Race Results – W/E 04/10/20

5 October 2020 - By Jason Lilley

In what must be a refreshing change for him, JB has got a lot of work to do today, so I have offered to write up the race results. It’s a good week to do it, as it was a fairly action packed weekend for WRC.

SBYU

On Saturday a merry band of fourteen set off to tackle the Suffolk Back Yard Ultra. The idea of this race is to complete a 4.17 mile trail loop on the hour, every hour, until you get timed out or can run no further.

The whole team did a fantastic job, with everybody completing more than 50km and some going far beyond what they thought they were capable of, despite the rain, wind, and dark (and the skeleton hidden in the woods by the organisers).

	Laps/Hours	Miles
James Blackshaw	18	75.01
Pete Banks	18	75.01
Andy Notley	16	66.67
Adam Regan	16	66.67
Liz Prior	14	58.34
Matt Jordan	13	54.17
Danny Connor	11*	45.84
Nick Looby	10	41.67
Max Leech	9*	37.51
Jodee Mayer	9*	37.51
James Douglas	8	33.34
Gerry Greenwold	8	33.34
Terry Alabaster	8	33.34
Jenny Layley	8	33.34

*Runner was timed out on their final lap

 

VLM

Closer to home, Sunday saw eleven of our members compete in the 40th Virgin London Marathon. This was a virtual event, but after the disappointment of so many postponements and cancellations it was great to see people getting out and making good use of all their training. There were some amazing times set, and some wonderful performances by runners completing their first marathon distance. Several of our members raised a significant amount of money for charity too.

Special thanks go to Owen Dare for arranging the route for many of our members to run, and to all those who turned out to support them.

Rob Frost	2:59:02
Damian Walsh	3:03:55
Andrew Smith	3:07:22
Owen Dare	3:13:16*
Hayley Ellen	3:39:19
Richard Green	3:59:05
Becca Booty	4:53:43
Kevin Slattery	5:06:13
Haydeh Safavi	5:08:20*
Louise Pascoe	5:15:29
Laura Swanton	5:36:20

*Strava time

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