat.

By mile 22 it’s quite uplifting to see the other runners who are just hitting halfway so I knew it really wasn’t that much further.  I managed to get into a bit of a rhythm and plod on but felt as though I’d left my heart, strength and all my resolve in Docklands somewhere.  By mile 24 I could sense the finish and see the river.  I actually clocked a good mile here, 8.45 minutes or so, close to the speed I’d been doing in miles 3 to 10. Strangely enough, this was the mile that I re-discovered my mantra and actually said it out loud, I knew my fellow runners would understand and the crowd was so noisy, I doubt they’d have heard me anyway!  I slowed again towards the end of mile 25 and the final insult was being overtaken by a chicken in the last couple of hundred yards!  I finally finished in 4.14.36 – 3 minutes down on last year, I was devastated and in pieces.  I sobbed the minute I crossed the line and didn’t  stop.  I sat down on a kerb, luckily outside the 1^st Aid tent, luckily because I couldn’t get up again.  I was helped inside where they said both sides IT bands had gone into spasm, it was agony, especially as she pummelled and rubbed them back to some kind of normal. I left with 2 ice packs stuffed down my leggings on both hips!  I managed to find my daughter quickly enough and promptly burst into tears again, what a mess.  I was so incredibly disappointed, I’d put so much pressure on myself, I was so sure I could do it and it seemed like all those weeks of training had gone to waste as I couldn’t  even beat last year’s time.  I managed to sob my way back to the hotel, that takes some doing when you’re so de-hydrated but I did well!! 

I then spent the afternoon answering texts & calls from all my loved ones and so many of my friends at the club so thank you to all of you who lifted me yesterday and I’m sorry for being such a girl!!  You all really helped, honestly you did.  I love the faith we all have in each other, seems like I just need to have a little more in myself.

After a hot bath, a big juicy steak & 2 or 3 Becks, I was feeling slightly better. Writing this has been rather cathartic and I have filled up a couple of times but hopefully that’s me done now.  By tomorrow, I’m hoping I’ll have regained control of myself, onwards & upwards, dusted myself off and all those kind of things!!  Now, when I say never again, this time I mean it OK?!  Having said that, I still need to break that 4 hours, I’m nothing if not tenacious!!

Have I given Patrick a run for his money???!  Thanks for listening, this is cheaper than therapy!!

Thanks again to all of you for your lovely messages and well done to all the others who ran so well.  I’m looking forward to running (for pleasure!) again soon.

 Sharon.

Marathon race report

London Marathon, Sunday 17th April.

The day started well.  Got to the start in good time, despite my train deciding not to stop at Maze Hill and having to walk further to my start area than planned.  I met up with Sue and we did a bit of celebrity spotting, as you do at the Green start!  I got Iwan Thomas to sign my race number and Sue then decided to go one better and try and get James Cracknell to sign hers.  She stalked him back from the baggage bus and managed to go one better than me and get him to sign her number and a kiss from him.  He did look slightly worried about his stalker though and I was a bit worried that Sue would be taken away by security....

Set off and managed to keep to race plan of 8 minute miles for the first mile, getting past most of the "celebrities".  Then race plan went out of the window and I speeded up and despite me telling myself constantly that I would regret this later, I didn't seem to slow down.  Got to half way in 1.42.  Then the fun started.  It seemed to suddenly get really hot and I just steadily got slower and slower.  I got cramp in my toes in the last 2 miles which was very painful and I kept having to stop to make them work again.  Ended up with 3.38.  8 minutes short of my target and really disappointed.  Why can I run 20 miles and feel good in 2:31 and feel so rubbish in London running slower?  

Got cramp in my calf on the way to the station and had to lie on the pavement in the middle of London looking like a complete fool.  And then to top it off, I felt really ill on the tube on the way to Euston and had to get out to be sick on the platform...

