Ironbridge 4 and a bit Miles - 2nd June
Twenty five club members took part in the 4th race of 2008 sexarathon series the Ironbridge 4 mile race. Congratulations especially to Jayne Randall who took part in her first race for the club. There was surprise in store for the regular runners of the race with a diversion of the normal route that included a bit of a hill, at least there was less mud than in 2007. To see taken by Denzil Martin click here for Brian Smiths pictures click here
Time Name
0:22:39 Paul Ward
0:27:17 Jason Harland
0:27:22 Sadie David
0:27:40 Anthony Nicholls
0:27:51 Stuart Richards
0:27:55 Michael Richards
0:29:35 Marek Kaminski
0:29:37 Ian Davies
0:30:04 Robert Jarvis
0:31:20 Paul Williams
0:33:22 Elizabeth Wynn
0:34:07 Kim Denning
0:34:32 Mark Evans
0:35:18 Peter Wynn
0:35:19 Adam James
0:35:41 Sarah Aston
0:36:06 Ruth Finney
0:36:49 Sue Lloyd
0:40:02 Sara Rogers
0:44:00 Sarah Hodgson
0:46:30 Ivor Denning
0:52:22 Ian Emery
0:52:32 Kathy Ling
0:52:32 Jayne Randall
Humber Bridge Half Marathon - 29th June
Denzil Martin 1:53:59
Cath Berry 2:11:33
Wombourne Spring Classic 10K - 29th June
Five club members took part in this race with Kim and Ivor Denning each securing age category first places. To see pictures from this race click here.
Jason Harland 39.39
Kim Denning 50.13 1st/50
Ivor Denning 66.57 1st /70
Kathy Ling 73.10
Andy White 73.10
The Humph’s Hilly Half - 28th June
Well done to Ross Weston on a half marathon PB of 2:36 at this tough race. See Ross’s race report by clicking here.
Wombourne 5K - 25th June
Kathy Ling competed in this race and enjoyed the good weather to finish in 34:55.
Shugborough Relays
Once again there was a fantastic club turn out for the annual Shugborough Relays enabling us to enter 11 teams, more than any other club. Despite a shower right at the start the weather was not too bad although it was getting somewhat dark as the last runners completed their legs. You can see pictures and a video from the event by clicking here. Other photographs taken by Bryan Dale can be seen by clicking here and by Mick Hall by clicking here.
Results can be found by clicking here.
Stourbridge Stumble 14th June
I was looking forward to this race as it was in the evening and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a beautiful evening and a good turnout. Apart from a short part of the course on tarmac the rest was off road. It seemed to be uphill all the way and on a single track, which was good because you had to keep going.
I was doing quite well until halfway when an angry horse rider blocked the single path and we had to walk for a while- this threw me off my rhythm. I was pleased that I still managed to get in under the hour. I received a humorous memento- a horse brass which will remind me of this race.
Finishing time 59m 22s
Newport Carnival 10K - 14th June 2008
Once again the sun shone on this great event. The interesting and varied course took 196 competitors from Longford Hall along country lanes into Newport and through the High Street where we were cheered on by the crowds gathered for the towns annual carnival possession. After leaving the town the route took us along country lanes, through a potato fields and back to Longford Hall. Nine club members took part.
Pos Time Competitor
25 40.35 Jason Harland
28 41.05 Daniel Hoof
107 50.11 Kim Denning
148 55.05 Sarah Aston
161 58.03 Jon Aston
166 59.09 Sara Rogers
182 66.46 Ivor Denning
191 76.17 Kathy Ling
195 83.45 Ian Emery
Caen Trip 2008 - For full report click here
La Rochamble, Ladies 5K race 7th June 2008
Amanda Dalkins 16:44
Liz Wyn 20:44
Susan Baker 22:03
Margaret Dalkins 33:07
Clare Aston 36:30
Sarah Aston 36:30
The 10K Race
Chris Davies 30:10
Ronnie O’Sullivan 34:52
Mark Dalkins 34:52
Paul Williams 43:19
Peter Wyn 48:52
Ian Emery 1:22:28
The Pegasus Half Marathon
Sarah Aston 1:57:54
Marathon de la Liberte
Jon Aston 4:37:19
Potters Arf (Half Marathon) - 8th June 2008
Cath Berry completed this race in 2:15:00
Race Report bt Cath Berry
It was a lovely sunny day for this race. I found the first half a struggle but really enjoyed the second half. There were plenty of hills!
