Otley Athletic Club

Well done to all those took part in the first cross country race of the season at Thornes Park, including several juniors, more details of there stirling efforts the juniors page. Results… Senior Ladies: 1st Emma Clayton, Leeds City 20:24, 34th Vicky Stainburn 24:10. Senior Men: 1st Dan Garbutt, Skyrac 32:40,  189th John Davis 54:08,  192nd Billy Rayner 56:09,  193rd Antonio Cardinale 1:13:43. Full results here, Woodentops photos: Senior men set 1 here set 2 here, Senior women here.

Pos Gender Pos parkrunner Club Run Time Fountains Abbey 1 1 Scott Harrington Otley AC 17:11 31 31 Peter Crowder Otley AC 21:17 33 1 Robyn Wynn Claremont RR 21:26 56 50 Matt Podd Otley AC 22:24 249 164 Oliver Harrington Otley AC 32:15 250 86 Gemma Harrington Otley AC 32:16 Harrogate 1 1 Mark Bryant Harrogate H & AC 17:47 38 38 Martin Stringer Otley AC 21:58 47 1 Sharon Hardcastle Unattached 22:26 61 59 Stephen Small Otley AC…

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Tash Whitaker and Edward Davies were chosen as runners of the month for September.  Ed for his 3rd place finish at the Yorkshireman marathon and Tash for her runs at the Great North Run, Wetherby 10k and a Bradford Park Run.

Marathon Report from Andy Webster My target at the start was to beat 4 hours which I did finishing in 3:57:31. A little disappointed as hit the wall around mile 22 and could not find anyway to boost my speed up. However another marathon completed and had 4 weeks disrupted training with cricket, holidays, and injury. At the moment planning on a marathon free year in 2018. But will probably do another one in the future, injury and illness permitting….

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A handicap veteran of more than 200 races, Tom easily won his 11th, finishing a couple of minutes clear of Ian.  Inevitably Ian recorded the fastest time of the day, just a little slower than his course record. With just two races to go, Weeton in November and the December’s Ken Dixon the race for this year’s title looks like a battle between Rob Fearnley, Laura Hind and Antonio on 156, 142 and 138 points respectively.  See the full table here. …

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Woodhouse Moor parkrun A total of 599 runners took part. Position Gender Pos Name Club Run Time 1 1 Matthew CREHAN St Helens Sutton AC 00:16:36 35 1 Becky MCDONALD Unattached 00:20:08 293 67 Alice WEBSTER Otley AC 00:27:09 302 72 Elly WARDLE STEAD Otley AC 00:27:21 Bradford parkrun A total of 408 runners took part. Position Gender Pos Name Club Run Time 1 1 Will KERR Saltaire Striders 00:17:51 17 1 Sarah FLAHERTY Bingley Harriers and AC 00:20:50 283…

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Report from Tom Lynch: Such a contrast to last year, this years running of the HBMR, a paired 4 stage mountain relay set in and around Patterdale, was a reduced and re-routed course owing to bad weather on the day, and Saturday’s surface water flooding around Windermere. Heavy rain, mist and wind were all forecast for the day, and at one point the race was nearly cancelled. The altered course followed an out and back route using only Legs 1…

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