2013 results - July to September

2013 Results

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Jul - Aug - Sep

July


Wednesday 3-Jul-2013 at 7:30pm:  Forest Park Ladies 5k

Pos Time Name Category mins/mile  
1 0:18:22 MCVEY, Diane Ladies Vet 35 05:54.6 winner - Wilmslow RC
11 0:20:44 WHITFIELD, Liz Ladies Vet 35 06:40.3  
14 0:20:51 DEMPSTER, Louise Ladies Vet 45 06:42.5  
16 0:21:13 FORSTER, Karon Ladies Vet 50 06:49.6 1st LV50
18 0:21:24 DRAPER, Alison Senior Ladies 06:53.1  
25 0:22:24 ROBERTSON, Janet Ladies Vet 45 07:12.5 2nd claim
28 0:22:34 TINSLEY, Kimberley Senior Ladies 07:15.7  
31 0:22:37 LEIGH, Sarah Ladies Vet 40 07:16.6  
33 0:22:39 READ, Debbie Ladies Vet 55 07:17.3 1st LV55
34 0:22:42 CALDWELL, Helen Ladies Vet 45 07:18.2  
55 0:25:01 SULLIVAN, Jo Ladies Vet 45 08:03.0  
56 0:25:10 GARLAND, Heather Ladies Vet 35 08:05.9  
62 0:25:33 ATHERTON, Diane Ladies Vet 50 08:13.3  
71 0:26:05 ARBER, Carolyn Ladies Vet 55 08:23.6  
73 0:26:14 ROBERTS, Kathryn Ladies Vet 45 08:26.5  
92 0:27:53 MACKAY, Lisa Ladies Vet 45 08:58.3  
96 0:28:02 PEERS, Jenny Ladies Vet 35 09:01.2  
107 0:29:35 HEWITT, Anne Ladies Vet 65+ 09:31.2  
122 0:31:13 WHITWORTH, Claire Ladies Vet 35 10:02.7  
123 0:31:15 MEREDITH, Emily Junior Ladies 10:03.3  
125 0:31:35 HOWARTH, Rosalind Senior Ladies 10:09.8  
133 0:32:39 RAMSDALE, Christine Ladies Vet 60 10:30.4  
136 0:32:59 OWEN, Caroline Ladies Vet 35 10:36.8  
137 0:33:00 SINKINSON, Emily Junior Ladies 10:37.1  
139 0:33:06 HART, Tracey Ladies Vet 40 10:39.0  
143 0:33:36 FRANCE, Christine Ladies Vet 50 10:48.7  
156 0:35:45 HUGHES, Janet Ladies Vet 50 11:30.2  

170 finishers, last finisher in 45:36.  Full results are on this web site.

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Sunday 7-Jul-2013 at 9am:  Coniston Trail Marathon

Pos GunTime ChipTime Name 15k split  
1 02:54:24 02:54:21 Marcuss Scotney 58:10:00 winner - Howgill Harriers
14 03:34:54 03:34:47 Adam Leadbetter 01:09:39  
19 03:38:02 03:37:53 Rebecca Sheffield 01:08:34 1st lady - Ambleside AC
79 04:21:23 04:21:07 Caroline Hemming 01:19:42  

255 finishers, last finisher in 6:48:16.  Full results are on the Race Timing Systems web site.

Sunday 7-Jul-2013 at 10am:  Coniston Trail Half Marathon Challenge

Pos GunTime ChipTime Name 15k split  
1 01:53:33 01:53:14 David Walsh 01:12:08 winner - Dunoon
10 02:00:42 02:00:38 Helen Smith 01:15:22 1st lady - Market Rasen
122 02:36:35 02:36:13 Vicky Andrews 01:37:37  

282 finishers, last finisher in 2:50:36.  Full results are on the Race Timing Systems web site.

There are Marathon & a Half Marathon races concurrently, also "Challenge" events over the same 2 courses but with longer finish time limits.  More information is on the Lakeland Trails web site.

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7-Jul-2013 to 13-Jul-2013:  Tour Of Merseyside

The Tour is new for 2013 and consists of 6 races in 7 days totalling 52 miles (similar to the Tour Of Tameside in the 1980's/90's).

Charlie Sharpe of Spectrum Striders was 2nd Tour finisher overall.

Pos Name TotalTime   Southport ½ Thurstaton MT Walton Trail Halton 5M Knowsley CC Wirral Coastal
1 Anthony Taylor 05:12:38 winner - Salford Harriers 01:17:59 00:37:28 00:57:58 00:29:04 00:35:19 01:14:50
2 Charlie Sharpe 05:24:45 2nd overall 01:23:57 00:38:29 01:00:55 00:30:06 00:36:28 01:14:50
27 Hayley Winder 06:42:36 1st lady - Salford Harriers 01:39:53 00:50:37 01:14:51 00:37:56 00:46:53 01:32:26

73 completed the Tour overall, last finisher in 10:20:11.  Full results are on the TDL Event Services web site.

Sunday 7-Jul-2013 at 8:30am:  Southport Half Marathon  (TOM race #1)

Pos Name Category GunTime ChipTime mins/m  
1 Will Beauchamp M Open 1:12:36 1:12:35 05:32 winner - Sheffield RC
3 Maria McCambridge F35-44 1:15:45 1:15:44 05:46 1st lady - Dundrum South Dublin
23 Charlie Sharpe M Open 1:23:57 1:23:55 06:24  
157 Alan Brady M60+ 1:40:45 1:39:14 07:41 2nd MV60

622 finishers, last finisher in 3:12:39.  Full results are available via the Vital Sporting Events web site.

Monday 8-Jul-2013 at 7pm:  Thursaston Multi-terrain 6 mile  (TOM race #2)

Pos Name GunTime ChipTime  
1 Anthony Taylor 00:37:28 00:37:27 winner - Salford Harriers
2 Charlie Sharpe 00:38:29 00:38:29  
30 Sarah Jackson 00:48:13 00:48:11 1st lady - Liverpool Harriers & AC

88 finishers, last finisher in 1:16:31.  Full results are on the TDL Event Services web site.

Tuesday 9-Jul-2013 at 7pm:  Walton Hall Park/Trail 10 mile (TOM race #3)

Pos Name GunTime ChipTime 5 mile split  
1 Anthony Taylor 00:57:58 00:57:57 00:29:10 winner - Salford Harriers
3 Charlie Sharpe 01:00:55 01:00:55 00:31:14  
26 Sarah Jackson 01:14:04 01:14:02 00:36:56 1st lady - Liverpool Harriers & AC

78 finishers, last finisher in 1:52:03.  Full results are on the TDL Event Services web site.

