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

Provisional Shepshed Results:

487 finishers

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

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

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

Jez Allard 107th in 1:44:05

Jerry Cook 131st in 1:47:15

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

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 10^th 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.

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

FULL: Addie Rose - 3:43:29

HALF: James Watkins - 1:27:11

Kinder Downfall Fell Race 9.6m 2000ft ascent

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

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 !!!"

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

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

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

78 finishers

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

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

4.9miles and 1059ft ascent

Jerry Cook 47^th 46:11 (108 finishers)

48th George Clarke - 33:44

110th Tony Menzel - 38:58

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)

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

Shepshed Results:

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

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.

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.

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

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:

Women's Results:

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

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

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

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

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

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).

Provisional Results:

27th Ian Benskin 1:20:40

46th John Golding 1:24:29

277th Aaron Maclaughlin 1:41:00

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).

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

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.

Only a single club runner this year

Jake Smith 1:35:44

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 .

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.

15.7 miles cross country

Guilia Palmieri 2hrs 27mins

Shelia Carruthers 2hrs 41mins

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

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

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.

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)

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ian Stubbs 132nd 41:45

Jon Hartley 40:24

Jerry Cook 45:21

Pete Brooks 53:50

Helen Hartley 54:21

Ian Stubbs 55:14

20th 39.09 Jenni Muston - 2nd lady & PB

164th 54.25 Ian Stubbs

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

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

0:56:25 ARTHUR, Diane 518th

50th Jenni Muston 19:10

86th Louise Pymm 21:31

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

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

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

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.

Jez Allard 64^th 45.44

Jerry Cook 155^th 50.37

763 finishers. Tough course

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

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

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

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.

SHEPSHED VET MEN

SHEPSHED MEN

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

28th Mark Rose 35:57

1414 Patrick Crowhurst 52:37

1544 Russ Coleman ?? 52:53

3002 finishers

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

87th JERRY COOK MV40 47.29

324 finishers

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

MEN

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

Actual Position 175, number of finishers 3038.

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

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.

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.

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

72^nd Jenni MUSTON 02:09:22

• 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

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.

• 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

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:

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

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

Gary Burnett 6th in 41:32

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.

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

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

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

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