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

11th Mark Rose 35:31
32nd Jenni Muston 39:13 - 2nd Lady
385th Ian Stubbs 53:49
644 finishers

A very good start to the season with our Combined team 3rd, our Men's team 3rd and our Ladies team also 3rd - all out of 9 in their relevant 1st Divisions.

A good contribution from our new members, two men and one lady counting in their teams.

MENS RACE

5th Derek Guess 33:52 VM40 2nd Claim
10th Gary Burnett 34:38 VM40
25th Martin Booth 35:46
50th Mark Townsend 37:32
54th Graeme Hebden 37:51
64th Jake Smith 38:30
65th John Golding 38:31
92nd Gareth Pymm 39:59
94th Adam Lockton 40:12
97th Mick Davis 40:25 VM50

130th John Barker 41:58 VM40
174th Ian Martin 44:19
212th Dave Higgs 47:09 VM60
237th Alistair Kuhnbaum 51:16
248th Patrick Crowhurst 53:03 VM70

LADIES RACE

6th Lesley Nutt 40:42 VL40
16th Wendy Lockton 44:35
23th Gill Evans 45:13 VL40
51st Andrea Clargo 50:52 VL40

22K Plus

19th Ian Benskin 2:10
38th John Golding 2:17
? Sheila Carruthers

Many club members were helping with the organisation of the event, but a good number were also able to run.

Shepshed club results:
6 Mark Rose, 40:53 (1st Vet 40),
18 Martin Booth, 43:08,
25 John Mould, 43:55 (1st Vet 50),
39 Jenni Muston, 45:52 (3rd Lady),
63 Jez Allard, 48:39,
67 Adam Lockton, 48:54,
93 Paul Smith, 50:16,
95 Carl Guess, 50:21,
108 John Bonner, 51:12,
156 Wendy Lockton, 53:32,
168 Kev Loveridge, 54:04,
169 Jeremy Cook, 54:09,
227 Kevin Brooks, 57:17,
253 Steph King, 59:25,
255 George Hudson-Bennett, 59:30,
275 Richard Bibbs, 60:26,
302 Ian Stubbs, 63:18,
347 Mark Staples, 66:31.

See the SHEPSHED 7 page for the full results.

Well run Sheila Carruthers 4hrs:7mins

and Jo Bryant 4hrs:25mins

12th 1:17:40 Mark ROSE
116th 1:28:26 Jenni MUSTON - PB
1084th 2:04:13 Richie RICHARDSON

Ian Benskin came 1ST in the Robin Hood Adventure Challenge 10K Trail race out of a field of 288 runners in a time of 36:37.

This is the first win in his running career. It was not quite a PB, but the course was on trails and undulated quite a lot and he was happy with his time....more so the result!

FULL

Brian Barnett 4:01:20
Mark Staples 4:45:31

HALF

John Mould 30th overall and 2nd MV50 in 1:22:36
Aaron Macloughlan 1:31:44
Kevin Loverage 1:39:46
Paul Smith 1:40:33
Phil Cooling 1:43:17
Jerry Cook 1:47:00
George Hudson Bennett 2:03:47

We had one runner in the 16 mile event - Bob Haskins completing it in 2hrs 44mins

Mark Rose came 3rd in 37:21

Ian Stubbs is recorded as comimg 116th in 57:42
and 118th in 57:52??

On the weekend of October 4th/5th, Gill Evans competed in the Long Mynd Hike, a 50 mile event around the hills of Shropshire, based at Church Stretton.

This event starts at 1pm on the Saturday, so there is inevitably a lot of night navigation over the hills.

Gill, who has completed the event several times before, put in another tremendous performance to finish in a time of 11hrs 51mins to be third Lady.

On Sunday 28th September, Shepshed Running Club took part in the Round Leicester Relay. This is an 89 mile, 13 stage relay race taking in a circuit of the County.

Shepshed fielded a Men's team and a mixed team.

From 35 teams, the Men came 4th in their category and 5th overall in a time of 9hrs 36mins 54 secs. Runners were Mark Rose, John Harris, Aaron MacLaughlin, Paul Fawcett, Graeme Hebden, Martin Booth, Ian Benskin, Jake Smith, Chris Black, Derek Guess, John Mould, Mark Stock and JohnGolding.

