by Michael Escolme
on Tuesday 3rd November 2015
With another weekend of fine weather, Sandbach Striders took full advantage yet again and although not so many events were attended, we were in-force where we appeared! From Congleton Park run to a 10k in Orlando, America!
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| Sandbach Striders at Congleton parkrun |
Closest to home were the 14 Striders who ran the free weekly Congleton parkrun with two new PB’ achieved by David Sharp and Lee Chadwick.
The full results were as follows:
18:52 Tony Taylor20:58 Martin Coleman21:16 Paul Barnett21:17 Terry Coppenhall25:03 David Sharp25:10 Robert Kettle25:45 Matt Wood26:14 Denis Culloty26.56 Alice Bober27:57 Wendy Barnes28:04 Amy Norman29:09 Elaine Wood35:43 Duncan Robertson35:51 Lee ChadwickAnother group of seven Striders took themselves off to Delamere Park run, which although was a bit muddy and undulating, was great fun.
The results are as follows:
21:13 Nick Hogan26:05 Rachel Green26:54 Cheryl Hutchins26:55 Gordon Hutchins28:49 Tim Woods29:57 Louise Haywood29:58 Ian Cussons
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| Tim Woods, Louise Haywood, Ian Cussons, Nick Hogan, Gordon Hutchins, Cheryl Hutchins and Rachel Green at Delamere parkrun. |
Paul Nichols was the only strider to take on a longer distance this weekend when he challenged himself to The Grin and Bare It Fell race which covers some of the High Peak area. It was a 25k race starting at Langsett, South Yorkshire. It appears from Paul’s account of the race to be incredibly tough and he appears to have spent most of it knee deep in a bog! He completed the fell race in roughly 3:45.
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| Paul Nichols pictured after the Grin and Bare It Fell race. |
Last but certainly not least and whilst on holiday, Darren Varley found himself competing in the Orlando Celebration Rotary Club 10k and in the process bagged himself a PB of 38:29 and two medals for his efforts. One for completing the race (coming second overall) and one for coming first in his age category!
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| Darren Varley pictured after his fantastic performance at the Orlando Rotary Club 10k. |
