Results (in date order)
Information about races (e.g., 10K, 10M and half marathon),
both road races and multi-terrain,
in Northumberland, Tyne and Wear,
County Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire
and beyond. Last updated on Sun 16 Nov at 17:43:25 GMT
I took up running in March 2001 and ran until November 2004 when I developed a knee injury. During three and a half years, I completed 149 races. Because of the knee injury, I decided to stop training. However, I started again in December 2007, and did my first race after the break in May 2008.
Here are the details of the races that I've completed. The latest race is given first.
| date |
day
time |
location
distance |
my time
my pace win time me/win win/wor |
who ran links |
comments | splits | |||||||||||||
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| 155 | Nov 2008 | 16 | Sun 1100 | Chesham 10.5K | 68m50s 10m33s 39m14s 1.75 |
| "Herbert's Hole Challenge"; "challenging multi-terrain"; "T-shirt"; I'd done two training runs (3.9M and 5.8M) since July and so this was ambitious. This was about 10.5K marked with K markers. It had an uphill start and was undulating with three main hills. Although there were two short sections on tarmac, the route was mainly on footpaths which were very muddy in places: it was difficult to walk let alone run! Damp with a little drizzle at times and a more continuous drizzle for the last 0.5K. Given the conditions and my lack of training, I was pleased with my time | 6m09s, 6m18s, 6m43s, 6m43s, 6m12s, 6m31s, 6m29s, 6m16s, 6m22s, 7m21s, 2m55s | |||||||||||
| 154 | Jun 2008 | 10 | Tue 1945 | Banbury 5M | 39m36s 7m55s 25m25s 1.56 |
| "Banbury 5"; slight hill just after 1M marker and big hill before 3M marker; slight dip at 3.6M; flat from 4M onwards | 7m16s, 8m20s, 8m26s, 8m06s, 7m28s | |||||||||||
| 153 | Jun 2008 | 01 | Sun 1000 | Fairford 10K | 48m14s 7m45s 32m00s 1.51 |
| "Fairford 10K"; gentle rain; undulating with a hill between 4.8K and 5.8K; unusuallly, I started to push for home at 6K; was pleased with the times for the last 4K except I got a strange time for the last 1K; although my time for Fairford was 13s slower than the Town and Gown, Fairford is harder as it's undulating (but the winning time was only 7s slower) | 4m31s, 4m58s, 5m04s, 4m55s, 4m47s, 5m23s, 4m50s, 4m34s, 4m29s, 4m47s | |||||||||||
| 152 | May 2008 | 26 | Mon 1100 | Upper Boddington (Banbury) 10K | 49m26s 7m57s 34m06s 1.45 |
| "Upper Boddington 10K"; managed the first 4M in 31m00s which is 7m45s per M but there was a strong head wind for most of the last 2M; last 0.25M was around a grassy playing field; strong gusty winds and rain throughout the race; really pleased with the 1.45 against the winner's time which is good given the course; and I got a trophy for being 3rd in my category; junior race as well (at 1230) | 6m54s, 7m36s, 8m16s, 8m15s, 8m35s, 8m14s, 1m37s | |||||||||||
| 151 | May 2008 | 18 | Sun 1000 | Oxford 10K | 48m01s 7m43s 31m53s 1.51 |
| "Town and Gown 10K"; | 4m29s, 4m31s, 4m51s, 5m00s, 4m53s, 4m59s, 5m07s, 4m57s, 4m52s, 4m22s | |||||||||||
| 150 | May 2008 | 05 | Mon 1030 | Shinfield (Reading) 10K | 49m16s 7m55s 32m25s 1.52 |
| "Shinfield 10K"; | 4m50s, 4m58s, 4m43s, 5m14s, 5m11s, 4m58s+4m57s (9m55s), 5m06s, 4m46s, 4m35s | |||||||||||
