December 2015

 

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Featured events this month:

Tempo Winter Series Race 3 - Ilmington - 28 December

  Sarah McNaney   0:51:07 1st in age category
  Spencer Davies   0:55:35  
  Linda Richards   1:00:49  
  Helen Hodge   1:10:51  
  Travy Morgan   1:11:01  

The official race distance is 10.13 Km

Having heard about this race from other Nortbrookers, I thought that I had to give it a go just to see how big the hill is that they all keep going on about.  Well..............they were right.  A hill in my eyes is a slight incline that you need to work a little harder at.  This was a mountain! You hit the hill within 3/4 mile of starting and then have 2 miles of hard slog to get to the top.  Everytime we turned a corner I could not believe that it kept on going up, but it did.
However, I was determined, like my fellow clubmates, not to let it get the better of me and to keep on going.  After all, what goes up has to eventually come down......and it did (eventually!).  In fact the down bit was short and sharp and had a gradient of 14%.  Not ideal underfoot in the icy conditions.
On the whole, it was a well organised event with plenty of participants and supporters around the course.  Definitely one to do again.  Once my legs have recovered from the mountain that is!  Its not an accurate 10k, more like 6.3 miles but I can forgive them the extra bit as I won £10 for coming first in my age category.  Oh and the momento for finishing......3 sausages........bizarre!! - Sarah


Portsmouth Coastal Waterside Marathon - 21 December

  Tony Bowe   4:35:58

Nice mix of road, trail, beach and muck to finish off the year.


MK Winter Half-Marathon - 14 December

289 Amy Burdis   1:45:53

Keyworth Turkey Trot Half-Marathon - 14 December

299 Sally Eason   1:41:10
326 Sarah McNaney   1:42:46
396 Tony Hughes   1:45:36
535 Claudie Combelas   1:51:28
550 Craig McNaney   1:52:01
708 Anne Hughes   2:01:14

Second time for me on this route and it's just as I remembered it, very hilly but very scenic.  This year we were joined by a good head-wind for the first 7 miles whilst attacking the hills.  However, the support around the course was excellent and kept us all going.  Rob Cox (Sally's husband) did an excellent job of cheering us on throughout the morning as he cycled backwards and forwards around the course uttering words of encouragement (at least I think that's what they were!).  Definitely one to do again despite it being a tough course with more hills than the Lake District, but that's how we like it!!! - Sarah


Sneyd Striders Christmas Pudding 10 Mile - 14 December

30 Scott Shepherd   1:03:39 PB
34 Amanda Deavy   1:04:03 PB, 2nd FV35
43 Jonathan Seed   1:05:05 PB
45 Richard Hodge   1:05:11  
88 Paul Stead   1:10:27  
120 Tommy Dempsey   1:14:02  
158 Sarah Booker   1:17:11  
160 Paul Robbins   1:17:12  
168 Clare Rowntree   1:17:59  
185 Spencer Davies   1:19:28  
338 Linda Richards   1:37:19  

A decent turnout from Northbrook for this festive road race, and with only a couple of weeks left it looked like there were a few club members turning up trying to sneak in a counting event for the RR Championships. Cool, calm conditions faced the runners and the event was well organised, utilising a 5 mile loop that allowed a 5-mile and a 10-mile race to be done concurrently.
Apparently double Commonwealth gold medallist (triathlon) Jodie Stimpson was running but as she was well under the hour, none of us got a good look at her until the photos came out later! It was not the most glamorous of events with the first 1.5 miles taking us through a housing estate but needs must and our first three finishers found the course and conditions to their liking as they all PB'ed - Rich


Moreton Morrell Christmas Cracker 10k - 13 December

51 Spencer Davies   49:46
56 Jonathan Boyd   50:44

Buff Christmas Enigma Marathons - 13/14 December

Day 1 - 13 December

  Tony Bowe   3:59:18

Day 2 - 14 December

  Tony Bowe   4:24:58

Centurion Grand Prix 5 Mile - 7 December

31 Damian Pharoah   36:13
34 Richard Hands   36:30
49 Tony Mackness   38:21
67 Spencer Davies   40:38
90 Linda Richards   45:44
92 Julie Cozens   46:03
101 Bernard Blundell   48:59
104 Helen Hodge   51:46

Bedford Half-Marathon - 7 December

98 Tony Forde   1:31:47  
334 Amy Burdis   1:43:52 PB
392 Kevin Coughlan   1:46:14  
472 Mark Dalton   1:49:51  
653 Robert Pool   1:59:25  

Midland Ladies Cross-Country League Race 2 at Northampton - 6 December

Ladies 16th, 325 points
(63, 125, 137)

Ladies Masters 14th, 459 points
(125, 137,197)

63 Kate Jones   21:46
125 Sally Eason   23:43
137 Cath Fenn   24:18
140 Clare Rowntree   24:24
149 Amy Burdis   24:45
197 Claudie Combelas   27:41
246 Linda Richards   29:41
259 Julie Cozens   30:58

Full results on Bham League web site

Ladies Team 19th overall after Race 2, 558 points


Ladies Masters Team 4th overall after Race 2, 706 points


Birmingham & District Invitation Cross-Country League Race 2 at Aldridge Airport - 6 December

Men's A Team 5th, 207 points
(13, 16, 31, 46, 47, 54)

Men's B Team 2nd, 480 points
(60, 73, 78, 84, 88, 97)

13 Damien Dear   37:06
16 John Wilson   37:20
31 Sott Shepherd   38:11
46 Richard Hodge   39:01
47 Jonathan Seed   39:02
54 Trevor Knight   39:32
60 Richard French   39:59
73 Mark Baker   40:49
78 Pete Fellows   41:02
84 Will Kirk-Wilson   41:28
88 Tom Miller   41:46
97 Rob Cox   42:14
98 Peter Austin   42:15
100 Joe Kelly   42:29
106 Steve Galvin   42:40
112 Steve Handy   43:10
114 Tommy Dempsey   43:17
123 Tony Hughes   44:11
135 Spencer Davies   45:13
140 Guy Bicknell   46:01
156 Simon Davies   47:31
178 Fraser Barrett   51:52
DNF Martin Winch    

Full results on Bham League web site

Men's 'A' Team 4th overall after Race 2, 367 points


Men's 'B' Team 2nd overall after Race 2, 888 points