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We had 23 runners for the inaugural reverse route winter time trial, along with a basking heat of 12 degrees C – and a super moon that could not be seen. Only one new face was present and that was Sarah Ruxton – who managed to gain 4th place with a run time of 27.01, so sorry Sarah – you will be dropping down the starting order on your next run. Only a few runners got pb’s so not too sure if the reverse route is faster – but we will keep swapping as most runners appeared to enjoy the change. Bringing up the rear on this night unfortunately was Sam Broome with a run time of 34.31 who is slowly getting back into running mode – for the Peco’s we hope? Another runner slowly getting back up to speed was Adam who was the penultimate runner to finish with a run time of 23.23. At the front of the field it was an all-female event with Sarah Ruxton 4th, closely behind Simone Solgado 25.23, who was just pipped by 1 second by Jacquie Elmer who’s run time was 27.52. First over the line and putting in a huge effort judging by her breathing at the end was Catherine Barrett with a run time of 24.26 – still not a pb for that course but look out – she is on the mend and getting faster. Fastest runner on the night with a pb was David Hodkin with a run time of 17.40 just missing the course record by 4 seconds, currently held by Andrew Cross in Nov 13, for that route. David almost got into the prizes with picking off 16 runners and finishing 6th. Second fastest man with another pb by 2 seconds was Tim Dixon 19.41. The two fastest ladies were Emma Brigginshaw just missing a pb with 22.38, and Louise O Brien with 23.54 again outside her own pb. Could the new clockwise route be good for the men – but not the ladies – any rational explanations will be considered. The time gap between first and last runner was just over 5 minutes so not too bad with the handicapping. Never perfect but not far off. Many thanks to Nathan for doing a superb job getting them all started in the right order and on time, and getting the results as correct as we can. Any discrepancies, please let me know. Thanks also for Catherine peeping over and advising on some of the names as they quickly passed over.
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Peter
