Virtual Ekiden 2021 – well done everyone!

25 July 2021 - By Natalie Lilley

Thanks once again to everyone who took part in this year’s virtual Ipswich Ekiden relay. WRC entered 7 teams in all, across 6 categories, which is a great turn-out for a virtual race.

Everyone coped well with the additional challenges of running a virtual leg, with only one person having to re-run the correct distance, and barely a handful of paused watches 😊 Slightly less effort on the whole went into the choice of team names 😄

Full results are shown below. Fantastic efforts all round, with special mention to the men’s Open team, finishing 14th overall, and “WRC Mixed Open” coming 9th in the biggest category. Despite a couple of technical issues, the ladies’ Super Vets team, Witham Sole Sisters, managed to podium! And it wouldn’t be Ekiden without at least one person having to run two legs – well done to Sasha for stepping in with an additional 10k at the last minute!

Team	CAT	Runner	Leg	Result	Team Result	Overall Pos	Category Pos
WRC Men’s Open	MO	Mark Austin	7.2k	00:31:10	03:06:57	14th	7th
WRC Men’s Open	MO	Paul English	5k	00:22:21
WRC Men’s Open	MO	Andy Watson	10k	00:44:17
WRC Men’s Open	MO	Tom Ashley	5k	00:22:31
WRC Men’s Open	MO	Dean Whittaker	10k	00:45:40
WRC Men’s Open	MO	Clive Smith	5k	00:20:58
WRC mixed open	Mixed	Hayley Ellen	7.2k	00:33:32	03:14:19	22nd	9th
WRC mixed open	Mixed	Liz Prior	5k	00:22:03
WRC mixed open	Mixed	James Attenborough	10k	00:48:00
WRC mixed open	Mixed	Adam Regan	5k	00:21:57
WRC mixed open	Mixed	Katie Layley	10k	00:48:29
WRC mixed open	Mixed	James Blackshaw	5k	00:20:18
WRC Mixed	Mixed	Scott Townsend	7.2k	00:39:09	03:43:22	78th	46th
WRC Mixed	Mixed	Simon Scott	5k	00:22:29
WRC Mixed	Mixed	Ben O’Leary	10k	00:54:19
WRC Mixed	Mixed	Sharon Read	5k	00:27:01
WRC Mixed	Mixed	Rachel Dingley	10k	00:54:07
WRC Mixed	Mixed	John Lloyd	5k	00:26:17
WRC Mens Super Vets	MSV	Andrew Read	7.2k	00:35:09	03:48:11	82nd	4th
WRC Mens Super Vets	MSV	Colin Short	5k	00:30:32
WRC Mens Super Vets	MSV	Geoff Reddin	10k	00:51:22
WRC Mens Super Vets	MSV	Graham Eyre	5k	00:23:17
WRC Mens Super Vets	MSV	Darren Digby	10k	01:03:06
WRC Mens Super Vets	MSV	Ian Lucas	5k	00:24:45
WRC Sole Sisters	LSV	Celine Elson	7.2k	00:43:49	04:13:35	109th	2nd
WRC Sole Sisters	LSV	Kerry Townsend	5k	00:31:31
WRC Sole Sisters	LSV	Lysia Jiggins	10k	00:50:43
WRC Sole Sisters	LSV	Karen Flowers	5k	00:35:02
WRC Sole Sisters	LSV	Julia Bacon	10k	01:03:32
WRC Sole Sisters	LSV	Natalie Lilley	5k	00:28:58
WRC LV’s	LV	Sasha Rush	7.2k	00:45:38	04:13:40	110th	7th
WRC LV’s	LV	Suzie Low	5k	00:32:35
WRC LV’s	LV	Amanda Martin	10k	00:58:27
WRC LV’s	LV	Christine Wager	5k	00:28:17
WRC LV’s	LV	Sian Tate	10k	00:59:19
WRC LV’s	LV	Leanne Andrews	5k	00:29:24
Witham Lolloping Lovelies	LO	Jenny Layley	7.2k	00:41:47	04:41:28	131st	5th
Witham Lolloping Lovelies	LO	Libby Woodhull	5k	00:33:59
Witham Lolloping Lovelies	LO	Sarah Naughton	10k	00:56:59
Witham Lolloping Lovelies	LO	Jodee Mayer	5k	00:30:12
Witham Lolloping Lovelies	LO	Sasha Rush	10k	01:35:18
Witham Lolloping Lovelies	LO	Rebecca Richards	5k	00:23:13

Well done everyone on a great team effort. See you all in in Woodbridge next year!

Nat & Adam