Ian Spencer continued his climb back to fitness with an excellent 76th place at last month’s South London 10k in a time of 44:34. Not only did he win his age category, but he recorded a fantastic 77.26% age grading as well.
The last club night before Christmas will be Tuesday 22nd December, then the club will be closed over Christmas & New Year, reopening for a turkey-busting session on Tuesday January 5th.
Andrew Ogierman and Colin Adams travelled up to Bicester on Sunday for the Andy Reading Memorial 10k organised by Alchester RC. Colin recorded his fastest time this year, finished 188th in 46:32, whilst Andrew was 344th in 55:44.
Paul Woolley reports:
In a brief rest from marathon training, I ran Guildford & Godalming AC’s Hogs Back 8 mile road race on Sunday (known as The Golden Hog this year as it was the 50th running). I know I should have been at Handy Cross for the XC, but the Hog is a gem of a race and I had a bit of a question to answer after last year. I took the 3 ½ miles up steadily and then put some real effort in on the way down to record 51:09 and 49th place (from ~850 starters). I’m pleased to beat last year’s time by 2 ½ mins but the quality of field still meant that I finished a full 11 minutes behind the winner – wow! Still, I’d recommend this event as one that other Dashers should consider for next year.