22 Sphinx runners completed this excellently organised 5 mile race. Our Massey Ferguson pals even arranged for pleasant sunny weather!
Well done to Andy for his 4th place finish, and Wayne for setting a new 5 mile PB (email results@sphinx.org.uk if you also set a PB).
It was also good to see Luke Makins out running.
20 Sphinx AC runners/family/friends ran this weekend, with 1 first-timer and no PBs.
Andy Wilkinson took 1st place at Coventry, with Paul Slatford in 3rd.
Darren Hallett ran Blindfold parkrun for the first time.
9 Sphinx runners completed this autumnal 5 mile WRRL race around the Memorial Park, organised by Godiva Harriers, with PBs by Kevin, Laura and Jayne.
The dad of Sphinx member Mark Moran is suffering with this horrible form of cancer. Mark is fundraising on behalf of the Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund by running the Great North Run. Please give whatever you can to further the research into this dreadful disease; Mark would really appreciate your support. You can make a donation via Mark’s page: http://www.justgiving.com/mark-moran3. It’s easy, fast and totally secure. JustGiving sends your donation straight to Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, automatically reclaims Gift Aid on Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund’s behalf, making your donation go further.
Ninj, Andy and Jane travelled to Cambridgeshire to complete this rural half-marathon. Thanks to Ninj for supplying the following report and photos:
…it was a very nice scenic course and a well organised the only down side was it was too warm but definitely one to put in the diary for next year…
Four intrepid Sphinx runners made the journey to Mid-Wales to take part in the 32nd annual Race The Train event, a 14 mile, multi-terrain race to beat the train. This year’s Rotary Challenge train time was 1h 47m 46s and Garry Barnes beat it by a comfortable margin!
With Coventry parkrun not on this week, Sphinx runners were scattered to numerous parts of the middle-lands of England in search of their parkrun fix. As a consequence there were numerous debuts and 2 PBs – well done to Steven Osmond and Catherine Gough.
In descending order of Sphinx runners:
The last evening race of this year took place over the usual route in Corley, 41 runners took part over one of the hardest courses used in the handicap series as it involves a long 2 mile climb up Wall Hill Road that just seems to go on forever.
It is however, a course that appears to suit this year’s winner, Alan Patrick (40:31). Following his 3rd place last year, Alan won the event in 2012 and finished 4th in 2011, if you want to know what happened in 2013 you’ll have to speak to Alan as it wouldn’t be right for me to say he finished 43rd out of 48 starters. Following Alan home were Suresh Basra (49:13) and Vicki O’Brien (47:05). The quickest run of the evening was by Andy Wilkinson (31:47) with Paul Slatford (34:13) and Pete Fahy (34:19) making up the top three.
There were a few highlights on a warm parkrunday: Coventry parkrun was excellently directed by our very own Sue Gough; congratulations to Imran Ali on his 100th parkrun; and Andy McIntosh enjoyed the hospitality of Antrim parkrun on his travels.
Nice low-key affair this one. 6 Sphinxes made the short trip to rural Leicestershire. Starting and finishing at Lutterworth Rugby Club, taking in the villages of Bitteswell and Ullesthorpe and the surrounding countryside. Warm, but not stifling, however still would have welcomed a water station en route. Definitely undulating with a couple of nice slow inclines thrown in. Good to see Colin ‘The Pied’ Piper getting back to form and fitness, leading the way as is tradition 🙂 and coming home in 12th place overall (32:11). Finally, congratulations to Dave West on his 5 -mile PB (34:10) after a titanic struggle with Andy Mr Consistency McIntosh (34:29).
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