| 149 | Nov 2004 | 14 | Sun 0730 | Havana (Cuba) half marathon | 117m14s 8m56s 66m10s 1.77 |
| humid; mainly flat with 4 slight hills between 8K and 13K; aimed for 6m per K but at 15K thought 2h was on and was pleased to achieve this; 5K, 10K, 15K and a marathon as well; developed knee problem after 2K and although this seemed not to affect my race I haven't been able to do any running since | 5m28s+5m28s (10m56s), 5m51s, 5m47s+5m47s (11m34s), 5m41s, 5m39s, 5m35s (6m35s inc loo break), 5m56s, 5m50s, 5m42s, 5m26s+5m26s+5m27s (17m19s), 5m52s, 5m33s, 5m02s, 5m33s, 4m56s, 5m15s, 4m32s+0m27s (4m59s) | |||||||||||
| 148 | Oct 2004 | 30 | Sat | Durham 6.25K | 30m31s 7m51s 21m27s 1.42 |
| "Durham University Past vs Present"; officially 6K; excellent course in excellent conditions: cool with slight drizzle and very muddy in places; probably came first (and last!) in the M55s; Men do 6K at 1130 whereas women do 4K at 1030; registration at 0930 | 11m30s [2.39K,7m45s], 3m03s [3.11K,6m49s], 0m38s [3.23K,8m30s], 2m56s [3.83K,7m52s], 2m55s [4.11K,16m46s!], 3m03s [4.83K,6m49s], 0m38s [4.94K,9m16s], 1m36s [5.32K,6m47s], 4m16s [6.25K,7m23s] | |||||||||||
| 147 | Oct 2004 | 24 | Sun 1100 | Pickering 10K | 51m33s 8m17s 36m27s 1.41 1.33 |
| humid, quite hot; long drag with one hill during first 4K, undulating and off-road (muddy) until 7K, downhill for 2K with a flat final K; collect numbers on the day | 5m06s, 5m27s, 4m16s, 5m51s, 6m05s, 4m31s, 4m53s, 4m13s, 5m33s, 5m40s | |||||||||||
| 146 | Oct 2004 | 17 | Sun 1030 | Bramham Park (Wetherby) 10K | 47m57s 7m43s 36m32s 1.31 1.34 |
| bright with some drizzle: excellent running weather; muddy; multi-terrain, undulating; 5K run and 5K walk as well | 4m19s, 4m30s, 4m55s, 5m24s, 4m22s, 5m09s, 4m59s, 5m01s, 4m42s, 4m38s | |||||||||||
| 145 | Oct 2004 | 10 | Sun 1100 | Tunstall Reservoir (Wolsingham) 5.5M | 46m19s 8m25s 30m40s 1.51 |
| "INOV8 Trail Race"; "field, moorland and woodland paths, tracks and trails"; excellent, but nowhere near the advertised distance of 8M: I estimate it to be 5.5M; here is a link to Gilbert's video; I saw this outsider (from Bingley) at the start and nearly spoke to him: he won; amazingly there was 2 minutes between 1st and 2nd and also between 2nd and 3rd, and I'm not sure where the first NE runner came | pace in square brackets: 7m28s (top of hill) [12m47s], 10m54s (V turn) [7m22s], 14m02s (Salters Gate) [8m08s], 5m39s (start) [7m59s], 6m37s (T junction) [8m41s], 1m51s (finish) [7m20s] | |||||||||||
| 144 | Oct 2004 | 03 | Sun 1200 | Norham 10K | 47m03s 7m34s 31m44s 1.48 1.16 |
| LesV writes: "Started to rain as race started. Quite damp throughout, and fairly windy. Sun came out when race was completed"; .it rained just for the 10K; got drenched by 3M; there was also a strong headwind for the first 3M; excellent atmosphere; across the Tweed to Scotland and back; the 2nd M has a significant hill, the other incline is in the 5th M; collect numbers on the day | 7m19s, 8m14s, 7m33s, 7m39s, 7m58s, 6m57s, 1m24s | |||||||||||
| 143 | Sep 2004 | 26 | Sun 1040 | Great North Run half marathon | 106m32s 8m07s 59m37s 1.79 |
| officially 109m40s but took about 3m to get to the start; what a lot of people! bright and cool but with a head-wind for the last M; was pleased with my result even though it's not my best GNR | 7m11s, 7m28s, 7m43s, 8m28s, 8m17s, 8m14s, 7m51s, 8m03s, 8m20s, 8m18s, 8m56s, 8m37s, 7m58s, 0m48s | |||||||||||
