Stilton Strider and Belvoir Triathlon Club representative Wayne Hackett made his first outing of the year at the Dambuster Duathlon, Rutland Water. The event comprising of a 10km run, 26mile bike and a final 5km run in very strong winds. He finished the event in a total combined time of 2hs 36mins. [Wayne]
Tag: 2015
8 Mar 2015 – Kibworth 6 (LRRL winter league)
With rumours of how tough “that hill” is circling amongst a number of Striders making their debut, 16 Stilton Striders made the journey down to this year’s Kibworth 6. The third race in this year’s LRRL winter league, again over 500 runners were in attendance in good running conditions.
Headline mention must go to Alex Riley, who finished as 2nd Strider in just under 38 minutes (a faulty chip leaving the exact time yet to be confirmed) in his debut race. Mark Stoneley also put in a tremendous performance to secure a top 100 finish in his first LRRL race, coming in 99th in 40.28.
Jason Barton and Natalie Teece both continued their great early season form, finishing 15th in 35.25 and 4th lady in 39.51, respectively. Darren Glover (38.27), Greg Pettingill (40.13, 3rd in his category), Matt Gayton (41.15), Simon Bottrill (41.21) and Rich Gray (41.50) completed the men’s counters. Abi Arnott (47.06) and Vicki Lowe (47.35, 9th in her category) put in good performances for the ladies team.
Luke Eggleston (43.56), Shane Sharkey (43.45), Dan Valencia (45.11), John Houghton (46.41) and Stuart Gregory (63.21) completed the team, with many Striders putting in course bests and leaving everyone positive that there is more to come as the year goes on.
7 Mar 2015 – No Walk in the Park race 3
A very achy Stuart Gregory made his way to Chesterfield for the 3rd race in the 5km series. Stuart was accompanied by a field of 80 runners and after a very steady start in the first 1.5km, Stuart briefly managed to increase his pace before dropping back just after the half way point to finish in a rather disappointing but not unexpected time of 28m 09s in 62nd place. [Stuart]
Save the date – AGM, 15th April, 8.30pm
This year’s club AGM will be held at 8.30pm on 15th April 2015 at the usual location – the Dance Studio next to the bar at KE7 Sports Centre. Agenda and a copy of last year’s minutes will emailed out to members a couple of weeks in advance of the meeting.
As usual, membership fees for the coming year (1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016) will be agreed at the meeting and become due immediately. We will also have our stock of kit there, so bring some cash! Orders for club kit that we don’t currently have in stock can be discussed on the night.
1 Mar 2015 – Derby Runner XC, Whitwick
Four hundred runners lined up for the sixth, and final, race of the series at Holly Hayes wood. Although flat(ish), the 5.4 mile woodland track was narrow,muddy and rocky with four stream crossings to focus your concentration. Greg Pettingill was the only Strider present, coming in 78th in 38’02” and 4th MV50. [Greg]
28 Feb 2015 – Belvoir Challenge
The 25th annual Belvoir Challenge and something like 13 Stilton Striders running the 15.9 and 26.2 mile course in the worst conditions underfoot than many a year. This for the group I’m with is a precursor to the Snowdonia Trail Marathon later in the year, y`know stick together and all that, which happened for like ooh 100 yards or so.
Ok, when Simon Bottrill says `I`m going to take it easy and see what happens` never believe him, I’ve found to my cost on a few races now he`s deadly competitive, great race today though for Simon home in 4:07 on his first Marathon absolutely great going!
Very nice course this year, superb support all the way round (thanks to Helen Bentley and Mike Bryan), comedy highlight for me was Mr Bentley getting a shoe change at Denton.For me it was a great and enjoyable day out, best Marathon I’ve ever run in view of performance (rather than time) as was told still looked fresh when I came in, ran the lot also! Every hill and mud bog conquered! Very good day to be a Strider. [Rob]
Results:
15.9 mile – Natalie Teece (12th overall) 2.01, Darren Glover (2.11), Jenni Wisher (2.27), Luke Eggleston (2.36), Matt Taylor (2.37), Andy Nicholls, (2.53), Michelle Farlow (3.02)
26.2 mile – Simon Bottrill (4.09), Rob Beers (4.26), Andrew Bentley (4.33), John Houghton (4.49), Rich Gray (5.07), Gary Christmas (5.57)
22 Feb 2015 – Sleaford Half Marathon
Three Stilton Striders were among the 578 runners battling a cold and windy Sleaford Half Marathon, parts of which would be better described as cross-country!
First Strider home was Greg Pettingill, 58th in 1.30.41; followed by Sarah Lawrence, 409th in 2.01.28 and Sue Pettingill, 510th in 2.14.06. [Greg]
Livingston Relays – 3rd May
We are looking to enter teams in the Livingston Relays on Sunday 3rd May. Run over a 3 mile course, with 4 men or 3 ladies to a team, it would be great to get a few teams of Striders together. We need to enter in advance, so if you would like to run, please let us know via the usual channels.
LRRL race 3 – Kibworth 6
Sunday 8th March sees the 3rd race in this year’s winter league, the Kibworth 6. Full details are on the Roadhoggs website.
As ever, we’ll be meeting at Wilton Road car park in Melton for car sharing – as it is a fair drive down to Kibworth, we’ll need to leave promptly at 9am.
15 Feb 2015 – Stamford Valentine 30k
Lovely sunny Sunday made race conditions perfect for the Stamford Valentine 30k. This was a training run for Vicki Lowe and Natalie Teece on their way to the London Marathon in the Spring. Great support around the course from Stamford (and Stilton!) Striders Celina and Nick.
Natalie finished as 7th lady in 2.10.18 and Vicki 7th in age category 2.35.24. [Vicki]