Thursday 11-Jul-2013 at 7pm:  Halton 5 mile road race (TOM race #4)

Pos Name GunTime ChipTime  
1 Ethan Heywood 00:27:03 00:27:03 winner
4 Charlie Sharpe 00:30:06 00:30:06  
27 Sarah Jackson 00:35:24 00:35:24 1st lady - Liverpool Harriers & AC

86 finishers, last finisher in 54:10.  Full results are on the TDL Event Services web site

Friday 12-Jul-2013 at 7pm:  Knowsley Cross-country 6 mile (TOM race #5)

Pos Name GunTime ChipTime 3 mile split  
1 Anthony Taylor 00:35:19 00:35:19 00:17:18 winner - Salford Harriers
3 Charlie Sharpe 00:36:28 00:36:28 00:18:01  
30 Sarah Jackson 00:45:23 00:45:23 00:22:03 1st lady - Liverpool Harriers & AC

85 finishers, last finisher in 1:09:54.  Full results are on the TDL Event Services web site.  

Saturday 13-Jul-2013 at 10am:  Wirral Coastal Run 12 mile (TOM race #6)

Pos Name GunTime ChipTime  
1 Charlie Sharpe 01:14:50 01:14:50 winner - Spectrum Striders
27 Hayley Winder 01:32:26 01:32:26 1st lady - Salford Harriers

79 finishers, last finisher in 2:24:38.  Full results are on the TDL Event Services web site.

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Tuesday 9-Jul-2013 from 7pm:  Club 5k Handicap

Many thanks to Janet & David Redpath for once again organising the handicap.

Many thanks to all of the helpers – Anne & Les Hewitt, Michelle Bradley, Emily Sinkinson, Marie Alcock, Kit Whitfield, Peter Haley, Angela Bradley, Chris Millington, Dave Hudd, Pat Dooley, Peter Haley.

Anyone who registered later than the cut-off date of Sunday evening will not be shown below.

This is a race in the 30th Anniversary Club Grand Prix, a series of races celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Spectrum Striders RC in 2013.

Fastest runners on the night were Liz Whitfield and Adam Leadbetter.

Les Hewitt took a video of the finish, which has been uploaded to Youtube.  Add 32:35 to the video time stamp and you get the approximate race time.

  Predicted Finish Actual Difference: actual
  time time run time time v. predicted
Eric Pendleton        
Paul Kelly 0:25:00 32:37 22:07 2:53
Robert Robinson 0:26:30 33:29 24:29 2:01
Jackie Faulder 0:25:30 33:31 23:31 1:59
Phil Daintith 0:20:50 34:34 19:54 0:56
Denise Zachariasz 0:26:50 34:40 26:00 0:50
Martin Creasey 0:24:20 34:46 23:36 0:44
Angela Moore 0:25:35 34:49 24:54 0:41
Robin Greenwood 0:35:30 34:50 34:50 0:40
Denise Hepburn 0:28:00 35:03 27:33 0:27
Michael Bradley 0:25:30 35:07 25:07 0:23
Emma Everson 0:28:00 35:17 27:47 0:13
Rob McHarry 0:21:20 35:20 21:10 0:10
Neville Griffiths 0:23:50 35:29 23:49 0:01
Elly Jones 0:25:45 35:39 25:54 0:09
Tim Murphy 0:20:20 35:40 20:30 0:10
John P Dooley 0:25:50 35:41 26:01 0:11
Lee Dugdale 0:20:30 35:42 20:42 0:12
Lisa Mackay 0:28:15 35:49 28:34 0:19
Liz Whitfield 0:21:00 35:51 21:21 0:21
Ran Mackay 0:21:00 35:52 21:22 0:22
Jane Lowe 0:24:20 35:53 24:43 0:23
Steve Pickford 0:21:15 35:55 21:40 0:25
Mike Hall 0:22:45 35:57 23:12 0:27
Andy Gaskell 0:20:00 35:59 20:29 0:29
Alan Brady 0:21:15 36:02 21:47 0:32
Mat Rimmington 0:20:25 36:03 20:58 0:33
Chris Smethurst 0:29:00 36:03 29:33 0:33
Edward Stokes 0:23:50 36:04 24:24 0:34
Claire Fisher 0:23:00 36:05 23:35 0:35
Paul Harrop 0:23:10 36:08 23:48 0:38
Andy Garnett 0:20:35 36:16 21:21 0:46
Adam Leadbetter 0:18:25 36:17 19:12 0:47
Kenny Forster 0:19:30 36:19 20:19 0:49
Neil Atkinson 0:31:50 36:20 32:40 0:50
Dave Thompson 0:22:15 36:21 23:06 0:51
Julian Spencer 0:18:40 36:27 19:37 0:57
Matthew Coles 0:20:00 36:30 21:00 1:00
Heather Garland 0:24:10 36:39 25:19 1:09
Kate Johnson 0:24:20 36:41 25:31 1:11
Linda Owen 0:25:30 36:48 26:48 1:18
Allan Bird 0:25:00 36:53 26:23 1:23
Dillon Alcock 0:21:15 36:57 22:42 1:27
Luke Potts 0:23:00 37:03 24:33 1:33
Brian Griffiths 0:34:00 37:08 35:38 1:38
Tim Lewis 0:20:20 37:11 22:01 1:41
Alison Draper 0:20:20 37:21 22:11 1:51
Richard MacIlwaine 0:23:20 37:44 25:34 2:14
Alan Peers 0:24:00 38:02 26:32 2:32
Vince Alcock 0:23:30 DNF    

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Friday 12-Jul-2013 at 7pm:  Radcliffe Summer Cross Country (5 mile)

Pos Name Cat CatPos Time  
1 Richard Powell MJ (001/007) 00:32:45 winner - Trafford AC
9 Heather Jackson F (001/005) 00:39:13 1st lady - Bolton Tri Club
12 Adam Leadbetter M (002/007) 00:39:32  

72 finishers, last finisher in 1:11:05.  Full results are on ukresults.net.

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Saturday 13-Jul-2013 at 1pm:  Radcliffe 5 mile Trail Race

Pos Name Cat Time CatPos mins per k/mile  
1 Mark Russell M45 00:30:15 (001/014) 03.46/06.03 winner - Salford Harriers & AC
15 Sue Becconsall F50 00:35:39 (001/003) 04.26/07.08 1st lady - Bingley Harriers & AC
80 Anne Hewitt F65 00:53:37 (001/001) 06.40/10.43 1st FV65

89 finishers, last finisher in 1:02:09.  Full results are on ukresults.net.


Wednesday 17-Jul-2013 at 7:30pm:  The Druid fell race (nr Mold, category BS, 5 miles, 1200ft climb)

This was race 1 (of 3) in the 2013 inter-club fell race competition with Spectrum Striders, Helsby RC, Pensby Runners and Tattenhall Runners. 

Spectrum Striders won this race with 264 points, followed by Helsby RC with 254, Pensby Runners with 195 and and Tattenhall Runners with 167.

Full inter-club series results for this race are available on this web site.

Pos Time Cat Name  
1 34.06 M45 John Hunt winner - Dark Peak
17 38.25 M40 Chris Millington  
18 38.36 M50 Steve Burthem  
27 40.00 M Adam Leadbetter  
28 40.05 M40 Phil Daintith  
32 40.33 M40 David Hudd  
36 40.54 M50 Julian Spencer  
37 41.03 F Lisa Grantham 1st lady - Chester Tri
43 42.16 M55 Andy Garnett  
60 43.58 M50 Kenny Forster  
62 44.20 M55 Geoff Hand  
63 44.22 F Liz Whitfield  
71 45.16 M40 Ran Mackay  
107 48.23 M65 Neville Griffiths  
111 48.45 M55 Dave Thompson  
131 53.43 M50 Pete Owens  
141 58.07 F45 Susan Buck  
151 73.14 F65 Anne Hewitt 1st FV65

151 finishers, last finisher in 73:15.