| 142 | Sep 2004 | 05 | Sun 1100 | Billingham 10K | 48m14s 7m45s 32m03s 1.50 1.17 |
| "Ray Harrison Memorial"; very very hot; first run after holiday and little training | 4m15s, 4m30s, 4m51s, 4m26s, 5m09s, 4m48s, 5m07s, 5m10s, 5m14s, 4m47s | |||||||||||
| 141 | Aug 2004 | 17 | Tue 1930 | Jarrow and Hebburn 6M | 44m45s 7m27s 32m00s 1.40 |
| outward route didn't go along the riverside due to path closure and so the route was about 160 metres short of 6M; lots of runners; like last year, there was a 3M marker and some rough K white paint markers: I wish there were proper markers | reached halfway at 22m04s; rough splits: 4m33s, 4m39s, 4m37s+4m36s (4m51s+4m22s), 4m55s, 4m50s, 4m41s+4m41s (4m55s+4m27s), 4m30s+2m42s [0.6K] (7m12s) | |||||||||||
| 140 | Aug 2004 | 15 | Sun 0930 | Bishop Auckland 10K | 47m01s 7m33s 28m56s 1.63 1.06 |
| hot; enjoyable; 1.52 against the best NE runner (Mark Hudspeth in 31m01s) | 4m42s, 4m17s, 4m30s, 4m19s, 5m22s, 5m05s, 5m03s, 4m35s, 4m41s, 4m30s | |||||||||||
| 139 | Aug 2004 | 08 | Sun 1030 | Darlington 10K | 48m21s 7m46s 31m55s 1.51 1.17 |
| very, very hot; enjoyable; today's splits are very consistent, but overall my pace was 35s per M slower than last year (which is similar to the drop in performance in recent races); the team from the University's CEM Centre ("Cem 6") got the non-athletic club team prize and ITS Club 9 came second | 4m30s, 4m39s, 5m00s, 5m01s, 4m59s, 5m03s, 5m03s, 4m59s, 4m58s, 4m19s | |||||||||||
| 138 | Aug 2004 | 01 | Sun 1030 | Harrogate 10K | 48m12s 7m45s 31m00s 1.55 1.13 |
| very different course from 2003; just as hilly; cool | 7m07s, 7m54s, 7m32s, 8m15s, 7m50s, 8m32s, 1m04s | |||||||||||
| 137 | Jul 2004 | 25 | Sun 1430 | Burton Leonard 10K | 50m47s 8m10s 36m40s 1.39 1.34 |
| hot with a strong headwind; looks more like 6.7M to me; mainly off-road; seemed to more up than down! part of the Black Sheep Brewery Race Series; 2M fun run as well | 7m01s, 8m15s, 8m58s+8m59s (17m57s), 7m19s, 8m10s, 2m05s | |||||||||||
| 136 | Jul 2004 | 18 | Sun 1030 | Beadnell to Alnmouth 13.1M | 116m17s 8m52s 78m52s 1.47 |
| the Northumberland Coastal Run was hot with a strong head wind at times; didn't know what time to aim for but beat two of my usual "companions"; enjoyable; although you can choose route, most people went same way (except N and Scott who said it was quicker via Dun.Castle!); as the tide was out, it went along the beach on several occasions; got my feet wet numerous times; Alan Purvis' description and map is here | no markers; although advertised as 14M, I made it 13.1M; very rough mile points: 8m59s, 7m59s, 9m33s, 6m35s, 10m48s, 8m38s, 10m16s, 7m59s, 9m37s, 9m04s, 9m26s, 7m42s, 9m29s | |||||||||||
| 135 | Jul 2004 | 14 | Wed 1930 | Croft Circuit (Darlington) 10K | 45m41s 7m21s 29m52s 1.53 1.09 |
| "Darlington Pit Stop 10K"; 3 laps of the Croft motor racing circuit; 2K fun run and wheelchair race as well; warm; ITS Club 9 won the Corporate Team prize for the 2nd year running; I was 53s slower than 2003; Martin Scaife beat the course record with the 2nd person 3m32s behind; I got a 1.53 against Martin's time and a 1.37 against the 2nd person! I was disappointed by a lack of markers (which I found stressing); support from Gilbert and his Puttnam friend | 4m24s+4m24s+4m25s+4m25s (17m38s), 4m50s+4m51s (9m41s), 4m44s+4m44s+4m43s (14m11s), 4m12s | |||||||||||
