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Results for 1485 No-Frills Duathlon, 23-Oct-2011

Justin Smith and Pete Fahy represented Sphinx AC in this 5k run/21k bike/5k run at Bosworth Water Park. Official results are here: http://www.tri247.com/results_11323.html <tt><u>5K run </u> <u>21K bike</u> <u>5k run </u> <u>Total </u><br />13 51 Justin Smith V 5 male 00:18:53 9 00:39:42 17 00:21:02 15 01:19:37 <br />38 15 Peter Fahy S 14 male 00:19:48 18 00:48:42 49 00:20:10 10 01:28:40 </tt></p>

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Results for Birmingham Half Marathon, 23-Oct-2011

Three Sphinx AC runners ran today, amongst the 15,000 others! Official results are here: http://www.greatrun.org/Results/AdvancedSearch.aspx CHARLIE FOSTER 8266 Sphinx AC 2576 01:47:16 FINTAN MCSHARRY 7221 Sphinx AC 3672 01:52:51 GREGORY GIBBS 18438 Sphinx AC 9806 02:28:30

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Result for Beachy Head Marathon, 22-Oct-2011

Mitch Timms represented Sphinx AC in this gruelling off-road marathon, which takes in the Seven Sisters on the south coast. This is Mitch’s off-road marathon PB. He said on the members’ site: “Legs like concrete today. I am NEVER doing Beachy Head again”. Yeah, riiiiight! Unofficial results are here: http://www.robin-web.co.uk/beachyhead/results%202011.htm 360 1301 MITCH TIMMS M MV SPHINX AC 4:37:21.15 Photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/sphinxac/20111022BeachyHeadMarathon

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Results for Rugby 10, 23-Oct-2011

14 runners represented Sphinx AC in the final race of the Warwickshire Road Race League at Rugby. Official results are here: http://www.randnac.org/results/promo/2011Rugby10/Rugby10_2011_Result.html Collin Taylor 1:10:17 Martin Judge 1:11:35 Trevor Clark 1:11:57 Kevin Naughton 1:11:58 Steve Court 1:15:16 Luke Makins 1:16:44 Barry Burrows 1:17:21 Ian Hamilton 1:17:54 Andy Norton 1:20:36 Paul Kenning 1:20:46 Bernard Blundell 1:22:02 Bob Torley 1:35:29

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Lucy Smith receives her county champion medal

Lucy Smith has received her medal for becoming county champion in her age category for her performance at Kenilworth Half Marathon.

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Results for Midland Cross Country Relays, 22-Oct-2011

Eleven Sphinx AC runners took part in this cross-country relay event. Conditions were dry and bright but a bit on the blowy side! Official results are here (PDF file): http://www.midlandathletics.org.uk/PDFS/2011_RES_111022_MCCCA_CCRELAYS.pdf The men’s “A” team finished 9th overall in a total time of 1:27:36: Ashley Miles 0:20:30 Tom Delaney 0:22:31 Mark Smith 0:22:29 Alex Keenan 0:22:06 The men’s “B” team finished 19th overall in a total time of 1:44:53: Trevor Clark 0:24:52

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Results for Coventry ParkRun, 22-Oct-2011

15 Sphinx AC runners ran this weekend, with no first-timers and 3 PBs. Martin Judge marshalled. Official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/coventry/results/weeklyresults?runSeqNumber=88 7 Mike Wall 19:23 ( 6:15/mile) SM30-34 67.07% 7 PB stays at 00:18:26 36 Dave Rouse 22:10 ( 7:09/mile) VM40-44 62.03% 34 PB stays at 00:21:38 42 Chris Rouse 22:35 ( 7:17/mile) JM14 64.21% 39 PB stays at 00:22:01 50 Catherine Gough 23:19 ( 7:31/mile) JW15-19 65.

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Results for Welcombe Wobbler, 16-Oct-2011

Kevin Naughton and Bob Torley represented Sphinx AC at this 10K multi-terrain race. Official results are here (PDF file): http://www.stratfordac.co.uk/docs/our%20races/wobbler/Results%202011.pdf 20 42 Kevin Naughton M50 00:42:11 66 255 Bob Torley M50 00:56:50 Kev said this about the event: The weather was good but the ridge and furrow made for difficult going with of course some good climbs. Obviously designed to be challenging Disappointingly a small turnout

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Is it a dance? The “Bergin wiggle” has now entered our vernacular!

Muhammad Ali gave us the “Ali Shuffle”. Dick Fosbury gave us the “Fosbury Flop”. Sphinx AC cornerstone Paul Bergin has now unleashed the “Bergin wiggle”! A number of us Sphinx AC runners were out yesterday plotting the route of the 2011 Sphinx AC Coombe 8. We’re forced to introduce slight course variations from year to year as it’s a live country estate, with field boundary changes, plantations, livestock requirements etc. This year’s course is an absolute belter, made all the more interesting by a “Bergin wiggle” or two – unexpected twists and turns that will delight and surprise the runners!

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Results for Abingdon Marathon, 16-Oct-2011

Another weekend, another marathon for Mitch and Jackie Timms, who represented Sphinx AC in this well-respected marathon, famed for its PB potential – Mitch knocked EIGHT MINUTES off his own PB. Official results are here: http://www.abingdonmarathon.org.uk/results.php 331 416 03:32:22 TIMMS, Mitch MV50 03:32:14 600 417 04:08:24 TIMMS, Jackie FV35 04:07:40

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