July 2012

 

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Featured events this month:

4th Adidas Thunder Run - 28 to 29 July

Northbrook 5
4th placed mixed team of 5
70 teams

Leg     Time
1 Steve Bottomley   00:43:42
2 John Wilson   00:43:25
3 Steve Bottomley   00:45:46
4 James Joyce   00:43:15
5 Amanda Deavy   00:43:55
6 Mark Baker   00:45:29
7 John Wilson   00:44:40
8 James Joyce   00:43:53
9 Amanda Deavy   00:43:31
10 Mark Baker   00:46:50
11 John Wilson   00:44:18
12 James Joyce   00:45:00
13 Amanda Deavy   00:44:38
14 Mark Baker   00:52:16
15 John Wilson   00:51:04
16 James Joyce   00:49:14
17 Amanda Deavy   00:47:46
18 Mark Baker   00:56:05
19 Steve Bottomley   00:47:31
20 John Wilson   00:58:47
21 James Joyce   00:51:20
22 Steve Bottomley   00:52:18
23 Mark Baker   00:54:01
24 Amanda Deavy   00:47:37
25 Steve Bottomley   00:55:01
26 James Joyce   00:53:35
27 Mark Baker   00:52:23
28 Amanda Deavy   00:49:25
29 Steve Bottomley   00:52:12
30 Mark Baker   00:53:30
      24:22:27

Northbrook Yellow
55th placed mixed team of 8
188 teams

Leg     Time
1 Clive Horton   00:46:55
2 Tony Hughes   00:52:27
3 Sarah McNaney   00:55:00
4 Anne Hughes   01:01:26
5 Corinna O'Connor   01:00:27
6 Lynne McDonald   00:48:27
7 Sean O'Connor   00:59:39
8 Dave Cooper   00:50:46
9 Clive Horton   00:46:55
10 Tony Hughes   00:53:03
11 Sarah McNaney   00:57:00
12 Anne Hughes   01:08:13
13 Corinna O'Connor   01:01:08
14 Lynne McDonald   00:53:35
15 Sean O'Connor   01:05:33
16 Dave Cooper   00:59:12
17 Clive Horton   00:53:00
18 Tony Hughes   00:59:03
19 Sarah McNaney   01:00:19
20 Anne Hughes   01:04:58
21 Corinna O'Connor   01:01:40
22 Lynne McDonald   00:52:56
23 Sean O'Connor   01:02:15
24 Dave Cooper   00:56:21
25 Clive Horton   00:50:23
26 Tony Hughes   00:54:32
      24:35:13

 

 

The Thunder Run is an endurance event with runners competing either solo, in pairs or in teams of five or eight to cover as much distance as they can in 24 hours. It's run as a relay around a 10k course, off road with plenty of technical bits - running through woods, up and down hills, through fields.

The story of the Thunder Run 2012 in my eyes is the 'Continental Hill Climb Challenge'. A hill on the course was sectioned off and if you happened to be on the course between 6 and 7pm on the Saturday, you could sprint up that hill with the fastest person winning a prize. 321 people attempted this. Amanda didn't even know the competition was on, ran up the hill at normal pace and came 9th! Brilliant and hilarious!

Other things that stuck in my mind - Amy doing 4 laps with a grin on her first Thunder Run, Clive knocking out a sub-50 on his 3rd run, Lyn knocking out 52 on her 3rd, Mark doing 7 laps - John Wilson

Thunder Run 2012

Northbrook Green
71st placed mixed team of 8
155 teams

Leg     Time
1 Chris Jones   00:49:44
2 Mark Dalton   00:55:24
3 Amy Burdis   00:54:12
4 Kevin Coughlan   00:55:44
5 Linda Richards   01:05:31
6 Gemma Nash   00:57:14
7 Andrew Pitt   00:56:21
8 Chris Jones   00:49:45
9 Mark Dalton   00:58:17
10 Amy Burdis   00:55:21
11 Kevin Coughlan   00:58:33
12 Linda Richards   01:08:07
13 Gemma Nash   01:01:07
14 Andrew Pitt   01:01:17
15 Chris Jones   01:00:16
16 Mark Dalton   01:05:11
17 Amy Burdis   00:58:52
18 Kevin Coughlan   01:04:09
19 Linda Richards   01:11:24
20 Gemma Nash   01:07:25
21 Rich Crawley   00:56:22
22 Andrew Pitt   00:59:05
23 Chris Jones   00:53:44
24 Rich Crawley   00:58:20
25 Amy Burdis   00:56:05
      24:37:30

Solo performances:

Tony Bowe - 36th

Leg   Time
1   01:13:10
2   01:12:37
3   01:22:34
4   01:23:35
5   01:20:19
6   01:25:36
7   02:59:07
8   01:39:52
9   05:17:35
10   02:18:57
11   01:34:31
    21:47:53

Dave Fawkner

Leg   Time
1   00:52:02
2   00:58:00
3   01:08:14
    2:58:16

 

Kimbolton Sprint Triathlon - 22 July

    Swim T1 Bike T2 Run Total
  Lyn McDonald 11:44 2:38 41:06 0:38 20:43 1:16:51
  Sarah McNaney 10:36 2:43 44:50 0:42 23:03 1:21:56
  Linda Richards 10:28 1:23 43:02 0:27 28:33 1:23:55

