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Text Box: race reports 2005 DECEMBER 2005 The weekend of 4th and 5th December was a busy one for the Wrekin Roadrunners: * Tony Nicholls took part in the 18th Cardington Cracker near Church Stretton. He completed the challenging 9 mile course with 2600 feet of ascent, in a creditable time of 1hr 25m 23 to secure 21st place. * Six members tackled the annual Wolverhampton 5 mile Turkey Trot. Albrighton's Kim Brown led the group home, with a first veteran prize in a great time of 37m 40. She was followed by Sarah Hodgson in 42m 24, Ian Budd 42m 39, Ivor Denning 44m 09, Pat Adams 44m 42 and Eric Denning in 53m 17. * Three members completed the Helena Tipping 10k at Wrexham. Paul Thomas came in 24th place in 37m 11. Sara Rogers completed the course in 58m 00, while Clara Adams finished in 59m 12. * Broseley veteran Kathy Ling also made the trip to North Staffordshire to complete the Three Dales Dash multi-terrain race. OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2005 The Beirut International 10K... ...was held on Sunday 13th November. See Sarah Hodgson's report and photos here. * Well done to Pat Adams for completing the New York Marathon on Sunday 6th November with a time of 5.0.55 * Congratulations to Tony Nicholls for an excellent 3.20.10 in the Snowdon Marathon held Sunday 30th October. An excellent time on such a tough course and an overall 49th place. Check out Tony's profile here. * Also, our Chairman, Ian Budd completed the Dublin Marathon in a time of 4.34.12. Well done Ian.       Ian in Dublin   SEPTEMBER 2005 This month has been another busy month for the Wrekin Roadrunners, and includes some significant successes: * On September 25th Paul Thomas managed to come 6th overall in Shrewsbury's Severn Bridges 10k, in a time of 38m 30. He was joined by Pat Adams in 57m 20. Meanwhile, Tony Nicholls finished third overall in 1h 09.28 in the Wrekin Wrecker. * Paul Ward won the Walsall 10k on September 18th in a time of 32m 56. Three other road runners (Kim Brown 52m 18), Alan Cox and Kirk Jones also completed the route. * On 11th September Kathy Ling completed the Lake Vyrnwy Half-Marathon in a personal best time of 2h 43.06. Paul Ward came 4th overall in the Litchfiled 10k on the same day, in a time of 32m 05. * On 10th September Pat Adams (56m 02) and Kathy Ling (71m 00) completed the very, very wet Tipton 10k, with Kathy taking home the prize for ladies over 60. * On 7th September ten road runners completed the Madeley Matchmaker 5k, with Paul Ward leading the group home on 16m 08. Following times included Paul Thomas in 18m 26, Paul Williams in 19m 55, Roy Parkes in 21m 04, Linda Edmondson in 25m 07, Wendy Searle in 25m 34, Pat Adams in 27m 01, Alan Cox in 28m 02, Kirk Jones in 29m 17 and Kathy Ling with a personal best in 33m 12. The Madeley Matchmaker on 7th September was the last race in the prestigious Telford Sexarathon series. Paul Ward, Pat Adams and Kathy Ling also managed to win their overall series age group categories. * On 4th September five road runners completed the Wolverhampton Half-Marathon, with Paul Ward coming 2nd overall in 1h 15.04. Ian Budd and Pat Adams tied on 2h 12.06, Denzil Martin came in on 2h 12.10, whilst Kathy Ling managed 3h 19.01. Tony Nicholls (24m 00) and Sarah Hodgson (38m 37) completed the Little Wenlock Wheeze. STIPERSTONES FELL RACE Tony Nicholls 30.49 PACKWOOD 5 MILE Pat Adams 46.21 Kathy Ling 1.02.08 TRENTHAM 10 MILE Denzil Martin 1.27.07 Alan Cox 1.42.05 Kirk Jones 1.51.07 Kathy Ling 2.10.00  GOBOWEN 4 MILE Paul Ward 2nd 20.38 Pat Adams 34.21 Karen Jones 40.59 Kathy Ling 45.39 Carmen Glenholmes 45.51  TENBURY 10K Paul Ward 1st 33.56 Pat Adams ???  STAFFORDSHIRE KNOT 5 MILE Paul Ward 3rd 26.45 Ken Richards ??? Kim Denning 41.55 Pat Adams 45.04 Ivor Denning 50.41 Kath Ling 59.25  PARK HALL CHARIOTS OF FIRE 5K Paul Ward 2nd  15.58 Pat Adams (3rd in series Over 45) 26.56 Sara Rogers 28.25 Claire Adams 29.00 Kathy Ling (2nd in series over 60) 34.00 Ian Emery 40.03  RACE THE TRAIN 14 MILE Denzil Martin 2.12.00 BIRCHWOOD 10K Pat Adams 56.16 Kathy Ling 74.06 VIC MUSGROVE 5K Paul Ward 3rd 15.22 Tony Nicholls 17.44 Jonathan Wysome 20.58 Rob Pearce 21.19 Kim Downing 23.37 Pat Adams 25.37 Ivor Denning 28.49 Kathy Ling 32.24 LEEK HALF MARATHON Alan Cox 2.19.21 Pat Adams 2.20.21 Kirk Jones 2.48.46 Kathy Ling (1st Over 60) 3.06.00  RAGLETH FELL RACE Tony Nicholls 32.27 Steve Cumberland 34.37 Schneider 5 - 24/04/05 An excellent turn out for the Schneider 5 Mile and supporting fun run organised by Wrekin Road Runners. A new course record was set by Tom Humphries of Cannock & Stafford in a time of 24:13. Thanks to all those involved. Results for the main race and fun run are here. Photos of the winners to follow shortly. Photos of the race (thanks Nellie!) can be seen at John Sanders' new web site - telfordrunning.co.uk. London Marathon 17/04/05 Congratulations to a number of the Wreckers (first and second claim) who ran this this year's London Marathon. Good to see Paula Radcliffe take some training advice from The General!! Times are as follows: Simon 'Lundy' Lund  2:54:11 Tony Nicholls    3:16:56 Ian Budd   4:28:40 Ken Richards   4:33:33 Newcastle 7 This was an "undulating" course, with a downhill second half.  