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White Peak Marathon, Cromford, 17th May

Results

Pos Name Club Cat Pos Time
1 Daniel Soltys Telford AC 2:39:51
157 Dave Robson M50 4:19:16

71 finishers.

Mackay Mile, Maiden Castle, 15th May

Results

Pos Name Club Cat Pos Time
1 Matt Coffey Oxford City Senior M 1 04:32
Emma Toogood DCH U17 F 1 05:14
Fiona Shenton Veteran F 1 06:07

Men's Record: Shaun Moralee 04:21, 2007
Ladies' Record: Aiveen Fox 05:13, 2005

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Snods 6, Snods Edge, 14th May

Colin Blackburn

This event is probably the closest regular road/trail race to my house so I took the opportunity to cycle across on a sunny but slightly chilly evening. I arrived in good time having erred on the side of caution with my cycling time. Even so I was still far from the first and there was already a clutch of Striders hanging around who thought the race started at 6:30. Once the village hall at Snods Edge had been opened up we all filed in, milled around, got registered, and got changed. More and more Striders appeared until there was a sea of prurple and green, or there would have been if everyone had brought their club vests! By the time of the race there were 21 Striders running in a field of 61 runners. We were by far the biggest club there beating Blyth in the numbers game if not in the race. It shows what effect a bit of free food can have.

The race is mainly on quiet country roads with a few farm tracks and one cut across a field. My decision to wear trail shoes was probably a bad one considering how dry it had been over the past few weeks. My legs are still complaining three days later about the lack of support I gave them. Dave Shipman was a welcome sight cycling hither and thither around the course cheering us all on when we needed it most.

Tom led in the Striders men in 11th place with Mike and Shaun a few places behind. Mandy was the first woman home over all, winning a bottle of bubbly for her efforts. Debs was second woman and 6 of the top 8 women were Striders.

The race was followed by an excellent spread of curries, pizzas, sandwiches and lots of nibbles and then cakes and tiny chocolate doughnuts! Just as I was leaving the quiz was under way...did any Striders win that one too?

The Snods 6 fantastic event and with a bit of effort we could make half of the field next year.

Results

Pos Name Club Cat Pos Time
1 Paul Whalley Blyth 37:41
11 Thomas Reeves 41:57
13 Mike Bennett 42:44
15 Shaun Roberts 43:49
20 Nigel Hepple 45:51
26 Colin Blackburn 47:10
29 Mandy Dawson F 1 48:47
33 Debra Goddard F 2 50:21
38 Cal Young 51:55
40 Phil Owen 52:43
43 Jan Young F 5 53:58
45 Peter Brook 54:38
47 Louise Billcliffe F 6 55:00
48 Jean Bradley F 7 55:07
49 Dougie Nisbet 55:08
50 Yvonne Jones F 8 55:29
51 Philip Todd 57:11
52 Dave Robson 58:12
57 Peter McDermott 1:02:06
58 Linda McDermott F 11 1:02:06
60 Kim Hall F 12 1:37:03
61 Mike Hall 1:37:06

61 finishers.

Bowderdale Wild Race, Eden Valley, 11th May

Shaun Roberts

Phew, what a scorcher! This race was brought forward a month, partly to avoid the hot conditions in previous years, but by the Law of Sod it was again roasting for this scenic off-road trail race - 17K or so, with 2,100 feet of climb. I lined up with Nigel and Phil at the start and compared notes on what to wear for the event - we had three completely different approaches: topless, vested and full black body cover with rucksack - I'll let you imagine the scene until we get a photo online...

The race began with a ten minute climb before reaching the narrow stony track that follows along the side of Bowderdale Beck. After 40 minutes or so, the path climbs steeply up the ridge to the west, and it's time for a walk. In cooler conditions it's possible to try running short sections, but in this heat I found it impossible, and tried to keep up a firm walking pace. A farmer waits at the top with his quad bike and water bowser - very welcome indeed - and then there's a really nice downhill section on turf, and great views open up ahead. We followed the ridge, with alternating descents and climbs, which again needed some walking, but eventually you come to a final long knee-trembler of a descent back down to the finish.

