The TRANSPED Blyth Valley 10k 2010

Report

A record 485 people entered this year’s Blyth Valley 10k, which was pretty good as we were competing with a huge event down the road in London. In the end, 426 turned up and ran the event in near perfect conditions for running – very little breeze and the occasional spot of rain.

The event attracted a quality field up front, with last year’s winner Mark Brown, Course record holder Peter Newton, Ross Floyd, Jon Archer, David Kirkland, Michael Dawson and Ian Twaddle all packed together for the first part of the race before Peter Newton and Dave Kirkland pulled away. Peter eventually proved the faster on the day by leading the field home in a new record time of 31.29. In the ladies race, last year’s winner Angela Hibbs finished just 8 seconds in front of Wallsend Harrier Danielle Hodgkinson, who in turn was 30 seconds in front of Aiveen Fox.

First Blyth runner to finish was Peter Brown followed by Martin Gaughan (M50) then Steve Richardson. Susanne Hunter was first Blyth lady to finish, followed by Helen Morris and Heather Christopher. 28 BRC runners took part in the event, plus a further 20 or so who marshaled the runners round the course. Special mention should go to Alison Lowes who agreed to guide a blind competitor round the course, and they both finished in 67 minutes.

Blyth Running Club would like to thank everyone for their support and apologise for the lack of loo’s at the start, these were ordered but didn't turn up. Thanks to Transped, Port of Blyth, NCC, BVAL, Start Fitness, Herrons, John Gunn, Coca Cola, the Quay Public House and St. Johns for their assistance, and all the marshals, helpers and officials for once again making this a successful event.

Any unattached runners are more than welcome to come down to the club on one of our training nights to see if you enjoy it, for details see our Membership page.

Please click HERE for the full results.  To download an excel version click here.