26 Hinckley runners ran the West End 8 on Sunday 7th May – the first race of the LRRL summer league. It’s a scenic 8 mile road race on the country lanes near Syston, “undulating” at first, with a tough hill in the middle and a nice downhill finish.

A massive turnout from the ladies, with 19 running. It was Hinckley ladies’ best result of the 2017 season so far, coming 4th in the division. The men’s team was a bit short on numbers, with just 7 men racing this one, and we were 7th in our division behind all the teams with the full eight men (but still ahead of Coritanians who had zero men…)

Now the ladies are up to joint 6th in div 1, and the men have dropped a place to 5th in div 1. Still 6 races to go.

The full HRC roll of honour was: Chris Limmer – 47:03, Chris Langham – 48:36, Nick Moore – 53:39, Harry Langham – 54:59, Bethan Padbury – 58:36, Kate Perkins – 59:00, Celine Guery – 59:36, Leanne Byard – 01:00:36, Greg Pollard – 01:02:42, William Pither – 01:02:52, Penny Masser – 01:03:27, Jenny Green – 01:04:11, Richard Guest – 01:08:20, Kerry Wittering – 01:10:35, Nicola Dutton – 01:11:57, Emma Thompson – 01:13:35, Elizabeth Aspden-Mansfield – 01:16:40, Jodie Brown – 01:16:58, Julie Hudson – 01:17:14, Andrea Earley – 01:19:33, Diane Wildbur – 01:21:40, Odette Foxall – 01:22:23, Sarah McSharry – 01:22:54, Judy McSharry – 01:22:51, Erica Fisher – 01:23:25, Stephanie Harris – 01:26:58

Full Results

Well done to all the runners and welcome to league racing to Jodie Brown running her first race in Hinckley colours. Runners of the day: Jude McSharry, who finished the race together with daughter Sarah, and Greg Pollard who ran a cracking race (and just beating Will Pither at the finish, a possible rivalry developing…)

Thanks to West End Runners for putting on the race. Next LRRL races are Gaddesby 7 (21st May) and Swithland 6 (4th June) which are both now closed for entries. Then the Hungarton 7 on 5th July which has just opened for entries.

The Livingston Relays were held on Sunday 30th April at Braunstone Park, Leicester. It a relay race in which each competitor runs a single lap of 3 miles. Official results are here. Hinckley’s teams were:

Under 15 Girls category (8 teams)
5th Place – Olivia Sykes 21:43, Isobel Sykes 23:31, Isabella Wrightam 21:16 – Total 66:30

Senior Women category (45 teams)
3rd Place – Hinckley “A” – Bethan Padbury 20:07, Kate Perkins 20:53, Rebecca Gould 20:50 – Total 61:50
16th Place – Hinckley “B” – Jenny Green 22:13, Emma Thompson 25:39, Céline Guéry 21:21 – Total 69:12
25th Place – Hinckley “C” – Andrea Earley 27:47, Debbie Moore 22:51, Elaine Doran 23:32 – Total 74:10

Senior Men category (44 teams)
9th Place – Hinckley “B” – Richard Whitelegg 16:36, Simon Earley 18:07, Chris Langham 17:49, Dave Masser 18:05 – Total 70:37
20th Place – Hinckley “A” – Ben Harding 15:52, Harry Langham 18:22, Joe Langham 17:55, Ben Masser 22:51 – Total 75:00

The senior ladies “A” placed 3rd in the medals, however their medals were given out to a different team on the day and the result was later corrected; hopefully we will get the medals back!

With the excellent weather it made for a really good day out and we hope to be back next year. Our thanks to the organisers for putting on this great local event.

Hinckley Running Club is proud to present HRC Training T-shirts. These are Hinckley blue with the logo on the front and Hinckley Running Club on the back in white. See the photos below, kindly modelled by Ben.

These will be on sale shortly, and as with other kit, at cost price and in a range of sizes kindly organised by Penny. They cost £10.

The club would like to give away 10 t-shirts. To be in with a chance, you just need to turn up to the Leisure Centre and take part in a Tuesday or Thursday session during May 2017. Each time you do we will put your name in a hat. At the end of May we will draw 10 names. So the more sessions you go to, the more chance you have.

I will be at the Leisure Centre to take a register of names at each session. Good luck everyone. We all look forward to seeing these out and about in the streets of Hinckley, or even further afield!

The Derby Runner Cross Country League  2017 season has come to a close and the results are in.

Well done to the Ladies for coming first in Division 2.

