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Alsager 5

Sunday February 5th.  As the site web site says "The 2012 running of the race was eventful to say the least, with a large amount of overnight snow making many of the area's roads hard to pass."  Hence this year only Julie turned out for Wilmslow - congratulations to her.

     313  Julie Lucas          L45   3 Wilmslow RC                       39:13

Winner was Luke Cragg (Mansfield) in 24:41, and first lady was Elle Baker (Stockport) in 26:58

Christmas Handicap

In the absence of a formal prize Julie got a kiss from both Roy and Nick, enough to set any girl's Christmas alight. In all the traditional muttering and moaning about handicap times, no-one had seen Julie's as anything but fair, her win was entirely a result of good running. Amongst those moaning, believe it or not, was Damien but he added a second handicap by being on the toilet at his start time. The 'Valley Lodge Trail' is your actual time out on the course, Malcolm and Rob both finishing ahead of Damien.

A year ago this course was icy, dangerously icy, and, as late as Thursday, Styal Woods was deep mud, but a dry and unseasonally warm Christmas weekend produced near-perfect conditions on a course made interesting by the switch halfway from on to off road. Christmas clearly took its toll on one or two people but positions on the whole were in line with the Summer Series results. Sharon and Diane ran particularly well, Clare saw more of the woods than the rest of us.

Good running conditions meant the handicapping was more likely to be accurate and saw, in the middle of the field, over 30 club members home within 2¹/₂ minutes. Given the high turn-out the idea, as it always is, of turning a summer Thursday training session into a handicap over the same course was again discussed, it may be worth returning to once we have the Summer Series programme.

Thanks to Dave, Paul and Nick for officiating. It was good to have Martin, Peter and Soraya's support out on the course, and, when I went past, also Nina's, as she nursed her knee.

Ian

Christmas Handicap

Tuesday December 27th. at 10am from the Rugby Club

Paul Sanders and Dave Read officiating.

A map of the course is now available on the Club Routes page.

 Handicap times   – if you may run and are not on the list below, let me know, I’ll sort you a time.

      

at 10am	Martin Wheeldon		21:39	Angela Maziere		28:35	Tony Hulme
09:46	Trevor Faulkner		21:48	Jamie Smith		28:57	Paul Garnett ?
09:47	Don Bullough		21:54	Sarah Waite ?			Richard Hirons
	Liz "Mowat"		22:00	Ian Ashcroft		29:17	James Eyre ?
11:23	Gail Hill			Owen Ashcroft		29:41	Diane McVey
	Catherine Downs			Sally Price ?		29:46	Andy Watts
	Kate "Downs"		22:24	Diane Bygrave		29:54	Mick Fairs
11:44	Elspeth Gibson ?		23:08	Louisa Harrison			Pete Stock
12:11	Leanne Byrne			Amanda Bradbury			Jeremy Bygrave
12:51	Julie Lucas		23:52	John Porteous		31:33	Rob Gilbert
	Rod Coombs		23:57	Andrew Dodd		31:50	Mike Hill
	Ned Spencer		24:14	Nicky Mowat			Rob "Wyles"
13:05	Nina Birch		24:50	Janine Ellis ?		31:56	Graham Screawn
14:41	Janet Wyles		25:00	Steve Russell		31:58	Angus Rutter
15:07	Roy Pownall			Katy Green		32:14	Barry Archbold ?
16:48	Carolyn Hirons		25:16	Chris Watts		33:06	Andrew Whittingham
17:29	Soraya Mason		25:35	Patrick Grannan			Hamish Shaw ?
18:19	Huma Rahman		25:37	Christine Geraghty		33:28	Trevor Morris
19:04	Sharon Jones		25:38	Mathew Atkinson		34:13	Tom McGaff
20:01	Melissa Broughton		25:39	Gavin Mendham			James Grannan
20:07	Peter Watson		26:23	Geoff Gilbert			Phil Smith ?
20:47	Alan Turner		26:28	Jon Bale		34:18	Graham MacNeil
20:49	Chris Cannon			Richard Lawson		36:09	Rob Downs
21:00	Simon Fenton		26:45	Aron Myers		36:22	Malcolm Fowler
21:13	Gareth Trimble		28:33	Allan McCormick		38:09	Damian Nicholls
21:34	Clare Hawkes			Nick Bishop ?
	running			Don't know yet ?			awaiting reply

Usual Course:  A map of the course (Google and OS map versions) is on the Club Routes page, or click  here.