Marathons?  Why do we do them?? A day on and I feel a little more human and a little less disappointed.  I was 5 minutes faster than last year and got a course PB!  And as I read more blogs and race reports, everyone seemed to find it incredibly hot out there running.

I didn't manage to catch up with the others after the race, apart from Sue who I think had a similar experience to me.  Hopefully apart from the cramp and being sick on the tube.....

Janine

London Marathon

Sunday April 17

I have picked-up these times but the Virgin website is not 'club-friendly' this year so I may have missed people
(2 missing runners added)

 736 Mark Bale 2:55:45 half 1:26:28
1193 Ray Eagle 3:02:16 half 1:29:00
2002 Rob Gilbert 3:12:35 half 1:29:42
2258 Steve Smith 3:14:55 half 1:37:14
2859 Jonathan Dunkley 3:21:12 half 1:35:21
4037 Geoff Gilbert 3:30:33 half 1:37:40
5127 Janine Ellis 3:38:47 half 1:42:20
5154 Gareth Trimble 3:38:54 half 1:47:02
6900 Sue Strang 3:49:18 half 1:45:09
12451 Sharon Jones 4:14:36 half 1:55:53

Ian

Crewe 10k - Age/sex adjusted times

	adjusted time		'discount'
Mick Fairs	31:11		20.2%
Trevor Morris	31:47		10.0%
Tony Hulme	31:55		21.0%
Graham MacNeil	32:23		9.3%
Damian Nicholls	32:45		0.0%
Ian Ashcroft	33:54		22.3%
Christine Geraghty	34:23		19.9%
Geoff Gilbert	34:30		17.5%
Patrick Grannan	34:41		18.3%
Kate Sutton	34:57		19.6%
Peter Watson	35:30		26.3%
Louise Rudd	35:38		12.4%
Ian Smallwood	35:45		9.0%
Andrew Whittingham	35:48		4.4%
Paul Norris	35:53		13.3%
Janine Ellis	36:28		15.2%
Simon Fenton	36:48		24.5%
Katy Green	36:53		13.3%
Paul Garnett	37:10		9.2%
Angela Maziere	37:52		20.4%
John Porteous	38:00		16.4%
James Eyre	38:11		0.6%
Gavin Mendham	39:35		18.9%
Gareth  Trimble	40:02		2.7%
Charlotte Godfrey	40:11		23.9%
Sarah Waite	40:21		11.1%
Carolyn Hirons	40:47		16.8%
Rod Coombs	40:55		18.3%
Aron Myers	40:59		0.0%
Roy Pownall	41:04		20.0%
Chris Cannon	41:06		14.1%
Andrew Dodd	41:49		3.2%
Alan Turner	42:38		7.4%
Julie Lucas	42:47		18.8%
Owen Ashcroft	44:25		0.0%
Gail Hill	45:36		13.5%
Elspeth Gibson	46:16		14.3%
Nina Birch	46:47		11.1%
Sarah Miles	47:31		11.1%

Summer Series - Race 2

Air Products 10k, Crewe

Sunday April 10

Damian finished 2nd.,two positions higher than when we ran here two years ago. Trevor took 59 points and Graham added 58 to his 60 at Mow Cop.

Race 2 saw a change of environment. It perhaps says something of our aesthetic appreciation that swapping the rugged beauty of Mow Cop for an industrial estate increased the numbers from 30 to 39. But we are first and foremost runners, it is a flatish, fastish 10k, it was the Cheshire Grand Prix and the weather was magnificent. Too magnificent really for running, we wondered how hot it was for Nicky doing the Paris marathon. Those who will be running London next week were, throughout the morning, looking at their watches nervously, how hot would it be there, how would they be feeling in a week's time, how far would they have got?

Andy Watts is on the London list but had a bad bike fall the previous Sunday. At Penny's leaving do, London was 50:50, the x-ray had shown no break but walking upstairs was only possible 'crab-like'. Andy was philosophical about London; he is doing the Bob Graham, two stages of the Tour de France and Lands End to John O'Groats, so not lacking in challenges. A second view of the x-rays discovered a crack, not good news (read Andy first-hand on Facebook).