The mixed team came 31st overall, and 16th in their category, the time taken being 12hrs, 37mins, 09secs, however were handicapped as one of the team members was delayed and we had to take the slowest time for that leg. Team members were Jez Allard, Giulia Palmieri, Lucy Hughes, Rachel Muddimer, Sheila Carruthers, Brian Barnett, Ian Garrett, Louise Pymm, Helen Hartley, Mick Davis, Bob Haskins, Gill Evans and Lesley Nutt.

It was a great effort by the Club, to get 26 of its members to the various parts of the County for their respective legs and we are enthusiastic to do even better next year.

SHEPSHED MEN:

MARK ROSE 0:42:06
JOHN HARRIS 0:42:55 - 1:25:01
AARON MACLAUGHLIN 0:44:01 - 2:09:02
PAUL FAWCETT 0:37:25 - 2:46:27
GRAEME HEBDEN 0:38:24 - 3:24:51
MARTIN BOOTH 0:55:21 - 4:20:12
IAN BENSKIN 0:45:06 - 5:05:18
JAKE SMITH 0:45:54 - 5:51:12
CHRIS BLACK 0:39:35 - 6:30:47
DEREK GUESS 0:47:48 - 7:18:35
JOHN MOULD 0:49:18 - 8:07:53
MARK STOCK 0:46:34 - 8:54:27
JOHN GOLDING 0:42:27 - 9:36:54

SHEPSHED MIXED:
JEZ ALLARD 0:51:46
GUILIA PALMIERI 0:50:02 - 1:41:48
LINDA HUGHES 0:58:51 - 2:40:39
RACHEL MUDDIMER 0:47:16 - 3:27:55
SHEILA CARRUTHERS 0:49:12 - 4:17:07
BRIAN BARNETT 1:46:42 - 6:03:49
IAN GARRETT 1:03:11 - 7:07:00
LOUISE PYMM 0:52:28 - 7:59:28
HELEN HARTLY 0:48:53 - 8:48:21
MICK DAVIS 0:59:22 - 9:47:43
BOB HASKINS 0:59:34 - 10:47:17
GILL EVENS 1:01:14 - 11:48:31
LESLEY NUTT 0:48:38 - 12:37:09

WINDSOR HALF MARATHON
115th Jenni Muston 1:31:16 (113th 1:30:49 - chip time)

CROSSDALE 10K
4th Ian Benskin 38.22
5th John Mould 38.54 (1st V50)

CHRIS INGRAM Memorial 5M Road Race
8 30.30 STOCK MARK
33 35.19 SMITH PAUL
41 36.03 GUESS CARL
53 38.08 LOVERIDGE KEV
58 39.03 DANVERS TIM
77 43.12 STUBBS IAN
85 45.25 BROOKS PETE

ESENDEX LAST MINUTE TRIATHLON
John Golding 55.43

LEICESTER ORIENTEERING CLUB Score Cup
Bob Haskins - 2nd M55

The popular Nottingham Marathon and Half Marathon always attracts a good number of Shepshed club members, and this year was no exception with many good performances.

The Full Marathon was won by Pumlani Banganis of Sale Harriers in a time of 2:25:27 from a total of 1128 finishers.

Shepshed results were:
252 Jon Hartley, 3:33:32,
438 Brian Barnett, 3:53:12,
655 Stuart Hunter, 4:09:12,
791 Mark Staples, 4:26:11.

There were 6648 finishers in the Half Marathon, the winner being Ezekeic Cherop of Kenya in a time of 1:05:28.

Shepshed had 12 runners, with the following times:

96 Ian Benskin, 1:22:25,
818 Paul Smith, 1:40:21,
992 Stuart Lynch, 1:43:05,
1091 Phil Cooling, 1:43:23,
1226 Kevin Loveridge, 1:44:43,
1300 Helen Hartley, 1:45:59,
1722 John Lilley, 1:50:09,
2159 Sharon Elliott, 1:51:43,
2533 Stephanie King, 1:54:48,
3236 Philip Grainger, 1:58:00,
3544 Richie Richardson, 2:04:02,
5167 George Hudsonbennett, 2:21:38.

Instead of going to Nottingham four Shepshed Runners took part in a completely different event on the same day, a favourite race for some, the Stretton Skyline in Shropshire.

Based around Church Stretton and the Long Mynd, this is a 19 mile Fell Race with 4450 feet of climbing. There were some good results on a misty day with very good running conditions:

Jake Smith, 3hrs 25mins,
Jez Allard, 3:26,
Gill Evans, 3:27
and Mick Davis, 3:38.