There was great support from the locals who hosed us down, supplied extra drinks, oranges, ice lollies and sweets all along the route. Those finishing under 2 hours received medals and everyone else got a t-shirt and goody bag including a commemorative plate. I would do this race again.
Aldridge 10K - 8th June 2008
Five club members competed in the Aldridge 10K. Congratulations to Paul Ward who finished 3rd in the race and everyone else who did well to finish in hot conditions. See Brian Smiths pictures click here.
Paul Ward 0:33:36
Kim Denning 0:52:10
Siam Oliver 0:55:22
Ivor Denning 1:07:10
Kathy Ling 1:22:16
Gavin Tipper 5K - 5th June 2008
Kathy Ling took part in the first running of this race and finished in 36:13 Brian Smith’s photo’s from the race can be seen by clicking here
Shropshire 4 Miler - 4th June 2008
Another great club turn out for the third race of the 2008 sexarathon series. Congratulations to Sadie David who won the women’s race, to Paul Ward who finished 3rd in the men’s race and to Daniel Hoof who was once again the second club member to finish and looks destined to become a top runner. Photographs can be found at the flickr website click here. Result will be posted as soon.
Warndon Villages Race - 1st June 2008
Kathy Ling, Mark Evans and Jon Aston took part in the 15K race whilst Jan Pugh completed the 5K. The runs organised by the Lypard Grange Community Centre was a friendly event with three races taking place a 5K, 10K and a 15K the 15K being three times the 5K course. The last lap of the 15K was very quiet as most competitors ran the 5 and 10K races. Pictures from the event taken by Clare Aston can be seen on the flickr website click here to see them. Running under the team name Wrekin’s Wardon Wreckers Mark, Kathy and Jon finished as 2nd team in the 15K (don’t mention only two team’s finished).
5K Results
Jan Pugh 38:15
15K Results
Mark Evans 1:24:42
Jon Aston 1:24:42
Kath Ling 2:01:13
Wombourne 5K - 25th May 2008
Race Report by Kathy Ling
I HAD A GOOD RUN AT WOMBOURNE 5K LAST WEDNESDAY,
THE WEATHER WET, PLENTY OF MUD UNDER FOOT AND VERY DEEP PUDDLES,
BUT EVERYONE WAS VERY FRIENDLY AND ENJOYED BY EVERY ONE
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT
WOMBOURNE 5K
Mynydd Myfyr Hill Run - 26st May 2008
Well done Cameron Stamp who finish this race in 14th position overall and fist in his age category.
Phoenix Flyer 5K 21st May 2008
Well done to the 23 club members who completed this years Phoenix Flyer the second race in the sexarathon series. Paul Ward finished in fifth place and in his debut series Daniel Hoof finished 20th and was the second club member to finish. Sadie David was third female. Some really great pictures taken by Clare Aston and Denzil Martin are now on the Flickr site click here to see the pictures.
Pos Time Competitor
5 0:16:04 Paul Ward
20 0:18:11 Daniel Hoof
29 0:18:37 Anthony Nicholls
34 0:18:51 Michael Richards
36 0:18:57 Jason Harland
43 0:19:11 Sadie David
45 0:19:21 Stuart Richards
70 0:20:34 Marek Kaminski
71 0:20:34 Roy Parkes
79 0:20:53 Robert Jarvis
101 0:21:45 Dave Hopkins
122 0:23:16 Tom Salkield
125 0:23:30 Robert Pearce
130 0:23:35 Kim Bennett
140 0:24:22 Elizabeth Wynn
146 0:24:49 Peter Wynn
148 0:25:13 Jon Aston
149 0:25:14 Ruth Finney
158 0:25:49 Sue Lloyd
166 0:26:41 Sarah Aston
176 0:27:31 Sara Rogers
188 0:32:09 Corinna McArthur
191 0:35:58 Kathy Ling
BUPA Great Manchester 10K
Jason Harland took part in this race that is increasing in popularity year on year with 31,000 participants this year, he finished in a fantastic time of 39:40 and was 261st in his category.
Chester Half Marathon - May 18 2008
Marek Kaminski recorded a superb time of 1:33:48 in this race to finish third in his age category.
Eyam Half Marathon - May 18 2008
Congratulations to Ross Weston who completed the race in 2:48
White Peak Marathon - May 17 2008
Sarah & Jon Aston took part in this fabulous marathon. To read Jon’s race report click here.
