February 2015

 

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Featured events this month:

Winter Poppyline 50 Mile - 22 February

  Tony Bowe   9:59:00

Winter Railway Ultra, 38 Miles - 21 February

  Amy Burdis   6:37:22

National Cross-Country Championships - Parliament Hill, London - 21 February

Ladies - 8km

110 Amanda Deavy   35:59
459 Clare Rowntree   43:40
590 Liz Pharoah   47:15
627 Claudie Combelas   48:06
785 Julie Cozens   55:00

Men - 12km

678 Stuart Lumsden   0;51:19
892 John Wilson   0;53:36
1036 Damian Dear   0;55:10
1348 Peter Austin   0;58:44
1470 Darren Handley   1:00:38
1629 Steve Galvin   1:03:16
1848 Spencer Davies   1:09:06
1884 Andrew Houston   1:11:22
1985 Fraser Barrett   1:24:12

Northbrook Men, 6-man team, 116th
Northbrook Men, 9-man team, 67th

Bramley 20 - 15 February

  Tony Hughes   2:46:03

Tempo Winter Series Race 5 - Ilmington - 15 February

  Sarah McNaney   0:47:58
  Spencer Davies   0:51:25
  Claudie Combelas   0:51:46
  Linda Richards   1:01:12
  Helen Hodge   1:06:44
  Tracy Morgan   1:08:03

The official race distance is 10.13 Km

 

This was the last race in a series of 5 and is a loop of approximately 6.35 miles around Ilmington.  It takes in all the mountains in the surrounding area giving all entrants spectacular views of the countryside to detract from the pain of getting up the hills, I mean mountains!  Really good to see my fellow Northbrookers getting better each time they do this course - all our drills and training are paying off!
Its a well-marshalled event with a good field of assorted runners of all abilities (club runners and non-club runners), and I would highly recommend it to anyone.  The prize of sausages at the end of each race is a bit bizarre, but certainly a talking point, and then if you complete all 5 races, you get a good quality hoodie - Sarah

Moreton Morrell Mad Dash - 14 February

20km

28 Mark Baker   1:34:54

10km

25 Spencer Davies   47:08

Broadmeadow Runs Valentine's Marathon - 14 February

  Tony Bowe   5:09:10

Canals, greenway and muddy fields from Stratford to Alcester and back.

Buff Enigma Quadzilla Marathons - 5 to 8 February

Tony Bowe

  Day 1   4:18:08  
  Day 2   4:17:58  
  Day 3   4:27:20 100th marathon
  Day 4   4:34:48  

 

 

Seven laps around Caldecotte Lake in Milton Keynes, the marathon capital of the UK, and possibly the world.

Wokingham Half-Marathon - 8 February

  Corinna O'Connor   1:37:47 PB
  Tony Hughes   1:38:11  
  Sarah McNaney   1:40:05 PB
  Craig McNaney   1:56:24  
  Liz Pharoah   1:56:26  
  Anne Hughes   2:02:35  
  Linda Richards   2:05:25 PB
  Chris Perkins   2:13:43 PB

13.1 miles around the outskirts of Wokingham on a cool but sunny day, what could be better. A near perfect day for a run around a reasonably flat, well marshalled, traffic free course. I have done this race about 7 times now and can never fault it. The fact that it's totally traffic free and is a pretty route certainly helps. You are always in good company as well as it's usually Liz Yelling who wins for the ladies (not that I ever see her).  However, this year Mara Yamauchi ran for the ladies and got pipped at the post for 2nd place!! (Didn't see her either!).
On a positive note, four PB's for Northbrook and some good solid training runs done by all. I think we all finished feeling positive and looking forward to the next 20 mile races and, of course, our forthcoming marathons - Sarah

Birmingham & District Invitation Cross-Country League Ladies' Race 4 at Wolverhampton - 7 February

Northbrook Ladies 6th
Northbrook Ladies Masters 4th

24 Amanda Deavy   24:32
62 Joanne Brown   26:31
82 Jill Pittard   27:34
100 Lyn McDonald   28:13
114 Sally Eason   28:45
143 Clare Rowntree   29:42
149 Amy Burdis   29:53
196 Claudie Combelas   32:51
251 Julie Cozens   36:45

This has been an excellent cross country season for the Ladies team and we are very proud to have finished as the top club in Coventry - Amanda

Birmingham & District Invitation Cross-Country League Race 4 at Wyken Croft - 7 February

Men's 'A' Team 4th, 146 points
Men's 'B' Team 3rd, 442 points

6 Stuart Lumsden   35:23
13 Scott Shepherd   36:07
18 John Wilson   36:08
20 Mick O'Shea   36:54
43 Richard French   38:38
50 Jonathan Seed   38:58
61 Pete Fellows   39:37
63 Steve Turvey   39:45
70 Joe Kelly   40:06
80 Will Kirk-Wilson   40:46
81 Mark Baker   40:53
87 Damian Pharoah   41:26
88 Darren Handley   41:29
90 Pete Austin   41:41
100 Steve Galvin   42:27
108 Guy Bicknell   42:39
127 Spencer Davies   44:44
138 Kevin Coughlan   45:35
155 Fraser Barrett   52:32

Full results on Bham League web site

Men's 'A' Team 4th overall after Race 4, 684 points
Men's 'B' Team 2nd overall after Race 4, 1769 points

 

Centurion Grand Prix 5 Mile - 1 February

49 Richard Hands   36:58
60 Spencer Davies   37:49
63 Mick Duggan   38:04
84 Tony Mackness   39:56
115 Julie Cozens   45:16
122 Bernard Blundell   48:24
128 Helen Hodge   49:52