 Rugby Club, over Twinnies Bridge, left, over footbridge, second gate on the left, upper footpath to Mill car park. Cross road, footpath to Norcliffe Chapel, on to Altrincham road, left. Follow road, fork left through gate, continue to runway, forced left alongside runway, then after half a mile, footpath left dropping down towards main road. Go through iron gate, turn left onto the old road and then, almost immediately, left again onto the footpath (you are now just across the Bollin from the side of the Holiday Inn (known to the locals as the Valley Lodge). Follow footpath alongside the river to and up first set of steps, over bridge then up and down second set of steps. Right across bridge, left at end and then after 300m take a right (it's tempting to go straight on) bringing you back onto bank of Bollin. Up third set of steps, continue up gentler climb and then take footpath to right as path flattens. To road, right, downhill past Mill, follow river to Twinnies Bridge and finish at the Rugby Club.

Food and Drink: Runners and spectators invited to 36 Carrwood Road immediately after the finish.

At 9:57 we’ll take a minute to remember Sue Hool, our, then, leading lady runner , who died just before Christmas 2009.

Ian

 

 

 

Manchester Marathon Marshals

As i am already running the London marathon next year i was
disappointed that i could not run the Greater Manchester Marathon as it was
only week later, wanting to be involved i volunteered my services to marshal,
the organiser Tim Holdsworth e-mailed me a reply wondering if anyone else from
Wilmslow running Club would be interested in helping as he wants as many
marshals with a background in running as he can get. If anyone is interested
his e-mail address is tim.holdsworth@xtramileevents.com,
or you can access it off the Manchester marathon website, or even give me your
e-mail address and i will let him know. It should be interesting to see a
marathon from the other side and hopefully cheering on the wilmslow runners, i
know a few have mentioned it.

Gareth

Langley 7

Saturday 05 November 2011

Pos	Name	Cat	L pos	MV pos	LV pos	Cat pos	Time
1	Ryan Holroyd (SMAC)	MJ (19)				1	39:31
16	Ray Eagle	MV55		5		1	45:37
19	Mike Hill	MV45		7		1	46:10
22	Diane McVey	F	1			1	46:31
28	Craig Hunt	M40		12		9	47:16
29	Allan McCormick	M				14	47:22
48	Sharon Johnstone	F35	7		3	1	49:26
70	Patrick Grannan	M60		34		1	52:10
73	Christine Geraghty	F45	11		6	4	52:15
79	Nicky Mowat	F50	13		8	2	52:32
81	Janine Ellis	F40	14		9	1	52:39
135	Amanda Bradbury	F35	28			6	56:12
155	Gareth Trimble	M				45	58:07
165	Sharon Jones	F45	36		26	9	58:51
172	Simon Fenton	M65		79		1	59:52
185	Roy Pownall	M60		87		4	1:02:22
196	Nina Birch	F	49			13	1:03:23
202	Elspeth Gibson	F	54		40	13	1:04:06
234	Trevor Faulkner	M65		103		2	1:08:11
DNF	Martin Wheeldon	M55
(263 finishers)

Although not the usual curtain closer to the summer series this year there was still good representation from WRC.  Even without the club elite runners, we still took away the most age category wins and bottles of wine.  Special mention for Simon, a Langley debutant after many years spectating, took the MV65 crown - but this has not changed his dislike of the race.  The ladies won the team prize too.  And, over £2000 raised for East Cheshire Hospice.

Full results & report on Macc Harriers site at : http://www.mh.k313.com/mh/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=760&Itemid=51

Photos coutesy of Bryan Dale at : http://www.racephotos.org.uk/

Don

Club Christmas Handicap

Monday December 26th. at 10am from the Rugby Club.

Usual Route - out via the runway to the 'Valley Lodge' back through Styal Woods via the steps and mill.

