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Race Results & Reports

18th July 2010
Coniston Country Fair Fell Race – 6m - 2400 ft

Jerry Cook's first Lakeland fell race – managed to get lost in the mists and rain on the top of ‘Old Man of Coniston’
Finished 35th 1.43.20
45 starters - 38 finishers (not the only one with navigational problems)

TARA KINDER 10K

16th July 2010

Shepshed had 4 runners in this event:

58th Asa ENGLISH, 0:44:08 - PB

129th Stuart HUNTER, 0:48:36

215th Mark STAPLES, 0:53:36

247th Ian STUBBS, 0:55:54

Worthington 5 - 2010

An excellent turn out with 26 Shepshed Runners - No other club had more people attend

Well done to the the Ladies who shone brightly.

With winning Debbie winning the ladies race, The ladies winning the Team prize and a significant number of the individual prizes

Ladies Results

1 00:34:05 SORBY, Debbie
6 00:36:17 SNOOK, Vicky
13 00:39:20 ROSE, Addie
14 00:39:38 SITJSMA, Leonie
19 00:40:34 PALMIERI, Giulia
29 00:43:54 CARRUTHERS, Sheila
33 00:44:20 CLOUGH, April
50 00:47:29 ARTHUR, Diane
51 00:48:45 BURKE, Jenny
52 00:49:29 HUGHES, Lucy
54 00:50:15 MOIR, Ruth
63 00:53:44 GRIMES, Sue
64 00:53:45 EVANS, Jane

Mens Results

7 00:30:07 BENSKIN, Ian
14 00:31:19 STOCK, Mark
32 00:33:17 LOCKTON, Adam
33 00:33:25 WHITEHEAD, Peter
34 00:33:32 BOOTH, Martin
44 00:35:17 HEBDEN, Graeme
58 00:37:15 COOK, Jerry
68 00:38:29 HUNTLY, Stuart
76 00:39:44 MARTIN, Ian
77 00:40:05 BROOKS, Kevin
80 00:40:24 DANVERS, Tim
90 00:43:27 GARRETS, Ian
95 00:45:42 STAPLES, Mark

Kinder Runners - 25th April 2010
Spring must be coming Mick has stripped down to T shirt, vest & gloves!

Tue, 15 Jun 2010
Rothley 10K

SHEPSHED RESULTS

9th Carl Shaw 36.17
19th Ian Benskin 37.35
26th Mark Stock 38.52
36th John Noble 38.52
37th John Mould 39.54
48th James Watkin 41.03
56th Peter Whitehead 41.20
96th Debbie Sorby 43.38 (5th Lady)
129th Ian Thorton 44.56
133rd Paul Smith 45.01
142nd Jeremy Allard 45.18
143rd Jerry Cook 45.21
157th Phil Cooling 46.00
183rd Victoria Snook 47.05
192nd Kevin Loveridge 47.26
229th Leonie Sijtsma 49.05
241st Stuart Hunter 49.31
317th Sharon Elliott 52.42
333rd Sheila Carruthers 53.38
351st Marcelle Morris 54.46
384th Mark Staples 56.15
417th Ian Stubbs 57.31
511th Penelope Smith 70.54


Number of finishers 547

Sun, 13 Jun 2010
Long Eaton 5

31 0:29:38 STOCK, Mark
55 0:32:15 WATKINS, James
88 0:34:19 ENGLISH, Asa - PB
94 0:34:37 DAVIS, Michael
134 0:37:35 ROSE, Addie
256 0:44:39 STUBBS, Ian

Sun, 06 Jun 2010
Swithland 10K LRRL

Provisional Shepshed Results:

47th 0:38:00 STOCK, Mark
188th 0:45:33 ENGLISH, Asa
197th 0:45:58 SMITH, Paul
205th 0:46:14 COOK, Jerry
22th 0:46:58 HIGGS, David
230th 0:47:07 HUNTER, Stuart
250th 0:47:41 LOVERIDGE, Kev
376th 0:54:39 SKIRROW, Rebecca
383rd 0:55:27 STAPLES, Mark

487 finishers

Mon, 31 May 2010
Chester Marathon

1st Lady & 2 PBs

Jenni Muston finished 1st lady (and 43rd overall) in a PB time of 3:00:44

James Watkins finished 51st in a PB of 3:04:36

There were 750 recorded finishers

OAKS FAIR XC

Tim Hartley finished 1st, 2 minutes ahead of the field.
FULL RESULTS are on the OAKS page

SHEPSHED RESULTS

5 46.21 Gary Burnett

7 48.27 Ian Benskin

9 49.15 Martin Booth

11 49.57 Gareth Pymm

14 51.3 Mark Stock

19 52.16 Pete Whitehead

28 55.15 Gerry Cook

34 57.02 Asa English

35 57.15 John Harris

36 57.3 Mick Davis

51 61.05 Oliver Cook

62 64.57 Ron Bardsley

73 72.17 Tim Danvers

80 84.57 Jane Danvers

Sun, 23 May 2010
Desford 10K

Ian Stubbs 231st in 60:32 was our only representative

Eyam Half Marathon

Jez Allard 107th in 1:44:05

Jerry Cook 131st in 1:47:15

Sun, 16 May 2010
Wymeswold Waddle 5 Miler

Results:

9th 29.49 Ian Benskin

13th 30.29 Mark Stock

23rd 31.34 John Noble

24th 31.42 John Mould

43rd 34.24 George Clarke

51st 34.41 Mick Davis

68th 35.29 Asa English

86th 36.45 John Coope

90th 36.53 David Higgs

93rd 37.04 Addie Rose

96th 37.24 Stuart Hunter

135th 39.23 Tim Danvers

206th 43.30 Ian Stubbs

Mon, 03 May 2010
WOODHOUSE MAY DAY CHALLENGE

The 2nd Woodhouse May Day Challenge took place on Monday May 3rd. This is a 13.5 mile circular run (and walk) from Woodhouse Eaves Village Hall, taking in The Beacon, Bradgate Park, and Swithland. It was quite a cold and windy morning, with some rain for later finshers, but a very enjoyable route in Charnwood Forest.

The race was won by Derek Guess in 1hr 26mins.
First Shepshed Runner home was Mark Stock in 10th place in 1:34, with John Mould two places behind, also in 1:34.
The rest of the Shepshed team were as follows:
Kev Loveridge and Paul Smith, 1:51.
Bob Haskins 2:10.
Sheila Carruthers, Lucy Hughes and April Clough, 2:33.

Sun, 25 Apr 2010
LONDON MARATHON

Phil Cooling - 3:57:46

Sharron Elliott - 4:04:38

Helen Hartley - 4:07:18

Derek Lister - 4:13:00

Siobhan Palmer - 4:16:55

Anthony Benskin - 4:44:58

SHAKESPEARE MARATHON & HALF MARATHON

FULL: Addie Rose - 3:43:29

HALF: James Watkins - 1:27:11

KINDER DOWNFALL FELL RACE

Kinder Downfall Fell Race 9.6m 2000ft ascent

Mark Stock 52nd 1.24.45
Jez Allard 99th 1.32.58
Jerry Cook 106th 1.34.19 (subject to drugs test)
Mick Davis 159th 1.40.33
Jake Smith 162nd 1.40.40 (alias Ben Robinson)

274 finishers

Jerry Cook Reports:
Kinder Downfall fell race has over the years become a favourite event for some Shepshed members, who enjoy replacing the road for the fells and hills. On an overcast morning 5 Shepshed vests left the start line in Hayfield. The race begins with a tough 500ft ascent out of Hayfield. There is then some relieve for the aching legs as the route levels out and then descends to Kinder Reservoir. This is short lived however, as the race begins its toughest passage a gruelling 1000ft climb up William Clough to the Finger Post and beyond. The route now levels out giving way to spectacular views across the Peak District. This phase of the race is undulating but still ascending for 2 miles past Kinder Downfall to the oddly named Kinder Low. For this stretch a technique of running at pace while picking the best line through huge boulders and peat beds is required. From the highest point of the race at Kinder Low the route begins to fall steeply past Edale Cross, giving the brave or foolhardy runner a chance to make up some time. After Edale Cross the route descends more gradually back to Hayfield completing a stamina sapping 9.6 miles.

