LRRL Barrow 6, 29th January 2012

name; position; gun time; chip time

MARK STOCK; 64th; 36:00; 35:56

PAUL WOOLDRIDGE; 175th; 41:17; 40:59

KEVIN BROOKS; 343rd; 46:34; 46:15

SHARON ELLIOTT; 351st; 46:54; 46:34

TIM DANVERS; 389th; 48:16; 47:54

RAY DRAYCOTT; 397th; 48:37; 48:17

PETER BROOKS; 474th; 52:18; 51:54

Grace Dieu Cross Country 15 January 2012

Shepshed Men lead in by Gary Burnett in 4th place overall finished 4th in League 1 and the Ladies lead in by Vicky Snook in 11th place overall finished in 2nd place on the day. The combined team were 2nd in League 1.

After 5 events the Ladies are 1st in the League, the Men 4th and the combined team have jumped into 1st place!

MEN
4th Gary Burnett 30:09
24th Ian Benskin 33:08
45th Adam Lockton 34:03
65th Mark Stock 34:59
81st James Watkins 36:15
87th Jon Hartley 36:36
96th George Clarke 36:56
98th Pete Whitehead 37:02

102nd Gareth Pymm 37:09
109th Derek Guess 37:25
114 Paul Wooldridge 37:42
118th Robin Richmond 37:51
121st Phil Higgs 38:02
130th James Booker 38:35
133rd John Harris 38:43
147th John Moore 39:21
166th Gerry Cook 40:22
225th Mick Davis 42:57
231st Mark Harris 43:13
258th Tony Menzel 45:50
285th Raymond Draycott 48:58

LADIES
11th Victoria Snook 39:27
15th Lesley Nutt 39:56
18th Emma Nutt 41:17
24th Gill Evans 41:59
27th Addie Rose 42:31

Milford Duathlons - 2 January 2012

We had 2 teams in the Milford duathlon relays, this was a 2.4 mile run, 11.5 mile bike, 2.4 mile run.

The teams were Ian Benskin (run) and Jon Hartley (bike), & Mark Stock (run) and Jerry Cook (bike).

Results:-
3rd Position: Team Benskin Hartley 14:06; 37:45; 14:10; total 66:01
7th Position: Team Cook Stock 14:51; 40:16; 14:52; total 69:59

Team Benskin Hartley winning top of the range sports hat and scarf for their 3rd podium position.

Huncote Hash - 31 December 2011

15th Mark Stock 46:08

19th Adam Lockton 46:49

93rd Paul Wooldridge 54:04

338 finishers

Turkey Trot - 11 December 2011

24^th Ian Benskin 1.22.47

75^th Adam Lockton 1.29.47

258^th Jerry Cook 1.40.23

295^th Kevin Loveridge 1.42.32

310^th Wendy Lockton 1.43.26

762^nd Carl Guess 2.09.34

Allestree XC - 4 December 2011

The ladies team continued in their winning ways finishing first in the race and retaining their overall lead in the league.

The mens team finished 5^th on the day and stand 4^th in the league.

The combined team were 5^th on the day, but in 2^nd place in the league.

LADIES:
6th 50:52 Gill Evans
8th 51:08 Lesley Nutt
9th 51:17 Victoria Snook
17th 53:47 Emma Nutt – 2^nd Claim
20th 54:01 Addie Rose

MEN:
47th 44:40 Mark Stock
70th 46:37 Ian Benskin
80th 47:30 Pete Whitehead
87th 47:59 John Harris
99th 49:01 Phil Higgs
123rd 51:17 Gerry Cook
129th 51:39 Will Nutt
144th 53:22 Mick Davis

159th 55:03 Dave Higgs
161st 55:35 Michael Leighton
162nd 55:36 Stuart Hunter
170th 57:01 Tony Menzel
178th 57:55 Bob Haskins

Clowne Half Marathon - 27 November 2011

Mark Stock: 1hr 24min 48sec
Jerry Cook: 1hr 43min 51sec

Heanor Xmas Pud Run 20 November 2011

34th Pete Whitehead 40:00
225th Stuart Hunter 48:04

Foremark XC - 20 November 2011

The ladies go marching on, the men fall back slightly:

The ladies team finished 1st on the day and remain top of the league after 3 races.

The men finished 6th on the day and are 4th in the league.

The combined team finished 5th on the day and are now joint 2nd in the league (3rd on count back).

