Results

2016 results - April to June

2016-04-01T00:00:00Z

2016 Results

This page only contains race results for Spectrum Striders RC members. Included are all results from Striders club championship races, plus some other races where Striders ran.

If you are looking for results for one of the Spectrum Striders RC races, please look under the [highlight color=bold]"Our races"[/highlight] menu at the top of any page on this web site.

If any results are missing and you want them to be included, please send a link to the on-line results [highlight color=bold]to our webmaster[/highlight].

[highlight color=bold]Apr - May - Jun[/highlight]

[highlight color=red]April[/highlight]

Sunday 3-Apr-2016 at 10:30am : Wilmslow Half Marathon

Pos	Name		Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Josphat	Kipkemoi	MOPEN	1:04:59	1:04:59	winner - Run Fast
24	Teresiah	Omosa	FOPEN	1:14:49	1:14:49	1st lady - Run Fast
98	Chris	Millington	M45+	1:21:32	1:21:25
472	Stuart	Johnson	MOPEN	1:35:25	1:34:51
1436	Robert	Cant	M50+	1:52:16	1:51:42
1532	Michael	Bradley	M60+	1:53:42	1:52:50
2709	Dennis	Yarwood	M45+	2:09:30	2:05:25
2994	Jenny	McIntyre	F50+	2:14:24	2:11:47
3364	Catherine	Lyon	FOPEN	2:23:30	2:20:52

3771 finishers + 25 DNF, last finish time 3:17:13. Full results are on the TDL [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Wednesday 13-Apr-2016 at 7pm: Chester Spring 5

Pos	Name		Cat	ChipTime	GunTime
1	James	McNally	MS	26:00	26:01	winner - Liverpool Harriers & AC
30	Robin	Muir	MS	29:09	29:12
31	Christopher	Millington	MV45	29:12	29:16
32	Sarah	Howard	FS	29:15	29:18	winner - Liverpool Harriers & AC
90	Kenny	Forster	MV55	33:17	33:24
132	Brad	Ehlen	MV45	35:59	36:12
153	stephen	Pickford	MV45	37:18	37:39
159	Jenny	Lamont	FS	38:02	38:02
183	Dave	Thompson	MV55	38:35	38:49
188	Denise	Hepburn	FV35	38:49	39:02
193	Niall	Keating	MV50	39:14	39:26
194	Geoff	Hand	MV60	39:05	39:26
218	Neville	Griffiths	MV70	40:26	40:47
248	ANNE	FORTUNE	FV60	43:36	43:56
254	JOHN	DOOLEY	MV65	44:24	44:39
275	Linda	Owen	FV55	46:05	46:24
282	TERRY	COLES	MV70	47:18	47:40

302 finishers, last finisher in 56:41. Full results are on the Nifty Entries [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 24-Apr-2016 at 11am: Whitley 10k

Pos	Name	Cat.	GunTime	ChipTime	CatPos
1	Liam Burthem	M	0:32:49	0:32:49	1	winner - Liverpool Harriers
4	Robin Muir	M	0:36:02	0:36:02	2
5	Graham Houghton	M40	0:36:06	0:36:06	3
21	Sharon Johnstone	F35	0:38:46	0:38:45	1	1st lady - Wilmslow RC
30	Victoria Walls	F	0:39:41	0:39:40	2
57	Andrew Gaskell	M40	0:41:42	0:41:36	19
84	Liz Whitfield	F35	0:43:05	0:43:03	7
102	Graham Driver	M40	0:44:15	0:44:07	30
118	Darren Roberts	M40	0:44:49	0:44:36	35
143	Brad Ehlen	M40	0:46:09	0:45:52	42
166	Jon Chapman	M	0:47:21	0:47:09	55
180	Michael Charman	M60	0:47:45	0:47:40	12
205	Chris Prince	M	0:49:13	0:48:58	63
214	Jennifer Lamont	F	0:49:54	0:49:49	12
234	Allan Bird	M50	0:50:56	0:50:26	45
238	Paul Harrop	M60	0:51:11	0:50:45	15
241	Chris Falls	M	0:51:25	0:51:13	72
300	Kathryn Roberts	F45	0:54:08	0:53:37	23
329	John Dooley	M60	0:55:32	0:55:05	23
341	Jenny McIntyre	F45	0:56:35	0:56:05	27
343	Michael Jaras	M60	0:56:40	0:56:01	25
380	Catherine Lyon	F	0:59:51	0:59:20	38
386	Terry Coles	M60	1:00:24	0:59:46	28
396	Ian Dunbar	M60	1:02:48	1:01:58	29

458 finishers, last finisher in 1:31:41. Full results are on the HS Sports [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Thursday 28-Apr-2016 at 7:15pm: Mid-Cheshire 5k (Kingsley, near Frodsham)

Pos	Name		Category	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Patrick	Martin	Senior Male	14:37	14:37	winner - Stockport Harriers & AC
23	Rachael	Burns	Vet 35	16:34	16:34	1st lady - Liverpool Harriers & AC
33	Robin	Muir	Senior Male	16:59	16:58
35	Paul	Bagan	Senior Male	17:02	17:01
136	Jude	Peck	Vet 40	19:50	19:45
147	Kenny	Forster	Vet 55	20:09	20:01
149	Matthew	Coles	Senior Male	20:12	20:05
178	Brad	Ehlen	Vet 45	20:55	20:51
250	Chris	Prince	Senior Male	23:06	22:55
275	Katie	Hampton	Senior Female	24:18	24:04

386 finishers, last finisher in 40:44. Full results are on the Nifty Entries [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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[highlight color=red]May[/highlight]

Sunday 15-May-2016 at 9am: Chester Half Marathon

Pos	Name	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime	CatPos
1	Mark Kibiwott Kangogo	MSenior	1:03:58	1:03:56	1
19	Julie Briscoe	FV40	1:17:21	1:17:19	1	1st lady - Wakefield
22	Graham Houghton	MV40	1:17:33	1:17:31	2
34	Robin Muir	MSenior	1:19:29	1:19:23	25
73	Christopher Millington	MV45	1:23:21	1:23:15	8
320	Stuart Johnson	MSenior	1:32:32	1:31:51	192
666	Alan Brady	MV65	1:39:53	1:39:33	2
688	Donna Percival	FSenior	1:40:09	1:39:00	25
845	Paul Kelly	MV40	1:42:28	1:42:08	121
1099	Brad Ehlen	MV45	1:45:52	1:44:42	130
1116	Kimberley Tinsley	FSenior	1:46:06	1:43:56	49
1225	Rachel Helsby	FSenior	1:47:32	1:44:57	65
1845	Vincent Alcock	MV45	1:54:18	1:51:18	220
1924	Kate Johnson	FV45	1:55:11	1:52:12	34
3212	Dennis Yarwood	MV50	2:08:21	2:01:44	227
4394	Graham Driver	MV45	2:27:00	2:20:16	413

5210 finishers, last finisher in 3:50:28. Full results are on the Nifty Entries [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight], including split times & positions.

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Tuesday 17-May-2016 at 7:30pm: Walton Park 5 mile

Pos	Name	GunTime	ChipTime	Cat	CatPos
1	Martin Swensson	26:09	26:08	MV40	1	winner - Penny Lane Striders
13	Sarah Howard	29:31	29:31	FV25	1	1st lady - Liverpool Harriers & AC
15	Chris Millington	29:40	29:38	MV45	1	1st MV45
76	Chris Falls	33:54	33:52	MV35	20
200	Michael Charman	39:38	39:27	MV65	5
266	Dennis Yarwood	43:50	43:21	MV50	22
353	Stephanie Charman	52:58	52:32	FV65	1	1st FV65

377 finishers, last finisher in 1:12:10. Full results are on the RaceTec [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Congratulations to Steph Charman who was first FV65 & Chris Millington first MV45.

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Friday 20-May-2016 at 7:15pm: Christleton 5k

				Gun	Chip	Cat
Pos	Name		Category	time	time	pos
1	Matthew	Clowes	Senior Men	14:27	14:26	1	winner
65	Amelia	Pettitt	Senior Women	16:47	16:44	1	1st lady - Vale Royal AC
181	Stuart	Johnson	Senior Men	19:00	18:48	95
206	Jude	Peck	Woman over 40	19:27	19:14	3	Club FV40 record
377	Carolyn	Arber	Woman over 55	25:53	25:28	2
392	Michael	Jaras	Man over 70	27:23	26:58	5

407 finishers, last finisher in 39:51. Full results are on the Nifty Entries [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Jude's time was a new Club FV40 record, beating her own time of 19:46 set at this race on 23-May-2014 by 32 sec.

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Saturday 28-May-2016 at 10:30am: Blackpool Promenade 10 Miler

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Chris McCarthy	MSenior	1:01:32	winner - Lytham St Annes RR
16	Gina Senior	FV45	1:13:37	1st lady - Wigan Phoenix
99	Michael Jaras	MV65	1:36:39	1st MV65
104	Jenny McIntyre	FV50	1:37:23

156 finishers, last finisher in 2:16:05. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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[highlight color=red]June[/highlight]

Thursday 9-Jun-2016 at 7:15pm: Bowdon 5k

This was race 3 (of 5) in the [highlight color=bold]North Cheshire 5k Grand Prix Series[/highlight].

Pos	Name	Cat.	Time
1	NICHOLLS, Damian	Male Senior	16:02	winner – Wilmslow RC
7	MUIR, Robin	Male Senior	17:03
8	BAGAN, Paul	Male Senior	17:06
22	MILLINGTON, Christopher	Male Vet 45	18:08
28	ANTROBUS, Jack	Male Senior	18:43
29	CRAIG, Lisa	Female Senior	18:46	1st lady – Altrincham & District AC
31	HOUGHTON, Mike	Male Vet 45	19:00
41	PECK, Jude	Female Vet 40	19:31	1st FV40
72	BROAD, Ellen	Female Senior	21:08
73	DRIVER, Graham	Male Vet 45	21:12
75	EHLEN, Brad	Male Vet 45	21:21
84	SPENCER, Julian	Male Vet 55	21:44
107	PRINCE, Chris	Male Senior	23:25
113	ROBERTS, Eleanor	Female Vet 45	23:54
116	MIRABELLA, Alessandro	Male Senior	24:10
132	GRIFFITHS, Neville	Male Vet 70	25:02	1st MV70
143	ARBER, Carolyn	Female Vet 55	25:55	1st FV55
145	RAFFLE, Alistair	Male Vet 60	26:04
149	SPRINGALL, Stephen	Male Vet 50	26:36
150	JARAS, Michael	Male Vet 70	26:47
151	DOOLEY, John P	Male Vet 65	26:49
164	COLES, Terry	Male Vet 70	29:25
168	DUNBAR, Ian	Male Vet 60	30:44

177 finishers, last finisher in 45:28. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]Altrincham & District AC web site[/highlight].

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Wednesday 22-Jun-2016 at 7:30pm: Harrock Hill fell race #2 (near Parbold, category BS, 5.2 miles, 900ft climb)

This is race 2 of a series of 4 races. Your best time in any of the 4 races in a year counts towards the Club Fell Championship.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time	club
1	Luke Betts	MU23	33:39	winner - Sale
18	Chris Millington	M45	38:45
33	Daniel Chadwick	M	41:17
46	Jack Antrobus	M	42:44
49	Stephen Burthem	M55	42:54	2nd claim
50	Ingrid Storm	L	42:57	1st lady – Chorlton
74	Julian Spencer	M55	45:09
87	Paul Kelly	M45	46:56
138	Angela Moore	L40	52:01
187	Neville Griffiths	M70	57:33	1st MV70

225 finishers, last finisher in 1:20:13. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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2016 results - January to March

2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

2016 Results

This page only contains race results for Spectrum Striders RC members. Included are all results from Striders club championship races, plus some other races where Striders ran.

If you are looking for results for one of the Spectrum Striders RC races, please look under the [highlight color=bold]"Our races"[/highlight] menu at the top of any page on this web site.

If any results are missing and you want them to be included, please send a link to the online results [highlight color=bold]to our webmaster[/highlight].

[highlight color=bold]Jan - Feb - Mar[/highlight]

[highlight color=red]January[/highlight]

Sunday 3-Jan-2016 at 10am: NWSCCL race #5 at Arrowe Park (Wirral)

Congratulations to [highlight color=bold]Spectrum Striders women[/highlight]. With 3 wins, a 2nd place and a 4th this season, with one race to go they cannot be caught and retain their title from last season.

The men are in 4th place (out of 18 clubs), with a narrow lead over two other teams.

The course was a very wet and muddy 4.94 miles according to Chris' GPS. The course was the same as last year.

Thanks to Liz Whitfield & Julian Spencer (collecting tokens & doing results at the venue) & to Les Hewitt (typing up the results below).

Individual results

Full results are on Steve Saunders' [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Pos	Runner (time)	Pos	Runner (time)
2	Karl Steinegger	5	Claire Andrew
16	Rob Muir	7	Jude Peck
23	Chris Millington	8	Alison Russell
35	Dan Peers	20	Total
59	Alex Lewis	35	Jenny Lamont
63	Mike Houghton	36	Louise Dempster
198	Total	38	Jane Lowe
77	Jimmy Connolly	41	Liz Whitfield (42:35)
111	Julian Spencer (38:53 cf 35:03)	45	Helen Caldwell
119	Jake Holmes	66	Elly Roberts
122	Kenny Forster	83	Jo Sullivan
153	Tim Lewis	105	Steph Charman
185	Ian Barker
196	Dave Thompson		106 women, 11 Striders
201	Richard MacIlwaine		(78 women, 12 Striders last year)
211	Mick Charman

	222 men, 15 Striders
	(178 men, 18 Striders last year)

Team results for this race

Men		Women
Club	Score	Club	Score
Liverpool RC	75	Spectrum Striders	20
Penny Lane Striders	86	Liverpool RC	33
Knowsley Harriers	112	Birkenhead/Pensby	37
Spectrum Striders	198	Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	42
Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	239	Ellesmere Port RC	50
Mersey Tri	249	Skem BH/Parbold PP	53
Kirkby Milers	330	Mersey Tri	86
Birkenhead/Pensby	363	St Helens Striders	89
Delamere Spartans	383	Delamere Spartans	90
St Helens Striders	421	Penny Lane Striders	91
Chester Tri	504	Warrington RC	203
Newburgh Nomads	624	Knowsley Harriers	223
Warrington RC	707	Kirkby Milers	232
Skem BH/Parbold PP	778	Active Women Running	209 (2 ran)
Ellesmere Port RC	780	Chester Tri	225 (1 ran)
Village Runners	1186 (1 ran)	Village Runners	269 (1 ran)

League standings after 5 races

Best 5 of 6 races to count.

Men		Women
Club	Score	Club	Score
Liverpool RC	86	Spectrum Striders	86
Penny Lane Striders	85	Liverpool RC	78
Knowsley Harriers	84	Skem BH/Parbold PP	74
Spectrum Striders	71	Ellesmere Port RC	72
Mersey Tri	70	Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	69
Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	68	Penny Lane Striders	67
Kirkby Milers	56	Birkenhead/Pensby	64
Birkenhead/Pensby	54	Warrington RC	50
Delamere Spartans	53	Delamere Spartans	46
St Helens Striders	47	Mersey Tri	45
Warrington RC	38	Knowsley Harriers	40
Newburgh Nomads	36	Kirkby Milers	36
Ellesmere Port RC	26	St Helens Striders	30
Skem BH/Parbold PP	25	Village Runners	27
Chester Tri	22	Active Women Running	22
Village Runners	13	Widnes Wasps	21
		Chester Tri	7

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Sunday 17-Jan-2016 at 10:30am: Four Villages Half Marathon (Helsby)

Pos	Name	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Michael Kallenberg	MSEN	1:07:06	1:07:06	winner - Cardiff AAC
55	Gemma Connolly	FSEN	1:22:46	1:22:45	1st lady - St Helens Sutton AC
37	Robin Muir	MSEN	1:20:16	1:20:10
77	Robert Hough	M40	1:24:15	1:23:58
168	Neil Adair	MSEN	1:29:32	1:29:02
191	Jack Antrobus	MSEN	1:30:23	1:29:58
308	Daniel Peers	MSEN	1:35:09	1:34:33
310	Julian Spencer	M55	1:35:12	1:35:04
325	Stephen Ward	M55	1:36:04	1:35:15
392	Daniel Chadwick	MSEN	1:38:24	1:37:54
507	Graham Driver	M45	1:42:38	1:42:02
545	Jonathan Chapman	MSEN	1:43:47	1:43:07
736	Jane Lowe	F45	1:48:53	1:48:49
993	Allan Bird	M55	1:54:55	1:52:42
1025	Neville Griffiths	M70	1:55:48	1:54:54	1st MV70
1118	Simon Wright	M60	1:58:44	1:56:19
1170	John P Dooley	M65	1:59:58	1:57:50
1342	Edward Stokes	M40	2:06:39	2:04:06
1379	Paul Kelly	M40	2:08:30	2:04:57
1500	Dennis Yarwood	M45	2:14:35	2:11:32
1594	Terry Coles	M70	2:22:10	2:19:23

1721 finishers, last finisher in 2:56:46. Full results are on the [highlight color=bold]race web site[/highlight].

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[highlight color=red]February[/highlight]

Sunday 7-Feb-2016 at 10:40am: Mad Dog 10k (Southport)

Pos	Name	Category	GunTime	ChipTime
1	James McNally	M	0:35:11	0:35:10	winner - Liverpool Harriers
22	Kirsty Longley	F35	0:38:54	0:38:54	winner - Liverpool Pembroke Sefton
25	Chris Millington	M40	0:38:58	0:38:56
58	Neil Adair	M	0:40:54	0:40:51
108	Paul Kelly	M40	0:43:25	0:43:19
116	Chris Falls	M	0:43:44	0:43:41
156	Jake Holmes	M	0:44:39	0:44:33
158	Mike Hall	M50	0:44:41	0:44:36
164	Darren Roberts	M40	0:44:46	0:44:31
177	Alan Brady	M60	0:45:03	0:44:56
183	Lee McConkey	M	0:45:12	0:44:56
222	Stuart Johnson	M	0:46:19	0:45:56
245	David Roberts	M50	0:46:58	0:46:45
261	Brad Ehlen	M40	0:47:24	0:47:18
262	Stephen Pickford	M40	0:47:24	0:47:19
356	Tim Lewis	M50	0:49:00	0:47:39
396	Eleanor Roberts	F45	0:49:29	0:49:16
411	Denise Hepburn	F35	0:49:44	0:49:31
412	Ian Cross	M40	0:49:44	0:49:30
454	Vincent Alcock	M40	0:50:11	0:48:39
558	Carolyn Arber	F55	0:51:49	0:51:27
658	Lisa MacKay	F45	0:53:15	0:52:41
671	Allan Bird	M50	0:53:25	0:51:46
706	Diane Atherton	F	0:53:49	0:53:16
718	Kate Johnson	F45	0:53:57	0:52:26
857	Dennis Yarwood	M40	0:55:37	0:54:50
884	Kathryn Roberts	F45	0:56:05	0:54:58
1325	Catherine Lyon	F	1:01:43	0:59:50

2230 finishers, last finisher in 1:52:45. Full results are on the [highlight color=bold]race web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 28-Feb-2016 at 11am: High Legh 10k (nr Knutsford)

Pos	Name	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Mark Offord	M	0:32:47	0:32:45	winner - Dragons RC (Sale)
4	ROBIN MUIR	MOPEN	0:35:10	0:35:07
27	Daniel Peers	MOPEN	0:38:36	0:38:30
48	Helen MURRAY	F	0:40:42	0:40:37	1st lady - Knutsford Tri Club
118	Stuart JOHNSON	MOPEN	0:44:45	0:44:06
137	Mike Hall	MV50	0:45:18	0:44:45
142	Lee Dugdale	MV40	0:45:35	0:45:02
168	Jenny Lamont	FOPEN	0:47:00	0:46:48
216	Denise Hepburn	FOPEN	0:49:33	0:49:01
257	Carolyn ARBER	FV50	0:51:06	0:50:38
285	Michael Bradley	MV60+	0:52:34	0:52:02
330	Anne Fortune	FV60+	0:54:46	0:54:07
408	Linda Owen	FV50	0:58:38	0:57:57
476	IAN DUNBAR	MV60+	1:05:33	1:04:43

520 finishers, last finisher in 1:20:54. For full results go to the [highlight color=bold]race web site[/highlight].

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[highlight color=red]March[/highlight]

Sunday 13-Mar-2016 at 9am: Liverpool Half Marathon

Pos	Name		Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	DEJENE	GEZIMU	MOPEN	01:06:59	01:06:58	winner - Liverpool Harriers
47	CHRIS	MILLINGTON	M45+	01:19:44	01:19:39
53	ROBIN	MUIR	MOPEN	01:20:06	01:20:02
55	MICHELLE	NOLAN	F35+	01:20:21	01:20:19	1st lady - Gateshead Harriers
242	STEPHEN	ABRAM	MOPEN	01:28:53	01:28:14
374	STUART	JOHNSON	MOPEN	01:33:20	01:32:34
557	GRAHAM	DRIVER	M45+	01:37:35	01:37:00
608	PAUL	KELLY	M40+	01:38:29	01:37:52
616	ALAN	BRADY	M65+	01:38:35	01:37:57
804	JENNIFER	LAMONT	FOPEN	01:41:34	01:40:32
1232	PHILIP	ROSE	M50+	01:48:21	01:47:43
1735	SIMON	WRIGHT	M60+	01:54:31	01:51:28
1770	ELEANOR	ROBERTS	F45+	01:54:58	01:52:11
1773	DAVID	ROBERTS	M50+	01:54:59	01:52:12
3108	IAN	CROSS	M40+	02:11:19	02:07:12

4790 finishers, last finisher in 3:36:44. Full results are on the TDL [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Sunday 13-Mar-2016 at 9:30am: Trafford 10k

Pos	Name	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Tom Lancashire	M20-39	28:56	28:56	winner - Bolton United Harriers
155	Juliet Potter	F20-34	33:52	33:50	1st lady - Charnwood AC
303	Victoria Walls	F20-34	39:14	39:01
367	Andrew Gaskell	M45-49	41:29	41:19
517	Dave Thompson	M55-59	48:12	47:54
518	Michael Charman	M65-69	48:14	47:56
553	Jon Chapman	M20-39	49:37	49:24
607	Paul Harrop	M65-69	52:11	51:53
642	Anne Fortune	F60-64	54:01	53:41

809 finishers, last finisher in 1:24:11. Full results are on the HS Sports [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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2015 results - October to December

2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

2015 Results

This page only contains race results for Spectrum Striders RC members. Included are all results from Striders club championship races, plus some other races where Striders ran.

If you are looking for results for one of the Spectrum Striders RC races, please look under the [highlight color=bold]"Our races"[/highlight] menu at the top of any page on this web site.

If any results are missing and you want them to be included, please send a link to the online results [highlight color=bold]to our webmaster[/highlight].

[highlight color=bold]Oct - Nov - Dec[/highlight]

[highlight color=red]October[/highlight]

Sunday 4-Oct-2015 at 9am: Chester Marathon

Pos		Name	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	David	Rigby	MSEN	2:24:47	2:24:47	winner - Preston Harriers
26	Samantha	Amend	FV35	2:49:09	2:49:07	1st lady - Belgrave Harriers
1407	Mike	Brady	MV50	4:19:51	4:17:40
1525	Dennis	Yarwood	MV45	4:27:28	4:23:50

2287 finishers (+ 66 DNF), last finisher in 6:56:20. Full results are on the TDL Event Services [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Sunday 4-Oct-2015 at 10am: Chester Metric Marathon (26.2k)

Pos		Name	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Matt	Adcock	MSEN	1:30:38	1:30:38	winner - McCarkiss Endurance Project
30	Es	Burford	FSEN	1:49:02	1:49:01	1st lady
123	Paul	Kelly	MV40	2:06:22	2:06:12
124	Alan	Brady	MV65	2:06:30	2:06:20	1st MV65
146	Chris	Falls	MSEN	2:08:53	2:08:50
248	David	Roberts	MV50	2:19:23	2:18:54
440	Kate	Johnson	FV45	2:34:05	2:33:22
457	Eleanor	Roberts	FV45	2:35:15	2:34:52
473	Vincent	Alcock	MV45	2:36:38	2:35:53
823	Christina	Geist	FV40	3:16:49	3:15:19

887 finishers (+ 6 DNF), last finisher in 4:16:23. Full results are on the TDL Event Services [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Tuesday 13-Oct-2015 at 7pm: Track 3k (at Victoria Park track)

This is a [highlight color=red]closed event[/highlight] for Spectrum Striders RC club members only. It is held as part of Tuesday night track training.

This distance can be a counting time for your Club Standard.

Thanks to all of the helpers: Janet & David Redpath for organising, also helpers Linda Owen, Carol Stynes, Andrea Millington, Alan Brady, Jane Lowe. Apologies if anyone is missed out!

37 people ran!

Name		Time
Robin	Muir	09:46
Charlie	Sharpe	10:14
Chris	Millington	10:16	Club MV45 record
Neil	Adair	10:49
Stuart	Johnson	10:58
Paul	Kelly	11:08
Andy	Gaskell	11:38
Liz	Whitfield	11:41
Alison	Russell	11:45
Jo	Robbins	11:50
Malcolm	Lingard	12:03
Emma	Pryor	12:09
Jenny	Lamont	12:12
Chris	Falls	12:12
Neil	Atkinson	12:23
Donna	Percival	12:29
Ran	MacKay	12:41
Vince	Alcock	12:58
David	Mayes	13:06
Brian	Griffiths	13:10
David	Roberts	13:15
Paul	Harrop	13:23
Elly	Roberts	13:27
Dave	Thompson	13:50
Katie	Hampton	13:57
Lisa	MacKay	14:12
Caroyln	Arber	14:23
Rachel	Helsby	14:33
Hannah	Coley	14:35*
Graham	Lee	14:38
Steve	Springall	15:16
Michael	Jaras	15:26
Sau	Tam	16:15
Diane	Springall	16:27
Claire	Grey	17:46
Lisa	Grey	18:33
Vicky	Coley	19:54

*The lap counter thought that Hannah may have only done 6½ laps. If this is so, her estimated time for 3k is 16:50.

Chris Millington's time of 10:16 is a new Striders Club MV45 record, breaking Julian Spencer's time of 10:52 set at Victoria Park on 11-Jul-2009 by 36 sec.

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Saturday 17-Oct-2015, start 10:30am: British Fell Relay Championships

The 2015 Championships took place in Barley, near Burnley.

Full results are on the SportIdent [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Leg	Open team	Leg time	MV40 team	Leg time
1	Neil Garnett	0:50:49	Andy Garnett	0:50:40
2	Steve Burthem	1:32:25	Richard MacIlwane	2:06:02
	+ Neil Adair		+ Colin Grime
3	Rob McHarry	2:00:24	Tim Jefferson	2:04:27
	+ Kenny Forster		+ Ran MacKay
4	Neil Atkinson	1:05:59	Dennis Yarwood	1:17:29
Total	124th team	5:29:37	141st team	6:18:38

Fastest leg times

Leg	Time	Name	Club
1	0:35:25	Robert Hope	Pudsey & Bramley AC
2	1:04:33	Carl Bell/Steve Hebblethwaite	Keswick AC
3	0:58:31	Graham Gristwood/Vojtech Kral	Ochil Hill Runners
4	0:39:20	Tom Adams	Ilkley Harriers AC
Team	3:29:19	Calder Valley Fell Runners

There were a total of 142 complete teams and 5 incomplete or DNF teams.

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Sunday 18-Oct-2015 at 8:30am: Lisbon Rock 'n' Roll Marathon

Pos	Name	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	KIPSANG, ASBEL	Sen-M	2:09:26	2:09:25
6	RIONORIPO, PURITY	Sen-F	2:25:09	2:25:08
643	BRADY, ALAN	M65	3:37:00	3:35:50	2nd MV65

3815 finishers, last finisher in 6:29:06. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Alan's time of 3:35:50 was a [highlight color=bold]new Club MV65 record[/highlight]. It broke the previous record of 3:40:39 set by Alan Peers at the Abingdon Marathon 22-Oct-2006 by 4min 49sec.

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Sunday 25-Oct-2015 at 9am: Dublin Marathon

Pos	Name	Cat	10k split	Half split	30k split	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Alemu Gemechu	MU19	0:31:54	1:07:05	1:36:11	2:14:02	2:14:01	winner - Ethiopia
16	Nataliya Lehonkova	FS	0:35:56	1:15:16	1:47:51	2:31:09	2:31:08	1st lady - Ukraine
4690	Stephen Pickford	M40	0:56:01	1:54:36	2:43:23	3:56:56	3:54:41
5529	Debbie Read	F55	0:57:35	1:58:30	2:49:05	4:01:48	3:59:19	FV55 Club record

12916 finishers, last finisher in 8:12:26. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Debbie's time of 3:59:19 was a womens vet 55 Club record, beating Carolyn Arber's time of 4:38:19 set in the London Marathon on 13-Apr-2014 by 39 mins.

Sunday 25-Oct-2015 at 10am: Frankfurt Marathon

Pos	Name	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Kasaye, Sisay Lemma	M	2:06:26	2:06:26	Ethiopia
1	Chala, Gulume Tollesa	W	2:23:12	2:23:12	Ethiopia
892	Hough, Robert	M40	3:00:01	2:59:06

8895 finishers, last finisher in 6:44:42. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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[highlight color=red]November[/highlight]

Sunday 1-Nov-2015 at 10am: NWSCCL race #1 at Clarke Gardens in Liverpool

Thanks to Les Hewitt for writing down times, collecting results tokens, collating the results on behalf of the Club and for typing up the results below.

The course was 4.64 miles (7.5k) according to Chris' GPS.

Results

Full results are available on Steve Saunders' [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Individual results

There is no official timing for the races in this league. The times below were taken by Les and are unofficial & approximate. Where two times are shown for a runner, the second time is from 2014.

Pos	Runner (time)	Pos	Runner (time)
4	Karl Steinegger (28:30 cf 29:04)	6	Claire Andrew (33:30 cf 32:41)
18	Chris Millington (30:20 cf 30:06)	9	Alison Russell (34:41)
31	Daniel Peers (31:30)	20	Jane Lowe (37:05 cf 36:42)
39	Neil Adair (32:07)	35	Total
51	Mike Houghton (32:49)	35	Louise Dempster (38:52)
52	Stephen Abram (32:52)	40	Helen Caldwell (39:08 cf 40:25)
195	Total	63	Denise Hepburn (42:43)
90	Jimmy Connolly (34:42)	81	Elly Roberts (44:10 cf 46:50)
106	Kenny Forster (35:30 cf 35:39)	120	Steph Charman (54:11 cf 52:32)
113	Julian Spencer (35:56 cf 37:01)
117	Alex Lewis (36:18)		128 women, 8 Striders
119	Andy Dawson (36:24 cf 36:31)		(102 women, 13 Striders last year)
133	Andy Garnett (37:16)
142	Brad Ehlen (37:41)
161	Jake Holmes (38:59)
163	Tim Lewis (39:04 cf 37:29)
178	Ian Barker
189	Richard MacIlwaine (41:10)
206	John Dooley (45:50 cf 46:53)
216	Terry Coles (51:42 cf 47:39)

	216 men, 19 Striders
	(217 men, 24 Striders last year)

Team results for this race

First 6 men and first 3 women count to the team total. There must be at least one vet man & one vet woman.

Men		Women
Club	Score	Club	Score
Knowsley Harriers	65	Birkenhead AC/Pensby RC	25
Liverpool RC	86	Liverpool RC	28
Penny Lane Striders	103	Ellesmere Port RC	32
Spectrum Striders	195	Spectrum Striders	35
Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	203	Penny Lane Striders	45
Kirkby Milers	232	Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	46
Mersey Tri	244	Warrington RC	97
Birkenhead AC/Pensby RC	448	Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	109
St Helens Striders	478	Village Runners	112
Warrington RC	486	Active Women Running	118
Delamere Spartans	547	Mersey Tri	119
Newburgh Nomads	917	Kirkby Milers	158
Ellesmere Port RC	1002	Delamere Spartans	180
Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	861 (5 ran)	Widnes Wasps	256
Chester Tri	1334 (1 ran)	Knowsley Harriers	278 (1 ran)
		Chester Tri	304 (1 ran)

League standings after the first race

Best 5 of 6 races to count.

Men		Women
Club	Score	Club	Score
Knowsley Harriers	18	Birkenhead AC/Pensby RC	18
Liverpool RC	17	Liverpool RC	17
Penny Lane Striders	16	Ellesmere Port RC	16
Spectrum Striders	15	Spectrum Striders	15
Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	14	Penny Lane Striders	14
Kirkby Milers	13	Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	13
Mersey Tri	12	Warrington RC	12
Birkenhead AC/Pensby RC	11	Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	11
St Helens Striders	10	Village Runners	10
Warrington RC	9	Active Women Running	9
Delamere Spartans	8	Mersey Tri	8
Newburgh Nomads	7	Kirkby Milers	7
Ellesmere Port RC	6	Delamere Spartans	6
Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	5	Widnes Wasps	5
Chester Tri	4	Knowsley Harriers	4
		Chester Tri	3

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Sunday 1-Nov-2015 at 9am: "Race Against Pulmonary Hypertension" 5k (Stanford, California)

Pos	Name	Division	ChipTime	GunTime	Pace
1	Jonathan Tijerina	M20-29RUN	16:21	16:22	5:16
3	Kris Paaso	F40-49RUN	17:19	17:19	5:35
75	Ranald MacKay	M40-49RUN	22:44	22:48	7:21

750 finishers, last finisher in 1:25:28. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 1-Nov-2015 at 10:30am: Bonfire Burn 10k (Histon, Cambridgeshire)

Pos	Name	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Graham Rush	31:48	31:47
68	Mara Johnson	41:54	41:44
110	Mike Brady	44:23	44:13

869 finishers, last finisher in 1:31:00. Full results are on this [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 1-Nov-2015 at 9:30am: Striders Trail 5

A 5 mile multi-terrain race organised by St Helens Striders.

Pos	Time	Name	Cat
1	31:02	Steven Anders	M	winner - St Helens Sutton AC
10	33:58	Charlotte Mason	F	1st lady - Penny Lane Striders
31	36:44	Andrew Gaskell	MV40
49	39:29	Tim Murphy	MV50
85	45:24	Kate Johnson	FV40
86	45:25	Vince Alcock	MV40
103	47:20	Collete Flaherty	FV40

148 finishers, last finisher in 78:52. Full results are on this [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 7-Nov-2015 at 7am: Warrington Way (40 mile ultra)

Well done to solo winners Shirley and Charlie, also to the relay team winners from Spectrum Striders – a clean sweep of the major prizes!

Solo class

Pos	Surname	Forename	Time	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4
1	SHARPE	Charlie	4:51:00	1:06:00	1:16:00	1:17:00	1:12:00	winner
11	ANDERSON	Shirley	6:23:00	1:24:00	1:37:00	1:42:00	1:40:00	1st lady
55	MOORE	Angela	8:33:00	1:41:00	2:06:00	2:22:00	2:24:00
87	ZACHARIASZ	Denise	10:19:00	1:55:00	2:53:00	2:49:00	2:42:00

93 finishers (+ 8 DNF), last finisher in 11:45:00. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Team relay class

	Name	Time
Stage 1	Jude Peck	1:17:00
Stage 2	Jon Chapman	1:23:00
Stage 3	Victoria Walls	1:20:00
Stage 4	Mat Rimmington	1:42:00
	Total	5:42:00

21 teams finished, last team in 9:17:00. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 7-Nov-2015 at 9:30am: Cheshire 10k (at Arley Hall)

Pos	Name	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Ryan Mcleod	Male	0:29:47	0:29:47	winner - Tipton Harriers
21	Graham Houghton	MV40	0:35:21	0:35:19
33	Tess Robinson	FV35	0:35:57	0:35:57	1st lady - Salford Harriers
93	Jack Antrobus	Male	0:39:28	0:39:24
309	Dave Watson	MV55	0:47:28	0:47:08
550	Dennis Yarwood	MV45	0:52:41	0:50:31
595	Diane Atherton	Female	0:53:53	0:52:51
887	Stephen Springall	MV50	1:01:23	1:00:27

1117 finishers, last finisher in 1:32:20. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 8-Nov-2015 at 10am: NWSCCL race #2 at Stadt Moers Park in Knowsley

The revised course for 2015 was shorter than usual at 4.62 miles according to Chris' GPS. It was softer underfoot than last year and muddy in places.

Thanks to Liz Whitfield for taking the finish times and to Les Hewitt for collecting finish tokens, recording finishing positions & times and for typing up the results.

Individual results

Full results are on Steve Saunders' [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Finish times are unofficial and approximate. There are no comparison times with last year as the course was extensively changed and was shorter.

Pos	Runner (time)	Pos	Runner (time)
5	Karl Steinegger (27:30)	4	Claire Andrew (31:50)
23	Chris Millington (29:38 V)	7	Alison Russell (32:59)
34	Dan Peers (30:09)	15	Jane Lowe (34:42 V)
42	Neil Adair (30:24)	26	Total
60	Mike Houghton (31:23 V)	21	Emma Pryor (35:40)
62	Dave Higgins (31:28 V)	25	Louise Dempster (36:09 V)
226	Total	35	Kimberley Tinsley (38:00)
80	Jimmy Connolly (32:26 V)	73	Lisa MacKay (43:00 V)
85	Andy Gaskell (32:43 V)	77	Elly Roberts (43:49 V)
93	Alex Lewis (32:56)	85	Adrienne Hall (45:02 V)
101	Julian Spencer (33:17 V)	103	Emily Sinkinson (49:50)
106	Kenny Forster (33:32 V)	105	Steph Charman (50:42 V)
129	Andy Dawson (34:45)
131	Rob McHarry (34:55 V)		114 women, 11 Striders
141	Jake Holmes (35:50)		(64 women, 8 Striders last year)
146	Ran MacKay (36:04 V)
147	Tim Lewis (36:05 V)
162	Ian Barker (37:28)
185	Mick Charman (39:50 V)
190	Dave Thompson (40:28 V)

	215 men, 19 Striders
	(151 men, 17 Striders last year)

Team results for this race

First 6 men and first 3 women count to the team total. There must be at least one vet man & one vet woman.

Men		Women
Club	Score	Club	Score
Liverpool RC	81	Liverpool RC	22
Penny Lane Striders	100	Spectrum Striders	26
Knowsley Harriers	119	Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	31
Mersey Tri	191	Skem BH/Parbold PP	38
Spectrum Striders	226	Penny Lane Striders	52
Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	247	Warrington RC	93
Kirkby Milers	284	Ellesmere Port RC	118
Delamere Spartans	381	Kirkby Milers	136
Birkenhead/Pensby	483	Village Runners	140
St Helens Striders	534	Delamere Spartans	149
Warrington RC	576	Widnes Wasps	198
Newburgh Nomads	703	Mersey Tri	209
Skem BH/Parbold PP	763	Birkenhead/Pensby	210
Ellesmere Port RC	1062 (5 ran)	Knowsley Harriers	173 (2 ran)
Village Runners	1301 (1 ran)	St Helens Striders	185 (2 ran)
		Active Women Running	226 (2 ran)

League standings after 2 races

Best 5 of 6 races to count.

Men		Women
Club	Score	Club	Score
Liverpool RC	35	Liverpool RC	35
Knowsley Harriers	34	Spectrum Striders	32
Penny Lane Striders	33	Ellesmere Port RC	28
Spectrum Striders	29	Penny Lane Striders	28
Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	27	Skem BH/Parbold PP	28
Mersey Tri	27	Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	27
Kirkby Milers	25	Warrington RC	25
Birkenhead/Pensby	21	Birkenhead/Pensby	23
Delamere Spartans	19	Village Runners	20
St Helens Striders	19	Kirkby Milers	18
Warrington RC	17	Delamere Spartans	15
Newburgh Nomads	14	Mersey Tri	15
Ellesmere Port RC	11	Widnes Wasps	13
Skem BH /Parbold PP	11	Active Women Running	13
Chester Tri	4	Knowsley Harriers	10
Village Runners	4	Chester Tri	3
		St Helens Striders	3

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Sunday 15-Nov-2015 at 10am: Preston 10 mile

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Dave Rigby	M	0:55:53	winner - Preston Harriers
7	Helen Clitheroe	FV40	0:58:18	1st lady - Preston Harriers
94	Neil Adair	M	1:08:47
151	Chris Falls	M	1:13:55
282	Edward Stokes	MV40	1:26:26
311	Michael Jaras	MV70	1:30:07
324	John Dooley	MV65	1:32:09
325	Michael Charman	MV65	1:32:10
378	Terry Coles	MV70	1:40:05
382	Catherine Lyon	F	1:41:29

416 finishers, last finisher in 2:32:32. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Sunday 22-Nov-2015 at 10am: NWSCCL race #3 at Beacon Country Park (Skem)

Congratulations to Spectrum women. This race win puts them top of the league after 3 races. The men remain in 4th place.

Usually known as "Skem", this was race 3 (of 6) in the winter North West Sunday Cross Country League and is organised by Skelmersdale Boundary Harriers. It was at the usual venue in Beacon Country Park.

It was a cold still day and underfoot was probably even muddier than last year!

Thanks to Les Hewitt for noting down finishers, for collecting results tokens, for collating the results on behalf of the Club and for typing up the results below.

The race distance for the course was again 4.49 miles as measured by Chris' GPS.

Individual results

Full results are available on Steve Saunders' [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight]. We were unable to to take any times this year.

Pos	Runner (time)	Pos	Runner (time)
3	Karl Steinegger	4	Claire Andrew
20	Chris Millington (V)	7	Jude Peck (V)
21	Rob Muir	9	Alison Russell
27	Dan Peers	20	Total
62	Mike Houghton (V)	31	Louise Dempster (V)
68	Stephen Abram	35	Jane Lowe (V)
201	Total	43	Jenny Lamont
76	Alex Lewis	52	Debbie Read (V)
80	Jimmy Connolly (V)	54	Helen Caldwell (V)
95	Paul Kelly (V)	78	Sue Buck (V)
100	Andy Gaskell (V)	109	Steph Charman (V)
111	Kenny Forster (V)	118	Anne Hewitt (V)
113	Julian Spencer (V)	DNF	Elly Roberts (V)
124	Alan Brady (V)
134	Daniel Chadwick		118 women, 11 Striders
142	Andy Dawson		(63 women, 11 Striders last year)
148	Jake Holmes
156	Tim Murphy (V)
174	Tim Lewis (V)
185	Mick Charman (V)
202	Ian Barker
205	Dave Thompson (V)
206	Neville Griffiths (V)
209	Richard MacIlwaine (V)

	227 men, 23 Striders
	(140 men, 15 Striders last year)

Team results for this race

First 6 men and first 3 women count to the team total. There must be at least one vet man & one vet woman.

Men		Women
Club	Score	Club	Score
Penny Lane Striders	80	Spectrum Striders	20
Liverpool RC	90	Birkenhead AC/Pensby Runners	28
Knowsley Harriers	97	Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	39
Mersey Tri	192	Ellesmere Port RC	42
Spectrum Striders	201	Liverpool RC	43
Helsby RC/Lymm/Warrington RR	243	Penny Lane Striders	43
Delamere Spartans	330	Helsby RC/Lymm/Warrington RR	78
Birkenhead AC/Pensby Runners	387	Warrington RC	104
Krkby Milers	392	Delamere Spartans	121
St Helens Striders	449	Knowsley Harriers	126
Newburgh Nomads	467	Mersey Tri	145
Warrington RC	511	Krkby Milers	152
Ellesmere Port RC	933 (4 ran)	St Helens Striders	230
Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	1231(4 ran)	Active Women Running	252 (2 ran)
Chester Tri	1180 (2 ran)	Village Runners	292 (2 ran)
Village Runners	1232 (1 ran)

League standings after 3 races

Best 5 of 6 races to count.

Men		Women
Club	Score	Club	Score
Liverpool RC	52	Spectrum Striders	50
Penny Lane Striders	51	Liverpool RC	49
Knowsley Harriers	50	Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	44
Spectrum Striders	43	Ellesmere Port RC	43
Mersey Tri	42	Penny Lane Striders	42
Helsby RC/Lymm/Warrington RR	40	Birkenhead AC/Pensby Runners	41
Krkby Milers	35	Helsby RC/Lymm/Warrington RR	39
Birkenhead AC/Pensby Runners	32	Warrington RC	36
Delamere Spartans	31	Krkby Milers	25
St Helens Striders	28	Delamere Spartans	25
Warrington RC	24	Village Runners	24
Newburgh Nomads	22	Mersey Tri	23
Ellesmere Port RC	17	Knowsley Harriers	18
Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	16	Active Women Running	17
Chester Tri	8	Widnes Wasps	13
Village Runners	7	St Helens Striders	10
		Chester Tri	3

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Sunday 29-Nov-2015 at 10am: Festive Flash Five

This was a trail race in Pennington Flash Country Park, near Leigh, on a very muddy course.

Pos	Name	Time
1	Colin Bishop	0:30:32	winner
11	Rachael Fairclough	0:33:03	1st lady - St Helens Striders
23	Julian Spencer	0:35:37
49	Ranald MacKay	0:38:52
78	Kate Johnson	0:41:56
81	Vince Alcock	0:42:23
96	Carolyn Arber	0:43:52
106	Allan Bird	0:44:55
117	Lisa MacKay	0:46:13
211	Anne Hewitt	1:00:24
220	Les Hewitt	1:09:57

221 finishers, last finisher in 1:10:04. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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[highlight color=red]December[/highlight]

Sunday 6-Dec-2015 at 10am: Stockport 10 mile

Pos	Name	Cat	ChipTime	GunTime	min/mile
1	Jack Nixon	SEN	0:53:48	0:53:49	5:23	winner - Stockport Harriers
15	Sophie Cowper	SEN	1:00:03	1:00:05	6:00	1st lady - Lincoln Wellington
207	Guy Lambert	SEN	1:11:21	1:11:43	7:10
223	Alan Brady	V65+	1:12:10	1:12:25	7:14
244	Jane Lowe	V45	1:13:12	1:13:16	7:20
258	Mathew Rimmington	SEN	1:13:28	1:13:49	7:23
704	Eleanor Roberts	V45	1:27:46	1:28:25	8:51
705	David Roberts	V50	1:27:45	1:28:25	8:51
897	Dennis Yarwood	V45	1:34:25	1:35:59	9:36

1116 finishers (+8 DNF), last finisher in 2:21:14. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Sunday 13-Dec-2015 at 10am: NWSCCL race #4 at Runcorn Town Park

Congratulations to Spectrum women. This convincing race win puts them in a commanding lead at top of the league with 2 races to go. The men remain in a close fight for 4th place (out of 16 teams).

This was race 4 (of 6) in this winter's North West Sunday Cross Country League and was organised by Warrington Road Runners. It was at the usual venue in Runcorn Town Park.

Thanks to Liz Whitfield & Les Hewitt for recording the finish positions & times, also to Les Hewitt for doing the scoring on behalf of the Club and for typing up the results below.

The race distance was 4.95 miles long as measured by Chris' GPS, a little longer than 2014. The route was extremely wet & muddy, on a cold still drizzly day.

Full race results are on [highlight color=bold]Steve Saunders' web site[/highlight].

Individual results

Finish times are unofficial and approximate. The second time where included is from last year.

