Races are rated by records, T-shirts, PB potential, sheer numbers or chip timing. This race has none of these and is rated by the quality of the fruit crumble dished out at the finish. A superb small village run or walk which involves a 16 mile slog around some very scenic parts of Leicestershire and lots of cake eating.
Nine of us came along, six returning for a second time with John Fleming being so keen he was No.1 on the entry list. He does like his puddings! Steph Russell, Gary McDaniels and Jim Anderson joined us this year and these were the stars of the day. Gary was 1st home for the club and had the blisters to prove the effort he put in. He is now a fan of the silly off-road epics. Steph took advantage of Maree’s tired marathon legs and came out on top for the first time. The wealth of running knowledge that Maree is passing on seems to be a great help as Steph is flying. The Old Men of the team can’t keep up with her now and she won’t wait for us anymore.
Jim was talked into his longest ever run to date and thoroughly enjoyed his day producing a good run which has convinced him that he can do a marathon. In this race you stop for tea and cakes at the checkpoints, help each other over the stiles, and take in the views. There are no medals or shirts but the crumble and custard is fantastic and I am sure John is already planning to enter next year.
Mark G
16 Gary McDaniels 1:56 (why worry about seconds)
26 Steph Russell 1:59
53 Maree Jesson 2:07
76 Mark Garrett 2:12
79 Geoff Smiff 2:13
127 John Fleming 2:29
129 Ronnie Ambrose 2:29
180 Jim Anderson 2:45 PB, longest run ever, good cake eating skills
205 Jo Smith 2:54
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