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Thursday 18-Jul-2013 at 7:30pm:  Sale Sizzler 5k (race 2 of 4)

Pos Name Cat Time  
1 Mohammed Aburazeq MSen 14:28 winner - Altrincham & District AC
18 Jacqueline Fairchild LSen 16:39 1st lady - Trafford AC
60 Christopher Dawson MSen 18:22  
111 Jim Dawson MV50 19:36 2nd claim

401 finishers, last finisher in 41:15.  Full results are on the SportSoft web site.

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Saturday 20-Jul-2013 at 4pm:  Burtonwood 5 mile road race

Pos Time Name Category mins/mile  
1 0:26:54 SMITH, Matthew Male Vet 40 05:22.7 winner - South Cheshire Harriers
29 0:29:49 MARTIN, Colin Male Vet 50 05:57.7  
34 0:30:01 MCVEY, Diane Lady Vet 35 06:00.1 1st lady - Wilmslow RC
48 0:31:17 DAWSON, Chris Male Junior 06:15.3  
54 0:31:39 HOUGH, Rob Male Vet 40 06:19.7  
56 0:31:52 GARNETT, Neil Male Vet 50 06:22.3  
57 0:32:00 SPENCER, Julian Male Vet 50 06:23.9  
68 0:33:12 GASKELL, Andy Male Vet 40 06:38.3  
70 0:33:17 FORSTER, Kenny Male Vet 50 06:39.3  
89 0:34:16 DRAPER, Alison Senior Lady 06:51.1  
95 0:34:34 SALIHI, Nabilah Senior Lady 06:54.7  
97 0:34:38 GARNETT, Andy Male Vet 50 06:55.5  
98 0:34:40 FORSTER, Karon Lady Vet 45 06:55.9  
101 0:34:48 DRIVER, Graham Male Vet 40 06:57.5  
104 0:34:52 LEWIS, Tim Male Vet 40 06:58.3  
105 0:34:56 WHITFIELD, Liz Lady Vet 35 06:59.1  
111 0:35:26 DEMPSTER, Louise Lady Vet 45 07:05.0  
129 0:37:14 ROGERS, David Male Vet 50 07:26.6  
135 0:37:38 TUGWELL, Philip Male Vet 40 07:31.4  
136 0:37:40 ROGERS, Caroline Lady Vet 45 07:31.8  
140 0:38:06 COLES, Matthew Male Junior 07:37.0  
148 0:38:44 GRIFFITHS, Neville Male Vet 60 07:44.6  
162 0:39:32 HARROP, Paul Male Vet 60 07:54.2  
163 0:39:39 LOWE, Jane Lady Vet 35 07:55.6  
178 0:42:03 GARLAND, Heather Lady Vet 35 08:24.4  
181 0:42:38 CREASEY, Martin Male Senior 08:31.4  
186 0:42:43 MACILWAINE, Richard Male Vet 50 08:32.4  
189 0:43:14 ATHERTON, Diane Lady Vet 45 08:38.6  
192 0:43:15 DOOLEY, John P Male Vet 60 08:38.8  
201 0:44:00 BIRD, Allan Male Vet 50 08:47.8  
203 0:44:53 ALCOCK, Vincent Male Vet 40 08:58.4  
207 0:46:20 LEWIS, Sandra Lady Vet 45 09:15.8  
210 0:46:56 LYNCH, Paul Male Senior 09:23.0  
215 0:47:18 DUNBAR, Ian Male Vet 60 09:27.4  
216 0:47:25 REDPATH, Janet Lady Vet 55 09:28.8  
217 0:47:26 HAMLING, George Male Vet 60 09:29.0  
220 0:47:30 DUTTON, Ian Male Vet 40 09:29.8  
221 0:49:08 HEWITT, Anne Lady Vet 55 09:49.4 Club LV65 record
228 0:54:35 THOMPSON, Olivia Senior Lady 10:54.8  
229 0:54:48 FRANCE, Christine Lady Vet 45 10:57.4  
234 0:59:07 GREENWOOD, Robin Male Vet 40 11:49.2  

234 finishers, last finisher in 59:07.  Full results see the race web page.

Anne Hewitt's time of 49:08 was a Club LV65 record as the first recorded 5 mile race time by an LV65.

(Note that veteran age bands for this race were in 10 year steps, and went up to LV55 and MV60.)

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Sat/Sun 20/21-Jul-2013 10am start:  The 12 Labours Of Hercules

This was a 24 hour ultra running event based at Losehill Hall near Castleton, covering up to 78 miles & 17,000ft ascent.  It was for solo runners or teams.

You start from the Hall, visit one of 12 locations, perform a "labour", then return to the Hall.

Charlie Sharpe won the event, completing the full distance and all 12 "Labours" in a time of 16:10:49, leading by about 48 mins.

9 solo runners and 8 teams completed all 12 Labours.   Another 28 solo runners & teams completed part of the event.

For more information & full results, visit the event web site.

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Sunday 21-Jul-2013 at 9:30am:  Arley Hall Half Marathon

Pos Name Cat Time  
1 Tarus Elly M 1:09:07 winner - Salford Harriers
5 Matt Cullen M 1:15:56  
35 Karen Erlandson L 1:30:27 1st lady

379 finishers, last finisher in 3:11:36.  Full results are on the SportSoft web site.

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Wednesday 24-Jul-2013 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.

Pos Name Cat Time  
1 Chris Farrell M 31.08 winner - Horwich
22 Steve Burthem M50 37.35 2nd claim
28 Phil Daintith M40 38.23  
30 Charlie Sharpe M 38.55  
32 Julian Spencer M50 39.00  
38 Jayne Taylor L50 39.40 1st lady - Wigan Harriers
50 Tim Murphy M45 41.22  
52 Karon Forster L50 41.31  
58 Andy Garnett M55 42.23  
60 Liz Whitfield L 42.36  
76 Geoff Hand M55 44.15  
82 Neil Atkinson M 44.46  
104 Neville Griffiths M65 47.59  
143 Anne Hewitt L65 63.14  

147 finishers, last finisher in 71:05.  Full results are on ukresults.net.

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Thursday 25-Jul-2013 at 7:30pm:  Wizard 5

This is a 5 mile multi-terrain race on "roads, paths, trails around Alderley Edge".

Pos Name Cat CatPos Time  
1 Damian Nicholls     26:26 winner - Wilmslow RC
14 Diane McVey L35 1 30:07 1st lady - Wilmslow RC
17 Chris Millington V40 7 30:49  
30 David Hudd V40 10 32:06  
60 Liz Whitfield L35 3 35:26  
75 Alison Draper L 10 36:50  

160 finishers, last finisher in 58:09.  Full results are on the SportSoft web site.