2010 champion Louise was first Wilmslow lady, Katy taking 59 and Christine 58.

Mick, 3/4 champion in 2009, won his first race in the new League 3 pushing the Mow Cop first and second, Ian and Tony, down a place. Mick was, unusually, in second place in the M60 category but he had complained at Alsager how young some of the over 60s are nowadays.

Geoff took the 60 points in League 4 followed by Patrick and Christine.

I was with Sarah, John and Owen at 1k. Good to see Sarah, her first race for ages. This was the right company, suggesting a sensible start even if the pace, at 4:15, was a bit fast,  but it generally is at the beginning, it settles the nerves. By 3k I had moved to the front of the group, my Wilmslow 10k time had persuaded me I could get under 45 minutes. I was running on 'average pace' on my Garmin, which is a bit dangerous as either it measures short or I meander and run long but either way it tends to understate where I'm at. So at 6k, having drifted out to 4:21, and with 'auto lap' bleeping some 20 seconds before I got to the marker and the incline to come at the end, I felt I needed to push.

 I passed Gavin which meant I was running well or he had a problem. It was the latter, but his right leg, not the dodgy cartilage in his left that had troubled him throughout last year. From there he dropped through the field, which was a shame because he was wearing a very natty yellow cap. Up the long straight I could see lots of Wilmslow vests. I was closing on the red hair of Kate, which suggested I really was running well, but she had had a difficult week with her father ill. In front the swish of Janine's pony tail, again a good omen but with London next week she was probably running within herself (in fact she and Andy, another with a long race next weekend, were pushing one another to big PBs). A second blonde further ahead, Christine, then there was Katy, and the distinctive running style of Patrick, which always reminds me of a puppet on a string.

Patrick and I had had a dietary conversation before the race. I was sticking with the 'no breakfast' strategy, again it served me well, with the exception of the first, 9 and 10 were my fastest kilometres, so no indication of 'burn out' in the latter stages.

James' battle with Ian pushed him to a PB. Rod had a steady race saving his pace for overtaking Chris on the way home. He just missed-out on his 50 minute target but Carolyn, with the same target, almost made 49 minutes, she'll be a lot higher on the table this year than last. Would you believe that Gail got a PB? Despite putting Deep Heat in her eyes as well as on her legs? She came home in a Wilmslow cluster with Nina, Charlotte (good to see her racing again) and Julie. Does Penny's "This Is Not a Social Club" explain why they were all together?

Pete, moving smoothly through in the second half as he does, threatened Chris but it served only to motivate him. Simon seems to have put his injury behind him but Roy struggled. Owen got a PB and, in a reverse of Mow Cop, beat John (who nevertheless got a PB) but lost-out to Ian (who ran his best 10k for 9 years)

Good vocal support from Nick, Paul, Jim , Sharon and daughter.

Graham takes over leadership of the Series Main table followed by Ian (Smallwood), Tony, Gareth, Patrick , Andrew,  John tied with the Owen & Ian, Alan, Chris, Carolyn, Julie and Roy, Nina and Sarah (Miles), Gail and Elspeth.

Carolyn leads the Ladies from Julie and Nina who are joint second, then it's Sarah, Gail and Elspeth.

Ian leads Tony in League 3 with Gareth third.

Andrew leads Patrick in League 4 with John, Owen and Ian sharing third place.

Chris and Alan are joint leaders of League 5. Carolyn is third. Julie and Roy share 4th. Nina and Sarah 6th. Then Gail and Elspeth.