MEN:
4th 31:52 Gary Burnett
56th 36:09 Mark Stock
72nd 37:04 Jon Hartley
88th 37:50 Tom Lackenby
90th 37:52 Gareth Pymm
108th 38:39 Graeme Hebden
110th 38:45 John Harris
117th 39:10 Paul Wooldridge

177th 42:13 Ian Martin
203rd 43:09 Will Nutt
206th 43:26 Mick Davis
223rd 44:26 David Higgs
238th 45:46 Tony Menzel
263rd 48:34 Richard Bibb

LADIES:
5th 40:52 Debbie Sorby
7th 41:12 Lesley Nutt
13th 42:39 Victoria Snook
21st 43:43 Gill Evans

22nd 43:46 Addie Rose
64th 48:44 Tracey Brookes
103rd 56:22 Sheila Carruthers

The Cannock Chase Trail Plus Adventure Race - 12 November 2011

Ian Benskin reports: It was a "joined at the hip" team event, with me (Sid Benskin), Fred Benskin (my brother) and Ben Holmes (brother in law), coming 29th overall in a time of 3 hours 24 mins.
The event format was run / mountain bike and kayak. The exact format was run / bike / run / kayak / run / bike / obstacles!
Good race - good result!

Milford Duathlon Relay- 12 November 2011

2.4m run 11.5m bike 2.4m run

4 Mark Stock (run) Jerry Cook (bike) 14.12; 38.17; 14.34; total 67.03

7 Jon Hartley (run) Phil Helm (bike) 14.37; 39.09; 15.44; total 69.30

12 Josh Smith (run) Jake Smith (bike) 15.39; 39.38; 16.41; total 71.58

Worksop Half - 30 October 2011

Place Time Name Chip

59th 1:23:01 Ian Benskin 1:22:57

177th 1:31:10 Peter Whitehead 1:31:05

294th 1:36:10 Asa English 1:35:58

394th 1:39:24 Addie Rose 1:38:58

658th 1:46:49 Kevin Loveridge 1:45:27

721st 1:48:26 Derek Jelley 1:45:49

963rd 1:54:22 Tracey Brookes 1:53:07

1029th 1:55:46 Stuart John Hunter 1:53:46

1688th 2:18:30 Carl Guess 2:17:07

Bagworth Heath XC - 23 October 2011

Another good turn out and a magnificent result:

The Ladies finished in 1st position and the Men in 3rd position in the second cross country league race of the season and overall the Combined Team came 1st in League 1.

So after 2 races the Men are lying 2nd, the Ladies 1st and the Combined Team 1st in League 1.

MEN

4th 29:46 Gary Burnett
33rd 33:06 Ian Benskin
43rd 33:48 Mark Stock
65th 35:03 Pete Whitehead
70th 35:20 Graeme Hebden
78th 35:45 Phil Higgs
89th 36:10 Paul Wooldridge
96th 36:28 John Harris

111th 37:30 Jake Smith
138th 38:28 Michael Leighton
184th 40:58 David Higgs
188th 41:08 Mick Davis
223rd 44:57 Richard Bibb

LADIES

7th 37:21 Debbie Sorby
8th 37:45 Lesley Nutt
10th 37:59 Wendy Lockton
17th 39:12 Gill Evans

24th 40:45 Addie Rose
38th 42:13 Emma Nutt
52nd 44:36 Tracey Brookes
91st 51:54 Sheila Carruthers
102nd 55:54 Gill Salmon

Bestwood 10K - 9 October 2011

9th Pete Whitehead - 42:21
44th Stuart Hunter - 49:41
56th Kevin Loveridge - 51:30
92nd Carl Guess - 57:39

Shepshed won the men's team prize

Leicester Half Marathon - 9 October 2011

20th John Golding - 1:24:53
145th Vicky Snook - 1:37:04
252nd Addie Rose - 1:41:30
541st Ray Draycott - 1:51:16
573rd Marcelle Morris - 1:52:27
753rd Kevin Brooks - 1:58:07
1167th Brian Barnett - 2:12:04
1361st Kay Kelly - 2:21:12

There was also a Jason Chow recorded as a Shepshed RC runner, but not a registered member - has any one any knowledge of this person?

Sahara Race:
James Watkins' final blog:

Finally finished last night around 10:30 pm, i was out for 15hrs 28min i think, it was a very tough day, we had several long very hot stretches of very open ground into a strong head wind that wouldnt give in, then we'd have to climb a massive sand dune or something, it really seemed never ending. I did have to have a word with myself a few times as it would have been so easy to give up but decided its best to finish and get the medal so i never have to do it again:-) . So only a few km to the line tomo and thats it, i'm so hungry can' wait to get some real food and a cold drink(6 days of nothing but warm water that tastes of plastic is not good)
Anyway i seem to have moaned allot again ( as i have most of the week ), its been a fantastic adventure, a one that i'll remember forever, wouldn't like to say i totally reached my limits but as near as i need to get for a while i think!!
Thanks everyone for following, should see most of you in the next week or so when i can show off my battered and fill you in with all the details!!!!