Jon Aston 4:24:43
Sarah Aston 4:39:24
Tewkesbury Half Marathon - May 11 2008
Well done to Denzil Martin, Ross Weston and Rachel Parker who all completed the Tewskesbury Half in hot conditions.
Denzil Martin 02:01:11
Rachel Parker 02:05:04
Ross Weston 03:05:00
Muller 10K, Market Drayton - May 11 2008
A beautiful warm sunny day welcomed the 734 runners who competed in the fifth running of this race. As always the race was well supported at the start, around the town centre and by the staff at the Muller Diary. Chris Davies of Telford Athletic Club won the race in 31:44 with Caroline Davies-Hale the first woman to finish in 38:24. Notable club performers were Paul Muller 8th overall and winner of his age category. Paul Thomas 15th overall and 3rd in his category, Marek Kaminski who was 7th fastest in the M55 category, Kim Denning 2nd in the F55 category and Kathy Ling 5th in the F60. Once again the race was well organised with as much Muller products as you can eat available, a tray of Muller products given to every finisher and the now legendary goody bag containging, t-shirts, medal, pen, drinks bottle and more.
To see photos. Most of which were taken by Clare Aston click here
Position Male Female Name Cat Cat Pos Time
8 8 Paul Muller M50 (001/041) 00:34:36
15 15 Paul Thomas M40 (003/083) 00:36:36
47 46 Jason Harland M (028/230) 00:39:52
108 103 Michael Richards M (056/230) 00:42:43
109 104 Daniel Hoof M (057/230) 00:42:44
146 140 Marek Kaminski M55 (007/023) 00:44:44
184 171 Andy White M40 (032/083) 00:46:05
247 26 Chloe Murphy F (013/026) 00:48:31
305 269 Mark Evans M40 (046/083) 00:50:29
309 37 Kim Denning F55 (002/013) 00:50:32
460 88 Sue Lloyd F40 (017/053) 00:56:13
491 390 Jon Aston M (188/230) 00:57:11
515 110 Sarah Aston F40 (021/053) 00:57:57
554 131 Catherine Berry F50 (014/019) 00:59:47
574 146 Sara Rogers F40 (032/053) 01:00:49
677 212 Tracey Billington F40 (042/053) 01:10:28
715 242 Kathy Ling F60 (005/005) 01:16:43
719 244 Sarah Hodgson F40 (049/053) 01:17:32
DK10K - May 7 2008
A sunny and humid evening welcomed the 7 club members who took part in this year’s DK10K road race. Starting and finishing at the Dudley Kingswinford Rugby Club this race takes in rural lanes around the town of Wall Heath on the Staffordshire / West Midlands border. The race was started by Mad Mac of 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days fame (he was blind Dave’s guide) and also featured special guests Mick n Phil.
Paul Williams 0:39:53
Sadie David 0:42:13
Kim Denning 0:52:22
Sarah Aston 0:55:57
Jon Aston 0:55:58
Sarah Hodgson 1:04:14
Kathy Ling 1:16:39
Pictures can be seen on the DK10K web site click here
Haughmond Hill Handicap - May 5 2008
The second running of this fun race in Shrewsbury saw 6 club members take on the muddy trials around Haughmond Hill near Shrewsbury. Pictures taken by Clare Aston can be seen on the Flickr web site, click here to see them.
Jason Harland 1:00:31
Kim Denning 1:19:02
Sarah Aston 1:29:02
Jon Aston 1:29:07
Kathy Ling 2:05:29
Ross Weston 2:05:31
Schneider Five Miler - May 4 2008
Congratulations to the 88 runners who completed this mornings Schneider 5 mile race in Telford Town Park. Click here to view the results. Click here to see pictures
Sheinton Steeplecahse - 30th April 2008
Nine Wrekin Roadrunners took part in this race set around the beautiful village of Sheinton near Cressage. The run of just over three miles took participants along country lanes, through boggy fields, over stiles, up a very muddy hill and through stream side woodland fragrant with wild garlic. Much fun was had by all.
Jason Harland 23:56
Tony Nicholls 24:40
Marek Kaminski 27:44
Peter Wynn 32:08
Sarah Aston 39:48
Rachel Parker 39:49
Jon Aston 39:49
Kathy Ling 55:42
Sarah Hodgson 55:42
Blackpool Half Marathon
Congratulations to Sara Rogers who finished the Blackpool half marathon in 2:10:41
Shakespeare Half and Full Marathon
Report by Tracey Billington
Well done to the 5 who took part in the Shakespeare Half and Full Marathon on Sunday 27th April. It was a glorious day and not a cloud in sight and extremely hot. The event was well organised by Stratford Rotary Club with plenty of water stations. Well done to Catherine Berry who completed her first marathon.
