This week's news: 04/10/2015

This week, members of Sandbach Striders running club enjoyed the last couple of days of late summer sunshine and participated in nine diverse events around the country.

Sandbach Striders at the Congleton parkrun

Closest to home were the eight Striders who ran the free weekly Congleton parkrun. James Boon and Tracey Hale earned personal best times.

The full results were as follows:

19:12 Tony Taylor
20:14 Heather Carter
22:38 Andrew Ayres
24:04 James Boon (PB)
26:04 Denis Culloty
26:05 Terry Coppenhall
27:45 Wendy Barnes
30:04 Tracey Hale (PB)

Pictured left to right: Tony Taylor, Terry Coppenhall, Andrew Ayres, Tracey Hale, Heather Carter, James Boon and Denis Culloty at Congleton Parkrun.

Also in parkrun action were Duncan Robertson and his daughter, Milly who travelled to Swindon  parkrun where the 2 lap course took them on a scenic tour around Lydiard House. Both of them came in at 34:30 which is a new PB. 

Milly and Duncan Robertson at Swindon Parkrun.

Further a field, more parkrun tourism took place when Alice Rebecca and David Sharp ran Porthleven  parkrun in Cornwall. This parkrun is a gorgeous lakeside, seaside but somewhat hilly parkrun. Alice came in at 26:52.

Alice Bober and David Sharp at the Porthleven Parkrun.

Michael Escolme ran the Nostel Priory parkrun near Wakefield in West Yorkshire. The course is a two lap route around this beautiful National Trust property. Michael finished in a time of 32:22

Michael Escolme and Mary Chadwick at Nostell Priory parkrun

Paul Nicholls was also in action at the Rivington trail half marathon, Lancashire. From the race description, it sounds both scenic and challenging. Paul (unofficial time) was 2:12.

Paul Nicholls at the Rivington trail half marathon, Lancashire.

Tony Taylor took himself off to run in the Warrington Resolution 15Km race managing to come in 1st overall out of 200 runners in a very respectable time of 59:27!

Husband and wife team, Gillian and Steve Fallows travelled the short distance to Oulton Park to take part in the well established dualathlon around the race track. Anyone that has been to Oulton Park knows that this is not flat by any means and the couple took on the undulating challenge achieving very respectable times. This dualathlon was broken down into 3 segments: 5k run, 20k bike ride, followed by another 5k run. Steve came in at 1:15:05 and Gillian in 1:39:00. This was Gillian’s first attempt at a dualathlon. Obviously, she has plans for more!

Gillian and Steve Fallow’s at Oulton Park Dualathlon.

On Sunday morning seven Striders (along with two running buddies)  took part in the Winsford 10K. The team enjoyed a sunny run through the streets of Winsford. 

Pictured left to right – Elaine Wood, Matt Wood, Linsey Astles, Denis Culloty, Helen Child, Claire Dalton, Dave Stockton,  Darren Carter and Karen Lovatt at the Winsford 10K.

The results for the Winsford 10K are: 

51:59 Matt Wood
53:40 Helen Child
54:44 Denis Culloty
1:00:14 Linsay Astles
1:00:14 Claire Dalton
1:04:20 Karen Lovatt
1:08:20 Dave Stockton

Also four Striders took to the roads of Congleton for its annual half marathon.
Rick Kelso-Davies  came in at 1:35:58, Janet Burgess 1:53:35, Mik Escolme 1:55:35 and Phil Truman 2:19:02.

Three of the four runners at Congleton half marathon. Phil Truman, Janet Burgess and Mik Escolme.

Last but not least, another nine Striders took part in the 5th Chester marathon which attracted over 5000 runners this year. The course wound it way through Chester and quickly took everyone out into the Cheshire and Welsh countryside. You could tell the Romans had been here previously as some of the lanes were very straight indeed!

Lindsay Beeston and Chris Holden at the Chester Marathon

The results for the Chester marathon are as follows:-

3:09:09 Darren Varley
3:29:07 Steve Farnell
3:36:47 Gordon Hutchins
3:38:15 Giles Hodges
3:53:38 Francis Gilchrist
3:56:37 Kate Jayden
4:14:23 Lindsay Beeston
4:17:23 Cheryl Hutchins
4:34:26 Chris Holden

Husband and wife team, Cheryl and Gordon Hutchins after the Chester Marathon.