 

Ian

2011 Summer Series > Race 2 - Air Products South Cheshire 10K

Sunday 10th April 2011

Pos	Name	Time
1	Steve Littler - Wesham RR	31:43
2	Damian Nicholls	32:45
20	Trevor Morris	35:19
22	Sarah Johnson - Trentham RC	33:50	1L
25	Graham MacNeil	35:43
46	Andrew Whittingham	37:27
60	James Eyre	38:25
67	Mick Fairs	39:04
71	Ian Smallwood	39:18
85	Tony Hulme	40:26
88	Louise Rudd	40:41
89	Paul Garnett	40:56
90	Aron Myers	40:59
93	Gareth Trimble	41:09
95	Paul Norris	41:24
99	Geoff Gilbert	41:48
102	Patrick Grannan	42:28
103	Katy Green	42:32
106	Christine Geraghty	42:55
108	Janine Ellis	43:00
111	Andy Dodd	43:11
119	Kate Sutton	43:29
121	Ian Ashcroft	43:38
131	Owen Ashcroft	44:25
147	Sarah Waite	45:24
148	John Porteous	45:26
157	Alan Turner	46:04
176	Angela Maziere	47:36
178	Curtis Cannon	47:50
179	Peter Watson	48:10
188	Simon Fenton	48:42
189	Gavin Mendham	48:48
192	Carolyn Hirons	49:02
204	Rod Coombs	50:06
211	Roy Pownall	51:19
221	Nina Birch	52:38
224	Julie Lucas	52:43
225	Gail Hill	52:44
226	Charlotte Godfrey	52:50
233	Sarah Miles	53:28
238	Elspeth Gibson	54:00
(282 finishers)

Full Results & Photos courtesy of Bryan Dale at : http://www.racephotos.org.uk/

Don

30th Kinder Downfall Race

Sunday 10th April 2011

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Dave Aucott (DPFR)	m40	1.10.04
52 (1L)	Sandra Cooper (Glossop)	f45	1.27.03
76 (3L)	Sally Gilliver	f50(1)	1.31.57
105	Peter Stock	m55	1.36.42
241	Don Bullough	m50	1.58.54
256	Trevor Faulkner	m65	2.06.21
(268 finishers)

Great race in perfect conditions.  Thanks to Richard Hirons for coming to support.

Don

Le Marathon de Paris (35th edition)

Sunday 10th April 2011

Name	Cat (Pos)		Race Time (Pos)	Chip Time (Pos)
Nicky Mowat	VF2 (15)	184 L	03:35:31  (5236)	03:30:00  (4774)

(31169 finishers)

Showing no signs of slowing down - another fantastic marathon performance from Nicky.

Form Score

Your form score allows you to assess how well you ran in a race by comparing your time against all other Wilmslow runners in the race given the extent to which they normally run faster or slower than you. The lower you score, the better you ran.

	Mow Cop	Wilmslow
Alan Turner	154	153
Andrew Dodd	139	141
Andy Watts		126
Angela Maziere		151
Carolyn Hirons	159	165
Catriona Marshall	159	166
Charlotte Godfrey		179
Chris Cannon	151	162
Christine Geraghty		135
Clare Hawkes		141
Don Bullough	158	176
Ed Hickling		135
Elspeth Gibson	182	174
Gail Hill	182	169
Gareth  Trimble	132	135
Gavin Mendham		135
Geoff Gilbert		135
Graham MacNeil	110
Hamish Shaw		119
Huma Rahman	151
Ian Ashcroft	147	144
Ian Smallwood	121	129
James Eyre		126
Janine Ellis		136
Jarrod Homer		141
Jim Pendrill	110	110
John Porteous	145	146
Jon Bale		139
Julie Lucas	169	173
Kate Sutton		138
Louise Rudd		131
Mark Bale		117
Mick Fairs		122
Mike Cooper	125
Ned Spencer		168
Neil McAleece		225
Nicky Mowat		136
Nina Birch	181
Owen Ashcroft	146	145
Patrick Grannan	141	133
Paul Garnett		138
Paul Norris		131
Paul Stonier		140
Penny Hinke	162	162
Pete Stock		137
Peter Bannister		126
Peter Watson		157
Phil Smith		113
Richard Hirons	130	135
Rob Downs		108
Rob Gilbert		120
Roy Pownall	177
Sally Gilliver	133
Sally Johnston	145	140
Sarah Miles	166	172
Sharon Jones		154
Simon Fenton		166
Soraya Mason	158	152
Steffi Sperring		142
Steve Russell		147
Sue Strang		144
Tom McGaff	112	114
Tony Hulme	127
Trevor Faulkner	171	174
Trevor Morris		112
Zoe Hoghton		146