Handicap times based upon latest form guide.

Paul Sanders and Dave Read officiating.

Gawsworth 10.1 K (10th Anniversary Race)

Sunday 11th September 2011

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Damian Nicholls	Snr	34:47
6	Andrew Whittingham	V40	38:81

Full results at : http://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2011/gaws10k.pdf

Sale 10 - Wythenshawe Park

Sunday 7th August 2011

149    Simon Fenton    M65     1:17:19

163    Sharon Jones     F45     1:19:59

168    Alan Turner       M45     1:21:00

(203 finishers)

Wizard 5 - Full Results

Thursday 14th July 2011

1	Damian Nicholls	M	Wilmslow Running Club	28.02
2	Malcolm Fowler	M45	Wilmslow Running Club	28.59
3	Tom Bush	M	Altrincham AC	29.11
4	James Wood	M	Congleton Harriers	29.38
5	James Noakes	M40	Macclesfield Harriers	29.46
6	Jim Pendrill	M40	Wilmslow Running Club	29.55
7	Richard Baker	M	Unattached	30.46
8	Andrew Whittingham	M40	Wilmslow Running Club	31.09
9	Mark Horsley-Frost	M40	Unattached	31.28
10	Pete Nield	M	Macclesfield Harriers	31.44
11	John Connolly	M40	Penny Lane Striders	31.50
12	Angus Rutter	M	Wilmslow Running Club	32.03
13	Tony Flanagan	M45	Swinton Running Club	32.03
14	Barry Archbold	M	Wilmslow Running Club	32.10
15	Nathan Mayoh	M	Unattached	32.13
16	Chris Bentley	M	Macclesfield Harriers	32.18
17	John Mooney	M50	Macclesfield Harriers	32.41
18	George Ashley	M	Hunters Bog Trotters	32.50
19	Paul Frodsham	M50	West Cheshire AC	32.53
20	Andrew Miles	M	Vale Royal AC	32.57
21	Mike Nolan	M	Unattached	32.59
22	Giles Hodges	M	Sandbach Striders	33.01
23	Stuart Lucas	M45	Unattached	33.03
24	Julian Brown	M45	Macclesfield Harriers	33.04
25	David Shepherd	M45	Vale Royal AC	33.09
26	John Todd	M45	Vale Royal AC	33.14
27	Scott Bamber	M40	Vale Royal AC	33.18
28	Neil Clarke	M50	Macclesfield Harriers	33.29
29	Mike Cooper	M45	Wilmslow Running Club	33.35
30	Tony Man	M40	Penny Lane Striders	33.44
31	Alex Mason	M	Vale Royal AC	34.12
32	Simone Capponi	M	Penny Lane Striders	34.15
33	Stephen McNicholas	M45	Unattached	34.16
34	James Eyre	M	Wilmslow Running Club	34.17
35	Paul Garnett	M45	Wilmslow Running Club	34.18
36	Katie Geelan	F35	Bury AC	34.21
37	Craig Hunt	M40	Unattached	34.35
38	Andrew Mothershaw	M	Macclesfield Harriers	34.37
39	Diane McVey	F	Unattached	34.40
40	Peter Bannister	M	Wilmslow Running Club	34.46
41	Nick Jefferson	M	Unattached	34.49
42	Andrew Keeley	M45	Penny Lane Striders	35.00
43	Meshal Abushal	M	Unattached	35.05
44	Michael Docherty	M55	Unattached	35.09
45	Louise Rudd	F35	Wilmslow Running Club	35.10
46	Steve Smith	M45	Wilmslow Running Club	35.15
47	Alan McCormick	M	Unattached	35.23
48	Steve Jones	M40	Biddulph Running Club	35.26
49	Gary Willcock	M45	Sale Harriers	35.29
50	Mark Pineitis	M	Unattached	35.32
51	Gemma Barnett	F	Vale Royal AC	35.37
52	David Keeling	M45	Cheshire Hill Racers	35.42
53	Michael Slater	M45	Stockport Harriers	35.55
54	Kevin Shufflebottom	M45	Biddulph Running Club	35.59
