Results 10/09

12 September 2023 - By James Blackshaw

Dragon’s Back

This one could do with a whole article of it own, but basically Clarice Sanderson took on this monster (literally) ultra across the mountains of Wales. The race takes place over 6 days, and covers 236 miles and 57,000ft of climbing (over twice the height of Mount Everest, albeit with slightly more sheep). I don’t have all the details to hand, so hopefully we can convince Clarice to give us a more thorough summary when she’s recovered, but I’ve included her times for each stage below. Incredible effort, across extremely tough terrain. As the organisers themselves state “This is not a trail race”.  Massive kudos.

STAGE	TIME	CUMULATIVE TIME
Day 1	09:18:50	09:18:50
Day 2	08:58:11	18:17:01
Day 3	12:55:39	31:12:40
Day 4	10:08:04	41:20:44
Day 5	10:31:36	51:52:20
Day 6	06:56:36	58:48:56

Pleshey Half Marathon

Classic Essex race, and it looked like everyone suffered because of the weather. Great work all.

45	Chris MARTIN	01:30:20
49	Damien WALSH	01:31:45
74	Owen DARE	01:37:18
79	Simon CRESSWELL	01:37:44
81	Martin EMBREY	01:38:28
88	Daniel GRIFFITHS	01:39:58
91	Leo COLE	01:40:34
101	Claudia BABA	01:43:08
102	Mark AUSTIN	01:43:24
168	Tom WARMAN	01:58:16
240	Nadia MCLEOD	02:24:11
253	Ross SILVERTON	02:33:00
269	Shane KETTERIDGE	02:46:52
275	S SMITH	02:53:14

Muntjac Half

First event from newly formed race organisers Trail Boss Running (headed up by WRCs own Matt Jordan). The race took place around the hills of Danbury and Little Baddow, incorporating nearly 15 miles and over 1,600ft of climbing. Results from Strava.

Heydon Mizon – 1:56

James Blackshaw – 2:24

Simon Scott – 2:25

Ian Cuthbert – 2:28

Rich Rydell – 2:38

Liz Prior – 2:57

Ben Roberts 3:03

 

Great North Run

Sam Hajder and Dawn Shilling went north of Watford for this half marathon. Sam finished in 1:37:09, while Dawn finished in 2:16:21. Good work guys!

 

New Forest 10k

Adam Hocken took on this 10k, and finished in 57 minutes. Great work.

 

JB

Thought for the week: “Common sense is like deodorant. The people that need it the most never use it.”