Race 2 - Northumberland Half Marathon – Sun 16th March
2014
After enduring very windy conditions at the first Grand
Prix race of the season, many of the same runners – plus a few looking forward
to their first road race of the year – made the much shorter journey to Kirkley Hall, hoping for more PB-friendly conditions in the
second race. No chance! While the skies were clear, the air
temperature very spring-like and the roads dry (none of last year’s blizzards
this time), the wind was howling in from the west with no mercy, averaging
something like 25 knots but often gusting at well over 40 knots, accordingly to
reliable meteorological sources.
After
a 15 minute wait at the start (for reasons few if any of us understand) while
that wind whipped through us, over 600 runners – including 35 in the
green-and-white (plus one new member without a club vest) - set out to run a
short loop around the edge of the hall grounds followed by a much longer loop around
the roads of rural Northumberland. Once under way, the race seemed to be
well-marshalled with sufficient water stations and no issues with traffic on
the roads. With most of the race being through unpopulated areas, we were
all the more grateful for support in the villages of Whalton
and Ogle and even more so for the fellow runners (wisely taking the day off)
and family seen on the course, many with cameras in hands so there will be
plenty of photographic evidence of how much we all enjoyed it.
Despite
a couple of casualties from the Blyth contingent, there were some very
impressive performances in seriously testing conditions, notably Brad finishing
twelfth overall and Cath winning her age
category. Amazingly, especially as there
was a two-and-a-half mile mostly uphill stretch straight into the teeth of that
gale, there were even PBs recorded by some of our runners. Well done to
all concerned.
Those
new members who have run both of the two Grand Prix races to date will be
pleased to know that it is not always like this. Hopefully, at least some
of the races in the late spring and summer will be in conditions that will not
actually require an effort to stand upright in
The
full results can be found HERE.
|
Pos. |
Race Pos. |
Name |
Cat |
Time |
Pace |
Div. |
Pts. |
|
Pos. |
Race Pos. |
Name |
Cat |
Time |
Pace |
Div. |
Pts. |
|
1 |
12 |
Bradley Clough |
M |
1:20:33 |
6:09 |
1 |
7 |
18 |
222 |
Paul Turnbull |
M50 |
1:44:19 |
7:57 |
- |
- |
|
|
2 |
29 |
Jon French |
M |
1:24:53 |
6:28 |
1 |
6 |
19 |
230 |
Lindsey Chapman |
F |
1:44:30 |
7:58 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
3 |
30 |
Graeme Stewart |
M |
1:25:29 |
6:31 |
2 |
7 |
20 |
241 |
Claire Calverley |
F35 |
1:45:08 |
8:01 |
4 |
7 |
|
|
4 |
41 |
Jake Jansen |
M |
1:27:46 |
6:42 |
1 |
5 |
21 |
252 |
Catherine Young |
F55 |
1:45:43 |
8:04 |
- |
- |
|
|
5 |
67 |
Ian Baxter |
M45 |
1:31:07 |
6:57 |
2 |
6 |
22 |
268 |
Karen Singleton |
F45 |
1:46:57 |
8:09 |
- |
- |
|
|
6 |
82 |
Steven French |
M |
1:32:34 |
7:04 |
2 |
5 |
23 |
321 |
Julie Lemin |
F35 |
1:50:39 |
8:26 |
4 |
6 |
|
|
7 |
111 |
Shaun Dodd |
M40 |
1:35:18 |
7:16 |
2 |
4 |
24 |
358 |
Hayley Raithby |
F35 |
1:53:23 |
8:39 |
4 |
5 |
|
|
8 |
114 |
Martin Scott |
M40 |
1:35:43 |
7:18 |
3 |
6 |
25 |
361 |
Ralph Dickinson |
M60 |
1:53:39 |
8:40 |
4 |
4 |
|
|
9 |
116 |
Rob Barkley |
M40 |
1:36:07 |
7:20 |
1 |
4 |
26 |
393 |
Davina Lonsdale |
F45 |
1:56:44 |
8:54 |
- |
- |
|
|
10 |
119 |
Steve Dobby |
M40 |
1:36:17 |
7:21 |
3 |
5 |
27 |
394 |
Adele Lonsdale |
F45 |
1:56:45 |
8:54 |
- |
- |
|
|
11 |
130 |
Gareth Hope |
M |
1:37:26 |
7:26 |
- |
- |
28 |
398 |
Marius Van Aswegen |
M |
1:56:57 |
8:55 |
- |
- |
|
|
12 |
142 |
David Potts |
M45 |
1:38:09 |
7:29 |
3 |
4 |
29 |
405 |
Louise Coultate |
F |
1:57:26 |
8:57 |
5 |
6 |
|
|
13 |
149 |
Heather Christopher |
F40 |
1:38:18 |
7:30 |
3 |
3 |
30 |
429 |
Claire Mason |
F45 |
2:00:00 |
9:09 |
5 |
5 |
|
|
14 |
184 |
Darren Noble |
M40 |
1:40:53 |
7:42 |
- |
- |
31 |
458 |
Eleanor Shanks |
F |
2:02:55 |
9:23 |
5 |
4 |
|
|
15 |
193 |
Iain Fenwick |
M45 |
1:42:03 |
7:47 |
- |
- |
32 |
517 |
Anne Craddock |
F55 |
2:10:46 |
9:58 |
5 |
3 |
|
|
16 |
195 |
David Roberts |
M50 |
1:42:31 |
7:49 |
4 |
8 |
33 |
563 |
Simon Sellars |
M |
2:21:21 |
10:47 |
5 |
2 |
|
|
17 |
209 |
Paul Knight |
M40 |
1:43:22 |
7:53 |
- |
- |
34 |
581 |
Joanne Stobbart |
F50 |
2:28:41 |
11:20 |
- |
- |
|
|
Total
No. of finishers :- 591 |
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Mistakes/corrections etc.,
please contact Steve Walker by clicking on the link.