Summer Series Race takes off

The Cross Bay Challenge on Sunday proved to an exciting expedition in the unknown. We set off along a road then down the runway of Cark airfield, only to find the airport car (there is only one!) racing along to stop the race, whilst an airplane landed. After about 10 minutes the race restarted, with Mike leading us round some country roads. The sands stretched out from miles ahead of us. The route was marked by tractor marks however I tended to followed the person ahead on the assumption that he/she was still running and not sinking into quick sand! The first water station appeared, and very welcome it was, as the temperature soared from the reflected sun on the sand. We strided through the river Kent, over knee deep, then for about a mile we paddled and splashed across the sea, before looping back to the finish. Each runner has their own stories of the event please ask them.

For the record the results are:

Pos                          Cat Cat Pos      Time
1 Michael Halman     M (001/054)      01:16:31
5 Tom McGaff          M50 (001/021)  01:24:58
6 Graham Taylor      M40 (002/030)   01:25:48
9 Jim Pendrill           M (004/054)      01:28:53
17 Gavin Mendham M55 (003/016)   01:34:15
21 Jane Clarke         F35 (001/009)   01:34:59
23 Ian Smallwood     M40 (006/030)   01:35:30
24 Tony Hulme        M55 (004/016)   01:35:44
34 Mike Cooper       M40 (011/030)   01:40:10
41 Peter Carne        M40 (012/030)   01:43:13
48 Don Bullough       M45 (007/024)   01:49:20
74 Rod Coombs       M55 (008/016)   01:53:49
87 John Porteous     M50 (009/021)   01:58:15
90 Peter Watson    M60 (002/007)    01:58:40
106 Julie Lucas        F40 (003/011)    02:02:23
108 Trevor Faulkner M60 (003/007)   02:03:09