Dave Neilands reports . . . .

Chris Doggett was Garstang Running Club’s only representative at the Great North Run.  Completing the race for the twentieth time and after taking half an hour to pass through the start line Chris finished the 13.1 mile course in 34,475th place in 2 hours 56 seconds.  

The Paras Multi Terrain 10 miler was a quite different challenge at the army’s Catterick Camp in North Yorkshire . Completing the off road course in under one hour and fifty minutes, which incidentally is the cut off time for selection for the parachute regiment, seems manageable in trainers but competitors were compelled to wear army boots and carry a 35lb pack.  Finishing 31st Colin Jennings covered the course in 1 hour 37 minutes and Graham Tagg 74th in 1 hour 42 minutes.  Graham is now hoping that all the skin he rubbed off his heels during the challenge will eventually grow back!

By comparison the Coniston 15k Trail race in the Lake District does not sound quite so daunting.  Offering its usual mix of scenery and undulations Martyn Knowles finished 69th in 52.47 minutes and Julie Graham 247th in 1.05.05.

For mere road races the Burnley 7 offered its usual hilly terrain with Denise Hughes finishing 127th of the 166 finishers in 1.00.49 with Pete Sinartra Gelderd finishing 137th in 1.02.24 and Debi Spencer 148th in 1.05.20.  

Debi was out again at the altogether flatter Pier to No Pier 15k (from Blackpool to Fleetwood) where she finished 126th of the 190 finishers in 1.22.59.  

It was also flat terrain for the Veterans 10 miler at St Annes where Gary Heyworth finished 53rd of the 139 finishers in 1.12.13 and Sue Richmond 110th in 1.30.03.

The Waddington 10k near Clitheroe offered a few more undulations which appeared to be to the liking of Tony Pritchard who finished 21st in 40.02 with Al (no kit) Hartley 57th in 44.40 closely followed by Tim Warner 59th in 44.44 minutes.

13/10/08

Dave Neilands

 

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