As is traditional for this one, Nigel managed to catch up with me at the final peak and ran away down the hill. We were a bit slower than usual, but were higher up the field, so I think we can blame the weather a bit for the times. Phil had trouble with his Achilles part-way round, but rather than walk miles back, he did well to keep going all the way home. The cool stream at the finish was soon full of runners cooling off.

This is a great course, and I thoroughly recommend it to anyone wanting to get out on the hills - especially if the weather forecast looks a bit cooler than it was this time.

Results

Pos Name Club Cat Pos Time
1 James Douglas Border Harriers 1:09:11
8 Jess Trowbridge Gateshead Harriers F 1 1:31:11
21 Nigel Heppell M50 3 1:44:21
24 Shaun Roberts M50 5 1:45:17
54 Phil Owen M40 17 2:08:15

71 finishers.

Ripon 10M, 11th May

Dave Robson

A great new scenic route. It starts on the same route as the new Jolly Holly Jog course and then moves off to follow the valley of the seven bridges which used to be on the old Jolly Holly Jog course. Then back up the main drive in the deer park (couldn't see any deer this time) and then it takes a new route to Fountains Abbey and then back on the old 10m course.

Basically four hills plus a few bumps. The previous route was probably 90% on road and now its probably down to 50%. Very hot and this with the hills caught out a number of people who set out fast and I was overtaking people who were slowing from 2m onwards. My aim was to do 10min/miles as a practice for next weekend. My time at 7m when the four hills were behind me was just under 70min so that was great and I allowed myself to speed up in the last three miles - I lack discipline ! Tee shirt to all finishers. A great race, highly recommended - the new route is below.

Results

Pos Name Club Cat Pos Time
1 Garry Dunn Thirsk & Sowerby Harriers M35 54:40
185 Dave Robson M55 1:34:47

253 finishers.

Dryderdale Dash Fell Race, Hamsterley, 8th May

Shaun Roberts

A beautiful evening for a five mile race through lesser-known parts of Hamsterley Forest. Quite a few familiar faces at the start line, and we joked about how none of us had brought the usual maps, compasses etc, as obviously we wouldn't be needing them - well, we wouldn't would we, as the course was marked with huge yellow marker boards, so what could go wrong?

The race began with a long mile and a half drag with little chance to catch your breath, after which we had nice rolling or flat sections - Nigel was not too far behind me along here, just behind the leading lady. With about a mile to go, a marshal directed me down the final hill, saying "you can't go wrong now"! I had another runner in my sights coming down here, and hammered down the hill trying to catch him up, and - you guessed it - he missed a sign, and my eyeballs were so far out I missed it too! We ended up taking a slight shortcut to the finish, as did the leading lady, sadly, and so for the first time ever I was disqualified! Had to laugh about it, after doing all the fell navigation training ...

Will Horsley had a great run to win in under the half-hour. I actually quite enjoyed my non-qualifying run in 35 minutes or so, followed closely on the full route by Nigel and Emma - first Lady home. Debs' Dad Eric had a good run, and Jan won the F50 prize - her son Cal said this one hurt much more than the last fell race he did in Hamsterley, but he did well to come in the top twenty.

Nice new race - and a prize for every runner afterwards in the cafe.

Results

Pos Name Club Cat Pos Time
1 Will Horsley NFR 29:11
12 Nigel Heppell M50 4 37:02
13 Emma Bain F/F40 1 37:26
18 Cal Young Unattached 40:25
20 Eric Whitaker Blackhill Bounders M60 2 41:45
21 Jan Young F50 1 41:52
DNC Shaun Roberts M50 35:06

31 finishers.

Coniston Fell Race, Coniston, 3rd May

Tom Reeves

I turned up on a very sunny and pleasant Saturday afternoon to run the Coniston Fell Race. Now I've ran in a few fell races (Hexham Hobble, Saunders etc) now so thought it was about time to step up and run a category A fell race. I was feeling pretty confident and hoped for a good race. There was a strong contingent from NFR including Geoff and Susan Davis so I figured I would try and chase after Geoff and maybe even pip him at the post!

