Wednesday 27 November 2013

Wing Cross Country - Sunday 24th Nov - L’eau de Cowshit

After the manicured lawns of Wootton it was back to proper cross-country terrain for the Leighton Fun Runners event at Wing.

The field is specially prepared beforehand with hundreds of fresh wet cowpats and the stream crossing (twice) nicely churned up to ensure maximum mud coverage.

29 of us ran with good support who had gathered by the bog hoping to see some belly flops into the water.

Jon Panter came home the muddiest after a facial mudpack and James Smith learnt that trainers need tying extra tight as he lost one in the bog and had to go fishing to retrieve it . He found one but is not sure it is the right one.

Great fun was had by all. X-C debutants Carrick Baldwin and Richard  Gent ran well as did everyone.

The LFR cake display was excellent and muddy hands just added to the taste.

The aroma of cowshit, bog and sweat that filled the bus on the trip back should be gone by about March.

Congratulations to all who ran, next event is 15th Dec at Guilsborough.

35 Beckie Hollowell
58 Jo Lee

64 Jocelyn Granger
67 Elaine Palmer

70 Suzanne Baldwin
85 Jo Smith
97 Mary Sullivan
107 Jo Cummings
118 Helen Blackburn
121 Kirsty Turner
130 Carol Whatton
135 Sally Garrett


6 Chris Lamb
17 Tony Letts
50 Sam Brown
83 Carrick Baldwin
113 Mark Garrett 

128 Mark Kennedy
138 James Smith
147 Darren Baldwin
157 Jon Panter
162 Dave Whatton
166 Martin Andrews
179 Michael Hollowell

222 Jon Dilworth
225 Richard Gent

227 Paul Braddock
231 Eamon Kennedy
245 Andy Cottrell

Monday 25 November 2013

Wolverton Five

A trio of NRR did the Wolverton Five on Saturday 25th November, Eamon and Andy did the Parkrun in the morning and the XC the following day.  Colin is a regular at the Wolverton Five.

226 Eamon Kennedy 39:55
229 Andy Cottrell 40:00
276 Colin Bricher 46:20

Parkruns


Results for Northampton Parkrun Number 80 - 16/11/2013.
 
1 Simeon HOWSON 17:11
21 Peter MOOR 20:04
72 Jon DILWORTH 23:34
75 Sarah JONES 23:40
81 Eamon KENNEDY 24:02
94 Andrew PATE 24:48
127 Richard ROSE 27:18
148 Tony KENNEDY 28:58
149 John OLIVER 29:03
183 Simone SMITH 30:56

Results for Northampton Parkrun Number 81 - 23/11/2013.

24 Pete MOOR 20:42
41 Mark KENNEDY 22:00 - now that's pacing!
64 Jim ANDERSON 23:43 PB
66 Sarah JONES 23:47
74 Eamon KENNEDY 24:28
76 Andy COTTRELL 24:52   

Sunday 17 November 2013

St Neots Half

Eamon Kennedy completed the St Neots Half Marathon on Sunday in 1:51:30.  Eamon said, "It is a lovely fast course hosted and marshalled impeccably."

Dirt Half

Mark Kennedy took part in the Dirt Half at Leighton Buzzard on Saturday 16th November completing the course in 1:39:32. 

The route follows a flat canal path for just over five miles before turning off road over hills, through beautiful woodland and across muddy fields before a flat two miles to the finish.

The organisation is spot on and the marshals offer a smile and encouragement throughout.

Wednesday 13 November 2013

Northampton Parkrun Number 78 - 2/11/13 and 79 - 9/11/2013.

Northampton Parkrun Number 79 - 9/11/2013.
2 Simeon HOWSON 17:30
12 Ilir BRECA 19:10
23 Mark KENNEDY 20:03
26 Peter MOOR 20:10
65 Sarah JONES 23:06
78 Jon DILWORTH 24:03
131 Richard ROSE 27:41
179 Simone SMITH 32:33

Northampton Parkrun Number 78 - 2/11/2013.
9 Sam BROWN 18:30
26 Peter MOOR 20:18
49 Mark KENNEDY 22:12
52 Mark GARRETT 22:29
77 Sarah JONES 24:14
86 Jon DILWORTH 24:47
96 Jo LEE 25:09
201 Karen EKE 32:33
234 Simone SMITH 39:50

Custard or mud, which was the thicker? Seagrave Wolds!

The Three Wise Monkeys Martin Andrews, Jim Anderson and Mark Garrett couldn't resist the trip up to Seagrave, Leics for 15.7 miles of muddy pleasure followed by their legendary crumble and custard.
 
Very sticky and thick and the fields were muddy also.
81 Mark Garrett 2:15:37
133 Martin Andrews 2:27:01
160 Jim Anderson 2:35:51

Hunsbury Cross Country

It was fantastic to see a record ever turnout of 34 runners from Northampton Road Runners for the latest X-C event. Some of us remember when we struggled to make up a team so it is great to see so many joining in.

This was a new fast course around Hunsbury Country Park on what was a beautiful sunny morning.