Full
Jon Aston 4.40.43
Catherine Berry 5.36.14
Half
Sarah Aston 2.03.11
Tracey Billington 2.24.58
Kathy Ling 3.07.21
Photos on Flickr click here
Wrekin Streak Fell Race - 23rd April 2008
Congratulations to the 8 club members who competed in the Wrekin Streak fell race, especially to Sadie who was third female, Rosemary competing in her first race for the club and who was the only competitor to enter into the spirit of St Georges Day be competing in patriotic head gear and to Michael Richard taking part in his first fell race, unfortunately Michael picked up an injury and did not finish but was in strong position until he pulled up. Team photograph can be seen on flickr click here, video clips to follow.
Position In Class Name Time
31 16 Jason Harland 0:21:31
47 26 Stuart Richards 0:22:31
48 27 Anthony Nicholls 0:22:31
55 3 Sadie David 0:22:57
72 38 Roy Parkes 0:24:16
106 7 Peter Wynn 0:28:32
128 12 Rosemary Smith 0:38:40
129 47 Michael Richard DNF
Flora London Marathon 2008 13th April 2008
Well done to all the Wrekin Road Runners who completed the Flora London Marathon
Marek Kaminski 3:41:17
Andrew Wilmot 3:45:27
Matthew Wright 3:47:55
Kim Denning 4:34:01
Pat Adams 7:04:50
Pictures from the Flora London Marathon 2008 are now on the Flickr website click here to view them.
Lilleshall 10K - 9th April 2008
Well done to all Wrekin Road Runners 24 in total who took part in the Liileshall 10K on Wednesday 9th April. Congratulations especially to Sadie David who was 3rd female finisher, Paul Ward 4th Male finisher and Paul Williams 1st Male Veteran 55.
Well done also to all the club members running their first race for the club
Click here for photographs from the race taken by our multi talented membership secretary and star of not one but but of the countries best selling running magazines in the last couple of months.
Position Time Name
4 0:34:23 Paul Ward
32 0:39:42 Daniel Hoof
33 0:39:51 Michael Richards
34 0:39:55 Paul Williams
36 0:40:04 Stuart Richards
39 0:40:10 Sadie David
41 0:40:15 Jason Harland
42 0:40:30 Anthony Nicholls
90 0:45:08 Robert Jarvis
96 0:45:27 Royston Parkes
97 0:45:34 Andy White
136 0:48:25 Kim Bennett
150 0:50:01 Elizabeth Wynn
158 0:51:01 Mark Evans
161 0:51:13 Kim Denning
174 0:52:32 Jon Aston
180 0:53:21 Peter Wynn
189 0:54:00 Catherine Berry
203 0:56:09 Sue Lloyd
225 0:59:59 Sara Rogers
230 1:01:16 Ivor Denning
237 1:09:13 Corinna Mcarthur
243 1:16:16 Kirstie Bass
244 1:16:16 Kirsty Parkinson
245 1:18:40 Kathy Ling
Monaco 10K
On Sunday 30 March Kathy Ling took part in the Monaco 10K road race. At 10:15, an hour and a quarter after the marathon race had begun the 10K was started by Prince Albert and followed the route of the famous Monaco F1 Grand Prix. Kathy reports that on a hot and sunny day thay she ran mostly up hills and through tunnels on very smooth road surfaces. She finished a great time of 79 minutes completing her run before the marathon winners finished. Kathy received a good quality medal and goody bag but seemed to have enjoyed the Champagne most of all.
To see a picture of Kathy with her medal and the club flag in Monaco click here
Remember if you are running overseas or in a big race take the flag and get your picture taken with it. See Kathy to get the flag.
March Hair Raiser
Six Wrekin Road Runners took part in the March Hair Raiser on 30th March. Sadie David was the first female to finish, whilst Liz Wynn won her age category and Ivor Denning was the oldest finisher. Paul Williams, Kim Denning and Pete Wynn were the other club members who completed the race. Congratulations to you all.
Hogweed Hilly Half Marathon
Sarah and Jon Aston took part in this run on 30th March. A lovely run in the most beautiful countryside on a bright sunny day. Click here to read Jon’s race report.
31 March 2008
