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Results for Woodhouse May Day Challenge, 06-May-2013

Mitch says “Eight Sphinx AC runners ran this annual May Day event based in the sleepy Leicestershire village of Woodhouse Eaves. This walk/run event is organised entirely by the local villagers, who provide marshalls, man the refreshment stops and provide food, glorious food in the Village Hall at the end. A beautiful Spring day weather-wise and perfect off-road conditions made the 13.5 mile course through parks and along countryside trails all that more enjoyable.

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Results for Wycombe Rye and Brueton ParkRuns, 04-May-2013

Adam Barnes, Ashley Miles and Wayne Broadbent visited Wycombe Rye and Brueton ParkRuns this weekend. Adam secured a new course PB at Wycombe Rye, Ash Come second overall (but first veteran) and Wayne was the dreaded “one second out” at Brueton. Wycombe Rye Official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/wycomberye/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=37 14 Adam Barnes 19:47 SM25-29 65.21% 13 New PB! Brueton Official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/brueton/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=145 2 Ashley Miles 17:09 VM40-44 80.

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Results for Coventry ParkRun, 04-May-2013

31 Sphinx AC runners/family/friends ran this weekend, with no first-timers and 5 PBs. The long weekend, good conditions and the promise of the return to the normal course meant that this was another attendance record-breaking weekend, with 516 recorded finishers (the previous record was 463 finishers). Recently-joined member Colin Piper continues to enjoy his run of PBs and Steven Osmond missed out by just two seconds. Official results are here:

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Result for DK 10k, 01-May-2013

Sphinx AC in this 10k race in the black country, taking first-in-category. Official results are here (may suffer from link-rot): http://www.dkrunningclub.co.uk/uploads/1/0/5/2/10526029/re13_dk_10k_1_results.pdf 8 Ashley Miles 723 MV40 34:30 34:29

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Result for Valleys and Views 26K challenge event, 28-Apr-2013

Dave Kelly represented Sphinx AC in this 26K off-road challenge. There were no official results at the time of writing, but Dave finished in 2:52:26. Dave said: This is just a challenge event, there are no times other than what you time yourself. Lots of hills, as the title might suggest. Really low key but a lovely little event.

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Results for Stratford full and half marathons, 28-Apr-2013

Eight Sphinx AC runners took part in the popular half- and full marathon events in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Official results are here: http://www.chipresults.co.uk/Default.aspx GunPos No GunTime Forename Surname Gender Cat ChipPos ChipTime 219 3257 3:48:18 Rob Anderson M 35 216 3:45:24 Full marathon 110 8469 1:33:03 Nicholas Gilkes M 35 89 1:31:09 Half marathon 229 9048 1:39:56 Narinder Bains M 45 226 1:38:27 605 6796 1:51:43 Jane Edwards F 45 607 1:49:28 613 9479 1:51:57 Charlie Foster M 40 624 1:49:51 635 6993 1:52:22 Megan Miller F 653 1:50:20 905 9310 1:58:39 Ian Ward M 45 910 1:56:23 910 6915 1:58:47 Karen Timothy F 45 916 1:56:31

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Results for Grandborough Handicap, 28-Apr-2013

The 2013 series of club races kicked off out at Grandborough on Sunday 28th April in blustery conditions. Despite the chilly weather, there was a record turnout of 32 runners taking part including new members Colin Piper and Andy McIntosh. We also had 9 other runners who were running the course for the first time. As always trying to estimate accurate times for the first race is tricky, to say the least, and so it proved as Mark Coyle ran away with the race winning by over 3 minutes from Mary Bench who managed to hold off a fast finishing Mitch Timms.

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Results for Leamington ParkRun, 27-Apr-2013

5 Sphinx AC runners/family/friends ran this weekend, with 1 first-timer and 2 course PBs. This was the 2nd anniversary of Leamington’s ParkRun and they enjoyed a record-breaking attendance. Conditions were pretty dry – just a few puddles – but quite chilly at the start. Official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/leamington/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=106 50 Andy Wilkinson 21:55 SM35-39 60.15% 47 PB stays at 19:30 53 Bernard Blundell 22:04 VM40-44 63.29% 50 New PB! 106 Paul Cozens 23:58 VM55-59 64.

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Results for Coventry ParkRun, 27-Apr-2013

28 Sphinx AC runners/family/friends ran this weekend, with no first-timers and no PBs. The course attendance record was equalled today – 463 recorded finishers. Official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/coventry/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=166 9 Pete Hall 19:31 VM40-44 71.56% 9 PB stays at 18:48 16 Quentin Henry 20:13 SM20-24 63.81% 16 PB stays at 18:32 27 Adam Barnes 20:52 SM25-29 61.82% 27 PB stays at 19:35 35 Colin Piper 21:11 SM30-34 61.05% 35 PB stays at 20:54 42 Luke Makins 21:40 SM30-34 59.

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Result for Birchfield Harriers Open Meeting, 21-Apr-2013

Joseph Gilkes represented Sphinx AC in the long jump at this open track & field meeting, getting his PB in the process. Official results are here (PDF): http://www.birchfieldharriers.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/BH-Open-Field-Results-2013.pdf 15B Joseph Gilkes Sphinx AC long 4.85 Well done Joseph! Result supplied by Nick Gilkes

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