Age/sex adjusted times

	Wilmslow			Mow Cop
Tom McGaff	1:06:22		Tom McGaff	41:54
Mick Fairs	1:06:59		Graham MacNeil	44:01
Rob Downs	1:08:11		Tony Hulme	44:15
Trevor Morris	1:09:31		Sally Gilliver	46:30
Andy Watts	1:10:47		Jim Pendrill	46:36
Jim Pendrill	1:12:59		Ian Smallwood	48:37
Nicky Mowat	1:13:05		Ian Ashcroft	50:09
Christine Geraghty	1:14:38		Mike Cooper	50:21
Patrick Grannan	1:14:48		Patrick Grannan	50:40
Gavin Mendham	1:15:34		Sally Johnston	52:18
Kate Sutton	1:16:31		Richard Hirons	52:38
Clare Hawkes	1:16:50		John Porteous	53:17
Ian Ashcroft	1:16:55		Penny Hinke	55:40
Geoff Gilbert	1:17:03		Trevor Faulkner	56:17
Phil Smith	1:18:00		Gareth  Trimble	56:23
Paul Norris	1:18:31		Huma Rahman	56:27
Rob Gilbert	1:18:51		Chris Cannon	56:57
Sally Johnston	1:18:53		Soraya Mason	57:56
Louise Rudd	1:19:07		Carolyn Hirons	58:04
Janine Ellis	1:19:40		Catriona Marshall	58:29
Peter Watson	1:19:42		Andrew Dodd	59:19
Mark Bale	1:19:49		Don Bullough	1:00:00
Ian Smallwood	1:20:40		Julie Lucas	1:00:27
Sue Strang	1:21:00		Roy Pownall	1:02:19
Pete Stock	1:21:14		Alan Turner	1:02:39
Hamish Shaw	1:22:20		Owen Ashcroft	1:04:12
Angela Maziere	1:22:41		Sarah Miles	1:04:59
John Porteous	1:24:03		Elspeth Gibson	1:08:30
Richard Hirons	1:25:44		Gail Hill	1:09:08
James Eyre	1:26:00		Nina Birch	1:10:57
Paul Garnett	1:26:17
Simon Fenton	1:26:17
Peter Bannister	1:26:21
Steffi Sperring	1:26:45
Jon Bale	1:26:47
Soraya Mason	1:27:20
Penny Hinke	1:27:21
Zoe Hoghton	1:28:12
Sharon Jones	1:28:16
Steve Russell	1:28:36
Trevor Faulkner	1:30:08
Gareth  Trimble	1:30:32
Jarrod Homer	1:32:00
Ed Hickling	1:32:54
Charlotte Godfrey	1:33:59
Andrew Dodd	1:34:18
Paul Stonier	1:34:27
Carolyn Hirons	1:34:30
Catriona Marshall	1:35:44
Chris Cannon	1:36:05
Julie Lucas	1:36:56
Ned Spencer	1:36:59
Alan Turner	1:37:36
Owen Ashcroft	1:39:47
Gail Hill	1:40:56
Elspeth Gibson	1:42:59
Don Bullough	1:44:43
Sarah Miles	1:45:10
Neil McAleece	2:31:58

Summer Series - Race 1 - Patrick's view

(entered by Patrick as a comment, but deserves it's own posting)

