Rod’s on a mission; Moonraker Sunday, training Tuesday, Tony’s Langley Adventure Thursday and the Sale 10 on Sunday. An attempt perhaps to return to past glories after years of injuries and corporate dining. Perhaps though preparation for ‘his’ race – Pie & Peas. Not the running itself but his après-race…
Sunday 2nd August 2009 1 Ezekiel Cheban (Kenya) 47:35 24 Stuart Parrott V45 / 3 57:34 178 Ian Ashcroft V60 / 4 75:51 203 Simon Fenton V65 / 3 78:53 214 Rod Combs V55 / 15 80:28 (271 runners) Full Results : http://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2009/sale10.htm Photos : http://mickhall-photos.com/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=497828
1 Thomas Charles 15:59 Trafford AC7 Trevor Morris 17:0299 finishers Full results – http://www.openathletics.org/index.php?page=august-2 Flat, but twisty course for this race run on the first Sunday of each month. Thinking of seeing a sports psychologist next to help me break through the 17 minute barrier as I also ran 17:01…
Wednesday 29th July 2009 For the results of last night's Wizard 5 click here. More commentary to follow! Mick Hall's photos at : http://mickhall-photos.com/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=496106
You see the world running the Summer Series; one week it is Bollington and Swythamley, the next Wythenshawe and Middleton. I had confidently predicted a decent turn-out for Moonraker but that the fast boys wouldn’t show. It was with some surprise, and not a little disappointment, that I bumped quickly…
Sunday 26th July 2009 (and supposedly Summer!!) Pos Name Cat Time M F Cat Pos 1 Damian Nicholls M 00:32:12 1 (001/035) 11 Stuart Parrot M45 00:35:46 11 (002/023) 13 Tom McGaff M50 00:37:01 13 (001/018) 18 Ray Eagle M55 00:38:54 18 (001/014) 27 Peter Bannister M 00:39:50 27 (006/035)…
3 Damian Nicholls 15:07 9 Rob Downs 16:14 V40 2 11 Jim Pendrill 16:24 18 Stuart Parrott 16:55 V40 4 20 Trevor Morris 17:01 V40 5 32 Mark Bale 17:33 39 James Wheeler 17:47 44 Raymond Eagle 17:53 V50 3 77 Mick Fairs 18:47 …
I was irritated at the end of the race by the 16 second gap between my time and my official time. When I lived in London my motivational regime was based entirely upon statistics, beating my own times. Joining Wilmslow gave a much better motivator, trying to beat…
An art form rarely seen at the front of a race ……. ……. but good style marks here for Katy and Nina at Bollington. Don
A rare defeat for Malcolm at Heaton Park. 1 Michael JONES 16:55 SM30-34 76.45% 2 Malcolm FOWLER 17:14 VM45-49 82.88% 73 finished 5k Full results, photos at http://www.parkrun.org.uk/heaton/Home.aspx