Final Tables

Men

League	Pos	Club	Tot Pts	Count	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7
1	1	Hermitage	66	2281	10	9	10	10	10	7	10
	2	Derwent	51	3875	9	7	3	7	8	8	9
	3	S.Derbyshire	50	3730	3	6	6	9	9	9	8
	4	Shelton	47	4340	8	10	9	5	2	10	3
	5	Barrow	42	4509	7	8	8	6	3	5	5
	6	Derby Tri	32	5333	5	1	4	8	6	4	4
	7	Hinckley	30	4508	6	5	2	3	7		7
	8	Beaumont	28	4777	4	4	7		4	3	6
	9	Hatton	20	4776	2	3	5	4		6
	10	Leicester Tri	15	7438	1	2	1	2	5	2	2
2	1	Badgers	130	2862	18	19	18	19	19	18	19
	2	Ivanhoe	126	3621	19	17	17	18	18	19	18
	3	Westend	122	3818	17	18	19	17	17	17	17
	4	Poplar RC	98	7340	14	13	10	14	15	16	16
	5	R.Hoggs	90	8161	9	12	11	16	14	14	14
	6	Birstall	88	8324	10	14	12	12	13	15	12
	7	Desford	86	6970	16	16	16		12	11	15
	8	Wigston	72	8197	13		15	13	10	10	11
	9	Huncote	68	6879	15	10	14		16		13
	10	Shepshed	67	9057	11	9	8	15	11	13
	11	Wreake	40	4727	12	15	13
	12	Coalville Tri	26	9225	7	8		11
	13	R.Royce	20	7371	8					12
	14	Team Anstey	20	8441		11	9
	15	Team Derby Runner	9	6096						9
		Harborough
		Soar Valley		1896
		Stilton		2292
		Fleckney		4861

Ladies

League	Pos	Club	Tot Pts	Count	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7
1	1	Westend	66	465	10	9	10	10	9	8	10
	2	Hermitage	59	624	9	8	7	8	10	9	8
	3	Ivanhoe	58	619	8	10	6	9	6	10	9
	4	Derwent	50	913	6	7	9	7	7	7	7
	5	Birstall	30	1384	5	5	2	4	8	4	2
	6	Shelton	29	1450	7	4	1	6	2	6	3
	7	Leicester Tri	29	1477	3	2	8	2	5	3	6
	8	Barrow	27	1576	1	6	5	5	3	2	5
	9	Desford	24	1505	4	3	4	3	1	5	4
	10	Shepshed	13	1850	2	1	3	1	4	1	1
2	1	Hinckley	129	1057	19	19	18	17	19	18	19
	2	Poplar RC	125	1161	18	18	19	16	17	19	18
	3	S.Derbyshire	113	1576	13	17	14	18	19	17	15
	4	Hatton	106	1779	12	15	17	19	10	16	17
	5	Badgers	91	2226	10	9	12	15	14	15	16
	6	Wigston	89	2336	14	13	8	14	13	14	13
	7	R.Hoggs	78	2849	7	6	15	13	12	11	14
	8	Team Derby Runner	71	2797	15	5	7	12	9	13	10
	9	Wreake	63	990	17	14	16		16
	10	Huncote	57	1872	9	16	5		15		12
	11	Derby Tri	57	2304	16	7	13			10	11
	12	Beaumont	47	2669	8	10	6	11		12
	13	Team Anstey	34	2553	5	9	9		11
	14	Coalville Tri	32	2403	11	13			8
	15	Fleckney	30	1945		11	10			9
	16	Stilton	17	1193	6		11
	17	R.Royce	4	1320			4
		Harborough
		Soar Valley		494