| 134 | Jul 2004 | 11 | Sun 1100 | Kielder WR 10.9K | 56m21s 8m19s 41m16s 1.37 |
| enjoyable run; it's a hard start climbing until about 4K and then it's down hill but undulating; worked hard from 4K to the line; found out afterwards I should have done it 32s faster to beat last time (2002); lots of midges as usual | no markers, splits at approximate K points: 6m19s+6m19s (8m02s+4m36s), 6m27s, 4m29s+4m28s (8m57s), 4m50s, 4m59s, 4m59s, 4m28s+4m29s (3m17s+5m40s), 4m33s | |||||||||||
| 133 | Jul 2004 | 07 | Wed 1930 | Tynedale 10K | 45m55s 7m23s 30m56s 1.48 1.13 |
| cool with a strong Ely wind; very enjoyable; support from Hetty and Gavin; "flat rural 10K along minor roads and tracks"; collect numbers on the night | 6m33s, 7m20s, 7m40s, 7m36s, 7m50s, 7m18s, 1m30s | |||||||||||
| 132 | Jul 2004 | 03 | Sat 1400 | Burn Valley half marathon | 122m09s 9m19s 81m03s 1.51 |
| big disaster: stitch at 8M, I just wished there had been a bus back; hot with a strong cool breeze; good water and sponge stations and a good tea afterwards; photos of the runners are here, e.g., here's one of me; part of the Black Sheep Brewery Race Series; 3M fun run as well | 7m10s, 8m39s, 7m51s, 9m00s, 10m00s, 9m42s, 9m18s, 9m47s, 9m45s, 10m25s, 9m51s, 11m14s, 8m37s+0m52s (9m29s) | |||||||||||
| 131 | Jun 2004 | 27 | Sun 1145 | Rainton 10K | 47m36s 7m39s 32m58s 1.44 1.21 |
| strong breeze for small part of race; hot; disappointing performance; not surprising (nt, np, tmb); in 2003 5th M was bad: so this year I did a split at 4.5M and this improved my time for the 5th M; good photos of the runners are here, e.g., here's one of me; part of the Black Sheep Brewery Race Series | difference from 2003 in brackets: 6m54s [+08s], 7m32s [+27s], 7m38s [+27s], 8m23s [+29s], 8m07s [-5s], 7m35s [+24s], 1m26s [+10s] | |||||||||||
| 130 | Jun 2004 | 20 | Sun 1100 | Eden Valley WR 15K | 110m46s 11m53s 69m51s 1.59 |
| I made my time 112m21s (which is 1m35s slower); beat my 2003 time by 4m25s (or 2m50s) but it was not hot like last year; about 15K going S from Bowderdale, up W side of Bowderdale Beck, then up hill to SD675975, and back via Hazelgill Knott and West Fell | 9m32s (junction), 10m14s (SheepPen), 15m07s (YalesideSpur), 5m54s (BotHill), 10m52s (OppValley), 12m00s (TurnRound), 7m02s (col), 5m36s (YalesideSpur), 2m05s (HazelgillK), 15m35s (WestFell), 9m38s (junction), 8m44s | |||||||||||
| 129 | Jun 2004 | 13 | Sun 1100 | Ripon 10M | 81m09s 8m06s 61m06s 1.33 |
| baking hot; 21s faster than my 2004 Fountains 10M; drag from start to 4M with some respites; long steep hill between 5M and 6M; I think the 3M and subsequent markers were too late recovering at the 9M marker; well marshalled; two water stations at 4.5M and 7.5M; got confused by swing gate at 9.5M; only 83 finishers; hot dogs were good; more enjoyable than I thought it would be but I preferred the Wed 10K | 7m56s, 8m08s, 9m01s, 8m03s, 7m45s, 8m53s, 8m19s, 8m07s, 7m07s, 7m54s | |||||||||||
| 128 | Jun 2004 | 09 | Wed 1900 | Blaydon 5.7M | 44m01s 7m43s 27m15s 1.62 |
| officially 44m20s; disaster: I chatted to someone at 1.8M and got terrible stitch which I could not get rid of | 6m47s, 7m13s, 8m39s, 7m41s+7m40s (15m21s), 6m00s | |||||||||||