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Fri/Sat 26/27-Jul-2013, 6pm start:  Lakeland 100 ultra race

It has approx 6300m (just over 20,000ft) of ascent.

Pos Name Gender/Age Time of Day Elapsed  
1 Stuart Mills  M50  Sat 16:18:44  22:17:50 winner
2 Charlie Sharpe  M24  Sat 17:03:39  23:02:45  
8 Lizzie Wraith  F28  Sat 18:16:00  24:15:06 1st lady

124 finishers, last finisher in 40:22:00.  Full results & intermediate checkpoint split times are on the SportIdent web site.

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Saturday 27-Jul-2013 at 11:30am:  Lakeland 50 ultra race

This consists of the final 50 miles of the Lakeland 100 Ultra.  It has approx 3100m (just over 10,000ft) of ascent.

Pos Name Gender/Age Time of Day Elapsed  
1 Ben Abdelnoor  M32  19:12:11 07:39:26 winner - Ambleside AC
16 Katherine Brougham  F29  21:16:55 09:44:10 1st lady
32 Chris Millington  M43  22:03:55 10:31:10  
33 David Hudd  M40  22:03:57 10:31:12  

481 finishers, last finisher in 23:29:10.  Full results & intermediate checkpoint split times are on the SportIdent web site.

Andrea Millington took some photos of both races.

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August


Saturday 3-Aug-2013 at 2:30pm:  Tegg's Nose fell race (nr. Macclesfield, category BM, 7.3 miles/1725ft climb)

This was race 2 (of 3) in the 2013 inter-club fell race competition with Spectrum Striders, Helsby RC, Pensby Runners and Tattenhall Runners. 

Spectrum Striders won this race with 224 points, followed by Helsby RC with 206, Pensby Runners with 204 and and Tattenhall Runners with 60.

Full inter-club series results for this race are available on this web site.

Pos Time Name Cat  
1 55:49 Jack Ross U23 winner - Staffordshire Moorlands AC
12 61:15 Karl Steinegger M  
19 63:23 Chris Millington MV40  
20 63:54 Adam Leadbetter M  
23 64:41 Jayne Joy L 1st lady - Helsby RC
29 67:41 Phil Daintith MV40  
33 69:33 David Hudd MV40  
35 69:50 Julian Spencer MV50  
36 70:16 Ian Pudge MV40  
41 71:11 Andy Garnett MV50  
80 78.04 Geoff Hand MV50  
92 80:22 Neville Griffiths MV60  
107 83:40 Dave Thompson MV50  
111 84:05 Colin Grime MV60  
128 90:48 Tim Jefferson MV50  
132 93:39 Sue Buck LV40  
134 98:13 Alan Peers MV70 1st MV70

145 finishers, last finisher in 1:53:57.

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Wednesday 7-Aug-2013 at 7:30pm:  Pie & Peas 5

Pos Name Cat Time  
1 Chris Perry M 26:07 winner - Vale Royal AC
22 Diane McVey LV35 30:00 1st lady - Wilmslow RC
28 Chris Millington MV40 30:28  
38 Robert Hough MV40 31:40  
49 David Hudd MV40 32:28  
76 Lee Dugdale MV40 33:55  
98 Liz Whitfield LV35 35:06  
120 Alison Draper L 36:09  
127 Dillon Alcock M20 36:35  
152 Brad Ehlen MV40 37:46  
155 Dave Thompson MV55 37:57  
159 Mike Hall MV50 38:07  
166 Neville Griffiths MV65 38:37  
189 Debbie Read LV55 39:40 1st LV55
215 Kate Johnson LV40 40:49  
220 John Dooley MV65 41:42  
229 John Owen MV50 42:26  
230 Richard MacIlwaine MV50 42:27  
241 Sue Buck LV45 43:17  
246 Robert Cant MV50 44:14  
247 Linda Owen LV55 44:15  
248 Vincent Alcock MV40 44:16  
250 Carolyn Arber LV55 44:35  
252 Dave Watson MV55 44:38  
275 David Redpath MV60 48:13  
279 Anne Hewitt LV65 48:33  
292 Peter Haley MV70 54:12  

297 finishers, last finisher in 55:49.  Full results are on the Vale Royal AC web site.

Les Hewitt was taking photos

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Sunday 11-Aug-2013 at 10am:  Great Warford 10 mile

Pos Name
Cat CatPos Time  
1 Ian McBride     0:51:32 winner - Royton Road Runners
29 Diane McVey L35 1 0:59:46 1st lady - Wilmslow RC
32 Chris Millington V40 9 1:00:19  
49 Chris Dawson     1:02:36  
127 Philip Rose V50 10 1:11:02  
172 Alison Draper L 25 1:13:39  
216 Neville Griffiths V65 5 1:17:43  
248 Paul Harrop V60 9 1:20:08  
265 Michael Bradley V55 24 1:22:19  
308 John Owen V50 21 1:28:23  
326 Linda Owen L55 8 1:32:33  
338 Niall Keating V50 25 1:34:03  

365 finishers, last finisher in 2:10:46.  Full results are on the SportSoft web site.

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Sunday 11-Aug-2013 at 10:30am: Burton 10k (in Burton upon Trent)

Pos Time Name Cat min/mile min/k  
1 00:32:20 C.Davies Sen Male 05:12 03:14 winner - Telford AC
27 00:38:05 L.Insley Vet Lady 35+ 06:08 03:49 1st lady - S.Derbyshire
227 00:59:38 A.Hewitt Vet Lady 65+ 09:36 05:58 1st LV65 & oldest lady runner!
            New LV65 club record

269 finishers, last finisher in 1:15:00.  Full results are on the Hatton Darts RC web site.

Anne's time was a new Club LV65 record as the first 10k run by a LV65.

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Wednesday 14-Aug-2013 at 7:15pm:  Pilgrims Cross fell race (category BM, 6 miles, 1100ft climb)

Pos Name
Cat Time  
1 Doni Clarke MSEN 00:38:22 winner
16 Chris Millington MV40 00:43:23  
40 Adam Leadbetter MSEN 00:46:19  
42 David Hudd MV40 00:46:53  
44 Phil Daintith MV40 00:47:04  
62 Rebecca Flanagan LU18 00:49:34 1st lady - Rossendale Harriers
66 Neil Crompton MSEN 00:49:46  
67 Karon Forster LV50 00:50:03 2nd lady
78 Kenny Forster MV50 00:51:50  
121 Neville Griffiths MV65 00:59:47  
123 Dave Thompson MV55 01:00:40  
124 Colin Grime MV65 01:01:14  

144 finishers, last finisher in 1:10:24.  Full results are on the FRA web site.

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Thursday 15-Aug-2013 at 7:30pm:  Sale Sizzler 5k (race 4 of 4)

Pos Name Cat Time  
1 Tesfaye Debele U20 14:33 winner - Bradford Airedale AC
34 Claire Duck L 16:32 1st lady - Leeds City AC
218 Neil Atkinson   21:29  
268 Philip Tugwell V45 22:16  

459 finishers, last finisher in 38:18.  Full results are on the SportSoft web site.

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Saturday 17-Aug-2013 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 takes places every Saturday throughout the year at 9am.

