OAC’s Chris Carver reports on this circular race betwixt Stratford-Upon-Avon and Cirencester: “Before the start I had a personal target of 16h 30. I was about 5 minutes ahead of that until about 58 miles when I had an emergency toilet stop. At 68 miles I was sick three times and I then fell over/tripped at 78 miles (whilst surveying the damage, limping etc. I missed a turning and ran about 1.5 miles extra). At 80 miles I was now on…
The penultimate counting race of the 2012 Harrogate & District Summer Race League at Northallerton was hosted by Swaledale Road Runners and won by… Ian Fisher, third Andrew Robertshaw and tenth Simon Anderson. Here are the full results.
Report from OAC’s Reid Haddow: Runners in this years race 329, position 140th and second mv65. Great run measured at just over 10km, approx 10.6k. Nice two lap course, undulating, with a beautiful backdrop of Castle Howard when you finish! The race was won by Ben Livesey (Birchfield Harriers) in 34.01 and the first lady in nineteenth position overall was Emma Yates (Knavesmire Harriers) in 41.56. Some pictures in Club Photos with results from ukresults.
Report from OAC’s Colin Best: The 20th Settle Hills Fell Race (7 miles / 1,312′) organised by Settle Harriers was a lovely fell race in some beautiful limestone country. Weather was reasonable and despite recent weather not too bad under foot, so few excuses. Race was won by Carl Bell (Howgill Harriers) in 50.44 and first lady was Carol Morgan (Nidd Valley) in 1.07.12. Martin Smillie former club member 51st in 1.10.18 and then me, Colin Best, 92nd in 1.19.26. 121 finishers, results from Settle…
Report from OAC’s Sharron Smith on the Buckden Pike Fell Race (3.7 miles / 1,594′): Just wanted to thank all involved for the great friendly road race at Otley on Wednesday – my first road run in a long time! Blessed with dry conditions it was a good experience! Back on the fells on Saturday at Buckden Pike Fell Race organised by Wharfedale Harriers and fell flat on my face but still managed to finish as fourth lady (and first FV40) in 41st…
Results for Bradford parkrun 147 participants completed the run today. The first male to finish was Keith MCGHIE (M) (Spenborough & District AC) in a time of 00:18:21. The first lady completing the course was Steph WILSON (F) (Saltaire Striders) in a time of 00:21:04. You can find the full parkrun results for this event here: The following club members participated: 16 Tom PAGET 00:21:57 Results for Brueton parkrun 161 participants completed the run today. The first male to finish…
By virtue of her superb performances including FV35 and FV40 records in the Edinburgh Half Marathon (87.14), third overall in the three race series of the John Carr 5km’s (also including a Club FV40 record in race #1 in 19.49) and finishing third lady overall in the Ripon 10 Miles, Karen Best wins the Runner of the Month for May. There were also notable mentions for Racheal Bamford, Gemma Ricketts and Richard Smith amongst others for this month’s award. Well…
Over the 10km Stainburn course, Anne finished a clear winner ahead of Club Secretary John in second, who in doing so moved to the top of the Club Handicap Table on 84 points ahead of Billy and Tom Hannah in second and third. Unsurprisingly Ian recorded the fastest time on the night despite adding approximately 200m or so missing the left turn down to Braythorn. Pictures courtesy of Matt Podd in Club Photos. Pos Name Race Time H’Cap Actual Time…
Details, race results, updated all time list and photos from Otley 10 Mile Road Race. Also lots more pictures in Club Photos. Well done to Matt John being the first ever Otley resident to win the race (56.00), Pauline Munro winning the ladies race (65.23) and new records for Aileen Baldwin and Fred Gibbs in the Ladies’ Vets 60 and Men’s Vets 70 categories respectively. Thank you to all the runners who took part and all the helpers, volunteers and…
Report by OAC’s Caroline Marler from Sportcity, Manchester: 200m. 3rd (1st W60) 32.4 400m. 71.7 1st (beat W50 too) Organised by Manchester Harriers.