James

Windgather Fell Race:

13.5m 2500ft

63^rd Derek Guess 2.06.53
78^th Jake Smith 2.10.08
82^nd Jez Allard 2.11.54
86^th Jerry Cook 2.12.36
98^th Paul Wooldridge 2.15.58

Survival of the Fittest 10K - 8 Oct 2011
Obstacle Course

Sid Benskin 72nd out of 3444 finishers in 63min 25sec.

Derby Runner XC Markfield - 2 Oct 2011

The first round of the Derby Runner Cross Country League took place from South Charnwood School on Sunday 2^nd October in uncharacteristically hot conditions. The ground was dry and hard and very different from the wet, muddy conditions of the previous year. Shepshed fielded 21 runners and achieved very good results in the team event, and also had three top 10 runners in the individuals out of 245 Men and 117 Ladies. The Men’s team came home 2^nd, with the Ladies 3^rd, and this gave an overall team position of 3^rd.

Men
6th Gary Burnett 32:57
28th Ian Benskin 35:56
41st Mark Stock 36:43
53rd Adam Lockton 37:36
92nd Phil Higgs 40:10
106th Paul Wooldridge 41:03
138th Ian Martin 43:21
164th Mick Davis 45:37:00

175th Dave Higgs 46:06
182nd Will Nutt 47:10
204th Bob Haskins 49:25
238th Ian Garrett 55:22
244th Laurie Fluck 60:20

Ladies
6th Wendy Lockton 42:13
9th Lesley Nutt 42:50
14th Gill Evans 43:57
32nd Addie Rose 47:38

40th Emma Nutt 49:02
53rd Tracy Brookes 50:12
80th Sheila Carruthers 55:15
107th Gill Salmon 63:06

Crossdale 10K - 25 Sep 2011

7th Sid Benskin - 39:08
100th Kev Loveridge - 49:52
124th Stuart Hunter - 51:54
181st Carl Guess - 56:44

ROUND LEICESTER RELAY - 18 Sep 2011

Shepshed Running Club took part in the Round Leicestershire relay on Sunday 18^th September. This is a 13 stage 89 mile relay around the County and Shepshed entered a team in both the Men and Women’s categories. It was a good day for running apart from a few heavy showers later in the day.

31 teams took part and the event was won by Charnwood AC in a record time of 8hrs, 25 mins and 18 secs.

All those that ran for Shepshed put in really good efforts and it was good to see our 26 members racing around the County, with good support at the post event results giving at the end of the day.

The Ladies team broke 12 hours and were 24^th in a time of 11:47:18, and 4^th in their category.

The men took 10:54:19and came 15^th overall and 11^th in their category.

This event takes a lot of organisation to get teams together and thanks are due to Ian Martin and Sharon Elliott for doing the coordination.

PS Sid Benskin ran the National Forest 10K in the morning finishing 5th in 0:37:52 before running the final leg of the relay in the afternoon! We also had Ian Thornton in that race finishing in 45:56.

Stretton Skyline - 11 Sep 2011

19miles, 4450 ft of up...........
Gill Evens came 46th out of 80 in 3hr:34min:58sec.
and 5th girl, out of 13

Robin Hood Marathon - 11 Sep 2011

James Watkins 3:19:15

John Harris 3:29:52

Half Marathon

Debbie Sorby 1:34:20

Vicky Snook 1:42:36

Kevin Loveridge 1:51:48

Sharon Elliott 1:54:34

Kevin Brooks 2:01:41

Carl Guess 2:15:33

Ruth Moir 2:27:56

Sue Grimes 2:27:57

John Fraser 10 - 4 Sep 2011

86th........ 67:30.......Jon Hartley

232nd	78:47	STUART	HUNTER
286th	82:22	KEV	LOVERIDGE
296th	82:59	SHARON	ELLIOTT
343rd	87:34	ADDIE	ROSE
426th	98:40	CARL	GUESS