Pos Name Cat Time  
1 Unknown      
3 Chris MILLINGTON VM40-44 18:24 1st M40
4 Adam LEADBETTER SM30-34 18:46 1st M30
11 David HUDD VM40-44 19:57  
13 Julian SPENCER VM50-54 20:13  
15 Tim MURPHY VM45-49 20:18 1st M45
20 Andrew DAWSON SM30-34 20:53  
22 Rachael FISHWICK SW25-29 20:57 1st lady - St Helens Striders
23 Liz WHITFIELD VW35-39 20:57 1st W35
25 Karon FORSTER VW50-54 21:10 1st W50
34 Ran MACKAY VM45-49 22:17  
51 Dillon ALCOCK JM14 23:26  
54 Mike HALL VM50-54 23:38  
76 Jonathan CAHM VM45-49 25:03  
95 Vincent ALCOCK VM40-44 26:13  
137 Lisa MACKAY VW45-49 28:57  
142 Barry ALLMAN VM55-59 29:08  
147 Anne HEWITT VW65-69 30:01 1st W65

205 finishers, last finisher in 42:55.  Full results are on the parkrun web site.

The winner was down as "unknown" with no time because he didn't bring his personal barcode with him.

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Wednesday 21-Aug-2013 at 7:15pm:  Capenhurst 5k

Pos Name Category Time  
1 Ricky Challinor Male U40 00:15:40 winner - Liverpool Harriers & AC
27 Rachael Burns Female U35 00:17:11 1st lady - Liverpool Harriers & AC
62 Robert Hough Male O40 00:18:44  
85 Kenny Forster Male O50 00:19:40  
98 Lee Dugdale Male O40 00:20:07  
111 Alison Draper Female U35 00:20:29  
120 Liz Whitfield Female O35 00:20:46  
132 Karon Forster Female O50 00:21:06 1st FV50
159 Michael Charman Male O60 00:21:59  
163 Debbie Read Female O55 00:22:12 1st FV55
193 Michael Bradley Male O55 00:24:18  
200 John Owen Male O50 00:24:51  
205 Linda Owen Female O55 00:25:13  
231 Anne Hewitt Female O60 00:28:39 1st FV60 & new Club FV65 record
240 Stephanie Charman Female O60 00:30:11  

246 finishers, last finisher in 35:14.  Full results are on the race web site.

Anne's time is a new Club FV65 record, beating her own time of 29:34 set at the Dunham Massey 5k (race 1) on 25-May-2013 by 55 sec.

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Sunday 25-Aug-2013 at 10am:  Fleetwood Half Marathon

Pos FirstName LastName Cat GunTime ChipTime  
1 Ian McBride MS 01:10:11 01:10:10 winner - Royton Road Runners
4 Matthew Cullen MS 01:16:27 01:16:26  
40 Michelle Cole FV35 01:26:52 01:26:46 1st lady - Swansea Harriers
524 Tony Fillingham MS 02:55:00 02:54:10  

531 finishers, last finisher in 3:10:42.  Full results are on the race web site.

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Bank Holiday Monday 26-Aug-2013 at 1pm:  Cilcain Mountain Race, near Mold (Category AS, 4.6 miles, 1286ft climb)

Pos FirstName Surname Time Cat  
1 Lloyd Taggart 31.28 M40 winner - Dark Peak FR
17 Jackie Lee 37.55 F 1st lady - Eryri Harriers
6 Chris Owens 36.36 M  
26 Chris Millington  39.09 M40  
57 Phil Daintith 42.37 M40  
92 Kenny Forster 46.04 M50  
120 Neville Griffiths 48.58 M60  
127 Debbie Read 49.42 F50  
182 Sue Buck 59.23 F40  
185 Barry Grantham 60.12 M60  

202 finishers, last finisher in 67:50.  Full results are on the race web site.

The race had 10 year age bands.  This is the same race that in previous years was called Moel Famau.

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Wednesday 28-Aug-2013 at 7:30pm:  Harrock Hill fell race #4 (near Parbold, category BS, 5.2 miles, 900ft climb)

This is race 4 of a series of 4 races.

Pos Name Cat Time  
1 Josh Tighe M 30.56 winner - Northumberland FR
4 Karl Steinegger M 33.06  
8 Charlie Sharpe M 34.56  
12 Dionne Allen L 35.36 1st lady - Leigh Harriers
28 Julian Spencer M50 37.57  
65 Andy Garnett M55 41.28  
71 Kenny Forster M50 42.12  
82 Neil Atkinson M 43.08  
93 Liz Whitfield L 44.09  
107 Michael Charman M60 45.20  
118 Neville Griffiths M65 46.53  
121 Debbie Read L55 47.05  
127 Dave Thompson M55 48.02  
166 John Dooley M65 52.42  
173 Alan Peers M70 54.28  
188 Barry Allman M55 60.31  
189 Anne Hewitt L65 60.58  

198 finishers (+ 3 DNF), last finisher in 69:30.  Full results are on ukresults.net.

2013 fastest times for Striders

Your fastest time of the 4 Harrock Hill races in any one year counts for your position in the club champs.

Thanks to Julian for the following table of times.  The table is sorted in order of fastest time.

    Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4
Name Cat Pos Time Pos Time Pos Time Pos Time
                   
Karl Steinegger M 4 32.01 3 33.57     4 33.06
Charlie Sharpe M 18 35.59 7 34.57 30 38.55 8 34.56
Chris Millington M40 16 35.40            
Adam Leadbetter M     28 37.17        
Steve Burthem M50 39 37.54 49 38.59 22 37.35    
David Hudd M 37 37.45            
Phil Daintith M40 38 37.48 39 38.14 28 38.23    
Julian Spencer M50 56 39.49 55 39.18 32 39.00 28 37.57
Daniel Chadwick M 47 38.46            
Tim Murphy M45         50 41.22    
Andy Garnett M55         58 42.23 65 41.28
Karon Forster L50 89 43.07 84 41.43 52 41.31    
Kenny Forster M50             71 42.12
Liz Whitfield L 88 43.04 103 43.03 60 42.36 93 44.09
Neil Atkinson M         82 44.46 82 43.08
Alison Draper L 94 43.23            
Geoff Hand M55 98 43.35     76 44.15    
Michael Charman M60             107 45.20
Neville Griffiths M65 130 48.23     104 47.59 118 46.53
Debbie Read L55             121 47.05
Dave Thompson M55             127 48.02
Stephen Pickford M40 129 48.16            
Tim Jefferson M50     155 49.01        
John Dooley M65             166 52.42
Alan Peers M70 174 53.44 196 53.14     173 54.28
Barry Allman M55             188 60.31
Anne Hewitt L65 191 63.34     143 63.14 189 60.58
                   
No. runners/race   196   229   147   201  
No. Striders ran   16   10   11   15  

2013 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.

Karl was second overall in the series and Liz was second Senior Lady.