Pos	Runner (time)	Pos	Runner (time)
1	Karl Steinegger (31:10 cf 31:24)	5	Claire Andrew (36:13)
17	Chris Millington (V 33:16 cf 32:32)	6	Jude Peck (V 37:02)
31	Dan Peers (34:25)	9	Alison Russell (38:37 cf 40:10)
50	Neil Adair (35:23)	20	Total
63	Mike Houghton (V 36:27)	29	Louise Dempster (V 42:02)
65	Alex Lewis (36:35)	31	Jane Lowe (V 42:36 cf 39:20)
227	Total	35	Helen Caldwell (V 44:39 cf 45:22)
73	Jimmy Connolly (V 37:09)	55	Elly Roberts (V 49:34 cf 51:04)
92	Alex Brown (38:06 cf 38:29)	58	Sue Buck (49:49 cf 48:46)
109	Kenny Forster (V 39:01 cf 40:55)	79	Steph Charman (V 60:40)
122	Jake Holmes (40:05)
125	Chris Falls (40:18)		83 women, 9 Striders
126	Julian Spencer (V 40:20)		(72 women, 13 Striders in 2015)
132	Andy Gaskell (V 40:51 cf 36:34)
147	Tim Lewis (V 42:14)
182	Ian Barker (46:00)
186	Mick Charman (V 46:53)
187	Dave Thompson (V 46:58)
190	Richard MacIlwaine (V 47:25 cf 47:58)

	Stephen Burthem (36:56 - 2nd claim)

	207 men, 18 Striders
	(154 men, 16 Striders in 2014)

Team results for this race

Men		Women
Club	Score	Club	Score
Knowsley Harriers	60	Spectrum Striders	20
Penny Lane Striders	93	Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	42
Liverpool RC	127	Penny Lane Striders	44
Mersey Tri	176	Helsby RC/Lymm/Warrington RR	52
Helsby RC/Lymm/Warrington RR	192	Knowsley Harriers	52
Spectrum Striders	227	Ellesmere Port RC	52
Delamere Spartans	331	Liverpool RC	55
Birkenhead AC/Pensby Runners	455	Delamere Spartans	70
St Helens Striders	460	Mersey Tri	86
Kirkby Milers	486	St Helens Striders	110
Warrington RC	572	Widnes Wasps	153
Newburgh Nomads	590	Birkenhead AC/Pensby Runners	169
Chester Tri	821 (4 ran)	Warrington RC	192
Ellesmere Port RC	868 (4 ran)	Kirkby Milers	212 (2 ran)
Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	1007 (4 ran)
Village Runners	1133 (1 ran)

League standings after 4 races

Best 5 of 6 races to count.

Men		Women
Club	Score	Club	Score
Liverpool RC	68	Spectrum Striders	68
Penny Lane Striders	68	Liverpool RC	61
Knowsley Harriers	68	Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	61
Mersey Tri	57	Ellesmere Port RC	58
Spectrum Striders	56	Penny Lane Striders	58
Helsby RC/Lymm/Warrington RR	54	Helsby RC/Lymm/Warrington RR	54
Kirkby Milers	44	Birkenhead AC/Pensby Runners	48
Birkenhead AC/Pensby Runners	43	Warrington RC	42
Delamere Spartans	43	Delamere Spartans	36
St Helens Striders	38	Mersey Tri	33
Warrington RC	32	Knowsley Harriers	33
Newburgh Nomads	29	Kirkby Milers	30
Ellesmere Port RC	22	Village Runners	24
Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	20	Widnes Wasps	21
Chester Tri	14	St Helens Striders	19
Village Runners	10	Active Women Running	17
		Chester Tri	3

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2015 results - July to September

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2015 Results

This page only contains race results for Spectrum Striders RC members. Included are all results from Striders club championship races, plus some other races where Striders ran.

If you are looking for results for one of the Spectrum Striders RC races, please look under the [highlight color=bold]"Our races"[/highlight] menu at the top of any page on this web site.

If any results are missing and you want them to be included, please send a link to the online results [highlight color=bold]to our webmaster[/highlight].

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[highlight color=red]July[/highlight]

Wednesday 1-Jul-2015 at 7:30pm: Forest Park Ladies 5k

Please see the [highlight color=bold]race web page[/highlight] for full details of the race, including how to enter.

Pos	Time	Name	Category	mins/km
1	19:54	BLIZZARD, Louise	Lady Vet 35	3:59	winner - Belgrave Harriers
5	21:30	LOWE, Jane	Lady Vet 45	4:18	1st LV45
6	21:32	RUSSELL, Alison	Senior Lady	4:18
7	21:37	WHITFIELD, Liz	Lady Vet 35	4:19
10	22:12	FORSTER, Karon	Lady Vet 50	4:26	1st LV50
12	22:49	LOMAX, Bobbie	Lady Vet 40	4:34
13	22:50	TINSLEY, Kimberley	Senior Lady	4:34
14	22:55	READ, Debbie	Lady Vet 55	4:35	1st LV55
16	22:57	CALDWELL, Helen	Lady Vet 45	4:35
23	24:23	ROBERTS, Eleanor	Lady Vet 45	4:53
34	25:29	SULLIVAN, Jo	Lady Vet 45	5:06
41	26:03	HEPBURN, Denise	Lady Vet 35	5:13
45	26:39	ATHERTON, Diane	Lady Vet 50	5:20
48	26:47	ARBER, Carolyn	Lady Vet 55	5:21
59	27:47	CURLEY, Joanne	Lady Vet 40	5:33
62	28:09	MURGATROYD, Gail	Lady Vet 45	5:38
63	28:21	GREY, Emma	Senior Lady	5:40
66	28:48	OWEN, Linda	Lady Vet 55	5:46
67	28:48	YATES, Elizabeth	Senior Lady	5:46
76	29:28	POWNALL, Melanie	Lady Vet 35	5:54
80	29:35	HOWARTH, Rosalind	Lady Vet 35	5:55
106	32:49	ZACHARIASZ, Denise	Lady Vet 40	6:34
110	33:36	RAMSDALE, Christine	Lady Vet 65+	6:43
111	33:53	GREY, Claire	Senior Lady	6:47
120	34:19	HEWITT, Anne	Lady Vet 65+	6:52
121	34:44	GREY, Lisa	Lady Vet 45	6:57

150 finishers, last finisher in 43:00. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]this web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 5-Jul-2015 to Saturday 11-Jul-2015: Tour Of Merseyside

The 2015 [highlight color=bold]Tour Of Merseyside[/highlight] consists of 6 races in 7 days, a total of 52 miles. This is the same length as the old Tour Of Tameside in the 80's and 90's.

You could enter some of the races as individual races without needing to enter the whole Tour.

Sunday 5-Jul-2015 at 9am: Southport Half Marathon

This was race 1 (of 6).

Pos	Name	GunTime	ChipTime	Category
1	Anthony Taylor	1:14:27	1:14:27	ToM	winner
47	Jennifer Clague	1:27:46	1:27:45	ToM	1st lady - Liverpool Harriers
90	Stephen Ward	1:31:55	1:31:50	ToM
143	Chris Falls	1:35:57	1:35:46	Open M
145	Alan Brady	1:36:03	1:36:00	V60+
164	Stuart Johnson	1:37:25	1:36:59	ToM
191	Paul Kelly	1:38:57	1:38:55	V40-49
617	Dennis Yarwood	2:04:11	2:02:56	ToM

962 finishers, last finisher in 3:21:24. Full results are on the RaceTec [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Monday 6-Jul-2015 at 7pm: Thursaston Multi-terrain 5 mile (Wirral)

This was race 2 (of 6).

Pos	First Name	Surname	Category	GunTime	ChipTime
1	ANTHONY	TAYLOR	M40+	35:58	35:58	winner
20	NATASHA	SHEEL	FOPEN	42:50	42:48	1st lady - SERPENTINE RC
26	STEPHEN	WARD	M50+	43:26	43:22
54	STUART	JOHNSON	MOPEN	45:54	45:44
189	DENNIS	YARWOOD	M45+	57:46	57:15

304 finishers (+1 DNF), last finisher in 1:32:36. Full results are on the TDL Event services [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Tuesday 7-Jul-2015 at 7pm: Sustrans Cycle Trail 10 mile race (Walton Hall Park)

This was race 3 (of 6).

Pos	First Name	Surname	Category	GunTime	ChipTime
1	ANTHONY	TAYLOR	M40+	0:56:15	0:56:14	winner
20	JENNIFER	CLAGUE	F40+	1:07:38	1:07:37	1st lady - LIVERPOOL HARRIERS
26	STEPHEN	WARD	M50+	1:08:54	1:08:46
50	STUART	JOHNSON	MOPEN	1:13:21	1:13:14
157	DENNIS	YARWOOD	M45+	1:28:20	1:27:56

275 finishers, last finisher in 2:16:16. Full results are on the TDL Event services [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Thursday 9-Jul-2015 at 7pm: Halton 5 miler (Hale Park)

This was race 4 (of 6).

Pos	First Name	Surname	Category	GunTime	ChipTime
1	ANTHONY	TAYLOR	M40+	27:19	27:18	winner
24	NATASHA	SHEEL	FOPEN	32:45	32:44	1st lady - SERPENTINE RC
26	STEPHEN	WARD	M50+	32:50	32:46
54	STUART	JOHNSON	MOPEN	34:45	34:29
87	Chris	Falls	MOPEN	37:11	37:02
179	DENNIS	YARWOOD	M45+	42:02	41:40

314 finishers, last finisher in 1:16:54. Full results are on the TDL Event services [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Friday 10-Jul-2015 at 7pm: Knowsley 6 mile cross country (Stadt Moers Park)

This was race 5 (of 6).

Pos	First Name	Surname	Category	GunTime	ChipTime
1	ANTHONY	TAYLOR	M40+	33:46	33:46	winner
23	NATASHA	SHEEL	FOPEN	40:39	40:39	1st lady - SERPENTINE RC
24	STEPHEN	WARD	M50+	40:46	40:43
48	STUART	JOHNSON	MOPEN	42:49	42:41
161	DENNIS	YARWOOD	M45+	53:09	52:40

275 finishers, last finisher in 1:31:08. Full results are on the TDL Event services [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Saturday 11-Jul-2015 at 10am: Wirral Coastal Run 12 mile

This was race 6 (of 6).

Pos	First Name	Surname	Category	GunTime	ChipTime
1	ANTHONY	TAYLOR	M40+	1:09:51	1:09:51	winner
26	STEPHEN	WARD	M50+	1:26:37	1:26:31
32	STUART	JOHNSON	MOPEN	1:27:50	1:27:32
36	NATASHA	SHEEL	FOPEN	1:28:33	1:28:29	1st lady - SERPENTINE RC
141	DENNIS	YARWOOD	M45+	1:47:59	1:47:33

300 finishers (+1 DNF), last finisher in 2:59:38. Full results are on the TDL Event services [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Sunday 5-Jul-2015 to Saturday 11-Jul-2015: Tour Of Merseyside - Overall standings

Pos	First Name	Surname	Category	ChipTime
1	ANTHONY	TAYLOR	M40+	4:57:32	winner
21	STEPHEN	WARD	M50+	6:04:24
24	NATASHA	SHEEL	FOPEN	6:05:43	1st lady - SERPENTINE RC
43	STUART	JOHNSON	MOPEN	6:22:02
158	DENNIS	YARWOOD	M45+	7:53:23

269 finishers (+9 DNF), last finisher in 11:16:21. Full results are on the TDL Event services [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Tuesday 7-Jul-2015 at 7:15pm: Rochdale 10k

Pos	Name	Cat	Time	CatPos	mins per k/mile
1	Rob James	M	00:35:06	(001/062)	03.31/05.39	winner
40	Joanne Nelson	F40	00:40:10	(001/021)	04.01/06.28	1st lady - Darwen Dashers
145	Mike Brady	M50	00:46:26	(017/029)	04.39/07.28

341 finishers, last finisher in 1:16:08. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Thursday 9-Jul-2015 at 7:30pm: The Wizard 5

Pos	Time	Name	Cat
1	26:19	Ryan Holroyd	MS	winner - City Of Stoke AC
6	28:09	Karl Steinegger	MS
18	30:17	Diane McVey	F35	1st lady - Wilmslow RC
30	31:59	Neil Adair	MS
43	32:58	Chris Millington	M45
67	34:42	Kenny Forster	M55
75	35:15	Andy Gaskell	M45
79	35:32	Liz Whitfield	F35
93	36:43	Paul Kelly	M40
113	37:30	Chris Falls	MS
166	41:34	Kate Johnson	F45
172	42:03	Neville Griffiths	M65
174	42:22	Vincent Alcock	M45
249	52:38	Kit Whitfield	M50

253 finishers, last finisher in 58:25. Full results are on the SportSoft [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 11-Jul-2015 at 1pm: Radcliffe 5 mile trail race

Pos	Name	Cat	Time	CatPos
1	Mark Whittington	M40	30:21	(001/008)	winner - Swinton RC
8	Joanne Nelson	F40	32:48	(001/003)	1st lady - Darwen Dashers
84	Anne Hewitt	F65	59:36	(001/001)	1st F65

84 finishers, last finisher in 59:36. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Thursday 16-Jul-2015 at 7pm: Club 5k Handicap

This is a closed event for Spectrum Striders RC club members only (plus a few invited guests).

The start is at Birchwood railway station. The finish is on the other side of the Birchwood Centre, on the path near the rear of the Birchwood Tennis Centre. The route is normally an accurately measured 5k but there was a minor diversion in 2015 to avoid running through "Red Square".

Many thanks to Janet & David Redpath for once again organising the handicap. Many thanks to all of the marshals & helpers.

The winners were Jane Pownall and Brad Ehlen.

The fastest runners on the night were Alison Russell and Chris Millington.

		Predicted	Finish	Actual	Difference: actual
Pos	Name	time	time	run time	time v predicted
1	Jane Pownall	36:00	35:22	33:22	02:38
2	Katie Hampton	27:10	35:31	24:41	02:29
3	Lisa Grey	34:45	36:02	32:47	01:58
4	Emma Grey	28:20	36:50	27:10	01:10
5	Mel Pownall	29:30	36:56	28:26	01:04
6	Claire Grey	33:55	36:57	32:52	01:03
7	Paula Coleman	27:50	37:03	26:53	00:57
8	Catherine Lyon	29:00	37:16	28:16	00:44
9	Brad Ehlen	22:45	37:18	22:03	00:42
10	Linda Owen	28:50	37:25	28:15	00:35
11	Neville Griffiths	25:40	37:31	25:11	00:29
12	Alison Russell	21:30	37:35	21:05	00:25
13	Jane Lowe	21:30	37:36	21:06	00:24
14	Paul Kelly	21:30	37:42	21:12	00:18
15	Neil Adair	19:40	37:43	19:23	00:17
16	Diane Atherton	26:30	37:44	26:14	00:16
17	Darren Roberts	21:15	37:45	21:00	00:15
18	Liz Whitfield	21:40	37:48	21:28	00:12
19	Colin Grime	26:00	37:50	25:50	00:10
20	Ran MacKay	23:00	37:52	22:52	00:08
21	Jo Curley	27:50	37:55	27:45	00:05
22	Steve Pickford	22:50	37:59	22:49	00:01
23	Chris Millington	19:15	38:00	19:15	00:00
24	Lee McConkey	21:15	38:05	21:20	00:05
25	Ian Dunbar	29:00	38:05	29:05	00:05
26	Graham Driver	21:05	38:09	21:14	00:09
27	Anne Fortune	27:00	38:18	27:18	00:18
28	Michael Jaras	27:50	38:19	28:09	00:19
29	Anne Hewitt	34:15	38:20	34:35	00:20
30	Terry Coles	28:55	38:21	29:16	00:21
31	John Dooley	25:50	38:22	26:12	00:22
32	Paul Harrop	24:10	38:22	24:32	00:22
33	Alan Brady	21:30	38:25	21:55	00:25
34	Mike Hall	21:40	38:36	22:16	00:36
35	Janice Leigh	26:00	38:41	26:41	00:41
36	Kimberley Tinsley	22:30	38:47	23:17	00:47
37	Chris Falls	21:40	38:47	22:27	00:47
38	Lisa MacKay	24:50	39:03	25:53	01:03
39	Roger Seddon	21:50	39:07	22:57	01:07
40	Graham Lee	25:30	39:17	26:47	01:17
41	Kenny Forster	19:50	39:25	21:15	01:25
42	Andy Gaskell	20:05	39:59	22:04	01:59
43	Iain Fortune	28:00	40:09	30:09	02:09
44	Alan Peers	26:00	41:31	29:31	03:31

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Sunday 19-Jul-2015 at 9:30am: Pendle Family Running Festival 5 mile trail race (Barley)

This race was part of a new 2 day event. The results are shown separately for men & women.

Name	Time	Cat
Nick Gaskell	0:37:37	M40	winner - Trawden AC
Laura Lombard	0:39:44	F
Anne Hewitt	1:22:55	F65	1st F65

31 finishers, last finisher in 1:22:55. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Wednesday 22-Jul-2015 at 7:30pm: Harrock Hill fell race #2 (near Parbold, category BS, 5.2 miles, 900ft climb)

This is race 3 of a series of 4 races. Your best time in any of the 4 races in a year counts towards the Club Fell Championship.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Daniel Miller	M	33:56	winner - Endurance Store
6	Lindsey Brindle	L	36:16	1st lady - Horwich
36	Stephen Burthem	M55	41:31	2nd claim
57	Kenny Forster	M55	43:07

159 finishers, last finisher in 1:19:06. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

Current Striders rankings after 3 races

Thanks to Les Hewitt for compiling this table of fastest times.

		Best	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4
Name	Cat	time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time
Charlie Sharpe	M	0:34:49	2	0:34:49
Chris Millington	M40	0:37:50	20	0:37:50
Neil Adair	M	0:39:29	37	0:39:29
Daniel Chadwick	M	0:39:55	41	0:39:55
Kenny Forster	M55	0:43:07					57	0:43:07
Liz Whitfield	L	0:43:58			66	0:43:58
Jane Lowe	L45	0:45:37			79	0:45:37
Ranald MacKay	M45	0:49:12	144	0:49:12
Chris Falls	M	0:50:17			105	0:50:17
Neville Griffiths	M65	0:52:17			123	0:52:17
Dave Thompson	M55	0:52:41	175	0:52:41
Lisa MacKay	L45	0:54:31	188	0:54:31
Kit Whitfield	M50	1:03:37			156	1:03:37
Stephanie Charman	L60	1:04:48			158	1:04:48

No. Striders ran				7		6		1
Total no. in race				232		163		159

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Wednesday 22-Jul-2015 at 7:30pm: Sefton Park 5 mile

Pos	Name		Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Haccalu	Hundessa	M	25:49	25:49	winner - Liverpool Harriers
16	Kirsty	Longley	F35	29:04	29:04	1st lady - Liverpool Pembroke Sefton
32	Chris	Millington	M45	30:41	30:40
41	Neil	Adair	M	31:15	31:11
47	Daniel	Chadwick	M	31:27	31:24
65	Stuart	Johnson	M	32:17	32:11
136	Malcolm	Lingard	M50	35:46	35:44
266	Dennis	Yarwood	M45	41:48	41:23
404	Denise	Zachariasz	F40	48:52	48:30
411	Stephanie	Charman	F65	49:18	49:10

480 finishers, last finisher in 1:21:35. Full results are on the FR Systems [highlight color=bold]race web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 2-Aug-2015 at 8am: São José dos Campos 10k (Brazil)

Pos	Name	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Jose Paulo dos Santos	MSen	33:01	32:57
71	Michael Brady	M50	43:41	43:25

578 10k male finishers, last finisher in 1:40:54. Full results are on the Chip Vale [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Race report from Mike Brady:

"I try to make it to Spectrum Striders training sessions and race calendar events when I am in Warrington, but spend some of my time in Cambridge (where my work is based) and some time in Brazil (where my wife is from).

Brazil's famous race is the São Silvestre 15k race in São Paulo on New Year's Eve, which was founded in 1925, but it is only in the past few years that road racing seems to have taken off more widely in Brazil. There are now 5k and 10k events where we stay in São José dos Campos or nearby towns once or twice per month.

I ran a 10k race here on 2-Aug-2015, with around 3,000 participants in this and the 5k race and 3k walk options. There were also wheelchair racers, runners with guides and other athletes with disabilities in a first wave. It was very professionally organised, with chip timing, water stations, fruit, sports drinks, technical t-shirts, medals, everything you might expect.

We ran two circuits of a 5k course on a closed-off dual carriageway, with a progressively steepening hill culminating in a turning point at about 3k and 8k. Running in heat adds to my times, but it was foggy when cycling to the location and a relatively cool 18 deg. C at the 8am start so I was only 17 seconds slower than my UK PB, coming in at 43:25."

Wednesday 5-Aug-2015 at 7:30pm: Pie & Peas 5

Pos	First name	Last name	Cat	Time
1	Elliot	Bowker	Male Under 20	25:48	winner - Vale Royal AC
5	Katie	Brough	Female Senior	28:15	1st lady - Vale Royal AC
40	Christopher	Millington	Male Vet 45	31:30
53	Neil	Adair	Male Vet 35	32:35
87	Julian	Spencer	Male Vet 50	34:32
88	Darren	Roberts	Male Vet 40	34:35
102	Liz	Whitfield	Female Vet 35	35:33
103	Lee	McConkey	Male Senior	35:35
107	Brad	Ehlen	Male Vet 40	35:53
133	Rob	McHarry	Male Vet 50	37:20
156	Debbie	Read	Female Vet 55	38:25
172	Andy	Garnett	Male Vet 60	39:45
209	Dave	Thompson	Male Vet 55	41:34
318	Stephanie	Charman	Female Vet 65	55:55

329 finishers, last finisher in 1:14:51. Full results are on the Nifty Entries [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 8-Aug-2015 at 1pm: Tegg's Nose fell race (nr. Macclesfield, category BM, 7.3 miles, 1725ft climb)

Race report from Neville Griffiths:

"This race is run from the sheepdog trials ground at Sutton Hall, Nr Macclesfield. This year it was a much bigger event because the BBC were filming the National Sheepdog trials.

This was the third and final race in our interclub Fell Grand Prix series. It was poorly attended by all of the clubs in the series, perhaps because of holidays.

The route started off around the outside edge of the show field and then onto the road through Sutton, before heading across the fields to Tegg’s Nose Country Park. A very steep descent is followed by a run round the base of Tegg’s Nose and then a long climb back to the top before following the same route back.

Spectrum won this race, but Helsby won the series and keep the trophy for another year."

This was race 3, the final race, in this years Inter-club Fell Competition.

Pos	Time	Name	Cat
1	0:51:56	Tom Adams	MSEN	winner - Ilkley
8	1:01:37	Katie Walshaw	WSEN	1st lady - Holmfirth
15	1:05:34	Chris Millington	M45
51	1:19:14	Julian Spencer	M55
60	1:22:13	Jane Lowe	W45
76	1:28:52	Neville Griffiths	M65
79	1:30:35	Jake Holmes	MSEN
83	1:31:48	Michael Charman	M65
92	1:37:04	Angela Moore	W40
114	1:58:43	Steph Charman	W65
118	2:14:05	Alan Peers	M70
DNF		Denise Zachariasz	W40
DNF		Geoff Hand	M55

119 finishers, last finisher in 2:14:06. Full results are on the [highlight color=bold]FRA web site[/highlight].

Thanks to Les Hewitt (Spectrum Striders RC) for doing the race scoring and producing the team results below.

Team results for this race

Points grand		Points	2 point	#	#
total (this race)		sub-total	bonus	men	ladies
252	Spectrum Striders RC	252	0	7	3
175	Helsby RC	175	0	6	0
62	Delamere Spartans	62	0	1	1
0	Tattenhall Runners	0	0	0	0

Final series standings after 3 races

Final standings		Race	Race	Race
after 3 races		#3	#2	#1
776	Helsby RC	175	271	330
633	Spectrum Striders RC	252	173	208
324	Delamere Spartans	62	93	169
244	Tattenhall Runners	0	182	62

Full inter-club series results for this race are available on this [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 15-Aug-2015 at 2:05m: Race The Train (Tywyn)

This is a hilly 14 mile multi-terrain race in mid-Wales. You run down one side of a valley, returning along the other side. The aim is to beat the steam train on the Tal-y-Llyn railway back to Tywyn.

This year, the target time was 1:47:46. This is a tough challenge - out of 932 finishers, only the first 204 beat the train back to Tywyn.

As well as the main 14 mile race (called the "Rotary Challenge"), there are also 10k, 5½ and 3½ mile races of varying difficulty.

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Mike	Kallenberg	M	1:19:26	1:19:26	winner - Cardiff AAC
37	Sarah	Hill	F40	1:32:57	1:32:55	1st lady - Farnham Runners
709	Sue	Buck	F45	2:21:09	2:20:31
733	Mike	Houghton	M45	2:23:19	2:23:15

932 finishers, last finisher in 3:30:00. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Race report from Sue Buck:

Quite a few people from Helsby RC were doing this race and camping for the weekend, so as I like my trail races, I decided to join them!

The weather was gloriously sunny and hot on race day. The Rotary Challenge starts next to the railway station and when the steam train’s whistle blew, we were off.

The first mile or so is on one of the main roads out of Tywyn, which meant that it felt very much like a road race, with barriers at the side of the road and hundreds of people cheering you on. I had been warned that the first 7 miles were very straightforward and to be careful that I didn’t go out too fast. I certainly bore that in mind, especially given the heat. In any case, I knew that the train would beat me, short of a miracle, but it was still good to see it going past with supporters hanging out the windows, waving and cheering.

There was nothing technical up to the turn round point just before Abergynolwyn and the trail alongside the train track made for very easy running, through beautiful scenery with hills either side of the valley with just one ford to cross and one gate to clamber over. However, the second half was more difficult and more like a fell race. I climbed up the side of the valley to be greeting with narrow paths, muddy sections and a slippery traverse. Every farm we passed through had water, in some cases flapjacks and a lot of supporters to cheer us on.

It didn’t feel like too long until I joined the main road again and made my way back into town. The finish was uphill, but again there was fantastic support from the hundreds of people lining the streets and especially from the bloke who yelled ‘well done young lady!’. Made my day, as I must have looked anything but young at that point!!

Afterwards, we returned to the campsite to get cleaned up, before heading back into town for the after race party. Some people seemed to think that I wouldn’t be able to dance the night away having just raced 14 miles, but they clearly didn’t know me very well as I certainly didn’t let the side down! I can also say that dancing and having a few beers was excellent recovery as I didn’t ache the next day either!

All in all, a well-organised, great race, with an unusual premise and fantastic support! One to consider for the champs for next year, hopefully!

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Sunday 16-Aug-2015 at 11am: Sedbergh Hills fell race (category AL, 14 miles, 6004ft climb)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Jo Symonds	M	2:13:40	winner - Shettleston Harriers
36	Nick Spinks	F40	2:56:29	1st lady - Dark Peak FR
107	Kenny Forster	M50	4:01:05
108	Jane Lowe	F40	4:03:36
110	Neville Griffiths	M60	4:05:56
116	Karon Forster	F50	4:21:07	2nd claim
117	Colin Grime	M70	4:36:52	1st MV70

121 finishers, last finisher in 5:02:23. Full results are on the FRA [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Race report from Neville Griffiths:

"I was a little surprised that more Striders were not doing this race as it is over 10 years since we last had a chance. It has always been the same date as Spectrum’s 10k.

It was as near perfect for the race as you can get, with the tops clear and a high cloud base keeping the sun off.

We set off at a good pace and were soon at the 1st checkpoint on Arant Haw. A fast run along a ridge led us to the base of Castley Knotts and a very steep climb to the summit for the 2nd checkpoint.

There is a cut off time of 1hr 40min at checkpoint 3. I was running with Jane and we had to push hard on narrow paths traversing round many small ridges to get there with 1 minute to spare.

The next section is across trackless country leading to Simon’s Seat. As we skirted round, we realised that we were a little high and had some great fun descending over 200 feet on our backsides. There is then another steep climb over the shoulder of Hazelgill before descending to checkpoint 4.

The route back now follows a good track, but the race is far from over as checkpoint 5 is on Calf Crag, the highest point in the Howgills. Another long run brought us to the final checkpoint on Winder Summit.

A steep descent leads to the finish. I met Karon here, as she was hobbling down having twisted her ankle. She said she was OK and to keep going so I chased after Jane who had disappeared from sight. The only thing keeping me going was the thought of a cup of tea and cake at the finish."

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Saturday 22-Aug-2015 at 9am: Pennington Flash parkrun

parkrun is a 5k timed run held every Saturday morning.

Pos	Name	Time	Cat
1	Anthony TAYLOR	17:20	VM40-44	winner
3	Karl STEINEGGER	18:11	SM25-29
6	Chris MILLINGTON	19:25	VM45-49	1st VM45
15	Andy GASKELL	20:55	VM45-49
21	Liz WHITFIELD	21:11	VW35-39	1st lady
34	Mike HALL	22:12	VM55-59
60	Paul HARROP	25:11	VM65-69
72	Tim LEWIS	26:24	VM50-54
84	Michael BRADLEY	27:18	VM60-64
182	Brian TUOHEY	36:30	VM50-54

202 finishers, last finisher in 43:41. Full results are on the parkrun [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 22-Aug-2015 at 9am: Delamere parkrun

Pos	Name	Time	Cat
1	Vincent VAN WOERKOM	18:02	VM35-39	winner - Chester Tri
4	Neil ADAIR	19:30	VM35-39
9	Gemma BARNETT	19:41	SW30-34	1st lady - Vale Royal AC
52	Brad EHLEN	23:16	VM40-44
241	Anne HEWITT	33:38	VW65-69
302	Les HEWITT	46:06	VM60-64

309 finishers, last finisher in 52:04. Full results are on the parkrun [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Wednesday 26-Aug-2015 at 7pm: Harrock Hill fell race #4 (near Parbold, category BS, 5.2 miles, 900ft climb)

This was the final race in a series of 4 races. Your fastest time of the 4 Harrock Hill races in any one year counts for your position in the Striders Club fell champs.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Darren Kay	M40	0:33:40	winner - Pudsey And Bramley
2	Karl Steinegger	M	0:34:48	2nd claim
17	Chris Millington	M45	0:38:12
18	Lindsey Brindle	L	0:38:20	1st lady - Horwich
48	Stephen Burthem	M55	0:41:31	2nd claim
69	Julian Spencer	M55	0:43:38
71	Kenny Forster	M55	0:43:46
81	Liz Whitfield	L	0:44:43
90	Jane Lowe	L45	0:46:03
106	Tim Murphy	M50	0:47:35
117	Jake Holmes	M	0:49:03
123	Michael Charman	M65	0:49:52
130	Tim Jefferson	M50	0:50:24
149	Dave Thompson	M55	0:53:25
162	Neville Griffiths	M65	0:55:13
168	Richard MacIlwaine	M55	0:55:42
191	Stephanie Charman	L65	1:05:56

202 finishers, last finisher in 1:22:01. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

2015 Series results

Final Striders rankings after 4 races

Thanks to Les Hewitt for compiling this table of fastest times.

		Best	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4
Name	Cat	time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time
Karl Steinegger	M	34:04			4	34:56	2	34:04	2	34:48
Charlie Sharpe	M	34:49	2	34:49
Chris Millington	M40	37:50	20	37:50					17	38:12
Neil Adair	M	39:29	37	39:29
Daniel Chadwick	M	39:55	41	39:55
Steve Burthem	M55	41:31					36	41:31	48	41:31
Kenny Forster	M55	43:07					57	43:07	71	43:46
Julian Spencer	M55	43:38							69	43:38
Liz Whitfield	L	43:58			66	43:58			81	44:43
Jane Lowe	L45	45:37			79	45:37			90	46:03
Tim Murphy	M50	47:35							106	47:35
Jake Holmes	M	49:03							117	49:03
Ranald MacKay	M45	49:12	144	49:12
Michael Charman	M65	49:52							123	49:52
Chris Falls	M	50:17			105	50:17
Tim Jefferson	M50	50:24							130	50:24
Neville Griffiths	M65	52:17			123	52:17			162	55:13
Dave Thompson	M55	52:41	175	52:41					149	53:25
Lisa MacKay	L45	54:31	188	54:31
Richard MacIlwaine	M55	55:42							168	55:42
Kit Whitfield	M50	63:37			156	63:37
Stephanie Charman	L60	64:48			158	64:48			191	65:56

No. Striders ran				7		7		3		15
Total no. in race				232		163		159		202

Members shown in italics are second claim.

2015 overall race series results

In 2015, there was only one Spectrum runner, Karl, who did 3 of the races.

These are decided on a points basis from your finish position, with your best 3 of the 4 races to count.

Pos	Name	Cat	#1	#2	#3	#4	# races	Best 3
1	Karl Steinegger	M	0	4	2	2	3	8	winner (2nd claim Spectrum)
4	Lindsey Brindle	L	13	0	6	18	3	37	1st lady - Horwich

There were 77 runners who completed 3 or 4 races. Full series results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Sunday 30-Aug-2015 at 11am: Pennington Flash 5 Mile Trail Race

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Tom Carson	Sen M	26.18	winner - Bolton United Harriers
56	Josie Maley	F35	33.27	1st lady - Astley & Tyldesley RR
183	Anne Hewitt	F65	52.57

196 finishers, last finisher in 69:28. Full results are on the SportSoft [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 6-Sep-2014 at 10am: Wigan 10k

			Gun	Chip	Cat
Pos	Name	Cat	time	time	pos
1	Thomas Carson	M10-34	0:32:27	0:32:27	1/647	winner - Horwich RMI Harriers
7	Lauren Howarth	F10-34	0:34:56	0:34:54	1/532	1st lady - Leigh Harriers
337	Michael Charman	M65+	0:46:30	0:46:20	3/36
382	Helen Caldwell	F45-49	0:47:17	0:46:33	5/127
513	Vincent Alcock	M45-49	0:49:25	0:48:31	44/191
653	Jo Sullivan	F45-49	0:51:09	0:50:22	8/127
909	Kate Johnson	F45-49	0:53:57	0:53:04	18/127
1725	Stephanie Charman	F65+	1:03:21	1:03:13	3/14

2952 finishers, last finisher in 2:06:41. Full results are available [highlight color=bold]here[/highlight].

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Thursday 10-Sep-2015 at 7pm: Club Road Mile

Thanks to Julian Spencer for typing up the results, also to all those who helped with recording on the night.

	Heat 1			Heat 2
Pos	Name	Time	Pos	Name	Time
1	Neil Adair	5:21	1	Rob Muir	4:55
2	Emma Pryor	6:08	2	Carl Steinegger	4:57
3	Helen Caldwell	6:31	3	Chris Millington	5:09	*MV45 record*
4	Ian Cross	6:33	4	Charlie Sharpe	5:14
5	Dave Roberts	6:44	5	Daniel Chadwick	5:21
6	Paul Harrop	6:53	6	Stuart Johnson	5:27
7	Ed Stokes	6:54	7	Guy Lambert	5:41
8	Ellie Roberts	6:57	8	Mat Rimmington	5:43
9	Katie Hampton	7:01	9	Andy Gaskell	5:48
10	Jo Sullivan	7:19	10	Julian Spencer	5:53
11	Diane Atherton	7:25	11	Jane Lowe	5:58
12	Emma Grey	7:27	12	Alison Russell	6:01
13	Graham Lee	7:29	13	Graham Driver	6:06
14	Joanne Curley	7:44	14	Liz Whitfield	6:06
15	Liz Yates	7:56	15	Jenny Lamont	6:14
16	Mel Pownall	8:06
17	Mike Jeras	8:10
18	Ian Dunbar	8:15

Chris Millington's time of 5:09 equalled Julian Spencer's MV45 Club Mile Record set at the track on 27-Sep-2005.

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Saturday 12-Sep-2015: World Masters Mountain Running Championships (Betws-y-Coed)

These Championships are open to anyone aged 35 - 79. There were several different races over two different courses. Different age classes ran in the same races.

The two courses were (distances & climb are approx.):

Long course: 6.6 miles, 1640ft climb (WV35, MV50)
Short course: 5.5 miles, 1475ft climb (MV55, MV60, MV65, WV65)

8 Striders ran in the Champs. Full results for all races are on the TDL Event Services [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

11:30am: Women vet 35

Pos	Name	Time
1	Anna Lupton	0:49:22	winner - Black Combe
6	Liz Whitfield	1:00:54

7 finishers, last finisher in 1:11:33

12 noon: Men vet 50

Pos	Name	Time
1	Craig Roberts	0:44:18	winner - Kendal
48	Kit Whitfield	1:27:37

49 finishers, last finisher in 1:46:25

1pm: Men vet 55

Pos	Name	Time
1	Franz Prager	0:40:35	winner - LG Passau (Germany)
23	Stephen Burthem	0:48:33	2nd claim

47 finishers, last finisher in 1:08:34

1:30pm: Men vet 60

Pos	Name	Time
1	Marino Portigliotti	0:42:45	winner - G.S.A. Valsesia (Italy)
43	Les Hewitt	1:42:42

43 finsihers, last finisher in 1:42:42

2pm: Men vet 65

Pos	Name	Time
1	Bernard Grant	0:43:43	winner - Harrogate Harriers
28	Michael Charman	0:59:31
29	Neville Griffiths	0:59:42

36 finishers, last finisher in 1:19:46.

2:45: Women vet 65

Pos	Name	Time
1	Lou Lyness	0:54:30	winner - Black Combe
7	Stephanie Charman	1:15:59
8	Anne Hewitt	1:20:02

9 finishers, last finisher in 1:27:53

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Sunday 12-Sep-2015 from 11am: N.W. Counties 4/3 Stage Road Relays

The 2015 relays were held at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk.

The Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester & Lancashire relays are run at the same time & location as part of the same North West Counties event. These are the results for Cheshire. Full results are on the Sportsoft [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Senior Women (approx 5k) at 1:15pm

1 Vale Royal AC ‘A’ 54:51

2 Spectrum Striders ‘A’ 1:02:22
1 Victoria Walls (2) 19:37
2 Jane Lowe (3) 21:02
3 Alison Russell (2) 21:43

6 Spectrum Striders ‘B’ 1:09:54
1 Jude Peck (6) 21:15
2 Kimberley Tinsley (7) 24:24
3 Eleanor Roberts (6) 24:15

Spectrum A were silver medal winners, Spectrum B were 6th of a total of 7 teams.

Senior men (approx 5k) at 2:30pm

1 Vale Royal AC ‘A’ 1:06:57

9 Spectrum Striders 1:32:18
1 Robert Hough (8) 20:03
2 Kenny Forster (9) 20:55
3 Geoff Read (9) 23:24
4 Kenny Black (9) 27:56

Striders men were 9th of 9 teams.

Race report from Elly Roberts:

It may seem odd to write a race report about what was on a personal level, ‘just’ a 5k – but team races always feel a little different.

As someone who only quite recently got my 5k PB to sub 24 minutes, and for many years didn’t ‘do’ 5k races because they were too hard, I’m not actually quite sure what motivated me to respond to Liz’s email for Club volunteers to take part in this year’s Road Relays, except that I have always been the sort who turns out for team events. In fact that’s how my running journey started (but that is another story). I admit I was a bit daunted when I saw the other Strider names – as they are all a good 3 or 4 minutes faster than me, but since it was in Edge Hill I figured it would be a flat and hopefully fast course.

On the Friday before we were still one short in Team B, so Adrienne Hall gamely stepped into the breach, and this was after we had both been told that the average times from last year were 18 minutes. Adrienne & I became convinced that we would a) be last b) be running our legs by ourselves
and therefore c) might get lost.

There was another thing I had forgotten – on a Saturday morning I run a beginners’ running group in Newton-le-Willows, and since David was away for the weekend I had no choice but to run their anticipated 4 miles with them. It was admittedly at a fairly easy pace, but at that point a realistic
attempt at improving on my PB of 23:38 probably went out of the window!

Jon Chapman was kindly acting as chauffeur for most of us – so it was a merry crew that headed for Edge Hill at lunchtime on Saturday 12-Sep. It was a bit colder than it might have been, quite windy, and the place seemed to be very full of whippet-like creatures. Adrienne & I were even more
convinced that we’d be bringing up the rear.

There were lots of clubs there – a variety of flags and gazebos fluttered in the breeze, but we made do with the Striders’ ‘pile of bags’ well known to those of us who did cross-country last year. Alison had registered us and picked up numbers, and we managed to scrabble enough safety pins together and we were ready. The teams were:
Team A – Victoria Walls; Jane Lowe; Alison Russell.
Team B – Jude Peck; Adrienne Hall; Elly Roberts.

To our relief there was no baton to faff about with! As we watched other teams gather we did start to spot at least a few ‘normal’ runners amongst the whippets and felt we might have company at the back after all! In fact it was a great deal more inclusive in terms of standard than I had expected (and feared!).

As last leg I was able to stand and cheer the first runners through. Victoria and Jude both looked strong in their first legs, in fact Victoria was well up in the top ten or so. Jane looked much like she does on training nights – relaxed and yet determined. I waited until I’d seen Adrienne through her first lap (and she was nowhere near last) before I headed down to the track.

I waited with other leg 3 runners, peering up the slope to see if I could spot Adrienne’s pink socks and shorts so that I knew when to move up to the start. I saw her and headed to the front of the queue. On being asked who I was waiting for, I said, ‘Pink socks & pink shorts’ without really thinking. The marshal gave me a slightly bemused look and replied ‘No, club name’ – but agreed our shirt and logo didn’t really stand out from a distance. As Adrienne entered the track I was told to stand on the blue line and was given a ‘Go Spectrum’ as soon as she finished.

I had been warned about setting off too fast, which is all too easy, even though obviously there was a staggered start as runners were off at different times. There was someone only yards in front, and I was swiftly caught by a Royton Roadrunner. The title ‘Road’ Relays was rather misleading – there there no roads involved! Most of a track lap, then a gravel path up a slope that then looped round what looked like a common behind the campus. This path undulated a little before heading down again to the netball courts and the only bit of a tarmac, then it was up again onto the gravel path, past the waiting onlookers to start lap two.

Although spread out I did still have runners to try and chase down, I was pleased to catch someone each time I ran down the hill. It was good to get cheered through by the Striders and Kenny Forster deserves a special mention for placing himself at just the right point to lift a weary runner with a shout out!

A final push down onto the track & a bit of a sprint finish brought me in with a time of 24:15 – not my best, but given the course, the wind and the four miles in the morning, I was OK with that! We were delighted to hear that Team A had come second in the Cheshire race and they picked up
very impressive medals.

Overall it was a fun event – a real club event and a chance to feel part of a team that runners don’t often get, in a sport where so much is about personal achievements. (And we weren’t last!). Next year – more teams please, a flag, and I might even make my cross-country cakes).

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Sunday 20-Sep-2015 at 9am: English Half Marathon (Warrington)

			Gun	Chip	Cat
Pos	Name	Cat	time	time	pos
1	Daniel Cliffe	M	1:07:44	1:07:44	1	winner - Liverpool Harriers
26	Felicity Milton	F	1:21:06	1:21:06	1	1st lady - Team Memmert
29	Chris Millington	M40	1:21:42	1:21:41	5
54	David Hudd	M40	1:24:57	1:24:56	11
60	Victoria Walls	F	1:25:34	1:25:28	2	3rd lady
85	Neil Adair	M	1:27:26	1:27:22	57
113	Daniel Chadwick	M	1:29:16	1:29:11	67
115	Stephen Ward	M50	1:29:23	1:29:17	8
192	Jane Lowe	F40	1:33:46	1:33:40	6
196	Jack Antrobus	M	1:34:03	1:33:59	111
219	Paul Kelly	M40	1:34:51	1:34:45	62
329	Chris Falls	M	1:39:19	1:39:16	173
390	Donna Percival	F	1:40:52	1:40:27	18
433	Jon Chapman	M	1:41:57	1:41:21	214
520	Kimberley Tinsley	F	1:44:34	1:44:08	32
1002	Denise Hepburn	F	1:56:15	1:55:40	119
1028	Edward Stokes	M40	1:56:30	1:55:28	304
1038	Vincent Alcock	M40	1:56:41	1:55:35	305
1041	Dave Watson	M50	1:56:43	1:55:24	99
1062	Karl Alldred	M40	1:57:18	1:55:58	310
1065	Kate Johnson	F40	1:57:26	1:56:21	74
1168	Dennis Yarwood	M40	1:59:27	1:56:15	335
1271	Allan Bird	M50	2:01:55	1:59:18	122
1321	Roz Howarth	F	2:03:06	2:00:16	188
1326	Graham Lee	M40	2:03:14	2:01:55	160
1337	Michael Jaras	M70+	2:03:41	2:00:26	3
1387	Kenneth Black	M70+	2:05:09	2:03:48	4
1455	Gail Murgatroyd	F40	2:07:16	2:04:51	136
1692	Guy Lambert	M	2:13:23	2:10:53	560	2:10 pacer
1823	Ian Dunbar	M60	2:19:07	2:16:29	24
1883	Alan Peers	M70+	2:22:30	2:22:26	5
2076	Christina Geist	F40	2:37:56	2:34:08	244

2194 finishers, last finisher in 3:37:01. Full results are on the HS Sports [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Age categories this year were in 10 year bands from age 40 up to 70.

Sunday 20-Sep-2015 at 9am : EHM 10k (Warrington)

This race is run in conjunction with the EHM.

			Gun	Chip	Cat
Pos	Name	Cat	time	time	pos
1	Philip Eccleston	M	0:34:08	0:34:07	1	winner - Burnden Road Runners
25	Julia Trayhorn	F40	0:42:49	0:42:40	1	1st lady
46	Emma Pryor	F	0:44:32	0:44:08	3
125	Dave Thompson	M50	0:52:27	0:51:18	17
162	Carolyn Arber	F50	0:55:17	0:52:10	4
204	Jenny McIntyre	F50	0:57:18	0:55:57	5
368	Emily Sinkinson	F	1:05:53	1:02:33	98
369	Michelle Bradley	F40	1:05:53	1:02:33	52
551	Philip Rose	M50	1:59:43	1:58:54	35

553 finishers, last finisher in 2:18:16. Full results are on the HS Sports [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 26-Sep-2015 at 11am: Thieveley Pikefell race (nr Burnley, category AS, 4.3 miles, 1312ft climb)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Ian Conroy		33:42	winner - Horwich RMI
15	Gayle Sugden	F40	38:11	1st lady - CVFR
78	Geoff Hand	M55	47:31
80	Kenny Forster	M55	47:40
103	Richard MacIlwaine	M55	54:56
111	Sue Buck	F45	58:48

119 finishers (+ 5 DNF), last finisher in 1:19:16. Full results are on the FRA [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Saturday 26-Sep-2015 at 7am: St Oswald's 100 mile Ultra (Northumberland)

The event consisted of 3 ultra distance races — 100 miles, 100k or 50k. All races started at Lindisfarne Priory, the 100 mile race finished at Chollerford.

A fantastic run by Shirley Anderson who was first lady in the 100 mile race and was second finisher overall.

Pos	Name	Time
1	Shrimpton, Daniel	18:56:49
2	Anderson , Shirley	21:37:58

There were 52 finishers in the 100 mile race, last finisher in 34:29:25. A further 16 runners did not finish the race.

Full results for all three races are on the RaceSplitter [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Here is a race report from Shirley:

Race day was Saturday 26-Sep, on Friday morning we set off, armed with picnic for Friday night and race day nutrition. Heading for the start at Lindisfarne Priory on Holy Island, the causeway that takes you onto the Island is covered at high tide so access to the Island was after 4.30pm on Friday afternoon. Registration was on Saturday morning at 6.15am. After breakfast, I registered, picked up my race number and numbers for drop bags, left my drop bags with the crew and headed for the start line.