Belvoir Castle 10K - 3 September 2011

2nd Ian Benskin - 38.07

Milford Duathlon - 20 Aug 2011

Ian Benskin & Jon Hartley came 3rd overall

Hermitage 10K - 14 Aug 2011

11th 39:16 IAN BENSKIN

12th 39:28 MARK STOCK

35th 44:29 PHILIP HIGGS

42nd 45:26 PAUL WOOLDRIDGE

81st 50:34 CATHERINE BRADLEY

82nd 50:34 MICK DAVIS

95th 51:39 SHARON ELLIOTT

152nd 61:12 IAN STUBBS

Desford Tri - 7 Aug 2011

(400m swim, 18K bike ride, 5K run)

29th Jake Smith 1 hour 2mins 57secs (6.24 swim, 33.34 bike and 21.24 run)

101st Tracey Brookes 1 hour 12mins 35secs (9.43 swim, 37.08 bike and 23.28 run)

183 finishers

Joy Cann 5 - 3 Aug 2011

62nd Mark Stock 30:50

162nd Paul Wooldrige 34:48

Tara Kinder 10k - 15 July 2011

Jon Hartley 29^th 39.46

Jerry Cook 124^th 47.25

Stuart Hunter 137^th 48.10

383 finishers

Watermead 5 - 13 July 2011

10th Mark Stock 30:10

43rd Paul Wooldridge 34:46

69th Addie Rose 37:35

78th Mick Davis 38:22

Hungerton 7 - 6 July 2011

Louise Richmond 194th (22nd lady) 53:16

Rothley 10K - 21 June 2011

19th: 38:53; Ian Benskin - (19th:38:50)

34th: 41:05; Adam Lockton - (35th:41:00)

115th: 45:57; Vicky Snook – (113th:45:39)

193rd: 49:35; Kevin Loveridge – (196th:49:25)

203rd : 50:03; Derek Jelley – (201st:49:38)

250th: 51:46; Giuilia Palmieri – (253rd:51:28)

252nd: 51:51; Lucy Hughes – (255th:51:32)

274th: 52:59; Richard Bibb – (277th:52:41)

314th: 54:39; Carl Guess – (314th:54:11)

338th: 55:25; Marcelle Morris – (339th:55:06)

(Positions and times given in brackets are chip results)

Long Eaton 5 - 12 June 2011

37th Pete Whitehead 32:18

84th Asa English 35:27

Swithland 6 - 12 June 2011

Provisional Results
Times are from the gun to the finish, not the chip times which generally will be shorter when they are available

Position	Name		Time	Pace/M	Pace/K
67	Mark	Stock	37:17	06:12.8	03:51.7
106	Jon	Hartley	39:22	06:33.7	04:04.6
198	Paul	Wooldridge	43:19	07:13.2	04:29.2
253	Stuart	Hunter	44:51	07:28.5	04:38.7
292	Kev	Loveridge	46:16	07:42.7	04:47.5
303	Dave	Higgs	46:29	07:44.8	04:48.8
337	Sharon	Elliott	48:10	08:01.7	04:59.3
366	Stephanie	King	49:50	08:18.3	05:09.6
385	Rebecca	Skirrow	50:49	08:28.2	05:15.8
412	Justine	Barker	52:54	08:49.0	05:28.7
452	Ian	Stubbs	55:19	09:13.2
457	Derek	Butler	55:53	09:18.8

Long Eaton 50 Miles - 5th June 2011

James Watkins 9hrs:9mins - 3rd

Burton 10 29th May 2011

21st Ian Benskin 62:33
236th Ian Stubbs 97:43 - 1st Vet Male 70

Totley Moor Fell Race 24th May 2011

96th Jez Allard 44:43
142nd Jerry Cook 47:25

Long Clawson 10K 22nd May 2011

3rd Ian Benskin 44:06

Edinburgh Marathon 22nd May 2011

542nd James Watkins 3:15:23

Wymeswold Waddle 15th May 2011

75th Derek Lister 36:52
83rd Stuart Hunter 37:21
119th Kevin Brooks 39:08
136th Sharon Elliott 40:23
164/165th Ian & Emily Benskin 41:51
210th Ian Stubbs 45:11
222nd Diane Arthur 46:31

Shakespeare Marathon 8th May 2011

Gary Burnett came 13th in his first marathon finishing in 2hrs 54mins 31secs
NOT BAD for a first try!