Pos Name Cat Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 TOTAL # races Best 3  
1 Chris Farrell M 1   1 3 5 3 5 series winner - Horwich
2 Karl Steinegger M 4 3   4 11 3 11  
7 Charlie Sharpe M 18 7 30 8 63 4 33  
18 Phil Daintith M40 38 39 28   105 3 105  
22 Julian Spencer M50 56 55 32 28 171 4 115  
27 Rachel Jefferson LU23 58 60 47 37 202 4 142 1st lady - Warrington AC
42 Karon Forster L50 89 84 52   225 3 225  
45 Liz Whitfield L 88 103 60 93 344 4 241  
66 Neville Griffiths M65 130   104 118 352 3 352  
90 Anne Hewitt L65 191   143 189 523 3 523  
94 Alan Peers M70 174 196   173 543 3 543  

There were 97 runners who completed 3 or 4 races.  Full series results are on ukresults.net.

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September


Sunday 1-Sep-2013 at 11am:  Pennington Flash 5 Mile Trail Race

Pos Name Cat CatPos Time mins per k/mile  
1 Tom Corson M (001/044) 00:26:12 03.15/05.14 winner - Bolton United Harriers
22 Laura Riches F (001/014) 00:30:09 03.45/06.02 1st lady - Leigh Harriers & AC
188 Anne Hewitt F60 (003/005) 00:48:16 06.00/09.39  

198 finishers, last finisher in 1:01:21.  Full results are on ukresults.net.

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Sunday 1-Sep-2013 at 10am:  Blackpool Hilton Half Marathon

Pos Forename Surname Cat Chip Time Gun Time  
1 Daniel Grant MS 01:13:47 01:13:48 winner
27 Katherine Fitzpatrick FS 01:25:23 01:25:26 1st lady
389 Tony Fillingham MS 02:46:21 02:46:58  

394 finishers (+ 2 DNF), last finisher in 3:12:21.  Full results are on ukresults.net.

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Wednesday 4-Sep-2013 at 6:45pm:  Frodsham Hill race - "Robbie Webster's Wobbler"

This was race 3 (of 3) in the 2013 inter-club fell race competition with Spectrum Striders, Helsby RC, Pensby Runners and Tattenhall Runners. 

Helsby RC won this race with 322 points, followed by Spectrum Striders with 234, Pensby Runners with 189 and and Tattenhall Runners with 120.

Helsby RC won the overall series.

Full inter-club series results for this race are available on this web site.

This was a closed race for the Inter-club Fell Competition, with just a few invited guests from other clubs.

As measured by a Garmin, the course was 5.23 miles, with 823ft of ascent and 649ft descent.  [Note that the Garmin measurement is not necessarily accurate.]

Pos Time Name Cat Club
1 0:39:39 ALEXANDER, David MV40 winner - West Cheshire AC
4 0:41:01 STEINEGGER, Karl MS  
8 0:42:24 MILLINGTON, Christopher MV40  
11 0:43:41 LEADBETTER, Adam MS  
15 0:45:30 PUDGE, Ian MV40  
19 0:48:20 GRANTHAM, Lisa FS 1st lady - Pensby Runners
20 0:48:21 HUDD, David MV40  
28 0:50:52 CROMPTON, Neil MS  
38 0:52:23 DRAPER, Alison FS  
40 0:52:46 DAINTITH, Phil MV40  
41 0:52:57 MACKAY, Ranald MV40  
46 0:53:55 FORSTER, Karon FV50 1st FV50
47 0:53:57 SPENCER, Julian MV50  
54 0:54:26 READ, Debbie FV50  
56 0:54:41 GRIFFITHS, Neville MV60  
63 0:55:59 THOMPSON, Dave MV50  
72 0:58:49 OWENS, Pete MV50  
81 1:03:29 BUCK, Sue FV40  
89 1:09:32 ALLMAN, Barry J MV50  
92 1:21:23 HEWITT, Anne FV60 1st FV60

92 finishers, last finisher in 1:21:23.

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Thursday 5-Sep-2013 at 6:45pm:  Hades Hill fell race (Whitworth, category BS, 5 miles, 1181ft climb)

Pos Name Cat Time  
1 Josh Tighe SM 31.04 winner - Northumberland Fell Runners
5 Karl Steinegger SM 34.36  
20 Caitlin Rice F 38.24 1st lady - Glossopdale
40 Dave Hudd M40 41.27  

121 finishers, last finisher in 72:28.   Full results are on ukresults.net

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Sunday 8-Sep-2013 at 9am:  English Half Marathon (Warrington)

This is a race in the 30th Anniversary Club Grand Prix, a series of races celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Spectrum Striders RC in 2013.

Pos Name Cat GunTime ChipTime CatPos  
1 Mat Rushbrook MSNR 01:14:06 01:14:04 1   winner - Unattached
12 Kelly Crickmore FSNR 01:20:03 01:20:01 1   1st lady - Chester Tri
14 Chris Millington M40 01:20:25 01:20:23 3  
34 Chris Dawson MSNR 01:24:22 01:24:19 22  
151 Andrew Dawson MSNR 01:34:03 01:33:47 93  
171 Guy Lambert MSNR 01:34:59 01:34:22 105  
174 Stephen Ward M50 01:35:03 01:34:38 16  
188 Philip Rose M50 01:35:59 01:35:50 17  
266 Darren Roberts M40 01:39:41 01:39:36 73  
281 Alan Brady M60 01:40:32 01:39:39 3  
333 Neville Griffiths M60 01:42:28 01:42:11 5  
413 Dave Thompson M50 01:45:36 01:44:55 40  
442 Kimberley Tinsley FSNR 01:46:55 01:44:51 25  
459 Karl Alldred M40 01:47:33 01:46:54 131  
468 Stephen Hewitt M40 01:47:51 01:46:56 135  
473 Luke Potts MSNR 01:48:00 01:47:02 233  
538 Norman Partington M50 01:50:15 01:49:20 56  
554 Michael Bradley M50 01:50:40 01:50:05 58  
566 John Dooley M60 01:50:55 01:50:15 8  
571 Sarah Leigh F40 01:51:00 01:48:48 27  
748 Susan Buck F40 01:56:16 01:55:47 40  
791 Tim Lewis M40 01:57:27 01:54:53 229  
824 Edward Stokes MSNR 01:58:19 01:56:52 360  
886 Eleanor Roberts F40 02:00:05 01:59:09 55  
935 Robert Cant M50 02:01:40 02:00:38 94  
1000 Linda Owen F50 02:04:41 02:04:03 11  
1021 Ian Dunbar M60 02:05:43 02:05:12 13  
1034 Janet Redpath F60 02:06:09 02:05:29 1   1st FV60 & new FV60 Club record
1074 Barry Grantham M60 02:07:32 02:07:00 14  
1115 Allan Bird M50 02:08:54 02:06:19 108  
1191 Sandra Lewis F40 02:11:55 02:09:22 87  
1517 Tony Fillingham MSNR 02:51:57 02:50:07 531  
1526 Christine France F50 02:56:52 02:56:14 38  
1531 Robin Greenwood M40 02:59:33 02:57:20 344  
1533 Duncan Forrest M50 03:00:19 02:57:23 133  

1540 finishers, last finisher in 3:31:17.  Full results are on the Winning Time web site.