55	Paul Norris	M50	Wilmslow Running Club	36.01
56	Anthony Peacock	M60	Northern Vets	36.11
57	Jarrod Homer	M40	Wilmslow Running Club	36.15
58	Robert Webster	M	Unattached	36.33
59	Chris Harbron	M40	Macclesfield Harriers	36.66
60	Wayne Grant	M	Goyt Valley Striders	36.43
61	Christine Geraghty	F45	Wilmslow Running Club	36.56
62	Robin Britton	M60	Staffs Moorlands	36.59
63	John Clarke	M55	Vale Royal AC	37.00
64	Wayne Kemp	M	Unattached	37.15
65	Steve Lomas	M40	Macclesfield Harriers	37.19
66	Chris Green	M50	Staffs Moorlands	37.20
67	Alex McCormick	M45	Congleton Harriers	37.23
68	Nicky Mason	M	Unattached	37.28
69	Sebastien Mallet	M	Unattached	37.37
70	Daniel Harle	M	Macclesfield Harriers	37.52
71	Neil Murphy	M50	Macclesfield Harriers	37.55
72	Steve Russell	M50	Wilmslow Running Club	37.58
73	Sarah Aylmer	F45	Stockport Harriers	38.01
74	Andy Land	M45	Swinton Running Club	38.05
75	Andrew Dodd	M	Wilmslow Running Club	38.09
76	Robert Wright	M60	Razzers Runners	38.20
77	Colin Ardron	M65	Macclesfield Harriers	38.23
78	Neil Taylor	M40	Skelmersdale	38.24
79	Robert Anderson	M50	Unattached	38.30
80	Nick Ham	M45	Stockport Harriers	38.37
81	Paul Moses	M45	Unattached	38.47
82	Heather Carter	F35	Sandbach Striders	38.48
83	Iona Cummings	F	Macclesfield Harriers	38.57
84	James Mothershaw	M	Macclesfield Harriers	39.04
85	Louisa Harrison	F35	Wilmslow Running Club	39.07
86	Andrew McEvoy	M	Unattached	39.16
87	Steve Fairclough	M45	Stockport Harriers	39.20
88	Alan Coatsworth	M	Unattached	39.23
89	Chris Metcalfe	M45	Razzers Runners	39.25
90	Mark Wheelton	M50	Macclesfield Harriers	39.28
91	Ross Kennedy	M	Unattached	39.31
92	Tim Hargreaves	M50	Stockport Harriers	39.39
93	Simon Froggatt	M	Unattached	39.41
94	Carolyn Atherton	F45	Unattached	39.44
95	David Wright	M	Unattached	39.55
96	Jamie Smith	M60	Wilmslow Running Club	40.01
97	James Gowin	M	Wilmslow Running Club	40.04
98	Molly Whittall	F35	Unattached	40.12
99	Kris Inskip	M	Unattached	40.17
100	Brian Taylor	M	Unattached	40.18
101	Michael Escolme	M40	Sandbach Striders	40.26
102	Diane Bygrave	F35	Wilmslow Running Club	40.30
103	Adrian Machin	M	Congleton Harriers	40.32
104	Simon Fenton	M65	Wilmslow Running Club	40.35
105	Andrew Earnshaw	M50	Unattached	40.37
106	Alan Turner	M45	Wilmslow Running Club	40.48
107	Gary Wenn	M45	Royal Navy	40.55
108	Perry Wyatt	M50	Sandbach Striders	40.58
109	Martin Williams	M50	Woodsmoor Gents	40.59
110	Paul Watson	M50	Unattached	41.00
111	Jen Hockenhull	F	Sandbach Striders	41.01
112	Jane Blackburn	F40	Unattached	41.02
113	Nicola Lloyd	F	Unattached	41.03
114	Sue Strang	F45	Wilmslow Running Club	41.03
115	David Larkin	M	Macclesfield Harriers	41.31
116	Clare Holdcroft	F35	Mow Cop Runners	41.36
117	Simon Sewell	M45	Unattached	41.39
118	Pam Sharp	F40	Woodsmoor Ladies	41.50
119	Melissa Broughton	F40	Wilmslow Running Club	41.51
120	Jackie Kilding	F45	Congleton Harriers	41.52
121	Chris 'Curtis' Cannon	M55	Wilmslow Running Club	42.05
122	Scott McGiven	M	Unattached	42.14