Hinckley Half Marathon 8th May 2011

			Gun Pos	Gun Time
James	Watkins		84th	01:33:08
Dave	Ashton		120th	01:36:16
Phil	Cooling		259th	01:44:11
Kevin	Brooks		402nd	01:51:22
Brian	Barnett		927th	02:24:52

Tigers Todger Fell Race 4th May 2011

122nd Jake Smith 46:10
139th Jerry Cook 47:31

Woodhouse Eaves May Day Challenge 2nd May 2011

Rebecca Skirrow 2hrs:24mins
Sheila Carruthers 2hrs:25mins

Coniston Fell Dace 30th April 2011

189th Jerry Cook 1:51:54

Livingston Relay 24th April 2011

Thanks to Mark Stock's efforts we entered a team in this years race - the results were:

1st lap: Sid Benskin 17:37
2nd lap: Mark Stock 17:47
3rd lap: James Watkins 19:18
4th lap: John Noble 17:55

A good result considering the great age of the last 3 team members!

Final position to be confirmed.

17th April LONDON MARATHON

place overall	place gender	place category	name	club	runner no	category	HALF	finish time
3754	3301	715	» WATKINS, JAMES L (GBR)	SHEPSHED...	32766	40-44	01:33:57	03:28:35
6604	5483	1091	» COOLING, PHIL (GBR)	SHEPSHED...	25737	40-44	01:47:00	03:47:37
8153	1511	929	» PALMIERI, GIULIA (GBR)	SHEPSHED...	30063	18-39	01:43:30	03:55:26
10980	2254	288	» ELLIOTT, SHARON E (GBR)	SHEPSHED...	25736	45-49	01:55:51	04:08:02
14348	3287	2006	» SIJTSMA, LEONIE (GBR)	SHEPSHED...	22048	18-39	02:03:32	04:22:26
19605	14442	7839	» JELLEY, DEREK (GBR)	SHEPSHED...	28271	18-39	02:04:26	04:43:15

Kinder Downfall Fell Race 9.6m 2000ft ascent

Derek Guess 83^rd 1.33.18

Jez Allard 121^st 1.38.10

Jerry Cook 149^th 1.42.14

268 finishers

10th April - Brighton Marathon

Asa English did a PB in 3.40.11
coming 830th out of 7776 finishers in 23 degrees heat.

9th April - PAWS 10k

6th Ian Benskin - 37:54

71st Derek Lister - 47:21

263 finishers

3rd April - Belvoir Half Marathon, Hose

76th James Watkin 1:30:43
228th Vicky Snook 1:43:00
288th Tony Menzel 1:47:51
307th Stuart Hunter 1:49:12
326th Sharon Elliott 1:50:50
488th Diane Arthur 2:07:30
500th Brian Barnett 2:08:34

Photos can be viewed on: http://jimharrison.photoshelter.com/gallery/Belvoir-Half-Marathon/G0000S9gbOe70Kwo/

2nd April - Cumbrian Commotion

Anthony (Fred) Benskin, Ian (Sid) Benskin & Ben Holmes (Sid's brother in law) competing together as a 'joined at the hip' team came 40th in this run, mountain bike and kayak adventure race.

26th March 2011 - Charnwood Marathon (15mile course)

1st (joint) Mark Stock - 1:53

66th Sheila Carruthers - 2:54

178th Richard Bibb (walking not running) - 5:18

20th March 2011 - Kibworth 6 LRRL

Position o/a						Pace/Mile	Pace/Km	Gender position
47th		MARK	STOCK	37:13		06:12.2	03:51.3	46th
58th		JOHN	GOLDING	37:41		06:16.8	03:54.2	55th
67th		JOHN	NOBLE	38:01		06:20.2	03:56.2	64th
122nd		PETE	WHITEHEAD	41:05		06:50.8	04:15.3	116th
214th		LOUISE	PYMM	45:17		07:32.8	04:41.4	27th

13th March 2011 - Ashby 20

146 James Watkins - 2:25
245 Phil Cooling - 2:34
250 Asa English - 2:35
252 John Harris - 2:35
281 John Golding - 2:38
284 Guilia Palmieri - 2:38
285 Vicky Snook - 2:38
610 Stuart Hunter - 3:04

6th March 2011 - Bosworth XC

The Ladies team finished 1st and remain 2nd in the league
The Mens team finished 4th and remain 4th in the league
The combined team finished 4th and remain 4th in the league.