First home for Shepshed, running his first fell race for many years was Mark Stock. Jez Allard was next back just breaking into the top 100, followed by Jerry Cook who beat his previous best by 23 mins and 143 places! Mick Davis just pipped Jake Smith, who was using the race to prepare for an upcoming triathlon.

Sun, 18 Apr 2010
BRIGHTON MARATHON

Asa English ran his first marthon at Brighton in a time of 3hr:44min and finished 1206 out of 7500 finishers.

He is "over the moon with that time !!!"

Derby Double Duathlon

2.5k run; 12k bike; 2k run; 12k bike; 2k run

23rd Mark Stock 01:16:54 10:20 24:15 08:53 25:12 08:14

46th Jerry Cook 01:23:04 11:36 24:58 10:47 25:34 10:09

78 finishers

Sun, 11 Apr 2010
HOSE Half Marathon

LADIES:

264 Addie Rose 1.41.39 PB
295 Victoria Snook 1.44.07 PB
333 Sharon Elliott 1.45.19 PB
416 Sheila Carruthers 1.53.51
547 Diane Arthur 2.07.25

MEN:

82 Mark Stock 1.26.54
269 Kev Loveridge 1.41.58
352 Carl Guess 1.48.39
511 Aaron (& Callee) Maclaughlin 2.02

Total number of finishers 640

Sun, 04 Apr 2010
Livingston Relays

SHEPSHED MEN

Martin Booth 17:53 12th
Gareth Pymm 18:50 15th
Bob Haskins 22:16 17th
Mick Davis 18:39 15th - Final Position

SHEPSHED VET MEN

John Mould 19:22 7th
Mark Stock 18:15 6th
John Noble 19:02 4th
John Harris 20:59 6th - Final Position

Shining Cliff Woods Fell Race

4.9miles and 1059ft ascent

Jerry Cook 47th 46:11 (108 finishers)


Sun, 28 Mar 2010
Weston 5 Mile

48th George Clarke - 33:44

110th Tony Menzel - 38:58

Sat, 27 Mar 2010
Charnwood Marathon

15 Mile Event:

4th Mark Stock - 1:57:51
5th John Mould - 1:58:15
21st Jess Allard - 2:19:43
49th Sheila Carruthers - 2:48:08
84th Laurie Fluck - 3:46:03
85th Tracy Brookes - 3:46:18
139th Giulia Palmieri - 5:23:12 (walking)

Sun, 21 Mar 2010
ASHBY 20

11 club members completed the race. There were 795 recorded finishers.

46th Jenni Muston 2:15:50
152nd John Golding 2:32:08
305th Anthony Benskin 2:45:46
306th Addie Rose 2:46:05
323rd Asa English 2:47:18
365th Vicky Snook 2:49:52
400th Derek Lister 2:53:20
413rd Sharon Elliott 2:54:47
466th Stuart Hunter 2:57:56
635th Philip Bland 3:14:21
643rd Mark Staples 3:15:06

Sun, 14 Mar 2010
Markfield 10K - LRRL

Shepshed Results:

MEN

TIME

PACE

O/A

M

CAT

NAME

38:15

6:09

49

47

Senior

MARTIN

BOOTH

38:20

6:10

52

50

V45-49

MARK

STOCK

40:09

6:28

89

82

Senior

JAMES

WATKINS

40:38

6:32

98

91

V50-54

JOHN

NOBLE

44:30

7:10

179

160

Senior

JAKE

SMITH

45:18

7:17

193

173

V50-54

JOHN

HARRIS

46:14

7:26

211

185

V45-49

JERRY

COOK

49:35

7:59

269

228

V50-54

TONY

MENZEL

50:38

8:09

283

233

Senior

MICHAEL

LEIGHTON

56:19

9:04

341

258

V65-69

IAN

STUBBS

WOMEN

TIME

PACE

O/A

F

CAT

NAME

45:35

7:2

199

24

Senior

ADDIE

ROSE

48:27

7:48

249

36

Senior

VICKY

SNOOK

51:07

8:14

294

56

V40-44

SHARON

ELLIOTT

53:20

8:35

316

66

V40-44

TRACEY

BROOKES


We had a full men's and ladies team. Well done. Let the enthusiasm continue into the summer league.

Sun, 07 Mar 2010
Stilton 7 - LRRL

Gill reports on the ladies:

Addie 20th - excellent run, and breezed up the hills.
Me (Gill)23rd - and watched Addy as above!
Vicky Snook - 30th (fighting a cold?)
Sheila 64th -a good run by all!

Sharon, Brookie, and Derek,cheering us on!

OFFICIAL RESULTS:
43:13, 47th MARTIN BOOTH
44:40, 66thMARK STOCK
51:48, 177th JAKE SMITH
51:54, 178th (20th) ADDIE ROSE
52:11, 184th MICK DAVIS
52:11, 185th (23rd) GILL EVANS
52:20, 188th JERRY COOK
52:34, 197th (30th) VICKY SNOOK
59:54, 289th (64th) SHIELA CARRUTHERS
64:39, 323rd IAN STUBBS

Milton Keynes Half Marathon

James Watkins our only representative (as far as I know).

He finished in 1:25:25,unfortunatly 16 seconds shy of his PB, coming 120th out of 3244 runners.

James reports: It was a great day,even though it was cold the sun was out, the wind was quite strong at times but its a very flat course.

Sun, 28 Feb 2010
Hatton Darts XC

On Sunday morning we had a small group of Shepshed runners at the last X/C race of the season at Sion Park in Burton on Trent, reports Mark Stock, an old Shepshed stalwart.

The race was just over 5 miles and the conditions were hilly, wet and slippery but luckily the rain held off for us so we could enjoy the scenery whilst racing.

A few of the runners slipped over during the race especially Ian Benskin who actually raced in his road shoes. At one point in the race a marshal actually assisted you around a sharp bend to prevent you from falling over.

There were only around 100 runners who took part - this might have been due to the weather forecast given out the previous days.

The results for Shepshed were as follows:

3rd Gary Burnett
14th Martin Booth
20th Mark Stock
31st Ian Benskin
40th George Clarke
59th Jerry Cook
71st Tony Menzel

And lastly Debbie Sorby was the only lady to turn up for the ladies - finishing in6th position.

Sun, 14 Feb 2010
Stamford Striders St Valentines 30K

Ian Benskin: 1.59
Jenni Muston: 2.03
James Watkin: 2.08
Derek Lister: 2.38
Anthony Benskin: 2.55

Bosworth Field XC

The men's team came 10th and now stand 7th in the league, the women's team came 6th and stand 4th in the league.

The combined team came 9th and are 7th in the league.

