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Result for Hull marathon, 08-Apr-2012

Mike Wall ran for a charity today, storming home in a time that will earn him a “good for age” place at next year’s London Marathon. Official results are here (select “Freddies Friends”): http://www.sportsystems.co.uk/ss/results/Hull%20Marathon/906 49 3:10:00 Michael Wall Freddies Friends 220 3:09:56 66.75 (PB)

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Results for Belvoir half marathon, 08-Apr-2012

A vertiable posse of Sphinx AC runners ran today, with Ashley Miles taking third place overall and Kyza Derby taking 2nd ladies prize! An number of half-marathon PBs were claimed. Official are results are here (select “”): http://www.sportsystems.co.uk/ss/results/Belvoir%20Half%20Marathon/905 3 1:15:15 Ashley Miles Vet Men 40+ 162 1:15:14 81.28 (PB) 17 1:20:32 Kyza Derby Senior Men 546 1:20:31 74.06 (First-timer) 21 1:21:43 Justin Smith Vet Men 40+ 386 1:21:41 74.

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Results for Massey Easter 5, 08-Apr-2012

Five Sphinx AC runners ran today in this friendly, local event. Conditions were mildly moist with Andy Wilkinson getting sub-30 and recently-joined Andrew Lovelock significantly beating his predicted time. Official results are here: http://masseyrunners.org.uk/images/stories/entryForms/easter5fullresults.xls Pos No. Time Name Cat Club 6 180 0:29:32 Andy Wilkinson M Sphinx A.C. 9 146 0:30:57 Paul Slatford M Sphinx A.C. 11 216 0:31:12 Andrew Lovelock M35 Sphinx A.C. 19 213 0:33:49 Luke Makins M Sphinx A.

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Result for Brueton ParkRun, 07-Apr-2012

1 Sphinx AC runner ran this weekend, with no first-timers and 1 (course) PB. Official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/brueton/results/weeklyresults?runSeqNumber=90 36 Bernard Blundell 21:10 ( 6:50/mile) VM40-44 65.43% 33 New (course) PB! If I’d known I was 11 seconds off my real PB, I really would have given it a bit more welly!

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Results for Coventry ParkRun, 07-Apr-2012

23 Sphinx AC and Saracens runners ran this weekend, with 1 first-timer and 2 PBs. Andy Wilkinson came in second place, just behind his brother Ian. Kyza marshalled and Mitch race-directed. Congratulations Bern on your 100th Park Run – a tremendous achievement. All those at Coventry enjoyed your cake made expertly by Luke Makins. Official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/coventry/results/weeklyresults?runSeqNumber=112 2 Andy Wilkinson 17:30 ( 5:39/mile) SM30-34 74.95% 2 New PB! 8 Andrejs Blakunovs 18:18 ( 5:54/mile) SM20-24 71.

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2012 Handicap dates

Dates for this year’s summer handicap can be found on the Club Races page together with the rules for the events and how to win the coveted trophies.

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Results for Centurions Grand Prix, 01-Apr-2012

Seven Sphinx AC took part in the latest of this season’s 5-milers, with Ashley Miles winning outright, Kyza Derby taking 3rd place and Justin Smith taking 5th. In a bizarre turn of events, we didn’t win any raffle prizes! Paul Bergin was there to remind us that we weren’t there to enjoy ourselves but we ignored him – it was a delightful event, as always. The conditions were good, edging towards being a bit warm and there was a slight breeze making the infamous back straight a bit more challenging.

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Result for Paddock Wood half marathon, 01-Apr-2012

Mary Bench represented Sphinx AC today, finishing sub-2:00 again. Official results are here: http://www.sportsystems.co.uk/ss/results/Half%20Marathon/811 1255 2:00:26 Mary Bench 1736 1:58:39

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Results for Reading Half Marathon, 01-Apr-2012

Luke Makins and Laura Pibworth represented Sphinx AC in this well-attended half marathon Official results are here: http://www.readinghalfmarathon.com/results12/results12_action.cfm No. Name GPos Gun Time CPos ChipTime 877 Luke Makins 1356 01:37:49 1296 01:35:21 18030 Laura Pibworth 5764 02:04:13 5854 01:55:55

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Results for Charnwood Marathon, 24-Mar-2012

A number of Sphinx AC and Saracens took part in this marathon-distance challenge. Official results are here: http://www.freewebs.com/charnwoodmarathon/Results12.pdf 69 133 STEVE COLBOURNE SPHINX AC & LDWA 05:48:08 71 127 KEVIN NAUGHTON SPHINX AC 05:48:27 73 77 MITCH TIMMS SPHINX AC 05:49:43 74 78 JACKIE TIMMS SPHINX AC 05:49:46 141 82 DAVID KELLY SPHINX AC 07:47:02 168 169 JANE EDWARDS LDWA H OF E 09:00:20 There may have been a few other Saracens but we’re unsure of their names – if anybody knows for certain, get in touch and let us know so we can update this table accordingly.

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