A beautiful sunny remembrance day morning greeted 28 Northampton Road Runners at the beautiful Wing Cross Country. The club have fond memories of the course which has seen leaders chased by cows and one of the wettest races ever. Today, however, the weather was kind to the 450 who observed a minutes silence before the roar as the cavalry charge.
We all got muddy and wet on a proper cross-country course of hills, water, mud, and slime.
Penny Andrews turned up sporting a golden holiday tan and by the end she was the same colour as the rest of us, dirty brown. Becky Hollowell enjoyed a great race and Jocelyn Granger completed the ladies scorers.
Our seasoned line up of Jo Smith, Suzanne Baldwin, Mary Sullivan, Jo Cummings, Helen Blackburn, Keren Irving and Sally Garrett all did themselves and NRR proud, returning mud-splattered and smiling at the finish.
The men were bolstered by the return of Mark Nightingale and Tony Letts with Sam Brown making his club debut having a great race. Martin Andrews showed off by running the day after the Seagrave Wolds 15 miler. Paul Braddock also made his debut at cross-country in a very smart pair of trainers that will never look the same again.
Chris Lamb continued his great form from Wellingborough finishing 9th overall. Stuart Drummond, Mark Garrett and John Fleming had great runs to complete the scorers. Darren Baldwin, just outside the scoring zone, blasted his way round the scourse with a strong finish. Jon Dilworth continued his love affair with the mud and can't wait to return at East Haddon in two weeks.
Northampton Road Runners may not win on the results sheet but everyone who runs is a winner and what better way can there be to spend a Sunday morning.
Next race is Guilsborough on 25th Nov. Nice and local.
Full results are on website www.threecountiesxc.co.uk
Ladies
31st Penny Andrews
55 Becky Hollowell
60 Jocelyn Granger
91 Jo Smith
97 Suzanne Baldwin
106 Mary Sullivan
138 Jo Cummings
142 Helen Blackburn
149 Keren Irving
165 Sally Garrett
Men
9th Chris Lamb
25 Tony Letts
74 Mark Nightingale
76 Stuart Drummond
81 Sam Brown
125 Mark Garrett
137 John Fleming
163 Darren Baldwin
170 Mark Kennedy
171 Jim McGowan
200 Martin Andrews
219 Jon Panter
220 Tom Sullivan
242 Dave Blackburn
255 Jon Dilworth
269 Paul Braddock
281 Jags Rattu
288 Alan Hackett
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