13 athletes took part in the Barns Green Half Marathon. Dreadful weather the day before put some people off, but those who raced had virtually perfect conditions - except for the unexpected cross country section at 5 miles!!
Dave Jones blitzed the field finishing in 17th out of 1283 finishers. The top 3 men finished as 8th team (of 41) with strong back up performances from James Dear and Rob Hoodless. The girls came 18th team of 23.
Dave Lashbrook and Callum Murray can now be considered as 'out of the closet' as far as running goes, with PBs both well under 1h40m.
One or two runners were overheard suggesting they could have run faster if they hadn't run a 20 mile road run the previous weekend, and others were bemoaning poor choice of 'gel strategy' - clearly the excuses were coming thick and fast from some quarters.
No excuses from the girls. PB for Rachel - again, as the girls were headed home by Margaret in an impressive 1h41m53s
RESULTS
MEN
Dave Jones 17th 1h20m56s 10pts
James Dear 39th 1h23m48s 9
Rob Hoodless 115th 1h31m13s 8
Jon Webster 125th 1h31m30s 7
Steve Alden 147th 1h33m18s 6
Dave Lashbrook 243rd 1h37m50s 5
Callum Murray 283rd 1h39m14s 4
Lawrence Wintergold 1h45m33s 3
Howard Pickett 2h00m21s 2
WOMEN
Margaret Hollamby 347th 1h41m53s 10pts
Rachel Baker 451st 1h46m04s 9
Katherine Preedy 970th 2h03m59s 8
Claire Cresswell 1186th 2h21m27s 7
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