September 2011

 

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Featured events this month:

Midland Counties Road Relays - 24 September

Men's 6-stage: 'A' team, total time 2:27:23, 76th position

1 John Wilson   23:23 81
2 Peter Fellows   22:38 75
3 Mark Baker   24:30 80
4 Richard French   24:31 77
5 Tony Hughes   24:51 76
6 Kevin Coughlan   27:30 76

Men's 6-stage: 'B' incomplete team

1 Sean O'Connor   33:19 102
2 David Cooper   28:27 99
3 Jack Langman   27:41 92
4 Tony Forde   25:22 91

 

Women's 4-stage: 'A' team, total time 1:11:30, 17th position

1 Alix Critchley   18:01 36
2 Samantha Anderson   17:29 25
3 Lyn McDonald   19:24 23
4 Amanda Deavy   16:36 17

Women's 4-stage: 'B' team, total time 1:22:47, 49th position

1 Gemma Nash   21:25 59
2 Sarah McNaney   18:34 52
3 Corinna O'Connor   21:04 49
4 Sharon Thompson   21:44 49

Women's 4-stage: 'C' team, total time 1:35:02, 58th position

1 Anne Hughes   22:14 66
2 Linda Richards   24:42 65
3 Lee Hill   26:55 62
4 Clare Rowntree   21:11 58

Column on right indicates team position at end of leg

BUPA Great North Run - 18 September

2288 Lisa Bragg   1:38:30  
6041 Kevin Coughlan   1:48:54 PB
6503 Mark Dalton   1:49:55 PB
8526 Stuart Found   1:53:39  
10520 Tony Bowe   1:56:59  
33424 Andy Kelsall   2:48:42  

Complete results on BUPA Great North Run web site

A good day was had by all. Mark and I PB’d with a considerable amount of dodging! - Kevin

Stratford Upon Avon Big 10k - 11 September

177 Gemma Nash   50:36
199 Mark Dalton   51:09

Kenilworth Half-Marathon - 4 September

34 Pete Fellows   1:25:56 1st M55
60 Mark Baker   1:31:29  
68 Robert Simpson   1:32:13 2nd M55
105 Paul Stead   1:36:42  
127 Tony Forde   1:38:50  
163 Cath Fenn   1:42:25  
194 Craig Robinson   1:45:10  
201 Allan Walsh   1:45:37  
226 Tony Hughes   1:47:29  
253 Tony Bowe   1:49:50  
263 Andrew Pitt   1:50:28  
269 Mark Dalton   1:51:20  
311 Tony Granycombe   1:54:51  
319 Anne Hughes   1:55:35 3rd F55
383 Claudie Combelas   2:00:02  
414 Roy Pye   2:04:37 3rd M65
438 John Ralph   2:07:46  
441 Tony French   2:07:57  
459 Neil Lynch   2:11:06  
491 Linda Richards   2:16:41  

Full results on Kenilworth Runners web site

This race incorporated the 2011 Warwicksire Road Championships.
Peter Fellows won the men's over 55 title.
Anne Hughes won the women's over 55 title.

Wolverhampton Marathon - 4 September

40 Dave Halford   3:18:11

Wolverhampton Half-Marathon - 4 September

110 Richard Hands   1:37:30

Great Scottish Run Half-Marathon - 4 September

2521 Rebecca MacLeod   1:50:56

Dingle Marathon - 3 September

24 Tony Mackness   3:18:54
Tony Mackness

We arrived in Ireland on Thursday, two days before the marathon. It was raining. It was still raining on Friday and the forecast was not looking good. As we turned in for the night on Friday the wind and rain was hammering on the window, and I thought maybe by the morning there wouln't be any more rain up there ! I drove round the course on Friday noting where the hills came. First one after about half a mile and they continued to come. Make no mistake this was going to be a tough one.

RACE DAY When I woke on Saturday, the rain had stopped - a good start ! The half and full started together on the quayside, and I had to make sure I didn't go off too fast. I had spotted that half runners had green numbers and full runners had yellow numbers, so I wasn't worried when half runners went past me. The scenery to the left was spectacular, following the coast road we had views over the Atlantic Ocean, and the Blasket Islands, and importantly for us a nice cooling breeze was blowing. For the first 12 miles we all ran together, before the half peeled off. At that point I looked over my shoulder and there was nobody in sight behind me, I was on my own. Up ahead I could see a few runners and it became my target to get in front of them. I slowly worked my way up the hills and managed to get past them.  When I got to the water station at eighteen miles, I counted the discarded water bottles on the road. There were about 25, so I knew roughly how many runners were in front of me.

From the start to 21 miles the course is undulating, with a net climb of 265 feet before returning to sea level. Then it gets hard. At this point you are taken up a road, round a bollard and back down the road to get the 26.2 distance correct. Before entering the loop I could see in the distance 3 runners, and doing the loop I counted a further 21 in front of me. Coming out of the loop the course starts climbing, going from sea level to 400 feet in 1.5 miles, made up of two brutal climbs with a cruel hairpin bend which leads to the final climb. Once you are at the top you then have a long straight road in front of you and its more or less downhill all the way, with the sight of Dingle town in the distance. One guy came past me and again I set my sights on the three runners in front. One by one I picked them off, and managed a good strong finish. Finishers from the half had been bussed back, and were walking towards the finish area, and it was a fantastic feeling to be running down the final half mile with them clapping and cheering you on. I was so ecstatic that when I crossed the line I forgot to stop my watch. However, using GPS technology I estimate my actual time to have been closer to 3.18.33.  Given the difficulty of the course I had expected to complete between 3.15 and 3.30 but for once I had thoroughly enjoyed the race and was more than happy with my performance, Oh, and it didn't rain at all during the race, but it did for the rest of the week.

Official time of 3.18.54 and to finish 24th out of 370 runners was a great achievement. It's a great race and for scenery it's probably one of the best. It certainly was the toughest 26.2 miles I had run. This year was the third edition and it is attracting more and more each year from all over the world, not just Ireland and the UK.
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