Janet Redpath's time of 2:05:29 is a new Club FV60 record, beating by 7min 23sec Steph Charman's time of 2:12:52 set at Lake Vyrnwy on 9-Sep-2012.

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Sunday 8-Sep-2013 at 10am:  Yorkshireman Off Road Marathon (Haworth, category CL, 26.1 miles, 3280ft climb)

Race report from Andy Gaskell:

"I sometimes wonder why I do these runs.  It all looks great when you send off the cheque and you read some of the reviews.
‘It was epic’
‘Best thing I’ve ever done’
‘Great scenery’
‘Lovely people’

What they don’t necessarily tell you is the number of hills, fields full of cow dung, paths smothering in nettles and sheep with their beady eyes.

Not to mention the odd mad dog chasing you out of a farm yard – it all spookily looks like Emmerdale Farm.

Compound all this with the fact that I fell into a bog up to my waist at 10 miles then had to run the rest of the race looking like I’d had an all over mud pack.  I thank Dan for not stopping and helping me to climb out.  Funny though, my skin did look lovely and smooth when I washed it off!

Having completed a couple of off road marathons before, I knew this was going to be a bit tricky.  This route had more hills than I had done previously in a race and I didn’t know the full route.  In the end it didn’t really matter.

There were plenty of runners to follow and the route signs were OK although we did get a little lost at one point which cost us a few minutes.  I would recommend this race to anyone looking at an off road marathon but perhaps not as a first.

If the weather had been poor, it could have been a problem as map reading would have been necessary.

The feed stations and marshals were great and cost is very reasonable considering some of the prices especially as you get hot pot and cake at the finish along with a tech t-shirt.

4hrs 36min ish – a great day out.

I’d like to thank Dan for coming along (I think he is still cursing me), along with my missus (Kath).

Keep running."

Pos Name Cat Time  
1st  Ged Callan  M  03:18:29 winner - Bingley Harriers & AC 
1st  Kim Threadgall  F  03:46:55 1st lady - Valley Striders AC 
75th  Andrew Gaskell  MV40  04:36:59  
108th  Daniel Chadwick  M  04:59:33  

178 finishers (+7 DNF), last finisher in 7:56:11.  Full results are on the FRA web site.

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Sunday 8-Sep-2013 at 10am:  Wigan 10k

Pos Name Cat CatPos Gun Time Chip Time  
1 Joseph Christopher Male 18-39 1/757 00:31:40 00:31:39 winner - Cambridge University Hare And Hounds
51 Kevin Marsden Male 18-39 32/757 00:39:58 00:39:46  
66 Tim Murphy Male 45-49 4/122 00:40:39 00:40:35  
70 Lynn Manir-Jolley Female 40-44 1/135 00:40:45 00:40:43 1st lady - Wigan Phoenix

2175 finishers, last finisher in 2:17:05.  Full results are on the Sports Timing Solutions web site.

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Sunday 8-Sep-2013 at 10:15am:  Salford 10k

Pos First Name Surname Cat GunTime ChipTime 5k split  
1 Tesfaye Debele MOPEN 00:30:09 00:30:09 00:15:19 winner - Bradford Airedale
27 Rachael Burns FOPEN 00:35:58 00:35:58 00:18:07 1st lady - Liverpool Harriers & AC
1334 Jenny Peers F35-39 00:57:58 00:55:54 00:27:47  

2132 finishers, last finisher in 2:07:39.  Full results are on the TDL Event Services web site.

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Thursday 12-Sep-2013 at 7pm:  Club Road Mile (at Birchwood Park)

Thanks to Andy Garnett for organising the event, held on a rainy night in Birchwood Park just along the road from Alive & Well gym.

Thanks to Terry Coles & Les Hewitt for recording positions and times on a wet night, and to Les for these results.  Thanks to Andy Garnett & Graham Driver for helping with the timing in the heats they didn't run.

Louise Dempster's time of 5:53 was a new Club LV50 record, beating by 21 sec Karon Forster's time of 6:14 set at the Track Day mile on 14-Jul-2012.

Heat 1 Age     Heat 2 Age  
Name cat Time   Name cat Time
Adam Leadbetter MS 5:08   Andrew Dawson MS 5:54
Chris Millington M40 5:09   Paul McWhirter   5:59
Sam Morris MS 5:13   Luisa Candioli   6:06
Owen Lee MJ 5:21   Jude Peck F35 6:10
Daniel Chadwick MS 5:26   Alan Brady M60 6:19
Dave Hudd M40 5:28   Steve Hewitt M40 6:21
Lee ?   5:28   Andy Garnett M55 6:23
Andy Gaskell M45 5:40   Martin Creasey MS 6:25
Mat Rimmington MS 5:41   Steve Swan M40 6:26
Guy Lambert MS 5:46   Robert Robinson MS 6:27
Paul Kelly M40 5:48   Karon Forster F50 6:30
Louise Dempster F50 5:53   Clare Firth   6:34
Alison Draper FS 5:54   ???   6:42
Dillon Alcock MJ 5:57   Norman Partington M50 6:47
Graham Driver M45 5:58   John Dooley M65 6:51
Tony Morris M45 6:05   Richard MacIlwaine M55 7:05
Ran Mackay M45 6:16   Jane Lowe F40 7:08
Karon Forster F50 6:20   Linda Owen F55 7:33
        Chris Smethurst M55 7:34
        June Morris F50 8:32
        Tony Fillingham MS 8:53

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Sunday 15-Sep-2013 at 11am:  Sutton 6 10k

Pos Time Name Category  
1 0:34:00 NICHOLLS, Damian Senior Man winner - Wilmslow RC
6 0:35:29 HOUGHTON, Graham Male Vet 35  
14 0:36:36 McVEY, Diane Lady Vet 35 1st lady - Wilmslow RC
58 0:41:26 FORSTER, Kenny Male Vet 50  
79 0:43:06 GARNETT, Andy Male Vet 55  
81 0:43:13 FORSTER, Karon Lady Vet 50  
90 0:44:27 EHLEN, Brad Male Vet 40  
92 0:44:37 PECK, Jude Lady Vet 35  
145 0:49:34 BRADLEY, Michael Male Vet 55  
189 0:58:40 HEWITT, Anne Lady Vet 65 New Club LV65 record

210 finishers, last finisher in 1:16:25.  Full results on the race web site.

Anne's time is a new Club LV65 record, beating her own time of 59:38 set at the Burton upon Trent 10k on 11-Aug-2013 by 58 sec.

Les Hewitt was taking pictures.


Sunday 15-Sep-2013:  Great North Run

Race report from Alison Draper:

"I’d never been that interested about competing in any of the big events such as the London Marathon, Great North or South Run etc. It all seemed too much hassle travelling, too expensive and too many people running. I’d rather compete in a low key event, close to home and seeing some familiar faces.

However, when I saw the 2013 Great North Run was on my 30th Birthday, I changed my mind and decided to enter the ballot. I was lucky enough to get a place and a number to start with the fast paced club runners, just behind the elite men that included Mo Farah!