Men's Results:

7 G.Burnett
28 M.Booth
54 M.Stock
125 J.Harris
180 I.Garrett
182 T.Menzel
206 L.Fluck

Women's Results:

9 D.Sorby
33 G.Evans
44 V.Snook
51 S.Elliott
69 S.Carruthers
79 M.Morris

Sun, 07 Feb 2010
The Bowline

28 BENSKIN.I 1:40:52
58 SHAW.C 1:46:59
217 SMITH.P 2:06:00
237 LOVERIDGE.K 2:08:17
258 SNOOK.V 2:11:08
299 GUESS.C 2:16:51
332 HUNTER.S 2:21:28
334 ELLIOTT.S 2:21:36
343 BENSKIN.A 2:23:08
344 SIJTSMA.L 2:23:32
368 HARTLEY.H 2:27:22
398 CARRUTHERS.S 2:32:55
431 STAPLES.M 2:57:02

WATFORD HALF MARATHON

Jenni Muston came 6th lady and 2nd V35 lady in a pb of 1:23:56

Sun, 31 Jan 2010
XC - GRACE DIEU

LADIES:- Finished 3rd (now in 3rd place out of 10 in League 1 after 3 events)
10th 40:44 Debbie Sorby
19th 43:31 Gill Evans VL40
32nd 44:52 Leonie Sijsma
35th 45:08 Addie Rose

MEN:- Finished 6th (now in 5th place out of 10 in League 1 after 3 events)
9th 33:09 Gary Burnett VM40
70th 37:40 Adam Lockton
73rd 37:43 Blake Francis
76th 37:48 Martin Booth
85th 38:22 John Mould VM50
144th 41:52 C North
198th 46:00 Bob Haskins VM50

The combined team finished 7th and are in 6th place out of 10 teams in League 1

Sun, 24 Jan 2010
BARROW 6 LRRL

18th MARK ROSE 34:08
191st ASA ENGLISH 42:33
195th JOHN HARRIS 42:38
326th IAN STUBBS 54:53

Sun, 03 Jan 2010
Huncote Hash

Four members of Shepshed Running Club took part in the first race of the year, the Huncote Hash.
Organised by Huncote Harriers from the Leisure Centre, this race has been on the calendar for many years. It is a cross country race, and for 2010 there were changes to the course. The route out to Croft is the same, but a new loop was added with two hill climbs before Croft Hill itself instead of the loop of Huncote quarry. However, the traditional splash along the stream was still included, despite the fact that the temperature was still below zero. It was, in fact, a good bright day, though very icy, for this race which must now be around 11 kms.
There were 261 finishers, with Gary Burnett having a brilliant comeback race, finishing 6th.
Shepshed results:
6 Gary Burnett (44:24),
62 George Clarke (55:25),
160 Bob Haskins (64:36),
162 Tony Menzel (64:45).

Thu, 31 Dec 2009
NEW YEAR'S EVE DUATHLON : MILFORD, DERBYSHIRE

8thIanBenskinRun 14.44Cycle 30.27Run15.57Time 61.08
26thAnthony Benskin Run 18.14Cycle 35.48Run 19.39Time 73.41

Sun, 13 Dec 2009
TURKEY TROTT

Provisional Results:

27th Ian Benskin 1:20:40

46th John Golding 1:24:29

277th Aaron Maclaughlin 1:41:00

Sun, 06 Dec 2009
XC - AYLESTONE MEADOWS

The second round of the Derby Runner cross country league took place on Sunday 6th December at Aylestone Meadows in Leicester. This is a new venue for the league. Although there had been much rain overnight, conditions were bright for the race itsellf, though inevitably very wet and muddy underfoot for much of the course.

In this round, the Men were 5th, the Ladies 4th, with the combined team 5th overall. This puts Shepshed respectively Men 4th, Ladies 4th and 5th overall in Division 1 after two events. Carl Shaw, Lesley Nutt and Debbie Sorby all finished in the top 10 in a field of 346 runners.

Scorers for the Men were:
6 Carl Shaw (30:20), 33 Martin Booth (32:57), 65 Adam Lockton (34:21), 80 Gareth Pymm (35:04), 91 George Clarke (35:43), 109 James Watkins (36:27), 127 Mick Davis (37:24), 145 John Harris (38:33),
backed up by173 Jerry Cook (40:14),201 Bob Haskins (41:34), 203 Stuart Hunter (41:37), 221 Ian Garrett (44:02), 223 Tony Menzel (44:11), 225 Mark Staples (45:15).

Scorers for the Ladies were:
6 Lesley Nutt (36:11), 9 Debbie Sorby (37:36), 24 Gill Evans (40:26), 69 Leonie Sijtsma (46:38),
backed up by 95 Lucille Cowburn (50:52), 100 Gill Salmon (52:37).

Edwinstowe Christmas 10k

Asa English, our single representative, came 75th out of 433 finishers in 47.02 in this 10K Trail Race

Sun, 29 Nov 2009
Florence Marathon

Two excellent times by our ladies:

Giulia Palmieri 3.38.15,

Sheila Carruthers 3.57.42

Sheila came 3rd V60 lady, but as she is recorded in the male! finishers list, this is not shown on the marathon web site.

Benidorm Half Marathon

Only a single club runner this year

Jake Smith 1:35:44

Sun, 22 Nov 2009
Foremark Cross Country

The first round of the Derby Runner cross country league took place on Sunday 22nd November. There are now 23 Clubs in two Leagues taking part in this popular series, and for the first part over 400 runners were in the field.
The event was held at Foremark reservoir on what turned out to be a cool blustery day with rain at times. The course is one of two laps with mixed terrain of grassland, mud and tracks with two steep climbs on each lap, which coped well with the large turnout.
Shepshed are in Division 1, and the Ladies team came 4th on the day, with the Men 6th, leaving them in 6th place on the combined results. The turnout from the Club was excellent, with 16 Men and 8 Ladies, and hopefully this enthusiasm will be continued for the whole League. Mark Rose just made the top 10 for the Men and this was also achieved by Lesley Nutt and Debby Sorby for the Ladies.
Mens positions were as follows:10 Mark Rose, 11 Carl Shaw, 49 Ian Benskin,82 Gareth Pymm, 103 Jake Smith, 122 George Clarke, 136 Graeme Hebden, 139 Mick Davis, who made the Team, backed up by 181 Asa English,198 Gerry Cook, 214 Norman Sketchley, 228 Bob Haskins, 233 Mark Leighton, 249 Ian Garrett, 250 Ron Bardsley, 256 Tony Menzel.
The team scorers for the Ladies were 6 Lesley Nutt, 10 Debby Sorby, 42 Addie Rose, 44 Leonie Sijtsma, backed up by 60 Sheila Carruthers, 66 Sharon Elliott, 71 Marcelle Morris, 95 Lucille Cowburn.

In the Junior race Josh Smith, Year 6 Boy, finished 2nd overall in 7:03, just 3 seconds behind the winner .

Sun, 15 Nov 2009
Heanor Christmas Pudding 10K

13th Mark Rose 35.34

158th Asa English 45.32

248th Stuart Hunter 48.32

372nd Mark Staples 52.15

449th Ian Stubbs 54.55

704 finishers.

Sat, 14 Nov 2009
Seagrave Wolds Challenge

15.7 miles cross country

Guilia Palmieri 2hrs 27mins

Shelia Carruthers 2hrs 41mins

Sun, 25 Oct 2009
WORKSOP HALF MARATHON

James Watkins:1.35.47

Derek Jelley: 1.47.22 PB

Guilia Palmieri: 1.47.24 PB

Addie Rose: 1.48.56 PB

Sheila Carruthers: 1.50.26

Kevin Brooks: 1.53.46 PB

Sun, 18 Oct 2009
Chris Ingham Memorial 5

5th Mark Rose: 29.01

16th John Noble: 32.29

76th Stuart Hunter: 42.28

83rd Mark Staples: 43.25

93rd Ian Stubbs: 45.37

Cardiff Half Marathon

Marcelle Morris 1.47.13 PB 3rd lady vet55

Marcelle completed her third half marathon in 4 weeks. completing Nottingham in 1:54 and also running at Leicester.

Sun, 11 Oct 2009
Leicester Full & Half

Leicester Marathon Result:

Brian Barnett 4.27.35

Half Marathon Results:

Arron Maclaughlin 1.31.19

James Watkins 1:32:30

Phil Cooling 1.4:48

Shelia Carruthers 1.48.47

Addie Rose (first Half) 1.53.33

Victoria Snook 1.52:40

Marie Brown 2.19.08

A fantastic performance by everyone and especially by our evergreen superstar Shelia.

(4 club members Pat Keating, Laurie Fluck, Richardl Bibb and Dave Higgs helped marshal the marathon course)

Windgather Fell Race

Jerry Cook ran this 13.5mile 2500ft race starting in Buxton finishing 92nd /144

Sat, 10 Oct 2009
Men's Health and Fitness "Rat Race"

57th Ian (Sid) Benskin 01:00:45

74th Jake Smith 01:02:23

167th Jon Hartley 01:06:38

(Ben Holmes, Sid Benskin's brother-in-law beat them all coming 52nd in 01:00:38)

It was a 12K obstacle race around Nottingham, hard work but lots of fun. 3000 entries and 2500 finishers.

