by Michael Escolme
on Monday 17th August 2015
Ten Striders crossed the finish line at the free weekly parkrun in Congleton. Denise Dowling and Lindsey Beech both ran new personal best times.
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| Sandbach Striders at the Congleton parkrun |
The full results were as follows:
00:19:25 Tony Taylor00:20:40 Terry Coppenhall00:20:51 Heather Carter00:24:43 Alice Bober00:26:00 Denise Dowling00:26:29 Lindsay Beech00:26:30 Martin Gunther00:27:05 Denis Culloty00:32:14 Tracey Hale00:37:40 Laura StockdaleThree Striders travelled down the M6 to Hanley Park to compete in the 5k Hanley parkrun. The results were as follows:
28:02 Moe Dutton28:03 Gillian Fallows29:29 Lynsey Astles
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| Gillian Fallows, Mary Chadwick, Lynsey Astles and Moe Dutton at Hanley parkrun |
Michael Escolme ran the Wanstead Flats parkrun, near Leytonstone in East London, finsihng the two lap course in 25:55.
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| Michael Escolme at the Wanstead Flats parkrun |
Also in 5k action was Helen Child who found herself at Upton House near Poole in Dorset. Helen finished the summer series 5k in a time of 29:26.
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| Helen Child at the Upton House 5k |
Husband and wife team Jason and Jo Bulley completed the Ultimate Triathlon at Dearnford Lake in Whitchurch. The event was a half ironman distance event which means a 1.2 mile open water swim, followed by a 56 mile bike ride and a half marathon run. Jason was first to finish in a time of 6 hours 13 minutes, narrowly followed by Jo in 6 hour 30 minutes.
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| Jason and Jo Bulley at the Ultimate Triathlon in Whitchurch |
Kate Jayden was back in action just a week after running a 105 off-road event in the Spitfire Scramble, a 24 hour endurance event in which Kate managed to cover 106 miles coming first female overall.
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| Kate Jayden at the Spitfire Scramble |
Paul Nicholls was back in action in his third ultra-distance run in three weeks at the Saltburn 30 finishing in a time of 6 hours 35 minutes.
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| Paul Nicholls at the Saltburn 30 |
Also in ultra-marathon action were several other Striders who took on the challenge of the Dig Deep running weekend. Starting with a 30 mile off-road race on Saturday, Fran Gilchrist, Craig Edwards, Tom Mayell, Gordon and Cheryl Hutchins all completed the event, with Fran Gilchrist completing his first ever ultra-distance event.
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| Dave Stockton, Karen Lovatt, Fran Gilchrist, Craig Edwards, Cheryl and Gordon Hutchins at the Dig Deep Festival |
Karen Lovatt finished the 12.12 mile event, with Dave Stockton choosing a very challenging 10 course to finish his first ever 10k race.
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| Fran Gilchrist and Craig Edwards at the Dig Deep 30 |
Entries for the Sandbach 10k are now open, visit this page for details.