Combined Team

League	Pos	Club	Tot Pts	Count	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7
1	1	Hermitage	69	1989	10	10	10	10	10	9	10
	2	Ivanhoe	57	3315	9	7	6	8	9	8	10
	3	Shelton	49	4195	8	9	9	7	2	10	4
	4	S.Derbyshire	46	3801	3	6	7	9	8	7	6
	5	Derwent	42	3702	7	4	6	6	6	6	7
	6	Barrow	38	4586	4	8	8	5	4	4	5
	7	Hinckley	32	4662	6	5	2	3	7	1	8
	8	Hatton	21	5127	2	3	4	4	3	5
	9	Derby Tri	17	5471	5	1	3	2		3	3
	10	Leicester Tri	14	6844	1	2	1	1	5	2	2
2	1	Westend	131	3139	19	19	19	18	19	19	18
	2	Badgers	128	3512	18	18	18	19	18	18	19
	3	Poplar RC	106	6569	15	13	13	16	16	17	16
	4	Beaumont	97	5591	16	17	17		15	15	17
	5	Birstall	90	7807	11	14	10	13	14	16	12
	6	R.Hoggs	88	8526	9	11	11	17	13	13	14
	7	Desford	87	6598	17	16	16		12	11	15
	8	Huncote	80	6920	12	12	12		17	14	13
	9	Wigston	72	8354	13		15	14	9	10	11
	10	Shepshed	66	8689	10	10	9	15	10	12
	11	Wreake	54	4833	14	15	14		11
	12	Coalville Tri	34	10459	6	8		12	8
	13	Team Anstey	24	10086		9	8		7
	14	Team Derby Runner	16	8065	7					9
	15	R.Royce	15	8424	8		7
		Harborough
		Soar Valley		2390
		Stilton		3053
		Fleckney		6332

Individual winners and placings can be found on a previous article:

Final Individuals Standings from the Derby Runner XC League

Results and runners of the day can be found on our results page here:

Races 2016/17

Well done to everyone who has taken part, either as a runner, supporter or volunteer.
100% finishers of all the XC races go to the following; Ben Haring, Joe Langham and Bethan Padbury.

There was a big contingent of Hinckley RC members running the Virgin Money London Marathon yesterday. Some running their first ever marathon and some old hands. Results are below. Hope you all had an amazing day whether you beat your goals or had a tough one.

If you’re inspired to run it next year and you don’t have Good For Age or Championship time, the ballot opens on 1 May! And if you don’t get in we will have club places. This year Martin Lynch and Ben Masser had our club places, which we as an England Athletics affiliated running club are allocated each year.

Place	Gender Pos	Name	Category	Time
339	334	David Limmer	18-39	02:40:50
852	836	Chris Limmer	18-39	02:50:12
1387	1344	Matt Johnson	18-39	02:56:28
2103	2019	Chris Langham	45-49	03:01:43
2498	2384	Dave Masser	50-54	03:05:35
2748	2608	Matthew Knight	18-39	03:07:55
3815	3526	Paul Clayton	45-49	03:15:05
4884	4392	Stephen Penney	45-49	03:22:19
6126	801	Céline Guéry	18-39	03:29:12
6429	5549	Simon Earley	50-54	03:30:37
6640	5688	Paul Ashby	18-39	03:31:56
9299	1849	Katy Grainger	18-39	03:44:49
9533	7611	John Padbury	45-49	03:45:50
9872	7857	Rolf Hoelmer	40-44	03:47:22
10359	2183	Penny Masser	50-54	03:49:32
10889	8509	Ben Masser	18-39	03:51:48
16305	12060	Martin Lynch	45-49	04:13:10
18229	4922	Lucy Masser	18-39	04:20:47
18258	13327	Will Pither	40-44	04:20:53
27584	8939	Charlotte Sinclair	18-39	04:58:33

Announcing a change to the rules for the club’s Standard Times awards scheme.

We removed the restriction on including a 6, 7 and 8 mile time all in the same award. Now you can have all three of those distances in the same award.

And to make sure that a distinction remains just as prestigious, we added a stipulation that a distinction must have a 10 mile, half marathon, 20 mile and marathon. So a distinction is now those four, plus any other five distances.

The reason is that the rule on 6, 7 & 8 mile has been a source of confusion over the years. . The change was decided by the club committee at the last meeting.

The new rule will apply to this year’s awards (2017) and onwards.

What are the standard times awards? This is an annual award scheme within the club to recognise and encourage individual achievement over a range of racing distances. All Hinckley Running Club members will be invited to apply for an award near the end of the year. Award certificates are presented at the club presentation night which is usually in January. You can read more about the awards here: Men’s Standard Times | Ladies’ Standard Times

The Leicestershire Road Running League (LRRL) 2017 Winter season has come to a close and the individuals results are in.

In all, 41 runners from Hinckley Running Club have put on their blue and white vests and ran in at least one winter league race. Two Hinckley runners won prizes: Bethan Padbury – 1st U20 female (8th lady overall), and Chris Langham – 2nd V45 male (27th man overall). Congratulations!

The individuals prizes are worked out using the best three results of the four winter races – Kibworth 6, Stilton 7, Markfield 10k and Desford 5.