An informal gathering at the front of Lindisfarne Priory, race photographer ready and then we were off. A route of 100 miles, what do you think about? Breaking the route down obviously helps I don’t think about 100 miles – I think about 5 checkpoints then onto the finish and with never more than 20 miles between checkpoints it’s just 6 distances.

The first checkpoint Bamburgh approximately 19 miles away, heading off out of the priory and heading down towards the Causeway I was in third position, leading lady, we were running ahead of the main pack just keeping it comfortable not checking on my pace just feeling relaxed and ‘ok we are underway’.

Race kit for me is always shorts and running vest, yes I had additional kit in my pack back as per race requirements and some additional kit in my drop bags but more for overnight as the temperature would drop. It did feel cool heading out and with a bit of a head wind you knew you were by the coast.

After crossing the causeway you turned right heading south and onto the trail of St Oswalds Way and St Cuthberts Way down the coastal path, this was the only turn on the course I knew, from passing this way on our arrival the day before – from here on it was follow the coastal path signs, the little red flags that had been put out around the course and hope for the best. Unlike races up to marathon distance you can’t follow the crowd, as there usually isn’t a crowd to follow. You encounter other runners along the way, you may have a runner ahead of you for some distance but there are invariably times when you are out on your own.

As we were approaching the causeway a number of male runners had gone ahead of me, I wasn’t sure which race distances they were running today but wasn’t worried. I was leading female but with only 3 miles underway still a long way to go. Crossing the causeway and a female runner came alongside me. I checked she was only running 50k today so not a competitor for me. She continued ahead at a steady pace running alongside a guy who she appeared to know. There were a few runners around and we were following the trail continuing on our way and hoping not to go off course, enjoying the scenery and taking it all in.

At around 10k there was a feed station offering water and bananas to any runners who felt the need. These ‘mini’ feed stations were quite regular around every 10 – 12k for the first 60k offering water, sweets and bananas.

The first check point Bamburgh was 19 miles into the race. The first four miles were relatively flat followed by a hilly section for a further four miles, from here until Bamburgh the course followed the coastline, mainly across trail, and field with some sand dunes thrown in for good measure. I could see Bamburgh Castle in the distance and knew that checkpoint 1 wasn’t too far away. Arriving at the first checkpoint, a small arrangement offering water, carbohydrate drink and bananas with my support crew; husband Steve there waiting ready to assist. He helped fill my water bladder whilst I picked up half a banana and polished this off with a large piece of Soreen from my supplies. As quick as I could my back pack was back on and I was off on route again, back pack somewhat heavier now my water bladder was full again.

As I continued along the route, the field had become a little more spread out and it was a case of making sure I followed the course with no runner ahead to follow. The coastal route was quite amazing, encountering coast line and a number of golf courses along the way, Another runner had commented to me along the course that golfers seemed to be quite grumpy and not many engaging with a traditional friendly greeting you may hear from another runner.

Going through the golf courses the signage was not exactly clear and I imagined that the race organisers were limited as to putting anything additional along the golf course itself. I headed into the green and it wasn’t clear. I am thinking that the route would not take us across the green so I headed around the edge of the golf course only to realise before long I was off track. I turned around to see another female runner who had continued on course so I followed and joined her heading into the sand dunes. I was pleased to discover that she was also running 50k today as a warm up race for her first 50 mile ultra in a few weeks time. We ran alongside each other for a period and entered some more sand dunes we were quite close to the 50k finish at Craster and she picked up her pace. I let her go ahead knowing that I had a lot further to run than she.

Checkpoint number 2 and again Ste was there to assist. I took from him a couple of gels and a protein bar to replace what I had eaten along the way. Eating some more Soreen I was soon on my way again. This checkpoint was quite busy as this was the 50k finish. There were photographs being taken of the first 50k lady, lots of jovial supports but I didn’t hang about I still had a some 68 miles to run.

Heading out of the checkpoint and again off along the coastal path. Before long another runner was on my heels and we encountered in light conversation, I was later to discover his name was Charlie. At this point I was starting to feel a little fatigued, trying to ensure that I took on sufficient fuel to keep me going as I know that 35– 40 miles is usually a tough time for me.

He was passing me and said – do you know you're in third position in the 100 mile. I was quite amazed and questioned his judgement - he said he had been checking at the checkpoints and he had been in third place until he was passing me. I had said I knew that I was leading lady but I had not imagined I was so far up the field. Well this helped to pick me up and suddenly that 35 – 40 mile lull I usually have had left me.

I continued with my happy chant in my head, I was only counting 1 through to 8 then repeating it but it helps me to keep an even pace and focused. Continuing to head along the coastal path encountering walkers and cyclists along the way, most of them offered a friendly greeting and the cyclists generally gave space along the trail so as not to slow you down.

It was 14 miles from Checkpoint 2 to Checkpoint 3 at Warkworth, another castle to encounter. Approaching Warkworth I found that I was off course. I had taken a left turn and believe I should have taken a sharp left, but I missed this and it was only when I reached a main road that I realised I was off course.

I took out my St Oswald's Way map (number 2) from my back pack and tried to see where I was. I was looking around for the sight of the castle but this wasn’t in my skyline. About turn it was, until I came across a couple of male runners and I joined them for a short while to continue on my way. Upon checking our distances it transpired I had gone about a mile out of my way, but not too much time lost and I was feeling good and relieved that I was back on course. I continued at my comfortable pace leaving them behind and shortly encountered Checkpoint 3. Ste was there waiting to assist me, confirming I was still leading lady and hadn’t lost a position whilst I was astray. Again replenishing my liquid and food supplies, protein bar consumed and I was once again on my way.

Leaving Checkpoint 3, I was headed to Rothbury 18 miles on, the next checkpoint would also mark the finish of the 100k race. Between these checkpoints I encountered Charlie again, he was now running with another guy, Jason, and we found that we were running at a similar pace. The course was becoming a little more difficult to navigate but between the three of us we somehow managed to find our way.

It seemed to be from here that we started to encounter more cattle, mainly cows and bulls within some of the fields we were crossing and I was pleased to have company. Chatting along the way the three of us were running together and we discussed that assuming it continued to work this way we would try to ‘buddy up’ for the night section. I could have run ahead of their pace and we were starting to encounter some run and walk sections due to the terrain, uneven ground and boggy fields which made running quite difficult but with the night section ahead and knowing that we would be heading for Harwood Forest after the next checkpoint I felt that it was best to keep the company.

Reaching Checkpoint 4 at Rothbury, the 100k finish, again a jovial greeting awaited. Ste was there to assist me and drop bags at this checkpoint; extra clothing for the night section. Charlie, Jason and I had agreed that we would have 5 minutes to pick up what supplies we wanted and would then get back on our way.

5 minutes; water topped up, scoffed some flapjacks off the supply table, took some further supplies from Ste and I was ready, Jason was ready – where was Charlie? I had been asking how far behind the next lady I was and was advised at checkpoint 3 she was about 45 minutes behind. I knew that a lot could have changed between then and now and she may have been catching us up. I wanted to get underway – still no signs of Charlie, Jason was also ready and did not know where Charlie was.

I started looking around the checkpoint which was a café and pub combined – I think? Shouting Charlie, Charlie, has anyone seen Charlie – everyone probably thought I was a right idiot. Charlie surfaced now in full length running pants and long sleeved running top – ready to go

Off we went heading for the hilliest section of the course, more fields, hills, cows and bulls to encounter and Harwood Forest the most difficult section of the course. It would be 15 miles to Kirkwelpington at which point we would be through the forest and on the home straight.

I had added my high visibility t-shirt at the last checkpoint to keep off the cold. Before long I put my arm warmers on to keep the cold off my arms as the temperature started to drop. We were heading into the night and heading into the forest with not much reality of time. It was just a case of keep going until you get to the next checkpoint.

The terrain through the forest was quite difficult at times, not much of a clearing along the trail, and lots of boggy terrain to encounter when we finally reached the far end of the forest we were relieved to be on firmer ground. A mini checkpoint awaited us shortly after we had left the forest behind and a very welcoming cup of coffee - just what I needed. Just a short pit stop and back on our way.

The three of us continued along heading through fields, encountering the eyes of cows and bulls staring at you as you crossed their terrain and trying to keep your head torch from shining in their direction so as not to scare them in which case they could quite easily charge at us. I was pleased to be with company. The guys were slowing and walking more than running. I could have ran ahead quite easily but was not prepared to run on alone. We discussed what we would do if the next lady caught us up and decided that I would run ahead with her, keep with her and then hope to pull of a final sprint at the finish.

Arriving at Checkpiont 5 Kirkwelpington village hall, no signs of life outside but the lights on in the village hall indicated to us that this must be the next checkpoint and our final pit stop before the finish. We were now at 80 miles and an extremely friendly greeting awaited us at Kirkwelpington. The checkpoint marshals couldn’t do enough for us – hot coffee was amazing, my feet were very wet and muddy, Ste was on hand to help me change into a fresh pair of socks from my backpack. I knew they would be wet again before long but that didn’t matter, something dry on my feet to head back out was all I wanted. More flapjacks – something I would not normally eat, more Soreen; a regular for me when running distances and more protein bars in my back pack for along the final stretch.

We were soon back out and on our way to Chollerford, the last 20 miles and our finish line awaited – The George Pub was our target; I had been looking on street view before hand to see the location and view the finish area, an image that was clear in my head and I knew to be my destination.

Charlie, Jason and I back out on our way, we had been told that there was a guy behind us not too far away, no indications of how far behind the next lady runner was but I was taking nothing for granted for all I knew she may have only been a short distance behind.

Leaving Kirkwelpington and our support crews behind we headed on our way the final 20 miles to go. Along the route and we could see a head torch in the distance the next guy was approaching, again we discussed what we would do as he caught us up and we agreed that if he was just happy for the company and wanted to stick with us fine, if he was keen to keep up a faster pace then I would run ahead with him and leave Jason and Charlie to follow. As he caught us up and it was apparent he could maintain his pace I asked if he would like some company and we headed off leaving Jason and Charlie to continue at their slower pace. Tony, my new companion and his first 100 mile ultra was shocked to find that this had taken him to second male and that together we were in 2^nd and 3^rd position, we continued into the night sticking together and maintaining not too bad a pace considering the miles we had in our legs, chatting about our training and how we had prepared for this event.

This section was taking us to Chollerford, the terrain continued over field and fell and then would take us to a more even trail section that would lead to our destination. We eventually started to see road signs that indicated Chollerford wasn’t too far away. Tony slowed down and was unable to maintain the pace we had been comfortably enjoying. He offered that I should go on ahead, but for both of us, to help keep him going and to ensure I didn’t get lost in the dark on my own I stayed with him. He was from the surrounding area and he knew the finish, I only had my vision from Google Maps to look forward to.

We eventually encountered Chollerford and I recall a set of traffic lights going over a canal bridge and The George pub was on the other side. I picked up my pace with only a couple of hundred meters to go. I felt that I should push ahead to take second place, first lady home. We arrived at the George, not much of a finish line to be honest - it was a case of make your way into the pub. Tthe only evidence again of this being our destination was the lights on inside.

As I approached the door one of the race crew appeared and I asked him my finish time – he said 21 hours 38 I was amazed as this was equal to my finish at last years 100 mile race, the Grim Reaper. I entered the pub, directed to the room which was occupied by the race with Tony just behind me. Delighted to have finished and ecstatic, pleased to see Ste. My second 100 mile race and again I had finished leading lady but this time second overall, happy days!! Official finish time was 21:37:56.

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Sunday 27-Sep-2015 at 10am/11am: Sandstone Trail Races (A: 17.1 miles/2150ft climb, B: 10.6 miles/950ft climb)

Full results are on the Deeside Orienteering Club [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

The excluded time spent waiting to cross the A51 is not included in the runner's race time.

A race

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Matthew Smith	MV40	1:56:59	winner - South Cheshire Harriers
46	Ruth Isaacs	LV50	2:27:46	1st lady - Pensby Runners
48	Andy Gaskell	MV40	2:28:11
58	Daniel Chadwick	M	2:32:34
97	Darren Roberts	MV40	2:47:04
98	Lee McConkey	M	2:47:05
120	Guy Lambert	M	2:53:14
154	Neville Griffiths	MV60	3:10:02
169	Denise Zachariasz	LV40	3:30:00

183 finishers (+1 DNF), last finisher in 4:20:02.

B race

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Darren Rowlands	MV40	1:08:23	winner - Wrexham AAC
2	Charlie Sharpe	M	1:09:35
9	Christopher Millington	MV40	1:16:31
16	Gemma Barnett	L	1:20:47	1st lady - Vale Royal AC
38	Andy Garnett	MV60	1:31:10
39	Jane Lowe	LV40	1:31:50
50	Liz Whitfield	L	1:34:21
51	Michael Hall	MV50	1:34:22
55	Brad Ehlen	MV40	1:35:53
60	Louise Dempster	LV50	1:37:48
103	Dave Thompson	MV50	1:46:36

203 finishers (+1 DNF), last finisher in 2:32:01.

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Tuesday 29-Sep-2015 at 7pm: Club Track Mile (at Victoria Park)

This is a [highlight color=red]closed event[/highlight] for Spectrum Striders members and takes place as part of the usual Tuesday evening track training at Victoria Park.

Many thanks to those who helped on the night, also to Janet Redpath for typing up the results.

Name		Time
Robin	Muir	4:54
Chris	Millington	5:07	MV45 Club record
Charlie	Sharpe	5:09
Neil	Adair	5:17
Andy	Gaskell	5:50
Paul	Kelly	5:51
Jo	Robbins	5:59
Malcolm	Lingard	5:59
Jane	Lowe	6:01
Liz	Whitfield	6:02
Alan	Brady	6:03	Equals MV65 Club record
Jenny	Lamont	6:07
Jake	Holmes	6:07
Rob	McHarry	6:17
Helen	Caldwell	6:22
Vince	Alcock	6:22
Andy	Garnett	6:36
Brian	Griffiths	6:36
Paul	Harrop	6:48
Elly	Roberts	6:51
Denise	Hepburn	6:55
Neil	Walsh	6:55
Jo	Sullivan	6:57
Katie	Hampton	7:03
Graham	Lee	7:13
Steve	Springall	7:32
Rachel	Helsby	7:34
Joanne	Curley	7:36
Paula	Coleman	7:39
Gail	Murgatroyd	7:55
Jenny	McIntyre	8:03
Mel	Pownall	8:16
Lisa	Grey	9:27
Claire	Grey	9:37
Diane	Springall	9:37
Jane	Pownall	9:40
Alison	Andrews	9:48

Chris Millington broke the Club MV45 mile record of 5:09 by 2 sec. The old record was held jointly by Chris (set at the Club Road Mile on 10-Sep-2015) and by Julian Spencer (set at the Club Track Mile on 27-Sep-2005).

Also, Alan Brady equalled Alan Peers' Club MV65 mile record of 6:03 set at the Club Road Mile on 4-Sep-2007.

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2015 results - April to June

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2015 Results

This page only contains race results for Spectrum Striders RC members. Included are all results from Striders club championship races, plus some other races where Striders ran.

If you are looking for results for one of the Spectrum Striders RC races, please look under the [highlight color=bold]"Our races"[/highlight] menu at the top of any page on this web site.

If any results are missing and you want them to be included, please send a link to the on-line results [highlight color=bold]to our webmaster[/highlight].

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Easter Saturday 4-Apr-2015 at 3pm: Rivington Pike fell race (Horwich, category BS, 3.2 miles, 700 ft climb)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Rob Hope	V40	17:40	winner - Pudsey & Bramley AC
21	Lindsey Brindle	L	21:05	1st lady - Horwich RMI Harriers
26	Chris Millington	V40	21:36
48	Neil Adair	M	23:14
105	Kenny Forster	V55	25:44
109	Jane Lowe	L45	25:51	1st LV45
134	Tim Murphy	V50	27:04
179	Michael Charman	V65	29:00
191	Dave Thompson	V55	29:52
215	Neville Griffiths	V65	31:53
221	Sue Buck	L45	32:25
253	Stephanie Charman	L60	39:16	1st LV60

257 finishers, last finisher in 41:14. Full results are on the SportSoft [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight]

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Easter Sunday 5-Apr-2015 at 10:15am: Air Products 10k (Crewe)

Pos	Time	Name	Cat
1	0:31:22	GAMBLE, Ben	All Men	winner - Tipton Harriers
23	0:36:12	PETTITT, Amelia	All Ladies	1st lady - Vale Royal AC
36	0:37:23	HUDD, David	Male Vet O/40
129	0:44:04	EHLEN, Brad	Male Vet O/40

353 finishers, last finisher in 1:24:24. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 11-Apr-2015 at 2pm: Wardle Skyline fell race (nr. Rochdale, 7 miles, 1250ft climb, category BM)

Pos	Name		Cat	Time
1	Neal	Crampton	MSEN	0:48:10	winner - Pudsey & Bramley
18	Chris	Millington	M40	0:53:21	1st MV40
25	Lorraine	Hopley	W40	0:54:23	1st lady - Rossendale Harriers
110	Geoff	Hand	M55	1:03:34
174	Richard	MacIlwaine	M55	1:13:38

186 finishers, last finisher in 1:29:52. Full results are on the Rochdale Harriers [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 12-Apr-2015 at 8:45am: Paris Marathon

Pos	Name		Time
1	KORIR	MARK	2:05:48
29	MENGISTU	MESERET	2:23:26
12265	ROBERTS	DARREN	3:49:07
18409	MCCONKEY	LEE	4:04:12

40246 finishers, last finisher in 7:55:56. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Wednesday 15-Apr-2015 at 7pm: Chester Spring 5

Pos	Name	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Jon Bowie	MSen	25:44	25:44	winner - Mercia Fell Runners
23	Chris Millington	MV40	28:42	28:40
35	Emma Crowe	FV40	29:32	29:31	1st lady - Wrexham AAC
72	Neil Adair	MSen	31:42	31:37
82	Daniel Chadwick	MSen	32:24	32:17
120	Jane Lowe	FV45	34:08	34:06
127	Brad Ehlen	MV40	34:31	34:24
146	Andy Garnett	MV60	35:26	35:18
151	Michael Hall	MV55	35:59	35:48
156	Michael Charman	MV65	36:05	36:01	*1st MV65*
160	Matthew Coles	MSen	36:14	36:02
161	Malcolm Lingard	MV50	36:15	36:15
166	Geoff Hand	MV55	36:33	36:20
197	Dave Thompson	MV55	38:00	37:45
209	Debbie Read	FV55	38:32	38:21	*1st FV55*
233	Sue Buck	FV45	40:45	40:34	PB by 2 min 43 sec
252	John Dooley	MV65	42:18	42:04
286	Terry Coles	MV70	46:36	46:22
306	Stephanie Charman	FV60	52:47	52:33

310 finishers, last finisher in 1:02:11. Full results are on the Nifty Entries [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 19-Apr-2015 at 11am: Whitley 10k

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Daniel	Cliffe	M	0:30:33	0:30:33	winner - Liverpool Harriers
6	Chris	Millington	M40	0:35:56	0:35:55
18	Catherine	Howard	F	0:39:08	0:39:07	1st lady - Knowsley Harriers
20	Neil	Adair	M	0:39:25	0:39:22
45	Julian	Spencer	M50	0:41:56	0:41:55
59	Graham	Driver	M40	0:43:09	0:43:05
76	Michael	Hall	M50	0:44:26	0:44:16
84	Brad	Ehlen	M40	0:45:01	0:44:50
133	Helen	Caldwell	F45	0:48:17	0:47:57
160	David	Roberts	M50	0:49:57	0:49:23
168	Eleanor	Roberts	F45	0:50:16	0:49:42
171	Sue	Buck	F45	0:50:32	0:50:12
172	Sarah	Leigh	F35	0:50:32	0:50:12
184	Jo	Sullivan	F45	0:51:02	0:50:42
205	John	Dooley	M60	0:52:33	0:52:09
220	Carolyn	Arber	F55	0:53:44	0:53:26
256	Allan	Bird	M50	0:56:03	0:55:51
276	Terry	Coles	M60	0:57:34	0:57:11
283	Ian	Dunbar	M60	0:58:49	0:58:22
330	Stephanie	Charman	F55	1:03:00	1:02:28

376 finishers, last finisher in 1:42:26. Full results are on the HS Sports [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 19-Apr-2015 at 9am: Greater Manchester Marathon

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Paul MARTELLETTI	OVR	2:17:47	winner - Run Fast
26	Georgie BRUINVELS	OVR	2:37:16	1st lady - Aldershot, Farnham & District AC
634	Victoria WALLS	FSEN	3:04:34	*New Senior Women's Club record by 13 sec*
1059	Jonathan CHAPMAN	MSEN	3:13:44
1673	Andy GASKELL	MV45	3:24:49	PB
2201	Chris FALLS	MSEN	3:32:23
2349	Neil ATKINSON	MV40	3:34:52
2974	Ben SUTTON	MSEN	3:44:00
3107	Shirley ANDERSON	FV45	3:45:26
3866	Paul MCWHIRTER	MV45	3:54:17
4280	Stuart JOHNSON	MSEN	3:58:22
4638	Lisa MACKAY	FV45	4:03:24
6097	Edward STOKES	MV40	4:29:05
6149	Bobbie LOMAX	FV40	4:29:46
6280	Paula COLEMAN	FV35	4:32:42
6398	Norman PARTINGTON	MV50	4:36:19
6565	Clare FIRTH	FV35	4:40:12
6751	Joanne CURLEY	FV40	4:44:45
7186	Jenny MCINTYRE	FV50	4:59:07
7464	Dennis YARWOOD	MV45	5:16:46

7849 finishers, last finisher in 7:47:50. Full results are on this [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

New Club record:

Vicky broke the long-standing Spectrum Striders Senior Women's Club marathon record by 13 sec. This was set by Jennie Morris in the London Marathon on 17-Apr-1994 with a time of 3:04:47.

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Sunday 26-Apr-2015 at 10:10am: London Marathon

Pos	Name	Cat	Time	Halfway
1	Kipchoge, Eliud (KEN)	M18-39	2:04:42	1:02:20	winner
1	Tufa, Tigist (ETH)	F18-39	2:23:22	1:11:43	1st lady
990	Millington, Christopher	M40-44	2:52:57	1:24:43
4153	Antrobus, Jack	M18-39	3:18:37	1:35:10
4914	Pickford, Stephen	M40-44	3:23:37	1:37:22
5770	Brady, Alan	M60-64	3:28:02	1:42:07
8615	Lambert, Guy	M18-39	3:42:02	1:45:26
8617	Rose, Philip	M50-54	3:42:02	1:44:30
16873	Johnson, Kate	F45-49	4:11:48	1:58:49
17629	Alcock, Vincent	M45-49	4:14:42	1:58:48
20983	Hall, Adrienne	F45-49	4:27:16	2:00:52
23720	Samuelson, Peter	M70+	4:37:45	2:12:27
24496	Roberts, Kathryn	F45-49	4:40:52	2:20:46
24565	Kelly, Paul	M40-44	4:41:10	1:45:50
25728	Zachariasz, Denise	F40-44	4:46:09	2:04:19

37541 finishers, last finisher in 8:04:13. Full results are on the official London Marathon [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Thursday 30-Apr-2015 at 7:15pm: Mid Cheshire 5k (Kingsley)

Pos	First name	Last name	Category	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Mark	Wynne	MVet 40	16:40	16:40	winner - Liverpool Pembroke
14	Rachael	Burns	FVet 35	17:46	17:45	1st lady - Liverpool Harriers
53	Matt	Coles	MU21	20:14	20:10
65	Brad	Ehlen	MVet 40	20:51	20:46
80	Andy	Garnett	MVet 60	22:13	22:10
103	John	Dooley	MVet 60	24:33	24:27
124	Terry	Coles	MVet 70	28:25	28:17

138 finishers, last finisher in 39:09. Full results are on the Cute Fruit Events [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 2-May-2015 at 12:30pm: Coniston fell race (category AM, 8.7 miles, 3500ft climb)

Pos	Time	Name		Cat
1	1:12:32	TOM	ADDISON	M	winner - HELM HILL
37	1:29:44	CAITLIN	RICE	W	1st lady - GLOSSOPDALE
146	1:55:58	KARON	FORSTER	W50	(2nd claim for fells)
192	2:04:37	KENNY	FORSTER	MV50
202	2:07:47	JANE	LOWE	W40

230 finishers, last finisher in 2:46:30. Full results are on the FRA [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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May Day Bank Holiday Monday 4-May-2015 at 11:30am: Wray Caton Moor fell race (category BM, 6.8 miles, 1100ft climb)

Pos	Time	Name	Cat
1	0:43:10	CAYTON, Michael	MU40	Winner - Horwich RMI
15	0:50:46	MILLINGTON, Chris	M40
30	0:53:18	ADAIR, Neil	MU40
47	0:56:43	OCKENDEN, Helen	LU23	1st lady - Lancaster & Morecambe
60	0:59:18	HAND, Geoff	M50
85	1:04:40	WHITFIELD, Liz	LU40
86	1:04:46	CHARMAN, Michael	M60
88	1:04:48	MACKAY, Ranald	M40
110	1:09:22	MACILWAINE, Richard	M50
119	1:11:54	MACKAY, Lisa	F40
135	1:26:33	CHARMAN, Stephanie	F60

141 finishers, last finisher in 1:43:30. Results are on the Wray Village [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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May Day Bank Holiday Monday 4-May-2015 at 12:30am: Spartan 10,000

The race was run in conjunction with Manley Village Spring Fair by Delamere Spartans.

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	Time
1	David	Alexander	M45	0:41:01	winner - West Cheshire AC
17	Lucinda	Lamb	FSen	0:49:06	1st lady - Delamere Spartans
69	Mike	Hall	M55	0:59:04
71	Sue	Buck	F45	1:00:02
84	Geoff	Read	M60	1:02:53

102 finishers, last finisher in 1:16:56. Results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 10-May-2015: Great Manchester Run 10k

Pos	Name	Time
1	STEPHEN SAMBU	0:27:30
1	BETSY SAINA	0:31:49
461	Jack Antrobus	0:40:37
1148	Liz Whitfield	0:43:54
2517	Chris Falls	0:47:04
2520	Donna Percival	0:47:05
3342	David Roberts	0:48:29
3838	Eleanor Roberts	0:49:12
6478	Carolyn Arber	0:52:50
6879	Allan Bird	0:53:23
9116	Dennis Yarwood	0:55:48
14744	Paula Coleman	1:02:12
19860	Christina Geist	1:10:16

25535 finishers, last finisher in 4:49:47. Results are on the Great Run [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Wednesday 13-May-2015 at 7:30pm: Haigh Hall 4

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Chris Farrell		20:17	winner - Horwich R M I Harriers
11	Lauren Howarth	L	22:26	1st lady - Leigh Harriers & AC
150	Tim Murphy	V50	28:45
236	John Dooley	V65	33:49	1st MV65
285	Terry Coles	V70	39:58	1st MV70

306 finishers, last finisher in 51:11. Results are on the SportSoft [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Friday 15-May-2015 at 7:15pm: Christleton 5k

Pos	Name	Category	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Elliot Bowker	Male Under 20	14:31	14:31	winner - Vale Royal AC
50	Elle Vernon	Female Senior	16:22	16:22	1st lady - Stockport Harriers & AC
112	Chris Millington	Male Over 40	17:34	17:31
155	Mike Houghton	Male Over 45	18:32	18:25
162	Neil Adair	Male Senior	18:43	18:35
194	Kenny Forster	Male Over 55	19:38	19:30
200	Stuart Johnson	Male Senior	19:53	19:42
202	Andy Gaskell	Male Over 45	19:56	19:47
210	Alison Russell	Female Senior	20:07	19:59
211	Chris Falls	Male Senior	20:12	20:04
244	Andy Garnett	Male Over 60	21:16	21:08
253	Michael Charman	Male Over 65	21:40	21:30
299	Denise Hepburn	Female Over 35	25:05	24:43
304	Carolyn Arber	Female Over 55	25:22	25:01
315	Michael Jaras	Male Over 70	27:41	27:20

335 finishers, last finisher in 37:06. Full results are on the Chester Tri [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 17-May-2015 at 9am: Chester Half Marathon

Pos	Name	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Vincent Boit	MSEN	1:02:21	1:02:21	winner & course record
14	Teresiah Omosa	FSEN	1:15:37	1:15:37	1st lady
46	Christopher Millington	MV40	1:20:07	1:20:07
206	Victoria Walls	FSEN	1:28:21	1:27:17
212	Stephen Ward	MV50	1:28:26	1:28:11
276	Jack Antrobus	MSEN	1:29:41	1:29:36	PB
396	Guy Lambert	MSEN	1:33:00	1:32:38	PB
452	Stuart Johnson	MSEN	1:34:04	1:34:01
494	Darren Roberts	MV40	1:34:36	1:34:05	PB
521	Andy Gaskell	MV45	1:35:17	1:34:56
522	Jane Lowe	FV45	1:35:18	1:34:57	PB
672	Alan Brady	MV60	1:37:51	1:37:09
937	Paul Kelly	MV40	1:41:25	1:41:19
1147	Brad Ehlen	MV40	1:44:14	1:43:31
1251	Chris Falls	MSEN	1:45:26	1:43:20
1253	Donna Percival	FSEN	1:45:26	1:43:20
1290	Kimberley Tinsley	FSEN	1:45:52	1:44:13
2392	Kathryn Roberts	FV45	1:57:44	1:55:53	PB
DNF	Jonathan Chapman	MSEN

5621 finishers, last finisher in 3:43:11. Full results on the TDL Event Services [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight], including split times & positions.

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Tuesday 19-May-2015 at 7:30pm: Walton Park 5 mile

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Mark Clair		26:57	winner - Knowsley Harriers
21	David Hudd	V40	30:28
25	Alex O'Brien	L	30:45	1st lady - Liverpool RC
50	Kenny Forster	V55	32:59	1st MV55
59	Alison Russell	L	33:44
74	Chris Falls		34:48
187	Dennis Yarwood	V45	43:04

268 finishers, last finisher in 1:12:48. Full results are on the SportSoft [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Friday 22-May-2015 at 7:15pm: Dunham Massey 5k - race #1

This was race 1 (of 5) in the [highlight color=bold]North Cheshire 5k Grand Prix Series[/highlight].

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	CLIFFE Daniel	Senior Man	14:47	winner - Liverpool Harriers
17	SINCLAIR Ruth	Senior Lady	18:48	1st lady - Stockport Harriers
16	MILLINGTON, Christopher	Male Vet 40	18:24
23	ADAIR, Neil	Senior Man	19:00
26	HOUGHTON, Mike	Male Vet 45	19:06
30	CHADWICK Daniel	Male Vet 40	19:20
39	ANTROBUS Jack	Senior Man	19:49
56	COLES, Matthew	Senior Man	20:47
59	KELLY, Paul	Male Vet 40	20:56
61	SPENCER, Julian	Male Vet 55	20:58
62	GASKELL, Andy	Male Vet 45	20:59
69	EHLEN, Brad	Male Vet 40	21:13
75	DRIVER, Graham	Male Vet 45	21:24
88	WHITFIELD, Liz	Lady Vet 35	21:50
89	DEMPSTER Louise	Lady Vet 50	21:53
90	HAND Geoff	Male Vet 55	21:55
92	GARNETT, Andy	Male Vet 60	22:01
94	MCHARRY, Rob	Male Vet 50	22:04
98	PICKFORD, Stephen	Male Vet 40	22:18
130	ROBERTS, Eleanor	Lady Vet 45	24:33
138	RAFFLE, Alistair	Male Vet 60	25:32
146	YARWOOD, Dennis	Male Vet 45	25:53
153	GRIFFITHS Neville	Male Vet 65	26:10
166	MIRABELLA, Alessandro	Senior Man	27:43
170	JARAS Michael	Male Vet 70+	28:12
172	WHITFIELD, Kit	Male Vet 50	28:43
174	DUNBAR, Ian	Male Vet 60	29:00
178	COLES, Terry	Male Vet 70+	29:42
180	EAVES, Martin	Senior Man	29:48
187	RAMSDALE Christine	Lady Vet 65+	33:08

190 finishers, last finisher in 45:36. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Wednesday 27-May-2015 at 7:30pm: Harrock Hill fell race #1 (near Parbold, category BS, 5.2 miles, 900ft climb)

This is race 1 of a series of 4 races. Your best time in any of the 4 races in a year counts towards the Club Fell Championship.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Daniel Miller	M	34:04	winner - Endurance Store
2	Charlie Sharpe	M	34:49
13	Lindsey Brindle	L	36:45	1st lady - Horwich
20	Chris Millington	M40	37:50
37	Neil Adair	M	39:29
41	Daniel Chadwick	M	39:55
144	Ranald MacKay	M45	49:12
175	Dave Thompson	M55	52:41
188	Lisa MacKay	L45	54:31

232 finishers, last finisher in 1:34:23. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Friday 29-May-2015 at 7:30pm: Birchwood Brook 5k

As well as being a race organised by Spectrum Striders RC, this is a counting race in the Spectrum Striders RC Cross Country & Multi-terrain Championships.

Pos	Time	Name	Category	mins/k
1	16:40	MCCARTHY, Chris	Male Senior	3:20	winner - McCarkiss Elite Project
3	18:05	LONGLEY, Kirsty	Female Vet 35	3:37	1st lady - Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton
6	18:33	CHADWICK, Daniel	Male Senior	3:43
8	18:43	MILLINGTON, Christopher	Male Vet 40	3:45
26	20:32	GASKELL, Andy	Male Vet 45	4:06
32	21:06	DRIVER, Graham	Male Vet 45	4:13
35	21:17	COLES, Matthew	Male Senior	4:15
36	21:18	EHLEN, Brad	Male Vet 40	4:16
41	21:24	SPENCER, Julian	Male Vet 55	4:17
42	21:26	WHITFIELD, Liz	Female Vet 35	4:17
45	21:30	KELLY, Paul	Male Vet 40	4:18
50	21:40	FALLS, Chris	Male Senior	4:20
55	21:52	GARNETT, Andy	Male Vet 60	4:22
67	22:45	CHARMAN, Michael	Male Vet 65	4:33
74	24:06	ROBERTS, Eleanor	Female Vet 45	4:49
80	24:25	THOMPSON, Dave	Male Vet 55	4:53
81	24:29	RAFFLE, Alistair	Male Vet 60	4:54
86	24:44	BRADLEY, Michael	Male Vet 55	4:57
90	25:06	GRIFFITHS, Neville	Male Vet 65	5:01
95	26:11	DOOLEY, John P	Male Vet 65	5:14
97	26:28	CAHM, Jonathan	Male Vet 50	5:18
98	26:35	MIRABELLA, Alessandro	Male Senior	5:19
106	27:38	BIRD, Allan	Male Vet 55	5:32
107	27:52	WHITFIELD, Kit	Male Vet 50	5:34
108	28:05	DUNBAR, Ian	Male Vet 60	5:37
114	28:50	COLES, Terry	Male Vet 70+	5:46
120	30:20	REDPATH, Janet	Female Vet 60	6:04
121	30:21	REDPATH, David	Male Vet 65	6:04
124	33:13	RAMSDALE, Christine	Female Vet 65+	6:39

124 finishers, last finisher in 33:13. Full results are on this [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 30-May-2015 at 10:30am: Blackpool Promenade 10 Miler

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Matthew Rushbrook	M	0:56:40	winner - NVAC
11	Lindsey Brindle	F	1:03:56	1st lady - Horwich RMI
13	David Hudd	M40	1:04:10
105	Kathryn Roberts	F45	1:27:23
106	Darren Roberts	M40	1:27:23
152	Michael Jaras	M70	1:34:27

240 finishers, last finisher in 2:28:37. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 30-May-2015 at 2:45pm: Wincle Trout Race (near Macclesfield, category BS, 5.6 miles, 984ft climb)

This fell race is held in conjunction with the Wincle Village fete. Every finisher gets a fresh trout!

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Karl Darcy	M	39:52	winner - Bolton United Harriers
34	Helen Murray	L	48:44	1st lady - Knutsford Tri
41	Neil Adair	M	49:32

285 finishers, last finisher in 1:57:32. Results are available via the Wincle Village [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 31-May-2015 at 10:30am: Edenfield fell race (near Bury, category BM, 6.4 miles, 1565ft climb)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	John Raho	M	0:46:49	winner - Holcombe
17	Lynne Clough	F45	0:54:19	1st lady - Chorley
19	Chris Millington	M40	0:54:42
31	Neil Adair	M	0:59:26
42	Geoff Hand	M55	1:02:19
51	Jane Lowe	F45	1:05:45
57	Liz Whitfield	F	1:06:43
77	Neville Griffiths	M65	1:16:32
80	Dave Thompson	M55	1:19:01
81	Sue Buck	F45	1:20:07

89 finishers (+1 DNF), last finisher in 1:30:52. Full results are on the FRA [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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[highlight color=red]June[/highlight]

Wednesday 3-Jun-2015, time 7:15pm: Robbie Webster's Wobbler fell race (Frodsham Hill, 5.2 miles, 1220 feet climb)

This was race 1 (of 3) in the 2015 [highlight color=bold]Inter-club Fell Race Competition[/highlight] with Delamere Spartans, Helsby RC, Spectrum Striders RC and Tattenhall Runners.

The series rules are:

7 men & 3 women from each Club to count.
Bonus points for all age categories, even if you are not one of the 7 men or 3 women.
Extra bonus points for each runner above the 7 and 3.

Pos	Time	Name	Cat	Club
1	39.03	Max Wainwright	M	winner - Helsby RC
7	41.17	Charlie Sharpe	M
29	48.27	Victoria Walls	W	1st lady
34	50.04	Karon Forster	W50	1st W50
36	50.11	Julian Spencer	M50
43	51.24	Geoff Hand	M50
55	52.33	Liz Whitfield	W
75	57.14	Ranald MacKay	M40
78	58.09	Debbie Read	W50
80	59.22	Dave Thompson	M50
86	60.58	Sue Buck	W40
87	61.16	Neville Griffiths	M60
90	62.13	Lisa MacKay	W40
103	79.29	Steph Charman	W60	1st W60

107 finishers, last finisher in 96:52. Full results are on the [highlight color=bold]Helsby RC blog[/highlight].

Team results for this race

Points		Points	2 point	#	#
grand total		sub-total	bonus	men	ladies
330	Helsby RC	268	62	24	17
208	Spectrum Striders RC	200	8	6	7
169	Delamere Spartans	169	0	6	2
62	Tattenhall Runners	60	2	0	4

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Thursday 4-Jun-2015 at 7:15pm: Bowdon 5k

This was race 3 (of 5) in the [highlight color=bold]North Cheshire 5k Grand Prix Series[/highlight].

Pos	Name	Category	Time	Club
1	NORMAN, Dave	Senior Man	15:57	winner - Altrincham & District AC
21	MILLINGTON, Christopher	Male Vet 40	18:05
22	MCVEY, Diane	Lady Vet 35	18:07	1st lady - Wilmslow RC
24	CHADWICK, Daniel	Senior Man	18:26
29	HOUGHTON, Mike	Male Vet 45	18:37
59	FORSTER, Kenny	Male Vet 55	19:55
67	COLES, Matthew	Senior Man	20:13
72	GASKELL, Andy	Male Vet 45	20:21
83	KELLY, Paul	Male Vet 40	20:46
84	FALLS, Chris	Senior Man	20:47
85	SPENCER, Julian	Male Vet 55	20:49
89	RUSSELL, Alison	Senior Lady	20:54
90	EHLEN, Brad	Male Vet 40	20:58
115	GARNETT, Andy	Male Vet 60	21:58
131	PICKFORD, Stephen	Male Vet 40	22:51
141	ROBERTS, Eleanor	Lady Vet 45	23:38
158	RAFFLE, Alistair	Male Vet 60	24:26
170	YARWOOD, Dennis	Male Vet 45	25:27
171	MIRABELLA, Alessandro	Senior Man	25:30
172	DOOLEY, John P	Male Vet 65	25:38
174	GRIFFITHS, Neville	Male Vet 65	25:42
183	JARAS, Michael	Male Vet 70+	26:49
193	COLES, Terry	Male Vet 70+	28:53
194	DUNBAR, Ian	Male Vet 60	29:07
198	EAVES, Martin	Senior Man	29:38

203 finishers, last finisher in 46:00. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Saturday 6-Jun-2015 at 9:30am: Bolton Hill Marathon

This full marathon race is mostly off-road around the hills & trails of Bolton & Rivington, including climbing nearly to the Winter Hill TV mast!

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	ChipTime	GunTime
1	Steven	Snape	MS	3:07:28	3:07:28
2	Charlie	Sharpe	MS	3:11:33	3:11:33	2nd man
8	Caitlin	Rice	FS	3:30:12	3:30:13	1st lady - Glossopdale Harriers
23	Caroline	Hemming	FV45	3:46:33	3:46:36	2nd lady & 1st FV45
137	Angela	Moore	FV40	5:09:05	5:09:12

191 finishers, last finisher in 8:25:15. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Sunday 7-Jun-2015 at 9:30am: Derby Ramathon Half Marathon

Pos	Name	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Tom Doe	M	1:10:25	1:10:25	winner - Lincoln Wellington AC
35	Hannah Oldroyd	F	1:22:03	1:22:00	UKNETRUNNER.CO.UK
610	Kimberley Tinsley	F	1:43:59	1:43:37

2775 finishers, last finisher in 3:21:02. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Thursday 11-Jun-2015 at 7:15pm: Dunham Massey 5k - race #2

This was race 4 (of 5) in the [highlight color=bold]North Cheshire 5k Grand Prix Series[/highlight].

This race was run in the reverse direction, starting over the far side of the park and finishing in front of the Hall.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	NORMAN, Dave	Senior Man	16:12	winner - Altrincham & District AC
30	MCVEY, Diane	Lady Vet 35	18:35	1st lady - Wilmslow RC
25	MILLINGTON, Christopher	Male Vet 40	18:23
41	HOUGHTON, Mike	Male Vet 45	19:17
51	ADAIR, Neil	Senior Man	19:41
62	FORSTER, Kenny	Male Vet 55	20:16
63	BROWN, Alexander	Senior Man	20:19
74	SPENCER, Julian	Male Vet 55	20:41
79	COLES, Matthew	Senior Man	20:50
84	DRIVER, Graham	Male Vet 45	20:57
104	GASKELL, Andy	Male Vet 45	21:35
106	WHITFIELD, Liz	Lady Vet 35	21:37
110	FORSTER, Karon	Lady Vet 50	21:48
113	EHLEN, Brad	Male Vet 40	21:50
137	GARNETT, Andy	Male Vet 60	22:48
170	ROBERTS, Eleanor	Lady Vet 45	24:16
175	THOMPSON, Dave	Male Vet 65	24:25
188	RAFFLE, Alistair	Male Vet 60	25:00
197	BRADLEY, Michael	Male Vet 55	25:21
200	YARWOOD, Dennis	Male Vet 45	25:35
201	GRIFFITHS, Neville	Male Vet 65	25:39
203	BUCK, Sue	Male Vet 45	25:44
206	DOOLEY, John P	Male Vet 65	25:51
222	JARAS, Michael	Male Vet 70+	27:28
240	DUNBAR, Ian	Male Vet 60	29:05
241	COLES, Terry	Male Vet 70+	29:07
247	EAVES, Martin	Senior Man	30:18

257 finishers, last finisher in 45:35. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Saturday 13-Jun-2015 at 4:30pm: Hollins Green 5k

If you want to see the full results or race details for this race, look under the [highlight color=bold]"Our races"[/highlight] menu at the top of this page.

This was race 5 (of 5) in the [highlight color=bold]North Cheshire 5k Grand Prix[/highlight] series.

The race returned to its regular time in 2015, with a revised course.

Well done to [highlight color=bold]Striders men[/highlight] (Mike Houghton, Rob Hough, Neil Adair & Jack Antrobus) who won the team prize.

Pos	Time	Name	Category	mins/km
1	15:53	TOMLINSON, Gavin	Male Senior	3:11	winner - Trafford AC
18	18:26	MCVEY, Diane	Female Vet 35	3:41	1st lady - Wilmslow RC
23	18:45	HOUGHTON, Mike	Male Vet 45	3:45
26	18:49	HOUGH, Rob	Male Vet 40	3:46
27	18:53	ADAIR, Neil	Male Senior	3:47
35	19:18	ANTROBUS, Jack	Male Senior	3:52
47	19:46	COLES, Matthew	Male Senior	3:57
48	19:47	ROSE, Philip	Male Vet 50	3:57
53	20:05	GASKELL, Andy	Male Vet 45	4:01
56	20:17	SPENCER, Julian	Male Vet 55	4:03
63	20:37	LOWE, Jane	Female Vet 45	4:07
69	20:49	EHLEN, Brad	Male Vet 40	4:10
74	20:56	DRIVER, Graham	Male Vet 45	4:11
75	20:57	WHITFIELD, Liz	Female Vet 35	4:11
79	21:11	KELLY, Paul	Male Vet 40	4:14
86	21:27	DEMPSTER, Louise	Female Vet 50	4:17
93	21:59	PICKFORD, Stephen	Male Vet 40	4:24
97	22:14	TINSLEY, Kimberley	Female Senior	4:27
99	22:23	GARNETT, Andy	Male Vet 60	4:29
120	24:23	THOMPSON, Dave	Male Vet 55	4:53
127	24:44	RAFFLE, Alistair	Male Vet 60	4:57
128	24:46	MACKAY, Lisa	Female Vet 45	4:57
129	24:54	GRIFFITHS, Neville	Male Vet 65	4:59
131	25:07	MIRABELLA, Alessandro	Male Senior	5:01
135	25:28	BUCK, Sue	Female Vet 45	5:06
138	25:40	DOOLEY, John P	Male Vet 65	5:08
143	27:10	HAMPTON, Katie	Female Senior	5:26
145	27:36	YARWOOD, Dennis	Male Vet 45	5:31
150	28:18	JARAS, Michael	Male Vet 70+	5:40
152	28:48	COLES, Terry	Male Vet 70+	5:46
154	28:54	GREY, Emma	Female Senior	5:47
156	28:55	DUNBAR, Ian	Male Vet 60	5:47
157	28:58	OWEN, Linda	Female Vet 55	5:48
165	32:10	CHARMAN, Stephanie	Female Vet 60	6:26
168	33:18	RAMSDALE, Christine	Female Vet 65+	6:40
169	35:50	POWNALL, Jane	Female Senior	7:10

170 finishers, last finisher in 39:21. Full results are on this [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

North Cheshire 5k Grand Prix - final standings

This is the table of counting Spectrum Striders runners in the 5k Grand Prix series. You need to do at least 4 races and your best 4 times count.