There's a short clip on You Tube which shows Jake pathetically (his own words) trying to get over the wall at the end (he's in a red shirt). I think it shows Ben (Sid's brother in law) and Sid as well. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG-0GtX_IUw

Sun, 27 Sep 2009
Crossdale 10K

The Crossdale 10K, a multi terrain race from Keyworth, was held on Sunday 27th September. This was its 10th Anniversary and there were 309 runners. The seven Shepshed members who took part finished as follows:

6 Mark Rose, 37:31 (2nd Vet 40),
16 Pete Whithead, 40:53 (2nd Vet 50),
46 Mick Davis, 45:25,
52 Paul Smith, 45:36,
112 Kev Loveridge, 50:13,
128 Stuart Hunter, 51:25,
204 Ian Stubbs, 58:08.

Sat, 26 Sep 2009
Salomon Turbo X Trail Race

Jerry Cook finished 109th /343in this 10mile race

Sun, 20 Sep 2009
Great North Run

We appear to have had only one runner in this race:

Phil Cooling came 4071st in 1:45:53.

Round Leicester Relay

On Sunday 20th September, Shepshed Running Club took part in the Round Leicester Relay. This is a 13 stage 89 mile relay, and the Club was able to field two Men's teams and a Ladies team This takes a great deal of organisation to get the 39 runners to their respective starting points around the County in good time to take over the baton to run their section, which average out at about 7 miles each.
Jake Smith took on the main organisational role and thanks are due to him for getting everyone sorted into teams and helping with the logistics.
The day itself turned out to be warm and sunny and everyone enjoyed the event very much, and it was followed by a social in the evening to reflect on the events of the day.
There were 34 teams altogether in the event and the Ladies finished 27th overall and 5th in their category. Their time for the 89 miles was 12hrs 8mins and 50secs.
The Men's A team was 9th overall and 6th in their category in a time of 9hrs 56mins 23secs.
Finally the Men's B Team took 12hrs 6mins 2secs finishing 15th in their category and 25th team overall.

Sun, 13 Sep 2009
Nottingham Half & Full Marathon

A good turn out from Shepshed with 3 full marathon finishers and 17 half finishers.

A special mention to Guilia for an excellent time and congratulations to all our new members on their times.

FULL Results:

Brian Barnett 3:52:23
Stuart Hunter 3:57:29
Mark Staples 4:17:34

HALF results:

Guilia Palmieri 1:34:16
Aaron Maclaughlan 1:34:54
Philip Bland 1:41:03
Paul Smith 1:42:04
Kevin Loveridge 1:44:16
Stuart Lynch 1:42:08
Asa English 1:45:21
Jon Lilley 1:47:14
Sharon Elliott 1:50:14
Vicky Snook 1:51:13
Stuart Simpson 1:52:18
Anthony Benskin 1:52:28
Marcelle Morris 1:54:00
Derek Lister 1:55:33
Robert Richardson 2:04:57
Diane Arthur 2:06:37
Julie North 2:39:50

Sun, 06 Sep 2009
John Fraser 10 - LRRL

47th IAN BENSKIN 64:06

53rd JENNI MUSTON 64:30

133rd JAMES WATKINS 71:27

148th PAUL SMITH 73:04

162nd AARON MACLAUGHLIN 73:50

206th KEV LOVERIDGE 78:04

267th SHARON ELLIOTT 83:44

273rd CARL GUESS 84:29

289th STUART HUNTER 87:44

Sun, 23 Aug 2009
Hermitage 10K

15th Blake Francis 40:50
91st Louise Pymm 48:38
115th Stuart Hunter 50:54
159th Mark Staples 55:31
168th Ian Stubbs 57:40
170th Diane Arthur 58:00
171st Pete Brooks 58:38

Fri, 14 Aug 2009
Beacon Hill Trail Run

The Organisers Web Page (www.purepersonaltraining.co.uk) has two pictures - one of which shows Jake .

4th Ian Benskin 31:54
16th Jake Smith 35:08
24th Jez Allard 37:11
25th Paul Smith 37:47
29th Duncan Vincent 38:34
51st Stuart Hunter 41:39
72nd Mark Staples 44:11

If anyone has been missed off please contact Dave Higgs

Wed, 12 Aug 2009
Joy Cann 5 - LRRL

92nd, 30:52 Jenni Muston LV35 - 7th lady

163rd, 33:06 Gareth Pymm SM

264th, 35:59 Louise Pymm SF

314th, 37:24 Jerry Cook MV45

457th, 43:50 Peter Brooks MV55

Sun, 09 Aug 2009
Newark Half Marathon

101st Jenni Muston 1:28:14 - 4th lady

579th Stuart Hunter 1:55:13

676th Mark Staples 1:59:33

743rd Jon Lilley 2:03:21

840th Richie Richardson 2:09:19

Fri, 31 Jul 2009
Heanor 5

15th overall & 2nd lady Jenni Muston 31:47

Fri, 24 Jul 2009
NOTTS AC 5

Jenni Muston 26th overall, 4th lady 30:25 PB

Ian Stubbs 132nd 41:45

Fri, 17 Jul 2009
tara kinder 10k

Jon Hartley 40:24

Jerry Cook 45:21

Pete Brooks 53:50

Helen Hartley 54:21

Ian Stubbs 55:14

Tue, 14 Jul 2009
Notfast 10K

20th 39.09 Jenni Muston - 2nd lady & PB

164th 54.25 Ian Stubbs

Mon, 13 Jul 2009
Holme Pierrepont Grand Prix Series

A Bakewell Sandwich - Jerry Cook

Having well and truly caught the running bug, I thought the Holme Pierrepont Grand Prix Series would be a pleasant way to while away a few summer evenings. The series consists of four races at different venues, over different distances and run on different terrain. The weather for all four races was hot and humid, coinciding with the warmest June for several years.

The first race at the Holme Pierrepont Water Sports Centre was a 10k run on a flat, open course around the rowing lake. Given the nature of the course my aim was to run sub 45 mins. I started brightly enough running the first 5k in just over 22 mins, but soon began to suffer in the heat and limped home in 47.17.

The next race, two nights later, was a 4 mile run at Rushcliffe Country Park. The plan was to try to run at 7 min mile pace and get as close to 28 mins as possible. I finished in 28.34 with splits of 6.50, 7.16, 7.18 and 7.10 which I was really pleased with.

As means of a weekend warm down, halfway through the series, I accompanied Jez and Jake up to Bakewell for The Great Bakewell Pudding Run – a 6.5 mile fell race. On a pleasantly warm Sunday morning we signed on and duly discussed which one of us would claim the ‘top of the hill prize’ as we mingled amongst the Derbyshire fell race fraternity. I began the race at a steady pace, but was a little alarmed to be overtaken by a 10 year old girl on the fun run. Fortunately for her, the fun run forked off left just as I was about to burst back past her. The race climbed about 700 feet and gradually descended back to the Recreation Ground in Bakewell. I finished in just over 57 mins, 4 mins behind Jez and 6 mins behind Jake and duly received my finishers Bakewell pudding, (not tart). We of course couldn’t leave Bakewell without a visit to the famous Bakewell Pudding Shop and I armed myself with a giant Bakewell pudding for Sunday lunch. Unfortunately the Rushcliffe race the previous Thursday night had fallen on my wedding anniversary, so despite the scepticism of my colleagues I planned to use the Bakewell pudding as a peace offering in a desperate attempt to save my marriage. A fell race in the Derbyshire hills is a unique experience and the Bakewell Pudding Run is well worth the effort.

