Dave Neilands reports . . . .

True to his word Richard Roberts of Garstang Running Club has been out on the fells with a vengeance, starting with Hellvellyn (might have been a hill or two there) he performed moderately finishing only 63 out of 92 competitors but perked up at Penyghent where he finished 28th out of 155.  At Knowl Hill, where a ladder would have come in handy he finished 13th out of 122 and at the Great Hill race near Chorley he finished 11th out of 75.  Lots of hills, lots of effort, did he notice the views?

Distant member Jane Holt was also out on the hills for her first fell race at the Wincle Trout Run (guess what all finishers received instead of a medal?) in the Derbyshire Peak District finishing 163rd out of 300.  Other distant members settled for less hilly races with Alex Brown finishing 141st out of 276 in 1 hour  17.48 minutes at the Nottingham 10 mile road race, whilst Fiona Brown opted for the shorter Principia 10k, also at Nottingham where she finished 163rd out of 289 in 55.19 minutes.

Closer to home and on a baking hot day Mike Whyatt finished 3rd at the Morecambe 10k in 34.35 minutes with Pete Gelderd finishing 131st in 52.59.  For once it was not baking hot at the Freckleton Half Marathon where Tony Pritchard finished an excellent 43rd in 1 hour 27.53 with Al Hartley 196th in 1.45.58 with the 497th and last competitor completing the course in 2 hours 50 minutes

(18/6/07)

 

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