	Age	Average	Total of						Number
Name	cat	of best 4	best 4	Dunham1	Brook	Bowdon	Dunham2	Hollins	of races
WHITTINGHAM, Andrew	MV45	17:40	1:10:39	17:44		17:33	17:46	17:36	4	winner - Wilmslow RC
MILLINGTON, Christopher	MV40	18:24	1:13:35	18:24	18:43	18:05	18:23		4
MCVEY, Diane	FV35	18:25	1:13:39		18:31	18:07	18:35	18:26	4	1st lady - Wilmslow RC
HOUGHTON, Mike	MV45	18:56	1:15:45	19:06		18:37	19:17	18:45	4
COLES, Matthew	MSen	20:24	1:21:36	20:47	21:17	20:13	20:50	19:46	5
GASKELL, Andy	MV45	20:29	1:21:57	20:59	20:32	20:21	21:35	20:05	5
SPENCER, Julian	MV55	20:41	1:22:45	20:58	21:24	20:49	20:41	20:17	5
EHLEN, Brad	MV40	21:04	1:24:18	21:13	21:18	20:58	21:50	20:49	5
KELLY, Paul	MV40	21:06	1:24:23	20:56	21:30	20:46		21:11	4
DRIVER, Graham	MV45	21:06	1:24:23	21:24	21:06		20:57	20:56	4
WHITFIELD, Liz	FV35	21:27	1:25:50	21:50	21:26		21:37	20:57	4
GARNETT, Andy	MV60	22:03	1:28:14	22:01	21:52	21:58	22:48	22:23	5
ROBERTS, Eleanor	FV45	24:08	1:36:33	24:33	24:06	23:38	24:16		4
RAFFLE, Alistair	MV60	24:40	1:38:39	25:32	24:29	24:26	25:00	24:44	5
GRIFFITHS, Neville	MV65	25:20	1:41:21	26:10	25:06	25:42	25:39	24:54	5
DOOLEY, John P	MV65	25:50	1:43:20		26:11	25:38	25:51	25:40	4
YARWOOD, Dennis	MV45	26:08	1:44:31	25:53		25:27	25:35	27:36	4
MIRABELLA, Alessandro	MSen	26:14	1:44:55	27:43	26:35	25:30		25:07	4
JARAS, Michael	MV70+	27:42	1:50:47	28:12		26:49	27:28	28:18	4
DUNBAR, Ian	MV60	28:46	1:55:05	29:00	28:05	29:07	29:05	28:55	5
COLES, Terry	MV70+	28:55	1:55:38	29:42	28:50	28:53	29:07	28:48	5

Full 5k Grand Prix results are in [highlight color=bold]this web site[/highlight].

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Wednesday 17-Jun-2015 at 7:30pm: Hotfoot Up Famau fell race (near Mold, category AS, 3½ miles, 1200ft climb)

This was race 2 (of 3) in the 2015 [highlight color=bold]Inter-club Fell Race Competition[/highlight] with Delamere Spartans, Helsby RC, Spectrum Striders RC and Tattenhall Runners.

The series rules are:

7 men & 3 women from each Club to count.
Bonus points for all age categories, even if you are not one of the 7 men or 3 women.
Extra bonus points for each runner above the 7 and 3.

Pos	Time	Name	Cat
1	35.04	Rob Grantham	M40	winner - Pensby
11	39.24	Caitlin Rice	SF	1st lady - Glossopdale
25	42.53	Chris Millington	M40
55	48.12	Jane Lowe	F40
60	48.29	Geoff Hand	M50
74	50.34	Julian Spencer	M50
91	52.35	Liz Whitfield	SF
105	57.09	Dave Thompson	M50
107	57.27	Neville Griffiths	M60
109	59.05	Debbie Read	F50
111	60.14	Sue Buck	F40
117	92.00	Steph Charman	F60	1st FV60

117 finishers, last finisher in 92:00. Full results will be on the WFRA [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Team results for this race

Points grand		Points	2 point	#	#
total (this race)		sub-total	bonus	men	ladies
271	Helsby RC	257	14	12	5
182	Tattenhall Runners	182	0	6	3
173	Spectrum Striders RC	169	4	5	5
93	Delamere Spartans	93	0	4	1

Series standings after 2 races

Standings after		Race	Race
second race		#2	#1
601	Helsby RC	271	330
381	Spectrum Striders RC	173	208
262	Delamere Spartans	93	169
244	Tattenhall Runners	182	62

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Sunday 21-Jun-2015 at 10:30am: Flash In The Park 10k

This was a new race for 2015, organised by Pennington Events Limited, a new organisation led by Bill Bradley.

The route is on trail and canal paths in Pennington Flash Country Park and near Leigh Sports Village.

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	Time
1	Stephen	Makin	MS	0:37:34	winner - Wigan Phoenix
10	Neil	Adair	MS	0:41:47
16	Darren	Roberts	M40	0:42:53
31	Suzanne	McGarry	FS	0:44:18	winner - Preston Harriers
32	Brad	Ehlen	M40	0:44:49
57	Ranald	MacKay	M45	0:47:28
98	Kate	Johnson	F45	0:52:00
121	Vincent	Alcock	M45	0:53:35
148	Kath	Roberts	F45	0:55:22
223	Stephanie	Charman	F65	1:03:07
245	Lisa	MacKay	F45	1:07:23

285 finishers, last finisher in 1:29:42. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Wednesday 24-Jun-2015 at 7:30pm: Harrock Hill fell race #2 (near Parbold, category BS, 5.2 miles, 900ft climb)

This is race 2 of a series of 4 races. Your best time in any of the 4 races in a year counts towards the Club Fell Championship.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	James Toohey	M	0:32:42	winner - Liverpool RC
39	Debbie Campbell	L	0:41:20	1st lady - Horwich
66	Liz Whitfield	L	0:43:58
79	Jane Lowe	L45	0:45:37
105	Chris Falls	M	0:50:17
123	Neville Griffiths	M65	0:52:17
156	Kit Whitfield	M50	1:03:37
158	Stephanie Charman	L60	1:04:48	1st L60

162 finishers, last finisher in 1:19:35. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

Current Striders rankings after 2 races

Thanks to Les Hewitt for compiling this table of fastest times.

		Best	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4
Name	Cat	time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time
Charlie Sharpe	M	0:34:49	2	0:34:49
Chris Millington	M40	0:37:50	20	0:37:50
Neil Adair	M	0:39:29	37	0:39:29
Daniel Chadwick	M	0:39:55	41	0:39:55
Liz Whitfield	L	0:43:58			66	0:43:58
Jane Lowe	L45	0:45:37			79	0:45:37
Ranald MacKay	M45	0:49:12	144	0:49:12
Chris Falls	M	0:50:17			105	0:50:17
Neville Griffiths	M65	0:52:17			123	0:52:17
Dave Thompson	M55	0:52:41	175	0:52:41
Lisa MacKay	L45	0:54:31	188	0:54:31
Kit Whitfield	M50	1:03:37			156	1:03:37
Stephanie Charman	L60	1:04:48			158	1:04:48

No. Striders ran				7		6
Total no. in race				232		163

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Thursday 25-Jun-2015 at 7:30pm: Woolston 10k

The proper title of the race is the Warrington 10k but most people call it the Woolston 10k.

Please note that this race has 10 year age bands for veterans, so the only vet classes for women are F35 & F45 and the only classes for men are M40 & M50.

Pos	First name	Last name	Category	Time
1	Tesfaye	Debele	MSEN	0:32:11	winner - Leeds City
4	Tessa	McCormick	Senior Female	0:35:43	1st lady - Vale Royal AC
28	Victoria	Walls	Senior Female	0:40:41	2nd lady
42	Stuart	Johnson	Senior Male	0:41:37
51	Kenny	Forster	MV50+	0:42:21
66	Alan	Brady	MV50+	0:43:23
72	Paul	Kelly	MV40-49	0:44:14
74	Andrew	Dawson	Senior Male	0:44:21
103	Bobbie	Lomax	FV35-44	0:46:04
110	Jon	Chapman	Senior Male	0:46:29
112	Chris	Falls	Senior Male	0:46:34
125	Helen	Caldwell	FV45+	0:47:30	2nd FV45
148	Kimberley	Tinsley	Senior Female	0:49:23
156	Vincent	Alcock	MV40-49	0:49:49
173	Kate	Johnson	FV45+	0:50:55
178	Nev	Griffiths	MV50+	0:51:20
212	Dennis	Yarwood	MV40-49	0:53:34
219	Jo	Sullivan	FV45+	0:53:58
245	Diane	Atherton	FV45+	0:55:20
256	Michael	Jaras	MV50+	0:56:08
304	Ian	Dunbar	MV50+	1:02:02
312	Melanie	Pownall	FV35-44	1:03:02

348 finishers, last finisher in 1:14:51. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 28-Jun-2015 at 10am: Colshaw Hall 10k (Knutsford)

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	ChipTime	GunTime
1	Stuart	Doyle	MV40	34:21	34:24	winner - Vale Royal AC
19	Gemma	Barnett	FS	39:55	39:57	1st lady - Vale Royal AC
59	Brad	Ehlen	MV40	45:00	45:06
180	John	Dooley	MV60	53:33	53:54
223	Michael	Jaras	MV70	55:10	55:29
270	Terry	Coles	MV70	58:39	59:00

388 finishers, last finisher in 1:30:22. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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2015 results - January to March

2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

2015 Results

This page only contains race results for Spectrum Striders RC members. Included are all results from Striders club championship races, plus some other races where Striders ran.

If you are looking for results for one of the Spectrum Striders RC races, please look under the [highlight color=bold]"Our races"[/highlight] menu at the top of any page on this web site.

If any results are missing and you want them to be included, please send a link to the online results [highlight color=bold]to our webmaster[/highlight].

[highlight color=bold]Jan - Feb - Mar[/highlight]

[highlight color=red]January[/highlight]

Saturday 3-Jan-2015: Cheshire Cross Country Championships

The 2015 Championships were held at Bolesworth Castle, near Tattenhall.

Well done to our Cheshire Cross Country Champion for this year:

Jane Lowe (LV45)

Full results are on the Cheshire AA [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Senior & Vet ladies – 7.2k – 1:20pm

Pos	Name		Cat	Time
1	Sarah	Murphy	V35	30:14	winner - Vale Royal AC
10	Victoria	Walls	L	33:17
15	Alison	Draper	L	34:37
24	Jane	Lowe	V45	37:29	*1st V45 lady*
30	Janet	Robertson	V45	38:13	2nd claim
42	Debbie	Read	V55	39:58

63 finishers, last finisher in 50:28.

Spectrum ladies were 5th out of 15 teams.

Senior & Vet men – 10k – 2:15pm

Pos	Name		Cat	Time
1	Daniel	Cliffe	M	34:39	winner - Liverpool Harriers
12	Karl	Steinegger	M	39:34
27	Chris	Millington	V40	42:16
73	Neil	Adair	M	47:18
88	Julian	Spencer	V50	48:49
90	Stephen	Abram	M	48:56
92	Jon	Chapman	M	49:16
103	Andrew	Dawson	M	51:37
104	Kenny	Forster	V55	51:40
116	Geoff	Hand	V55	54:29
126	Geoff	Read	V60	56:21
133	Dave	Thompson	V55	1:00:31

139 finishers, last finisher in 1:08:17.

Spectrum men were 9th out of 17 teams.

Spectrum vet men were 10th out of 16 teams.

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Saturday 3-Jan-2015: Merseyside Cross Country Championships

The 2015 championships were held at Sherdley Park in St Helens.

Senior & vet men – 14:05 – 12k

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Burney R		40.22	winner - Liverpool Harriers
60	Gaskell A	M45	54.08
76	Kelly P	M40	58.02
83	Murphy T	M50	60.19

96 ran, last finisher in 71.47. Full results are on the Merseyside AA [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 11-Jan-2015 at 10am: NWSCCL race #4 at Runcorn Town Park

This was race 4 (of 6) in this winter's North West Sunday Cross Country League and was organised by Warrington Road Runners. It was at the usual venue in Runcorn Town Park.

Many thanks to Julian Spencer for recording the finish positions & times, also to Les Hewitt for typing up the results below.

A special welcome back to Liz Whitfield, her first cross country race for some time!

The race distance was 4.87 miles long as measured by Chris' GPS, pretty much the same as 2014.

Full race results are on [highlight color=bold]Steve Saunders' web site[/highlight].

Individual results

Finish times are unofficial and approximate. The second time where included is from last year.

Pos	Runner (time)	Pos	Runner (time)
4	Karl Steinegger (31:24 cf 33:17)	4	Victoria Walls (36:14 cf 40:55)
9	Chris Millington (32:32 cf 32:40)	12	Jane Lowe (39:20)
39	Neil Adair (35:23)	13	Bobbie Lomax (39:22)
54	Andy Gaskell (36:34)	29	Total
61	Stephen Abram (37:03)	14	Alison Russell (40:10 cf 39:01)
67	Daniel Chadwick (37:41)	26	Liz Whitfield (42:42)
234	Total	30	Debbie Read (43:31 cf 44:18)
76	Alex Brown (38:29)	39	Helen Caldwell (45:22)
80	Jon Chapman (38:58)	53	Sue Buck (48:46 cf 51:55)
88	Steve Owen (39:37)	58	Jo Sullivan (50:33)
99	Rob McHarry (40:22 cf 41:23)	60	Elly Roberts (51:04)
102	Andy Dawson (40:44)	61	Denise Zachariasz (51:17)
109	Kenny Forster (40:55 cf 40:15)	68	Emily Sinkinson (55:56)
110	Geoff Hand (41:50)	70	Sandra Lewis (58:32)
116	Tim Lewis (42:29 cf 39:55)
140	Neville Griffiths (47:04 cf 39:30)		72 women, 13 Striders
141	Richard MacIlwaine (47:58 cf 47:57)		(72 women, 9 Striders in 2014)
DNF	Brad Ehlen

	154 men, 16 Striders
	(144 men, 12 Striders in 2014)

Team results for this race

*Men*		*Women*
Club	Score	Club	Score
Knowsley Harriers	62	Helsby RC/Lymm/ Warrington RR	26
Penny Lane Striders	65	Birkenhead AC / Pensby Runners	27
Liverpool RC	110	*Spectrum Striders*	29
Mersey Tri	216	Skelmersdale BH / Parbold PP	39
*Spectrum Striders*	*234*	Knowsley Harriers	41
Helsby RC/Lymm/Warrington RR	250	Liverpool RC	45
Delamere Spartans	272	Penny Lane Striders	63
Birkenhead AC /Pensby Runners	288	Active Women Running	107
Skelmersdale BH / Parbold PP	495	Delamere Spartans	143
St Helens Striders	680	Widnes Wasps	165
Newburgh Nomads	836 (2 ran)	St Helens Striders	168
		Liverpool Harriers	169 (1 ran)
		Mersey Tri	214 (1 ran)

League standings after 5 races

Best 5 of 6 races to count.

*Men*		*Women*
Club	Score	Club	Score
Penny Lane Striders	60	*Spectrum Striders*	61
Liverpool RC	58	Birkenhead AC / Pensby Runners	57
Knowsley Harriers	57	Knowsley Harriers	53
Mersey Tri	51	Helsby RC/Lymm/Warrington RR	53
Helsby RC/Lymm/Warrington RR	49	Penny Lane Striders	43
*Spectrum Striders*	44	Liverpool RC	41
Delamere Spartans	35	Skelmersdale BH / Parbold PP	41
Skelmersdale BH / Parbold PP	34	Delamere Spartans	29
Birkenhead AC /Pensby Runners	34	Ellesmere Port RC	28
Liverpool Harriers	28	Widnes Wasps	28
Newburgh Nomads	25	St Helens Striders	27
St Helens Striders	19	Active Women Running	22
Ellesmere Port RC	14	Mersey Tri	21
Chester Tri	13	Liverpool Harriers	21
		Chester Tri	8

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Sunday 18-Jan-2015 at 11am: Four Villages Half Marathon (at Helsby)

Unfortunately, this years race was cancelled due to the weather, with ice on the route making it unsafe.

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Saturday 24-Jan-2015 at 10:30am: Winter Trail Wales half marathon

This race takes place on the trails & tracks in the Coed-y-Brenin Forest Park in Snowdonia.

Well done to Vicky on her win!

Pos	First Name	Surname	Category	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Matthew	Roberts	MOPEN	01:25:01	01:25:00	winner - Eryri Harriers
7	Charlie	Sharpe	MOPEN	01:34:23	01:34:22
31	Victoria	Walls	FOPEN	01:44:58	01:44:50	*1st lady*
98	Jon	Chapman	MOPEN	02:01:07	02:00:59
207	Debbie	Read	F50+	02:21:51	02:21:42
258	Angela	Moore	F40+	02:33:02	02:32:53
283	Denise	Zachariasz	F40+	02:42:14	02:42:07

330 finishers (+1 DNF), last finisher in 3:31:03. Full results are on TDL Event Services [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 24-Jan-2015 at 12:30pm: Ashurst Beacon fell race (nr Skelmersdale, category BS, 5.9 miles, 950ft climb)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Simon O'Meara	M	00:38:02	winner - Man Uni CC
41	Catherine Howard	L	00:46:21	1st lady - Knowsley
56	Andy Gaskell	M45	00:48:19
142	Neville Griffiths	M65	00:59:34

180 finishers, last finisher in 1:38:09. Full results are on the FRA [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 25-Jan-2015 at 5:30am: Hong Kong half marathon

This half marathon was part of a very large event. Adrienne ran in the Half Marathon Challenge, the first of 4 half marathon waves. There was also a marathon and 10k race, with a total of tens of thousands of runners.

Pos	Category	Name	GunTime	ChipTime	Country
1	HMS	LI SHAO ZHUANG	01:10:44	01:10:41	winner - China
26	HFS	O'KANE ELLIE	01:19:17	01:19:12	1st lady - Australia
1093	HFM2	HALL ADRIENNE	01:53:20	01:51:41

5402 finishers, last finisher in this wave in 3:09:02. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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[highlight color=red]February[/highlight]

Sunday 1-Feb-2015 at 10am: NWSCCL race #5 at Beacon Country Park (Skem)

[important color=red title=Spectrum ladies win the league!]The scoring for this league is to count the best 5 races from 6. Spectrum Ladies now have three wins, one second and one third.

With one race to go, [highlight color=bold]Spectrum Ladies[/highlight] cannot now be caught and are winners of the league for 2014/15.[/important]

Usually known as "Skem", this was race 5 (of 6) in the winter North West Sunday Cross Country League and is organised by Skelmersdale Boundary Harriers. It was at the usual venue in Beacon Country Park.

It was a very cold day and underfoot was the muddiest most people could remember!

Thanks to Les Hewitt for noting down finishers & times and to Julian Spencer for collecting results tokens, also to Les for collating the results on behalf of the Club and for typing up the results below.

The race distance for the new course was 4.49 miles as measured by Chris' GPS.

Results

Full results are available on Steve Saunders' [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Individual results

Finish times are unofficial and approximate. There is no time comparison with last season as we didn't take any times then, but the course has changed anyway this year.

Pos	Runner (time)	Pos	Runner (time)
10	Karl Steinegger (30:35)	2	Claire Andrew (33:35)
12	Chris Millington (30:54)	11	Jude Peck (38:01)
49	Stephen Abram (34:45)	13	Bobbie Lomax (38:50)
54	Andy Gaskell (35:15)	26	Total
58	Alex Brown (35:50)	15	Jane Lowe (39:39)
64	Stephen Ward (36:19)	27	Debbie Read (43:27)
247	Total	40	Helen Caldwell (45:59)
82	Andy Dawson (38:38)	45	Sue Buck (47:42)
92	Paul Kelly (39:29)	47	Denise Zachariasz (48:17)
101	Geoff Hand (40:40)	50	Jo Sullivan (50:06)
125	Matthew Coles (45:07)	52	Elly Roberts (50:28)
130	Dave Thompson (45:38)	58	Emily Sinkinson (54:22)
131	Richard MacIlwaine (46:09)
136	John Dooley (50:57)	20	Janet Robertson (2nd claim)
137	Alan Peers (53:36)
139	Terry Coles (58:13)		63 women, 11 Striders
			(81 women, 6 Striders in 2014)
	140 men, 15 Striders
	(170 men, 16 Striders in 2014)

Team results for this race

First 6 men and first 3 women count to the team total. There must be at least one vet man & one vet woman.

*Men*		*Women*
Club	Score	Club	Score
Penny Lane Striders	58	*Spectrum Striders*	26
Knowsley Harriers	86	Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	32
Liverpool RC	105	Birkenhead AC/Pensby Runners	34
Helsby RC/Lymm/Warrington RR	181	Knowsley Harriers	35
Delamere Spartans	220	Helsby RC/Lymm/Warrington RR	43
*Spectrum Striders*	*247*	Penny Lane Striders	45
Mersey Tri	439	St Helens Striders	113
St Helens Striders	449	Delamere Spartans	128
Birkenhead AC/Pensby Runners	465	Widnes Wasps	135
Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	492	Liverpool RC	99 (2 ran)
Newburgh Nomads	554 (5 ran)	Active Women Running	131 (2 ran)
Chester Tri	697 (2 ran)	Mersey Tri	176 (1 ran)
Ellesmere Port RC	847 (2 ran)

League standings after 5 races

Best 5 of 6 races to count.

*Men*		*Women*
Club	Score	Club	Score
Penny Lane Striders	72	*Spectrum Striders*	72
Knowsley Harriers	68	Birkenhead AC/Pensby Runners	66
Liverpool RC	67	Helsby RC/Lymm/Warrington RR	59
Helsby RC/Lymm/Warrington RR	58	Knowsley Harriers	58
Mersey Tri	57	Penny Lane Striders	56
*Spectrum Striders*	51	Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	51
Delamere Spartans	44	Liverpool RC	41
Birkenhead AC/Pensby Runners	38	Delamere Spartans	34
Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	37	St Helens Striders	34
Newburgh Nomads	28	Widnes Wasps	31
St Helens Striders	26	Active Women Running	25
Ellesmere Port RC	16	Ellesmere Port RC	24
Chester Tri	16	Mersey Tri	24
		Chester Tri	8

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Sunday 1-Feb-2015 at 11am: Alsager 5 (nr. Crewe)

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Ieuan	Thomas	M	24:04	24:03	winner - Cardiff AC
47	Helen	Clitheroe	F40	27:15	27:14	1st lady - Preston Harriers
157	David	Hudd	M40	31:28	31:20
221	Guy	Lambert	M	33:06	32:47
245	Chris	Falls	M	33:58	33:38
340	Mike	Brady	M45	36:16	35:46
429	Kimberley	Tinsley	F	38:20	37:51
454	Donna	Percival	F	39:00	38:31
519	Paul	Harrop	M60	40:21	39:51
691	Michael	Jaras	M70	46:00	45:15

896 finishers, last finisher in 1:12:25. Full results are on the SportSoft [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 8-Feb-2015 at 10:40am: Mad Dog 10k (Southport)

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Chris	Nicoll	M40	00:33:36	00:33:36	winner - Derby Triathlon Club
36	Kirsty	Longley	F35	00:38:13	00:38:12	1st lady - Liverpool Pembroke Sefton
102	Chris	Falls	M	00:41:03	00:40:56
203	Paul	McWhirter	M40	00:43:56	00:43:27
205	Michael	McCarthy	M	00:44:00	00:44:00
350	Ben	Sutton	M	00:46:51	00:46:22
362	Clare	Firth	F35	00:47:01	00:46:38
394	Trevor	Ainsworth	M	00:47:37	00:47:08
432	Vincent	Alcock	M40	00:48:16	00:47:43
519	David	Roberts	M50	00:49:31	00:48:51
525	Eleanor	Roberts	F45	00:49:36	00:48:56
716	Denise	Zachariasz	F35	00:52:35	00:51:57
748	Kate	Johnson	F35	00:53:06	00:52:34
816	Carolyn	Arber	F55+	00:54:04	00:53:26
1553	Amy	Jones	F	01:05:16	01:02:12
1708	Christina	Geist	F35	01:09:05	01:06:01
1710	Christine	Ramsdale	F55+	01:09:10	01:06:59

2004 finishers, last finisher in 1:50:18. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 14-Feb-2015 at 2pm: Parbold Hill Race

Today's route was 6.70 miles as measured by Chris' GPS.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time	CatPos
1	Daniel Miller	M	00:42:16	(001/132)	winner - TheEnduranceStore.com
6	Charlie Sharpe	M	00:44:09	(004/132)
9	Chris. Millington	M40	00:45:15	(002/055)
14	Lindsey Brindle	F	00:45:57	(001/034)	1st lady - Horwich RMI Harriers
44	Victoria Walls	F	00:50:29	(002/034)	*3rd lady*
67	Neil Adair	M	00:52:04	(037/132)
73	Andy Gaskell	M45	00:52:41	(008/053)
101	Jonathan Chapman	M	00:54:37	(051/132)
110	Steve Owen	M50	00:55:10	(013/038)
124	Jude Peck	F40	00:56:16	(002/021)
137	Mike Brady	M45	00:57:21	(021/053)
151	Geoff Hand	M55	00:58:27	(008/029)
158	Liz Whitfield	F35	00:58:47	(005/027)
317	Sue Buck	F45	01:11:20	(007/025)
337	Neville Griffiths	M65	01:12:10	(004/006)
424	Alan Peers	M70	01:22:28	(002/004)
464	Anne Hewitt	F65	01:36:18	(004/004)

Striders ladies won the team prize (Victoria, Jude & Liz), Spectrum men were 3rd team.

464 finishers, last finisher in 1:36:18. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Sunday 15-Feb-2015 at 11am: Village Bakery Half Marathon (Wrexham)

Pos	First name	Last	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Tarus	Elly	MSen	01:10:36	01:10:35	winner - Salford Harriers & AC
31	Jenny	Knass	FSen	01:20:01	01:19:59	1st lady - Stockport Harriers & AC
142	Caroline	Hemming	FV45	01:30:43	01:30:34	2nd FV45
224	David	Rogers	MV50	01:38:47	01:38:31
472	Michael	Harris	MV45	02:07:53	02:07:12

547 finishers + 5 DNF, last finisher in 2:32:59. Full results are on the Nifty Entries [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 21-Feb-2015 at 2:30pm: Standish Hall Trail 10k Race

Pos	Name	Cat	Time	CatPos
1	Ian Grime	M40	00:37:38	(001/026)	winner - Newham & Essex Beagles
22	Kirsty Longley	F35	00:43:30	(001/015)	1st lady - Liverpool Pembroke Sefton
237	Anne Hewitt	F65	01:19:54	(002/002)

239 finishers, last finisher in 1:20:16. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Sunday 22-Feb-2015 at 10am: NWSCCL race #6 at Birchwood Forest Park

[important color=red title=Spectrum ladies win the league!][highlight color=bold]Spectrum Ladies[/highlight] are winners of the league for 2014/15.

The scoring for this league is to count the best 5 races from 6. Spectrum Ladies had four wins, one second and one third.[/important]

This was 6th and final race in the 2014/15 North West Sunday Cross Country League and was organised by Spectrum Striders RC. It was at the usual venue in Birchwood Forest Park in Birchwood, Warrington.

Many thanks to all of the marshals & helpers for putting on the race. It was cold, windy, wet & muddy. Most of us managed to miss the worst of the rain & snow at the end of the race.

We used the same 4 lap course (with minor variations) that we have used since 2008. It was 5.22 miles as measured by Chris' GPS.

Thanks to Les Hewitt for taking the timings and typing up the results.

Full results are on Steve Saunders' [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight]. Steve's web site has full results for this years and previous years x/c races in this league.

Individual results

The finishing times below are unofficial and some of them are very approximate.

Pos	Runner	Pos	Runner
11	Chris Millington (36:04 cf 37:51)	1	Claire Andrew (38:55 cf 41:34)
33	Neil Adair (39:21)	6	Victoria Walls (42:18 cf 47:50)
38	Stephen Abram (40:02)	15	Liz Whitfield (45:31)
42	Alex Brown (40:55)	22	Total
43	Andy Gaskell (41:10 cf 46:55)	17	Jane Lowe (45:50)
52	Mike Welsby (42:03)	35	Helen Caldwell (50:45)
219	Total	45	Sue Buck (54:45 cf 63:06)
59	Steve Owen (43:02)	46	Elly Roberts (55:10)
73	Rob McHarry (44:50)	51	Jo Sullivan (57:09)
81	Andy Dawson (45:30 cf 46:22)	52	Denise Zachariasz (57:27)
82	Kenny Forster (45:33 cf 51:20)	56	Emily Sinkinson (61:59)
84	Geoff Hand (45:50)
87	Tim Lewis (46:40 cf 49:10)		58 ladies, 10 Striders
90	Mike Brady (47:12)		(52 ladies, 7 Striders in 2014)
99	Tim Murphy (48:34)
111	Dave Thompson (51:35 cf 56:58)
116	Richard MacIlwaine (52:40 cf 60:18)
120	Neville Griffiths (54:10 cf 57:23)
123	Colin Grime (58:05)
125	Alan Peers (59:25 cf 67:50)
128	Barry Allman (62:32)

	129 men, 20 Striders
	(100 men, 17 Striders in 2014)

Team results for this race

Men		Women
Club	Score	Club	Score
Penny Lane Striders	52	Spectrum Striders	22
Knowsley Harriers	92	Birkenhead AC/Pensby Runners	33
Liverpool RC	100	Helsby RC/Lymm/Warrington RR	42
Helsby RC/Lymm/Warrington RR	166	Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	44
Spectrum Striders	219	Penny Lane Striders	51
Birkenhead AC/Pensby Runners	221	Ellesmere Port RC	52
Delamere Spartans	281	Delamere Spartans	89
Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	611 (5 ran)	St Helens Striders	105
Newburgh Nomads	562 (4 ran)	Knowsley Harriers	112 (2 ran)
Chester Tri	642 (2 ran)	Active Women Running	130 (2 ran)
Mersey Tri	648 (2 ran)	Widnes Wasps	172 (2 ran)
Ellesmere Port RC	689 (2 ran)	Liverpool RC	137 (1 ran)
St Helens Striders	777 (2 ran)	Chester Tri	146 (1 ran)
		Mersey Tri	173 (1 ran)

Final league standings after 6 races

Best 5 of 6 races to count.

[highlight color=bold]Spectrum Striders[/highlight] won the ladies league
[highlight color=bold]Penny Lane Striders[/highlight] won the mens league.

Men		Women
Club	Score	Club	Score
Penny Lane Striders	74	Spectrum Striders	74
Knowsley Harriers	71	Birkenhead AC/Pensby Runners	68
Liverpool RC	67	Helsby RC/Lymm/Warrington RR	64
Helsby RC/Lymm/Warrington RR	60	Penny Lane Striders	58
Mersey Tri	57	Knowsley Harriers	58
Spectrum Striders	52	Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	57
Delamere Spartans	47	Liverpool RC	41
Birkenhead AC/Pensby Runners	41	Delamere Spartans	40
Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	39	St Helens Striders	39
Newburgh Nomads	30	Ellesmere Port RC	34
St Helens Striders	26	Widnes Wasps	31
Chester Tri	22	Active Women Running	31
Ellesmere Port RC	20	Mersey Tri	24
		Chester Tri	11

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[highlight color=red]March[/highlight]

Sunday 1-Mar-2015 at 11am: Cloud Nine Hill Race (Congleton, category BM, 9 miles, 1250ft climb)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Carl Moulton	M	0:56:27	winner - Boalloy
10	Christopher Millington	M40	1:02:57
14	Olivia Walwyn	L	1:03:34	1st lady - Macclesfield Harriers
41	Neil Adair	M	1:10:49
49	Daniel Chadwick	M	1:12:12
64	Andy Gaskell	M45	1:14:05
69	Alison Russell	L	1:14:24
79	Steve Owen	M50	1:16:09
82	Jane Lowe	L45	1:16:21	*1st L45*
101	Guy Lambert	M	1:18:04
104	Kenny Forster	M55	1:18:28
129	Geoff Hand	M55	1:20:50
143	Liz Whitfield	L	1:22:50
187	Dave Thompson	M55	1:30:48
197	Debbie Read	L55	1:31:50
204	Sue Buck	L45	1:32:59
210	Richard MacIlwaine	M55	1:33:47
219	Neville Griffiths	M65	1:34:55

256 finishers + 2 DNF, last finisher in 1:55:15. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 8-Mar-2015 at 9:30am: Trafford 10k

Pos	Name	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Jonathan Davies	M20-39	0:29:18	0:29:18	winner - Reading AC
69	Alyson Dixon	F35-39	0:32:30	0:32:29	1st lady - Sunderland Strollers
165	Chris Millington	M40-44	0:35:51	0:35:46
280	Guy Lambert	M20-39	0:39:47	0:39:30
292	Stephen Ward	M50-54	0:40:04	0:39:47
295	Daniel Chadwick	M20-39	0:40:08	0:39:52
312	Julian Spencer	M50-54	0:40:38	0:40:21
321	Andy Gaskell	M45-49	0:40:56	0:40:37
368	Chris Falls	M20-39	0:42:21	0:41:57
476	Michael Charman	M65-69	0:45:33	0:45:25
477	Michael Hall	M55-59	0:45:36	0:45:12
493	Kimberley Tinsley	F20-34	0:46:17	0:45:54
545	Brad Ehlen	M40-44	0:48:16	0:47:56
546	Dave Thompson	M55-59	0:48:16	0:47:56
551	Paul Harrop	M60-64	0:48:20	0:48:04
641	Dennis Yarwood	M45-49	0:52:45	0:52:03
683	Michael Jaras	M70-74	0:55:04	0:54:38
793	Stephanie Charman	F60-64	1:04:33	1:03:54

841 finishers, last finisher in 1:29:25. Full results are on the HS Sports [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 8-Mar-2015 at 10:30am: Stafford 20

Pos	Time	Name
1	1:46:14	Ben	Gamble	winner - Tipton Harriers
36	2:15:02	Rachel	Wood	1st lady - Blackburn Harriers
332	3:11:57	Denise	Zachariasz

410 finishers, last finisher in 4:15:06. Full results are on the SportSoft [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 8-Mar-2015 at 9am: Wrexham Marathon

Pos	First Name	Surname	Category	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Daniel	Weston	M35-39	2:35:59	2:35:59	winner - Wrexham AC
9	Hannah	Oldroyd	FSENIOR	2:52:42	2:52:40	1st lady - Uknetrunner
41	Caroline	Hemming	F45-49	3:16:55	3:16:51	3rd lady & 1st F45

188 finishers + 2 DNF, last finish time 7:00:22. Full results are on the TDL [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Sunday 8-Mar-2015 at 10:30am: Wrexham Half Marathon

Well done to Vicky for her race win!

Pos	First Name	Surname	Category	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Christopher	Hollinshead	M45-49	1:14:23	1:14:23	winner - Cannock & Stafford
24	Victoria	Walls	FSENIOR	1:26:02	1:25:52	1st lady
44	Jon	Chapman	M35-39	1:31:03	1:30:51
61	Philip	Rose	M50-54	1:36:08	1:35:56
255	Vincent	Alcock	M45-49	2:01:18	2:00:35
256	Kate	Johnson	F40-44	2:01:18	2:00:35

424 finishers + 2 DNF, last finish time 3:28:33. Full results are on the TDL [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight]

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Saturday 14-Mar-2015 at 12 noon: Black Combe fell race (near Ulverston, Cumbria, category AM, 8.1 miles, 3281ft climb)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Rob Jebb	MV40	1:09:14	winner - Bingley Harriers
21	Annie Conway	F	1:19:32	1st lady - Ambleside AC
72	Chris Millington	MV40	1:32:05
122	Neil Adair	M	1:43:53
145	Geoff Hand	MV50	1:46:51
183	Jane Lowe	FV40	2:00:05
184	Kenny Forster	MV50	2:00:10
199	Ranald MacKay	MV40	2:09:59
201	Lisa MacKay	FV40	2:12:01
206	Dave Thompson	MV50	2:16:55
210	Colin Grime	MV60	2:26:13

213 finishers, last finisher in 2:34:30. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 21-Mar-2015 at 9am: Hardmoors 55 Ultra

This is a 55 mile ultra-distance race across the North York Moors, from Guisborough to Helmsley.

Pos	Name		Category	Time
1	Kim	Collison	M	07:39:08	winner - Borrowdale
7	Charmaine	Horsfall	F	08:39:43	1st lady
201	Angela	Moore	FV40	13:54:33

242 finishers + 25 DNF, last finisher in 17:02:10. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 22-Mar-2015 at 10:30am: Wilmslow Half Marathon

			Gun	Chip	10k	10 mile
Pos	Name	Cat	time	time	split	split
1	Ben Siwa	MOPEN	01:04:57	01:04:57	00:30:24	00:49:28	winner - Run Fast
25	Perendis Lekapana	FOPEN	01:11:41	01:11:24	00:32:10	00:53:25	1st lady - Run Fast
411	Daniel Chadwick	MOPEN	01:30:38	01:29:49	00:42:43	01:08:58
485	Alison Russell	FOPEN	01:32:15	01:31:49	00:41:30	01:09:04
1326	Kimberley Tinsley	FOPEN	01:46:40	01:44:59	00:47:39	01:18:47
2738	Elizabeth Heavey	F35+	02:03:57	02:00:36	00:55:43	01:31:09

4080 finishers + 18 DNF, last finish time 3:19:28. Full results are on the TDL [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 29-Mar-2015 at 9am: Liverpool Half Marathon

Pos	Name	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime	5 Mile	10 Mile
1	Paul Martelletti	MOPEN	01:08:00	01:08:00	00:26:04	00:52:08	winner - Run Fast
36	Chris Millington	M40+	01:19:06	01:19:05	00:30:02	01:00:29	3rd MV40
58	Michelle Poulsen	FOPEN	01:21:05	01:21:04	00:30:42	01:01:53	1st lady - Sparta Copenhagen
220	Daniel Chadwick	MOPEN	01:28:28	01:28:04	00:33:19	01:07:29
364	Chris Falls	MOPEN	01:32:45	01:32:33	00:34:38	01:10:44
440	Stephen Pickford	M40+	01:34:22	01:33:57	00:35:41	01:11:41
559	Stuart Johnson	MOPEN	01:36:50	01:35:12	00:36:43	01:13:11
740	Graham Driver	M45+	01:39:39	01:37:27	00:37:23	01:14:40
1969	Donna Percival	FOPEN	01:55:22	01:51:23	00:41:48	01:23:53
2589	Eleanor Roberts	F45+	02:02:19	01:52:37	00:43:29	01:25:32
2610	David Roberts	M50+	02:02:28	01:52:46	00:43:29	01:25:32
3133	Dave Watson	M55+	02:08:15	02:02:43	00:44:35	01:31:15
4479	Amy Jones	FOPEN	02:31:45	02:20:57	00:53:30	01:47:31
4701	Denise Zachariasz	F40+	02:40:11	02:29:00	00:57:24	01:59:05
4821	Christina Geist	F40+	02:49:28	02:38:41	00:56:30	01:59:08

4992 finishers + 26 DNF, last finisher in 3:52:20. Full results are on the TDL [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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2014 results - October to December

2014-10-01T00:00:00Z

2014 Results

This page only contains race results for Spectrum Striders RC members. Included are all results from Striders club championship races, plus some other races where Striders ran.

If you are looking for results for one of the Spectrum Striders RC races, please look under the [highlight color=bold]"Our races"[/highlight] menu at the top of any page on this web site.

If any results are missing and you want them to be included, please send a link to the online results [highlight color=bold]to our webmaster[/highlight].

[highlight color=bold]Oct - Nov - Dec[/highlight]

[highlight color=red]October[/highlight]

Sunday 5-Oct-2014 at 9am: Chester Marathon

Full results for both races are on the TDL Event Services [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight]

Full marathon

Pos	FirstName	Surname	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Marius	Ionescu	MSEN	2:21:25	2:21:23	winner - Altrincham & DAC
44	Cath	Stibbs	FV40	2:53:28	2:53:25	1st lady - Kent AC
352	Caroline	Hemming	FV45	3:21:06	3:20:33
1531	Ben	Sutton	MSEN	4:14:59	4:12:52
1561	Trevor	Ainsworth	MSEN	4:15:10	4:13:04
1674	Edward	Stokes	MSEN	4:23:47	4:22:08
2004	Dennis	Yarwood	MV45	4:46:12	4:42:26
2009	Denise	Zachariasz	FV40	4:46:41	4:44:21
2084	Jonathan	Cahm	MV50	4:48:16	4:44:52
2097	Graham	Driver	MV45	4:48:32	4:45:20	official pace runner

2471 finishers (+63 DNF), last finisher in 6:41:49.

Metric marathon

This year for the first time there was a "metric marathon" (i.e. 26.2k or 16.3 miles) run in conjunction with the full marathon.

Pos	FirstName	Surname	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Duncan	Clark	MV50	01:44:37	01:44:36	winner - Abbey Runners
3	Louise	Blizzard	FV35	01:47:46	01:47:45	1st lady - Belgrave Harriers
44	Stuart	Johnson	MSEN	02:04:03	02:03:56

474 finishers (+4 DNF), last finisher in 3:55:03.

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Sunday 12-Oct-2014 at 11:30am: Withins Skyline fell race (nr Haworth, Yorkshire, category BM, 7½ miles, 984ft climb)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Simon Bailey	MS	0:41:05	winner - Mercia Fell Runners
16	Lesley Brindle	FS	0:48:53	1st lady - Horwich RMI Harriers
223	Neville Griffiths	MV60	1:13:05

255 finishers, last finisher in 1:47:53. Full results are on the WoodenTops [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 12-Oct-2014 at 9:30am: Wirral Half Marathon

Pos	FirstName	Surname	Category	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Tarus	Elly	MOPEN	1:08:47	1:08:47	winner - Salford Harriers & AC
15	Jenny	Clague	F40-44	1:22:58	1:22:58	1st lady - Liverpool Harriers & A C
66	Claire	Andrew	F35-39	1:29:35	1:29:26
165	Mike	Brady	M45-49	1:38:32	1:37:42
485	Helen	Caldwell	F45-49	1:54:15	1:53:09
486	Jo	Sullivan	F45-49	1:54:15	1:53:10
589	Michael	McCarthy	MOPEN	1:58:25	1:56:09

1201 finishers, last finisher in 3:23:52. Full results are on the TDL Event Services [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 12-Oct-2014 at 10:15am: Dream Trail 4k Challenge

Pos	Firstname	Lastname	Time	Cat
1	James	Mackell	16:03	MJun	winner - St Helens Sutton AC
8	Michelle	Tickle	19:19	FV40	1st lady
16	Carolyn	Arber	21:41	FV55
25	Amy	Jones	26:25	FSen
30	Christina	Geist	27:00	FV40

53 finishers, last finisher in 35:25. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 12-Oct-2014 at 11:15am: Dream Trail 5 Mile

Pos	Firstname	Lastname	Time
1	Colin	Bishop	30:18	winner - Helsby RC
10	Stephen	Ward	35:22
13	Catherine	Howard	35:30	1st lady - Knowsley Harriers
31	Michael	Charman	39:05
60	Debbie	Read	44:00
69	Denise	Zachariasz	45:42
100	Kit	Whitfield	51:16
111	Stephanie	Charman	53:35

125 finishers, last finisher in 59:29. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 19-Oct-2014, start 10am: British Fell Relay Championships

The event was on the Middleton and Barbon Fells in East Cumbria. This is about 6 miles from Sedbergh to the north and Kirkby Lonsdale to the south.

Well done to everyone who represented the club at this years Fell Relays. Particular thanks to Julian who once again spent hours on the phone organising the teams and didn't even get to run this year!

Full results are on the SportIdent [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Leg	Open team 1	Leg time	Open team 2	Leg time
1	Ian Pudge	01:00:03	Stephen Pilditch	01:01:53
2	Neil Adair	01:52:52	Tim Jefferson	02:22:57
	+ Steve Burthem		+ Jon Chapman
3	Victoria Walls	01:32:36	Ran MacKay	01:44:30
	+ Rob McHarry		+ Kenny Forster
4	Andy Gaskell	01:03:07	Richard MacIlwaine	01:17:49
Total	134th team	05:28:38	180th team	06:27:09

Fastest leg times

Leg	Time	Name	Club
1	00:39:27	Rob Hope	Pudsey & Bramley AC
2	01:13:50	Oliver Johnson/Rhys Findlay-Robinson	Dark Peak Fell Runners
3	01:03:55	Tom Saville/Neil Northrop	Dark Peak Fell Runners
4	00:43:12	James Kevan	Horwich RMI Harriers
Team	03:43:55	Dark Peak Fell Runners

There were a total of 187 complete teams and 26 incomplete or DNF teams.

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Sunday 19-Oct-2014 at 11am: Green Drive 5

					mins per
Pos	Name	Cat	Time	CatPos	km/mile
1	Rob Webb	M	26:17	(001/038)	03.16/05.15	winner - Rossendale Harriers
19	Chris. Millington	M40	30:38	(003/016)	03.48/06.08
31	Joanna Goorney	F45	31:31	(001/016)	03.55/06.18	1st lady - Lytham St Annes RR
109	Paul Harrop	M60	39:08	(007/011)	04.52/07.50
157	Anne Fortune	F60	42:33	(001/006)	05.17/08.31	1st FV60
215	Iain Fortune	M65	48:01	(013/014)	05.58/09.36
233	Christine Ramsdale	F65	53:43	(004/004)	06.41/10.45

234 finishers, last finisher in 55:28. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Sunday 25-Oct-2014 at 5:49pm: Dusk 'til Dawn Ultra race (Hope, Derbyshire)

This is a 50 mile race with 9000ft of ascent, run entirely at night. It starts at sunset (5:49pm) and the challenge is to finish by sunrise (6:52am) – a total of 14hr 3min. To make it more difficult, there was almost no moonlight this year.

Well done to Dave Hudd who finished well within the target time.

Pos	Name	Cat	Overall	CP2	CP3	CP5	CP9
1	Barefoot Billyboy Craig	MV40	09:23:26	01:35:56	03:11:56	04:46:29	06:57:07	winner
7	David Hudd	MV40	10:21:00	01:45:38	03:25:12	05:09:43	07:40:00
24	A Paque	F	12:33:40	02:06:47	04:12:08	06:14:01	08:11:14	1st lady

55 finishers + 16 DNF, last finisher in 16:00:33. 43 finishers beat the target time.

Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 26-Oct-2014 at 10am: NWSCCL race #1 at Clarke Gardens, Liverpool

Well done to [highlight color=bold]Spectrum women[/highlight] for their win!

Thanks to Liz Whitfield for doing times & pre-race preparation. Also thanks to Les Hewitt for taking times & results tokens, for collating the results on behalf of the Club and for typing up the results below.

The course was 4.66 miles (7.5k) according to Chris' GPS.

Results

Full results are available on Steve Saunders' [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

There was a record turn out for any race in this league of 317 runners, beating the previous record of 260 runners set at this race last year.

Individual results

There is no official timing for the races in this league. The times below are unofficial and were taken by Liz & Les. Where two times are shown for a runner, the second time is from 2013.

Pos	Runner (time)	Pos	Runner (time)
10	Karl Steinegger (29:04 cf 28:31)	4	Claire Andrew (32:41)
18	Chris Millington (30:06)	8	Victoria Walls (33:53)
40	Rob Hough (31:25 cf 32:57)	9	Jude Peck (34:04 cf 36:52)
58	Stephen Ward (32:45)	21	Total
64	Mike Houghton (33:03)	15	Karon Forster (35:22 cf 36:12)
74	Andy Gaskell (33:35 cf 34:38)	21	Jane Lowe (36:42)
264	Total	37	Shirley Anderson (38:28)
75	Daniel Chadwick (33:41)	50	Helen Caldwell (40:25)
84	Stephen Abram (34:13)	54	Debbie Read (41:20 cf 41:07)
97	Jon Chapman (34:32)	65	Jo Sullivan (43:55)
110	Albert de Jong (35:06)	77	Elly Roberts (46:50)
119	Kenny Forster (35:39)	96	Sandra Lewis (51:54)
133	Paul Kelly (36:09)	97	Steph Charman (52:32)
135	Darren Roberts (36:12)	101	Anne Hewitt (60:27 cf 50:20)
142	Andy Dawson (36:31 cf 38:44)
153	Julian Spencer (37:01 cf 33:42)		102 women, 13 Striders
160	Stuart Andrew (37:21)		(79 women, 7 Striders last year)
162	Mick Charman (37:25 cf 42:44)
163	Tim Lewis (37:29 cf 37:43)
187	Geoff Hand (39:52)
199	Dave Thompson (41:42)
208	Norman Partington (45:05)
213	John Dooley (46:53 cf 44:33)
215	Terry Coles (47:39 cf 54:55)
217	Kit Whitfield (51:02)

	217 men, 24 Striders
	(181 men, 15 Striders last year)

Team results for this race

First 6 men and first 3 women count to the team total. There must be at least one vet man & one vet woman.