The Course is 9 miles long with 3500 feet of ascent, hence the A category. There were three checkpoints Wetherlam (762m), Swirl How (804m) and finally Coniston Old Man (803m). We set off in the sun and soon hit the first hill at which point everyone got there hands on their knees and commenced the plod up to Wetherlam I tried to run but soon joined the rest of the plodders. It was interesting to see people taking a variety of routes. I however followed the masses and Geoff who had ambled past me on the first climb. We did manage the occasional run when the incline allowed but overall it was one hell of a pull up to the first checkpoint. As I suggested I was hoping to do well at the start of the race. By Swirl How I was just hoping to get to the end and by Coniston Old Man I was hoping not to collapse and come in last!

The run down from the old man was steep and didn't half batter the old legs. I was really surprised to come round a bend in the path in the final mile and see Geoff about 50 metres ahead (he tells me he took a bad line off the old man) I think he was also surprised to see me, he certainly stepped on the gas on the road to the finish. I'm afraid I couldn't respond (my legs were like jelly) and came in a couple of places behind him. I had told my family I would be round in 90 minutes, it took me 1 hour 43 (to be confirmed) I am ever the optimist. I must say (as you may have gathered) it is a tough race and only for those who like hills, but the course is in some fantastic countryside and it really felt like an achievement to finish. I might even do it next year.

Results

Pos Name Club Cat Pos Time
1 Ian Holmes Bingley V40 1.11.43
26 Natalie White Bingley L 1 1.25.04
164 Geoff Davis NFR V50 1.42.45
168 Tom Reeves V40 1.43.08
296 Susan Davis NFR LV40 2.02.29

342 finishers.

Redcar Half Marathon, 20th April

Dougie Nisbet

The weather was warmer and calmer than I was expecting and I turned up in good time despite a mad dash back home to discover that the timing chip I thought I'd left behind had mysteriously velcroed itself to my running vest. Everything was well organised and I was soon parked and at the start. Bumped into Alan Purvis who was wearing the coolest faded running vest I've ever seen. It looked like denim. I want one of those. They should be manufactured to a specification so that they look like they've done a few marathons rather than just walked out of a sports shop.

As I stood amongst the gently dripping wild garlic wondering what all this liquid fertilizer was doing to the delicate ecological balance of the woodland, I felt pretty good. Dennis, my perfectly pixellated virtual enemy was going for the elusive sub 1:50. That would be a new PB by 10 minutes, but I was feeling confident.

I started fast but the course wasn't quite as flat as I expected. I began to have doubts about things on the long, straight hill that seemed to go on for ever into the wind from mile 5 to 7, and Dennis, who I thought I'd left way behind, edged past me as we reached the top. It was around here that I was passed by the mandatory Man pushing a Pram with Small Child Inside that no race is complete without, and I began to think I'd pushed too hard too early.

The stretch along the coast was fine, and my pace picked up. It's not everyone's cup of tea but I love the surreal petrochemical skyline of Teesside. Dennis gradually lost his 300 feet advantage and I counted 12 oil tankers queued up across the bay. This didn't help my pace so I chased the Man with the Pram instead. I caught Dennis, the smug git, at mile 11, and was already wondering how much I was going to smash the 1:50 barrier by.

The thing about cracking of course is there's no point doing it half-heartedly. If you're going to crack, do it properly. Much to my astonishment, and within 2 miles of the finish, I crumpled. I groaned and whimpered and may even have called faintly for my mummy. My pace time started bobbing enthusiastically into double figures. Dennis showed me a pixel perfect two-fingered salute and surged ahead, the digits showing his increasing lead spinning over like a cartoon speedometer. I was conscious of pitying heads shaking in the crowd and at one point I was convinced I was going to throw-up at the feet of a St John's Ambulance crew. People who I'd coasted past earlier now passed me like I was standing still, with their smug, smug, backs. I had no idea backs could look smug, but there you go.