The grand prix series continued at Wollaton Park with a 5k dash around the stately home. On an undulating course I ran 22.25, which was a reasonable return on a tough course and with legs still a little heavy from Sunday. The series concluded at Colwick Park with a 5 mile race. On another hot and muggy evening the plan was to aim for 36 mins. All was going well for the first 3 miles but after that I struggled home in the humid conditions in 37.57. Despite this I enjoyed the series and if I ran it again would hope for cooler weather and steer clear of wedding anniversaries.

Jerry Cook

Wed, 01 Jul 2009
Hungarton 7
1060:47:26MUSTON, Jenni
2200:52:34COOK, Jerry

Tue, 30 Jun 2009
Worthington 5

100:30:45GOLDING, JohnSenior Man
220:32:28MUSTON, JennyLADY Vet 35-44
510:35:43SORBY, DebbieLADY Vet 35-44
810:39:44BROOKS, KevinSenior Man
820:39:47BARNETT, BrianMale Vet 50-59
850:40:18COOPE, JohnMale Vet 50-59
860:40:20SKETCHLEY, NormanMale Vet 50-59
1150:43:49BUTLER, DerekMale Vet 60-69
1160:43:56ELLIOTT, SharonLADY Vet 35-44
1170:44:16PALMIERI, GivliaSenior Lady
1240:45:12CARRUTHERS, SheilaLady Vet 55
1270:45:28MORRIS, MarcelleLady Vet 55
1400:49:22HUGHES, LucySenior Lady
1410:49:22BURKE, JennyLADY Vet 35-44
1590:54:43SMITH, PenelopeLADY Vet 35-44
1600:54:44BROOKS, PeterMale Vet 50-59

Sun, 28 Jun 2009
PRESTWOLD 10K

0:40:16 STOCK, Mark 130th

0:45:12 ENGLISH, Asa (position not registered?) - PB

0:46:22 CLARKE, George 292nd

0:48:08 LISTER, Derek 344th - I need your date of birth for registration with the LRRL, can you contact Dave Higgs asap

0:49:15 BROOKS, Kevin 366th

0:51:23 STAPLES, Mark 432nd

0:52:16 BROOKS, Pete 444th

0:52:27 MORRIS, Marcelle 452nd

0:52:56 STUBBS, Ian 462nd

0:54:59 SKIRROW, Rebecca 496th

0:56:25 ARTHUR, Diane 518th

Wed, 24 Jun 2009
Hinckley Town Centre 5K

50th Jenni Muston 19:10

86th Louise Pymm 21:31

Sat, 20 Jun 2009
BREEDON HILL RACE

6th Mark Stock 24:34
8th Ian Benskin 24:59
9th Martin Booth 25:02
25th Paul Smith 28:09
36th Louise Pymm 28:54 - 2nd Lady
53rd Carl Guess 30:47
54th Kev Loveridge 30:47
62nd Tim Danvers 31:41
72nd Derek Butler 32:47
80th Josh Smith 33:39
81st Jake Smith 33:39
93rd Patrick Crowhurst 35:08
105th Pete Brooks35:42
131st Jane Danvers39:15

144 finishers

Tue, 16 Jun 2009
Rothley 10K

160:38:18BENSKIN, Ian
300:39:29FRANCIS, Blake
1150:45:00SORBY, Debbie
1240:45:37SMITH, Paul
1590:47:39COOLING, Phil
1600:47:41LOVERIDGE, Kevin
1710:48:04COOPE, John
1720:48:09PYMM, Louise
2230:50:05DANVERS, Tim
2430:50:41BROOKS, Kevin
2770:52:11HUNTER, Stuart
2940:52:53GARRETT, Ian
3070:53:12PALMIERI, Giulia
3080:53:14BUTLER, Derek
3190:53:59STAPLES, Mark
3260:54:40STUBBS, Ian
3420:55:42CARRUTHERS, Sheila
3450:55:48MORRIS, Michelle
3460:55:56CROWHURST, Patrick
3950:58:34SKIRROW, Rebecca
4571:03:24DANVERS, Jane

Sun, 14 Jun 2009
Kinder Trog 16m fell race

Jez Allard Running all alone (no friends to help him on his way!) completed this very tough but still a cracking race on a very hot day in 2.44.20

Long Eaton 5

111th Asa English 35:23 - PB
158th Addie Rose38:37
167th Derek Butler39:08
206th Helen Hartley40:59
220th Pete Brooks42:13
241st Ian Stubbs43:27

336 finishers

Sun, 07 Jun 2009
Swithland 10K

The organisers are having problems getting the results out and there may be errors in these provisional results - contact Dave Higgs if you think anything is wrong.

390:37:32GOLDING, John
480:37:55STOCK, MarkM40
680:39:19SMITH, Jake
1830:44:17SMITH, PaulM40
2100:45:22COOK, JerryM40
2420:46:34ENGLISH, AsaM40
2470:46:51COOPE, JohnM50
2540:47:28LOVERIDGE, KevM40
2700:47:55GILLESS, CarlM40
3470:51:21HUNTER, StuartM40
3510:51:38STAPLES, MarkM50
3610:52:19BUTLER, DerekM60
3740:53:14BROOKS, PeterM50
4100:55:43SKIRROW, RebeccaF40
4160:56:20STUBBS, IanM60

Sun, 31 May 2009
Chatsworth Golden Gate 10K

Jez Allard 64th 45.44

Jerry Cook 155th 50.37

763 finishers. Tough course

Sat, 30 May 2009
EDINBURGH MARATHON

Brian Barnett pos 2952 time 4.06.22

Sharon Elliot pos 3392 time 4.13.02 - she is OVER THE MOON!

Number of finishers 8257

EDINBURGH MARATHON

Brian Barnett pos 2952 time 4.06.22

Sharon Elliot pos 3392 time 4.13.02 - she is OVER THE MOON!

Number of finishers 8257

Mon, 25 May 2009
Oaks 2009

OAKS FAIR CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS - MAY 25th 2009
PositionNameClubTime
1Sam DenshamCharnwood46:30
2Adam TaylorFleckney & Kibworth47:07
3Martin BoothShepshed47:49
4Paul GregoryHermitage48:15
5Andrew StuartDark Peak Fell Runners48:34
6Shane GodrichBowline48:46
7Mark MorganCoalville Wheelers49:03
8Jake SmithShepshed50:49
9Simon WaltersLeics Police51:12
10John ReesBarrow51:32
11Gareth PymmBowline51:38
12Ian WilliamsonHermitage51:44
13Pete WhiteheadShepshed52:07
14Leon FairbrotherShepshed52:29
15Rick Frolich-53:14
16Kurt ReidHermitage53:31
17Jez AllardShepshed53:37
18Mark BradfordHermitage54:09
19Steve TurkShrewsbury54:19
20Jenni MustonShepshed54:371st Lady
21Tim PriceBedford Harriers54:43
22Paul HannahStamford Striders54:46
23Peter ThomasStamford Striders55:32
24Zoe HawkinsCharnwood55:39
25Paul GoddardDesford Striders55:41
26Terry ChallowerFleckney & Kibworth55:42
27Andy SteelWreake55:59
28Chris NorthCharnwood56:00
29Pat ChristopherWreake56:44
30Denis ThompsonWest End56:48
31Mick DavisShepshed57:05
32Jerry CookShepshed57:37
33Royston LeeBarrow57:44
34Chris PerryBarrow57:45
35Gill EvansShepshed58:44
36Katya BlackledgeCharnwood58:59
37Mary MillsHolme Pierrepoint59:56
38Paul GoodchildDesford Striders60:16
39Paul BrownHatton Darts60:42
40Dave MannIvanhoe61:00
41Jon JakubeczHermitage61:14
42Leonie SijtsmaShepshed61:24
43Mick YeomanBowline61:29
44Jack DanversShepshed61:41
45Rob Harlow-61:49
46Mick TaylorWreake63:06
47Phil DenshamCharnwood63:15
48Tim DanversShepshed63:38
49Michael PalmerEast Cornwall63:52
50Siobhan PalmerMornington Chasers63:52
51Dennis ReesonRedhill Road Runners64:06
52Amanda HannahStamford Striders65:24
53Derek ButlerShepshed65:48
54Mark Harris-67:42
55Kevin SandersIvanhoe68:40
56Chris WrightStamford Striders68:44
57Trish McPhersonIvanhoe69:06
58Brian GallagherBarrow69:23
59Jane CollinghamWreake72:25
60Gavin EnglishBarrow75:08
61Rebecca SkirrowShepshed78:01
62Sheila CarruthersShepshed78:05
63Jane DanversShepshed78:10

Sun, 17 May 2009
EYAM half marathon

Gary Burnett running in his first Half Marathon - and arguably one of the hardest in Britain finished 10th in 1:24:16.