Men		Women
Club	Score	Club	Score
Liverpool Harriers	51	*Spectrum Striders*	21
Penny Lane Striders	75	St Helens Striders	29
Liverpool RC	103	Knowsley Harriers	37
Knowsley Harriers	190	Birkenhead AC/Pensby RC	50
Mersey Tri	192	Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	53
Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	196	Liverpool RC	56
*Spectrum Striders*	*264*	Penny Lane Striders	64
Delamere Spartans	432	Ellesmere Port RC	69
Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	570	Active Women Running	143
Birkenhead AC/Pensby RC	675	Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	147
St Helens Striders	751	Widnes Wasps	270
Newburgh Nomads	832 (5 ran)	Liverpool Harriers	151 (2 ran)
Chester Tri	868 (4 ran)	Mersey Tri	213 (2 ran)
Ellesmere Port RC	942 (3 ran)	Delamere Spartans	258 (2 ran)
		Chester Tri	242 (1 ran)

League standings after 1 race

Best 5 of 6 races to count.

Men		Women
Club	Score	Club	Score
Liverpool Harriers	16	*Spectrum Striders*	16
Penny Lane Striders	15	St Helens Striders	15
Liverpool RC	14	Knowsley Harriers	14
Knowsley Harriers	13	Birkenhead AC/Pensby RC	13
Mersey Tri	12	Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	12
Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	11	Liverpool RC	11
*Spectrum Striders*	10	Penny Lane Striders	10
Delamere Spartans	9	Ellesmere Port RC	9
Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	8	Active Women Running	8
Birkenhead AC/Pensby RC	7	Skelmersdale BH/Parbold PP	7
St Helens Striders	6	Liverpool Harriers	6
Newburgh Nomads	5	Mersey Tri	5
Chester Tri	4	Chester Tri	4
Ellesmere Port RC	3	Delamere Spartans	3
		Widnes Wasps	2

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Sunday 26-Oct-2014 at 10am: Halloween Hellraiser (nr Nantwich)

This is a 9 mile (approx) multi-terrain race.

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	Time
1	Simon	MYATT	MS	00:57:38	winner - Trentham RC
15	Gemma	BARNETT	FS	01:08:55	1st lady - Vale Royal AC
98	Denise	ZACHARIASZ	FVO/40	01:34:49

147 finishers, last finisher in 2:00:15. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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[highlight color=red]November[/highlight]

Sunday 2-Nov-2014 at 10am: Cheshire 10k (at Arley Hall)

This race is currently run in both Spring and in Autumn. Only the March edition was in the Club Championship in 2014.

Pos	Name	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime	CatPos
1	Mohammad Abu Rezeq	MS	00:29:11	00:29:11	1	winner - Altrincham & DAC
9	Helen Clitheroe	FV40	00:32:45	00:32:44	1	1st lady - Preston Harriers
28	Graham Houghton	M	00:34:58	00:34:58	2
74	Stephen Ward	MV50	00:38:22	00:38:12	4	New PB by 2 min 16 sec
181	Philip Rose	MV50	00:42:47	00:42:28	15
187	Bobbie Lomax	FS	00:42:50	00:42:32	8
194	Steve Owen	MV50	00:43:04	00:42:29	17
239	Paul Kelly	MV40	00:44:40	00:44:21	44
245	Brad Ehlen	MV40	00:44:48	00:44:16	45
291	Mike Hall	MV55	00:46:14	00:45:38	8
643	Diane Atherton	FV50	00:54:35	00:53:28	17
659	Dennis Yarwood	MV45	00:55:05	00:53:12	57
672	Allan Bird	MV50	00:55:23	00:51:52	62
673	Linda Owen	FV55	00:55:24	00:54:16	6
694	Joanne Curley	FV40	00:56:02	00:53:46	36
1031	Amy Jones	FS	01:06:36	01:04:21	241
1105	Christina Geist	FV40	01:11:21	01:09:06	90

1147 finishers, last finisher in 1:43:06. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight]

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Sunday 2-Nov-2014 at 10:30am: Bonfire Burn 10k (Histon & Impington, Cambridgeshire)

Pos	FirstName	LastName	Category	Time
1	Graham	Rush	MSenior	32:17	winner - Cheltenham Harriers
27	Kari	Mack	FVet 40	40:06	1st lady - Tone Zone (Bognor)
71	Mike	Brady	MVet 40	43:32

869 finishers, last finisher in 1:39:39. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight]

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Tuesday 11-Nov-2014 at 7pm: Club 3k (at Victoria Park)

Many thanks to Janet & Dave Redpath for organising and to Janet for typing up the results. Also, thanks to all of the other helpers on the night.

This is a closed event for Spectrum Striders RC club members only.

It is held as part of Tuesday night track training, with one or more heats depending on numbers. Regular track sessions will take place in parallel with the race for those who don't want to race.

This distance can be a counting time for your Club Standard.

Pos	Name	Time
1	Chris Millington	10:05	Club MV40 record
2	David Hudd	10:45	PB by 13 sec
3	Daniel Chadwick	11:10
4	Jon Chapman	11:12
5	Neil Adair	11:18
6	Paul Kelly	11:27
7	Andy Gaskell	11:36
8	Alison Draper	11:45
9	Stuart Johnson	11:46
10	Darren Roberts	11:47
11	Chris Falls	11:55
12	Steve Swan	12:10
13	Jane Lowe	12:11
14	Lee McConkey	12:19
15	Bobbie Lomax	12:26
16	Steve Pickford	12:30
17	Ran MacKay	12:31
18	Tony Morris	12:40
19	Mick Charman	12:45	Club MV65 record
20	Rob McHarry	12:49
21	Trevor Ainsworth	13:01
22	Brian Griffiths	13:11
23	Norman Partington	13:58
24	Dave Thompson	14:04
25	Ed Stokes	14:10
26	Donna Percival	14:31
27	Anne Fortune	14:45	Club LV60 record
28	Elly Roberts	14:58
29	Lisa MacKay	15:05
30	Joanne Curley	15:14
31	Linda Owen	15:19
32	Paula Coleman	15:42
33	Melanie Pownall	17:20
34	Clare Seaborn	17:53
35	Gemma Littlefair	17:53

Three new Club records were set:

Chris Millington's time of 10:05 was a new Club MV40 record, beating his own time of 10:23 set at the Club 3k on 25-Oct-2011.
Mick Charman's time of 12:45 was a new Club MV65 record, beating Alan Peers' time of 13:07 set at the Club Track Day 3k on 18-Aug-2009.
Anne Fortune's time of 14:45 was a new Club FV60 record, beating Janet Redpath's time of 16:14 set at the Club 3k on 25-Oct-2011.

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Sunday 16-Nov-2014 at 10am: Preston 10 mile

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	Time
1	Tom	Charles	M	0:52:14	winner - Trafford AC
37	Christopher	Millington	MV40	1:01:40
42	Hannah	Oldroyd	F	1:02:28	1st lady - UKnetrunner
48	Robert	Hough	MV40	1:02:54
93	Neil	Adair	M	1:07:43
109	Andy	Gaskell	MV45	1:09:25
116	Alison	Draper	F	1:09:46
157	Kenny	Forster	MV55	1:12:32
163	Paul	Kelly	MV40	1:13:01
209	Philip	Rose	MV50	1:16:59
267	Dave	Thompson	MV55	1:22:33
332	Anne	Fortune	FV60	1:27:59	Club FV60 record
344	John	Dooley	MV65	1:29:19

431 finishers, last finisher in 2:02:34. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

Anne Fortune's time of 1:27:59 was a new Club FV60 record, beating Janet Redpath's time of 1:33:47 set at this race on 17-Nov-2013.

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Sunday 16-Nov-2014 at 9am: Fell Hell 10k

This was a 10k fell race in Moel Famau Country Park. It was not run under FRA rules and no climb was quoted.

Pos	Name	Time
1	Graham Ivory	00:50:39
3	Laura Bestow	00:55:04	1st lady
114	Denise Zachariasz	01:22:49

180 finishers, last finisher in 2:17:15. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 16-Nov-2014 at 9:30am: Leeds Abbey Dash 10k

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Andrew	Butchart	MSEN	00:29:18	00:29:17	winner - Central AC
127	Steph	Twell	FSEN	00:32:30	00:32:28	1st lady - Aldershot
1768	Brad	Ehlen	M40	00:46:24	00:44:36
2423	Helen	Caldwell	F45	00:50:13	00:46:26
3108	Jo	Sullivan	F45	00:53:12	00:49:25
4467	Allan	Bird	M50	00:59:23	00:53:04

9524 finishers, last finisher in 2:17:12. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 23-Nov-2014 at 10am: Conwy Half Marathon

Pos	First Name	Surname	Gun Time	Chip Time	Category
1	Mohammad	Abu Rezeq	01:07:16	01:07:16	MSEN	winner - Altrincham & DAC
14	Kim	Fawke-Williams	01:17:52	01:17:51	F35-39	1st lady - Centurion RC
65	David	Hudd	01:26:16	01:26:08	M40-44
561	Philip	Rose	01:45:04	01:43:25	M50-54
1274	Denise	Zachariasz	01:59:42	01:58:02	F40-44

2365 finishers + 9 DNF, last finisher in 3:41:07. Full results are on the TDL Event Services [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 29-Nov-2014 at 10am: British Athletics Cross Challenge

This event was held in Sefton Park in Liverpool on a 9.8k course. It was previously called the UK Cross Challenge and is also the European Cross Country trials.

Pos	Time	Name
1	0:29:26	Callum	Hawkins	winner - Kilbarchan AAC
290	0:39:13	Adam	Leadbetter

520 finishers, last finisher in 58:13. Full results are on the British Athletics [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 30-Nov-2014 at 10am: NWSCCL #2 at Arrowe Park on the Wirral

Congratulations to [highlight color=bold]Spectrum Striders women[/highlight] for their second win (in 2 races) this year.

This was race 2 in the North West Sunday Cross Country League and was organised by Pensby Runners. It was at the usual venue in Arrowe Park on the Wirral.

The course was 4.83 miles according to Chris' GPS. The course was slightly changed this year, a bit longer and was run in the opposite direction. It was muddy underfoot but a nice bright day.

Thanks to Liz Whitfield (timing) and Les Hewitt (scribe, results at the venue & typing up the results below).

Individual results

Full results are on Steve Saunders' [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

There is no official timing for the races in this league. The times below are unofficial and were taken by Liz & Les. Where two times are shown for a runner, the second time is from 2013.

Pos	Runner (time)	Pos	Runner (time)
4	Karl Steinegger (28:27 cf 29:10)	3	Claire Andrew (32:45)
12	Chris Millington (30:19)	6	Vicky Walls (33:35)
50	Mike Houghton (33:05)	9	Jude Peck (34:35 cf 32:17)
64	Stephen Ward (33:40)	18	Total
74	Andy Gaskell (34:09 cf 33:07)	13	Alison Draper (35:34 cf 33:14)
78	Jon Chapman (34:39)	16	Jane Lowe (35:59)
282	Total	19	Karon Forster (36:31 cf 32:52)
82	Julian Spencer (35:03 cf 30:53)	34	Helen Caldwell (40:30)
91	Paul Kelly (35:40)	38	Debbie Read (40:50 cf 37:46)
108	Kenny Forster (36:29)	54	Sue Buck (43:32)
110	Alan Brady (36:34)	56	Jo Sullivan (43:55)
118	Mat Rimmington (37:06)	63	Elly Roberts (45:46 cf 42:37)
134	Andy Dawson (38:21 cf 32:44)	78	Anne Hewitt (59:13 cf 46:12)
136	Geoff Hand (38:24)
148	Trevor Ainsworth (40:20)		78 women, 12 Striders
152	Neville Griffiths (40:37)		(77 women, 9 Striders last year)
158	Richard MacIlwaine (41:49)
159	Dave Thompson (41:50 cf 40:58)
171	John Dooley (45:26 cf 41:00)

75	Jim Dawson (34:18 cf 30:59, 2nd claim)

	178 men, 18 Striders
	(156 men, 11 Striders last year)

Team results for this race

Men		Women
Club	Score	Club	Score
Penny Lane Striders	80	Spectrum Striders	18
Liverpool RC	126	Birkenhead/Pensby	26
Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	126	Knowsley Harriers	40
Mersey Tri	145	Liverpool RC	65
Knowsley Harriers	159	Ellesmere Port RC	74
Spectrum Striders	282	Penny Lane Striders	85
Delamere Spartans	369	Skem BH/Parbold PP	88
Birkenhead/Pensby	445	Delamere Spartans	113
Skem BH/Parbold PP	574	Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	114
Newburgh Nomads	711	Widnes Wasps	209
Ellesmere Port RC	716	Liverpool Harriers	102
Chester Tri	???	Active Women Running	158
Liverpool Harriers	944	Mersey Tri	166
St Helens Striders	1034	St Helens Striders	183
		Chester Tri	191

League standings after 2 races

Best 5 of 6 races to count.

	Men			Women
Pos	Club	Score	Pos	Club	Score
1	Penny Lane Striders	31	1	Spectrum Striders	32
2	Liverpool RC	29	2=	Birkenhead/Pensby	28
3	Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	26	2=	Knowsley Harriers	28
4=	Knowsley Harriers	25	4	Liverpool RC	24
4=	Mersey Tri	25	5=	Ellesmere Port RC	21
6	Spectrum Striders	21	5=	Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	21
7	Liverpool Harriers	20	5=	Penny Lane Striders	21
8	Delamere Spartans	19	8	St Helens Striders	18
9=	Skem BH/Parbold PP	16	9	Skem BH/Parbold PP	17
9=	Birkenhead/Pensby	16	10=	Widnes Wasps	13
11	Newburgh Nomads	12	10=	Active Women Running	13
12=	Chester Tri	9	12=	Delamere Spartans	11
12=	Ellesmere Port RC	9	12=	Liverpool Harriers	11
12=	St Helens Striders	9	14	Mersey Tri	8
			15	Chester Tri	4

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[highlight color=red]December[/highlight]

Saturday 6-Dec-2014 at 9:30am: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 10k (London)

Pos	FirstName	LastName	GunTime	ChipTime	Cat	Lap1	Lap2	Lap3
1	Laurent-Olivier	Liote	00:36:35	00:36:34	MSenior	00:12:34	00:12:06	00:11:57	winner - Highgate Harriers
43	Alize	Mintegi	00:43:36	00:43:29	FSenior	00:14:31	00:14:33	00:14:33
40	Mike	Brady	00:43:17	00:43:09	MV40	00:14:21	00:14:17	00:14:41

376 finishers, last finisher in 1:21:39. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 7-Dec-2014 at 10am: Stockport 10 mile

Pos	Name	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime	CatPos
1	Andrew Davies	M35	00:50:25	00:50:25	1	winner - Stockport Harriers
25	Ali Lavender	F25	00:58:13	00:58:12	1	1st lady - Oswestry
43	Christopher Millington	M40	01:01:05	01:01:03	10
114	Victoria Walls	F25	01:06:37	01:06:30	2
181	Jon Chapman	M35	01:09:39	01:09:32	38
203	Jude Peck	F40	01:10:32	01:10:26	2
219	Guy Lambert	M35	01:11:18	01:11:01	45
265	Jane Lowe	F45	01:13:03	01:12:43	3
314	Alan Brady	M60	01:14:38	01:14:21	5
479	Brad Ehlen	M40	01:19:27	01:18:49	80
497	Michael McCarthy	M30	01:19:52	01:18:56	71
1107	Peter Samuelson	M65	01:50:20	01:49:37	15

1134 finishers, last finisher in 2:21:01. Full results are on the HS Sports [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 14-Dec-2014 at 10am: Mytholmroyd fell race (nr Hebden Bridge, category BM, 6.2 miles, 1350ft climb)

Pos	Surname	First Name	Cat	Time
1	Miller	Chris	M	49.29	winner - Harrogate
48	Scarf	Jackie	FV50	64.53	1st lady - CVFR
72	Forster	Kenny	MV55	71.52
95	MacKay	Lisa	FV45	90.41
96	MacKay	Ranald	MV45	90.42

99 finishers, last finisher in 117:00. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 21-Dec-2014 at 11am: Rudolf's Red Nose Race (Blackpool)

This is a 5 mile multi-terrain race, mostly around a country park near Blackpool Zoo.

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	Time
1	Jason	Parker	MV40	28:24	winner - Preston Harriers
19	Bev	Wright	FV50	34:29	1st lady - Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde
136	Anne	Hewitt	FV65	54:14

155 finishers, last finisher in 1:02:25. Full results on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Sunday 26-Dec-2014 at 10am: Knowsley Harriers Festive 4 Miler (Halewood)

Pos	Name		Cat	Time
1	Grant	Callum	U20	21:18	winner - Liverpool Harriers
17	Wilson	Charlotte	F	25:02	1st lady - Liverpool Harriers
41	Hall	Adrienne	FV45	28:35	*1st FV45 and 3rd lady*

104 finishers, last finisher in 54:31. Full results on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 28-Dec-2014 at 10am: NWSCCL #3 at Stadt Moers Park in Knowsley

The course was 5.25 miles according to Chris' GPS. It was fairly frozen underfoot and partially snow covered.

Thanks to Stephen Roberts for doing the finish times and to Les Hewitt for collecting finish tokens, recording finishing positions & times and for typing up the results.

Individual results

Full results are on Steve Saunders' [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Finish times are unofficial and approximate. The second times where included are from last year.

Pos	Runner (time)	Pos	Runner (time)
4	Karl Steinegger (31:26 cf 36:50)	3	Claire Andrew (35:36)
16	Chris Millington (33:15 cf 34:06)	11	Alison Draper (40:01)
56	Stephen Ward (36:35)	12	Jane Lowe (40:15)
62	Stephen Abram (37:10)	26	Total
73	Andy Gaskell (37:47 cf 39:08)
79	Julian Spencer (38:09)	13	Bobbie Lomax (40:17)
294	Total	27	Debbie Read (44:15 cf 45:19)
88	Paul Kelly (38:40)	41	Lisa MacKay (46:25)
95	Andy Dawson (39:17 cf 38:45)	48	Elly Roberts (49:47 cf 52:07)
98	Kenny Forster (39:21)	49	Jo Sullivan (50:16)
101	Alan Brady (39:49)
110	Brad Ehlen (41:06)	20	Janet Robertson (42:07, 2nd claim)
113	Ran MacKay (41:27)
117	Geoff Hand (42:10)		64 women, 8 Striders
135	Richard MacIlwaine (46:19)		(60 women, 4 Striders last year)
137	Dave Thompson (46:58 cf 47:05)
146	John Dooley (49:35 cf 48:40)
151	Terry Coles (55:13)

68	Jim Dawson (2nd claim)

	151 men, 17 Striders
	(144 men, 12 Striders last year)

Team results for this race

*Men*		*Women*
Club	Score	Club	Score
Knowsley Harriers	110	Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	16
Liverpool RC	114	*Spectrum Striders*	26
Penny Lane Striders	116	Birkenhead/Pensby	32
Mersey Tri	147	Knowsley Harriers	37
Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	158	Penny Lane Striders	56
*Spectrum Striders*	*290*	Skem BH/Parbold PP	65
Skem BH/Parbold PP	530	Delamere Spartans	120
Birkenhead/Pensby	537	Mersey Tri	142
Liverpool Harriers	468 (4 ran)	Widnes Wasps	177
Newburgh Nomads	716 (4 ran)	Ellesmere Port RC	113 (2 ran)
Delamere Spartans	600 (3 ran)	Liverpool RC	155 (2 ran)
Ellesmere Port RC	839 (3 ran)	Liverpool Harriers	154 (1 ran)
Chester Tri	744 (2 ran)	Chester Tri	156 (1 ran)
St Helens Striders	928 (1 ran)	St Helens Striders	210 (1 ran)

League standings after 4 races

Best 5 of 6 races to count.

With 2 wins and a second place in 3 races so far, Spectrum women remain in a comfortable lead in the standings.

*Men*		*Women*
Club	Score	Club	Score
Penny Lane Striders	45	*Spectrum Striders*	47
Liverpool RC	44	Birkenhead/Pensby	42
Knowsley Harriers	41	Knowsley Harriers	41
Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	38	Helsby/Lymm/Warrington RR	37
Mersey Tri	38	Penny Lane Striders	33
*Spectrum Striders*	32	Liverpool RC	30
Liverpool Harriers	28	Ellesmere Port RC	28
Skem BH /Parbold PP	26	Skem BH/Parbold PP	28
Delamere Spartans	25	St Helens Striders	21
Birkenhead/Pensby	25	Widnes Wasps	21
Newburgh Nomads	19	Delamere Spartans	21
Ellesmere Port RC	14	Mersey Tri	17
Chester Tri	13	Liverpool Harriers	16
St Helens Striders	12	Active Women Running	13
		Chester Tri	8

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2014 results - July to September

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2014 Results

This page only contains race results for Spectrum Striders RC members. Included are all results from Striders club championship races, plus some other races where Striders ran.

If you are looking for results for one of the Spectrum Striders RC races, please look under the [highlight color=bold]"Our races"[/highlight] menu at the top of any page on this web site.

If any results are missing and you want them to be included, please send a link to the online results [highlight color=bold]to our webmaster[/highlight].

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Wednesday 2-Jul-2014 at 7:30pm: Forest Park Ladies 5k

Please see the [highlight color=bold]race web page[/highlight] for full details of the race, including how to enter.

Pos	Time	Name	Category	mins/k	Club
1	0:18:29	MCVEY, Diane	Lady Vet 35+	03:41.8	1st lady - Wilmslow RC
2	0:18:41	CANDIOLI, Luisa	Senior Lady	03:44.2	1st Senior Lady
15	0:21:32	DRAPER, Alison	Senior Lady	04:18.4
16	0:21:46	WHITFIELD, Liz	Lady Vet 35+	04:21.2
18	0:21:55	LOMAX, Bobbie	Lady Vet 35+	04:23.0
20	0:22:11	ROBERTSON, Janet	Lady Vet 45+	04:26.2	2nd claim
21	0:22:14	LOWE, Jane	Lady Vet 45+	04:26.8
24	0:22:42	READ, Debbie	Lady Vet 55+	04:32.4	1st LV55
25	0:22:50	CALDWELL, Helen	Lady Vet 45+	04:34.0
36	0:24:32	RIGBY, Katharine	Senior Lady	04:54.4
38	0:24:39	BUCK, Sue	Lady Vet 45+	04:55.8
41	0:24:47	SULLIVAN, Jo	Lady Vet 45+	04:57.4
49	0:25:38	ATHERTON, Diane	Lady Vet 50+	05:07.6	1st LV50
50	0:25:39	MACKAY, Lisa	Lady Vet 45+	05:07.8
51	0:25:41	ARBER, Carolyn	Lady Vet 55+	05:08.2
57	0:25:59	OWEN, Linda	Lady Vet 55+	05:11.8
60	0:26:10	FORTUNE, Anne	Lady Vet 60+	05:14.0
65	0:26:15	ROWLANDS, Joanna	Senior Lady	05:15.0
69	0:26:41	EDMONDS, Julie	Senior Lady	05:20.2
75	0:27:01	MCINTYRE, Jennie	Lady Vet 50+	05:24.2
82	0:27:30	MURGATROYD, Gail	Lady Vet 45+	05:30.0
107	0:32:15	POWNALL, Melanie	Lady Vet 35+	06:27.0
111	0:32:32	RAMSDALE, Christine	Lady Vet 60+	06:30.4
112	0:32:35	YATES, Elizabeth	Senior Lady	06:31.0
126	0:35:19	HEWITT, Anne	Lady Vet 65+	07:03.8
127	0:35:26	GEIST, Christina	Lady Vet 40+	07:05.2
131	0:36:20	GREY, Claire	Senior Lady	07:16.0
136	0:36:52	GREY, Lisa	Lady Vet 45+	07:22.4

151 finishers, last finisher in 43:46. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]this web site[/highlight].

Anne Fortune's time of 26:10 broke the Club LV60 record of 26:52 set by Janet Redpath at the Dunham Massey 5k on 13-Jun-2013 by 42 sec.

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Saturday 5-Jul-2014 at 2pm: Moel Siabod fell race (Capel Curig in Snowdonia, category AS, 5.4 miles, 2300ft climb)

This was race 2 (of 3) in the 2014 [highlight color=bold]inter-club fell race competition[/highlight].

Helsby RC won this race with 247 points, followed by Pensby Runners with 135, Spectrum Striders RC & Tattenhall Runners both with 64. Full results are available elsewhere on this web site.

After 2 races, Helsby now lead the series with 497 points, followed by Pensby with 357, Tattenhall with 318 and Spectrum with 183.

Pos	Time	Name	Cat
1	47.53	Felipe Jones	MSen	winner - Aberystwyth
17	56.12	Jackie Lee	FSen	1st lady - Eryri
65	72.13	Julian Spencer	MV50
66	72.27	Rob McHarry	MV50
100	82.40	Liz Whitfield	FSen

111 finishers, last finisher in 110:55. Full results are on the Welsh FRA [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 5-Jul-2014 at 7:30pm: Heptonstall Festival fell race (Heptonstall, West Yorkshire, category AS, 5.9 miles, 1627ft climb)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Karl Gray	V40	00:49:37	winner - Calder Valley Fell Runners
9	Holly Page	L	00:54:58	1st lady - Calder Valley Fell Runners
72	Adam Leadbetter	M	01:11:50

94 finishers, last finisher in 1:56:51. Full results are on the [highlight color=bold]race web site[/highlight].

Race report from Adam Leadbetter:

"After a day out in Leeds for the start of the Tour de France, what better way could there be to warm up for watching stage 2 than a fell race taking in two crossings of the route?

The race starts on the cobbles of Heptonstall, climbs out of the village and then plunges through woodland to the valley floor. A twisted ankle on this section slowed me down a bit, but I was struggling for any speed on the technical descent anyway. This was followed by a long, mostly runnable climb through fields and out on to open moorland. Passing one of the farms, there was a very Tour-like atmosphere with each runner being cheered on by a small crowd, who had gathered to watch.

From the top, it was straight back down in to the valley and then back up through the woods into Heptonstall. Once again my climbing made up a few of the places I had lost as my descending was letting me down.

A great race on a tough little route, and one I'll happily go back to."

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Sunday 6-Jul-2014 at 11am: Beagle Bash 10k (Bentham, North Yorkshire)

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	Time
1	Paul	Singleton	MV40	00:37:59	winner - Ambleside AC
15	Lisa	Parker	FV35	00:47:13	1st lady - Accrington RR
62	Anne	Hewitt	FV65	01:06:47
69	Christine	Ramsdale	FV60	01:10:17	1st FV60

74 finishers, last finisher in 1:21:08. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Sunday 6-Jul-2014 at 9am: Southport Half Marathon

Pos	Name	Gender	Category	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Will Beauchamp	Male	17-39	01:13:03	01:13:02	winner - Sheffield RC
7	Gemma Rankin	Female	17-34	01:19:07	01:19:05	1st lady - Kilbarchan AAC
207	Paul Kelly	Male	40-49	01:43:06	01:43:03
292	Stuart Johnson	Male	TOM	01:48:00	01:47:38
363	Trevor Ainsworth	Male	17-39	01:52:26	01:52:14
364	Benito Sutton	Male	17-39	01:52:28	01:52:17
370	Denise Zachariasz	Female	35-44	01:52:40	01:52:09
500	Mike Brady	Male	40-49	01:58:12	01:57:30

898 finishers, last finisher in 3:06:08. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 6-Jul-2014 to Saturday 12-Jul-2014: Tour Of Merseyside

This is the second running of The Tour. It consists of 6 races in 7 days totalling 52 miles (similar to the Tour Of Tameside in the 1980's/90's).

Pos	Name	Overall	Southport ½	Thurstaston MT	Walton Trail	Hale 5	Knowsley CC	Wirral Coastal
1	Anthony Taylor	05:00:55	01:17:15	00:35:16	00:56:18	00:27:51	00:34:25	01:09:50	winner - Salford Harriers
7	Jenny Clague	05:40:03	01:24:51	00:40:18	01:03:34	00:31:51	00:39:27	01:20:02	1st lady - Liverpool Harriers & A C
51	Stuart Johnson	06:52:13	01:48:00	00:49:16	01:15:46	00:36:58	00:47:36	01:34:37

160 runners completed the Tour. The last finisher took a total of 11:29:46 for the 6 races.

Full results are on the TDL Event Services [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Thursday 10-Jul-2014 at 7:30pm: The Wizard 5 (nr Alderley Edge)

This was race 5 (of 7) in the 2014 [highlight color=bold]Cheshire County Road Race Grand Prix[/highlight], run by the Cheshire County AA.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Stuart Doyle	V40	26:54	winner - Vale Royal AC
26	Diane McVey	L35	30:23	1st lady - Wilmslow RC
30	Chris Millington	V40	30:42
42	Luisa Candioli	L	31:40
82	Julian Spencer	V50	34:46
96	Kenny Forster	V50	35:51
102	Karon Forster	L50	36:22
112	Liz Whitfield	L35	37:01
122	Brad Ehlen	V40	38:06
142	Debbie Read	L55	39:46
166	Michael Bradley	V55	41:33
193	Heather Spencer	L35	44:31
211	Linda Owen	L55	46:52

237 finishers, last finisher in 56:26. Full results are on the SportSoft [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 12-Jul-2014 at 11am: Holme Howler 10k obstacle race (nr. Carnforth)

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	Time
1	Tom	Tipping	MV45	37:40	winner
23	Helen	Newton	FV35	54:30	1st lady - Kendal AC
24	Jane	Lowe	FV45	54:55	1st FV45
25	Jon	Chapman	M	54:55
26	Alan	Brady	MV60	54:55	1st MV60
27	Paul	Kelly	MV40	54:55

168 finishers, last finisher in 1:43:37. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

Well done to our 4 Striders who ran together and were first team.

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Sunday 13-Jul-2014 at 11am: Trawden 7 mile trail race

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	Time
1	Marc	Hartley	M	38.40	winner - Stoke AC
31	Sarah	Tipler	F	47.05	1st lady - Barlick Fellrunners
153	Anne	Hewitt	F65	83.47

154 finishers, last finisher in 88:41. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Sunday 13-Jul-2014 at 9:30am: "We Love Manchester" 10k

This race is sometimes known as the City Of Manchester 10k. It starts and finishes at the Regrional Athletics Track at Sportcity, next the the Manchester City football stadium.

				Cat	Gun	Chip	Chip
Pos	First Name	Surname	Category	pos	time	time	pos
1	Mohammed	Abu-Rezeq	MOPEN	1	00:30:39	00:30:39	1	winner - Altrincham & DAC
6	Jessica	Coulson	FOPEN	1	00:34:04	00:34:04	6	1st lady - Stockport Harriers
45	Robert	Hough	M40+	3	00:38:40	00:38:37	46
242	Bobbie	Lomax	F35+	2	00:45:16	00:45:04	267

2328 finishers, last finisher in 2:05:40. Full results are on the TDL Event Services [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Tuesday 15-Jul-2014 from 7pm: Club 5k Handicap

Many thanks to Janet & David Redpath for once again organising the handicap.

Many thanks to all of the helpers. Many thanks to all of the other helpers, no less than 21 of them!

Thanks to all of the runners who registered in advance again this year. It makes the organisation so much easier on the night.

Fastest runners on the night were Luisa Candioli and Chris Millington. The winners were Mel Pownall and Chris Smethurst.

Anne Fortune's time of 25:45 broke her own Club LV60 record of 26:10 set at the Forest Park Ladies 5k on 2-Jul-2014 by 25 sec.

Les Hewitt took a video of the finish, which has been uploaded to [highlight color=bold]Youtube[/highlight]. Add 33:50 to the video time stamp and you get the approximate race time.

	Predicted	Finish	Actual	Difference: actual
Name	time	time	run time	time v. predicted
Mel Pownall	0:32:15	34:02	29:47	02:28
Chris Smethurst	0:30:20	34:45	28:35	01:45
Kate Johnson	0:26:10	34:57	24:37	01:33
Claire Gray	0:36:30	35:21	35:21	01:09
Brad Ehlen	0:23:30	35:22	22:22	01:08
Richard MacIlwaine	0:25:40	35:25	24:35	01:05
Lisa Gray	0:36:30	35:35	35:35	00:55
Jo Rowlands	0:26:15	35:40	25:25	00:50
Caroline Owen	0:32:15	35:52	31:37	00:38
Jon Chapman	0:21:00	35:54	20:24	00:36
Liz Whitfield	0:21:50	35:56	21:16	00:34
Jane Lowe	0:22:15	36:01	21:46	00:29
Ashley Chester	0:21:40	36:02	21:12	00:28
Jo Curley	0:25:40	36:04	25:14	00:26
Anne Fortune	0:26:10	36:05	25:45	00:25
Tim Lewis	0:22:00	36:06	21:36	00:24
Diane Atherton	0:25:40	36:08	25:18	00:22
Mike Hall	0:23:50	36:12	23:32	00:18
Dave Thompson	0:24:00	36:16	23:46	00:14
Bobbie Lomax	0:21:55	36:17	21:42	00:13
Chris Millington	0:18:10	36:24	18:04	00:06
Gail Murgatroyd	0:27:30	36:27	27:27	00:03
Paul Harrop	0:23:15	36:27	23:12	00:03
Karl Alldred	0:24:30	36:29	24:29	00:01
Debbie Read	0:22:40	36:29	22:39	00:01
Trevor Ainsworth	0:22:30	36:29	22:29	00:01
Paula Coleman	0:27:00	36:34	27:04	00:04
Lee Dugdale	0:20:30	36:38	20:38	00:08
Mike Dean	0:27:00	36:39	27:09	00:09
Kathryn Rigby	0:24:30	36:40	24:40	00:10
Lisa MacKay	0:24:50	36:46	25:06	00:16
Ran MacKay	0:21:15	36:49	21:34	00:19
Denise Hepburn	0:24:00	36:52	24:22	00:22
Guy Lambert	0:21:00	36:54	21:24	00:24
Mat Rimmington	0:20:30	36:57	20:57	00:27
Luisa Candioli	0:18:40	36:59	19:09	00:29
Julian Spencer	0:19:40	37:02	20:12	00:32
Chrissie Geist	0:35:30	37:03	36:03	00:33
Alan Brady	0:21:15	37:03	21:48	00:33
Rob McHarry	0:20:45	37:08	21:23	00:38
Heather Spencer	0:25:15	37:17	26:02	00:47
Chris Falls	0:21:10	37:18	21:58	00:48
Andy Gaskell	0:20:50	37:18	21:38	00:48
Elly Roberts	0:24:30	37:41	25:41	01:11
Iain Fortune	0:27:15	37:44	28:29	01:14
Alan Peers	0:25:00	37:57	26:27	01:27
Julie Edmonds	0:26:45	38:02	28:17	01:32
Angela Moore	0:22:25	38:10	24:05	01:40
Allan Bird	0:25:15	39:39	28:24	03:09
Paul Kelly	0:22:00	41:53	27:23	05:23

Colin Grime			25:13

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Wednesday 16-Jul-2014 at 7:30pm: Sefton Park 5 mile

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	James TOOHEY	MOPEN	26:32	winner - Liverpool RC
34	Alex O'BRIEN	FOPEN	31:14	1st lady - Liverpool RC
42	David HUDD	MV40	31:48
47	Stephen WARD	MV50	32:10
110	Michael CHARMAN	MV60	35:20
122	Malcolm LINGARD	MV45	36:10
166	Adrienne HALL	FV45	38:38
213	Denise ZACHARIASZ	FV40	41:15

440 finishers, last finisher in 67:11. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Wednesday 16-Jul-2014 at 7:30pm: Lion's Bridge Trail Marathon (Leigh)

Pos	Firstname	Surname	Time	Halfway
1	Jonathan	Godfrey	03:18:35	01:38:00	winner - Hull City RC
7	Caroline	Hemming	03:41:39	01:45:33	1st lady

27 finishers + 2 DNF, last finisher in 6:23:56. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]Malc's Blog[/highlight].

This was Caroline's 100th marathon! She wrote the following article which appeared in the October 2014 issue of the Club Newsletter:

My 100 Marathons

Oh dear... my dad is a man of quotations and many times, growing up, I heard the words “’Tis not in the plaudits of the crowd, but in ourselves are triumph and disaster found”, but I receive an email from Julian asking for “a newsletter article on how you got to and where your 100th marathon was?” Eek! So here goes....

I didn’t initially set out to run 100 marathons, in fact, I’d run for 18 years before I succumbed to the challenge, it just seemed such a long way to me! Then in 2006, I ran the Blackpool Marathon, partly with the intention of getting a ‘good for age’ time so I could run the London Marathon. I then did what lots of runners do, ran two marathons each year, trained for the first, ran it, had a break and then trained for a second.

But as I often went out on 20 mile training runs, I decided I may as well be running a marathon! So in 2011, after I’d run my two planned marathons, I noticed there was a local marathon, the Lion’s Bridge Trail Marathon, organised by a member of Astley and Tyldesley Road Runners. I duly went along and ran it and it all snowballed from there!

I’ve run road marathons and trail marathons, I’ve run on beaches, I’ve waded through mud and across rivers, I’ve run up hills and down hills, I’ve run in the light and in the dark, I’ve run them on consecutive days and I’ve even run 105 and a half laps of a track (on 2 occasions!) to get to a 100.

The London Marathon has been in there, but even though I’ve had the opportunity to run it each year I’ve only run it once. I’ve learned there are so many more marathons out there. My favourites being Snowdonia, Great Langdale, White Peak and the Northumberland Coastal marathon, all in very scenic places and, apart from the latter, have a tendency to be hilly!

I’ve also run some Long Distance Walking events. These are open to walkers and runners and there tends to be a 50/50 split. They are often set in beautiful countryside and require you to follow a route description or navigate your way around a series of checkpoints and, given the well-stocked checkpoints (I often described them as a ‘cake’ marathon), you could finish weighing more than you did at the start!

For my 100th marathon I went back to the Lion’s Bridge Trail marathon on 20th July, which was just prior to my going on holiday, the intention being to run the marathon, then set off on holiday, throw my trainers out of the window and not run for the next 2 weeks (which my sister believed would prove more of a challenge to me than running 100 marathons!).

On completing 100 marathons, you can become a member of the 100 Marathon Club and you can choose your own engraving on your medal. I chose the Japanese proverb “The journey is also the destination” because, for me, it has proved to be a fantastic adventure and I intend to keep on running them!

Oh, and by the way, yes, I did manage NOT to run for the 2 weeks of my holidays....but I did eat cake!

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Wednesday 23-Jul-2014 at 7:30pm: Harrock Hill fell race #3 (near Parbold, category BS, 5.2 miles, 900ft climb)

This is race 3 of a series of 4 races. Your best time in any of the 4 races in a year counts towards the Club Fell Championship.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Joe Johnston	MU23	00:32:45	winner - Rossendale
2	Karl Steinegger	M	00:34:36	2nd claim
8	Charlie Sharpe	M	00:36:12
13	Lindsey Brindle	L	00:38:03	1st lady - Horwich
26	Stephen Burthem	M50	00:39:38	2nd claim
53	Neil Adair	M	00:42:25
70	Tim Murphy	M50	00:43:47
80	Kenny Forster	M50	00:45:04
82	Karon Forster	L50	00:45:40
108	Michael Charman	M60	00:47:30
140	Neville Griffiths	M65	00:51:29
169	Alan Peers	M70	00:58:36
181	Stephanie Charman	L60	01:07:06

191 finishers, last finisher in 1:23:25. Full results are on the FRA [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Friday 25-Jul-2014 at 6pm: Lakeland 100

This is a 100 mile circular trail race with 6300m of ascent, starting & finishing at Coniston. The time limit is 40 hours and if you sleep the clock is still ticking!

Pos	Name	Time	Category	Team
1	Marco Consani	21:14:52	M39	Garscube Harriers / UvU Racing	winner
2	Charlie Sharpe	22:47:56	M25	Team 9bar
11	Debbie Martin-Consani	25:28:33	F39	Team Montane	1st lady
50	Chris Millington	31:50:17	M44	Spectrum Fell Fools

Unfortunately, Dave Hudd had to retire after completing 59 miles.

192 finishers, last finisher in 39:49:20. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

114 runners retired.

Saturday 26-Jul-2014 at 11:30pm: Lakeland 50

The Lakeland 50 takes place over the last 50 miles of the Lakeland 100 route, from Ullswater to Coniston and has 3100m of ascent. The time limit is 24 hours.

Pos	Name	Time	Category	Team
1	Kim Collison	07:48:01	M34	Team 9bar	winner
6	Jo Meek	08:43:14	F37		1st lady
242	Ranald MacKay	14:15:16	M46

549 finishers, last finisher in 23:37:11. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

54 runners retired.

Run report from Charlie Sharpe. You can access this report plus some pictures from the event on [highlight color=bold]Charlie's blog[/highlight].

This years Lakeland 100 was fantastic! Same great organisation, checkpoint support was awesome once again with various teams taking over checkpoints (such as running clubs, shops, pink fairies) to look after around 300 starters in the 100 mile and 600 in the 50 mile race.

I had a perfect weekend, catching up with friends from all over the country who had descended into Coniston on Friday ready for the briefing and 6pm start. Oh.. and the weather was perfect (aside from a smidge of rain Saturday evening, though I was tucked away in my tent then). Some say a little hot, though after the AAUT in Spain 2 weeks ago where temps passed 40°C this felt nice.

After kit check (it is actually checked...) you go through a little funnel of being weighed and collecting race packs etc then I had the afternoon to get some food and catch up with friends before the briefing at 4.30pm. There was a male singer at the start line to add to the atmosphere and the first 500m or so through Coniston was lined with people. I set off steadily to the side and apart from ducking and dodging all the iPads people were filming on all was well.

There weren't any really fast starts this year apart from Lee who seemed to be pushing quite hard initially, a small group of about 10 of us behind him. As we passed the Coppermines YHA, it had already started to spread out a little bit. After a couple of km heading up Walna Scar Road at a gentle pace, I found myself in 3rd with Lee and Marco just a few seconds ahead. We ran together chatting a bit for the first few checkpoints, running towards Wasdale as the sun was setting, not a breath of wind – simply perfect running conditions!

At the Wasdale CP, Lee had dropped back a little bit and I was first to dib in. A cup of coke and we set off towards Black Sail. I ran up and at the next gate I turned to give it to Marco / Lee and there was nobody there. I'd just run from the CP chatting but there was nobody there! Felt a bit silly but carried on enjoying the run up and out of the end of the valley on my own.

A good descent down to Black Sail YHA and ran on up and over to Buttermere. Darkness just hit on the descent to Buttermere so I whipped the torch out (I'd packed it in the very top pocket of my pack this time and not in the bottom!) a quick photo shoot on the way down followed by the easy run around the lake to the CP.

A steady run along towards CP 5 at Braithwaite – this section weaves around a few little streams and is gradually climbing. I caught a flash of a torch behind in the distance and was still moving well and remembering the route was pretty easy from last year. I was looking forward to the first bit of food at the CP but when I got there I didn't really feel like the rice pudding, so I had a handful of grapes and filled a water bottle with cola (which I did for the majority of CPs from now on). From here the route is fairly flat and not very technical, some gentle climbs but nothing like the ones just tackled before Buttermere and after Howtown. The night section went pretty smoothly, just kept running along at a steady pace, sipping away at coke and water, keeping on the course and enjoying the clear starry night.

Just before the 45 ish mile CP at Dockray, Marco who was running strong came past and took the lead. I got into the CP and had a few peaches and set out again still just before sunrise. I filled up with some apparently flat coke only for it to explode in a huge jet that reached across the road a few moments later (ha-ha who flattened that?). I managed to follow the next section without any detours, aside from a bit of confusion in a short section with a few cow fields where I couldn't spot the gate and ran around looking for it. All was good, a nice quick few km along the road and into the Dalemain Estate where the halfway point was (about about 55 miles I think 'cos it's actually 105 miles total I believe). I got in and got my drop bag, grabbed a bottle of Lucozade out, downed a cup of tea, had a mouthful of custard and filled my bottles up, then straight on for Pooley Bridge, quite a fast section which is relatively straightforward too.

I usually think about what I'm going to do at the CP when I'm approaching e.g. what do I need to do, eat or drink etc. For some reason I decided to take both bottles with water and didn't take any cola. I set out from the CP looking forward to getting on some good climbs again to make a good push on, but after a couple of km my eyes were shutting. I stumbled along up the climb and found a Mr Corless taking some action shots. Not sure if it had been the caffeine or the sugar in the cola keeping me going up until now but I was struggling to keep the eyes open.

The top section seemed to drag a little before descending down to Haweswater track pretty well and dipping into a couple of the streams along the way woke me up nicely and I made my way on to the mighty Delamere Spartans CP at Mardale Head where there was plenty of energy! I topped up with coke again and pretty much just headed straight off I think?

The climb up from there seemed longer than I remembered. I kept a good pace up and over and I knew the rest of the route from memory a lot better which meant I could relax and just run along enjoying the sunshine and look forward to a fruit smoothie at Kentmere! There was a lot of energy at Kentmere too – Jenn was racing around sorting out my water bottles and bounding about looking really enthusiastic!

I enjoyed the smoothie then set out up Garburn pass which is another great bit of the Lake District. I really enjoyed the section down into Ambleside and was feeling pretty good although perhaps got a bit too relaxed and noticed I hadn't been pushing very hard in the last few miles. I had run the section from here to Coniston with Julie (a client who did the 50), though other than that hadn't been on any chunks of the course since I ran in 2013.

There were lots of people out enjoying the weather as I followed the route along the river and could see all people playing in the river, which looked incredibly tempting! I had been tipping water on myself along here quite frequently and before I knew it I had reached the Chapel Style CP when it was getting towards the warmest part of the day. All the water and drinks seemed to be warm and I was just ready for something cold, anything cold. Just in time one of the marshals was dishing out ice cream for themselves so I had a scoop which was simply fantastic! Sitting out on the sofa in the middle of a field in the Langdale valley, what could be better on a Saturday arvo?

Anyway I got up and ran on towards the FINAL CHECKPOINT!! It was a mixed feeling – I was enjoying the run that much that I didn't want it to end. I ran on and worked my way along some of my favourite parts down to the penultimate climb, got to watch a few 4x4s negotiating their way along the rough track as I was ascending slowly... Didn't spot the highland cows today but could see the final CP as I began the short descent through the farm at Tilberthwaite.

Last year I didn't hang about at the CP because there was only a 10 min or so gap between me and 2nd (which I managed to make up and gain my own gap to take 2nd). I enjoyed a few strawberries and a chat to the crew before I took the final 4-ish mile section up and over into Coniston. No sprint finish needed this time, just a steady run down into the town and into the finish for another 2nd place in 22 hours 40 odd minutes. Aside from getting a bit lazy in the latter stages all went well and I had a fantastic weekend!!

