Featured events in April 2013:
- Marathon of the North
- Corsham St Georges 10k
- Derby 10k
- Stratford Shakespeare Marathon
- Stratford Shakespeare Half-Marathon
- London Marathon
- Centurion Grand Prix 5 Mile
- Brighton Marathon
- Regency 10k
Marathon of the North - 28 April
| 238 | Amy Burdis | 3:44:00 |
This race was run over a shortened course and does not qualify as an official half-marathon distance.
Corsham St Georges 10k - 28 April
| Richard Hands | 43:40 | ||
| Angela Hands | 64:24 |
Derby 10k - 28 April
| 374 | Chris Jones | 43:53 | ||
| 454 | Steve Handy | 44:49 | PB |
Stratford Shakespeare Marathon - 28 April
| 65 | Pete Fellows | 3:20:41 |
Stratford Shakespeare Half-Marathon - 28 April
| 155 | Peter Kirkhope | 1:36:39 | ||
| 317 | Bob Adams | 1:43:20 | ||
| 519 | Mark Dalton | 1:48:52 |
London Marathon - 21 April
| Mark Baker | 3:10:13 | |||
| Amanda Deavy | 3:16:09 | |||
| Martin Winch | 3:21:35 | |||
| John Wilson | 3:39:55 | |||
| Tony Hughes | 3:45:36 | |||
| Tony Bowe | 3:52:36 | |||
| Katy Davies | 4:01:48 | PB | ||
| Jack Langman | 4:15:52 | |||
| Richard Hands | 4:16:26 | |||
| Anne Hughes | 4:26:14 | |||
| Robert Pool | 5:18:38 |
Times are chip times
Well, there were high hopes for the London Marathoners on Sunday, brought on by some excellent performances at Brighton the previous week plus some very high standard targets (sub-3) for Martin, Amanda and me. Further drama was to be had with Rich Hands suffering an injury leading up to the race with only McNaney’s magic hands getting him to the start line.
The weather forecast promised ideal weather but after 6 long months of training in snow and ice the warm sunny conditions put paid to most runners ambitions of achieving their full potential. The experience of Mark Baker showed with a cracking 3:10 time, and the resilience and talent of Amanda rewarded her with a 3:16 in her full marathon debut. An incredible time made even better taking into account her pace maker fell apart at mile 8! A combination of recovering from illness and the tough conditions meant that Martin struggled to achieve his goal, but he’ll be back with another sub-3 attempt very shortly. Some very solid performances from the Tony’s (Hughes and Bowe) and Katy, who achieved a PB in her first outing in a Northbrook vest were eclipsed by the welcome to the pub for Richard Hands who battled through injury to complete the marathon.
Special mention has to go to Jack Langman, who placed 13th in his age category with a time of 4:16. A true inspiration to us all. Congratulations also goes to Anne and Rob, who along with the Tony’s put in some very solid performances ignoring the moans from me about weather, pollen, sunstroke, heat, crap shoes, dust, pollution etc. and just got on with the job in hand.
Special thanks go to the fantastic support in 3 different locations across the course. If it wasn’t for the Northbrook supporters I’m sure that it would be more than just me who wouldn’t have made it to the finish line. You made me realise how important it is to finish what you have started. Thankyou.
I’ll be back next year……..watching - John
Centurion Grand Prix 5 Mile - 14 April
| 32 | Lyn McDonald | 33:52 | 1st lady | |
| 39 | Denis Daly | 34:39 | ||
| 88 | Linda Richards | 44:32 |
In three of the six races, staged from November through to April, Lyn finished 1st and also recorded two 2nd places. This gave her the overall title for the series.
Brighton Marathon - 14 April
| 828 | Joe Kelly | 3:32:10 | ||
| 975 | Tony Bowe | 3:35:26 | ||
| 1179 | Corinna O'Connor | 3:38:59 | PB | |
| 1271 | Sarah McNaney | 3:42:23 | ||
| 1726 | Nigel McCann | 3:49:09 | PB | |
| 2142 | Craig McNaney | 3:51:09 | ||
| 2854 | Liz Pharoah | 3:56:59 | ||
| 2659 | Gemma Nash | 3:58:33 | PB | |
| 2998 | Claudie Combelas | 4:00:57 | PB | |
| 4340 | John Gibbons | 4:23:31 | ||
| 6286 | Linda Richards | 4:47:44 | ||
| 7361 | Lee Hill | 5:06:19 |
Times are chip times
Regency 10k - 7 April
| Martin Winch | 36:58 | PB | ||
| John Wilson | 37:09 | PB | ||
| Amanda Deavy | 38:24 | 1st F35 | ||
| Peter Kirkhope | 40:37 | |||
| Mike Wheeler | 40:43 | |||
| Tony Forde | 40:59 | |||
| Tony Hughes | 43:34 | |||
| Robert Simpson | 43:41 | |||
| Chris Jones | 43:42 | |||
| Tommy Dempsey | 44:06 | |||
| Cath Fenn | 44:54 | |||
| Bob Adams | 45:25 | |||
| Keith Burdett | 47:36 | |||
| Tony Bowe | 47:54 | |||
| Spencer Davies | 48:35 | |||
| Mark Dalton | 49:37 | |||
| Sharon Thompson | 51:42 | |||
| Kevin Coughlan | 51:14 | |||
| Anne Hughes | 54:03 | |||
| Jason Brannigan | 55:19 | PB | ||
| Lee Hill | 57:43 | PB | ||
| Ros Myers | 59:52 | |||
| Angela Hands | 63:13 |
Times are chip times
It was a welcome return to firm concrete (and a little bit of track) following a very muddy and difficult cross country season. The first race of the Warwickshire Road Race League brought some great weather and a decent crowd to Leamington to watch what is widely known as a fast 10km course. It was a great opportunity for some to kick start their training and for others to test improved fitness from the many cold months of marathon training over the Winter.
No real surprises on the day, a little detour from km 9 to 10 possibly added a few seconds on to everyone’s time due to some extra twists and turns.
Great to see so many Northbrookers doing the race, plus plenty of welcome supporters too. I realised at the end that the finish area would have benefited from the new Northbrook Gazebo, but maybe next year - John