WYMESWOLD WADDLE

Men

Mark Rose 9th 29.05
Mark Stock 19th 30.10
Stuart Hunter 130th 38.22
Derek Butler 192nd 41.42
Ian Stubbs 198th 42.16
Peter Brooks 203rd 42.52
Mark Staples 211th 43.29

Ladies

Sharon Elliot 156th 39.36 PB
Sheila Carruthers 185th 41.08
Jenny Burke 229th 44.31

Number of finishers 308

Mens winner Paul Richardson OWLS 24.34 course record
Ladies winner Tara Krzywicki Charnwood 27.30 course record

A good day had by all and well worth pushing this event next year. A very good family day out. They also have an annual duck race in the stream that goes through the village and also side stalls for the kids to enjoy.

Sun, 10 May 2009
HINCKLEY HALF LRRL

MarkStockM4038th01:23:28
JohnGoldingMS40th01:23:33
BrianBarnettM50298th01:40:40
PhilCoolingM50391st01:44:40
JerryCookM40419th01:45:49
SharonElliottF40662nd01:56:00
PatrickCrowhurstM70778th02:01:33

Sun, 03 May 2009
LIVINGSTON RELAYS

SHEPSHED VET MEN

Mark Rose

17min

05sec7th
Graham Hebdon19156th
Mark Stock18025th
John Noble18085th

SHEPSHED MEN

Martin Booth18min01sec11th
James Watkin193512th
John Golding181412th
Brian Barnett211012th

Sun, 26 Apr 2009
LONDON MARATHON

positionpl.ageno.nameageclub

time

95 68247 » MUSTON, JENNIFER C (GBR) W18 SHEPSHED RC3:08:22 PB
170592728299» BENSKIN, IAN D (GBR)M18SHEPSHED RC3:11:50
17603830076» CARRUTHERS, SHEILA (GBR)W55SHEPSHED RC3:58:20
14504812928073» JELLEY, DEREK A (GBR)M18SHEPSHED RC4:32:33

Excellent results from our 4 runners.

A PB for Jenni and a world record for Sid (Ian) recognised by the Guiness Book of Records:

"GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ and FLORA LONDON MARATHON 2009
Ian Benskin (Loughborough, UK) was the next record-breaking runner. His time of 3:11:50 saw a new record for the fastest marathon in a film character costume (male). Ian’s effort was to raise publicity and money for Scope."

Donations to Jenni's charity can be made at http://www.justgiving.com/jennilondon2009
and Sid's at www.justgiving.com/thunderbird

Sun, 19 Apr 2009
Derby DBS 10K

28th Mark Rose 35:57

1414 Patrick Crowhurst 52:37

1544 Russ Coleman ?? 52:53

3002 finishers

Sun, 12 Apr 2009
Belvoir Half Marathon

41st Mark STOCK, 1:24:40
66th Jenni MUSTON, 1:27:53
211th Paul SMITH, 1:40:07
236th Kev LOVERIDGE, 1:41:56
336th Sharon ELLIOTT, 1:49:05
354th Carl GUESS, 1:50:35
384th Stuart HUNTER, 1:52:43

NOTTS AC EASTER 10K

87th JERRY COOK MV40 47.29

324 finishers

Sun, 22 Mar 2009
ASHBY 20
ASHBY 20

56th Jenni Muston 2:17:07 - 5th lady overall & 3rd V35 & PB
57th Ian Benskin 2:17:10
261st Mick Davis 2:40:07
362nd Corinne Clark 2:49:17
364th Brian Barnett 2:49:05
482nd Stuart Hunter 2:55:08
598th Derek Jelley 3;05:39

Note: Positions are actual finish line places - times are believed to be chip times

Sun, 15 Mar 2009
LRRL - Desford 10K

MEN

6538:09JOHNGOLDING
8239:02MARKSTOCK-M40
11840:43ADAMLOCKTON
12841:04GRAEMEHEBDEN
13841:33JAKESMITH
24545:29BOBHASKINS-M55
27246:31JOHNCOOPER-M50
30648:04NORMANSKETCHLEY-M55
32248:42KEVINBROOKS
33549:18TIMDANVERS-M45
38252:17IANSTUBBS-M60
44859:24DEREKBUTLER-M60

Sun, 08 Mar 2009
Half Marathon Milton Keynes

Jenni Muston 1.27.56, 8th lady overall and 1st lady Vet35.

Actual Position 175, number of finishers 3038.

Derby Runner XC 'B' Final Relay - Huncote

Ladies Team of Lesley Nutt, Wendy Lockton and Gill Evans - 2nd

Mens Team of John Harris, Gary Burnett, Martin Booth and Adam Lockton - 8th

More details may follow

Rushcliffe 10K

6th Mark Rose 36:22
134th Jerry Cook 45:21
179th Nick Bonfield 47:28
303rd Vicky Snook 51:50
520th Ian Stubbs 59:25

There may be other Shepshed results, if you have any information please let Dave Higgs know.

Sun, 22 Feb 2009
LRRL KIBWORTH 6

The Leicestershire Winter Road League Kibworth 6 mile event took place on Sunday 22nd February. The course is undulating with two steep hills, so times inevitably suffered.

There were 290 Men and 145 Ladies with Mark Cauldwell (Charnwood), 32:46 and Kate Ramsey (Barrow), 36:52 being the winners.

Shepshed Men put out a full team with 9 runners present, and there were two Ladies with Jenni Muston finishing 16th in 42:43 and Gill Salmon 119th in 59:06.

Men:
44 John Noble, 37:30 (2nd Vet 50),
67 Jake Smith, 39:01,
169 Bob Haskins, 44:05,
194 Jerry Cook, 45:34,
233 John Cooper, 48:31,
235 Tim Danvers, 49:12,
244 Ian Garrett, 50:21,
267 Ian Stubbs, 53:40,
270 Derek Butler, 54:05

After 3 of the 4 events, John Noble is 2nd in the Vet 50 category, and Bob Haskins is 4th in the Vet 55 category.

Sun, 15 Feb 2009
Foremark Cross Country

LADIES WIN THE LEAGUE
MEN 4th
COMBINED TEAM 4th

MEN
8 Gary Burnett 34:38 VM40
23 Martin Booth 35:58
31 Mark Townsend 36:49
50 Jake Smith 38:29
52 Adam Lockton 38:38
56 John Mould 38:55 VM50
101 John Harris 42:03 VM50
118 Ian Martin 43:42

131 Paul Smith 45:08
139 Phil Higgs 46:16
145 Carl Guess 47:08
146 Norman Sketchley 47:10 VM50
161 Ian Garrett 50:03 VM50
179 Patrick Crowhurst 56:00 VM70

LADIES
12 Gill Evans 43:17 VL40
13 Debbie Sorby 43:40
16 Louise Pymm 44:05
20 Wendy Lockton 44:40

49 Addie Rose 50:21
54 Andrea Clargo 51:21 VL40
58 Sheila Carruthers 52:59 VL50
67 Gill Salmon 57:23

JUNIORS (Year 1-6 Race)
Josh Smith 3rd Overall & 1st Year 5 finisher

Stamford Striders St Valentines 30K

72nd Jenni MUSTON 02:09:22

Sun, 01 Feb 2009
The Bowline
  • 29 Corinne Clarke. 2:05:02 4th FV50
  • 63 Sharon ELLIOTT. 2:24:22
  • 64 Helen HARTLEY. 2:24:22
  • 48