There were some fantastic performances all around from the front end right the way to the guys coming in after nearly 40 hours – I think that's even more impressive! I've run for that length of time in longer events a few times and it's tough – especially heading into a second consecutive night with no sleep!

Post-race I went for a dip in the lake and lay on the beach for a bit... the perfect way to cool down, then it was out for dinner which I managed a soup and about 3 mouthfuls of a main before getting a takeaway box!

Sunday morning there were still runners finishing in all kinds of states from sprint finishes to painful shuffles. The prize presentation is definitely worth staying for, with a video of the weekend that had been made and edited already, some funny competitor stories and of course the trophy and prize bit! Some amazing runners out there over the weekend! Same time next year? Who knows!

One last thing... What did I eat? Half a tin of peaches at Dockray, a few strawberries at Tilberthwaite, a few grapes at Braithwaite, a mouthful of custard at Dalemain, fruit smoothie at Kentmere and some ice cream at Chapel Style CP. Along with 2 breakfast 9bars just before the start.... I think... that was about it.

I had 400ml of cola at 7 checkpoints and a cup of cola at 3 others. I put Elete electrolyte into my water, of which I had about 500ml at probably 10 checkpoints and a bit out of streams.... and a Tesco's own isotonic after Dalemain.

From memory that's about the lot. Should have had a cola again at Howtown as shortly after then was when I got a bit sleepy and relaxed the pace a little it felt like, although I haven't actually any Garmin data to check I was enjoying the run probably a bit too much!

Massive thanks to everyone that helped out, organised, ran, cheered, clapped, took photos and got involved with the event in any way. Also obviously well done to all the runners too! There is a fantastic video floating around of the whole event, try searching it out on Youtube it's worth a watch.

[The official race video is [highlight color=bold]here on Youtube[/highlight].]

Run report from Chris Millington. The full report plus pictures was published in the September 2014 issue of the Club newsletter "Striding".

Lakeland 100 – My biggest challenge yet

Last year I ran the Lakeland 50 and loved the experience, the camaraderie and the buzz of being part of this ‘strange community of people’. The Lakeland 100, actually 105 miles with 23,000ft ascent, is not the next logical challenge. Physically and mentally it’s many times harder and is considered to be one of the UK's toughest challenges. But hey ho, you all know me!!!!

Andrea and I arrived at Coniston on the Thursday night so Friday could be a day of rest before the main event started at 6pm. After registering and having kit my checked and being weighed and having collected my race pack, I spent the day relaxing with Andrea and Christine Hudd down by Coniston Water. I made sure I loaded with enough food to keep me going – a full English breakfast, a ‘99’ ice cream and gammon and eggs for lunch. I was ready for the challenge ahead.

On the start line stood over 305 brave (crazy) runners. An opera singer blasted out Nessun Dorma (“None Shall Sleep”) and we headed off through Coniston to rapturous applause.

Coniston to Seathwaite
Distance between checkpoints: 11.3km (7miles)
Ascent: 659m (2162ft) Descent: 606m (1988ft) Time to complete: 1:32:27

We ascend towards Walna Scar Pass for several miles over dusty, rocky terrain with the sun continuing to bear down on us. We head into the tiny village of Seathwaite to the first checkpoint. Absolute chaos ensues with the hundreds of runners arriving at the same time.

Seathwaite to Eskdale (Boot)
Distance between checkpoints: 11.1km (7miles)
Ascent: 385m (1263ft) Descent: 419m (1375ft) Time to complete: 1:38:46
Total time running: 3:11:13

This section is largely undulating farmland, but not without some significant leg work and good climbs. Navigation is so easy at this stage with so many runners around and we have done our preparation and recced the route on several occasions. It wouldn’t be long though before the sun set and the runners begin to separate.

Boot to Wasdale Head
Distance between checkpoints: 8.6km (5.4miles)
Ascent: 297m (974ft) Descent: 287m (942ft) Time to complete: 1:20:50
Total time running: 4:32:03

This section is short, but begins with a steep climb onto open fells. We head across remote and desolate land past the spectacular Burnmoor Tarn. It’s evening, but barely any cooler than the mid day heat. After a short road section (there can’t be more than a few miles of tarmac in the whole route), we head back onto trail and into Checkpoint 3 under cover of darkness. We’re in for a treat, its Woodstock themed with colourful lights, hosts in fantastic fancy dress and Hendrix blasting out... We stop for 10 mins to fuel up, grab a bag of sweets and head on out.

Wasdale Head to Buttermere
Distance between checkpoints: 11.0km (6.9miles)
Ascent: 712m (2336ft) Descent: 667m (2188ft) Time to complete: 2:21:51
Total time running: 6:53:54

At this point I know what’s ahead. The next section is brutal beyond belief and I have a feeling like I just want to put it behind me (mentally and physically). The main feature is a long climb over Black Sail Pass. It’s epic. Time and time again you think it’s over and it goes on again. It’s inconceivable that you could run this section. By comparison we’ve had it good so far.

As we ascend we look over our shoulders – a spectacular line of head torches spreading out as far as we can see, like a giant string of fairy lights. The sky is stunning. Not a cloud in sight and peppered with more stars than I ever recall seeing.

Buttermere to Braithwaite
Distance between checkpoints: 10.5km (6.5miles)
Ascent: 573m (1880ft) Descent: 613m (2011ft) Time to complete: 2:02:24
Total time running: 8:56:18

After another enormous climb, we rally together and are running well; both of us a similar pace. The checkpoint at Braithwaite is a welcome sight as it marks the beginning of a flatter section. In the checkpoint I had a change to fresh socks, ate a small bowl of pasta and some chocolate raisins and washed it all down with flat coke.

Braithwaite to Blencathra Centre
Distance between checkpoints: 13.7km (8.5miles)
Ascent: 478m (1568ft) Descent: 305m (1001ft) Time to complete: 2:41:26
Total time running: 11:37:44

Time to clock some easy miles! Perhaps not. We push on regardless, persevering briefly along the A66 and onto a disused railway. It feels odd running on the flat and incredibly tough with so many hills and miles in our legs. The flat section doesn’t last long. The early morning sun was rising at this point, a welcome sight, but feeling very warm as it rose into the morning sky.

Blencathra Centre to Dockray
Distance between checkpoints: 12.3km (7.7miles)
Ascent: 417m (1368ft) Descent: 252m (827ft) Time to complete: 2:21:51
Total time running: 13:59:35

This section is relatively long. It has more disused railway and miners track which on paper it’s not as hard as many others. It’s flattish, but very technical and deceptively gruelling.

Dockray to Dalemain
Distance between checkpoints: 16.3km (10.1miles)
Ascent: 370m (1214ft) Descent: 638m (2093ft) Time to complete: 2:59:59
Total time running: 16:59:34

I ran into Dalemain, absolutely brimming with positivity, knowing I was now half way and that Andrea would be there to offer some encouraging words and a big hug. What made it even better was Geoff and Sheree Hand were there to see Ran MacKay off on the Lakeland 50, but also got to cheer me in to the checkpoint. The rapturous welcome from many other spectators and runners made it feel like the finish line, not the just over the halfway point.

This is a special point in the race, it’s synced with the Lakeland 50 and I arrived 40 minutes before they are due to set off. Perfect.

Dalemain is also a much welcome stop as this is where we get our drop bags. At around 25 minutes, it’s probably my longest stop, mainly due to my changing my top and shorts and socks (felt heavenly), trying to eat stew and chatting to Andrea, Geoff, Sheree and Ran.

Dalemain to Howtown
Distance between checkpoints: 11.5km (7.1miles)
Ascent: 294m (965ft) Descent: 285m (935ft) Time to complete: 2:14:11
Total time running: 19:13:45

I leave Dalemain revived and ready for the final half with renewed energy. I flow beyond Pooley Bridge taking runnable stretches of trail to Howtown. The Lakeland 50 runners begin to pass me. Their fresh legs pull me along and to the bemusement of those that pass me, I find myself cheering them on.

Howtown to Mardale Head
Distance between checkpoints: 15.2km (9.4miles)
Ascent: 765m (2510ft) Descent: 672m (2205ft) Time to complete: 2:58:08
Total time running: 22:11:53

This section is horrendous. One large climb up Fusedale Beck on to High Kop and then descending to the second leg which is a notorious rocky scramble of about 6 miles around Haweswater. It’s barely runnable. I head round the lake and into the Delamere Spartans manned Checkpoint where I received special treatment as promised by my good friend Debbie Read!!!!! But struggling to eat anything: the butties and soup did not seem palatable, so I opted for a cup of tea with sugar (the first I’ve had in years) and dunked custard cream biscuits to keep me going.

Mardale Head to Kentmere
Distance between checkpoints: 10.4km (6.5miles)
Ascent: 511m (1677ft) Descent: 589m (1932ft) Time to complete: 2:21:35
Total time running: 24:33:28

I battle my way up Gatescarth Pass. By now I have been running for 24 hours and after a momentary blip, and a much needed phone call and pep talk from Andrea, I was feeling good again. I ‘cruise’ into Kentmere checkpoint and ordered my very own fruit smoothies from one of the many manned blenders lined up ready for our special requests. At this point I was taking on fluids, but was continuing to struggle with food and only just managed to eat a banana.

Kentmere to Ambleside
Distance between checkpoints: 11.8km (7.3miles)
Ascent: 491m (1611ft) Descent: 602m (1975ft) Time to complete: 2:06:34
Total time running: 26:40:02

Leaving Kentmere I caught up with a fellow 100 runner and we chatted all the way up Garburn Pass and before we knew it, looked up and we had reached the top. Hitting Ambleside is a big rush of adrenaline. There are huge banners and awaiting crowds cheering you on. I sprinted through town at ‘immense speed’ shouting to the crowds as I pass the pubs etc... I know at the checkpoint Andrea and her family are waiting and this is pulling me on with a new found vigour.

By now I am shattered as I have been running for 26.5 hours but there are ‘only’ 15 miles left. I re-energized with more cups of tea with sugar, ginger cake and custard cream biscuits. Having spent 10 minutes chatting to Andrea and her family, Ran arrived at Ambleside, well into the Lakeland 50 and looking good. At this point we made the decision we would run the remaining 15 miles together as the sunset and the rain began to fall.

Ambleside to Chapel Stile
Distance between checkpoints: 9.0km (5.6miles)
Ascent: 234m (768ft) Descent: 213m (699ft) Time to complete: 1:38:06
Total time running: 28:18:08

Daylight is fading. Conversation helps us through. It’s dark, wet and miserable when we hit the flat; I steadily shuffle my legs at a slow running pace. We’re glad to arrive at Chapel Stile, a marquee lit with fairy lights serving beef stew. I did however not eat any. I reverted back to my cups of tea now with three sugars and dunked biscuits! (I did also manage cold custard and cake as well).

Chapel Stile to Tilberthwaite
Distance between checkpoints: 10.6km (6.5miles)
Ascent: 387m (1270ft) Descent: 323m (1060ft) Time to complete: 2:12:18
Total time running: 30:30:26

There’s nothing flat about this section. It’s a lengthy slog over boggy fells and boulders. One step at a time we make our way forwards. Trekking across the wet boulders is starting to feel dangerous. Across a boggy field and on to an unmanned checkpoint we dib in.

Tilberthwaite to Coniston
Distance between checkpoints: 5.7km (3.5miles)
Ascent: 283m (928ft) Descent: 385m (1263ft) Time to complete: 1:19:51

Finally we make it to Tilberthwaite. This last section is basically up and over Tilberthwaite fells. It is very, very steep on both climb and descent. Of the people heading over, it’s far from a party atmosphere, more a string of long suffering tortured souls moving like zombies. The terrain is particularly brutal; at times we scramble on both never-ending ascent and descent...

The only thing that now stands between us and victory is the craggy, dangerous, rock descents. With serious caution, we lower ourselves tentatively into Coniston. At this point on the miners track, we looked at our watches and identified how far we had to go. We calculated we had approximately 30 minutes left, but for me to get to the finish line in under 32 hours and for Ran to smash his goal, we had 20 minutes to go. We decided to go for it!

As Ran and I stride into Coniston, we remember how to run and beyond the petrol station we break into a sprint finish towards John Ruskin School. Running towards the finish line at 1:50am in the morning I was surprised at the number of spectators still awake cheering us along the way.

I can’t make out anyone as it is dark so as I near the finish line I shouted: “Andrea Millington where are you?”, to which she replies: “I’m here darling” (to the amusement of other spectators).

Total time running: 31:50:17

I dib in for the last time and I am led into the school hall by marshals, to be met by a huge cheer from the 100s of people still there. There are spectators eagerly awaiting their friends and family to return, runners tending to achy and blistered feet showing off their medals and those just reliving experiences with others runners and supporters.

The buzz is amazing, but by now the enormity of what I had just done was setting in and I was tired. I managed to drink a recovery shake but did not feel like eating the free meal on offer.

We got back to the B&B. I had shower (having got very dirty legs and no doubt I didn’t smell very pleasant) and then bed. I did however not sleep. The adrenaline and the throbbing of my feet kept me awake, so 4 hours later, I was back on my feet getting ready for breakfast.

Even though I felt starving and was really looking forward to it, breakfast was a struggle. It wasn’t until later that evening back in Warrington having fish and chips, that my stomach allowed me to enjoy food and an ice-cold beer.

I’m over the moon to have completed the Lakeland 100. For me it was a challenge as much physically, as it was mentally. Failure was never an option. I was going to finish the 105 miles. Throughout the whole 31 hours and 50 minutes Positive Mental Attitude got me through (even though at times I couldn’t remember whether it was mental positive attitude, attitude mental positive!!!!) I kept saying this throughout the whole race to keep me going.

It was truly an amazing experience that pushed me at times to tears of desperation, but also to moments of true exhilaration. Would I do it again I keep getting asked...... Yes I probably would, but don’t tell Andrea!

Final distance covered: 169.0km (105.0 miles)
50th of 309 (of which 192 finished)
Final time: 31 hours 50 mins and 17 seconds

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Saturday 26-Jul-2014 at 2:30pm: Turnslack fell race (category BM, 8 miles, 2000ft climb)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	John Green	S	01:20:41	winner - Preston Harriers
3	Holly Page	L	01:21:55	1st lady - Calder Valley FR
23	Karon Forster	LV50	01:36:04	1st LV50
33	Julian Spencer	V50	01:46:41
51	Liz Whitfield	S	02:00:22
53	Kenny Forster	V50	02:10:23
58	Lisa MacKay	LV45	02:18:04
59	Neville Griffiths	V65	02:18:07

62 finishers, last finisher in 2:40:08. Full results are on the [highlight color=bold]FRA web site[/highlight].

Two race reports this year.

Firstly by Neville Griffiths:

"This race is from Calderbrook Church and crosses the moors between Littleborough and Todmorden. This moor is normally very wet, but after the recent dry spell, the going was firm under foot. The route is flagged, but with the deep growth of tussock grass and bracken, this was hard to see and a number of runners went off course.

We were all told we must carry water, as it was so hot. The route out was mostly over narrow paths and climbing gradually to a trig point at the farthest point of the route. Then we turned and made our way to the first of the two steep climbs. The going was hard because of the deep vegetation, but once on top of the hills there was good running across the hillsides.

The final obstruction was through head high bracken down into a gully and then a climb out over a high stone wall. The finish is up the steps to the church door and then some very welcome tea and cakes in the church."

Second race report is by Julian Spencer.

"Turnslack fell race 2014 was run under horribly hot conditions. This is the first time when the safety kit for a fell race was replaced by a water bottle! Last time we ran this, I remember it was very wet underfoot and might have been raining.

The race is from a church and you finish up 20 steps at the church entrance. This year the heat got to me, so I felt unwell for at least 40 minutes after I finished despite drinking 2 pints of water, eating home made cake and a coffee. Running on very hot days is not good for this Julian!

The two steep hills are still there at miles 6 and 7 miles to be enjoyed/suffered."

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Sunday 27-Jul-2014 at 10am: Great Warford 10 mile road race

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Chris Prior		54:23	winner - Salford Harriers
15	Jane Evans	L35	1:00:35	1st lady - Unattached
60	Stephen Ward	V50	1:07:17
100	Jon Chapman		1:12:22
125	Jane Lowe	L45	1:15:03
142	Bobbie Lomax	L35	1:16:10
188	Paul Harrop	V60	1:23:36
228	Eleanor Roberts	L45	1:30:27

279 finishers, last finisher in 2:21:14. Full results are on the SportSoft [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 27-Jul-2014 at 10:45am: Littleport Leisure 10k (nr. Ely, Cambridgeshire)

Pos	Time	Name	Cat
1	0:34:05	Craig Holgate	M	winner - Ely Runners
21	0:40:56	Lisa Marriott	F35	1st lady - Ramsey RR
74	0:48:32	Mike Brady	M45

161 finishers, last finisher in 1:12:42. Full results are available [highlight color=bold]here[/highlight].

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Wednesday 6-Aug-2014 at 7:30pm: Pie & Peas 5

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Daniel Cliffe	M	25:34	winner - Unattached
12	Tessa McCormick	L20	29:48	1st lady - Vale Royal AC
17	Chris Millington	MV40	30:56
40	Julian Spencer	MV50	33:31
56	Jon Chapman	MV35	34:27
75	Andy Garnett	MV60	35:45
79	Alison Draper	L	35:49
84	Liz Whitfield	LV35	36:13
86	Jude Peck	LV40	36:17
140	Debbie Read	LV55	39:14
175	Denise Hepburn	LV35	42:55
197	Allan Bird	MV50	44:02
210	Heather Spencer	LV35	44:46
212	Carolyn Arber	LV55	44:51
228	Linda Owen	LV55	47:04

261 finishers, last finisher in 67:41. Full results are on the Vale Royal AC [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 16-Aug-2014 at 1:30pm: Darwen Gala fell race (category BS, 4.7 miles, 928ft climb)

Pos	Name	Time	Cat
1	Paul Brindle	36:07	M40	winner - Darwen Dashers
15	Suzanne Budgett	40:40	W50	1st lady - Horwich Harriers
39	Ranald MacKay	45:18	M45
53	Debbie Read	48:41	W55
57	Neville Griffiths	49:00	M65
64	Dave Thompson	51:17	M55
73	Lisa MacKay	52:29	W45

92 finishers (+1 DNF), last finisher in 1:20:51. Full results are on this [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 16-Aug-2014 at 9am: Pennington Flash parkrun

This parkrun on the day before the Birchwood 10k is a counting race in the Striders XC/MT Champs. Pennington Flash parkrun is free to enter and takes places every Saturday throughout the year at 9am.

Pos	Name	Time	Cat
1	Paul JOHNSON	17:58	SM25-29	winner - Barnsley Harriers
3	Chris MILLINGTON	18:43	VM40-44	1st MV40
22	Tim MURPHY	21:26	VM50-54
31	Kylie MAGUIRE	22:44	SW25-29	1st lady
41	Tim LEWIS	23:29	VM45-49
51	Trevor AINSWORTH	24:19	SM30-34
52	Vincent ALCOCK	24:22	VM45-49
62	Kate JOHNSON	24:54	VW40-44	1st LV40
65	Ben SUTTON	25:02	SM30-34
136	Stephanie CHARMAN	30:28	VW60-64	1st LV60
150	Sandra LEWIS	31:54	VW45-49

201 finishers, last finisher in 50:30. Full results are on the parkrun [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Wednesday 20-Aug-2014 at 7:15pm: Capenhurst 5k

This race is now officially called the "Ellesmere Port RC 5k".

Pos	Name	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Jonny Mellor	MSen	13:55	13:54	winner - Liverpool Harriers
15	Kelly Crickmore	FV35	16:50	16:49	1st lady - Stockport Harriers
38	Christopher Millington	MV40	17:45	17:43
65	Stephen Ward	MV50	18:48	18:45	PB by 16 sec
88	Jon Chapman	MSen	19:47	19:47
104	Lee Dugdale	MV40	20:16	20:15
122	Michael Charman	MV60	21:06	21:06
151	Debbie Read	FV55	22:20	22:14	1st FV55
153	Philip Tugwell	MV45	22:23	22:20
185	Denise Hepburn	FV35	24:45	24:37
187	Anne Fortune	FV60	24:48	24:39	1st FV60 & new Club FV60 record
196	Linda Owen	FV55	25:41	25:33
210	Iain Fortune	MV65	28:18	28:08
224	Stephanie Charman	FV60	30:56	30:46

239 finishers, last finisher in 49:04. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]race web site[/highlight].

Anne Fortune's time of 24:39 broke her own Club FV60 record of 25:45 set in the the Club 5k Handicap on 15-Jul-2014 by 1 min 6 sec. It's the third time Anne has broken this record since the start of July.

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Wednesday 20-Aug-2014 at 7pm: Robbie Webster's Wobbler fell race (Frodsham Hill)

As measured by a GPS in 2013, the course was 5.23 miles, with 823ft of ascent.

Pos	Forename	Surname	Time	Cat
1	Karl	Steinegger	38.16	M-Sen	2nd claim - winner - Ambleside AC
12	Charlie	Sharpe	41.06	M-Sen
26	Julian	Spencer	47.13	M50
34	Katie	Ashcroft	48.24	W-Sen	1st lady - Warrington AC
41	Karon	Forster	49.35	W50	2nd claim - 1st FV50 & 2nd lady
47	Kenny	Forster	51.07	M50
59	Steve	Burthem	53.18	M50	2nd claim
66	Neville	Griffiths	56.50	M60

78 finishers (+1 DNF), last finisher in 72:42. Full results are on the Helsby RC [highlight color=bold]news blog[/highlight].

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Bank Holiday Monday 25-Aug-2014 at 1pm: Cilcain Mountain Race, Moel Famau (category AS, 4.6 miles, 1286ft climb)

Pos	First Name	Surname	Time
1	Morgan	Donnelly	0:31:33	winner - Borrowdale
19	Alex	O'Brien	0:39:40	1st lady - Liverpool RC
20	Stephen	Burthem	0:39:46	2nd claim
34	David	Hudd	0:42:01
53	Julian	Spencer	0:44:04
60	Karon	Forster	0:44:25
68	Jonathan	Chapman	0:45:04
83	Alison	Draper	0:47:24
95	Ranald	Mackay	0:48:32
96	Michael	Charman	0:48:37
110	Neville	Griffiths	0:50:51
119	Debbie	Read	0:52:45
127	Dave	Thompson	0:53:54
137	Lisa	Mackay	0:56:29
144	Denise	Zachariasz	0:59:01
154	Steph	Charman	1:07:37

156 finishers, last finisher in 72:36. Full results are on the Welsh FRA [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

No age categories were shown in this years results.

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Wednesday 27-Aug-2014 at 7:30pm: Harrock Hill fell race #4 (near Parbold, category BS, 5.2 miles, 900ft climb)

This is the final race of a series of 4 races. Your best time in any of the 4 races in a year counts towards the Club Fell Championship.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Liam Burthem	MU23	33:44	winner - Warrington AC
2	Karl Steinegger	M	34:21	2nd claim
13	Lindsey Brindle	L	38:15	1st lady - Horwich
26	Stephen Burthem	M50	39:19	2nd claim
34	David Hudd	M40	40:10
45	Julian Spencer	M50	41:16
77	Jim Dawson	M50	43:52	2nd claim
80	Andy Garnett	M60	44:17
142	Neil Atkinson	M	50:16
149	Janet Robertson	L45	51:10	2nd claim
173	Dave Thompson	M55	54:38
174	Neville Griffiths	M65	54:48

222 finishers, last finisher in 1:27:31. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

Final Striders rankings after 4 races

Thanks to Les Hewitt for compiling this table of fastest times.

		Best	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4
Name	Cat	time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time
Karl Steinegger	M	34:21	2	35:03	5	35:28	2	34:36	2	34:21
Charlie Sharpe	M	35:36	15	38:08	6	35:36	8	36:12
Stephen Burthem	M50	39:19			33	40:06	26	39:38	26	39:19
David Hudd	M40	40:10							34	40:10
Julian Spencer	M50	41:16			47	41:38			45	41:16
Neil Adair	M	42:25					53	42:25
Tim Murphy	M50	43:14	87	46:58	61	43:14	70	43:47
Alison Draper	L	43:31			63	43:31
Jim Dawson	M50	43:52							77	43:52
Andy Garnett	M60	44:17							80	44:17
Kenny Forster	M50	45:04					80	45:04
Karon Forster	L50	45:40					82	45:40
Ranald MacKay	M45	45:56			87	45:56
Liz Whitfield	L	47:25	95	47:25
Michael Charman	M60	47:30					108	47:30
Neil Atkinson	M	49:34			116	49:34			142	50:16
Debbie Read	L55	51:09	125	51:09
Janet Robertson	L45	51:10							149	51:10
Neville Griffiths	M65	51:29	144	54:02			140	51:29	174	54:48
Jane Lowe	L45	52:47	135	52:47
Lisa MacKay	L45	53:22			138	53:22
Dave Thompson	M55	54:38	146	55:01					173	54:38
Richard MacIlwaine	M55	56:35	155	56:35
Alan Peers	M70	58:36					169	58:36
Stephanie Charman	L60	65:24			165	65:24	181	67:06

No. Striders ran				9		10		11		10
Total no. in race				183		170		191		222

Members shown in italics are second claim.

2014 overall race series results

These are decided on a points basis from your finish position, with your best 3 of the 4 races to count.

Pos	Name	Cat	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Total	# races	Best 3
1	Karl Steinegger	M	2	5	2	2	11	4	6	winner (2nd claim Spectrum)
4	Charlie Sharpe	M	15	6	8		29	3	29
6	Lindsey Brindle	L		12	13	13	38	3	38	1st lady - Horwich
16	Stephen Burthem	M50	36	33	26	26	121	4	85	2nd claim
34	Tim Murphy	M50	87	61	70		218	3	218

77 runners conpleted 3 or 4 races. Full series results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Wednesday 4-Sep-2014 at 7:30pm: Hades Hill fell race (Whitworth, near Rochdale, category BS, 5 miles, 1181ft climb)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Ashley Holt	SM	33.54	winner - Rossendale Harriers
26	Dave Hudd	M40	41.33
36	Lorraine Slater	F40	43.12	1st lady - Barlick Fell Runners
47	Julian Spencer	M50	45.42

92 finishers, last finisher in 59:37. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Sunday 7-Sep-2014 at 11am: Shelf Moor fell race (Glossop, category BS, 5.7 miles, 1500ft climb)

This was the 3rd and final race in the 2014 [highlight color=bold]inter-club fell race competition[/highlight].

Helsby RC won this race with 198 points, followed by Spectrum Striders RC with 176, Pensby Runners with 75, & Tattenhall Runners with 31. Full results are available elsewhere on this web site.

Helsby won the series for the second year in succession with 695 points, followed by Pensby with 432, Spectrum with 359 and Tattenhall with 349.

Pos	Time	Name	Cat
1	0:45:52	Michael Fanning	M45	winner - Borrowdale
9	0:50:08	Sarah Tunstall	FSen	1st lady - Kendal
31	0:56:50	Dave Hudd	MV40
38	0:58:04	Ian Pudge	MV40
40	0:58:45	Julian Spencer	MV50
49	1:01:07	Karon Forster	FV50
73	1:06:26	Kenny Forster	MV50
93	1:18:47	Richard MacIlwaine	MV55

98 finishers, last finisher in 1:31:04. Full results are on the [highlight color=bold]FRA web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 7-Sep-2014 at 10am: Wigan 10k

Pos	Name	Category	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Thomas Carson	M16-39	00:32:52	00:32:51	winner - Horwich RMI Harriers
15	Eleanor Davis	F16-34	00:36:43	00:36:42	1st lady - Newquay RR
284	Stephen Pickford	M40-44	00:46:57	00:46:42
604	Kate Johnson	F40-44	00:51:52	00:50:36	PB by 56 sec
672	Vincent Alcock	M45-49	00:52:45	00:51:29

2559 finishers, last finisher in 2:04:48. Full results are available [highlight color=bold]here[/highlight].

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Sunday 7-Sep-2014 at 9:30am: South Cheshire 20 (Crewe)

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	Time	mins/mile
1	David	WEBB	MS	01:47:56	05:23.7	winner - Telford AC
20	Michelle	CLARKE	FV40	02:16:23	06:49.0	1st lady - Telford AC
80	Alan	BRADY	MV60	02:42:09	08:06.3	1st MV60
139	Adrienne	HALL	FV45	03:01:40	09:04.8
180	Peter	SAMUELSON	MV70	03:24:48	10:14.2
198	Paul	KELLY	MV40	03:37:52	10:53.4

210 finishers, last finisher in 4:03:16. Full results are available on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Sunday 7-Sep-2014 at 10:15am: City Of Salford 10k

Pos	FirstName	Surname	Category	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Mohammed	Abu-Rezeq	MOPEN	00:30:58	00:30:58	winner - Altrincham & District AC
85	Ruth	Sinclair	FOPEN	00:39:08	00:39:06	1st lady - Stockport Harriers & AC
102	Robert	Hough	M40-44	00:39:30	00:39:24
234	Philip	Rose	M50-54	00:43:24	00:43:08
1389	Dennis	Yarwood	M45-49	00:56:51	00:54:29
2538	Peter	Haley	M70+	01:13:44	01:12:45

2735 finishers, last finisher in 2:00:09. Full results are on the TDL Event Services [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 7-Sep-2014: Great North Run

Pos	Name	Time
1	Mo Farah	01:00:00
1	Mary Keitany	01:05:39
3404	Stuart Johnson	01:42:30
3920	Luke Potts	01:44:03
4388	Andrew Dawson	01:45:20
5412	Darren Roberts	01:47:51
6754	Michael Bradley	01:50:48
9812	Denise Zachariasz	01:56:41
15176	Norman Partington	02:05:31
16908	Allan Bird	02:08:39
20232	John Dale	02:14:39

41551 finishers, last finisher in 5:18:45. Full results are on the Great Run [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight]

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Sunday 7-Sep-2014 at 8am: Gritstone Grind

This is an end-to-end race along the 35 miles of the Gritstone Trail, from Kidsgrove to Disley. There is a 12 hour time limit.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time	CP2- Timbers	CP6 - Ryles	CP9 - Oaken
1	Charlie Sharpe	M	05:01:33	01:09:40	02:40:00	03:56:35	winner
8	Diane Mitson	F	01:30:59	03:39:00	05:17:11	06:36:02	1st lady - POTOC

67 finishers (+ 2 DNF), last finisher in 11:05:18. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight]

Both Charlie & the 1st lady both set new course records.

Here is Charlie's race report. There are photos on [highlight color=bold]Charlie's blog[/highlight].

Another fantastic "Beyond Marathon" event, which was in its second running this year. The route is on the edge of the Peak District and links the train station at Kidsgrove to Disley, a 35 mile linear route, that seems to take in everything resembling a hill between the two points – Mow Cop, The Cloud, Wincle Minn, Croker Hill, Tegg's Nose, Kerridge Hill and Sponds Hill – before dropping through Lyme Park into Disley. There were 3 checkpoints and about 5 self clips between those.

There were some last minute places going about 2 weeks ago so I got a transferred place. I'd been out in Switzerland for a week hitting just over 100 miles with about 8000m of ascent over the days I ran but was feeling great and quite fancied the run! It's a similar thing to the Sandstone Trail over towards the other side of Cheshire. On the whole the route was easy enough to follow if you were looking out for markers. The most difficult bits were if you came into a farm yard for example and there were multiple paths in a similar direction. Nothing too technical although I managed to overshoot a turning and ran back adding a measly 1 km to the distance. I hadn't recced the route although in 2013 I helped out at checkpoints and had run a few miles of the route. Also I'd passed by a few of the areas in other races, so a couple of parts looked familiar.

An early start to drive to the finish in Disley where we registered, parked and where the post race feast was. A coach to the start for runners, arriving about 8am, and then there was a short time for people to get ready and warm up starting at 8:33am. I ran a couple of km along the canal path we would start on and then there was a quick briefing before the off. Lots of friendly faces around and the perfect clear, sunny morning helped charge everyone up.

I set out at the front at about 4 min kms for the first 4km which was canal path. I could hear a set of foot steps behind so chatted to a guy Damien who seemed to be breathing very hard for the start of an ultra, we had a bit of broken conversation until the gradual first climb up Mow Cop which was fine apart from a cow that was in the single track path between two fences. I tried shoving it out of the way but it didn't really have anywhere to go so rather than mount it and risk getting DQ'd for getting assistance I slid under the fence and ran around in the field before rejoining the path. That was the last I heard off any other runners today.

Fantastic running along after Mow Cop. I was enjoying the trail and could see I was approaching the Cloud quite quickly. I recognised this section having run the Cloud 9 fell race route a few years ago and before I knew it I reached the CP at 9.5 miles in about 1 hour 8 mins and 9 minutes clear of a small group 2nd to 5th. I find when I'm looking out for markers and running through new places I don't tend to notice the miles going by especially on such a nice day! Didn't really notice the gradual climb of Wincle Minn and moved well towards the transmitter tower. I looked back to admire the view and two heads moving up the track caught my eye. I was a bit surprised by this and increased the pace off down the descent... I glanced across and saw them clearly... turns out they had helmets on and were on mountain bikes... never mind! I had run a couple of km around the 2nd CP last year whilst cheering on a client of mine who did the race and I recognised where I was and moved well into the CP. I took some water as I'd drank my bottle by now and a few jelly babies and moved on up the next climb.

It was quite a fun section as we hit Tegg's Nose which was quite a good climb and lots of amused walkers as to what I was doing. Pretty nice area again and a good descent. I knew the CP wasn't far after Rainow although it was a little further than I expected and I'd forgotten about this ascent. Pretty stiff and I managed to jog it up with some pretty small steps with a small group of walkers passing a few comments on my mental state.

Passing the top of a shooting range was a bit daunting so I kept my head down and before long reached this big white thing, The White Nancy. After that a couple of undulations and I glanced at the watch to see what kind of time I'd be in for. I'd expected anything up to 5 hours and thought with 3 km to go I had plenty of time to reach the end in about 4.56ish. As the kms passed what I'd expected them to I thought about the little out and back I did earlier that added me some distance and upped the pace even further to try and get sub 5.....

I rolled in 5 hours 1 minute... not seen the official results yet but it was almost 1 hour ahead of a group of 3 that came in joint 2nd and I was 14 mins under the course record. Some good performances all around on a surprisingly challenging course and a warm day. Post race involved laying in the sun all afternoon tucking into a fantastic post race food spread with lots of fruit!

As always a perfectly organised event and at £18 entry fee, probably cheaper than staying at home!

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Sunday 7-Sep-2014 at 9:30am: Montane Trail 13 (Delamere Forest)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Rob Downs	MV50	1:21:43	winner - Wilmslow RC
17	Sophie Hunt	F	1:35:04
21	Victoria Walls	F	1:36:03	2nd lady
44	Jon Chapman	M	1:42:47
106	Angela Moore	FV40	2:00:23

149 finishers, last finisher in 3:38:09. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Thursday 11-Sep-2014 at 7pm: Club Road Mile

Thanks to Janet & Dave Redpath, Brian Lambert and Johnathan Cahm for doing the finish recording, and to Julian Spencer for typing up the results.

The Road Mile is a counting race in the Club road championship and can also count for Club Standards.

The route is in the Birchwood Park complex, starting and finishing near the Alive and Well gym.

*Heat 1*		*Heat 2*
Name	Time	Name	Time
Anthony Campbell	6:30	Charlie Sharpe	5:10
Steve Owen	6:35	Chris Millington	5:21
Vince Alcock	6:38	Luisa Candioli	5:30
Paul Harrop	6:43	Steve Ward	5:38
Andy Garnett	6:46	Jon Chapman	5:40
Richard MacIlwaine	7:00	Mat Rimmington	5:40
Kate Johnson	7:02	Julian Spencer	5:41
Norman Partington	7:04	Steve Swan	5:43
Jonathan Cahm	7:14	Stuart Johnson	5:43
Jo Curley	7:26	Andy Gaskell	5:49
Paula Coleman	7:35	Paul Kelly	6:04
John Dale	7:37	Tim Lewis	6:08
Janice Leigh (1st)	7:45	Stephen Hewitt	6:16
Ian Dunbar	7:52	Alan Brady	6:18
Simon Wright	7:53	Shirley Anderson	6:19
Amy Jones	9:49	Steve Pickford	6:26
		Debbie Read	6:38
		Dave Thompson	7:15
		Heather Spencer	7:48
		Janice Leigh (2nd)	7:53

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Sunday 11-Sep-2014: North West Triathlon (Nantwich)

Kate & Vince on their triathlon début did the "Sprint" distance – 500m pool swim, 20k cycle and 5k run.

Pos	Name	Age	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Total
1	Louise Cullinane	FSen	00:08:28	00:01:45	00:38:48	00:00:51	00:22:40	01:12:32
46	Kate Johnson	FV40	00:11:40	00:02:40	00:48:55	00:00:44	00:25:16	01:29:15

1	Ian Roberts	MSen	00:07:38	00:01:12	00:31:46	00:00:42	00:17:40	00:58:58
317	Vincent Alcock	MV40	00:14:39	00:04:25	00:51:24	00:01:25	00:28:02	01:39:55

There were 185 female finishers, last finisher in 2:48:21.

There were 349 male finishers, last finisher in 2:00:01.

Full results are on the event [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 20-Sep-2014: Northern 6/4 Stage Road Relays

The venue for the 2014 Relays was Birchwood Business Park in Birchwood, Warrington.

Each leg was 6k for senior men and women. Distances are approximate and are not accurately measured.

Full results are on the SportSoft [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Men - 2pm

There were a total of 117 teams and 23 incomplete teams.

1 Stockport Harriers & AC 'A' 1:52:09

100 Spectrum Striders 'A' 2:29:08

Andy Garnett 27:34

Albert DeJong 25:53

Andrew Gaskell 25:50

Julian Spencer 24:43

Tim Murphy 26:08

Stephen Pilditch 19:00

Spectrum Striders 'B' (incomplete)

Tim Lewis 26:08

Women - 2:05pm

There were a total of 68 teams and 9 incomplete teams.

1 Stockport Harriers & AC 'A' 1:28:23

35 Spectrum Striders 'A' 1:45:20

Victoria Walls 25:04

Karon Forster 28:48

Helen Caldwell 26:58

Claire Andrew 24:30

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Sunday 21-Sep-2014 at 9am: English Half Marathon (Warrington)

		Gun	Chip		Cat
Pos	Name	time	time	Cat	pos
1	Daniel Cliffe	01:08:12	01:08:10	MS	1
8	Kelly Crickmore	01:19:00	01:18:58	FV35	1	1st lady - Stockport Harriers
16	Adam Leadbetter	01:21:11	01:21:07	MV35	3
28	Chris Millington	01:23:59	01:23:57	MV40	5
40	Stephen Ward	01:25:32	01:25:23	MV50	4	PB by 6 min 30 sec
85	Victoria Walls	01:29:31	01:29:21	FS	1	1st Senior lady & 4th lady
140	Jonathan Chapman	01:33:36	01:32:59	MV35	26
244	Bobbie Lomax	01:38:30	01:38:05	FV35	5
354	Tim Lewis	01:42:38	01:39:23	MV45	32
444	Mike Brady	01:44:42	01:42:37	MV45	44
495	Caroline Rogers	01:46:05	01:44:57	FV50	2
638	Angela Moore	01:50:33	01:49:40	FV40	15
672	Jane Lowe	01:51:13	01:48:00	FV45	14
859	Vincent Alcock	01:55:53	01:54:01	MV45	89
860	Kate Johnson	01:55:53	01:54:02	FV40	31
879	Michael Bradley	01:56:16	01:55:52	MV55	39
897	Robert Cant	01:56:35	01:54:51	MV50	54
932	Edward Stokes	01:57:47	01:55:55	MV35	143
936	Karl Alldred	01:57:49	01:55:13	MV40	173
980	Allan Bird	01:58:51	01:57:16	MV50	59
1024	Denise Zachariasz	01:59:59	01:59:12	FV40	38
1055	Alan Peers	02:00:43	02:00:18	MV55	49
1109	Joanne Curley	02:01:49	01:59:08	FV40	44
1111	Alan Brady	02:01:49	01:59:40	MV55	50
1209	Lisa Mackay	02:04:45	02:02:06	FV45	32
1224	Michelle Bradley	02:05:06	02:02:54	FV45	34
1290	Eleanor Roberts	02:07:04	02:04:58	FV45	40
1295	Dennis Yarwood	02:07:15	02:01:03	MV45	120
1323	Jenny Mcintyre	02:08:20	02:05:41	FV50	15
1355	John Paul Dale	02:09:16	02:05:29	MS	323
1439	Ian Dunbar	02:12:23	02:07:28	MV55	69
1550	Emma Everson	02:16:25	02:13:22	FV35	113
1613	Duncan Forrest	02:18:36	02:14:11	MV50	97
1694	Janet Redpath	02:22:21	02:19:28	FV55	11
1849	Katy Young	02:32:59	02:27:53	FS	255

2014 finishers, last finisher in 3:43:10. Full results are on the HS Sports [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Age categories this year were in 5 year bands up to age 55.

Sunday 21-Sep-2014 at 9am: EHM 10k Road Race Challenge (Warrington)

Pos	Name	GunTime	ChipTime	Cat
1	Colin Bishop	0:35:13	0:35:12	MV50	winner - Helsby RC
14	Stuart Johnson	0:45:29	0:44:57	MS
27	Hollie Carrington	0:47:25	0:47:04	FS	1st lady
42	Dave Thompson	0:50:19	0:49:32	MV55
140	Roz Howarth	1:00:24	0:57:17	FV35
203	Sandra Lewis	1:05:10	1:02:29	FV45

This 10k was run in conjunction with the English Half Marathon (EHM).

391 finishers, last finisher in 2:30:49. Full results are on the HS Sports [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Age categories were in 5 year bands up to age 55.

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Sunday 21-Sep-2014 at 11am: Sutton 6

This is a 10k road race.

Pos	Time	Name	Cat
1	0:32:44	LONGLEY, Dean	MS	winner - Prestatyn RC
5	0:35:15	HOUGHTON, Graham	MV40
16	0:38:29	MEAD, Gill	LV50	1st lady - Chester Tri
44	0:43:55	CHARMAN, Michael	MV65	1st MV65
47	0:44:22	FORSTER, Karon	LV50
73	0:47:38	READ, Debbie	LV55	1st LV55
91	0:50:49	EHLEN, Brad	MV40
124	1:01:43	CHARMAN, Stephanie	LV60	1st LV60

135 finishers, last finisher in 1:19:55. Full results on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 27-Sep-2014 at 10am/11am: Sandstone Trail Races (A: 17.1 miles/2150ft climb, B: 10.6 miles/950ft climb)

This race was on Saturday, not the usual Sunday, due to date clashes with other races.

A Race starts in Duckington village, B Race starts near Beeston Castle, both races finish in Delamere Forest.

Full results are on the Deeside Orienteering Club [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

The excluded time spent waiting to cross the A51 is not included in the runner's race time.

A race

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1st	John Hunt	MV40	01:59:45	winner - Wirral AC
20th	Adam Leadbetter	M	02:15:48
27th	Anna Thomas	L	02:22:19	1st lady - Manchester Tri
59th	Julian Spencer	MV50	02:31:06
85th	Andrew Gaskell	MV40	02:42:52
101st	Ranald MacKay	MV40	02:53:13

154 finishers (+3 DNF), last finisher in 4:13:27.

B race

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1st	Alex Hall	M	1:10:24	winner - Vale Royal AC
5th	Chris Millington	MV40	1:15:30	*1st MV40*
8th	Jayne Joy	L	1:18:16	1st lady - Helsby RC
12th	Victoria Walls	L	1:20:06	*2nd lady*
15th	Ian Pudge	MV40	1:22:58	2nd claim
50th	Janet Robertson	LV40	1:35:51	2nd claim
54th	Mike Hall	MV50	1:37:11
56th	Jane Lowe	LV40	1:37:30
62nd	Dave Thompson	MV50	1:39:14
71st	Angela Moore	LV40	1:40:43
79th=	Kate Johnson	LV40	1:42:34
93rd	Vincent Alcock	MV40	1:46:42
96th	Debbie Read	LV50	1:47:06
109th	Denise Zachariasz	LV40	1:50:13

154 finishers (+3 DNF), last finisher in 2:35:02.

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Sunday 28-Sep-2014 at 10am: Macclesfield Half Marathon

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	ChipTime	GunTime
1	David	Webb	MS	01:10:23	01:10:23	winner - Telford AC
10	Diane	McVey	F35	01:23:14	01:23:15	1st lady - Wilmslow RC
66	Victoria	Walls	FS	01:32:49	01:33:00
105	Jon	Chapman	MS	01:38:10	01:38:21
130	Philip	Rose	M50	01:40:51	01:41:02

689 finishers, last finisher in 2:50:54. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

This was race 7 (of 7) in the 2014 [highlight color=bold]Cheshire County Road Race Grand Prix[/highlight], run by the Cheshire County AA.

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Sunday 28-Sep-2014 at 8:45am: Berlin Marathon

Pos	Name	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Kimetto, Dennis (KEN)	M30	02:02:57	02:02:57	men winner - world record
1	Tsegaye, Tirfi (ETH)	W30	02:20:18	02:20:18	women winner
6273	Brady, Alan (GBR)	M60	03:45:36	03:35:29
1765	Hall, Adrienne (GBR)	W45	04:16:17	03:58:47
13686	Kelly, Paul (GBR)	M40	04:18:57	04:08:50

22209 men and 6790 women finished, last finisher in 7:07:46. Full results are [highlight color=bold]here[/highlight].

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Tuesday 30-Sep-2014 at 7pm: Track Mile (at Victoria Park, Warrington)

Many thanks to those who helped on the night (hope we haven't missed anyone out!) – Carol Stynes-Martin, Janet & Dave Redpath, Liz Whitfield, Andrea Millington, Angela Moore, Vicky Walls – also to Les Hewitt for typing up the results.

This is a closed event for Spectrum Striders members and takes place as part of the usual Tuesday evening track training at Victoria Park.

	Heat 1				Heat 2
Pos	Name	Cat	Time	Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Mark Thomas	???	6:01	1	Kieran McGing	MS	5:03
2	Anthony Campbell	???	6:07	2	Chris Millington	MV40	5:05
3	Adam MacIlwaine	MS	6:08	3	David Hudd	MV40	5:21
4	Mick Charman	MV65	6:26	4	Stuart Johnson	MS	5:31
5	Paul Harrop	MV60	6:47	5	Stephen Ward	MV50	5:33
6	Brian Griffiths	MV55	6:50	6	Neil Adair	MS	5:35
7	David Roberts	???	6:51	7	Mat Rimmington	MS	5:37
8	Richard MacIlwaine	MV55	6:52	8	Andy Gaskell	MV45	5:43
9	Debbie Read	FV55	6:56	9	Guy Lambert	MS	5:47
10	Norman Partington	MV50	7:05	10	Jude Peck	FV40	5:48
11	Steve Wyman	???	7:23	11	Chris Falls	MS	5:58
12	Elly Roberts	FV45	7:24	12	Rob McHarry	MV50	6:07
13	Lisa MacKay	FV45	7:29	13	Bobbie Lomax	FV35	6:17
14	Denise Hepburn	FV35	7:31	14	Ran MacKay	MV45	6:21
15	Joanne Curley	FV40	7:34
16	Kit Whitfield	FV50	7:37
17	Carolyn Arber	FV55	7:38
18	Linda Owen	FV55	7:42
19	Ian Dunbar	MV60	8:01
20	Gail Murgatroyd	FV45	8:04
21	Amy Jones	FS	9:06
22	Steph Charman	FV60	9:31

Jude's time was a new Club FV40 mile record, beating Louise Dempster's record of 5:59 set in the Club Road Mile on 2-Sep-2004 by 11 seconds.