I still got in with a respectable 1:51:16 that's a new PB for me by a lot. However I definitely ran too fast too early and perhaps if I'd run my own race, rather than Dennis's, I might have done a bit better. It was good to see Greta and Mike at the finish and I spotted Alan again. Don't know if there were any more Striders there though.

Results

Pos Name Club Cat Pos Time
1 Zak Kihara Kenya 1:07:00
15 Pauline Powell Blackburn Harriers F 1 1:15:15
547 Dennis 1:50:00
580 Dougie Nisbet 1:51:37
785 Mike Elliott 2:03:29
795 Greta Jones 2:04:01
841 Alan Purvis 2:07:06

1,019 finishers.

Hawkshead Trail Race, Hawkshead, 19th April

Phil Owen

Dave Robson and I were lucky enough to be able to travel over to the lakes on late Friday afternoon and therefore not have to get up at stupid o'clock to make the race on Saturday morning. These trail races are always very well organized and Hawkshead village hall was open on the Friday evening for early arrivals to registration. At registration we bumped into a few fellows from the fetch everyone website including another Dave and his son Hamsterboy (fetch nickname) from near Durham. We hadn't seen Dave since the charity 5K at Maiden Castle so we popped over to the pub to catch up. On the Saturday morning we wandered over from Hawkshead to the finish area to watch Hammy run the 11-16 year olds 4K trail. We missed the start but were there to watch him win it. He's only 12 so it was an excellent achievement. On the next trail race we will get him a pint in the pub and make him sign striders first claim forms! One of the great things about these races is the trouble the organizers go to make it a great family day out with the 4k sport trail for the young ones a highly contested event and one of many thing for the kids to do. During the morning Dave (Robson) decided to do the Challenge instead of the trail due to feeling a bit lacklustre after his exertions at the FLM among others and saving himself for his next marathon at Lochaber the following week. Essentially the challenge is the same course but sets off 45 minutes earlier for anyone wanting to take a bit more time over the scenic course and the Nordic walkers (some of whom are very fast).

The start for both challenge and trail is Hawkshead village centre. The narrow streets make a great start place for the races. A band of drummers (Batala Liverpool) marched the challenge through the village and off they went with a cheer from a sizable crowd of supporters in a somewhat party atmosphere. Forty five minutes later it was my turn. I started with a number of Fetchies but I was feeling good and moved on soon after we left the village. The tarmac road didn't last long and we were soon climbing a couple of mile up into the hills heading towards a pine forest. This was the first of three hills on the 9.77 mile race. Once through the forest trail we were soon onto open meadow and farmland with views to Lake Windermere. The next hill was a very long steep climb up through more mature open woodland. I like these as for once I get to overtake some of the runners that normally leave me for dead on the flat. Down the other side is even better. Tree roots and sharp jagged rocks make for a tricky descent but again I feel more at home on these and flew (it's all relative) past quite a few including Hammy's dad. Another hill and then we were running alongside Windermere and heading back towards Hawkshead and the finish. Despite Dave trying to take it easy he was only 5 minutes or so behind last years time and only 8m30s behind my all out bust a gut time !

When the weathers nice the scenery and view of in these trail races are superb. Every time I do one I think they can't be bettered. The next in the series is a half marathon over Garburn pass followed by Derwentwater, Coniston, Helvellyn and Ullswater where the runners are taken by the Ullswater steamer from Glenriding up the lake to Howtown and the runners race back south around the lake. All highly recommended.

Results

Pos Name Club Cat Pos Time
1 Andi JONES Salford Harriers 0:54:43
11 Vic WILKINSON Bingley Harriers F 1 1:02:45
358 Phil OWEN M40 1:36:27
[471] Dave ROBSON * M55 1:44:55

591 finishers. * Running in Trail Challenge - no official position recorded.

Flora London Marathon, 13th April

Dave Robson

Friday night - didn't sleep well at all. People say that the penultimate night is the one that matter so this was not a good omen.