| 127 | Jun 2004 | 05 | Sat 1400 | Kirkby Malzeard 10K | 46m39s 7m30s 33m10s 1.41 1.21 |
| 3 water stations which was good as it was very humid (with a breeze at times); disappointed there were no 1M, 4M or 6M markers, maybe there was white paint; part of the Black Sheep Brewery Race Series; fun run as well | 7m28s (cemetery), 6m51s, 8m18s, 7m09s (Warren Farm), 8m12s, 7m10s+1m30s (8m40s) | |||||||||||
| 126 | Jun 2004 | 02 | Wed 1900 | Durham 5M | 38m25s 7m40s 30m11s 1.27 |
| "Court Inn Clamber"; two lap circuit through woods and along a lane; excellent run with lots of local runners; buffet afterwards; very enjoyable; runners also inc nd, dm, kg and je; M, S and kg got spot prizes | start 4m50s woods 5m29s (1K) ravine 4m41s (1K) stile 4m32s (1K) phr 4m03s (0.8K) woods 5m14s (1K) ravine 4m44s (1K) stile 4m17s (1K) phr 0m24s | |||||||||||
| 125 | May 2004 | 30 | Sun 1130 | Melmerby 10K | 45m55s 7m23s 33m14s 1.38 1.22 |
| very hot; lots of sponge (and water) stations: thanks; undulating; had a cold which didn't help me beat last year's time; incredibly, at each K I kept within 7s of my 2003's times except lost 12s in each of the last 3 Ks; part of the Black Sheep Brewery Race Series | 2003 splits in brackets: 4m01s [4m00s], 4m34s [4m30s], 4m27s [4m31s], 5m00s [4m59s], 4m31s [4m38s], 4m47s [4m45s], 4m48s [4m45s], 4m54s [4m42s], 4m38s [4m24s], 4m16s [4m04s] | |||||||||||
| 124 | May 2004 | 26 | Wed 1915 | Whitley Bay 10K | 45m03s 7m15s 32m41s 1.38 1.20 |
| "Clive Cookson Race formerly the WoW Race"; "T-shirt"; "barbecue" (not free); 2 lap course | 4m09s, 4m39s, 4m41s, 4m15s, 4m26s, 4m35s, 4m55s, 4m50s, 4m18s, 4m14s | |||||||||||
| 123 | May 2004 | 23 | Sun 1000 | South Shields 7.5M | 53m30s 7m07s 38m10s 1.40 |
| officially 54m17s (which would give me 1.42); hot; finishers got a sports holdall or backpack; SS Pier to Roker Pier; bus from Roker to SS; previous winning times: 1999 39m09s, 2000 39m30s, 2001 36m44s, 2002 38m59s, 2003 39m27s; maybe I should aim for 54m36s (39ms00s times 1.4) | GPS made it 7M; rough splits: 8m40s (top of hill), 7m07s (2M), 7m03s (3M), 6m53s (4M), 7m42s (5M), 9m17s (6M), 6m48s (finish) | |||||||||||
| 122 | May 2004 | 16 | Sun 1200 | Killhope WR 11.5K | 68m11s 9m32s 46m20s 1.47 |
| hot; reverse of 2003 route; forgot to take a split at the turn; won a spot prize | 5m19s (1K point), 5m24s (top split), 2m17s (bot split), 1m45s (turn right), 2m18s ("3K point"), 7m06s (green cabin), 4m25s (stream), 6m06 (turn), 2m52s (stream), 4m52s (green cabin), 4m47s ("3K point"), 2m01s (turn left), 2m29s (bot split), 8m06s (top split), 4m39s (1K point|), 4m03s | |||||||||||
| 121 | May 2004 | 09 | Sun 1100 | Fountains 10M | 81m30s 8m09s 59m54s 1.36 |
| part of the Black Sheep Brewery Race Series; there are 5 hills in the last 6K of the route and the earlier moorland section (2K long) was boggy with deepish puddles; humid, but cool; burned out by 7.5M; the winner's time was 4m42s slower than in 2003 and so I got a 1.36 but I would have only got 1.48 with the 55m12s of 2003; disappointed there was no burger stall | 7m18, 9m10s, 6m52s, 7m50s, 8m03s, 7m42s, 7m53s, 8m37s, 9m39s, 8m27s | |||||||||||
| 120 | Apr 2004 | 18 | Sun 1000 | Barcelona 10K | 45m58s 7m23s 28m32s 1.61 1.04 |
| "Cursa Bombers" (race of the firemen) ; hot; became exhausted; too much wine?; 6411 runners | 4m14s, 4m28s, 4m34s, 4m27s, 4m35s, 4m35s, 4m47s, 5m01s, 4m52s, 4m26s | |||||||||||