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2014 results - April to June

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2014 Results

This page only contains race results for Spectrum Striders RC members. Included are all results from Striders club championship races, plus some other races where Striders ran.

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Saturday 5-Apr-2014: Pendle fell race (Barley, nr Burnley, 4½ miles, 1500ft climb, category AS)

This was the first counting race in the 2014 English Fell Running Championships, resulting in a strong field.

Women's race at 12:30pm

Pos	Name	Cat	CatPos	Time
1	Victoria Wilkinson	F	(001/051)	00:38:54	winner - Bingley Harriers & AC
74	Karon Forster	F50	(012/027)	00:51:26	2nd claim for fells
138	Anne Hewitt	F60	(013/013)	01:33:59

138 finishers, last finisher in 1:33:59. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

Men's race at 2pm

Pos	Name	Cat	CatPos	Time
1	Tom Addison	M	(001/113)	00:32:55	winner - Helm Hill Runners
121	Karl Steinegger	M	(068/113)	00:41:56	2nd claim for fells

338 finishers, last finisher in 1:17:39. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Sunday 6-Apr-2014 at 11am: Mow Cop Hill Race (category BM, 6½ miles, 1312ft climb)

Pos	Name		Time	Cat
1	Damian	Nichols	00:44:53	M	winner - Wilmslow RC
7	Olivia	Walwyn	00:50:59	L	1st lady - Altrincham & DAC
71	Janet	Robertson	01:06:54	L40	2nd claim
86	Dave	Thompson	01:12:17	M50
87	Neville	Griffiths	01:12:37	M60

106 finishers, last finisher in 1:31:05. Full results are on the Mow Cop Runners [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 6-Apr-2014 at 9am: Greater Manchester Marathon

Pos	Name	Time	Cat
1	Andi Jones	02:16:59	SEN	winner - Stockport
22	Emily Wicks	02:38:26	FSEN	1st lady - Aldershot
810	Jude Peck	03:23:45	FV40
1611	Shirley Anderson	03:42:30	FV40
2037	Guy Lambert	03:50:00	SEN
3143	Neil Atkinson	04:10:38	SEN
3147	Philip Rose	04:10:44	MV50
3369	Vincent Alcock	04:15:34	MV45	PB by 13:25
3370	Stephen Pickford	04:15:34	MV40
4823	Norman Partington	04:48:10	MV50
5352	Dennis Yarwood	05:08:31	MV45

5903 finishers, last finisher in 7:06:25. Full results are on the Stuweb [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Race reports

Vince Alcock:

After months of training, the day arrived for my attempt at my second Marathon. Chester under my belt in October – now Manchester in April. In the last few weeks of training, I discovered I had my own personal pace maker. Picky had kindly offered to run with me and try to guide me to my target of a 4 hour marathon.

Preparation was to start early Saturday evening and suddenly took a turn for the worse. Much to my embarrassment I had to make a call to Thommo to purchase a club vest as mine was AWOL and still hasn't turned up! Yes Thommo, I still owe you for it!

Slept okay on the Saturday night, but awoke early with pre-race nerves and the events of the next couple of hours made me wonder whether they were pre-drive nerves! Picky, Stuart (a friend from parkrun) and myself waited at seven on my path. Five past came, ten past came, then as we approached quarter past, our chauffeuse arrived. We met fellow Striders at Old Trafford, calmed our nerves and headed to the start.

Picky talked tactics and as we set off, we fell into our stride and started to count the miles away. Picky was nothing but supportive and advised all the way round, speed up, ease off and incredibly after 17 miles we had three minutes in the bag for our target. By 18 miles, it had all turned around. Stomach cramps, tired legs and an unexpected toilet stop, not for the faint hearted, and the time started to slip. Run, walk, run, walk, jog, walk we managed to get round. 4 hours 13 minutes and 1 second, a PB by 13 minutes and 25 seconds! I was disappointed not to have got the 4 hours, but elated to get such a PB! 30 seconds a mile I guess is not to be discounted.

Thank you to the Striders who were roadside and supportive all the way around. A fantastic experience and a honour to have had Picky run with me, I learnt a lot and we had a laugh as we went round. Thank you Picky.

At the finish, a fellow runner gave Stuart a packet of jelly babies as he was in need of a sugar rush. Stuart passed me the packet and as I took one, to my surprise, fifty five pounds was in the packet. Picky, with help from the organisers, has managed to track down the runner, who had put the money in his sweet packet for safe keeping and forgot. He has told us to make a charitable donation with the money as he was so thrilled we tracked him down. parkrun and Clatterbridge cancer hospital will receive half each.

A fantastic day, a fantastic experience then the drive home (Stuart borrowed some money and caught the train!). Big shout out to Kate for driving us, but also for sorting training plans and routes that made the training so varied and fun!

Steve Pickford:

Medical Discovery

At the turn of the year coming off the back of the Amsterdam marathon, I decided to run in my home town marathon – Manchester (although it barely touches Manchester on its route, but that’s another story). I decided to try a new training plan called the Hanson’s Plan. Several Club runners have successfully followed this with great results.

As my training began in December, I felt good, racking up 40 miles per week for the first 3 weeks, but soon I began to feel lethargic, as a chest infection began to take hold. The next few weeks of training were spasmodic. I eventually had to have two weeks off work during which time I did no running. It was at this point that I began to search the internet for reasons why following a marathon I always seem to get chest infections.

It is amazing what you can find using Google. I found out that many extreme athletes (runners, cyclists, swimmers etc.) due to their extended periods of activity, can suffer from URTIs (upper respitory tract infections). Several hypotheses try to explain this, with the most popular being a change of bacteria in the gut that leads to URTIs. To combat this, it is advised to take supplements such as Yakult, Miso soup, which are foods which contain naturally occurring bacteria that counter balance the effects of extreme exercise.

Change of Plan

Since I had missed several weeks of training, I decided to withdraw from the Manchester Marathon and defer my place until next year. Unfortunately, this race doesn’t allow this. It was either run or don’t run. So this is where I decided to offer my services as a pacer to the first club member who wanted them. I hadn’t thought through what I was going to do if no-one wanted me to run with them. So it was a good job that Vince Alcock asked if I would pace him round for a 4 hour marathon.

I haven’t paced anyone other than myself before. My usual marathon pace is around 7:30min miles which gives a 3:15 marathon. A 4 hour marathon equates to 9:10min miles.

Race day came and Vince was keen to achieve his target of a 4 hour marathon. The crowds at Manchester were superb. The race started and we started out at a perfect 9:00min mile. All seemed well as we passed the halfway mark at 1:59:47, perfect timing. So far the plan was working. As we exited Altrincham and started heading back towards Trafford it was apparent the pace was starting to tell with Vince. We began to slip to 09:15min miles. Vince although struggling with the pace showed a true marathon spirit to finish the marathon with a 13 minute pb. This was one of the most rewarding things I have done and would recommend it to anyone.

Jelly Baby Man

As we finished the race and entered the baggage area, one of Vince’s parkrun friends was lying on the floor with a water bottle in one hand and a bag of jelly babies in the other. As he passed them round he told us that a kind fellow runner had thought he was in need of some glucose as he was looking a bit pasty and handed him the bag of jelly babies and said eat some of these, they’ll make you feel human again. Then he walked off after handing the packet of jelly babies over.

As the packet was passed around Vince put his hand in and pulled out £55 in cash. The good Samaritan marathon runner must have forgotten he had stored the cash there for safe keeping. We looked around the baggage area but couldn’t spot him. We decided to head for home and contact the race organisers to see if they could track him down. Although not knowing his name or race number might make it a tad tricky...

I phoned the race organisers and told them the story. They asked for Vince’s friends name so they could check out his finishing time as they would email 300 places either side of this time in the hope that it would capture the good Samaritan. Although the email had to be worded carefully, otherwise 600 people would all claim to be the owners of the £55! It was a long shot but worth it. Guess what? It worked.

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Sunday 6-Apr-2014 at 9:30am: Blackpool Marathon

Pos	Name	Time	Cat	CatPos
1	Craig Holgate	02:34:52	Sen M	1	winner - Ely Runners
31	Melanie Henderson	03:13:27	FV40	1	1st lady - Portobello RC
114	Caroline Hemming	03:41:55	FV45	2	*2nd FV45 & 8th lady*
162	Andy Gaskell	03:57:35	MV45	28

393 finishers, last finisher in 6:46:34. Full results are on the Stuweb [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 6-Apr-2014 at 11am: Lancaster 3 Bridges 10k

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	Time
1	David	Rigby	M	00:34:06	winner - Preston Harriers
20	Carolyne	Baxter	F	00:40:45	1st lady - Lancaster & Morecambe AC
90	Mike	Brady	MV45	00:48:27

248 finishers, last finisher in 1:21:47. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Sunday 13-Apr-2014 at 11am: Whitley 10k

Pos	Full Name	Time	Cat
1	Nick Jones	00:34:16	M	winner - Warrington AC
50	Victoria Walls	00:41:28	F	1st lady
58	Brad Ehlen	00:42:24	M40
69	Andy Garnett	00:43:01	M60
75	Jonathan Chapman	00:43:27	M
92	Ranald MacKay	00:44:35	M40
125	David Rogers	00:46:14	M50
127	Clare Firth	00:46:22	F35
156	Stuart Johnson	00:47:54	M
166	Paul Harrop	00:48:32	M60
175	Neville Griffiths	00:48:50	M60
191	Richard MacIlwaine	00:49:58	M50
215	Lisa MacKay	00:51:43	F45	PB by 4 min 25 sec!
230	Allan Bird	00:52:47	M50
231	Heather Spencer	00:52:55	F35
307	Paul McWhirter	01:01:09	M40

359 finishers, last finisher in 1:21:33. Full results are on the HS Sports [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 13-Apr-2014 at 10am: London Marathon

Pos	Name	Cat	Time	Halfway
1	Kipsang, Wilson	M18-39	02:04:29	01:02:31
18	Kiplagat, Edna	F18-39	02:20:21	01:09:17
375	Hough, Robert	M40-44	02:45:14	01:20:46	PB by 3 min 54 sec
4992	Read, Geoff	M60-64	03:29:39	01:44:15
5160	Brady, Alan	M60-64	03:30:32	01:43:41	PB by 1 min 22 sec
7552	Chadwick, Daniel	M18-39	03:43:43	01:40:25
15532	Aldred, Karl	M40-44	04:16:21	02:01:41
16211	Samuelson, Peter	M70+	04:19:00	02:03:47
19351	Zachariasz, Denise	F40-44	04:31:41	01:57:26
20811	Arber, Carolyn	F55-59	04:38:19	02:08:04	Club FV55 record & a new PB
32508	Young, Katy	F18-39	05:51:44	02:26:14
35270	Yarwood, Dennis	M45-49	06:56:45	02:26:14

35761 finishers, last finisher in 7:55:20. Full results are on the official London Marathon [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Dennis marched all the way with the Huddersfield Marathon Band, who reclaimed their world record of the fastest marching band to complete a marathon!

Carolyn's time of 4:38:19 was a new club FV55 record, beating Janet Redpath's time of 4:56:34 set in London on 22-Apr-2007. It also broke her PB by 20 min 39 sec, set last year at London.

Race report from Carolyn Arber:

After getting a club place, I was going to be standing on the start line of the London Marathon for the 2nd year in a row. As I only started running at 50, I never in my wildest dreams thought I would run a marathon let alone two so was determined to enjoy the experience of my final marathon. My training had gone well, which was assisted by the relatively rain free and snow free months leading up to the big day and I was confident in beating my time from last year, as this would be my final marathon.

I travelled to London on the early train on Saturday morning surrounded by beer swilling Wigan fans who were on their way to Wembley so the journey was full of laughter and banter. I went straight to the Excel to pick up my number and soak in the atmosphere and treated myself to a new pair of 3/4 pants and a t-shirt with the marathon logo on, as this was to be my last marathon!

John and I then went for a walk to sort out the very important job of locating the pub where I was meeting the family and other Striders for post race beers and we then went and checked into our hotel. I began to lay out my race kit and pin my number on my vest and to my horror, discovered I had left my shorts at home???

The shops were closed by now so I had to decide if I was going to run in my underwear or wear the new 3/4 leggings I had just bought! A no brainer really, although the underwear could well have meant that I would be interviewed by the BBC again! So, first
rule of running, never wear anything new on race day, had to go out of the window, and doubly so as I also then had to wear my new top as I couldn't possibly wear orange and cerise pink together (it's a girl thing!).

I calmed down a bit and went to meet Kate, Alan and Vince for a lovely pasta feast albeit it a very dodgy area between a lap dancing club and a shop that specialises in cross dressing???

The following morning I took my potato cakes (my race day breakfast of choice) to the dining room to be told that it would not open until 8. There were several other runners staying, so in the dark, we managed to plug in the industrial toaster, break into the fridge and locate milk and butter and scramble together our most important meal of that day.

I got to the start after an emotional phone conversation with my mum on the train and was comforted by a fellow runner eating a cheese and pickle sandwich (a stranger breakfast than mine even) and arrived at the park. I soaked in the atmosphere in the sun as this was going to be my last marathon (have I mentioned that?) and queued (several times) for the loo before making my way to the pens only to find myself at the back of pen 9 with all the walk/runners. No use worrying about that then as I was more concerned that it was getting warmer and I was in 3/4 pants.

Eventually we got going, but it was very crowded and there were people in front of me walking before the mile 1 marker???? I weaved my way through them and passed the marching band and other various fancy dressers, but found it difficult to get into a rhythm as it was so congested. Never mind Cal, I said to myself, this is your last marathon so just enjoy it.

Unbelievably, my pace was pretty constant and I got through 13.1 miles just where I wanted to be and feeling strong. I had seen my family a couple of times and the crowd support was amazing, the sunshine had brought everyone out and there was a real party atmosphere. The weather was then getting hotter and a lot of people around me started to struggle, but I still felt good and was looking forward to seeing the family again at mile 16......... and that is when the wheels fell off.

They weren't where I thought they would be and I lost it mentally. They were only about 400m further in, but something had gone in my head and I just couldn't pick myself up after that. The warnings that marathons were 80% in your head and 20% in your legs certainly came true for me. I stopped and had a hug from all the family, and other bystanders too I think, and started running again, but however hard I tried to push on, those last 10 miles were so hard.

Again, the fantastic supporters lining the route were amazing and really lifted my flagging spirit and I managed to not look at all the lost souls in Blackfriars Tunnel wailing and moaning like Dante's inferno, and made it onto Birdcage Walk knowing the end was in sight. I even managed to smile and overtake a few people up the Mall and finally I was over the finishing line, of my last marathon!

My time wasn't what I had wanted, but was 20 minutes quicker than last year and a new club age record, so not a bad result in all.

I made it to the pub and swapped stories with Karl, Alan, Rob and Geoff and we all enjoyed some post race beers and met up with our families and the Striders support team of Kate and Vince!

I have now decided to hang up my marathon shoes and get back out those Jimmy Choo's! High heels; I have missed you.

As I write this the pain has started to fade ( I can only compare it to giving birth) and I've done that twice and now done a marathon twice too so this is it................or is it?????

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Wednesday 16-Apr-2014 at 7pm: Chester Spring 5

Pos	Time	Name		Cat
1	0:26:13	PRIOR,	Christian	MV35	winner
19	0:28:26	MILLINGTON,	Christopher	MV40	PB by 1:08
50	0:30:11	CANDIOLI,	Luisa	LSen	1st lady
115	0:33:45	DRAPER,	Alison	LSen
119	0:33:55	EHLEN,	Brad	MV40
133	0:34:34	GARNETT,	Andy	MV60
166	0:35:41	ROGERS,	Caroline	LV50	PB by 2 mins
227	0:38:07	READ,	Debbie	LV55	New Club LV55 record
232	0:38:27	BRADLEY,	Michael	MV55
249	0:39:31	GRIFFITHS,	Neville	MV65

334 finishers, last finisher in 56:52. Full results are on the [highlight color=bold]race web site[/highlight].

Debbie's time of 38:07 broke her own Club FV55 record of 38:30 set at the Green Drive 5 on 21-Oct-2012 by 23 sec.

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Easter Saturday 19-Apr-2013 at 3pm: Rivington Pike Fell Race (category BS, 3.2 miles, 700ft climb)

Please note that the Rivington Pike is not in the Club Fell Champs for 2014.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Rob Hope		17:18	Pudsey & Bramley AC
43	Danielle Hodgkinson	L	20:31	1st lady - Wallsend Harriers
187	Karon Forster	L50	25:22	2nd claim for fells
202	Kenny Forster	V50	25:51
210	Ranald Mackay	V45	26:06
290	Richard Macilwaine	V55	29:44

356 finishers, last finisher in 39:25. Full results are on the SportSoft [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Easter Sunday 20-Apr-2014 at 9:30am: Run The Bridge 5 mile (Runcorn)

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	James	Riley	MSen	00:25:33	00:25:33	winner - Liverpool Harriers
21	Rachael	Burns	FSen	00:29:18	00:29:18	1st lady - Liverpool Harriers
90	Jon	Chapman	MSen	00:34:01	00:33:51
128	Jane	Lowe	F45	00:35:43	00:35:36
184	Debbie	Read	F55	00:37:56	00:37:51	Club FV55 record
205	Stuart	Johnson	MSen	00:38:50	00:38:30
283	Eleanor	Roberts	F45	00:40:59	00:40:48	PB by 2:20

662 finishers, last finisher in 1:12:56. Full results are on the FR Systems [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Debbie's time broke her previous FV55 record of 38:07 by 16 sec. That record had lasted just 4 days! It was set at the Chester Spring 5 on 16-Apr-2014.

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Thursday 24-Apr-2014 at 7:30pm: Mobberley "Round The Runway" race

The route is approx 5.3 miles.

Pos	Name	Time	Cat
1	Damian Nicholls	28:34		winner - Wilmslow RC
29	Kate Moulds	32:03	U20	1st lady - Vale Royal AC
392	Dennis Yarwood	53:14	V45

430 finishers, last finisher in 1:26:48. Full results are on the SportSoft [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 27-Apr-2014 at 11am: Radcliffe 10k Multi-terrain race

There was a record entry for this race.

Pos	Name	Cat	CatPos	Time
1	Tom Carson	M	(001/086)	00:34:08	winner - Horwich RMI Harriers
23	Jayne Joy	F	(001/032)	00:38:25	1st lady - Helsby Running Club
360	Anne Hewitt	F65	(001/001)	01:06:17	1st FV65

382 finishers, last finisher in 1:33:06. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

Anne was 1st FV65 for the second consecutive year.

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Sunday 4-May-2014 at 10:30am: Liverpool Spring 10k

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	James	Riley	M	00:31:11	00:31:11	winner - Liverpool Harriers
37	Rachael	Burns	F	00:38:01	00:38:01	1st lady - Liverpool Harriers
95	Stephen	Ward	M50	00:40:32	00:40:28	PB by 1½ mins
163	Philip	Rose	M50	00:42:37	00:42:28
208	Paul	McWhirter	M45	00:43:57	00:43:46
266	Clare	Firth	F35	00:45:17	00:45:06
417	Angela	Moore	F40	00:48:09	00:47:48
608	Denise	Zachariasz	F40	00:50:53	00:50:31
636	Allan	Bird	M50	00:51:19	00:50:38	PB by 59 sec
1730	Emma	Johnston	F40	01:04:30	01:01:13

2612 finishers, last finisher in 1:57:21. Full results are on the FR Systems [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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May Day Bank Holiday Monday 5-May-2014 at 11:30am: Wray Caton Moor fell race (category BM, 6.8 miles, 1100ft climb)

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	Time
1	Steve	SWARBRICK	M40	0:44:00	winner - Bowland
21	Melanie	HYDER	LU23	0:50:34	1st lady - Helm Hill
56	Neil	ADAIR	MS	0:54:44
143	Brad	EHLEN	M40	1:08:08

174 finishers, last finisher in 1:26:17. Results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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May Day Bank Holiday Monday 5-May-2014 at 11am: Terry Nortley Relays (Close Park, Radcliffe)

This is a chip-timed 4 by 2 mile team relay.

Anne Hewitt ran her leg in 18:55 in a Mixed Vet team from various clubs, finishing in a total of 1:03:20 as 33rd team out of 45.

Striders Trevor Ainsworth (14:04) and Ben Sutton (14:35) ran in a 3-person Male Senior team with unattached runner Mike McCarthy (12:53).

Full results are on the Wild Boar Events [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 11-May-2014 from 8am: Calderdale Way Relay

The club had two teams this year, an impressive total of 24 runners! As each leg is end-to-end, it's quite a logistical challenge to get everyone in the right place at the right time. Many thanks to Julian for once more coordinating the teams.

		A team (55th)
			Leg time	Cumulative
	Miles		time (pos)	time (pos)
Leg 1	10.55	Kark Steinegger	1:34:28	1:34:28
		Stephen Pilditch	(34)	(34)

Leg 2	8.46	Julian Spencer	1:20:17	2:54:45
		Adam Leadbetter	(42)	(38)

Leg 3	4.80	Alison Draper	0:50:24	3:45:09
		Vicki Walls	(40)	(38)

Leg 4	9.36	Alan Brady	1:46:25	5:31:34
		Rob McHarry	(70)	(47)

Leg 5	7.55	Jude Peck	1:21:56	6:53:30
		Luisa Candioli	(57)	(49)

Leg 6	10.50	Andy Garnett	1:42:49	8:36:19
		Brad Ehlen	(69)	(55)

		B team (77th)
			Leg time	Cumulative
	Miles		time (pos)	time (pos)
Leg 1	10.55	Tim Murphy	1:59:25	1:59:25
		Tim Lewis	(77)	(77)

Leg 2	8.46	Heather Spencer	1:50:20	3:49:45
		Sue Buck	(83)	(78)

Leg 3	4.80	Liz Whitfield	1:02:05	4:51:50
		Carol Stynes	(72)	(78)

Leg 4	9.36	Steve Pickford	2:09:52	7:01:42
		Dave Thompson	(88)	(80)

Leg 5	7.55	Neville Griffiths	1:27:54	8:29:36
		Jan Chapman	(75)	(79)

Leg 6	10.50	Tim Jefferson	1:43:08	10:12:44
		Andy Quinn	(70)	(77)

The winning team took 5:57:12, the 85th and last complete team took 12:10:09. There were 5 incomplete teams.

Full results are available on the Halifax Harriers AC [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Race report from Sue Buck:

When the club decided to organise another UK team event, I thought that sounds like fun. I thoroughly enjoyed the Cheshire Ring Relay last year, so I was glad that I got the opportunity to participate in this year's event.

Heather and I did leg 2, which went up to Stoodley Pike from Cragg Vale. I wasn't quite sure why we needed to do a recce, but having now done both the recce and the real event, I was glad that we had, as unlike other fell races I've done so far, the course wasn't partially marked.

The weather for the recce was glorious and I enjoyed the run and meeting runners from other clubs. One thing I hadn't realised was that quite a bit of our leg wasn't actually on the Calderdale Way, so I'd tried to make a mental note of where the leader thought we would go wrong.

Race day came. The weather was nothing like the previous weekend. It was cold, windy and raining. I got no sympathy at home and was just told that this would be a 'proper' fell race in the wet.

On arriving in Cragg Vale, we made our way down to the handover point outside the pub and waited. The pub was doing a roaring trade in bacon butties and tea. I resisted temptation, although I was certainly getting quite cold while we were waiting.

We saw Karl and Steve come in and cheered Julian and Adam on their way. Then we waited for the mass start.

Once we started running, I was no longer cold and started enjoying myself even though the weather didn't offer any respite. We'd just passed the ladder stile after the boggy bit near the Pike and it started hailing. I think Heather's words were something like 'this is a bit grim!'. We made our way towards the marshal and the Pike and then got off there as quickly as we could.

Luckily, the weather did improve as we went back into the valley. At Lumbutts, there was support in the form of Kate and Vinnie. Vinnie practised his backwards running by running just in front of us with some Jelly Babies, which were very welcome! Apparently we looked happy compared to some of the other runners they had seen going past!

We continued to make our way back, remembering to ignore the sign at the stables, turn right just after the pub, right opposite Morrisons in the valley and then right at the for sale signs above Todmorden. In what seemed like no time, we were back at the leisure centre.

I thoroughly enjoyed it and my new waterproof was well and truly tested! I'm now looking forward to taking part in whatever next year's team event is!

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Sunday 18-May-2014 at 9am: Chester Half Marathon

GunPos	Name	Category	Gun Time	ChipTime	CatPos
1	Mohammed Abu-Rezeq	MOPEN	01:05:48	01:05:48	1	winner - Altrincham & DAC
20	Christopher Millington	M40+	01:19:56	01:19:56	5	PB by 27 sec
23	Graham Houghton	M40+	01:20:09	01:20:09	6
36	Gemma Connolly	FOPEN	01:22:20	01:22:20	1	1st lady - St Helens Sutton
484	Andy Garnett	M60+	01:39:24	01:39:19	3
821	Stuart Johnson	MOPEN	01:45:24	01:44:34	434
899	Caroline Rogers	F50+	01:46:35	01:44:42	6
1007	Paul Kelly	M40+	01:47:57	01:47:49	174
1134	David Rogers	M50+	01:49:35	01:48:34	78
1458	Jane Lowe	F45+	01:53:32	01:51:39	22
1538	Adrienne Hall	F45+	01:54:35	01:50:22	25
2063	Denise Zachariasz	F40+	02:00:06	01:56:36	65
2485	Graham Driver	M45+	02:03:58	02:01:10	257
2823	Jenny Mcintyre	F50+	02:08:45	02:05:14	31
4661	Katy Young	FOPEN	02:36:31	02:29:53	774

5313 finishers, last finisher in 4:01:17. Full results on the TDL Event Services [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight], including split times & positions.

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Friday 23-May-2014 at 7:15pm: Christleton 5k

Pos	Name	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Andrew Davies	MSen	00:14:36	00:14:35	winner - Maldwyn Harriers
32	Elle Vernon	FSen	00:16:06	00:16:04	1st lady - Stockport Harriers
65	Chris Millington	M40	00:16:51	00:16:48	PB by 28 sec
120	David Hudd	M40	00:17:59	00:17:51	PB by 14 sec
121	Luisa Candioli	FSen	00:18:01	00:17:54
168	Stephen Ward	M50	00:19:27	00:19:15	PB by 1 min 13 sec
176	Dillon Alcock	MU20	00:19:39	00:19:22	PB by 1 min 21 sec
189	Jude Peck	F40	00:19:57	00:19:46
245	Michael Charman	M60	00:21:23	00:21:10
283	Debbie Read	F55	00:22:50	00:22:29
313	Heather Spencer	F35	00:25:05	00:24:42
315	Linda Owen	F55	00:25:36	00:25:13
318	Kate Johnson	F40	00:25:55	00:25:33
321	Vincent Alcock	M45	00:26:12	00:25:47

334 finishers, last finisher in 32:49. Full results are on the Chester Tri [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Jude's chip time of 19:46 was a Womens Vet 40 Club record, beating Caroline Hemming's time of 19:47 set at Bowdon on 4-Jun-2009 by 1 sec.

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Wednesday 28-May-2014 at 7:30pm: Harrock Hill fell race #1 (near Parbold, category BS, 5.2 miles, 900ft climb)

This is race 1 of a series of 4 races. Your best time in any of the 4 races in a year counts towards the Club Fell Championship.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Andrew Kaufman	M	00:34:08	winner - Wigan Harriers
2	Karl Steinegger	M	00:35:03	2nd claim
15	Charlie Sharpe	M	00:38:08
41	Dawn Atkins	L	00:40:40	1st lady - Chorley AC
87	Tim Murphy	M50	00:46:58
95	Liz Whitfield	L	00:47:25
125	Debbie Read	L55	00:51:09
135	Jane Lowe	L45	00:52:47
144	Neville Griffiths	M65	00:54:02
146	Dave Thompson	M55	00:55:01
155	Richard MacIlwaine	M55	00:56:35

183 finishers, last finisher in 1:21:35. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

Notes from Neville:

Jane Lowe and Richard MacIlwaine were doing the race for the first time and despite the wet and muddy conditions, they really enjoyed it. Richard, to much scoffing, boldly predicted that it wouldn’t rain during the race and he was right as it stayed dry for the race and the prize giving.

Jane had the last laugh when she nearly lost her shoe in the mud as Dave, who was laughing at her, lost his shoe in the mud!

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Thursday 29-May-2014 at 7:15pm: Bowdon 5k

Claire Andrew's time of 18:58 was a new Club FV35 5k record, breaking Caroline Jones' record of 19:28 set at the World Firefighters Games in Liverpool on 29-Aug-2008 by 30 sec.

This was race 1 (of 5) in the [highlight color=bold]North Cheshire 5k Grand Prix Series[/highlight].

Pos	Name	Cat.	Time
1	SWENSSON, Martin	Senior Man	16.19	winner - Penny Lane Striders
15	MILLINGTON, Chris	Male Vet 40	17.43
25	CANDIOLI, Luisa	Senior Lady	18.33	1st Lady
32	ANDREW, Claire	Lady Vet 35	18.58	1st Lady V35 & Club Record
46	SPENCER, Julian	Male Vet 50	19.35
57	COLES, Matthew	Junior Man	20.08
64	PECK, Jude	Lady Vet 40	20.16	1st Lady V40
71	DRAPER, Alison	Senior Lady	20.34
78	MCHARRY, Rob	Male Vet 50	21.01
84	GARNETT, Andy	Male Vet 60	21.16
87	CHARMAN, Michael	Male Vet 60	21.29
88	EHLEN, Brad	Male Vet 40	21.36
116	HARROP, Paul	Male Vet 60	23.03
131	BRADLEY, Michael	Male Vet 55	23.51
132	HEPBURN, Denise	Lady Vet 35	23.53	PB by 3 min 40 sec
133	DUGDALE, Lee	Male Vet 40	23.54
148	BUCK, Sue	Lady Vet 45	24.31	PB by 1 min 10 sec
150	PEERS, Alan	Male Vet 70+	24.38
151	ROBERTS, Eleanor	Lady Vet 45	24.43	PB by 26 sec
152	GRIFFITHS, Neville	Male Vet 65	24.44
160	SPENCER, Heather	Lady Vet 35	25.21
165	ARBER, Carolyn	Lady Vet 55	25.59
167	YARWOOD, Dennis	Male Vet 45	26.24
175	DOOLEY, John P	Male Vet 65	27.48
176	DUNBAR, Ian	Male Vet 60	27.56
178	COLES, Terry	Male Vet 70+	28.04

186 finishers, last finisher in 39:26. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Saturday 31-May-2014 at 11am: Duddon Valley fell race (Lake District, category AL, 18 miles, 6000ft climb)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Simon Harding	M	03:00:21	winner - Macclesfield
15	Caitlin Rice	L	03:33:46	1st lady - Glossopdale
102	Neil Adair	M	05:04:57
105	Ranald Mackay	MV40	05:28:05
110	Colin Grime	MV60	05:54:47

111 finishers (+ 3 DNF), last finisher in 6:02:34. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 1-Jun-2014 at 11am: Wigan Trail 10k

This race was formerly known as the Amberswood 10k.

Pos	Name		Cat	Time
1	Snape	Tom	M40	35:58	winner
7	McVey	Diane	F35	40:00	1st lady - Wilmslow
41	Murphy	Tim	M40	46:27

237 finishers, last finisher in 1:34:23. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Thursday 5-Jun-2014 at 7:15pm: Dunham Massey 5k (race 1)

This was race 2 (of 5) in the [highlight color=bold]North Cheshire 5k Grand Prix Series[/highlight].

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	Time
1	Daniel	CLIFFE	Senior Man	15.07	winner - Unattached
28	Juliet	DOWNS	Junior Lady	18.32	1st lady - Stockport Harriers
14	Chris	MILLINGTON	Male Vet 40	17.28	1st MV40
46	Stephen	WARD	Male Vet 50	19.30
54	Julian	SPENCER	Male Vet 50	19.53
62	Matthew	COLES	Junior Man	20.29
72	Rob	MCHARRY	Male Vet 50	20.53
78	Brad	EHLEN	Male Vet 40	21.18
86	Liz	WHITFIELD	Lady Vet 35	21.32
88	Lee	DUGDALE	Male Vet 40	21.40
91	Michael	CHARMAN	Male Vet 60	21.44
121	Debbie	READ	Lady Vet 55	23.19
132	Michael	BRADLEY	Male Vet 55	23.48
143	Denise	HEPBURN	Lady Vet 35	24.13
150	Allan	BIRD	Male Vet 50	24.32
152	Neville	GRIFFITHS	Male Vet 65	24.35
156	Eleanor	ROBERTS	Lady Vet 45	25.03
158	Alan	PEERS	Male Vet 70+	25.06
165	Heather	SPENCER	Lady Vet 35	25.58
169	Dennis	YARWOOD	Male Vet 45	26.29
174	Ian	DUNBAR	Male Vet 60	27.36
180	John P	DOOLEY	Male Vet 65	28.24
181	Roz	HOWARTH	Senior Lady	28.59
184	Terry	COLES	Male Vet 70+	29.24
188	Christine	RAMSDALE	Lady Vet 60	32.38

191 finishers, last finisher in 39:00. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Saturday 7-Jun-2014 at 8:30am: Sandstone Trail Challenge

The Challenge is end-to-end and follows the full Sandstone Trail route from Whitchurch to Frodsham. The official distance is 34 miles but the organisers reckon it's just under 33 miles and has about 3700 feet of climb. There is a cut-off time of 9pm to finish. The Challenge is an LDWA (Long Distance Walkers Association) event that supports runners, rather than a race.

Pos	Name	Time
1	Nick Wishart	5:09:00	winner
8	Caroline Hall	5:40:00	1st lady
47	Sue Buck	7:12:00

174 finishers, last finisher in 13:17. Full results are on the Helsby RC [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight]. 15 people retired.

Run report from Sue Buck:

Just over a year ago, I found myself detaching labels from weary runners and walkers at the finish of the Sandstone Trail Challenge. The Sandstone Trail is a long distance footpath that runs from Whitchurch to Frodsham and is approximately 33 miles long.

I'd first heard about the challenge about 10 years ago, when it was organised by Cheshire Fire and Rescue and couldn't believe how anyone would manage to walk 33 miles in one day let alone run it, but it did look like fun though. The Challenge is now organised by Helsby RC. I went on about it enough that Andy threatened to enter me. This, along with the fact that it was going to be on what would have been my late father's 90th birthday,
meant that I decided to bite the bullet and enter.

I canvassed opinion about training from other ultra runners and then looked online for a plan. I quickly discovered that plans were few and far between and the world of ultra marathon running appears to be a lot more flexible and less prescriptive than what I was used to. However, I found something that was time based online and adapted it according to some of the advice I'd been given.

I was a bit naive to say the least!! In my head, the training runs were on cool sunny days, where I could just keep running forever! Er no! The reality for the first couple of weeks at least: hail, gale force winds, tree strewn paths, Delamere Forest closed and the long runs turning into a long cross country with loads of mud. Luckily, I like running in mud, but it made it very hard going at times.

I had been told that it was time on your feet that mattered and the other key fact was to run at a pace you perceive you can keep going at all day. This sounded very appealing, but in fact it does still become extremely tiring after a couple of hours and you are carrying a pack! Luckily the weather and my stamina improved and we did have some very enjoyable long runs along the river.

Race day finally arrived. Despite the forecast for thunder storms, it was dry in Frodsham and the sun was even trying to get through. We boarded the bus and set off. A few miles outside Whitchurch, the heavens opened, and the rain was accompanied by thunder and lightning! I did ask what should I do if we had lightning during the race? Keep going and don't stand under a tree was the answer!

We were dropped off in Whitchurch and it wasn't long until the race began. The rain was a lot lighter by now and
actually made for reasonable running weather. However, the paths that I'd remembered as being firm on our recce along the canal were soft, muddy and very wet. After about 3 miles, the trail left the canal to make its way across fields to the first checkpoint, which were very slippery and much more overgrown than I'd remembered. I think most of us had a lot of nettle stings by the end of the challenge.

The section after the first checkpoint goes over Rawhead and is fantastic running, with soft ground and forest trails. I thoroughly enjoyed this bit. By this point, I was running pretty much on my own, occasionally catching up with other runners. At one point, I was in light cloud and was beginning to wonder if I would actually need to use my compass for the first time, but fortunately not.

I passed through the next checkpoint where I was offered words of encouragement and headed over to Beeston Castle and back to the mud and nettles. However, it didn't feel like it was too long until I got to the checkpoint at Rock Farm. According to the sign, it was only 10.5 miles to the finish. For some reason, I thought it was further than that so I felt very happy that the finish was nearer than I had thought. I still felt good and my legs hadn't seized up at all.

The next point of reference was the water station at Gresty's Waste. I knew a couple of the people here so I got a lot of support and was told that I still looked strong. The other advantage for me now was that I was on home turf so knew exactly how to break the distance down in my head.

I made my way onwards through Delamere Forest to the final checkpoint at Manley Common, to be greeted by Joe and Mario from Helsby RC. Unfortunately, my right leg started hurting just after this. Luckily, I could still run downhill and some of the flat, but I began to really understand the concept of ultra running being as much about your head as your body. I dug deep, ran where I could and walked if I had too.

Caroline was at the start of the ascent onto Frodsham Hill and shouted some very welcome words of support, which I was very grateful for and this spurred me on to get to the end.

It wasn't too long before I got up to the monument on the hill and then I knew it was downhill from there. I ran as fast as my very tired legs would let me off the hill, past the church and then finally to the community centre, ready for my pie!!

Finished!

All in all, I had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed it. I had said never again when I was training, but having done the event, I'll be back next year!!

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Sunday 8-Jun-2014 at 11am: Morecambe 10k

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	Time
1	Rob	Affleck	MV40	00:33:20	winner - Preston Harriers
33	Joanne	Nelson	FV40	00:41:01	1st lady - Darwen Dashers
128	Mike	Brady	MV45	00:50:13
229	Christine	Ramsdale	FV60	01:07:07	1st FV60

252 finishers, last finisher in 1:24:50. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Tuesday 10-Jun-2014 at 7:15pm: Up The Beast fell race (nr Mold, category AS, 4½ miles, 1500ft climb)

This was race 1 (of 3) in the 2014 [highlight color=bold]inter-club fell race competition[/highlight] with Spectrum Striders RC, Helsby RC, Pensby Runners and Tattenhall Runners.

Tattenhall Runners won this race with 254 points, followed by Helsby RC with 250, Pensby Runners with 222 and and Spectrum Striders RC with 119.

Full inter-club series results for this race are available elsewhere on this web site.

Pos	Time	Name	Cat
1	35.36	Jez Brown	M 0/40	winner - Buckley
2	36.33	Karl Steinegger	M	2nd claim - Ambleside
29	42.43	Stephen Burthem	M 0/50
42	46.20	Karon Forster	F 0/50	1st lady
57	47.53	Andy Garnett	M 0/60
100	57.15	Neville Griffiths	M 0/60
115	61.52	Lisa Mackay	F 0/40
127	80.04	Jane Lowe	F 0/40
134	85.00	Dave Thompson	M 0/50

134 finishers, last finisher in 85:00. Full results are on the WFRA [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Race report from Neville:

This was the 1st race in this year's Fell Grand Prix championship. There were a large number of Helsby and Pensby runners, but only a few Striders.

We were huddled in the car for 10 minutes before the start of the race, sheltering from a thunder storm, with torrential rain and hail. The rain stopped as quickly as it had started and we got out of the car to find the road was now a raging torrent. We left the car and hoped it would still be there when we got back!

The race started along a forest track and after about a mile, there were two tall rickety ladder stiles we had to queue to get over and we then followed a long steady climb up a limestone escarpment to a rock climb (yes rock climb) over the last 10 feet.

A long steady descent then brought us to the foot of the 2nd climb up a steep and very greasy slope. The route back was on a fast track through the forest. A number of runners managed to get lost and they arrived at the finish, coming from every direction, including some on the back of a Land Rover!!!

We done to Karon who was 1st Lady home and Andy who was 2nd V60.

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Saturday 14-Jun-2014 at 6pm: Hollins Green 5k

This was race 3 (of 5) in the [highlight color=bold]North Cheshire 5k Grand Prix Series[/highlight].

Pos	Time	Name	Category	mins/k
1	0:15:59	SWENSSON, Martin	Senior Men	03:11.8	winner - Penny Lane Striders
18	0:18:18	MCVEY, Diane	Lady Vet 35	03:39.6	1st lady - Wilmslow RC
32	0:19:22	WARD, Stephen	Male Vet 50	03:52.4
40	0:19:37	SPENCER, Julian	Male Vet 50	03:55.4
47	0:20:08	COLES, Matthew	M Jun U20	04:01.6
54	0:20:45	MCHARRY, Rob	Male Vet 50	04:09.0
55	0:20:47	DUGDALE, Lee	Male Vet 40	04:09.4
56	0:20:50	KELLY, Paul	Male Vet 40	04:10.0
57	0:20:53	EHLEN, Brad	Male Vet 40	04:10.6
60	0:21:09	GARNETT, Andy	Male Vet 60	04:13.8
68	0:21:33	CHARMAN, Michael	Male Vet 60	04:18.6
74	0:21:53	ROBERTSON, Janet	Lady Vet 45	04:22.6	2nd claim
80	0:22:20	ROGERS, David	Male Vet 50	04:28.0
91	0:23:26	HARROP, Paul	Male Vet 60	04:41.2
97	0:23:57	THOMPSON, Dave	Male Vet 55	04:47.4
98	0:24:00	HEPBURN, Denise	Lady Vet 35	04:48.0
101	0:24:02	ROBERTS, Eleanor	Lady Vet 45	04:48.4
109	0:24:50	MACKAY, Lisa	Lady Vet 45	04:58.0	PB by 1 min 8 sec
112	0:25:00	BIRD, Allan	Male Vet 50	05:00.0
113	0:25:13	SPENCER, Heather	Lady Vet 35	05:02.6
114	0:25:20	OWEN, Linda	Lady Vet 55	05:04.0
125	0:28:37	DOOLEY, John P	Male Vet 65	05:43.4
128	0:29:10	COLES, Terry	Male Vet 70+	05:50.0

133 finishers, last finisher in 38:27. Full results are on this [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 15-Jun-2014 at 10:30am: Huntingdon 10k

Pos	Name	GunTime	ChipTime	Category
1	Aaron Scott	00:31:55	00:31:54	M25-39	winner - Notts AC
5	Jo Wilkinson	00:36:27	00:36:26	F40-59	1st lady -Bedford and County AC
166	Mike Brady	00:49:34	00:49:17	M40-59

518 finishers, last finisher in 1:31:58. Full results are on this [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 15-Jun-2014 at 10am: Sport In The Port 10k (in Ellesmere Port)

Pos	Name	Category	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Nathan Jones	MOPEN	00:31:44	00:31:44	winner - Liverpool Harriers
5	Amanda Crook	FOPEN	00:35:30	00:35:29	1st lady - Southport Waterloo AC
80	Jonathan Chapman	MOPEN	00:42:41	00:42:29

625 finishers (+ 4 DNF), last finisher in 1:21:23. Full results are on the TDL Events [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Sunday 15-Jun-2014 at 10:20am: Sport In The Port 5k (in Ellesmere Port)

Pos	Name	Category	Gun Time	Chip Time
1	Andrew Edwards	MOPEN	00:16:40	00:16:40	winner - Cybi Striders
12	Amy Gibbons	FOPEN	00:21:13	00:21:13	1st lady - Warrington AC
29	Denise Zachariasz	F40+	00:23:57	00:23:50

176 finishers, last finisher in 52:52. Full results are on the TDL Events [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Thursday 19-Jun-2014 at 7:15pm: Dunham Massey 5k (race 2)

This was race 4 (of 5) in the [highlight color=bold]North Cheshire 5k Grand Prix Series[/highlight].

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	NORMAN, Dave	Senior Man	15.35	winner - Altrincham & District AC
11	BROUGH, Katie	Senior Lady	16.44	1st lady - Vale Royal AC
37	CANDIOLI, Luisa	Senior Lady	18.24
49	WARD, Stephen	Male Vet 50	19.01	PB by 14 Secs
58	SPENCER, Julian	Male Vet 50	19.09
74	DRAPER, Alison	Senior Lady	19.50
85	EHLEN, Brad	Male Vet 40	20.21
93	DRIVER, Graham	Male Vet 45	20.38
96	MCHARRY, Rob	Male Vet 50	20.45
98	DUGDALE, Lee	Male Vet 40	20.46
105	CHARMAN, Michael	Male Vet 60	21.00
108	GARNETT, Andy	Male Vet 60	21.00
118	MACKAY, Ranald	Male Vet 45	21.12
123	WHITFIELD, Liz	Lady Vet 35	21.24
152	HOWARTH, Simon	Senior Man	23.01
162	HEPBURN, Denise	Lady Vet 35	23.33	*PB by 20 secs*
165	BRADLEY, Michael	Male Vet 55	23.40
168	ROBERTS, Eleanor	Lady Vet 45	23.43	PB by 9 secs
177	SPENCER, Heather	Lady Vet 35	24.15
178	BUCK, Sue	Lady Vet 45	24.21	PB by 10 secs
181	BIRD, Allan	Male Vet 50	24.27	PB by 5 secs
189	ARBER, Carolyn	Lady Vet 55	25.28
192	YARWOOD, Dennis	Male Vet 45	25.36	PB by 27 secs
193	PEERS, Alan	Male Vet 70+	25.43
205	DOOLEY, John P	Male Vet 65	27.46
206	DUNBAR, Ian	Male Vet 60	28.10
208	COLES, Terry	Male Vet 70+	28.39
214	RAMSDALE, Christine	Lady Vet 60	32.44

214 finishers, last finisher in 37:43. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Saturday 21-Jun-2014 at 4:30pm: Lymm 5k

This was race 5 (of 5) in the [highlight color=bold]North Cheshire 5k Grand Prix Series[/highlight].

