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| And they're off! |
Also a big thank you to our helpers and marshalls tonight: Perry Wyatt, Dave Parr, Martin Gunther, Craig Edwards, Jason Bulley and Jill and Andre who ran as tail runners.
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| Pre-race instructions: No GPS / no watches / no phones! |
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| Terry heads to the line as third finisher but way off his prediction |
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| Rick and new Strider Nick couldn't be separated on time but were 30 seconds apart on predictions |
Position | Strider | Prediction | Actual | Difference | |
1 | Tim Morris | 42:25 | 41:20 | -01:05 | |
2 | Tony Taylor | 43:45 | 41:51 | -01:54 | |
3 | Terry Coppenhall | 46:30 | 44:09 | -02:21 | |
4 | Rick Kelso-Davies | 46:30 | 47:33 | +01:03 | |
5 | Nick Hogan | 47:00 | 47:33 | +00:33 | |
6 | Mat Simister | 48:00 | 44:52 | -03:08 | |
7 | Giles Hodges | 48:28 | 48:25 | -00:03 | 2nd Male |
8 | Steve Farnell | 48:30 | 48:20 | -00:10 | |
9 | John Wright | 48:47 | 48:45 | -00:02 | 1st Male |
10 | Tom Mayell | 51:40 | 54:54 | +03:14 | |
11 | Fran Gilchrist | 53:48 | 51:59 | -01:49 | |
12 | Steve Treweeks | 54:35 | 56:43 | +02:08 | |
13 | Nick Frost | 54:40 | 54:46 | +00:06 | 3rd Male = |
14 | Andrew Gibson | 55:20 | 56:53 | +01:33 | |
15 | Matt Wood | 55:30 | 58:32 | +03:02 | |
16 | Janet Burgess | 55:42 | 57:25 | +01:17 | |
17 | Chris Brumby | 55:56 | 56:52 | +00:56 | |
18 | Jan Peake | 56:00 | 54:05 | -01:55 | |
19 | Alan Wilcox | 57:00 | 54:07 | -02:53 | |
20 | Lucy Lee | 58:23 | 59:36 | +01:13 | |
21 | Jo Bulley | 58:47 | 58:08 | -00:39 | 3rd Female |
22 | Rachel Green | 59:22 | 57:24 | -01:58 | |
23 | Christiane Bunte | 59:43 | 58:03 | -01:40 | |
24 | George Nicholls | 01:01:20 | 01:04:01 | +03:41 | |
25 | Megan Latham | 01:01:37 | 01:01:29 | -00:08 | 1st Female |
26 | Paul Nicholls | 01:03:27 | 58:10 | -05:17 | |
27 | Grant Stanning | 01:04:39 | 01:04:45 | +00:06 | 3rd Male = |
28 | Sophie Bunte | 01:05:00 | 01:02:10 | -02:50 | |
29 | Elaine Wood | 01:05:30 | 01:05:11 | -00:19 | 2nd Female |
30 | Karen Lovatt | 01:08:14 | 01:09:04 | +00:50 | |
31 | Tracey Hale | 01:10:03 | 01:08:46 | -01:17 | |
32 | Lindsay Beech | 01:12:03 | 01:08:46 | -03:17 | |
33 | Pat Kirk | 01:15:37 | 01:03:44 | -11:53 | Wooden Spoon! |
34 | Jill Young | 01:18:32 | 01:09:11 | -09:21 |
Other results of note include Tim Morris who finished as first Strider, an excellent performance to beat Tony into second place. Mat Simister ran his fastest Sandbach 10k time by over 2 minutes. Fran Gilchrist ran a blazing last 100 metres when he should have been slowing down. Megan Latham managed yet another first position after her success recently in the club 10k handicap. Paul Nicholls ran 5 minutes under his predicted time, his legs clearly in better shape than he predicted after his ultra-marathon just a few days earlier. Sophie Bunte might have been even further from her predicted time had she not got lost on the final stretch back to the club! Nick Frost and Grant Stanning had to fight it out for third place after both finishing just 6 seconds off their predicted times. With only one box of chocolates a run-off was hastily organised, first to the chocs won them. Grant was quick out of the blocks, so quick in fact that if he'd have run at that pace all the way round he'd have been in the UK athletics squad.
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It was also great to see some many Striders stay to the end and celebrate the achievements of the winners. Also many thanks to those Striders who kept an eye on the new runners who joined us tonight for the first time.