123	Phil Summers	M50	Swinton Running Club	42.36
124	Luan Machin	F35	Congleton Harriers	42.37
125	Rachel McCurrie	F	Unattached	42.55
126	Rob Milner	M	Unattached	43.01
127	Kath Meehan	F	Unattached	43.02
128	Ian Cleminson	M	Woodsmoor Gents	43.19
129	Catriona Marshall	F40	Wilmslow Running Club	43.33
130	Mark Stanton	M	Unattached	43.38
131	Val Kinvig	F45	Vale Royal AC	44.02
132	Anthony Taylor	M55	Razzers Runners	44.15
133	John Lawton	M60	Sandbach Striders	44.19
134	Emma Beveridge	F40	Macclesfield Harriers	44.26
135	Claire Hawkes	F50	Wilmslow Running Club	44.47
136	Robert McCurrie	M40	Unattached	44.48
137	Janet Snow	F50	Vale Royal AC	44.53
138	Leanne Byrne	F	Wilmslow Running Club	44.55
139	Liz O'Keeffe	F55	Sandbach Striders	44.56
140	Jan Christof Telford	M40	Unattached	45.01
141	Gavin Sanderson	M	Unattached	45.03
142	Mark Mothershaw	M45	Macclesfield Harriers	45.04
143	Andrea Burns	F40	Bolton Harriers	45.06
144	Jamie Mason	M	Unattached	45.10
145	Steve Sharp	M40	Woodsmoor Gents	45.12
146	Georgina Burton	F45	Unattached	45.14
147	Colin Cohen	M55	Stockport PCT	45.15
148	Pam Tindall	F	Unattached	45.16
149	David Smith	M40	Unattached	45.38
150	Michael Hammerton	M	Unattached	45.39
151	Lynne Graves	F40	Macclesfield Harriers	45.53
152	Ros Mann	F55	Unattached	46.15
153	Brigid Corrigan	F45	Manchester Triathlon	46.19
154	Joanne Jones	F40	Unattached	46.20
155	Karen Bale	F45	Unattached	46.34
156	Cindy Knight	F45	Biddulph Running Club	46.36
157	Julie Lucas	F45	Wilmslow Running Club	46.55
158	Nina Birch	F	Wilmslow Running Club	46.55
159	Jason Chapman	M40	Hyde Village Striders	47.03
160	Sharen Roberts	F35	Swinton Running Club	47.14
161	Lorna Fewtrell	F45	South Cheshire	47.18
162	Phil Cliffe	M45	South Cheshire	47.19
163	Nicola Williams	F40	Woodsmoor Ladies	47.57
164	Trevor Faulkner	M65	Wilmslow Running Club	48.17
165	Joanne Aartse-Tuyn	F40	Mow Cop Runners	48.18
166	Paul Ellaby	M45	Unattached	48.20
167	Abi Aartse-Tuyn	F	Mow Cop Runners	48.23
168	Stephen Critchley	M40	Unattached	48.31
169	Kieran Murphy	M50	Unattached	48.38
170	Andrew Cotton	M40	Muller Running Club	48.39
171	Russell Edwards	M	Unattached	48.42
172	Ben Furnival	M	Unattached	48.55
173	Rosemary Britton	F60	Ashbourne RC	49.06
174	Elizabeth Clowes	F	Unattached	49.12
175	Charlotte Moore	F	Unattached	49.14
176	Chris Hammerton	M55	Unattached	49.16
177	Rachel Hollins	F	Biddulph Running Club	49.32
178	Matt Telford	M	Biddulph Running Club	49.54
179	Jenny McClelland	F40	Unattached	50.05
180	Rosie Wrobel	F	Unattached	50.28
181	Helen Budge	F35	Unattached	50.29
182	Emma Berry	F35	Unattached	50.39
183	Fiona McAuley	F45	Swinton Running Club	51.09
184	Mark Taylor	M	Staffs Moorlands	51.40
185	John Hammond	M	Unattached	51.48
186	Lorraine Clarke	F45	Mow Cop Runners	52.32
187	David Taylor	M50	Staffs Moorlands	53.00
188	Mike McDonald	M70	Bowland Fellrunners	53.44
189	Kate Shaw	F	Unattached	56.21
190	Kath Clutton	F50	Unattached	56.22
191	John Roach	M65	Biddulph Running Club	65.02