MENS RESULTS
7			G.Burnett		35:24	VM40
30			M.Booth		38:57
34			A.Lockton		39:35
52			R.Richmond		41:35
74			I.Martin		44:33	VM40
119			T.Menzel		49:12	VM50
144			D.Butler		54:26	VM60
156			L.Fluck		74:30	VM60
LADIES RESULTS
5			N.Thompson		41:44	VL40
6			W.Lockton		42:42
9			L.Nutt		44:19	VL40
11			L.Pymm		45:06
18			G.Evans		46:19	VL40
60			T.Brookes		57:19	VL40

27th February 2011 - DESFORD 10K LRRL

FIRST NAME	SURNAME	TIME	pace per mile	pace per km	OVERALL	M	F	MV	FV
MARK	STOCK	37:38	06:03.4	03:45.8	60	58		26		V45-49
JOHN	GOLDING	37:53	06:05.8	03:47.3	67	65		30		V40-44
JOHN	NOBLE	38:41	06:13.5	03:52.1	87	84		40		V50-54
ADAM	LOCKTON	39:28	06:21.1	03:56.8	100	96				Senior
PETE	WHITEHEAD	39:51	06:24.8	03:59.1	108	104		51		V55-59
TONY	MENZEL	47:01	07:34.0	04:42.1	282	241		143		V50-54
CATHERINE	BRADLEY	50:33	08:08.1	05:03.3	347		71			Senior
MICK	DAVIS	50:33	08:08.1	05:03.3	348	277		173		V55-59

20th February 2011 - Bagworth Heath Cross Country

The 4^th round of the Derby Runner cross country league took place on Sunday 20^th February. The rain on Saturday had made what is normally a muddy course at Bagworth into something of a swamp in places. The Shepshed team were a little down on numbers with some members concentrating on long training runs for marathons, but those there performed very well. The Men came out best, in 3^rd place on the day, with the Ladies 4^th, giving the combined team 4^th place. This leaves the combined team and the Men in 4^th place, and the Ladies have dropped to second place. However, the team results will be the best of four races from 5, with the final race in two weeks team, so there is still everything to play for.

Gary Burnett and Debbie Sorby both claimed top ten positions, with good backing from the remaining runners.

Men:

6 Gary Burnett, 33:32, 43 Martin Booth, 37:13, 52 Pete Whitehead, 38:33, 56 James Watkin, 38:59, 73 Gareth Pymm, 40:01, 83 John Harris, 41:00, 136 Dave Higgs, 46:03, 149 Tony Menzel, 47:22, 153 Bob Haskins, 47:52, 169 Derek Butler, 52:08.

Ladies:

9 Debbie Sorby, 42:03, 15 Louise Pymm, 44:16, 21 Gill Evans, 45:13, 56 Tracey Brookes, 55:25.

Although the team positions for the league are to be decided at the final race, the individual overall positions are from the best three of the four races so far run, and Shepshed had a number of top ten positions. Best placed was Lesley Nutt, 2^nd in the W40 category, with Gill Evans 8^th. Louise Pymm was 8^th in the Senior Lady category. For the men, Gary Burnett was 4^th M40, in the M50 class, John Mould was 8^th and John Harris 10^th, and in the M60 class, Dave Higgs was 6^th.

13 February 2011 - Markfield 10K - LRRL

MARK	STOCK		51st		38:00
JOHN	GOLDING		67th		38:36
PETE	WHITEHEAD		108th		40:52
ADAM	LOCKTON		111th		40:57
MARK	ROSE		160th		42:57
CATHERINE	BRADLEY		389th		54:22
IAN	STUBBS		422nd		56:55
DEREK	BUTLER		436th		58:36

6 February 2011 - the Bowline

Jenni Muston - 64th 1hr:47min
Jerry Cook - 242nd 2:08
vicky Snook - 244th 2:09
Kev Loveridge - 270th 2:12
Gulia Palmieri - 273rd 2:12
Carl Guess - 332nd 2:23
Sharron Elliott - 340th 2:25
Stuart Hunter - 379th 2:34
Brian Barnett - 397th 2:40

30 January 2011 - Ashby 5 - LRRL

		Position	Time	Pace
MARK	STOCK	52	29:44	05:57
JOHN	NOBLE	106	31:48	06:22
PETE	WHITEHEAD	115	32:00	06:24
JOHN	HARRIS	200	34:37	06:55
SHARON	ELLIOTT	366	39:44	07:57
IAN	STUBBS	464	46:05	09:13

30 January 2011 - Tigger Tor Fell Race 10miles 2200ft

Jez Allard 1.30.36 172^nd
Jerry Cook 1.30.50 175^th
Gill Evans 1.36.13 232^nd

358 finishers

16 January 2011 - Grace Dieu Cross Country

The Derby Runner cross country league resumed with Shepshed Running Club’s home race at Grace Dieu on Sunday 16^th January. This should have been the 4^th round, but the intended 3^rd round at Bagworth was cancelled twice before Christmas due to the bad weather. Despite the need for many helpers to put on the event, Shepshed still fielded two good teams with a total of 12 men taking part. Both teams achieved two top 10 places. On the day they came 4^th in the combined result, maintaining their overall 4^th position in the League after three events. The top of the Ladies League is very exciting. Shepshed came 2^nd at Grace Dieu, but maintain their 1^st position in the League, but on score count back, as they are now tied on points with Hatton Darts Ladies.