| 119 | Apr 2004 | 11 | Sun 1030 | Guiseley (Leeds) 10K | 50m17s 8m05s 36m16s 1.39 1.33 |
| "Guiseley Gallop"; part of the Airedale Triple; bottle of beer; no markers: on the map I made it 9.3K; different route at the end of the first wood; greasy through the woods; two hills in last 2K; I made my time 48m45s which would give me a 1.34: don't understand the discrepancy; crowded? | rough splits: 5m06s, 4m41s, 4m30s, 4m05s, 5m15s, 5m05s, 4m44s, 7m59s, 6m02s, 1m17s | |||||||||||
| 118 | Apr 2004 | 09 | Fri 1030 | New Marske 10M | 75m48s 7m34s 52m20s 1.45 |
| 1M circuit followed by 3 x 3M ||gram with mile markers and water every 3M; flat; warm and windy; my 5th fastest 10M | 6m59s, 7m30s, 7m52s, 7m23s, 8m01s, 8m09s, 7m29s, 7m32s, 7m53s, 6m59s | |||||||||||
| 117 | Apr 2004 | 04 | Sun 1200 | Grizedale Forest (Hawkshead) 10M | 77m49s 7m46s 57m40s 1.35 |
| sunny at first but sleety rain during last 4M; hard-core trail through forests with views; green cycling route clockwise; first 2M is hilly; although described as "undulating" the course had a tendency to hill in many places; I did well as my time was a 1.35 (and 1.31 times 2003's winning time 59m24s) | cumulative splits: bottom 329926 7m01s, zigzag 326930 10m30s, FP to L 318943 20m04s, FP to R 326954 27m28s, top 332983 44m13s, carpark 342965 60m00s | |||||||||||
| 116 | Mar 2004 | 28 | Sun 1200 | Hamsterley WR 10K | 50m49s 8m10s 38m20s 1.33 1.40 |
| usual slog to Doctor's Gate as shown in this photo by John Bright; got a 1.33; did it in 2m04s less than last year: that's 20s less on each M; enjoyable; randomly allocated prizes which was good | 4m32s, 2m55s, 6m41s, 2m12s, 3m26s, 2m10s, 6m37s, 7m35s, 0m38s, 1m29s, 2m07s, 1m27s, 6m18s, 3m02s | |||||||||||
| 115 | Feb 2004 | 29 | Sun 1115 | Huddersfield 10K | 47m57s 7m43s 33m45s 1.42 1.23 |
| enjoyable; bright but chilly; scenic; described as "undulating" but it's hilly; fast finish; beat last year's time by 13s; officially 48m01s but took 4s to start as the start was very crowded | 7m21s, 8m53s, 7m23s, 8m20s, 7m39s, 6m59s, 1m23s | |||||||||||
| 114 | Jan 2004 | 25 | Sun 1000 | York half marathon | 102m22s 7m48s 68m26s 1.50 |
| officially 102m31s but it took 9s to start; first race in Nike Air Pegasus 2002; when I bought them I didn't know they are 395g; blue skies, strong warming sun, a gentle cold wind and a flat course: except for about 3 icy patches this was PB country; enjoyable; I did better than a fortnight ago (MtoN) but still not close to a PB; race limit reached on Oct 16 | 7m13s, 7m21s, 7m37s, 7m53s, 7m12s, 8m03s, 8m08s, 7m58s, 8m15s+8m16s (16m31s), 8m12s, 7m48s, 7m42s, 0m45s | |||||||||||
| 113 | Jan 2004 | 11 | Sun 1030 | Morpeth to Newcastle half marathon | 104m47s 7m59s 67m23s 1.56 |
| officially 104m51s; didn't do well; slower than 2003 MtoN, 2003 Burn Valley (hilly), 2002 MtoN; some excuses: (a) strong SW wind which was head-on at times, (b) bright sunshine which was head-on most of the time, (c) got stitch after 4M; slight change to route because of roadworks; more supporters and more crowded: number of finishers up from 612 (2002) and 726 (2003) to 1020 (2004) | 7m24s, 8m02s, 7m29s, 7m41s, 8m13s, 8m12s, 8m18s, 8m09s, 8m00s, 8m29s, 8m11s, 8m19s, 7m37s, 0m42s | |||||||||||
