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PRESTWOLD Sunday 27th June
Congratulations to the heroes who ran at Prestwold in temperatures approaching 80 degrees this morning, Jody, Lorna, Bernie, Lisa, Claire, Lee, Ben, Jon Stone, Jon Hassall, Sergio, Duncan, Alex, Karl, Stacey and your faithful coach! It really was over and beyond the call of duty, well done to Claire who gave up her chances of a good finish by going to the aid of a male runner who fainted in front of her, sometimes there are things that are more important than getting the best result.
STILTON 7 Sunday 7th March 2010
Well done to everyone to ran for the club yesterday, I have to be frank and say it was a close run thing with both the ladies and the men having just one spare runner each to meet the four and eight runners to count respectively.
As it was we did lose a little ground with the men posting their worst finish yet of fifth and the ladies also slipping to fourth on the day. This of course takes nothnig away from the supreme effort of everyone who ran yesterday and there were some fine individual efforts, below is an extract from this weeks Harborough Mail report:
At senior level there was a pair of outstanding personal bests for friends and running partners Lucie Butwell and Aileen Collins in the Bath Half Marathon. Butwell;s time of 1:46:58 took a huge six minutes off her previous best and not to be outdone Collins time of 1:47:20 was also three minutes faster than she has ever completed the 13 mile plus distance.
The final action of the weekend saw the return of the Leicestershire Road Running League in the form of the Stilton 7 mile race held at Asfordby near Melton Mowbray. Only two weeks after having to come to terms with the loss of their own race at Kibworth due to heavy snow the club encountered something of a fraught day as they struggled to pull together teams in the face of fierce opposition having made an excellent start to the season,
In the ladies section with Butwell and Collins opting to build up for marathon targets yet more pressure was applied with the absence of leading performers Lorna Waters and Rachael Campbell. Despite what was effectively a half strength team the girls rallied to miss taking third place on the day by a mere four points but this in itself was good enough to retain the overall third position in the league. Top performer was Kate Dormer who finished 18th in 49:32 and she was followed home by two of this years new intake Kat Lovelock 24th in 52:18 and Helen Newbery 27th in 52:26. Club captain Claire Beach is currently nursing an injury and did her level best for a time of 53:26 to take 31st place. Rounding off the results was the ever dependable Bernadette Owen who crossed the line in 55:00 for 39th spot.
In the men's section the defence of their second place standing in the league was always going to be under pressure with half of the top dozen ranked men all unavailable for a variety of reasons. With only nine athletes going to the gun a reversal appeared on the cards and so it proved with the club slipping one place to share third spot with 2008 league champions Hermitage Harriers. On the day club captain Stacey Voss was the perfect role model not only leading the way with a fine 31st pace and a time of 42:16 but also lining up for his 24th consecutive league race one of only two athletes within the club to demonstrate this laudable commitment to the cause. In Voss's wake there was some good packing by Steve Hollingsworth 37th 42:59, Noel Houlihan 39th 43:03 and Jamie Strange 40th in 43:04. Next home was Duncan Campbell in 50th place and a time of 43:42 and then with some familiar names missing it was left to a quartet of reliable veterans to shore up the final points tally starting with Dave Wheeler 100th 47:33, Mike Turner 104th 47:45, Terry Challoner 125th 49:39 and Jamie Davies 186th 53:52.
There is little respite from the league action with race day five The Markfield 10K lined up for this Sunday. Club captains Beach and Voss will be hoping for a bigger turn out across the board to pull back the lost points and ensure both the ladies and mens teams stay in medal winning contention as the winter league section draws to a close.
What is certain is that we need a bigger turn out next Sunday in the final winter league The Markfield 10K, i appreciate back-to-back races are a tough ask but we do have quite a break coming up now on the league scene so lets give it a go, get a good turn out and put ourselves in great shape for the forthcoming summer season.
Training as usual at Beauchamp Tuesday and Thursday.
Best Regards
Dave
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