    MOULD. John

    1:42:47

    1st M50

    50

    SMITH. Jake

    1:43:22

    90

    LOCKTON. Adam

    1:49:59

    118

    DAVIS. Mick

    1:53:55

    3rd M55

    140

    ALLARD. Jez

    1:56:55

    162

    FILER. Richard

    1:59:28

    200

    SMITH. Paul

    2:04:51

    211

    COOK. Jeremy

    2:07:15

    213

    LOVERIDGE. Kev

    2:07:46

    226

    BARNETT. Brian

    2:09:42

    234

    GUESS. Carl

    2:11:11

    250

    HARTSHORN. John

    2:14:42

    261

    HUNTER. Stuart

    2:16:50

    268

    SKETCHLEY. Norman

    2:18:07

    282

    STAPLES. Mark

    2:24:39

Sun, 25 Jan 2009
LRRL - Markfield 10K

Ten of the 510 finishers at the Markfield 10K Winter League Road race on Sunday 25th January were from the Shepshed Running Club. There were two Ladies and the men just managed to field a full team of 8.

Results:
  • 62 John Noble, 39:10, 3rd Vet 50
  • 131 Jenny Muston, 41:50, 10th Lady
  • 222 Bob Haskins, 44:59
  • 260 Jerry Cook, 46:17
  • 314 John Hartshorn, 48:22
  • 339 John Coope, 49:23
  • 342 Tim Danvers, 49:39
  • 388 Patrick Crowhurst, 52:55
  • 406 Sharon Elliott, 53:50
  • 422 Ian Stubbs, 54:47
Sun, 18 Jan 2009
GRACE DIEU CROSS COUNTRY

Another successful race day for the club with the ladies team finishing FIRST and the mens THIRD overall and the combined team also in THIRD place. Overall after 4 events the ladies remain 1st, the men 4th and the combined team 4th in League 1.

The next and last race in the league is at Foremark reservoir on 15th Feb.

Lesley Nutt lead in the ladies in 2nd place and Gary Burnett lead in the men in 3rd place. Full results to follow:

MEN`
3Gary Burnett33:53VM40
20Martin Booth35:52
45John Golding37:34
51Jake Smith37:53
55John Mould38:18VM50
64Andy Lockton39:09
84Graeme Hebden40:36
90John Harris41:11VM50
94Mick Davis41:22VM50
114Jez Allard42:23
141Ian Martin44:47
156G.Cook46:24
192Stuart.Hunter51:32VM40
205Mark Staples??.??VM50
WOMEN
2Lesley Nutt41:01VL40
4Louise Pymm41:08
9Nicky Thompson42:35VL40
17Debbie Sorby43:31
57Helen Hartley51:07
GUESTS
70K.Dundy56:02
74D.Johnson57:05

Junior Results:

School Year 1-6 : Josh Smith 3rd overall & 1st Year 5 Boy

School Year 7-12 : Emma Nutt 6th overall & 1st Year 10Girl

Sun, 04 Jan 2009
BARROW LRRL

Despite a temperature that bairly crept above freezing point, there was a huge turnout for the first event of the Leicestershire Road Running League. There were 545 finishers (379 men & 166 women) in the Barrow 6 on Sunday 4th January.

Shepsheds Results:

50(49) John Golding 35.55
94(88) Graeme Hebden 37.54
100(94) John Noble 38.11
144(134) Jake Smith 39.24
197(183) Mick Davis 41.24
237(217) John Harris 42.20
259(232) Bob Haskins 43.06
344(294) John Coope 46.04
369(307) Tim Danvers 47.11
403(323) Kevin Brooks 49.03
444(346) Patrick Crowhurst 51.00
445(347) Ian Stubbs 51.13

384(71) Helen Hartley 47.51

Sun, 28 Dec 2008
HUNCOTE HASH

Gary Burnett 6th in 41:32

Fri, 26 Dec 2008
Barrow Boxing Day Handicap

Mark Rose - 35:36
Jake Smith - 39.24
Joshua Smith - 44.21 (Age 10)
Tim Danvers - 48.44 (Aged 48)
Ian Stubbs - 50.01
Patrick Crowhurst - 51.48 (came 8th in Handicap 52:48)
Pete Brooks - 67.14
Ian Garrett - 67.14

Let Dave Higgs know if your result has been left out.

Sun, 21 Dec 2008
BAGWORTH HEATH, DERBY RUNNER XC

In League 1 the Ladies continued their good form finishing 2nd on the day and maintaining their 1st place in the league.

The men lowered their standard slightly finishing 5th on the day and now stand 5th in the league.

The combined team came 5th on the day and now stand 4th in the league.

Men:
22 Martin Booth 34:36
33 Mark Townsend 35:43
56 Jake Smith 37:17
78 Graeme Hebden 38:32
92 Adam Lockton 39:55
100 Aaron Maclaughlan 40:27
108 John Harris 40:52
129 Will Nutt 41:57
114 Mick Davis 41:27
197 Norman Sketchley 48:08
198 Bob Haskins 48:14
211 Ian Garrett 52:07

Ladies:
7 Lesley Nutt 39:59
10 Louise Pymm 41:03
16 Wendy Lockton 42:35
62 Sheila Carruthers 51:32
70 Siobhan Palmer 54:54
73 G Salmon 55:51

Sun, 14 Dec 2008
TURKEY TROT

35th IAN BENSKIN, 83.45
52nd JAKE SMITH, 85.58 PB
65th JOHN GOLDING, 86.48
73rd JOHN MOULD, 87.10
292nd PAUL SMITH, 103.14
296th CARL GUESS, 103.35
364th HELEN HARTLEY, 107.04
413th STUART HUNTER, 109.30
453rd MARK STAPLES, 111.26

793 finishers

Sun, 30 Nov 2008
Sinai Burton, Derby Runner XC League

FIRST PLACE LADIES GET EVEN BETTER, but Men drop back to 6th.

A special mention for Debbie Sorby who finished an excellent 20th in her maiden race for the club.
And thanks to injured Ladies captain Jenni for the extraordinary """Chocolate Brownies"""!

Overall after two events the Ladies are 1st - Top of the League, the men are 3rd and the Combined Team is also 3rd.

Ladies Results:

4th Lesley Nutt 39:31 VL40
8th Louise Pymm 41:54
9th Wendy Lockton 42:14
20th Debbie Sorby 43:47

46th Andrea Clargo 50:22 VL40
55th Sheila Carruthers 51:12 VL50

Mens Results:

8th Gary Burnett 33:05 VM40
22nd Martin Booth 35:09
34th Mark Townsend 35:40
46th John Mould 36:30 VM50
73rd Adam Lockton 38:29
100th Graeme Hebden 40:21
123rd Aaron Maclaughlan 41:21
206th Bob Haskins 50:48 VM50

208 Ian Garrett 51:30 VM50
218th Patrick Crowhurst 58:51 VM70

In the Junior Races
Year 1-6: Josh Smith was 4th overall and 1st Year 5 boy
Year 7-12: Emma Nutt was 4th overall and 1st Year 10 girl

Sun, 23 Nov 2008
CLOWNE HALF MARATHON

Two PBs

49th Jake Smith 1:27:27 PB
53rd Jenni Muston 1:27:34 PB - 3rd lady
338th Stuart Hunter 1:51:33
356th Mark Staples 1:52:58

545 finishers

IAN WILLIAMSON & THE MARATHON OF BRITAIN

Ian together with Mark Hickling and Tricia Johnson ran, walked and staggered around this 175 mile course in the first week in September. Ian was raising funds for "scope" and "action on addicts" and raised over £3,000!

He would like to thank all club members for their kind support.

Now read his story.....