Dunham Massey 5K (race 2)

Friday 17th June

The second 5k Dunham Massey race was held last Friday. It was slightly drizzly with a bit of a breeze.  I think some of the age groups were wrong in the results (or mine was anyway).  Christine I believe had a PB. I also had a PB (or rather a new PB since I started running again if that counts?). 

10 Graham  MacNeil  (2^nd) MV45 17.01

16 Trevor Morris (3^rd) MV45 17.33

22 Andrew Whittingham MV40 17.55

37 Graham Screawn MV40 18.25

44 Mike Hill MV45 18.50

55 Jeremy Bygrave M 19.19

61 Matthew Atkinson M 19.49

70 Geoff Gilbert MV55 20.26

76 Christine Geraghty (2^nd by 1sec.) FV45 20.37 (New PB I believe)

104 Alan Turner MV45 21.53

130 Angela Maziere FV50 23.07

134 Christopher Cannon MV55 23.21

135 Simon Fenton (2^nd) MV65 23.24

Full Results: http://www.ukresults.net/2011/dunham2.html

I think I picked up everybody from the results.

Jeremy

Cliff to Castle Relay

18 June 2011

Damian, Janine, Mike Halman and I formed half the parkrun team for this crazy relay race from Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol to Windsor Castle.  The 128 mile route was mainly off road along muddy canal and river paths with the odd dash through a city centre.  It was a 3.00am start and Damian got us off to a flyer.  We all ran 3 legs each totalling 14-22 miles.  After various trials and several extra miles we ran into Windsor in the late afternoon 3rd place out of 4 teams.  This is clearly not the full story which will have to wait for the newsletter ...

... in the meantime here is the video evidence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIiBFDp2ihQ

Fingers crossed this becomes an open event next year so we can send a WRC team or two.

Rob

1. Team adidas approx 14h00
2. Team Sweatshop approx 14h10
3. Team parkrun approx 14h15
4. Team New Balance approx 17h00

 

Bluebell Postscript

May's Bluebell Trail may be a distant memory now, but Stainland Lions don't sit still for long.  Theye're now busy preparing for their next hosted race - The Stainland 7 !!

It might not have a river crossing or the dreaded Trooper Lane, but you can rely on lots of friendly marshals, a few hills here and there, 7 miles of Yorkshire scenery and a quality goody bag.

Although not in the Summer Series this year (thank goodness), should you feel you missed out on this experience last year then visit their website for details : http://www.stainlandlions.com/

