Dave Neilands reports . . . .

Garstang Running Club members have been travelling the UK to take part in races and no more so than Andy Holme who competed recently in Bath, the Lake District and Skipton.  Or was he just lost?  There was a field of over ten thousand for the Bath Half Marathon and Andy finished 4673rd in 1 hour 54 minutes – it would appear he forgot to pack his finishing kick!  The Lakeside 10k – but much longer than the advertised distance saw Andy finish 35th of the 77 finishers in 59.50 minutes.  Showing his versatility Andy then ventured to Skipton for their Triathlon finishing an overall 294th out of 305 for the swim, cycle, run event.

Alex Brown travelled from his home in Nottingham for the Blackpool Half Marathon where he was “rewarded” with torrential rain for the whole of the event.  Persistency paid off however and he was rewarded with a better than expected time of 1 hour 40 minutes and 183rd place.  Less than two minutes ahead was Richard Jones who finished 146th in 1 hour 38 and just behind was Gary Heyworth who finished 210th in 1 hour 42 and just a little further behind was Debut Spencer who finished 694th in 2 hours 8 minutes a massive 1 hour 31 minutes in front of the last finisher.  

Jane Holt stayed close to home in Staffordshire, firstly for the Mow Cop Killer Mile – a brief but brutal non stop climb peaking close to the end at 1 in 3.  Finishing 21st out of 70 runners her time of 10 minutes 15 seconds meant that she “walked away” with the 1st Lady Vet prize. Secondly came the Uttoxeter Half Marathon where Jane set a PB of 1.46.21 finishing 194th of the 383 runners.

Richard Jones was on his bike again for the Dalton in Cumbria 10k where he finished 37th of 108 finishers in 42.24.  Staying in Cumbria for the Dallam Dash 10k Phil Dixon finished 77th of 103 finishers in 50.32 with Pete Gelderd, yet again “failing to trouble the judge” 92nd in 55.32.

Keswick was the location for the next Half Marathon where Malcolm Vinnicombe finished 201st of 507 finishers in 1 hour 46 and Julie Graham 320th in 1 hour 58.

Last but not least the Rosemere Ladies 5K at Preston saw Heather Cronshaw finish an excellent 26th in 27.05 and Tracey Winter 35 out of 73 finishers in 28.58 minutes

 05/05/08

 

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