The following nine runners have taken part in all four races: Chris Langham, Nick Moore, Jonathan Strong, Harry Langham, Geoff Oliver, Céline Guéry, Kate Perkins, Emma Thompson and Elizabeth Aspden-Mansfield.

Those nine might be well placed with a shot at the HRC Presidents’s Shield award this year – awarded to the best age-graded total score across the whole LRRL Winter and Summer seasons.

Five members ran their first ever LRRL race: Kerry Wittering, Emma Thompson, Nicola Dutton, Steph Harris and Will Trollope. Thanks for being brave enough to come out for your first race, hope you enjoyed it. Hopefully we will see lots more new names by the end of the year – if you haven’t, go on give it a try! I have put the race dates below.

The highest placed man in any race was Tom Shardlow who came 7th at the Desford 5, and the highest placed lady was Bethan Padbury who came 10th at the Stilton 7.

In the club side of things, we have managed to have full men’s team (first 8) and ladies’ team (first 6) for every race. Hinckley men are 4th in Division One. The ladies are 8th in Division One, in the relegation zone alongside Barrow, but only only a few points in it. The club league runs across the whole winter and summer season though so still 7 races to go.

First summer league race is the West End 8 on May 7th, hope to see you there!

Ladies’ Table

(Points are allocated 500 pts for 1st place, 499 pts for 2nd place, and so on. Best 3 scores count.)

Pos	Athlete	Age Cat	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Total	Cat Pos
8	Bethan Padbury	U20F	490	491		489	1470	1
31	Celine Guery	SenF	473	465	468	466	1407	21
38	Kate Perkins	SenF	436	476	451	454	1381	24
103	Kerry Wittering	VF45		367	374	363	1104	14
108	Emma Thompson	SenF	338	366	352	342	1060	53
119	Elizabeth Aspden-Mansfield	VF45	332	349	339	321	1020	16
152	Judy McSharry	VF55	300	325		293	918	7
175	Odette Foxall	VF40	291	313		257	861	32
194	Michelle Fowler	VF45			398	407	805	28
220	Charlotte May Sinclair	SenF	346	364			710	104
229	Julie Hudson	VF45	325	347			672	34
241	Erica Fisher	VF60	326			294	620	10
285	Jenny Green	SenF			431		431	131
287	Sarah Garford	SenF	430				430	132
317	Jo Martin	VF55			388		388	25
334	Sally Henderson	SenF				362	362	150
343	Elizabeth Lees	VF40		353			353	67
356	Nicola Dutton	SenF				335	335	159
371	Elaine Wischhusen	VF55	319				319	29
383	Diane Wildbur	VF60	304				304	14
385	Andrea Earley	VF45				299	299	62
386	Jacqueline Campbell	VF50	299				299	30
393	Amanda Knight	SenF	289				289	170
415	Stephanie Harris	SenF				255	255	179

Men’s Table

Pos	Athlete	Age Cat	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Total	Cat Pos
27	Chris Langham	VM45	440	466	463	475	1404	2
50	Nick Moore	SenM	415	406	439	449	1303	32
66	Jonathan Strong	SenM	407	436	369	405	1248	38
82	Harry Langham	U20M	374	394	380	413	1187	2
112	Rob Pratt	VM50		358	352	358	1068	16
137	Rolf Hoelmer	VM40	320	335	322		977	22
139	Tom Shardlow	SenM			480	494	974	61
193	Joe Langham	SenM	424		413		837	86
272	Geoffrey Oliver	VM60	212	242	208	205	662	16
287	Tim Payne	VM50			299	325	624	40
358	William Trollope	SenM			459		459	131
368	Matthew Knight	SenM	443				443	138
374	Simon Earley	VM50				438	438	53
384	Mark Frost	VM45		421			421	67
388	Stephen Penney	VM40	413				413	49
482	William Pither	VM40				261	261	66
491	Ian Sylvester	VM60	249				249	36

Club League Tables

(First 8 men and first 6 women count for the team at each race. Team score is worked out by adding up the finishing positions of the runners. The team with the best score gets gets 22pts, 2nd team gets 19pts, then 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12.)

Full tables are available at the LRAN website.

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2017 LRRL Summer League Dates

All races open to all, the more the merrier!

7 May –  West End 8 – Enter Here
21 May – Gaddesby 7 – Enter Here
4 June – Swithland 6 – Enter Here
5 July – Hungarton 7
2 Aug – Joy Cann 5
13 Aug – Hermitage 10K
3 Sep – John Fraser 10

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Pictures from Mark Langdale

24 Hinckley runners ran at the inaugural Desford 5 mile road race on Sunday 26 March. This was the fourth and final race of the LRRL Winter League 2017.