At least Richard got to the course before he got lost! Having never been to Mow Cop before I used my Sat Nav. Great until the roundabout just outside Congleton, when it asked me to ‘do a U-Turn’ as soon as I entered it! Tried to hang a left to see what was happening. Usual thing ‘turn around immediately’. A scenic tour through some sunny lanes and I was back on the main road approaching the round about again: ‘do a U-Turn’ she said. Ignored her! Ended up in Congleton and re-keyed the post code – seemed to resolve that problem. Though, in the end, it might have been better to drive home and do a slow easy jog.

Arrived with 8 minutes to spare. Discovered I’d left Gel at home – so couldn’t experiment with my fuelling techniques this week. Shoes on. Got to hall and filled in form. Paid, attached number. Shoes off again and ankle bandages back on. Find Start. No time for warm up or stretches. Find colleagues. Good advice: take it easy. Look after hamstrings [still very tight]. Don’t race. Don’t mess up your marathon. Pull out if you feel anything – we’ll get an Extra point!

Started sensibly – I thought. Came to hill!! A few hundred metres and legs said, we ache, you should have stayed at home! Slowed down, stiles helped there in one way but spread everyone out into a 200m crocodile.. By the time I’d got to the top several of you had passed me. But I wasn’t worried though as legs had already informed me we weren’t racing today. Views up here really, really good. Until running across the top found that bog. Left foot sunk further than I’d dreamed it would, right foot stretched to make it a three step crossing sunk as well. Left foot exiting – no shoe! Sh@t I thought – stop! Never having lost a shoe before I don’t know the runners tactic here. Stop seemed fine. Unfortunately the Laws of Physics disagree. Body velocity forward, right foot stuck. No air-bag to stop me, so head heads south. Hands dived forward – and sank several inches into the bog. Face now only a few inches above the evil smelling, black, ousing sh@t! I hadn’t realised in a previous life I must have been a yoga master. From the back I imagine it would look like I had combined the Down Facing Dog pose with the Half Moon Pose – 3 limbs locked in the bog with left foot and sock pointing skywards. Felt backwards for the hole I must have made. Wrong. Sock now wet and boggy. Second attempt felt shoe and hooked toes into it. Realisation dawns as I look at my arms – hands have disappeared - my Garmin is submerged. I quickly pull both hands out and adopt the one legged Muddy Stalk pose. Or more like panda. People are running past me. I am stuck. Has now to be the adopt the crab approach and go left, but right leg doesn’t move so lever it out by diving sideways onto some reeds. Luckily left shoe remains on foot hooked by toes. Now I need to put it back on and clear the mud from watch. Start off again.

Spot Andrew now 200+ metres in the distance. Oh well, let’s just continue. Views still great – but not appreciated now. I just go along plod, Squelch, plod, squelch.. until half-way. Finally out of the narrow woods and onto some decent track/road the squelchy noise has stopped. I manage to pick myself up a bit. Thought I’d give the young 40’s men something to thing about who’d overtaken me running down the hill. I got into a good relaxed rhythm on the road section – went past them tongue in cheek, and arrived close behind Andrew as we hit the second hill.

Closed gap quickly to 20 metres whilst he was walking. I then had two options – drive past him for 50 metres and then walk, or stay behind 20m behind and walk. Legs voted walk - which was probably the best choice for my long term health. Got to the downhill side. Andrew now 70m in front. Thought – shall we give it a go? Yes! Within a few seconds had nearly fallen oven a steep side and followed this by stumbling a few steps later. Glasses askew I corrected them and dirtied one lens with my boggy hands. Eyes…

Patrick

Virgin London Marathon

What time will you run !!

And Gladys does not benefit from Tuesday night training !!

World Marathon Record for Gladys

http://news.uk.msn.com/odd-news/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=156877545

Gladys Burrill was not thinking about breaking a world record when she power-walked and jogged through the Honolulu Marathon at the age of 92.