To have 3 men in the top 15 (Chris, Tony and Simeon) was superb and it was also great to see more new faces making their X-C debuts, ( Avtar, Paige, Andy C, Eamon and Terry).

The race (event 2) results can be found on the X-C website (link thro ours) along with details of event 3 which is hosted by Leighton Fun Runners at Wing.

We are hoping to run a minibus to this and we will try and organise car sharing also.

2 Chris Lamb
12 Tony Letts
13 Simeon Howson
50 Sam Brown
100 Ilir Brecani
127 Peter Moor
147 Dave Whatton
148 James Smith
149 Mark Garrett
155 Jonathon Panter
181 Terry Egan
182 Michael Hollowell
203 Martin Andrews
264 Jon Dilworth
209 Roger Taylor
249 Eamon Kennedy
256 Paul Braddock
257 Andy Cottrell
285 Dave Soloman
226 Dave Blackburn
293 Jags Rattu
307 Elmer Aparicio

52 Beckie Hollowell
81 Wendy Parker
89 Jocelyn Granger
92 Elaine Palmer
103 Jo Smith
123 Mary Sullivan
134 Avtar Kour
140 Jo Cummings
141 Paige Pinckard
144 Paula Pinney
179 Carol Whatton
181 Sally Garrett

Colin Continues His XC Adventures

November 9: Birmingham League, (10k+),Leamington

Colin Bricher ran his second cross country since suffering a heart-attack last year and continues to go from strength to strength with his recovery. He braved the bottle necks and narrow slippery, muddy paths to finish in 76:17

Monday 4 November 2013

Lode Half Marathon

On Sunday 3rd November, four Northampton Road Runners took part in a flat but windy Lode Half in Cambridgeshire.  A small field of 140 made its way along an out and back route but the field had to endure a strong headwind on the way back.

27 Mark Kennedy 1:36:47 
31 Pete Moor 1:39:21
48 Charlotte Yarker 1:44:10 - 5th lady
85 Jim Anderson 1:55:34

Sunday 3 November 2013

Cross-Country Season kicks off at Wellingborough Sun 27th Oct 2013

This season’s Three Counties X-C League started on a very windy day at Croyland Park Wellingborough.

Amongst the field of 400 with nothing better to do on a Sunday morning was a brilliant turnout of 31 from NRR.

These included many a cross-country veteran but also a number who always say NEVER AGAIN and also a good number of new faces wanting to join in the fun.

This is always a tough course with many climbs and switchbacks which really sap the legs. Also the 4 leaps into the stream adds to the fun as the mud gets deeper and the banks more difficult to climb up.

So by the time we had all been cheered home there was a strange aroma of stinking mud in the air and new shiny trainers had turned to a muddy mess. Michael seemed to win the wettest and muddiest prize.

Tea, rolls and cake after the race all adds up to making these events such good fun and each runner had a story to tell.

There are too many runners to list you all so only the new faces get a mention. These were Caroline, Simeon, Ilir, Michael, James and Darren.

All have promised to come back for more. The next race is at a new venue as Wootton RR are hosting their race at Hunsbury Country Park on Sunday 10th October.

Race details of Event 2 and results from Event 1 can be found by linking through our website cross-country page.

Well done to everyone who ran or supported, you have 2 weeks to get your trainers clean and dry ready for the next time. Don’t forget to keep your numbers for the whole series.

11 Chris Lamb
26 Simeon Howson
53 Sam Brown
103 Ilir Brecani
109 Mark Kennedy
111 Pete Moor
123 Mark Garrett
153 Steve Prior
178 Elmer Aparicio
186 James Smith
161 Jon Panter
172 Martin Andrews
174 Jim McGowan
175 Dave Whatton
177 Michael Hollowell
208 Jim Anderson
214 Darren Byfield
223 Tom Sullivan
243 John Dilworth
262 Jags Rattu

41 Beckie Hollowell
56 Caroline Powell
76 Elaine Palmer
80 Jo Smith
88 Jocelyn Granger
96 Mary Sullivan
98 Paula Pinney
109 Helen Blackburn
111 Kirsty Turner
120 Carol Whatton
123 Keran Irving
 

Parkrun 26/10/13

Well done to ...
...Charlotte for going on tour to Carlisle.
...Simeon for winning the Northampton Parkrun
...and our new runners, Karen, Natasha, Jodie and John who graduated from our beginners group to complete their first Parkruns.

Results for Carlisle Parkrun

20 Charlotte YARKER 00:22:43

Results for Northampton Parkrun 26/10/2013.

1 Simeon HOWSON 17:36 
14 Ilir BRECA 19:35
24 Pete MOOR 20:28
31 Mark GARRETT 20:44
38 Mark KENNEDY 21:07
73 James ANDERSON 23:52
91 Jon DILWORTH 24:57
101 Tony KENNEDY 25:26
103 Andrew PATE 25:31
142 Richard ROSE 28:03
177 John OLIVER 30:44
211 Karen EKE 33:42
227 Natasha EKE 37:36
230 Jodie EKE 38:37