10 Sphinx runners represented the club in the third of four XC league fixtures. It was a joint fixture with the women’s Midlands league fixture (their results to follow separately) and their support helped us through the mud and wind!
Ash finished in 4th place and Pete was 35th.
The team finished 9th our of 14 and occupy position 5 in the division.
The final fixture is hosted by Sphinx, at Wyken Croft on 7th Feb.
Numbers were down due to the cross-country race in the afternoon, but there was still a good Sphinx turnout at Coventry, and Hannah Downing set a new PB at Sheffield Hallam.
17 Sphinx runners competed in the 3rd race of the 6 race series. Some had already ran 10 miles to the venue.
14 Sphinx runners (+supporters!) braved the mud, hills and weather to represent the club at these regional championships, which were held at Cofton Park.
There were good performances all round in tough conditions. Well done to all.
Karen Timothy was first lady home on her debut at Kingsbury Water, finishing with an impressive 84.79% age grade. Well done, Karen!
In Karen’s own words:
Great way to start the New Year! 1st lady at Kingsbury Park run today in 20:16 on a muddy course. A PB of 2:52 ably assisted by Nelson!
This was the third race of the day for some!
As usual, there was excellent organisation from our friends at Massey Ferguson RC to make this race efficient and enjoyable.
A good turnout from Sphinx saw Ash cross the line first, but this race is all about how close you are to your prediction when running sans Garmin. Paul (12 seconds adrift), Ash (13 seconds adrift), and Chris (17 seconds ahead) were metronomic enough to claim 3 of the top 10 closest to their prediction. Several Sphinxites got lucky in the post-race raffle to cap off an enjoyable morning.
It was all about timings and logistics on New Year’s Day as several Sphinx runners took advantage of staggered start times to run more than one parkrun. Some even managed three races (2 parkruns + Massey pace race) before noon! Spot the doublers…
A great turnout of Sphinx runners at this festive cross-country race. Ash finished in 3rd place.
6 Sphinx runners took on the mud and obstacles of the no-nonsense Gaddesby Gallop. Ash finished in 2nd place and a good time was had by all.
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