Pos	Time	Name	Category	mins/k
1	0:15:59	BRUTON, Simon	Senior Men	03:11.8	winner - Salford Harriers
14	0:18:35	MCVEY, Diane	Lady Vet 35	03:43.0	1st lady - Wilmslow RC
22	0:19:15	BURTHEM, Stephen	Male Vet 50	03:51.0	2nd claim
26	0:19:30	WARD, Stephen	Male Vet 50	03:54.0
29	0:19:49	SPENCER, Julian	Male Vet 50	03:57.8
43	0:20:53	ROSE, Philip	Male Vet 50	04:10.6
55	0:21:13	DRIVER, Graham	Male Vet 45	04:14.6
56	0:21:14	BRADY, Alan	Male Vet 60	04:14.8	1st MV60
58	0:21:18	FORSTER, Karon	Lady Vet 50	04:15.6
59	0:21:21	GARNETT, Andy	Male Vet 60	04:16.2
67	0:21:36	POTTS, Luke	Senior Men	04:19.2
74	0:21:46	EHLEN, Brad	Male Vet 40	04:21.2
77	0:21:57	COLES, Matthew	M Jun U20	04:23.4
78	0:22:00	KELLY, Paul	Male Vet 40	04:24.0
87	0:22:28	LOMAX, Bobbie	Lady Vet 35	04:29.6
91	0:22:44	ROBERTSON, Janet	Lady Vet 45	04:32.8	2nd claim
109	0:24:25	BRADLEY, Michael	Male Vet 55	04:53.0
110	0:24:26	CHARMAN, Michael	Male Vet 60	04:53.2
121	0:25:08	BIRD, Allan	Male Vet 50	05:01.6
122	0:25:12	SPENCER, Heather	Lady Vet 35	05:02.4
123	0:25:24	ROBERTS, Eleanor	Lady Vet 45	05:04.8
125	0:25:31	BUCK, Sue	Lady Vet 45	05:06.2
130	0:25:48	YARWOOD, Dennis	Male Vet 45	05:09.6
131	0:25:49	PEERS, Alan	Male Vet 70+	05:09.8
150	0:28:53	DUNBAR, Ian	Male Vet 60	05:46.6
155	0:29:17	DOOLEY, John P	Male Vet 65	05:51.4
157	0:30:18	SMETHURST, Christopher	Male Vet 55	06:03.6
158	0:30:24	COLES, Terry	Male Vet 70+	06:04.8
165	0:32:34	RAMSDALE, Christine	Lady Vet 60	06:30.8

170 finishers, last finisher in 39:58. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]this web site[/highlight].

Saturday 21-Jun-2014 at 7am: The Wall ultra race

This is a 69 multi-terrain mile race from Carlisle Castle to the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, following the route of the Hadrian's Wall Path. It is on a mix of road, tarmac path and trail.

Pos	Name	Category	Time
1	Andrew Richardson	M46	10:23:23	winner
8	Sally Ford	F37	11:49:49	1st lady
27	Chris Millington	M	12:41:55
	& David Hudd

390 individuals and pairs finished, last finisher in 24:39:03. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

59 entrants retired.

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Wednesday 25-Jun-2014 at 7:30pm: Harrock Hill fell race #2 (near Parbold, category BS, 5.2 miles, 900ft climb)

This is race 2 of a series of 4 races. Your best time in any of the 4 races in a year counts towards the Club Fell Championship.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Darren Kay	M40	00:33:16	winner - Pudsey & Bramley
5	Karl Steinegger	M	00:35:28	2nd claim
6	Charlie Sharpe	M	00:35:36
12	Lindsey Brindle	L	00:37:34	1st lady - Horwich
33	Stephen Burthem	M50	00:40:06	2nd claim
47	Julian Spencer	M50	00:41:38
61	Tim Murphy	M50	00:43:14
63	Alison Draper	L	00:43:31
87	Ranald Mackay	M45	00:45:56
116	Neil Atkinson	M	00:49:34
138	Lisa Mackay	L45	00:53:22
165	Stephanie Charman	L60	01:05:24

170 finishers, last finisher in 1:20:22. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Thursday 26-Jun-2014 at 7:30pm: Woolston 10k

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Daniel Cliffe	M	31:55	winner - Unattached
7	Katie Brough	F	34:45	1st lady - Vale Royal AC
23	Charlie Sharpe	M	36:46
32	Chris Millington	M40	37:27
41	Luisa Candioli	F	38:24
80	Julian Spencer	M50	41:24
81	Jon Chapman	M	41:25
86	Nabilah Salihi	F	41:34
135	Stuart Johnson	M	44:10
140	Alan Brady	M50	44:30
162	Jane Lowe	F45	46:30
188	Helen Caldwell	F45	48:02
195	Adrienne Hall	F45	48:39	PB by 6 min 19 sec
207	Denise Zachariasz	F35	49:22
215	Vincent Alcock	M40	50:00
217	Edward Stokes	M	50:04
222	Heather Spencer	F35	50:19	PB by 2 min 36 sec
223	Jo Sullivan	F45	50:20
225	Sue Buck	F45	50:27	PB by 4 min 25 sec
230	Maria David	F45	50:45
232	Allan Bird	M50	51:10
236	Kate Johnson	F35	51:32
256	Linda Owen	F45	53:27
257	Dennis Yarwood	M40	53:29
275	Elizabeth Heavey	F	54:28
287	Ian Dunbar	M50	56:09

361 finishers, last finisher in 1:14:40. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

This race has 10 year age bands for veterans, so the only vet classes for women are F35 & F45 and the only classes for men are M40 & M50.

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Sunday 29-Jun-2014 at 10:30am: Settle Hills fell race (category BM, 7 miles, 1312ft)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Mark McGoldrick	Man	0:55:46	winner - Wharfedale Harriers
7	Lindsey Brindle	Lady	1:01:37	1st lady - Horwich RMI Harriers
43	Julian Spencer	MV50	1:13:41
48	Robert McHarry	MV50	1:14:39
54	Neil Adair	Man	1:15:51
97	Lisa Mackay	LV40	1:33:59
98	Ranald Mackay	MV40	1:34:00

103 finishers, last finisher in 1:58:59. Full results are on the [highlight color=bold]FRA web site[/highlight].

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2014 results - January to March

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2014 Results

This page only contains race results for Spectrum Striders RC members. Included are all results from Striders club championship races, plus some other races where Striders ran.

If you are looking for results for one of the Spectrum Striders RC races, please look under the [highlight color=bold]"Our races"[/highlight] menu at the top of any page on this web site.

If any results are missing and you want them to be included, please send a link to the online results [highlight color=bold]to our webmaster[/highlight].

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[highlight color=red]January[/highlight]

Saturday 4-Jan-2014: Cheshire Cross-country Championships at Birchwood Forest Park

Well done to our Cheshire Cross Country Champion for this year:

Debbie Read (LV55)

Also to:

Spectrum ladies (3rd team)
Spectrum vet ladies (2nd vet team)

Full results are on the Cheshire AA [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Senior & Vet men – 6.12 miles - 2:15pm

Pos	Name	Cat	CatPos	Time
1	Daniel Cliffe	M	1	37:57	winner - unattached
23	Chris Millington	V40	5	46:09
47	Karl Steinegger	M	24	48:43
75	Neil Garnett	V50	9	51:25
81	Julian Spencer	V50	12	52:14
95	Andy Garnett	V55	5	55:21
97	Tim Lewis	V45	20	55:29
103	Ranald Mackay	V45	23	56:30
105	Neil Atkinson	M	44	56:42
107	Graham Driver	V45	24	57:03
116	Kenny Forster	V50	19	58:29
126	Geoff Read	V60	3	1:00:57
129	Malcolm Walton	V45	32	1:02:18
137	Alan Peers	V70	2	1:09:52
138	Richard MacIlwaine	V55	10	1:09:55

142 finishers, last finisher in 1:16:02.

Spectrum men were 8th out of 16 teams.

Spectrum vet men were 8th out of 15 teams.

Senior & Vet ladies – 4.98 miles - 1:20pm

Pos	Name	Cat	CatPos	Time
1	Jayne Joy	L	1	35:24	winner - Helsby RC
7	Claire Andrew	V35	2	37:44
11	Alison Draper	L	7	41:09
12	Jude Peck	V35	4	41:27
16	Karon Forster	V50	2	42:25	2nd LV50
36	Debbie Read	V55	1	47:46	1st LV55
58	Sue Buck	V45	11	53:23
60	Heather Spencer	V35	12	55:40

65 finishers, last finisher in 1:04:54.

Spectrum ladies were 3rd out of 16 teams.

Spectrum vet ladies were 2nd out of 11 teams.

U20 men – 4.98 miles - 1:20pm

Pos	Name	Time
1	Cameron Field	30:49	winner - Warrington AC
6	Chris Owens	34:01

10 finishers, last finisher in 45:51.

U15 boys – approx 2.8 miles - 12:25pm

Pos	Name	Time
1	Josh Betteley	17:00	winner - Crewe & Nantwich
23	Dillon Alcock	23:22

24 finishers, last finisher in 23:27.

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Saturday 4-Jan-2014: Merseyside Cross-country Championships at Stadt Moers Park, Knowsley

Full results are on the Northern Athletics [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Men - 2:05pm

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Burney R		37.46	winner - Liverpool Harriers
116	Charman M	M60	60.22
	Gaskell A	M45		Retired injured

120 finishers, last finisher in 78:26.

Women - 1:15pm

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Longley K	F35	31.43	winner - Liverpool Pembroke Sefton
42	Roberts E	F45	48.08

43 finishers, last finisher in 51:17.

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Sunday 12-Jan-2014 at 10am: NWSCCL race #5 at Runcorn Town Park

This was race 5 (of 6) in this winter's North West Sunday Cross Country League and is organised by Warrington Road Runners. It was cold & very muddy! The race distance was 4.86 miles long (a little longer than in 2012) as measured by Chris' GPS.

Many thanks to Liz Whitfield, Les Hewitt & Alan Brady for recording the finish positions & times and collecting the finish tokens, also to Les Hewitt for typing up the results below.

Full race results are on [highlight color=bold]Steve Saunders' web site[/highlight].

Individual results

Finish times are unofficial and approximate.

Pos	Runner (time)	Pos	Runner (time)
13	Chris Millington (32:40)	3	Claire Andrew (35:16)
19	Karl Steinegger (33:17)	9	Luisa Candioli (37:50)
59	Julian Spencer (36:41)	14	Alison Draper (39:01)
79	Andy Garnett (38:12)	26	Total
95	Tim Lewis (39:55)	18	Karon Forster (39:26)
96	Kenny Forster (40:15)	22	Victoria Walls (40:55)
361	Total	40	Debbie Read (44:18)
104	Rob McHarry (41:23)	58	Heather Spencer (50:53)
107	Brad Ehlen (41:44)	60	Sue Buck (51:55)
126	Mick Charman (45:33)	65	Jane Downing (52:47)
128	Dave Thompson (45:55)
133	Richard MacIlwaine (47:57)	DNF	Janet Robertson (2nd claim)
137	Neville Griffiths (39:30)
			72 women, 9 Striders
51	Jim Dawson (36:18 2nd claim)		(38 women, 8 Striders in 2012)
	Steve Burthem (36:25 2nd claim)

	144 men, 12 Striders
	(127 men, 21 Striders in 2012)

Team results for this race

Men		Women
Club	Score	Club	Score
Liverpool Harriers	44	Spectrum Striders	26
Knowsley Harriers	109	Liverpool RC	26
Penny Lane Striders	137	Skelmersdale BH / Parbold PP	27
Helsby RC/Lymm/Warrington RR	151	Helsby RC/Lymm/ Warrington RR	30
Liverpool RC	166	Knowsley Harriers	40
Skelmersdale BH / Parbold PP	316	Penny Lane Striders	48
Spectrum Striders	361	Ellesmere Port RC	96
Ellesmere Port RC	462	Widnes Wasps	179
Birkenhead AC /Pensby Runners	560	Mersey Tri	169 (2 ran)
Mersey Tri	388 (5 ran)	Liverpool Harriers	165 (1 ran)
Newburgh Nomads	550 (5 ran)	Birkenhead AC / Pensby Runners	213 (1 ran)
Chester Tri	811 (1 ran)	Chester Tri	----
Widnes Wasps	----	Newburgh Nomads	----

League standings after 5 races

Best 5 of 6 races to count.

Men		Women
Club	Score	Club	Score
Knowsley Harriers	63	Liverpool RC	62
Penny Lane Striders	55	Helsby RC/Lymm/ Warrington RR	56
Liverpool RC	54	Spectrum Striders	54
Helsby RC/Lymm/ Warrington RR	50	Penny Lane Striders	49
Spectrum Striders	40	Skelmersdale BH / Parbold PP	47
Mersey Tri	39	Knowsley Harriers	44
Skelmersdale BH / Parbold PP	36	Mersey Tri	31
Liverpool Harriers	26	Birkenhead AC / Pensby Runners	28
Birkenhead AC /Pensby Runners	26	Widnes Wasps	23
Newburgh Nomads	26	Liverpool Harriers	21
Chester Tri	20	Chester Tri	14
Ellesmere Port RC	9	Ellesmere Port RC	14
Widnes Wasps	0	Newburgh Nomads	0

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Saturday 18-Jan-2014 at 12:30pm: Ashurst Beacon fell race (nr Skelmersdale, category BS, 5.9 miles, 950ft climb)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Danny Hope	M	38.33	winner - Pudsey & Bramley
10	Kirsty Longley	L	43.57	1st lady - Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton
64	Andy Gaskell	M45	50.54
152	Anne Hewitt	L65	85.02

152 finishers (+2 retired), last finisher in 85:02. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Sunday 19-Jan-2014 at 11am: Four Villages Half Marathon (Helsby)

This was race 1 (of 7) in the 2014 [highlight color=bold]Cheshire County Road Race Grand Prix[/highlight], run by the Cheshire County AA.

Pos	Name	Cat	CatPos	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Mohammad AbuRezeq	MSEN	1	01:05:46	01:05:46	winner - Altrincham & District AC
44	Diane McVey	F35	1	01:19:23	01:19:19	1st lady - Wilmslow RC
78	Chris Millington	M40	19	01:21:27	01:21:23
100	Robert Hough	M40	27	01:22:58	01:22:38	PB by 47 sec
192	Luisa Candioli	FSEN	6	01:27:39	01:27:21
309	Alan Brady	M60	4	01:32:43	01:32:13
341	Andy Garnett	M55	13	01:33:35	01:33:25
353	Alison Draper	FSEN	11	01:34:06	01:33:49
408	Andrew Dawson	MSEN	158	01:35:46	01:34:41
413	Stephen Ward	M50	39	01:35:50	01:35:00
480	Brad Ehlen	M40	87	01:37:28	01:36:17
483	Guy Lambert	MSEN	179	01:37:34	01:36:29
486	Victoria Walls	FSEN	18	01:37:37	01:36:23
487	Graham Driver	M45	85	01:37:39	01:36:31
545	Ranald MacKay	M45	98	01:39:05	01:38:38
659	Stephen Pickford	M40	120	01:42:22	01:41:08
664	Darren Roberts	M40	123	01:42:30	01:41:39
690	Daniel Chadwick	MSEN	240	01:43:06	01:42:30
730	Adrienne Hall	F45	13	01:44:06	01:42:52
824	Jane Lowe	F45	19	01:46:25	01:43:42
929	Alan Peers	M70	3	01:49:28	01:49:01
1016	Michael Bradley	M55	54	01:51:37	01:50:36
1023	Edward Stokes	MSEN	303	01:51:51	01:50:25
1097	Denise Zachariasz	F40	41	01:53:27	01:53:27
1156	Sue Buck	F45	43	01:55:18	01:53:58	PB by 1 min 50 sec
1222	Carolyn Arber	F55	13	01:57:31	01:55:09
1233	Lisa MacKay	F45	47	01:57:54	01:56:54
1290	Allan Bird	M50	125	01:59:27	01:58:22
1346	Angela Moore	F35	66	02:00:59	02:00:01
1449	Melanie Contini	FSEN	81	02:05:35	02:04:36
1472	Debra Youds	F40	69	02:06:47	02:04:25
1581	Elisabeth Yates	FSEN	96	02:12:40	02:11:33
1582	Linda Owen	F55	28	02:12:40	02:11:35
1588	Dennis Yarwood	M45	253	02:12:57	02:10:02
1716	Peter Samuelson	M70	8	02:24:28	02:21:59
1727	Martin Eaves	MSEN	406	02:25:43	02:23:13
1754	Katy Young	FSEN	128	02:30:38	02:27:45
1760	Peter Haley	M70	10	02:32:21	02:31:42

1805 finishers, last finisher in 3:10:00. Full results are on the [highlight color=bold]race web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 25-Jan-2014: Northern Cross-country Championships at Knowsley Safari Park, Prescot, Merseyside

Full results are available via the Northern Athletics [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

2:15pm - Women - 8k

Pos	Time	Name
1	00:30:22	Katie Walshaw	winner - Holmfirth Harriers
67	00:36:59	Luisa Candioli
81	00:38:07	Jude Peck
102	00:39:22	Alison Draper
180	00:44:32	Debbie Read
218	00:47:45	Sue Buck

262 finishers, last finisher in 1:08:53.

Striders were 16th team out of 32 teams.

3:05pm - Men - 12k

Pos	Time	Name
1	00:41:17	Daniel Garbutt	winner - Durham City Harriers
188	00:51:24	Karl Steinegger
468	01:03:06	Andy Gaskell
	01:03:11	Andy Quinn	(approx time)
571	01:11:11	Mick Charman
611	01:31:04	Alan Peers

614 finishers, last finisher in 1:37:43.

Striders did not have enough runners for a mens team.

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[highlight color=red]February[/highlight]

Sunday 9-Feb-2014 at 10am: NWSCCL race #6 at Birchwood Forest Park

This was 6th and final race in the 2013/14 North West Sunday Cross Country League and was organised by Spectrum Striders RC.

Many thanks to all of the marshals & helpers for putting on the race. It was cold, windy, very wet & muddy.

It was the same 4 lap course (with minor variations) that has been used since 2008. It was 5.26 miles as measured by a GPS.

Thanks to Les Hewitt for taking the timings and typing up the results.

Individual results

Full results are on Steve Saunders' [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight]. Steve's web site has full results for this years and previous years x/c races in this league.

The finishing times below are unofficial and some of them are very approximate.

Pos	Runner	Pos	Runner
4	Chris Millington (37:51)	1	Claire Andrew (41:34)
5	Graham Houghton (38:02)	6	Luisa Candioli (45:07)
14	Adam Leadbetter (40:57)	7	Jude Peck (45:23)
37	Julian Spencer (44:41)	14	Total
46	Andy Quinn	11	Victoria Walls (47:50)
48	Andy Dawson (46:22)	29	Debbie Read (56:15)
154	Total	44	Sue Buck (63:06)
49	Andy Gaskell (46:55)	52	Sandra Lewis (71:25)
58	Albert de Jong (48:15)	DNF	Karon Forster
61	Ran MacKay (48:50)
62	Tim Lewis (49:10)	18	Janet Robertson (2nd claim) (51:40)
75	Malcolm Walton (51:10)
76	Kenny Forster (51:20)		7 ladies ran in a field of 52
85	Mick Charman (54:03)		(11 in a field of 52 in 2012/3)
93	Dave Thompson (56:58)
95	Neville Griffiths (57:23)
98	Richard MacIlwaine (60:18)
100	Alan Peers (67:50)

35	Jim Dawson (2nd claim) (44:37)

	17 men ran in a field of 100
	(25 in a field of 126 in 2012/3)

Team results for this race

Men		Women
Club	Score	Club	Score
Penny Lane Striders	84	Spectrum Striders	14
Knowsley Harriers	123	Liverpool RC	20
Liverpool RC	145	Skelmersdale BH/ Parbold PP	31
Spectrum Striders	154	Knowsley Harriers	32
Helsby RC/Lymm/ Warrington RR	194	Ellesmere Port RC	49
Newburgh Nomads	266	Helsby RC/Lymm/ Warrington RR	50
Skelmersdale BH/ Parbold PP	271	Penny Lane Striders	51
Ellesmere Port RC	276	Birkenhead AC/ Pensby Runners	101
Birkenhead AC/ Pensby Runners	284	Widnes Wasps	127
Mersey Tri	4 ran	Chester Tri	----
Chester Tri	----	Mersey Tri	----
Liverpool Harriers	----	Newburgh Nomads	----
Widnes Wasps	----	Liverpool Harriers	----

Final league standings after 6 races

Best 5 of 6 races to count.

Men		Women
Club	Score	Club	Score
Knowsley Harriers	63	Liverpool RC	63
Penny Lane Striders	59	Spectrum Striders	58
Liverpool RC	56	Helsby RC/Lymm/ Warrington RR	56
Helsby RC/Lymm/ Warrington RR	50	Skelmersdale BH/ Parbold PP	52
Spectrum Striders	44	Penny Lane Striders	49
Mersey Tri	39	Knowsley Harriers	46
Skelmersdale BH/ Parbold PP	38	Birkenhead AC/ Pensby Runners	31
Newburgh Nomads	31	Mersey Tri	31
Birkenhead AC/ Pensby Runners	26	Widnes Wasps	25
Liverpool Harriers	26	Ellesmere Port RC	23
Chester Tri	20	Liverpool Harriers	21
Ellesmere Port RC	15	Chester Tri	14
Widnes Wasps	0	Newburgh Nomads	0

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Sunday 9-Feb-2014 at 10:40am: Mad Dog 10k (Southport)

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	David	Hamilton	MV40	00:37:07	00:37:05	winner - Southport Waterloo AC
6	Charlie	Sharpe	MS	00:38:29	00:38:26
18	Kirsty	Longley	FV35	00:40:20	00:40:19	1st lady
490	Karl	Alldred	MV40	00:51:59	00:51:41
596	Kate	Johnson	FV35	00:53:30	00:52:24
630	Eleanor	Roberts	FV45	00:53:56	00:53:33
662	Rob	Cant	MV50	00:54:21	00:52:56
670	Vincent	Alcock	MV40	00:54:26	00:53:21
741	Carolyn	Arber	FV55	00:55:13	00:53:27

1788 finishers, last finisher in 2:03:39. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 15-Feb-2014 at 2pm: Parbold Hill Race

It was very wet & muddy this year! The course was 6.72 miles as measured by a GPS.

Pos	Name	Time	Cat	CatPos
1	Chris Farrell	0:40:47	M	(001/129)	winner - Horwich RMI Harriers
10	Chris Millington	0:46:39	M40	(002/065)
18	Charlie Sharpe	0:47:55	M	(013/129)
24	Lindsey Brindle	0:49:08	F	(001/031)	1st lady - Horwich RMI Harriers
44	David Hudd	0:52:06	M40	(012/065)
52	Julian Spencer	0:53:09	M50	(005/039)
96	Jude Peck	0:56:07	F35	(003/020)
99	Andrew Gaskell	0:56:32	M45	(012/050)
129	Alison Draper	0:59:06	F	(004/031)
256	Michael Charman	1:08:05	M60	(003/008)
285	Debbie Read	1:10:17	F55	(002/004)
357	Neville Griffiths	1:16:57	M65	(007/008)
369	Heather Spencer	1:18:06	F35	(012/020)
437	Alan Peers	1:32:54	M70	(004/004)

Both Striders men & women were 3rd team.

448 finishers, last finisher in 2:24:13. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

Here is a race report from Debbie Read:

"Cross Country season finished, spikes washed, dried and put away until next October. First fell race of the season, Cloud Nine, not for another three weeks. What am I going to do to get my weekend mud fix?

Ping! I did Parbold Hill multi terrain race last year with Sue Buck. That was nice and muddy – in fact so muddy we both lost a shoe to the mud! Given the rain we've had, it'll be even muddier and it's hilly! Perfect!

So on a dry, but cool, Saturday afternoon, about 500 like minded runners, some of whom had no idea what they were in for looking at their lovely clean (in one case brand new) road shoes, gathered on the wet, boggy school field ready for the start. Given the recent weather and having prior knowledge of the course, I'd decided that it wasn't going to be a PB day, so I'd not bust a gut, but enjoy the day.

At the start-line Heather and I stood near the back having a chat, while Alison and Jude nudged their way forward to stand near the lads. (I think they just wanted to get near the man in the mankini who was on his stag weekend!)

Being near the back, getting out of the school field was a stop/start affair as 500 people squeezed through a 4 foot wide gateway, but once we got out onto the road there was plenty of space. After running more than half a mile on a flat road, we turned onto an uphill dirt track which seemed to go on for quite a while.

I managed to pass a few runners only to come to a standstill – another fault with starting near the back – as the queues for the stiles/kissing gates can be several minutes each. Once over the first stile, it was single file for a while, again being near the back, it was frustrating having to run slower than I wanted. Then, downhill across farmers fields, lots of space, this was more like it! After a short stretch on the same road that we'd started on, it was time to face "The Hill".

Last year as Sue and I drove there, we came off the M6 and after a couple of miles the road started to go down and down and down. I can't remember who said it, but one of us said "this is a bit steep – I hope our hill isn't this steep." Little did we realise that this was our hill! But instead of driving down it, we had to run up it!

Once you turn off at the top of this hill, you're pretty well half way around the course and apart from a couple of inclines, it's mostly downhill from here with lots of stiles/kissing gates. There's one field where you have to climb over a wooden ranch style fence (it's covered with carpet so that you don't get splinters). To get out of this field, there's a "Beecher's Brook" type fence which has a carpet-covered barbed wire fence with a hay bale under it for you to climb onto on the take off side. However, there's a metre drop on the landing side. Runners approach this obstacle in a variety of ways from being suicidal or athletic or, like me, being a wimp (the photographer said I was very ladylike).

The final obstacle, a couple of hundred metres from the finish is "The Ditch" You have to drop/jump/slide down about a metre, paddle a couple of steps through the water – great for getting the mud off your shoes – then scramble up the bank to get out. It was so slippery this year that the marshal was helping us out.

Across the last field, 200 metres on the road, into the school field and then the finish. A bottle of water, Mars Bar and gift. Last year it was a shoe bag, this year it was a flat pack water bottle - Mick reckons it's a DIY breathalyser kit! Changing facilities/showers are limited, however the farmer does provide a tanker with a hose attachment to power-wash the mud off you. This is great for your shoes, but very painful on bare flesh!

Spectrum did very well. Both Chris and Jude won prizes and both the men's and ladies' teams won prizes!

Was it muddy? Yes!
Was it hill? Yes!
Did I enjoy it? Yes, loved it!
Would I recommend it? Y es!

Oh and by the way, I got a race PB."

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Sunday 16-Feb-2014 at 11am: Village Bakery Half Marathon (Wrexham)

This race once again had problems with the route. Heavy rain had caused some flooding on the course, requiring a late change in route. However, a marshal near the start sent runners the wrong way. The runners did approx 13.75 miles.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Tom Charles	SM	69:47	winner - Trafford AC
24	Graham Houghton	M35	82:56
27	Anna Lupton	W35	83:21	1st lady - Barrow AC
50	Robert Hough	M40	86:24
222	Louise Dempster	W50	106:56
298	Helen Caldwell	W45	116:33
307	Michael Bradley	M55	118:39
362	Niall Keating	M50	130:36
373	Elizabeth Yates	SW	132:23
385	Linda Owen	W55	135:54

424 finishers, last finisher in 168:11. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Saturday 22-Feb-2014 at 2:30pm: Standish Hall Trail 10k

Pos	Name	Cat	CatPos	Time
1	Damian Nicholls	M	(001/032)	00:35:44	winner - Wilmslow RC
6	Charlie Sharpe	M	(003/032)	00:39:34
22	Charlotte Wilson	F	(001/018)	00:43:27	1st lady - Liverpool Harriers
47	Tim Murphy	M45	(012/021)	00:48:25
134	Jonathan Cahm	M45	(020/021)	01:02:14

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Sunday 23-Feb-2014 at 11am: Great North West Half Marathon (Blackpool)

Pos	Name	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Ian McBride	MS	01:14:01	01:14:01	winner - Royton RR
46	Carly Needham	FS	01:25:10	01:25:09	1st lady - Rochdale Harriers
108	Luisa Candioli	FS	01:29:14	01:29:09
182	Alan Brady	MV60	01:36:20	01:36:15
197	Victoria Walls	FS	01:37:06	01:36:54
328	Jane Lowe	FV45	01:42:46	01:42:34
587	Stuart Johnson	MS	01:53:36	01:52:43
758	Denise Zachariasz	FV40	01:58:47	01:58:14
998	Jenny Mcintyre	FV50	02:12:46	02:12:10

1343 finishers, last finisher in 3:23:57. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 23-Feb-2014 at 10am: Oulton Park 10k

Pos	First	Last	Cat	CatPos	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Brendan	Rothery	MSEN	1	00:35:17	00:35:15	winner
26	Michelle	Liddle	FV45	1	00:42:57	00:42:54	1st lady
74	Jonathan	Chapman	MSEN	39	00:49:25	00:49:17
186	Dennis	Yarwood	MV45	13	00:59:12	00:58:55

243 finishers, last finisher in 1:273:03. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 2-Mar-2014 at 11am: Cloud Nine Hill Race (Congleton, 9 miles, 1250ft climb, category BM)

Pos	Name	Time	Cat
1	Damian Nichols	00:55:58	M	winner - Wilmslow RC
9	Christopher Millington	01:02:55	M40
23	Emma Gould	01:06:37	L	1st lady - Mercia Fell Runners
42	Adam Leadbetter	01:09:15	M
62	David Hudd	01:12:00	M40
98	Julian Spencer	01:15:18	M50
109	Neil Adair	01:16:07	M
118	Andy Gaskell	01:16:47	M45
119	Alison Draper	01:16:49	L
128	Daniel Chadwick	01:17:46	M
175	Victoria Walls	01:20:46	L
200	Ran Mackay	01:22:38	M45
290	Debbie Read	01:31:17	L55
311	Dave Thompson	01:32:58	M55
327	Neville Griffiths	01:35:01	M65
350	Richard Macilwaine	01:37:50	M55
381	Lisa Mackay	01:42:49	L45
402	Heather Spencer	01:47:12	L

432 finishers + 3 DNF, last finisher in 2:25:57. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Saturday 8-Mar-2014 at 9:30am: Bolton Hill Marathon - day 1

This event consists of a marathon on Saturday and another marathon on Sunday. You can do either one or both!

Pos	First	LastName	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Charlie	Sharpe	M 0-39	03:03:26	03:03:25
7	Chris	Millington	M 40-44	03:26:27	03:26:25
12	David	Hudd	M 40-44	03:37:15	03:37:12
22	Adam	Leadbetter	M 0-39	03:46:12	03:46:10
26	Sally	Ford	F 0-39	03:49:17	03:49:01	1st lady
50	Caroline	Hemming	F 45-49	04:07:04	04:06:56
70	Neil	Adair	M 0-39	04:19:45	04:19:32
88	Daniel	Chadwick	M 0-39	04:28:47	04:28:44
93	Andy	Gaskell	M 45-49	04:30:43	04:30:35
109	Duncan	Forrest	M 50-54	04:40:19	04:40:03

200 finishers, last finisher in 8:02:38. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Sunday 9-Mar-2014 at 9:30am: Bolton Hill Marathon - day 2

Pos	First	LastName	Cat	Time
1	Edward	Catmur	MSEN	03:05:15	winner - Thames Hare & Hounds
2	Charlie	Sharpe	MSEN	03:08:49
9	Chris	Millington	M40	03:43:45
18	David	Hudd	M40	04:00:19
19	Martha	Barnett	FSEN	04:01:27
57	Caroline	Hemming	F45	04:48:53
65	Daniel	Chadwick	M35	04:56:29
69	Duncan	Forrest	M50	05:09:31

111 finishers, last finisher in 7:54:15. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Double Marathon - Overall results

Pos	First	LastName	Cat	Overall	Day 1	Day 2
1	Charlie	Sharpe	MSEN	06:12:14	03:03:25	03:08:49	winner
5	Chris	Millington	M40	07:10:10	03:26:25	03:43:45
7	David	Hudd	M40	07:37:31	03:37:12	04:00:19
11	Katie	Samuelson	F35	08:26:11	03:51:54	04:34:17	1st lady - Cambridge & Coleridge AC
16	Caroline	Hemming	F45	08:55:49	04:06:56	04:48:53
23	Daniel	Chadwick	M35	09:25:13	04:28:44	04:56:29

40 finishers, last finisher in 14:26:11. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

My Bolton Hill Marathon Experience - by Dave Hudd

As part of our build up to do this year's Lakeland 100, myself and Chris Millington targeted the Bolton Hill Marathon as a prep race. We both did the first one last year and this year we had the added bonus of two days, so we decided back to back marathons would be great preparation.

After a few weeks off in November, my training had been going really well as I kept pushing myself a bit harder and further each week and having clocked up over 400 miles this year already, I was ready for Bolton.

But then disaster nearly struck as I sprained my left ankle ligaments the Sunday before doing the Cloud 9 fell race. I was feeling really strong at the time, so was disappointed to have to hobble to the finish, but then it was a race against time to get it right for the week after. Luckily, with plenty of RICE, I was able to get it good enough for day 1, so I strapped it up and went for it, hoping that it would hold up.

Day 1

Day 1 went really well, as I beat last year's time by nearly 10 minutes and felt good throughout. The course offered a steady climb to the top of Winter Hill for about 4 miles, before a descent, and then along a very poor and bumpy road around Rivington Pike, and then off onto the moors.

After a loop around White Coppice and passing the reservoirs, it was time for the last killer climb back up towards Rivington Pike. This was at 21 miles and there was no point doing anything but walk it at that stage of the race. Once back up to the highest point, it was steadily downhill for the last 3 miles to the finish. I ran the last bit very strongly, but soon regretted it after I had crossed the line as my legs were so painful I was nearly in tears.

My wife kindly reminded me that I had to come back and do it again the day after to which I replied, 'God knows how'. I tried to eat the right things at the right time for the rest of Saturday, had an ice bath and walked the dog to help aid my recovery. I'm not sure how bad my legs would have been had I not done any of that as come Sunday morning, I could still barely walk. I have done marathons recently and felt fine again the day after, but both times I have done Bolton, the hills have seemed to take their toll.

Day 2

Day 2 was all about getting round, although I had set myself a target of doing both days in under 8 hours, so I always had that in the back of my mind.

I spent most of the way round cursing my stupidity for entering both days, but also telling myself this was necessary to get me used to running on trashed legs ready for the Lakeland 100. So I plodded round and managed it just over 20 minutes slower than the Saturday and in a grand total of 7 hours 37 minutes.

My fitness felt good all through day 2 and I never tired, but just couldn't get my legs going as well as the day before, which was understandable as this was the first time I had attempted back to back marathons. I had done it and also under 8 hours, so was really pleased with how it had gone and especially as my ankle held out.

Overall

I finished 7th overall for both days and well done to all the other Striders who ran either one or both days. It was a really well organised race, run over a challenging but scenic course, and it was a great achievement to do it, especially twice.

After a short recovery period to give my ankle time to get back to 100% , it's gonna be time to step things up a bit with 'The Wall Ultra' - the next prep on our Lakeland 100 journey.

Bolton Hill Marathon Double 2014 – by Charlie Sharpe

A really well organised trail marathon with about 800m ascent. It's fairly local to me and the nearest thing you could get away with calling a 'hill' to where I live. I could remember the course from last year. It was only a single marathon last year. I had a good race then too and set the course record with 3 hours 22 min, so this year they made it TWICE AS MUCH FUN with 2 days!

There was a stronger, larger field and it was a bit more muddy, with same great organisation - Phil and the team were perfect as far as I could see! There was lots of support at the finish as runners jogged / skipped / sprinted / collapsed over the finish line! Thanks to everyone involved with making it a great event!

Since the Spine (268 miles along the Pennine Way) in January, training has been going great. Most weekends have involved a Saturday trail race of about 10km and a parkrun in the morning on heavily fatigued legs, totalling around 30km, and a Sunday run of 25-40km around the Bolton Hill route and surrounding area. Adding to a midweek 30-40 km run and some shorter faster runs seems to have worked well.

As for the race, on day 1, I started out in about 5th as the first 5km climbs up Coal Pit road towards the TV mast on Winter Hill, before a good quick descent down the mast road to the first Check Point about 10km in. I didn't check the watch at all during the race on either day. I figured if I felt good and was running well, and I know the course and how far to go, I don't need to see any data from the watch.

Day 1

After the CP, the course follows Georges Lane, which is cobbled and quite exciting to run on, I moved up a place, before crossing Sheep House Lane and the muddiest part of the course across the moor for a short distance to hit a farm track, where I had now jumped up a few more places and was feeling good.

There's a small hill before hitting the 12 mile CP (which is also the 16 mile CP - runners do a loop to arrive back here after White Coppice) and I was still moving well. I had an incredible urge to check the watch for time, but resisted. This was quite a quick section here, before arriving back at the CP, where I was apparently 4 min 30 away from the lead. I grabbed a bottle of water - how exciting....

Next up, the course weaves along a couple of reservoirs in the trees and is pretty scenic once again, and it's a relatively fast section. By the time I hit the 21 mile point, passing the cafe and nearing the school below the Pike, I had closed down the gap to 60 seconds and a friendly cheer from Jo and Mia, who were doing a great job cheering some of us runners on course!

There is a bit of a climb back up towards Georges Lane and I could see the leader and seemed to be closing him down. After the climb, I put a good pace in towards the aid station at 22-ish miles, before a short muddy climb to cross the mast road and the final descent/ last couple of miles to the finish.

I put a good pace in on the down hill and was moving really well after taking the lead at the aid station - the downhill training seems to have paid off recently too! It's a fun descent where you can let the legs roll before hitting a set of steps and the final 800m along a road and into the park where the finish line awaits.

After day 1 I headed to the gym for a shower and did a mobility session which left the legs feeling great and ready for....day 2.

Day 2

Day 2 was the same course exactly and started in a similar fashion. I was a few places back from the front initially, with the addition of some runners only doing day 2 to keep us double runners on our toes. It felt like my heart rate was up slightly compared to Saturday, although my legs felt better on day 2.

Looking back on day 2 I should have consumed some more energy during the race perhaps as I actually noticed there was a bit of a climb at the 21 mile point this time! I think time-wise I was 3 mins down over the first half and 2 mins down over the 2nd half compared to day 1. Happy with that.

Overall

As I mentioned, the marshals were great and the route was well marked. There were a lot of people dotted around the course supporting friends and family, which was great to see! Looks like a great time was had by all (perhaps aside from one or two people with achy legs). Well done to all involved! Great to catch up with a lot of friends and share the weekend!

Lots of Striders were out in force!

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Sunday 9-Mar-2014 at 9:30am: Trafford 10k

Pos	Name	GunTime	ChipTime	Cat
1	Nick McCormick	0:28:56	0:28:56	MS	winner - Morpeth Harriers
49	Helen Clitheroe	0:32:49	0:32:48	FV40	1st lady - Preston Harriers
226	Luisa Candioli	0:38:31	0:38:21	FS
286	Julian Spencer	0:40:15	0:40:06	MV50
309	Jude Peck	0:41:16	0:41:04	FV35
333	Brad Ehlen	0:41:54	0:41:42	MV40
355	Graham Driver	0:42:34	0:42:25	MV45
372	Andy Garnett	0:42:59	0:42:54	MV55
404	Michael Charman	0:44:05	0:43:56	MV60
406	Alan Brady	0:44:08	0:43:58	MV60
466	Jonathan Chapman	0:46:41	0:46:19	MS
503	Dave Thompson	0:47:38	0:47:26	MV55
544	Michael Bradley	0:49:05	0:48:45	MV55
567	Paul Harrop	0:49:59	0:49:39	MV60
632	Linda Owen	0:53:33	0:53:11	FV55
642	Elisabeth Yates	0:54:24	0:54:03	FS
739	Dennis Yarwood	0:59:39	0:58:53	MV45

824 finishers, last finisher in 1:29:29. Full results are on the HS Sports [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 9-Mar-2014 at 9:30am: St Helens 10k

Pos	Name	Cat	CatPos	GunTime
1	Jake Littlehales	MSenior	1/568	00:32:30	winner - Stockport Harriers
26	Vicky Bryant	FSenior	1/358	00:39:18	1st lady - Wigan Phoenix
79	Tim Lewis	MVet 40	22/310	00:42:22
357	Robert Cant	MVet 50	27/102	00:48:28
388	Norman Partington	MVet 50	31/102	00:49:00
537	Allan Bird	MVet 50	40/102	00:51:25
1001	Sandra Lewis	FVet 40	72/177	00:58:00

1634 finishers, last finisher in 1:46:23. Full results are available via the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 9-Mar-2014 at 10:30am: Stafford 20

Pos		Name	Cat	Time
1	Tom	Charles	M Sen	1:49:28	winner - Trafford AC
9	Robert	Hough	M O/40	2:07:50
65	Michelle	Buckle	F O/35	2:22:48	1st lady - Newcastle (Staffs) AC

406 finishers, last finisher in 4:00:54. Full results are available on the SportSoft [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 16-Mar-2014 at 11am: Trimpell 20

Pos	First	Last	Cat	CatPos	GunTime	ChipTime	HalfWay
1	Ian	McBride	MS	1	01:51:20	01:51:16	00:54:12	winner - Royton RR
26	Treena	Johnson	FV50	1	02:11:37	02:11:22	01:05:22	1st lady - Dewsbury RR
101	Daniel	Chadwick	MS	48	02:29:04	02:28:51	01:14:53
140	Alan	Brady	MV60	3	02:37:43	02:37:31	01:16:58
292	Karl	Alldred	MV40	47	02:57:23	02:57:11	01:24:52
369	Denise	Zachariasz	FV40	20	03:07:53	03:07:17	01:31:13

496 finishers (+ 6 DNF), last finisher in 5:17:18. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]UK Road Races[/highlight].

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Sunday 16-Mar-2014 at 11am: St Annes 10 Mile

Pos	Name	Cat	CatPos	Time	Mins per k/mile
1	Damian Nicholls	M	(001/033)	00:55:35	03.27/05.34	Wilmslow RC
19	Diane McVey	F35	(001/010)	01:02:36	03.53/06.16	1st lady - Wilmslow RC
27	Luisa Candioli	F	(001/023)	01:03:49	03.58/06.23	2nd lady & 1st senior lady
65	Jude Peck	F35	(002/010)	01:09:58	04.21/07.00
196	Alan Peers	M70	(005/012)	01:27:01	05.24/08.42

295 finishers, last finisher in 1:57:52. Full results are on [highlight color=bold]ukresults.net[/highlight].

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Tuesday 18-Mar-2014 at 10am: Falesia 5k

This race is organised during the annual training camp in Portugal which many Striders attend.

Pos	Time	Name	Age category	min/mile
1	14:32	MINZHULIN, Andrey	Senior Man	04:40.6	winner
17	17:45	FRITZ, Julia	Female Senior	05:42.7	1st lady - Diabu Eschanburg
41	19:51	SPENCER, Julian	Male Vet 50-54	06:23.2
48	20:33	WARD, Stephen	Male Vet 50-54	06:36.7
49	20:36	EHLEN, Brad	Male Vet 40-44	06:37.7
60	21:57	GARNETT, Andy	Male Vet 55-59	07:03.8
62	22:03	MCHARRY, Rob	Male Vet 50-54	07:05.7
72	22:51	ROGERS, Caroline	Female Vet 50-54	07:21.1
74	22:58	READ, Debbie	Female Vet 55-59	07:23.4
77	23:19	ROGERS, David	Male Vet 50-54	07:30.2
84	24:19	PICKFORD, Stephen	Male Vet 40-44	07:49.5
94	25:24	BRADLEY, Michael	Male Vet 55-59	08:10.4
95	25:53	GRIFFITHS, Neville	Male Vet 65-69	08:19.7
102	27:33	OWEN, Linda	Female Vet 55-59	08:51.9
122	33:45	RAMSDALE, Christine	Female Vet 60-64	10:51.6

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Saturday 22-Mar-2014 at 10am: Gin Pit Marathon - day 1

These two marathons took place over the same trail course on consecutive days, from the Gin Pit Village, near Tyldesley.

Pos	Name	M/F	Time
1	Peter Cusick	M	02:58:13	winner - Chippenham Harriers
5	Neil Adair	M	03:39:06
10	Caroline Hemming	F	03:51:29	1st lady
43	Barry Allman	M	05:57:22

46 finishers (+1 DNF), last finisher in 6:30:45. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Sunday 23-Mar-2014 at 10am: Gin Pit Marathon - day 2

Pos	Name	M/F	Time
1	Joe Duckworth	M	03:04:19	winner - Chorley AC & Tri
13	Caroline Hemming	F	03:59:59	1st lady
40	Barry Allman	M	06:33:08

41 finishers (+4 DNF), last finisher in 7:06:14. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

Double Marathon - overall results

Pos	Name	M/F	Time
1	Philip Eccleston		06:09:21	1st overall - Burnden Road Runners
8	Caroline Hemming	F	07:51:26	1st lady overall
29	Barry Allman	M	12:30:30

30 completed the two marathons, longest cumulative time 13:36:59. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 23-Mar-2014 at 9am: Liverpool Half Marathon

Pos	Name	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime	10k split
1	Andrew Davies	MOPEN	01:09:52	01:09:52	00:32:38	winner - Maldwyn Harriers
121	Nikki Boyde	F40+	01:26:16	01:26:12	00:40:00	1st lady - Northern (IOM) AC
390	Alison Draper	FOPEN	01:34:19	01:34:12	00:43:03
886	Jane Lowe	F45+	01:41:56	01:40:52	00:46:46
3195	Eleanor Roberts	F45+	02:02:34	01:58:47	00:55:05	PB!
3272	Jenny McIntyre	F50+	02:03:10	02:00:32	00:56:47
4075	Dave Watson	M55+	02:09:46	02:03:21	00:57:17
5266	Emma Johnston	F40+	02:22:09	02:10:52	01:00:06
6060	Duncan Forrest	M50+	02:35:04	02:22:23	01:11:33

6781 finishers, last finisher in 3:48:46. Full results are on the TDL [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 23-Mar-2014 at 10:30am: Wilmslow Half Marathon

Pos	Name	Cat	GunTime	ChipTime	10k split
1	Mohammad Aburezeq	MOPEN	01:06:01	01:06:01	00:30:51	Winner - Altrincham & DAC
33	Julie Briscoe	F35+	01:15:28	01:15:28	00:35:10	1st Lady - Wakefield District H & AC
134	Chris Dawson	MOPEN	01:23:53	01:23:43	00:38:44
986	Stephen Hewitt	M40+	01:44:14	01:43:01	00:48:31
2065	Peter Samuelson	M70+	01:58:05	01:57:37	00:53:35

3910 finishers, last finish time 3:24:58. Full results are on the TDL [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight].

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Sunday 30-Mar-2014 at 10:30am: Cheshire 10k (Arley Hall)

Pos	Name	GunTime	ChipTime	Cat	CatPos
1	Mohammad Abu Rezeq	00:29:41	00:29:40	MSen	1	winner - Altrincham & District AC
39	Maria Barrett	00:35:56	00:35:51	FSen	1	1st lady
55	Luisa Candioli	00:37:18	00:37:13	FSen	5
115	Alison Draper	00:40:49	00:40:40	FSen	15
137	Andrew Quinn	00:41:37	00:41:23	MSen	75
151	Andy Gaskell	00:42:04	00:41:42	MV45	15
168	Tim Lewis	00:43:03	00:42:28	MV45	20
194	Michael Charman	00:44:12	00:44:04	MV60	5
195	Jon Chapman	00:44:16	00:43:53	MSen	102
300	Angela Moore	00:47:53	00:47:30	FV40	8
377	Denise Zachariasz	00:49:47	00:49:21	FV40	11
401	David Roberts	00:50:30	00:49:23	MV45	44
432	Carolyn Arber	00:51:10	00:50:00	FV55	3
504	Eleanor Roberts	00:53:24	00:52:17	FV45	9	PB by 35 sec
519	Anne Fortune	00:53:37	00:53:04	FV60	3
546	Linda Owen	00:54:33	00:53:23	FV55	12
548	Allan Bird	00:54:42	00:53:34	MV50	38
672	Dennis Yarwood	00:57:38	00:55:19	MV45	69
689	Iain Fortune	00:58:17	00:57:44	MV65	9

1093 finishers, last finisher in 1:29:00. Full results are on the race [highlight color=bold]web site[/highlight]

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