Motivating to see fantastic runs during a very warm week! Keep up the awesome work everyone as races and relays are coming back thick and fast.
Just before we look at what happened this week here is a brief note regarding Park Runs.
With the amount of Parkruns in our area and across the UK that our runners could potentially take part in I feel this is going to be too complex to keep on top on a weekly basis. Therefore, I won’t be including these in our weekly roundups! However, if anything crops up that deserves a special mention then I shall look to include these, but I may need your help in spotting those that deserve that shout out.
I hope you understand however if anyone did have any ideas on how to capture Parkruns I would welcome your input.
Tuesday 13th July 2021
Chapelfell Top Fell Race starting and finishing in St Johns Chapel over a 7km course with 400m of elevation gain.
A summer evening blast on an out and back route which has a bit of everything: tough fell ground, a big climb (to the summit of Chapelfell Top at an elevation of 700m) and a fantastic quick descent.
Field size 66
41st Peter Dawson 51.03
Thursday 15th July 2021
Durham City Run Festival 5k
In extremely hot conditions and not a pb course considering the twists, turns and long climbs. This route along with the 10k runs over mixed terrain of road, gravel and grass through and around the glorious, picturesque city of Durham.
Field Size 399
Chip Position 61st Mark McNally 22.34 and 1st V70
http://www.chiptiming.co.uk/events/durham-city-run-5k-2021/
Thursday 15th July 2021
Durham City Run Festival 10k
Field Size 1012
Chip Position 129th Felicity Smith 45.45
Chip Position 478th David Hodgson 55.30
Chip Position 504th Jayne Cuskern 56.05 and her first race since September 2019. Hard work behind the scenes meant that Jayne knocked off a huge 5.44 off her previous pb. Fantastic run and very well deserved on a very warm evening over an undulating route.
http://www.chiptiming.co.uk/events/durham-city-run-10k-2021/
Saturday July 17th 2021
Wild Deer Chopwell Woods 10k
Field size 121
61st David Hodgson 01.01.11
http://www.timingupnorthresults.co.uk/results.aspx?CId=16576&RId=6093
Saturday 17th July 2021
Man vs Lakes – Starting in Morecambe Bay and finishing at Coniston
Taken from the website ratrace.com: “The classic Man vs Lakes adventure run is like nothing you will have experienced. You will enter the Lake District by striking out with an audacious and surreal crossing of the quicksand’s of Morecambe Bay, before heading north through mountainous country on a rollercoaster running route that brings you to the foot of England’s most famous Lake. You then proceed higher into the hills and forests of the area and immerse yourself into the Lake itself, tackling short wades, swims, * slides, jumps and an amazingly bold floating assault course. A trademark Man Vs “Vertical Kilometre” will push those quads to breaking point and help to rack up a whopping 4200ft of ascent before the final push takes you further in to the heart of Lakeland for a serene kayak loop on Lake Coniston just before you cross that finish line”.
A birthday present for Joanne! This epic encounter was always intended to be a group activity for the trio of ladies listed below. What a fantastic experience and laugh this would have been, its inspiring to see our club runners taking on something out of their comfort zone.
Great work ladies!
Andrea Banner 09.00.09
Joanne Brown 08.58.54
Nichola Conlon 08.58.28