34. Ian Benskin 01:02:43
271. Stuart Hunter 01:20:04
381. Ian Stubbs 01:31:05

John Golding - 1/2 Iron Man - 5hr:4min (a 17min improvement on last year)

Paul Fawcett - The European Long Distance Triathlon Championship, Gerardmere, France
4km swim, 120km bike, 30km run completed in 9hrs:1min:37sec.
(Must be only slightly harder than Sundays Quiz route!)

MEN:

15. Mark Rose 00:36:33
25. Ian Benskin 00:38:50
28. John Mould 00:38:53
37. John Noble 00:40:33 1st M45
41. Graeme Hebden 00:41:14
44. Jake Smith 00:41:35
49. Peter Whitehead 00:42:14
137. Ian Garrett 00:52:33
167. Ian Stubbs 00:55:49
176. Robert Crowhurst 00:58:08

WOMEN:

142. Sharon Elliott 00:53:06
149. Stephanie King 00:53:30

64th Jenni MUSTON 70:44

41st John Noble 19:02
50th Gareth Pymm 19:27
52nd Jenni Muston 19:31
64th Duncan Vincent 20:12
78th Jez Allard 20:48
83rd Louise Pymm 21:01
111th Stuart Hunter 22:06
122nd Jerry Cook 22:26
178th Mark Staples 25:20
285th Kathleen Nash 38:26

Total of 298 finishers

This report was submitted by ace sports reporter Captain Pete Brooks.

On Sunday, a blustery hot humid day, Shepshed Running Club had 4 runners competing in the Newark Half Star Marathon (the one in Nottinghamshire and not the one in the USA).

Another fine performance by one of our present superstars JENNI MUSTON who again achieved a PB of 1.28.33 finishing 11th lady and 101st overall. Can someone other than me please tell her she is running fantastically and to stop her whingeing whenever she gets a PB :-).

Next in was STUART HUNTER in 1.50.24 (position 475):

followed by MARK STAPLES in 1.52.24 (position 498):

followed by another Shepshed superstar PATRICK CROWHURST in 2.05.36 (position 687). After the race Patrick was a bit disappointed because a runner with 75 years old on his vest and still running went past him. Just goes to show no matter how old you may be you never lose the competitive edge.

Number of finishers was 863.

4th Mark Rose 34:58 - 1st V40

8th Ian Benskin 36:27

18th 27:56 - Derek Guess - 2nd MV45
54th 30:02 - Ian Benskin
74th 30:50 - Graeme Hebden
119th 32:30 - Jenni Muston
198th 34:49 - Dave Higgs

6 0:35:33 ROSE, Mark
29 0:38:23 STOCK, Mark
46 0:40:30 MUSTON, Jenni - 2nd lady
75 0:43:46 VINCENT, Duncan
79 0:44:11 DAVIS, Michael
147 0:48:15 ENGLISH, Asa
155 0:48:31 HUNTER, Stuart
210 0:51:54 CROWHURST, Patrick
212 0:52:06 STUBBS, Ian

37 Ian Benskin 43:19
71 Jake Smith 45:59
92 Jenni Muston 47:22
356 Patrick Crowhurst 61:53

The annual Worthington 5 mile race was held on a hot and breezy evening on Tuesday 1st July.

This is a popular event with local clubs and is based at the Malt Shovel in Worthington, the race being followed by a barbecue.

It is also a keenly contected event, and this year's winners were Richard Whitelegg (Hinckley), in 28:33, and Gemma Steel (Hermitage) in 31:33, from 174 finishers.

Shepshed had its own good performances with Jenni Muston 2nd Lady overall, Sheila Carruthers 1st Lady Vet 55, John Mould 2nd Vet 50, and Dave Higgs 2nd Vet 60.

Results:
18 John Mould, 31:25, 20 Graeme Hebden, 31:30, 26 Pete Whitehead, 32:25, 32 Aaron Maclaughlin, 33:33, 33 Steven Clarke, 33:35, 36 Jenni Muston, 33:45, 48 Mark Stock, 34:51, 59 Dave Higgs, 36:31, 60 Bob Haskins, 36:37, 61 Phil Cooling, 36:42, 81 Rachel Muddimer, 40:47, 84 Ian Garrett, 41:18, 92 Kevin Brooks, 42:52, 96 Patrick Crowhurst, 43:26, 101 Sheila Carruthers, 43:49.