Saturday morning. Woke in plenty of time to get to Maggie's house and I was driven to the Durham services (thanks Emma) which was the pick up point for the coach organised by Blyth Running Club. They had been great in letting me join them at short notice. Coach arrived early and we set off ahead of schedule. All went smoothly until we reached the bottom end of the M1 when we hit some roadworks and progress was slow. You could see a few people getting anxious about getting to Excel by 5.00 to pick up the numbers. Finally got to the hotel in Victoria about 3.45 ! Left the luggage without booking in and jumped on tube (which was busy with the Victoria Line closed). Got to Excel by about 4.20 and picked up number with no problem. Wandered round Excel for a while and at the station on the way back met a friend from the Fetcheveryone website who was running as Sonic the Hedgehog. Had a good talk as we headed back into London on the train. I admire him running in the Sonic outfit, very tough.

In the evening I met up with other people from the Fetch website for a pasta meal. I had only one of them before which was a bit strange. I was bit nervous at first, but everybody was very friendly and I had good conversations about running.

Got back to the hotel, but again I didn't sleep too well. Woke at three and sort of dozed from then on. Not great, two bad nights ! Met Mick and Phil who were staying at same hotel at breakfast. Phil is disabled and Mick (his father) pushes him around marathons. The FLM had refused them entry and there had been a big campaign to get them in. They won the Jane Tomlinson award recently and when interviewed Mick said his dream was to do London. After that and at a very late stage (one or two days before the race!), the organisers let them in on the condition they started at the back.

After breakfast, coach to the start and that all went well - I'm glad I didn't have to get there by train. The start area was more spacious that the GNR and I met up with other Fetchies in the sunny weather.

The start pens were low barriers and it would have been easy to jump over them and some people did. I thought it would be more like the GNR where they are now very tight on the pens and the pen barriers are very high. I was in pen 4 which felt fairly near the front. In the pen another Fetchie came up and introduced himself and he very helpfully gave me lots of information on the start and the first few miles.

The race plan. Well to be honest I didn't really have one. I had overtrained for this (two half marathons last weekend) and I didn't know I was going to do it until ten days ago, so I thought I would just see how it went and how I felt. Optimistically I set up Bob, my virtual partner on my Garmin, to finish in just under 4hr, but I would be happy to finish in anything under 4h 30m.

Got to the start line in just over two and half minutes. First mile was a bit stop start 9m 58s but I wasn't worried about that. Second mile was 9m 7s, fine and I felt fine, so I thought I would carry on with that. Another Fetchie came by and introduced himself somewhere in the second mile. It was pretty crowded at this point and I took the decision to just keep to the speed of most people around me and not to try and weave round them. About 3m or so there seemed to be more space and my pace increased to under 9min/miles.

I had decided to break the race up into sections: Cutty Sark, Tower Bridge, Fetchpoint, Canary Wharf, 20m point, Fetchpoint, finish. Fetchpoint was a group of Fetchies who gather to cheer and pass on goodies such as jelly babies, gels etc. They were at the 22m point, but you could see them on the other side of the road at 13m as well. Got to Cutty Sark feeling fine. It got a bit more crowded again and my speed went over 9min/miles for that mile. Another Fetchie came by introduced himself and went on. As we headed towards Tower Bridge, the weather changed from sunny and cool to very dark, a little cold and it started to throw it down.

The crowds had been encouraging from the start. People had told me to put my name on the front of my vest and I thought that I might get a few people calling out my name. I was very surprised that lots and lots of people were doing it - well I guess there might have been one or two Dave's in the race, but even allowing for that, the personal support was something I had never experienced before and it definitely helped !!

Got to Tower Bridge in the heavy rain and looked out for a Fetchie who said she would be here. Amazingly, amongst all the faces, I spotted her and it was great to see her smiling face!

Next target was Fetchpoint at 13m and I made sure I was on the left side of the road so I could see them. I was expecting a few cheers, but nothing much more. As I approached I saw many more fetchies than I had expected round about fifty and I started to wave. Being in a fetch top, they could easily spot me and the noise level and the whistles started to rise to an amazing, staggering level. It felt fantastic and I felt an incredible wave of emotion come over me. I couldn't believe I was actually close to tears. I just rode that wave for the next few miles as we turned away from the runners coming back and headed down to the Isle of Dogs. At this stage, they narrowed the route so that it became very crowded again and my time slowed to over 9min/miles again. Two more Fetchies past me at this point and we had a quick chat, this was becoming a very social race, but all of them were passing me!