An excellent inaugural event and well worth the hour and a half travelling time to get there.  Very well marshalled and extremely well organised.  Swim took place in a (posh) school swimming pool – little over crowded for my liking which had a knock on effect on overall times but once out into T1, the adrenalin started to really kick in.  The bike route was a one lap course through some very beautiful villages and as it was all on ‘B’ roads, you could really try and work up a bit of a speed. Only two inclines on the whole course but as I love hills – I was happy!
Back into T2 and after a quick spat with some chap that tried to push me out of the way, I was off on the run.  This was a 3-lap course round the (posh) school grounds and was really enjoyable.  The support on this part was amazing and we were cheered on round every bend.  However, as it was a very warm day, the finish line was a very welcome sight.  After collecting my free banana and High 5 drink (very welcome at this point), stroppy man from T2 came over and apologised for his rudeness
All in all, a great day out with all 3 of us getting PB’s, and me winning my age category.

If anyone is interested in trying out a sprint Triathlon next year, this is definitely one to consider as it is perfect for novices, and at no point would you feel like you were under pressure from the speed freaks!  I think we will all be back next year….!!! - Sarah

USN Silverstone Duathlon Race 3 – 17 July

Chris Jones

  Run 1   12:59
  T 1   0:59
  Bike   38:45
  T2   0:45
  Run 2   15:03
      1:08:31

This was my first duathlon so I thought an easy 2m run, 10m bike, 2m run would be a good entry level. The run is round the undulating Porsche driving experience track and the bike (closer to 11.5 miles) is round the main F1 circuit. The event is well organised and marshalled and ideal for anyone just wanting to try it out. Will be back in August to do the next one.

Northbrook 10k - 15 July

28 Amanda Deavy   38:14 3rd lady
46 Peter Fellows   39:40 1st M55
74 Clive Horton   41:46  
82 Dave Halford   42:28  
92 Anthony Hughes   42:57  
94 Samantha Anderson   43:06  
96 Tony Bowe   43:15  
97 Anthony Forde   43:16  
103 Joseph Kelly   43:41  
134 Paul Robbins   45:40  
154 David Cooper   46:29  
175 Dave Fawkner   47:38  
191 Sharon Thompson   48:50  
230 Bevan Muston   51:33  
240 Martin Gavin   51:52  
242 Penny Wilkin   52:17  
243 Alice Hewlett   52:17  
256 Helen Corden   52:54  

To see the complete results go to the
Northbrook 10k results web page

The 2012 edition of this race was memorable for several reasons. It was the tenth anniversary staging, part of the Warwickshire Road Race League, host to the Warwickshire County 10k Road Championships and the inaugural return event in the Sphinx-Northbrook Our Entry Is Bigger Than Yours Challenge.

The challenge was for Sphinx to field more than 51 entrants to the Northbrook 10k to beat the 51 Northbrook entries to the Sphinx AC Summer 5. The trophy, kindly donated by Sphinx, was received on behalf of Northbrook by Corinna O'Connor. Falling short of their target by 6 entrants, Sphinx collected the wooden spoon.

Mitch Timms, Paul Bergin & Corinna O'Connor

Evesham Vale 10k - 8 July

277 Tony Bowe   52:46
293 Anhony O'Shea   53:28
320 Martin Gavin   54:58

Summer Enigma Ultra Marathon - 7 July

  Dave Fawkner   5:10:20

A nice 30-mile run around Caldecote lake in Milton Keynes was a good test to see if I had recovered from the last episode. This was a fairly flat course of 8.5 laps, although the course was damp with standing water in a few places. Things started great and the first 5 miles came and went in quick succession, but then I began to notice the early signs of fatigue. After 8 miles, my legs were a wreck and I was now thinking about the next 22 miles and the prospect of a DNF. There were 6 laps to go at this point, so the thought of repeating the same route did not help matters, but I marched on for 3 more terrible laps. With 3 laps to go, I found the organisers secret stash of home made cookies :) These made an amazing difference and I returned to running more comfortably, with lap 7 being one of my faster efforts. I eventually crossed the finish line in 5:10:20 and I was relieved, even if my legs were protesting with all I had done to them. Next stop is Thunder Run :)

Milton Keynes 10k - East Midlands Grand Prix Race 8 - 3 July

Pos   Cat Time   M/F Cat Pos
201 Dave Cooper M45 45:53   164 19

I raced the last 10K of the EMGP series at Milton Keynes on Tuesday night. Conditions were great and it's a nice flat PB course. I wanted a PB and was aiming to get inside 47 mins. I crossed the finishing line in 45:52 so a big suprise and a new PB, which will probably stand for some time. 4 PBs out of 6 races in this years series so very happy.

Full results at www.mcs.open.ac.uk/mkac/the_emgp

Outlaw Triathlon - 1 July

Iron distance triathlon - swim 2.4miles, cycle 112 miles, run 26.2 miles

Tony Bowe

  swim   1:02:37
  T1   7:12
  cycle   6:00:08
  T2   5:15
  run   4:57:42
      12:13:47