Results and short report.
1st Male 56.37 Simon Bailey Mercia Fell Runners.
1st Lady 1.10.35 Carla Brown Cambs & Coleridge AC
11th 1.05.54 Brian McCoubrey
17th 1.07.57 Jeremey Bygrave.
35th 1.11.37 Mathew Taylor
40th 1.13.01 Jarrod Homer
50th 1.14.59 Tom McGaff
65th 1.17.11. Louisa Harrison
76th 1.18.14 Tim Billington
83rd 1.19.19 Andy Watts
88th 1.20.14 Ian Smallwood
89th 1.20.18 James McDonald
101 1.21.15 Gareth Trimble
112 1.22.16 Rick Lawson
113 1.22.17 Paul Garnett
115 1.22.19 Craig Hunt
118 1.22.22 Diane Bygrave
121 1.22.43 Pete Stock
130 1.23.48 Paul Norris
150 1.26.32 Sally Price
151 1.26.33 Gail Hill
157 1.27.34 Mark Crossland
181 1.32.42 John Porteous
187 1.33.22 Chris Cannon
200 1.36.42 Colin Walton
202 1.36.51 Rachel Peers
203 1.37.14 Patrick Grannan
223 1.41.02 Julie Lucas
254 1.50.46 Simon Fenton
258 1.52.42. Catherine Mellor
260 1.57.18 Trevor Faulkner
Cloud 9 is a great race to start our summer series with, it has everything – road, trail, cross country, hill climbs, downhill, steep in some parts, mud and plenty of it and this year actually open water. Jon Bale may not agree. Jon had serious accident around the summit of Bosley Cloud, breaking his fibula. Best wishes for a speedy recovery Jon.
Congleton greeted us with a temperature just above freezing and sleet. As I sat in the car, fearing to leave the warmth, I toyed with the idea of heading home but was spotted by Craig. We made our way to the gym, to meet up with the rest of runners where the main topic of conversation was, what to wear? Emergency clothing had to be carried, some decided to wear it from the start, I put my hat on.
Reporting on the actual race is difficult, as yet I don’t know who has taken the group points as the groups as yet haven’t been ratified. Come on Don boy, get your finger out.
John passed me with about a mile left, I saw Sally about 200 yards ahead of me, that’s about the sum total of any overtaking action I encountered. Looking at the results, great runs for Brian, 100 points and Louisa our first lady finisher and age category winner. Ian managed to fight off James, Gareth stayed clear of the sprint finishes, Ricky won a close tussle between Paul G, Craig and Di B with only 6 seconds separating them. Must have been a great finish between Sally and Gail only a second separating them. Andy Watts was our other age category winner and Catherine did very well in her inaugural run, there are some easier races Catherine.
Chris