Running Bear Alderley Edge Carnival 5K

Saturday 21st May 2011

Pos	Name	M/F	Club	Time
1	Peter Speake	M	Bildeston Bounders	16:38
2	Paul Payne	M40	Stockport	17:03
3	James Wood	M	Congleton	17:04
4	Martin Armstrong	M45	U/A	17:07
5	Steven Caldwell	M	Vale Royal	18:21
6	Nathan Mayoh	M	U/A	18:32
7	Gary Wilcox	M45	Sale	18:41
8	Richard Hirons	M45	Wilmslow RC	19:33
9	Jeremy Bygrave	M	Wilmslow RC	19:42
10	Frank McTominay	M50	Lonsdale Fell	19:47
11	Matt Atkinson	M	Wilmslow RC	19:48
12	Patrick Leonard	M40	Knutsford Tri	19:57
13	Patrick Phelan	M45	U/A	20:04
14	Andy Thorpe	M45	U/A	20:26
15	Neil Gunn	M50	Macclesfield	20:31
16	Geoff Gilbert	M55	Wilmslow RC	20:33
17	John Coates	M45	Northern Vets	20:39
18	Jane Saunders	F40	Wilmslow RC	20:41
19	George Livesey	M60	Ste Maxime	20:49
20	Steve Lomas	M40	Macclesfield	21:06
21	Peter Bream	M40	Wilmslow RC	21:07
22	Duncan Worth	M50	Salford	21:09
23	Tony Spence	M45	U/A	21:12
24	Charmaine Wood	F	Congleton	21:16
25	Wayne Kemp	M	U/A	21:36
26	Dean Cox	M	U/A	22:00
27	Melanie Young	F	Newcastle AC	22:00
28	James Gowin	M	Wilmslow RC	22:11
29	Jamie Sheehain	M	U/A	22:25
30	Chris Cannon	M55	Wilmslow RC	23:01
31	Simon Fenton	M65	Wilmslow RC	23:15
32	Marie-Anne Eckersall	F	U/A	23:20
33	Roy Pownall	M60	Wilmslow RC	23:23
34	Peter Watson	M70	Wilmslow RC	23:27
35	Caroline Item	F45	U/A	23:56
36	Malcolm Taylor	M65	U/A	24:01
37	Alison Gunn	F45	Macclesfield	24:02
38	Aeronwy Preece-Towey	F	U/A	24:03
39	Sarah Woolley	F40	Macclesfield	24:03
40	Paul Worsley	M50	U/A	24:04
41	Mike Davis	M45	U/A	24:15
42	Helen Madden	F40	U/A	24:29
43	Ali Barker	F	U/A	24:41
44	Verity Wolstencroft	F	U/A	24:54
45	Andy Bale	M45	U/A	25:04
46	Martin Eaves	M	Spectrum Striders	25:12
47	David Smith	M40	U/A	25:23
48	Ann Luckock	F50	U/A	25:56
49	Therese Stevinson	F35	U/A	26:05
50	Martin Dupuy-Roudel	M45	U/A	26:39
51	Angus Varley	M45	South Cheshire	27:24
52	Andrew Cotton	M40	Muller RC	27:27
53	Vin Sumner	M55	U/A	27:36
54	Hana Lewis	F	Macclesfield	28:12
55	Mandy Yonge	F45	U/A	28:25
56	Katherine Rogers	F45	U/A	28:30
57	Becky Styles	F35	U/A	29:28
58	Kath Jones	F45	U/A	29:28
59	Neville Jones	M70	Warrington	29:47
60	Gill Dickinson	F50	Stockport	30:16
61	Amanda Welch	F45	U/A	31:01
62	Nicola Moss	F35	U/A	31:27
63	John Latham	M60	South Cheshire	33:54
64	Ian Kellett	M45	U/A	33:59
65	Emma Eaves	F	U/A	34:12
66	Catherine Truman	F40	U/A	34:29
67	Emma Jones	F35	U/A	34:56
68	Lucy Heslip	F35	U/A	35:02

Alderley Edge Training

The 2010 Summer Series Shirt Session

Tuesday 03 May 2011

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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

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

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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.

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

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.

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.

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.

YOUR HALF MARATHON STORIES

Charlotte needs your race stories for the newsletter but we have also been asked by Nick Taylor who is studying Sports Journalism @ UCLan for any feedback on your stories and emotions post / during / after race .

Nick can be emailed on  mailto:ntaylor2@uclan.ac.uk].

When sending to Charlotte , copy Nick with any additional thoughts where possible would be an easy way.

Thanks all.

Nick.( B) !

 

 

  

Cheshire Marathon Championships

The CCAA has decided that the Cheshire Road Race Championships event for 2011 will be the CHESTER MARATHON on Sunday 9th October.

As usual, there will be medals for the following Cheshire-eligible runners:
- first 3 men
- first M40
- first M50
- first 3 women
- first L35
- first L45

(This is in addition to the Cheshire RR GP, which is completely separate and is for Cheshire clubs and their first claim members only.)

Adrian Thiemicke

Wilmslow Half - Mick Hall photos

Mick's photos are now on display on his site.