-:Day one 16 miles:-

With a few butterflies in my stomach we set of from Malvern at 10 am on Sunday 4th Sep. Mark Hickling and Dan (came 4th last 2yrs) set the early pace. It wasn't long before we hit the big climb. That's when I discovered that the 3 yrs I spent attached to the Parachute regiment came in handy, i.e., able to tab (fast walking to all you non combatants) at a fair rate of knots. After about 4 miles of toing and froing we settled down as a 3 man group. With 3 miles to go I was in known territory as I'd been down and run around the area as part of my race preparation. With map tucked away it was head down and a race for home. After a mile or so I chanced a look behind and had managed to open a ½ min gap on Mark (I don't know how) and Dan was nowhere to seen. I wasn't going to let Mark catch me now but I was aware of how quick he is so I gave it max gas and managed to beat him in by 45secs. On finishing, the race organiser asked if I thought I could win the event. This was in stark contrast to when I turned up the day before smoking a menthol cigarette. I was told in no uncertain terms that the camp area was a no smoking site for the duration of the event. He probably also thought "smoking, a bit over the hill, and here just making up the numbers". To be honest it was a bit staged to give that impression. Anyway I said that having won a stage, I was happy and was going to take it easy for the remaining days as I was completely knackered after day 1.

-:Day two 29 miles:-

We were told this would be one of the hardest days due to the 4 huge hills we had to get over. By checkpoint 1 Mark and Dan had started to pull ahead and by the time I got to checkpoint 2 they had 7mins on me. The scenery was absolutely stunning for the duration of the whole event but today was exceptional. Likewise with the weather. The first 3 days were the hottest with day 5 being slightly cooler which was a blessing as it was the 54 mile stage. Back to today. It was a very demanding route with lots of ups and downs which eventually worked in my favour as by the time I reached checkpoint 3 I had caught up with the race leaders. This was the start of another long climb out of the very picturesque village of Carlton. I managed to forge ahead and left Dan a fair way behind but Mark was keeping me in sight. On the down hill leg into Broadway I was caught by Mark and we ran/walked together to checkpoint 4 at the base of Broadway hill. With about 3 or 4 miles to the over night camp it was a bit cruel to make us go to the top of Broadway tower but as Dan had caught us up it gave me a chance to burn them off with my Para hill turbo boost. By the time I was at the top Dan was again a few mins behind. Mark on the other hand would let a gap open only to then run uphill to catch me up (far to much energy). The run in was about 2 miles and Mark opened a 5min gap due to me getting the wrong location (me an orienteerer as well). We were told the wrong info, honest.

-:Day three 32 miles:-

Today was a fairly hilly start and we went through the picturesque village of Chipping Camden early on. Marks navigation was starting to improve and due to the fact that he had had a gypsy's whisper in his shell like (a few of the others thought he was doing to much tailgating and not doing his own map reading) he and a few others forged ahead after about 5 miles. This worked to Dan and my advantage as they took a wrong turning and then compounded it by doing the same going through a village. This left me and Dan with a bit of a lead which we didn't relinquish. After 18 miles we were just skirting Stratford upon Avon and were in sight of the overnight camp site but still had a 14 mile loop around Stratford to do. By this time Dan and I were running together and it was only in the last 6 miles that I started to open a gap. Not that I was going any faster but due to Dan slowing down. Having said that I was obviously aware that if I could keep a good pace going , it may be another stage win. The last 2 miles were along an old disused railway line and it was flat but very hot ,as the surface was very chalky and reflected the light and heat. Another stage win and a 15 min gap between me and Mark, with Dan a few minutes behind. I was now starting to believe that I may actually win the event. Baring injury or getting hopelessly lost I was certainly in the frame.

-:Day four 34 miles:-

This was probably my worst day! Since day two the slower runners would leave at 8am and then the racing snakes at 10am. This worked very well as it meant that it cut down on the time the marshals had to be out and also helped with the caterers. The morning stared ok with the usual suspects running together. At around the four mile point I had a tweak in my right knee which gradually got worse as the day wore on. Mark was making surges throughout the morning only to be caught due to navigational errors. One of the checkpoints was in Warwick next to a pie shop (very decent of the organisers). I forwent the pleasures of filling my face with a Cornish pasty and instead took myself off to a sports shop next door and got myself a knee support. This offered a good deal of physical and mental support to my ailing body. Alas , I forgot all about the tasty fare next door and set off in pursuit of the others who had leap frogged me. By the time we were going through Kennilworth castle Mark aka the whippet was 12 mins ahead of the chasing pack. At that time I was around 5th place. Two miles later I was making my way up a hill towards a golf course when I was surprised to see everyone was now behind me, including Mark. I was still suffering with my knee and started loosing ground to the others. By mid afternoon the two leaders were out of sight. Dan and Mark were tantalisingly ahead of me by about 2 or 3 mins. Eventually I managed to reel them in and for the rest of the day they dragged me along so we all finished equal 3rd place. That evening we had the luxury of having 3 physios to rub our aches and pains away. I for one made very good use of them, especially on my knee.

-:Day five 54 miles (gulp):-

The early starters left base camp at 4 am, next group at 6am followed by the snakes at 8 am. Thankfully my knee wasn't playing up and for the whole day I just got the occasional twinge. Not having run this sort of distance before made it difficult to gauge what sort of pace was "sensible". I didn't have long to find out. About the same pace as the other days. The race order at the moment was ; myself first, Mark 2nd(+ 15 mins), Dan 3rd (+ 18 mins) and Glyn 4th (+ 43 mins). With the longest day ahead of us all it was still pretty much an open race. After a few bluff fast sections we settled down to a steady pace with the usual 5 out in front. After an hour or so we started overtaking the earlier starters and by about the 20 mile mark we had over hauled all the other early starters. A difficult section was the 9 mile stint along the Ashby canal around Hinckley. We tended to run for 5mins, walk for 2, then change the lead and repeat. We were still a group of 5 coming into Markfield. Glyn who was lying 4th decided to throw down the gauntlet and try to split the group up. He needed to make up about 20 mins on Dan and then also to put some light between them so as to give himself a chance to beat Dan into 3rd place. This worked and as we came into Bradgate park we had left Dan a fair way behind. I knew I had 15mins on Mark so I wasn't too concerned as we were running together with Glyn. On coming out of Bradgate, Glyn said to Mark to "go for it". At this point Mark was on home territory and of he shot like the proverbial hare. That was the last we saw of him till base camp that evening. Glyn and I kept geeing each other up and by the time we got to Kegworth we were 30 mins behind Mark. This didn't stop me from doing the best I could and as a side issue it helped in dragging Glyn along so as to almost guarantee him 3rd place. Marks time was a fantastic 9hrs 49 mins, with Glyn and myself coming in in 10 hrs 37 mins. The longest time was a staggering 26 hrs 24 mins. This meant a few hours rest then going straight into the final day (10 miles only).

-:Day six 10 mile sprint:-

Yet another glorious day with blue skies and fluffy clouds. What a way to finish an incredible journey, both physically an mentally. With Mark 32 mins ahead and Glyn 52 mins behind I had no worries about losing or even more unlikely, gaining a place, so I had a chilled out 10 miles. It was great to finish the event but like Ellen McCarthy, there was a bit of a void. We had all got on so well that it was going to be a bit of an anti-climax to have to say good-bye to all these new friends. That evening we had the gala dinner along with the awards and it turned out to be a real fun night. They had the first screening of the DVD they had been filming throughout the event along with loads of piccies. With Mark and I coming 1st and 2nd it didn't really make too much difference where Trish finished (3rd team member) as we had a fairly substantial cushion. Trish got the "runners" award for her dogged determination and her insistence that she would finish the event, come what may, so all in all we had a very productive outing for our first "ultra " event.
Will I be back next year?............ I don't think so. I've already got the Medoc Marathon planned to do in France. Normally done in fancy dress plus there is loads of wine to drink on the way round, along with oysters, pate de foi gras and other such delicacies to eat. No contest if you ask me!!!

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