The Canary Wharf area was very crowded. People offering jelly babies, biscuits etc and shouting my name. I felt pretty good here, but my times show that miles 19 and 20 were my worst - 10m 17 sec for mile 19. The 9min/mile pace group went by and I could see my chance of sub-4 disappearing.

I got to 20m and said to myself, okay the race starts here. I took my buff off my wrist and put it on as a sweat band to try and focus. My track record after 20m is not good. At Windermere, my previous marathon, I had really slowed down after 21m. Three weeks ago I had run out of energy at 18m on a 23m training run. I knew I needed some mental strength at this point, I was determined to try and do the last section maintaining a steady pace of no more than 10min/miles.

Got to Fetchpoint and high fived loads of them. I didn't stop as I felt that if I did I would find it very hard to get going again. I had used a 5 gel and water every 2m or so strategy and that worked fine. I did take a couple of jelly babies at 20m (hope they were vege ones ) and a lucozade sport at 23m.

Kept ticking off the miles. 3 miles to go, 2 miles to go. I was able to keep a steady pace of under 10min/miles to the finish and just before I reached 26m point, Bob beeped to say that he had finished. I was a bit surprised I was so close behind him. I went under the 365 yards to go bridge and turned into the finish feeling pretty good. Crossing the line, I felt very pleased that I had beaten the 20m jinx and my time of 4h 2min 11 sec was about 11m better than Windermere last year. Very pleased!!!

The finish system was very efficient, but as I went through it, the rain came down very heavily again. I would have like to sat down for a bit and get changed. It was a miserable end to the race. I got quite cold and it took quite a while to cross the race and get back to my hotel - my guess would be an hour. I was pretty shattered when I got back and had a lovely bath while texting loads of family and friends ! There was no way I could go to the post race Fetchie drinks, I was just too tired, so I ate my way though most of the extensive goody bag and hobbled out for a sandwich.

Saw Maggie the next morning and she had a good race, but I didn't see any other Striders.

Negatives: crowded course which made it difficult at times.
Positives: Unbelieveable support, especially from the Fetchpoint.

Will I be enter this race in future ? - I haven't made my mind up yet. Maybe once is enough, but I am tempted

Results

Pos Name Club Cat Pos Time
1 Martin Lel M25 1 2:05:15
1 Irina Mikitenko* W35 1 2:24:14
103 Fiona Shenton* W45 8 3:07:44
9885 Steve Lindsay M50 628 3:54:44
10095 John Robson M45 1189 3:55:26
12567 Dave Robson M55 328 4:03:50
15212 Yvonne Jones W55 50 4:14:29
21356 Amanda Bower W30 950 4:37:34
22165 Margaret Thompson W55 98 4:40:56

Final results, 34,292 finishers.
*Elite Women's race with 197 finishers.

Gisborough Moors, Guisborough, 13th April

Nigel Heppell

As an alternative to a certain long, flat, road race, down in the south of the country, Colin B, Shaun R, Nigel H & son arrived at Guisborough rugby club for the start of the Gisborough Moors Race. This is a 12.5mile BL (bloody long?) category fell race with 2600ft climb based around the north-western corner of the NYmoors. Only Nigel had run this one before and had always found it to be a bit of a challenge due to it being further than he would normally run, and the number and severity of the climbs and descents which always seem to stretch parts of the body beyond their normal range of movement/strength/durability. Even the flattish bits across the moors can be a stuggle through the bogs if there has been recent rain -and there had been this time - so why do it? Well, the route is interesting, varied terrrain from farm lanes to woodland tracks to moorland bogginess to limestone paving to steps up and steps down, slopes up and slopes down, forestry service roads and muddy gullies. The scenery is fantastic.

