Race 6 – Hadrians Wall Half Marathon – Sun 25th June 2017

Sunday 25th June saw the running of the Hadrian’s Wall Half Marathon near Haltwhistle, Northumberland. The race was also included in the 2014 GP, and despite the race known to be a challenge there was good representation from BRC across most divisions.

There were clear skies on the day and the strong wind over the exposed position at Registration provided a bit of a wind chill for those collecting their numbers and warming up. Once the race was underway and the first few hills appeared those opting for an extra layer soon regretted it.

This race has a unique setting in that it covers two Northumberland beauty spots, the southern part of Kielder Forest Park and (as the name suggests) Hadrian’s Wall. After a mile and a half the route leaves the road and winds its way past Crag Lough at the foot of the Wall then breaks left onto the hills in between Greenlee and Broomlee Lough. The first half of the race seems to be the toughest, not least the climb up through the Forest section.

Pete Brown was first back for Blyth in Div 1 (10th overall, 1st V40) but Graham Wood also had a good run from Div 2 (18th overall) and beating most of the other Div 1 runners. Sandra Watson (101 overall, Div 4) was the first Blyth lady back. It was also good to see a good number of Blyth runners recently returning from injury battling their way around the course.

One of the most scenic runs around but also one of the toughest. Almost worthy of the £28 entry fee.

The full results can be found HERE

 

Pos.

Race Pos.

Name

Cat

Time

Div.

Pts.

 

Pos.

Race Pos.

Name

Cat

Time

Div.

Pts.

1

10

Peter BROWN

M40

1:32:31

1

10

9

132

Julie LEMIN

F40

2:01:00

3

8

2

18

Graham WOOD

M45

1:36:12

2

10

10

141

Kerstin HECKELSMUELLER

F40

2:01:46

-

-

3

22

Paul WHALLEY

M40

1:37:54

1

9

11

157

Steven FRENCH

M40

2:05:02

1

7

4

28

Ian BAXTER

M45

1:40:38

1

8

12

175

Michael ASHBY

M50

2:09:14

3

7

5

61

Robert SHARRAT

M35

1:49:20

2

9

13

183

Paul  BLACKETT

M40

2:10:07

4

5

6

99

Warwick ROBERTS

M45

1:56:03

-

-

14

185

Rachel JOSEPH

L40

2:11:29

5

8

7

101

Sandra WATSON

F45

1:56:15

4

6

15

210

Anne CRADDOCK

L55

2:17:22

5

7

8

130

David BRADLEY

M60

2:00:44

-

-

16

318

Dianne WALLACE

L65

2:46:21

6

5

Total No. of finishers :-  337

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