The race has replaced the Desford 6 which has been on the calendar the last few years. It follows an undulating route through quiet hedge-lined lanes, and for the 2017 race we were treated to glorious weather.

Well done to all the runners. Special mention to Nicola Dutton and Steph Harris who were both taking part in their first ever league race – hope you enjoyed it! – and to Will Pither’s excellent flapjacks.

Our thanks to Desford Striders for a putting on a fantastic race.

Click here for the full results

Pos	NAME	DIV	CHIP TIME	M	F
7	Tom Shardlow	SenM	28:22:00	7
26	Chris Langham	VM45	28:49:00	26
53	Nick Moore	SenM	30:52:00	52
66	Simon Earley	VM50	31:00:00	63
95	Harry Langham	U20M	32:39:00	88
104	Jonathan Strong	SenM	32:48:00	96
145	Bethan Padbury	U20F	34:18:00		12
163	Rob Pratt	VM50	35:17:00	143
196	Celine Guery	SenF	36:10:00		35
220	Tim Payne	VM50	36:52:00	176
227	Kate Perkins	SenF	37:08:00		47
326	Michelle Fowler	VF45	39:44:00		94
340	William Pither	VM40	40:09:00	240
416	Kerry Wittering	VF45	43:14:00		138
417	Sally Henderson	SenF	43:16:00		139
449	Emma Thompson	SenF	44:45:00		159
457	Nicola Dutton	SenF	45:13:00		166
473	Elizabeth Aspden-Mansfield	VF45	46:33:00		180
483	Geoffrey Oliver	VM60	47:12:00	296
504	Andrea Earley	VF45	48:39:00		202
509	Erica Fisher	VF60	49:10:00		207
510	Judy McSharry	VF55	49:10:00		208
549	Odette Foxall	VF40	54:09:00		244
551	Stephanie Harris	SenF	54:12:00		246

Pictures from Mark Langdale

Sunday 12 March saw the 3^rd Winter League race of the 2017 season of the Leicestershire Road Running League (LRRL). 19 of our members turned out to race the undulating, scenic 10k organised by Beaumont RC. We were unable to take part last year due icy weather causing the organisers to cancel. Fortunately there was no ice in sight this year which meant our running shoes were firmly on the ground when we took on the climbs!

533 runners finished the race, and it was won by Gordon Lee of Leicester Coritanian AC in 34:04, and Hannah Doran of Charnwood AC in 38:09. The first Hinckley runners home were Tom Shardlow in 36:21 and Celine Guery in 46:02.

19 Hinckley crew members raced in total, with all of us achieving a county standard time..go Hinckley! The following times were achieved:

Tom Shardlow – 36:21, Chris Langham – 37:13, William Trollope – 37:43, Nick Moore – 39:11, Joe Langham – 40:38, Harry Langham – 42:37, Jonathan Strong – 43:08, Rob Pratt – 43:58, Rolf Hoelmer – 45:36, Celine Guery – 46:02, Kate Perkins – 47:12, Tim Payne – 47:22, Jenny Green – 49:02, Michelle Fowler – 51:28, Jo Martin – 52:19, Kerry Wittering – 54:11, Emma Thompson – 56:51, Geoff Oliver – 57:14, Elizabeth Aspden-Mansfield –  57:59

After 3 races our team standings are as follows:

Men – 4^th in Division 1 with the B team 7^th in Division 2

Vet Men – 7^th in Division 2 with the B team 6^th in Division 2

Ladies – 7^th in Division 1 with the B team 8^th in Division 1

Vet Ladies – 8^th in Division 1 with the B team 7^th in Division 1

We are decorating the relegation zones quite nicely on the tables at the moment but there is still time do a Leicester City and move on up! We can do it!

For full results click here http://lran.org.uk/markfield-10k

Our captains picked as runners of the day Kerry Wittering and Chris Langham, both showing fabulous hardiness and team spirit. Well done to them and all of our runners.

 

The individual standings in the Derby Runner Cross Country League 2016/17 have been sent out, and topping the table is Hinckley’s Ben Harding who has achieved first place in the VM40 category, and also has the lowest points total overall making him the top men’s competitor in the Derby Runner league this year.

In the Under 20s, Harry Langham and Bethan Padbury each took the 2nd place in their category. In the senior ladies competition Rebecca Gould was 3rd, and Kate Perkins was 6th.

