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The full results aren’t up yet, but I’ve managed to find the following Dashers in the results – if I’ve missed you please let me know.

Big 6 minute PB for Mel, and I suspect a similar PB for Bella as well – congratulations

Giles Reynolds and Zoe Smart ventured over to Kent for this popular event, and despite the torrential conditions Giles recorded 1:49:03, whilst Zoe came in on 1:54:29.

Some excellent results today and a new club record for Senior Ladies please let us know if you also achieved a PB.

Updated 0917 22/02/2010 to add new pbs

Simon Black reports:

The sunshine went missing for a day in Barcelona and with Kathryn injured and sadly only able to support today, it was left to Simon to wear the Dashers top with pride. A PB by 2 1/2 minutes meant it was worth the early start
 
Place    10k Time   Finish time
124th   37:05       1:19:03

Neil Potter and Brent Curless ventured over to Watford for the half marathon, posting fairly similar times of 1:40:08 and 1:40:35 respectively.

Four Dashers turned out for this event on a cold and blustery day. Leading the way was Ion Cristoveanu, who despite finding the cold conditions tough, finished his first half marathon in 63rd place in a time of 1:23:03. Confirmed heatophobe David Priddy on the other hand enjoyed the cold conditions to finally break the 90 minute barrier, finishing 123rd in 1:28:01, and this despite being up most of the night with a dodgy stomach. Maybe 3 hours sleep before a race is the way to go! Next up was Brent Curless who posted his fastest time in nearly 5 years with 1:34:56 for 271st, whilst Paul Turnbull recorded 1:49:37 and 785th. Not quite a PB for Paul, but his best time in nearly 2 years and reward for the hard work he’s put in over the summer and autumn.

Brent says: A PW but given that the winner took 1.50 it gives you some idea of how tough this wonderful event was. My first proper experience of trail racing and I loved it. For those of you that know the South Coast it started in Charmouth and took in StoneyBarrow Hill, Seatown and Golden Cap. I’m hooked and have another 3 Coastal half Marathons booked this winter. Check out the great company that puts them on. http://www.endurancelife.com/

Brent says: Gosh – I forget how tough those hills are. Don’t tell anyone but I had to walk near the top of the last one. I kept looking over my shoulder to see if Mike was catching me up. Lashing rain and almost cross country conditions meant that times were down but a great time was had by all. Well – the tea tent afterwards anyway!

Andy Cooney warmed up for the Franfurt marathon by finishing 2nd overall and winning the veteran category in the recent Kenilworth Half Marathon in a time of 1:15:43.

Sunita Dawett took on the Henley Half and its infamous hill, finishing in a time of 1:58:16 and 12th in her age category.

Congratulations to everyone who ran on a very hot day; times were significantly slower than normal – even the front runners were 2 minutes down on their usual times.

Team results will be posted as soon as they are available!

Pretty good conditions at the GNR resulted in some scorching times at the front of the race, and this was reflected further down the field.

Andy Cooney was the star of the show for the Dashers, finishing in an excellent 55th overall, and 4th in his age group – and a scant 12s outside his pb!

Further back, there was good, consistently-paced running from Graeme, Tom and Nikki, and Bella. Everyone finished in the top 40% of the field, testament to some very hard training!

Martin Kelsey completed the course in 2:29:31, but this did include spending 40 minutes with a runner who collapsed just in front of him. For those of us at the Race For Life on Sunday morning who overheard the confusion about the arrival of the air ambulance, this is the person who it was for.

Well done Jules on an impressive five and a half minutes off your pb!