Results for the Birmingham half-marathon, 19-Oct-2014
12 Sphinx runners completed this big local half, with Mark Moran bagging another PB and Suresh Basra completing his first half-marathon.
12 Sphinx runners completed this big local half, with Mark Moran bagging another PB and Suresh Basra completing his first half-marathon.
2 sphinx runners took part in this great event which consisted of a 5 km run 22 km bike and another 5 km run all in the grounds and surrounded area of Althorp house.
6 Sphinx runners completed this challenging 10km off-road race, with Colin Piper finishing in the top 10.
5 teams represented Sphinx well at this event, with fine performances all round. Each leg was two laps totalling 6km.
27 Sphinx AC runners/family/friends ran this weekend, with a 1st and 3rd at Coventry in the form of Andrejs Blakunovs and Andy Wilkinson respectively. Also at Coventry, Judith Anstiss set a new PB and Maggie Morgan ran her 150th parkrun.
Karen Timothy and Gerry and Tom Anstiss completed this 13.1 mile race. Karen said:
Nice course well marshalled, and plenty of spectator support on route.
Although there is still 6 weeks to go before the race. There are only 100 places remaining so get your entry in soon to avoid missing out on this unique event in the local running calendar. 2014 Coombe 8
9 Sphinx runners completed this twisty and turny 10-mile course, with good performances all round. Ash finished 3rd overall, 6 new PBs were set and also two category wins and two category 2nd places.
The only downside was the multi-hour wait for the results and presentations…
Laura Pibworth-Dolinski enjoyed this scenic half-marathon:
This half-marathon course follows a beautiful scenic route through the town of Henley-on-Thames, over the famous bridge, along sections of the Thames tow path (running alongside future Olympic rowers-in-training), multi-million pound mansions and idyllic village churches. Apart from a painfully long hill (1.5 miles up), and a long stretch of steep downhill (from Fawley Village to Fawley Bottom no less), this course is mostly flat, and is a mixture of terrain; footpaths, road and a short section of grass through the privately-owned Fawley Lodge. This Grade-I listed building is attributed to Sir Christopher Wren, with landscaping from Capability Brown (There is a Sphinx link here – you need to marshall in the field at Coombe Abbey to find out more!), and was apparently the inspiration for Toad Hall. The race starts and finishes at Henley Rugby club, with car parking on the river bank! Finishers received a Lidl goody bag and a medal, and we had a well-earned Sunday dinner with the family.
A good turnout of 15 juniors travelled to Hatton on a cold and misty morning to run in the first of 5 x country events. Running a variety of distances they all ran a good race in quite muddy conditions, not the best conditions to run in pink trainers!!! Good times had by all. Well done. Next event 16th November Wolverhampton
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