Pictures of the Wilmslow Half

A brilliant set of photographs from Rod, who appointed himself official WRC photographer, donned a reflective, and recorded the pictures in the album '2011 Wilmslow Half Marathon' (Members' Area).  (Note that there are over 200 pictures, with five pages of preview thumbnails - click the small '>>' symbol at the bottom of the page to move to the next page).

These pictures are at reduced resolution, and if you want a high resolution version please contact Rod.

Wilmslow Half

				gun	chip
41	.	Rob	Downs	01:14:13	01:14:11
52	.	Jim	Pendrill	01:15:54	01:15:54
62	.	Trevor	Morris	01:17:16	01:17:14
71	.	Philip	Smith	01:18:02	01:18:00
75	.	Tom	Mcgaff	01:18:17	01:18:14
102	.	Mark	Bale	01:20:45	01:20:41
125	.	Hamish	Shaw	01:22:22	01:22:20
137	.	Rob	Gilbert	01:22:57	01:22:53
160	.	Mick	Fairs	01:23:57	01:23:54
202	.	Jonathan	Dunkley	01:25:59	01:25:46
225	.	James	Eyre	01:26:44	01:26:31
238	.	Andy	Watts	01:27:10	01:27:06
241	.	Peter	Bannister	01:27:15	01:27:07
289	.	Ian	Smallwood	01:28:54	01:28:39
325	.	Jeremy	Bygrave	01:29:38	01:29:08
351	.	Louise	Rudd	01:30:24	01:30:21
369	.	Paul	Norris	01:30:51	01:30:36
398	.	Patrick	Grannan	01:31:39	01:31:35
453	.	Gareth	Trimble	01:33:07	01:33:03
455	.	Edward	Hickling	01:33:10	01:32:54
458	.	Christine	Geraghty	01:33:12	01:33:09
459	.	Richard	Hirons	01:33:14	01:33:01
468	.	Gavin	Mendham	01:33:28	01:33:09
478	.	Geoff	Gilbert	01:33:42	01:33:22
501	.	Nicky	Mowat	01:34:02	01:33:59
509	.	Janine	Ellis	01:34:11	01:33:56
553	.	Kate	Sutton	01:35:17	01:35:13
554	.	Paul	Garnett	01:35:17	01:35:02
597	.	Jon	Bale	01:36:15	01:35:56
611	.	Sally	Johnston	01:36:26	01:36:09
660	.	Clare	Hawkes	01:37:19	01:37:00
670	.	Jarrod	Homer	01:37:33	01:37:09
689	.	Andrew	Dodd	01:37:50	01:37:23
695	.	Paul	Stonier	01:37:59	01:36:46
697	.	Steffi	Sperring	01:38:03	01:37:36
758	.	Ian	Ashcroft	01:39:05	01:39:00
791	.	Sue	Strang	01:39:37	01:39:18
806	.	Owen	Ashcroft	01:39:52	01:39:47
857	.	John	Porteous	01:40:36	01:40:31
935	.	Zoe	Houghton	01:41:52	01:40:49
1080	.	Angie	Maziere	01:44:23	01:43:56
1154	.	Soraya	Mason	01:45:33	01:45:05
1175	.	Alan	Turner	01:45:53	01:45:26
1200	.	Sharon	Jones	01:46:23	01:45:55
1373	.	Peter	Watson	01:48:36	01:48:07
1648	.	Penny	Hinke	01:52:15	01:51:47
1846	.	Catriona	Marshall	01:54:42	01:54:13
2146	.	Ned	Spencer	01:58:02	01:55:53
2174	.	Gail	Hill	01:58:25	01:56:43
2195	.	Sarah	Miles	01:58:46	01:58:19
2353	.	Trevor	Faulkner	02:00:40	02:00:13
2401	.	Don	Bullough	02:01:08	02:01:05
2403	.	Julie	Lucas	02:01:09	01:59:26
2469	.	Elspeth	Gibson	02:01:55	02:00:12
2728	.	Charlotte	Godfrey	02:05:45	02:03:35
3124	.	Andy	Gardner	02:13:29	02:12:06
3661	.	Neil	Mcaleece	02:36:43	02:35:02
Steve Russell ?
other errors & omissions?
Ian