With training not going to plan, running 5 minutes below my 10 mile PB, just a month before the GNR, I was getting a bit worried. However a month before the event I went on a few 11/12 mile runs and was feeling more confident about the half marathon.

The weather wasn’t great but the event start was very well organised and there was such an amazing atmosphere it didn’t matter about the conditions. As usual I got carried away on the day and ran my first mile in 6mins 11secs! However I soon slowed down and enjoyed the race with crowds lining every part of the route, bands playing and sponsor buses cheering, it was something I had never experienced before.

The last few miles were hard going but I finished in 1:32:50, which was over 2 minutes faster than what I was aiming for. The day ended with a few well deserved cocktails in Newcastle.  It seems mad with too many non-runners but all in all the Great North Run on my 30th Birthday, finished with a night on the Toon, was a fantastic and memorable experience.

Most members of the club have celebrated their 30th birthdays (some more years ago than others!) but I would definitely recommend running in the Great North Run for the atmosphere and experience if you get the opportunity!"

Pos Name Cat Time  
1 Kenenisa Bekele   01:00:09 winner
1 Priscah Jeptoo   01:05:45 1st lady
1453 Alison Draper FSen 01:32:50  
9971 Kate Johnson F40 01:52:25  
16125 Denise Hepburn F35 02:01:19  
23464 Ian Dutton M40 02:13:20  
27644 George Hamling M60 02:20:55  
35801 Tony Fillingham MSen 02:44:16  

40717 finishers, last finisher in 4:57:29.   Full results are on the Great Run web site 

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Sunday 15-Sep-2013 at 11:15am:  Boggart Chase 10k multi-terrain (Boggart Hole Clough, Blackley, Manchester)

Pos Name Cat CatPos mins per k/mile Time  
1 Callum Rowlinson MJ (001/003) 03.36/05.48 00:36:04 winner - Sale Harriers Manchester
25 Stephanie Stevens F40 (001/005) 04.19/06.56 00:43:08 1st lady - Chorlton Runners
75 Dennis Yarwood M45 (007/007) 05.53/09.29 00:58:53  

80 finishers, last finisher in 1:08:33.   Full results are on ukresults.net

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Sunday 15-Sep-2013 at 1pm:  Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon

Pos Forename Surname Cat ChipTime GunTime  
1 Ben Fish M 01:08:05 01:08:05 winner - Blackburn Harriers
29 Claire Martin F35 01:19:33 01:19:34 1st lady - Telford AC
78 David Hudd M40 01:25:41 01:25:47  

1298 finishers, last finisher in 3:18:46.   Full results are on ukresults.net

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Sunday 15-Sep-2013 at 9:30am:  South Cheshire 20 mile

Pos Forename Surname Cat Time  
1 Ben GAMBLE MO 01:46:44 winner - Tipton Harriers
24 Lucy HODGSON F35 02:18:06 1st lady - Newquay Road Runners
79 Guy LAMBERT MO 02:38:40  

213 finishers, last finisher in 4:28:23.   Full results are on ukresults.net

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Saturday 28-Sep-2013 at 1:15pm:  Red Rose Cross Country League race 1 of 4 at Leigh Sports Village

U15 Boys race – 4k

Pos Name Time  
1 Matthew Barnes 12:08 winner - Pendle AC
7 Owen Lee 12:51  
21 Dillon Alcock 14:21  

38 finishers, last finisher in 28:24.  Full results are on the SportSoft web site.

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Sunday 29-Sep-2013 at 10am/11am:  Sandstone Trail Races (A: 17.1 miles/2150ft climb, B: 10.6 miles/950ft climb)

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 web site.

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  Ken Sutor  MV40  01:59:04 winner - Cheshire Hash House Harriers
8th  Chris Millington  MV40  02:07:58  
26th  Sophie Hunt  L  02:16:02 1st lady - Run in Wirral 
45th  Julian Spencer  MV50  02:22:24  
99th  Alan Brady  MV60  02:44:46  
143rd  Dave Thompson  MV50  02:57:34  
171st  Heather Garland  L  03:17:02  

188 finishers (+4 DNF), last finisher in 4:05:26.

B Race

         
Pos  Name  Cat Time   
1st  Graham Houghton  M  01:10:45 winner
13th  David Hudd  MV40  01:21:28  
15th  Vicky McKinnon  L  01:23:30 1st lady - Wilmslow RC 
18th  Andy Garnett  MV50  01:24:14  
30th  Jude Peck  L  01:29:20  
37th  Janet Robertson  LV40  01:32:55 2nd claim
40th  Brad Ehlen  MV40  01:34:14  
52nd  Michael Hall  MV50  01:38:45  
62nd  Debbie Read  LV50  01:41:14  
90th  Sue Buck  LV40  01:47:29  
133rd  Barry Grantham  MV60  02:01:31  
150th  Anne Hewitt  LV60  02:12:20  

163 finishers (+1 DNF), last finisher in 2:39:16.

Well done to Graham for his win, also to Graham, Dave & Andy who were the mens team prize winners (decided on cumulative time as opposed to position).

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Sunday 29-Sep-2013 at 10:30am:  Cheshire 10k (at Arley Hall, nr Antrobus)

Pos Name Cat Gun Time Chip Time  
1 Russell Bently Senior 00:30:21 00:30:21 winner - Kent AC
9 Emma Pallant Lady 00:33:37 00:33:36 1st lady - Aldershot
45 Chris Dawson Senior 00:38:02 00:37:57  
138 Philip Rose V50 00:42:58 00:42:42  
148 Louise Dempster LV50 00:43:28 00:43:12 1st LV50
243 Luke Potts V35 00:47:03 00:46:27  
282 Michael Bradley V55 00:48:26 00:47:59  
365 Denise Zachariasz LV40 00:50:59 00:50:03  
402 Linda Owen LV55 00:52:36 00:51:41  
405 Diane Atherton LV50 00:52:39 00:51:25  
532 Janet Redpath LV60 00:58:00 00:57:05 1st LV60

705 finishers, last finisher in 1:31:03.  Full results are on the race web site

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Sunday 29-Sep-2013 at 10:30am:  Edale Skyline fell race (category AL, 21 miles, 4500ft climb)

This race was the 6th & final race in the 2013 English Fell Running Championship.

Pos  Name  Cat Time   
1st  Simon Bailey  M  02:45:50 winner - Mercia Fell RC 
32nd  Victoria Wilkinson  F  03:12:03 1st lady - Bingley Harriers & AC 
184th  Karon Forster  FV50  04:16:08 3rd FV50

269 finishers (+28 DNF), last finisher in 5:35:20.   Full results are on the SportIdent web site


Sunday 29-Sep-2013 at 10am:  Macclesfield Half Marathon

Pos Name Cat GunTime ChipTime  
1 James Noakes M45 01:16:45 01:16:45 winner - Macclesfield Harriers & AC
4 Olivia Walwyn F Senior 01:21:17 01:21:17 1st lady - City of Norwich AC
129 David Gleave M Senior 01:41:34 01:41:20  
137 Stephen Pickford M40 01:42:20 01:42:16  

586 finishers, last finisher in 2:58:07.   Full results are on ukresults.net

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