| 112 | Jan 2004 | 03 | Sat 1230 | Great Winter Run 4M | 32m05s 8m01s 20m50s 1.54 |
| officially 32m32s; cold; difficult run after doing no training for 3 weeks; a mix of cross-country and narrow tarmac paths; lots of runners which meant running off-path on the sections with paths; many grass sections were muddy or very muddy; so difficult to make progress at times; lot of fun runners and started long way back: I overtook a lot of people; two hills in the first 1.1M but flat after 1.5M | 9m30s, 7m54s, 7m21s, 7m21s | |||||||||||
| 111 | Nov 2003 | 30 | Sun 0930 | Leeds Abbey Dash 10K | 43m31s 7m00s 29m24s 1.48 1.08 |
| officially 43m46s but took some time to get to the start and the finish look chaotic; winner was 36s faster than in 2002; dry with bright sunshine making markers difficult to detect on return route; seemed to be more runners where I was but only a 6% increase in finishers; disappointed not to get a PB: got a third PB; they'd change the finish: it was narrower and crowded which made it difficult to do a last minute sprint; was good to leave at 0700 | 3m50s, 4m29s, 4m22s, 4m22s, 4m45s, 4m09s, 4m21s, 4m33s, 4m24s, 4m17s | |||||||||||
| 110 | Nov 2003 | 23 | Sun 1030 | Maltby (near Thornaby) 7.7M | 56m20s 7m18s 43m56s 1.28 |
| it was my birthday: I'm now in the same category as Mike Walker (Gosf): watch out Mike! cold but bright sunshine; 6M marker was too early; I did well: finished 43s behind MickyC; after 3M I was 54s behind him but I did the rest (4.7M) 4s faster than him; got a 1.28 but 2002's winning time (Martin Scaife in 39m02s) would give 1.44; thanks to Carole and Gilbert for support | 7m01s, 7m26s, 7m43s, 7m26s, 6m45s, 7m00s+7m00s (6m30s+7m30s), 6m01s | |||||||||||
| 109 | Nov 2003 | 15 | Sat 1230 | Brampton to Carlisle 10M | 77m13s 7m43s 50m23s 1.53 |
| strong NWly headwind; did not feel like running; 35% more crowded than last year: 385 in 2001, 364 in 2002, 493 in 2003; Carlisle car park was 2 UKP, bus from C to B was 1 UKP; mainly flat course with a downhill finish; Elvet Striders' map of the course is here | 6m32s, 7m37s, 7m26s, 7m24s, 7m42s, 8m04s, 8m02s, 8m16s, 8m38s, 7m38s | |||||||||||
| 108 | Nov 2003 | 09 | Sun 1102 | Newcastle Town Moor 10K | 45m05s 7m15s 31m04s 1.45 1.14 |
| dry, with a headwind from the SE; uneven tarmac paths; I beat last year's time by just 8s; the course went the opposite way round to last year's; 8K marker was 0.2K too early; 5 runners from DU CC club did well | 4m15s, 4m29s, 4m29s, 4m35s, 4m38s, 4m37s, 4m41s, 4m27s+4m27s (3m33s+5m21s), 4m28s | |||||||||||
| 107 | Nov 2003 | 02 | Sun 1000 | Gibside Chapel 7M | 55m32s 7m55s 40m21s 1.38 |
| a Wild-Race-like race; "not flat"; bright, but "greasy" underfoot; took me 10s longer than last year; Gavin shouted at me for my poor hill-work! | 6m54s, 9m20s, 7m00s, 7m08s, 10m51s, 7m20s, 6m58s | |||||||||||
| 106 | Oct 2003 | 26 | Sun 1100 | Jedburgh (Borders) half marathon | 97m32s 7m26s 72m48s 1.34 |
| a little chilly with a slight drizzle at times; mainly flat; some uninteresting long straight roads; I made it a PB beating my Turin time by 5s but officially it was 97m39s which is 2s slower than my Turin time or 24s faster than the chip Turin time! | 6m46s, 7m34s, 7m13s, 7m01s, 7m43s, 7m31s, 7m31s, 7m50s, 7m52s, 7m31s, 7m53s, 7m12s, 7m12s+0m43s (7m55s) | |||||||||||