But Ms Burrill, a part-time Hawaii resident nicknamed the "Gladyator", learned soon after finishing the December 12 race in a time of nine hours and 53 minutes that she probably qualified for the title.

Now Guinness World Records has confirmed her accomplishment and the Hawaii House of Representatives has honoured her with a certificate and lei at a special ceremony.

Nick.

Summer Series - Race 1

Mow Cop Hill Race

Although only a small race, 107 finishers, it attracted a quality field with the first Wilmslow runner, Jim, finishing 10th. He was closely followed by Graham with Tom, who was 2nd M55, 12th. That Tom, who was first out of nearly 4000 a week ago was second here out of 107, underlines the quality point. Sally was first Wilmslow lady and third lady overall but even she was beaten by another grande dame in the L50 category. The other Sally, Johnson, was second and Huma, although she didn't like the big hill, third.

Ian Smallwood, confirmed his strength over this type of course taking the League 3 60 points with, 2nd M60, Tony taking 59 and Richard 58.

Sally, as well as 60 points in the Ladies' League, was first home in League 4. Andrew Dodd, Group 5 last year, celebrated his promotion by being second in League 4. Patrick, just to show Wilmslow was no fluke, took third.

Chris took the 60 points in League 5, Alan 59 and Soraya 58. League 5 was the most competitive, contributing 12 of the 30 Wilmslow runners.

I read Patrick's report in the newsletter with interest. He, like me, had surprised himself at Wilmslow. Was there a common link? I had set some store by not eating in the morning but he had had porridge and then gel in the race. The previous evening he had had a lowish carb meal whereas I had had a double helping of spaghetti with my meatballs. Then I spotted it, he had been reprimanded for drinking on Saturday and I had also had a pint Saturday evening with a friend who'd come-up from South Wales for the race. So I set-off for Mow Cop with science on my side; no breakfast but Saturday's steak & ale pie, chips and Wye Valley bitter to speed me on my way.

This wasn't the start to the Summer Series I wanted, I'm don't do hills. I've heard of the Mow Cop Killer Mile and kept well away from it. Rod, Simon and Peter had all deserted me but, amazingly, Roy was there. We've talked long about Roy's injury problems and agreed a recovery strategy for 2011; short, races on the flat, nothing more than 5 miles. Nick, however, had turned his head "going to be lots of points going at Mow Cop". Roy surveyed the clusters of blue and gold vests with some dismay. You might have expected our more senior members would by now be knarled old pros, picking and choosing their races wisely but look at Simon at Wilmslow last week and Trevor almost any week, a boyish enthusiasm overwhelming what is clear common sense.

1300 feet of ascent the organisers boasted. I've no idea what that means in practice but just the way they said it frightened me. I'm also frightened of the unknown, I want a race plan, even if I don't stick to it. Would Mow Cop be like Langley and Bollington where you do the climbing early and then can go for it or like Stainland when you need something in reserve for a tough finish? I sought-out a local "the first mile is tough and the big climb comes at four miles". Owen came back from his warm-up "take the first eight minutes easy".

I followed Owen's advice but it was a bit redundant, my watch showed over two minutes lost queuing at stiles, maybe this first section of the race needs re-planning. I picked-up Alan once we passed the piper and went over the top. Next was Don, running better than at Wilmslow, but this was a race a fit Don would have loved. Next, I got ahead of Chris. The man in front of me then lost his shoe in one of the bogs, another charging past me tried to avoid the limper only to crash head-first into evil smelling mud, the girl beside me squealed. In the pandemonium, Chris slipped through, I chased and managed to catch him.