Ladies:

9 Lesley Nutt, 10 Wendy Lockton, 22 Gill Evans, 26 Louise Pymm, (times to be confirmed at a later date).

Men:

5 Gary Burnett, 32:01, 6 Carl Shaw, 32:27, 42 Mark Stock, 35:28, 49 Adam Lockton, 35:54, 55 Martin Booth, 36:09, 90 Gareth Pymm, 38:33, 99 John Mould, 39:15, 129 John Harris, 40:57, 172 Graeme Hebden, 43:11, 189 Mick Davis, 44:09, 209 Tony Menzel, 45:52, 210 Dave Higgs, 45:55.

This is a popular race with a good variety of terrain, and there were 359 finishers in total. Thanks are due to the many helpers on the day who make this a successful event, and also to Grace Dieu school and the landowners for allowing us to use this lovely area for the race.

31 December 2010 - Milford New Year’s Eve Duathlon

2.4m run : 9.5m bike : 2.4m run

10 Hartley, Jon M40 15.25 32.40 16.54 64.59

22 Cook, Jerry M40 18.25 35.20 20.16 74.01

35 Benskin, Anthony M 18.35 43.35 21.08 83.18

Benskin, Ian M 14.30 DNF (Puncture)

12 December 2010 - Turkey Trot

Carl Shaw 14th 1.18.44
Ian Benskin 25th 1.21.38
Jon Hartley 70th 1.28.27
Jake (santa) Smith 180th 1.37.18
Kev Loveridge 327th 1.46.40
Sharon Elliott 409th 1.51.07
Carl Guess 490th 1.56.41

750 finishers

21st November 2010 - Foremark XC

Men: - finished 3rd

2nd Carl Shaw 32:02
12th Gary Burnett 33:56
46th Adam Lockton 36:33
62nd John Golding 37:09
70th John Hartley 37:47
119th Jake Smith 41:12
124th John Mould 41:27
129th John Harris 41:38

164th Mick Davis 43:53
200th Bob Haskins 46:21
214th Tony Menzel 47:09
216th Dave Higgs 47:13
263rd Laurie Fluck 66:12

Richard Bibb completed the race but is unrecorded.

Ladies: - finished 3rd

10th Lesley Nutt 40:32
22nd Louise Pymm 44:02
29th Gill Evans 44:49
32nd Vicky Snook 45:09

69th Sharron Elliott 49:06
90th Tracey Brookes 52:04

Debbie Sorby had to drop out after one lap

Junior Race Years 6-12

Josh Smith 5th overall & 2nd year 7 boy in 10:45

14th November 2010 - Roaches Fell Race 15 miles 3700ft

Jerry Cook 3.07.25 108^th
183 finishers

Saturday 13th November - Milford Duathlon Relay :

Pos -- No. ----- Runner/Biker ----------- RUN1 BIKE RUN2 TOTAL

4th -- 56 - Ian Benskin/Jon Hartley - 14.02, 30.40, 14.04, 58.46
9th --- 80 ---- Jake Smith/Phil Helm - 16.00, 31.37, 15.44, 63.21
12th - 70 -------- Derek Lister/Wood - 17.08, 32.32, 17.29, 67.09
13th - 82 ---- Josh Smith/Jerry Cook - 17.01, 32.45, 18.43, 68.29

28 teams finished

7th November 2010 - SHEPSHED 7 & FUN RUN

Full results for both races are now on the Shepshed 7 page.
Photos can be seen on this web site and on:
www.runner-photos.co.uk/rpEventSearch.asp?RaceID=SHP10

6th November 2010 - English XC Association National Relays (Mansfield)

The Shepshed team came a respectable 99th out of 140 in a time of 1:15:41.10

Individual results and team position at the end of each lap were:
0:17:29.20 (87th) Carl Shaw
0:19:51.90 (107th) Adam Lockton
0:18:50.15 (99th) Gary Burnett
0:19:29.85 (99th) John Golding

31st October 2010 - Worksop Half Marathon

124th John Hartley 1:28:01
348th Asa English 1:36:01
353rd Jake Smith 1:36:53
1200th Tracey Brookes 1:58:03

