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Race Reports 2010
Come on you Wootton Road Runners. Submit your race reports to nicki.harris01@btinternet.com . . .
Bath Half Marathon (Written by Chris Hopes)
It was great to see a Woottonite on the Bath Half. Graham Hollowell steamed past me at 8 miles on his way to a very impressive 1.28. Just managed to say 'Hi Graham' and other gasped pleasantries ( they were gasped by me at least). As luck would have it, we caught up with each other again at Bath train station. Unfortunately he was East bound while I was on the Westbound platform. A shouted conversation across the tracks ensued....... but we shouted a lot at Wootton I seemed to remember, tee hee.
Life with Southville Running Club progresses here in Bristol. What was a cosy group of 30 people in about 3 groups in January 09 is now a club with upwards of a 100 souls in 6 packs turning out on a Tuesday night, not bad for a club founded 3 years ago. I lead out the fast group - yea gods they must be slow! you cry - fortunately I only seem to have 20 or less ( famous last words as it's growing and I'll soon have to split it as I can't keep up with the fast ones) in my group. They were slower but they aren't now. People who started out trailing me around at races last year, now troll off in to the distance leaving me in their wake. Pb's galore for the club on the Bath Half. Last year I almost became a bore about what fun racing was, these last few months they all come up to me saying they've done this or that race at the weekend...I didn't even know it was on.
All of what little I know about running I picked up at Wootton, I now pass it on here in Bristol, so thank you all. Particular thanks to Mark Exley whose training plans I flagrantly borrow every Tuesday night, not forgetting all the group leaders I trundled around with too.
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Wootton Ladies Regain County Title (Written by Mark Exley)
It was great to see a Woottonite on the Bath Half. Graham Hollowell steamed past me at 8 miles on his way to a very impressive 1.28. Just managed to say 'Hi Graham' and other gasped pleasantries ( they were gasped by me at least). As luck would have it, we caught up with each other again at Bath train station. Unfortunately he was East bound while I was on the Westbound platform. A shouted conversation across the tracks ensued....... but we shouted a lot at Wootton I seemed to remember, tee hee.
Life with Southville Running Club progresses here in Bristol. What was a cosy group of 30 people in about 3 groups in January 09 is now a club with upwards of a 100 souls in 6 packs turning out on a Tuesday night, not bad for a club founded 3 years ago. I lead out the fast group - yea gods they must be slow! you cry - fortunately I only seem to have 20 or less ( famous last words as it's growing and I'll soon have to split it as I can't keep up with the fast ones) in my group. They were slower but they aren't now. People who started out trailing me around at races last year, now troll off in to the distance leaving me in their wake. Pb's galore for the club on the Bath Half. Last year I almost became a bore about what fun racing was, these last few months they all come up to me saying they've done this or that race at the weekend...I didn't even know it was on.
All of what little I know about running I picked up at Wootton, I now pass it on here in Bristol, so thank you all. Particular thanks to Mark Exley whose training plans I flagrantly borrow every Tuesday night, not forgetting all the group leaders I trundled around with too.
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Wootton Ladies Regain County Title (Written by Mark Exley)
Wootton Road Runners
were celebrating success on saturday as their ladies stormed to success
in the Northants County Cross Country Championship to regain the title
they won in 2008. Despite the harsh winter weather the event took place
at Wickstead Park, with a bitter siberian wind, snow flurries and
rock solid ground conditions.
In the Ladies race with
a field of 36 runners, veteran Kirsty Gallagher took a superb 3rd
place, a mere 15 seconds behind Kettering's International star
Sian Edwards and Winchester based youngster Nicole Roberts. Kirsty was
well supported by Nicki Harris in 8th place and veteran's
Fran Malin and Sam Bell filling the next 2 places. Kirsty, Nicki
and Fran comfortably took the Team Title from hosts Kettering Town
Harriers and our good friends Rugby & Northampton. The club also
took 5th place in the team competition with Sam joined by Morag
Larsen, 12th and Annette Burgess 21st to add further gloss to an
excellent showing for the club. It was a particularly resilient run
from our lady chairperson who looked to be thoroughly enjoying herself
throughout the 6.6k race, waving to the Wootton supporters around the
course as she revelled in the cold conditions.
The team performance was particularly rewarding as there was no category for under 20 females this year, with those athletes counting for the senior teams, giving an advantage to the traditional athletics clubs with their well developed junior structures.
A combination of Injury, Illness and clashing committments meant Wootton were unable to enter a Male team. However, Phil Melling ran his usual gutsy race to finish 6th in a very strong field, with Lee Berrill a creditable 28th.