I then steadily hunted down Huma, we came together at a stile and she responded to the threat by quickening her pace and held me off for two miles. After three miles of flat and downhill we turned left up the hill we'd been warned of, a transmitter towered above us. Huma lost confidence, she's done little climbing in training and before the top Chris had also come past her. I was walking more than running but nevertheless gaining ground on Owen and John. I took Owen as the gradient eased just before the top. John and Sally both looked possibilities. It wasn't to be, however. A slight deviation from the course allowed Owen back through, he was only 10m ahead but whilst I tried to catch him, he pulled further away.

The course is not unlike my favourite, Roaches, but I found the number of stiles frustrating and many of the paths were too narrow to overtake so it is not one I'll be pushing Tony to include next year. My impression, however, was that most people enjoyed it and it provided a perfect contrast to Wilmslow last week and, if its variety you want, how about a flatish 10k in the industrial outskirts of Crewe next week? Roy, the points may not look great tonight but, as the season unfolds, I think Mow Cop will be in the best 7 for most of us.

Ian

2011 Summer Series > Race 1 - Mow Cop Hill Race

Sunday 3rd April 2011

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Ryan Holroyd - SMAC	M	00:44:49
10	Jim Pendrill	M40	00:48:27
11	Graham MacNeil	M40	00:48:33
12	Tom McGaff	M50 (2)	00:49:24
22	Ian Smallwood	M40	00:53:26
24	Mike Cooper	M40	00:54:59
26	Tony Hulme	M60 (2)	00:56:03
28	Richard Hirons	M40	00:57:06
30	Ann-Marie Jones - Alt'ham	L50 (1)	00:57:18	1L
33	Gareth Trimble	M	00:57:57
34	Sally Gilliver	L50 (2)	00:58:25	3L
46	Andrew Dodd	M	01:01:15
49	Patrick Grannon	M60	01:02:02
55	John Porteous	M50	01:03:43
56	Sally Johnson	L40	01:03:45
58	Owen Ashcroft	M	01:04:12
61	Ian Ashcroft	M60	01:04:33
68	Chris Cannon	M50	01:06:17
69	Huma Rahman	L40	01:06:39
70	Alan Turner	L40	01:07:41
75	Don Bullough	M50	01:09:23
76	Soraya mason	L40	01:09:43
77	Catriona Marshall	L40	01:09:46
78	Carolyn Hirons	L40	01:09:49
83	Penny Hinke	L50	01:11:14
85	Sarah Miles	L	01:13:06
90	Trevor Faulkner	M60	01:15:04
91	Roy Pownall	M60	01:17:52
95	Nina Birch	L	01:19:49
96	Gail Hill	L	01:19:56
97	Elspeth Gibson	L40	01:19:57
(106 finishers)

Oops! Apologies to Julie who finished 89th in 01:14:29.

A delightful hilly race to start this year's Summer Series.  Without most of the marathon runners there were still 30 out braving the fresh spring sunshine.  Unusually, the men won nothing, but the ladies ran away with the team prize with Sally G (3rd L), Sally J and Huma counting.

Don        The first tables are now Live

Vera Hirst 5K Littleborough Weds 29th March

Andy O'Sullivan ( race commentator for our half marathon) has long been arranging road races for charity in the Rochdale area .

One was the "Ron Hill birthday" run last September in which Nina , Tony and myself ran.

Having struggled with a bad hip since January , a run out in one of Andy's races seemed a plan !

Despite the clear "H&S" issues being adopted in some areas with road races , Rochdale clearly turns a blind eye , or Andy is the law of the land .....Perhaps the latter !'

Pub HQ is The Falcon Inn , and the race starts on a narrow side street tucked off the main road . A mad dash around a couple of sharp bends and career up th road , gradually funnelling on to the pavement. Cars and pedestrians beware , a mass of runners are approaching . ....Its all great fun , a great atmoshphere and a great presentation back in the pub. 

A slightly undulating course so not fast times but a good work out .    

53rd Nick Bishop 19.46

158th Nina Birch 25.22

205 ran 

http://www.ukresults.net/2011/verahirst.html 

Nick.