After the first climb up onto the moors and about a quarter of the way round, you travel along the edge of the moors and the views open up. First to the south towards the Vale of York, then over the lowlands to the west, and finally to the north and east with the sea and the industrial landscape of Teeside laid out like a Google Earth image below. The route takes in Capt' Cook's Monument, Roseberry Topping (and the deceptively-named Little Topping) and Highcliff Nab before a glorious descent through a gully where the the mud had been churned up to great depth by 160 pairs of feet on the ascent just an hour or two earlier. On the day it was mild, fine and sunny, warm enough for salt crystals to appear on the brow of Shaun and Colin.

Shaun led the way in with 1.56, Colin made it in 2.02, Ralph followed close behind, and Nigel wheezed in at 2.08. Rugby club showers made us all civilised again and a pint of Guinness never tasted so good.

Results

Pos Name Club Cat Pos Time
1 Charlie Stead NFR 1:26:24
45 Laura Clark Valley Striders F 1 1:44:57
82 Shaun Roberts V50 12 1:56:15
99 Colin Blackburn M45 24 2:02:16
100 Ralph Heppell M 29 2:02:19
125 Nigel Heppell M50 20 2:08:49

168 finishers.

Summer Handicap Series, Round 1, 9th April

Colin Blackburn

A big thank you to everyone for coming along and taking part last night. A whopping 26 runners took part. Thanks also to Dave Robson for helping out on the finish line.

Mandy was first across the line with Ian Graham and Phil Todd finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively. Geoff Davis was the fastest runner with Mike Bennett finishing second fastest. Sandra Graham was the fastest woman. The rest of the results are in the table below, I've only included the course time in this table. The names are taken from my scruffy handwriting and I don't have a couple of the surnames. Please send any corrections to me and I'll update the table.

The cogs have finally stopped whirring. Full results are below including new handicap times for the next event. I'll publish the start times in a week or so, they'll be based on the new handicap times but slightly rounded to make the starts easier for me.

The next round will be on Wednesday May 21st---note the revised date.

Results

Pos Name H/C Start Finish Time New H/C
1 Mandy Dawson 41:30 19:13:30 19:51:11 37:41 38:04
2 Ian Graham 45:00 19:10:00 19:51:54 41:54 42:13
3 Phil Todd 45:00 19:10:00 19:52:48 42:48 43:01
4 Graham Daglish 38:00 19:17:00 19:53:39 36:39 36:47
5 Peter Brooks 41:30 19:13:30 19:54:07 40:37 40:42
6 Emma Robinson 41:00 19:14:00 19:54:34 40:34 40:37
7 Geoff Davis 34:00 19:21:00 19:54:39 33:39 33:41
8 Wendy Rowell 40:30 19:14:30 19:55:02 40:32 40:35
9 Sandra Graham 38:00 19:17:00 19:55:13 38:13 38:05
10 Ray Partridge 37:30 19:17:30 19:55:20 37:50 37:35
11 Jan Young 40:00 19:15:00 19:55:21 40:21 40:05
12 Susan Davis 39:00 19:16:00 19:55:24 39:24 39:05
13 Louise Bilcliffe 41:00 19:14:00 19:55:29 41:29 41:05
14 Nigel Heppell 35:00 19:20:00 19:55:54 35:54 35:54
15 Phil Owen 40:00 19:15:00 19:56:51 41:51 41:51
16 Stef Barlow 41:00 19:14:00 19:57:18 43:18 43:18
17 Christine Farnsworth 45:00 19:10:00 19:57:33 47:33 47:33
18 Mike Bennett 32:00 19:23:00 19:57:34 34:34 34:34
19 George Nicholson 39:00 19:16:00 19:58:00 42:00 42:00
20 Dougie Nisbet 38:00 19:17:00 19:58:57 41:57 41:57
21 Stan 45:00 19:10:00 20:00:17 50:17 50:17
22 Lynn Moor 45:00 19:10:00 20:01:24 51:24 51:24
23 Vicky 45:00 19:10:00 20:03:25 53:25 53:25
24 Viv Patterson 45:00 19:10:00 20:03:25 53:25 53:25
25 Janet Raine 45:00 19:10:00 20:03:25 53:25 53:25

25 finishers.

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