17th Oct 2010 - Amsterdam marathon

Sheila Carruthers 4.07.42 - 7th lady vet60
went through half marathon in 1.58.47

10th Oct 2010 - Leicester Half marathon

First results given are gun positions & times (in brackets chip positions & times):

18th John Golding 01:22:14 (18^th 01:22:13)
149th Debbie Sorby 01:34:30 (149^th 01:34:01)
276th Vicky Snook 01:40:46 (301^st 01:40:17)
312th John Harris 01:41:51 (288th 01:40:04)
477th Giulia Palmieri 01:47:15 (491^st 01:46:14)
478th Mark (aka Norman) Sketchley 01:47:15 (490th 01:46:13)
771st Leonie Sijtsma 01:54:03 (789^th 01:52:36)
961th April Clough 01:58:40 (921^st 01:55:40)
1053st Tracey Brookes 02:00:37 (1012^th 01:57:47)
1612th Brian Barnett 02:17:29 (1639^th 02:15:4)
1821st Malcolm Ecob 02:26:18 (1796^th 02:22:42)
1822nd Ruth Moir 02:26:22 (1803^rd 02:22:47)
1836th Wendy Parry 02:27:14 (1820^th 02:23:38)
1845th Sue Grimes 02:27:49 (1835^th 02:24:13)
1846th Jane Evans 02:27:50 (1836^th 02:24:14)
1913th Kay Kelly 02:32:55 (1908^th 02:29:20)

3rd Oct - MARKFIELD XC

Ladies team off to a winning start in the first race of this year's Derby Runner League:

Debbie Sorby 7th
Lesley Nutt 8th
Louise Pymm 15th
Vicky Snook 25th

Our other ladies also had very good runs:
Andrea Clargo 27th
Sharron Elliott 38th
Tracy Brookes 56th
Gill Salmon 84th
Pat Pymm 85th

The Men got off to a good start finishing 6th in their League (10th overall):

John Golding 36th
Adam Lockton 47th
John Mould 75th
Graeme Hebden 79th
George Clarke 91st
John Harris 110th
Dave Higgs 150th
Bob Haskins 186th

Other mens positions were:
Ian Garrett 193rd
Laurie Fluck 212th

The Combined team finishing in 7th position

19th September 2010
National Forest 10K

5th 0:37:57 Ian BENSKIN
96th 0:51:22 Stephanie KING
144th 0:57:04 Ian STUBBS

12th September 2010
Stretton Skyline

Gill Evans 51st - 3hr 38min

Robin Hood Marathon

Jon Hartley: 230th 3.30.36 Chip Time
Number of finishers 1567

Robin Hood Half Marathon

Chip Times:
Ian Benskin: 48th 1.22.29
Adam Lockton: 284th 1.34.04
Asa English: 448th 1.37.48 - PB
Norman Sketchley: 1208th 1.48.09
Vicky Snook: 1550th 1.49.42
Paul Smith: 1561st 1.51.18
Jon Lilley 1672 1.53.09
Kevin Brooks: 2103rd 1.55.12
Kevin Loveridge: 2124th 1.56.52
Robert Richardson: 4444th 2.20.34
Number of finishers:6143

5th September 2010
John Fraser 10

Jake Smith 202nd 76.03
Giulia Palmieri 239th 77.57 - PB
Sharon Elliott 289th 81.24 - PB

15 August 2010
Hermitage 10K

109th Ian Stubbs 58.30

8 August 2010
Newark Half

252nd Asa English 1.40.49 PB
366th Derek Jelly 1.46.56 PB
415th Addie Rose 1.49.03
469th Vicky Snook 1.51.38
566th Kevin Brooks 1.56.04

Very warm day Asa and Derek both well pleased with their runs, poor Vicky was running great but a recent injury resulted in a muscle tear at about 9 miles and she had to walk/run the last 4 miles, otherwise she would have had a good time and may have been a PB. Addie and Kevin did well in difficult condition.

4 August 2010
Joy Cann 5.

Ian Benskin, 40th, 29.18

Addie Rose, 268th, 36.42 PB 31st lady out of 184 lady finishers

Number of finishers 552

31 July 2010
Milford Summer Duathlon

2.5m run 9.2 m bike 2.5m run

12	Benskin, Ian	14.30	28.44	15.54	59.08
14	Stock, Mark	14.54	29.32	15.28	59.54
29	Cook, Jerry	17.42	29.40	20.09	67.31
41	Benskin, Anthony	19.01	33.17	20.17	72.35
44	Smith, Joshua	17.15	36.47	22.34	76.36 (bike problems)

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 35^th 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

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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