The junior section had an excellent year with 10 members achieving final placings. Juniors coach Shawn Wilebore said: “3 podium finishes, and two in 4th place, I’ve never seen so many of our runners finish in the top 6, very well done juniors.”

Congratulations to all on a great season of XC racing.

The individuals results are decided based on the best 5 results from the first 6 races, with the final race (this Sunday) counting for the senior inter-club competition only. With one race to go, the ladies’ team is currently at the top of division 2, with a good chance of promotion following the final race. The men’s team is 7th in division 1 and the mixed team is also 7th (out of 10) in division 1.

The full tables of individual results are here: Seniors, Juniors. Full results for all races are on the 2016/17 Results Page. The results for Hinckley RC members (to be placed, must have run 5 or more races):

Year 3/4 Girls: Sophia Wrightam – 4th Place

Year 5/6 Boys: Josh Cooling – 6th Place

Year 5/6 Girls: Isabella Wrightam – 2nd Place

Year 7/8 Boys: Liam Hall – 6th Place, Alex Wilebore – 8th Place

Year 7/8 Girls: Elise Cook-Sutton – 3rd Place

Year 9/10 Boys: Fabien Faria – 2nd Place, Luke Burgess – 4th Place

Year 9/10 Girls: Chloe Burgess – 6th Place, Isobelle Wilbore – 8th Place

Under 20 Men: Harry Langham – 2nd Place

Under 20 Women: Bethan Padbury – 2nd place

Senior Men: Joe Langham – 22nd Place

Senior Women: Rebecca Gould – 3rd Place, Kate Perkins – 5th Place

Vet Men 40-44: Ben Harding – 1st Place

Sunday 19th Feb saw the 6th race of the Derby Runner Cross Country League, at Allestree Park, Derby. Big thanks to all the brave souls who turned out. Well, I think that was a very tough course, hardest of the season so far in my opinion. It’s a 6 mile, 2 lap course with an energy sapping continuous muddy climb for the first 1.5 miles, which is bad enough once let alone twice! The weather was nice though.

We had 6 senior men give their all this week – unfortunately not the 8 needed for a team, so no men’s team result. But saving the day at the last minute, club newbie Elaine Barrett swooped in to to complete the ladies team, doing her first ever XC (in a borrowed vest — thanks Leanne) and I think she enjoyed it or at least she claimed to ?. This means the ladies team was complete 4 with vet, and so a good chance at remaining near the top of Div 2 and a chance of promotion. We will get the results later in the week. Final individual tables will also be out soon, as the individual tables are calculated based on the first 6 races only.

Sunday 12 Feb saw the first race in the 2017 season of the Leicestershire Road Running League (LRRL). 25 hardy members of Hinckley RC joined runners from across the county to brave the cold, wind, and snow flurries — which added a bit of extra challenge to the tough 6 mile course. Two notable hills mean it’s not really a PB course (though Joe Langham set his 6 mile PB here last year and it still stands…) but the gorgeous scenery makes it a memorable race.

 

533 runners finished the race, and it was won by Chris Jordan of Leicester Coritanian AC in 32:28, and Anne Holyland of Charnwood AC in 35:09.

Among the Hinckley crew there were some excellent performances and our runners achieved the following times: 

Matthew Knight – 37:34, Chris Langham – 37:16, Joe Langham – 39:03, Nick Moore – 39:36, Stephen Penney – 39:43, Jonathan Strong – 40:03, Harry Langham – 41:42, Bethan Padbury – 41:56, Céline Guéry – 44:53,  Rolf Hoelmer – 45:05, Kate Perkins – 48:48, Sarah Garford – 48:51, Ian Sylvester – 50:47, Charlotte May Sinclair – 58:01, Geoffrey Oliver – 58:37, Emma Thompson – 59:19,  Elizabeth Aspden-Mansfield – 59:37, Erica Fisher – 1:00:39, Julie Hudson – 1:00:50, Elaine Wischhusen – 1:01:27, Diane Wildbur – 1:03:55, Judy McSharry – 1:04:17, Jacqueline Campbell – 1:04:27, Odette Foxall – 1:08:07, Amanda Knight – 1:09:49

Draft results are here on our results page. Team results will be out next week.

Our captains picked as runners of the day Amanda Knight and Geoff Oliver, both showing fabulous hardiness and team spirit. Well done to them and all the runners.

Thanks to Roadhoggs for the very well organised race, and especially to the marshals for standing out freezing in the cold.

Special mention also to Elaine Wischhusen’s exquisite lemon cake!