Quite a climb (long rather than steep) followed by a nice flat and downhill finish (apart from the sneaky last 100m round a corner and up a slope!). Kath Ling racked up another PB with a great time (300th Kathy Ling Wrekin Road Runners 1.23.09). Ironbridge Half Marathon At the Ironbridge Half Marathon on Sunday, Paul Ward from Wrekin Road Runners became the Shropshire Half Marathon Champion, finishing 2nd overall in the race, in a time of 1:12:51.  There were some good performances from other Wrekin Road Runners - Paul Williams 1:24:17 took third position in the O/50 category, Jonathan Wysome in a very good time of 1:42:10 in his first half marathon, Pat Adams 2:12:00 and Kathy Ling 2:49:00. Paul 'Whizzo' Ward, Kath Ling, Pat Adams and Paul WIlliams at the Ironbridge Half Marathon. (Jonathan Wysome not pictured) Village Bakery Half Marathon 20.2.2005 PB definitely possible, not flat but no serious hills - watch out for one long gentle climb late on which always seems to be into a headwind. A quirk of the route is that the last small ascent to the finish is done THREE times... right at the start, then at the end of the first and second loops. The setting is not that pretty for spectators, but at least they get to see you at the end of the first loop after about four miles and again when you're knackered. After wet weather lanes can be a bit muddy/splashy but nothing serious. Previous years featured four sponsor-baked baps in the goody bag when you finish, this year was a great improvement with the Chairman's favourite Bara Brith on offer to all................ Glorious weather this year- and a string of personal bests for participants in the main event. More Road Runners next year? 279 Ian Budd (number 302) 1 hr 50m 59 sec PB Wyre Forest 8 mile- 13 February 2005 More mud than the muddiest muddy thing ever… caked up to Kathy’s armpits. Mud enough for a new garden back home. Fun though. Nice gentle downhill start followed by the quagmire by the river, a few climbs, nothing outrageous but really noticeable once the mud has sapped you a bit and a bit of a drag back up to the finish. Well worth a day out. The snow added to the mud as the presentation took place, outdoors... Well done Phil, Jo and Kathy. For the rest of us, get the race recommendation and enter early for the Wyre Forest Half- the same picturesque trails as used for Wyre Forest Eight.. only longer and in Summer. I got a not o healthy sun tan out there last year I took so long... Position    Time    Name    Club    Age Cat.    Race no. 63    62.19    Philip Taylor    Wrekin Road Runners    M40    272 236    76.46    Joanne Panniers    Wrekin Road Runners    SF    273 314    110.24    Kathy Ling    Wrekin Road Runners    F60    10 Alsager 5 - 6/2/05 Sarah Hodgson Kath Ling Ken Richards (WRR 2nd Claim) One of the most popular five-milers in the country. Thanks to those who organised this one- managing a full house of very good facilities and splendid (nice) cooling drizzle. Some roadrunners are still out looking for their promised goody bags. This is a good early season work-out for the club, with some very respectable times recorded. It also represents not so sneaky practice for the first club handicap race on Tuesday. Photos of Pat and Kath. Men’s Results 49th P Ward 27:33 99th P Williams V50 5 29:31 626th A Cox 46:01 641st K Jones 47:56 Women’s Results 198th P Adams L45 19 44:52 221st S Hodgson L35 45 46:28 291st K Ling L60 5 53:55 Boxing Day Devil's Chair Dawdle or Dash An exciting way to spend Boxing Day as there was 4 inches of snow on the Stiperstones. This made running downhill for home fantastic fun! Tony Nicholls 25th 28:39 Steve Cumberland 38th 29:47 British Runner magazine Xtreme Trail Challenge 9/1/05 A lovely run through woodland with natural obstacles and a rope climb and descent, The great positions made the trip well worthwhile an lovely shot of the lads' backsides on the rope climb at www.britishrunner.co.uk Tony Nicholls 8th 48:01 Steve Cumberland 10th 48:51 Marrakech Marathon 16.1.05 Wrekin Roadrunners Paaat and the General took on the Marathon Challenge in a whole new continent- picking up some much needed winter sun on the way. The Marrakech marathon course and conditions were ideal. At the start it was a little cool and then the sun came up and heated things up a little but with the dry air it was still quite comfortable. The water stops were every 5K and were well stocked with bottled water, raisins, dates and orange sections. The course was flat and the scenery was definitely Moroccan; the old city walls, palm groves, a couple of camels 'parked' along the road, etc... are things we don't see on winter runs in Telford, short of a trip to the the local pub beforehand. With all the things going for it, it's too bad they don't add a few little 'perks' for runners such as toilet facilities or finisher's medals, and the General ended up paying more for his Pasta than would have been the case in Bella Italia. At 3 hours they started taking down stands, finish line, etc. and also let the traffic resume because the organisers had only gotten permission for 4 hours from local police, despite the fact that there were still people on the course! Monsieur Emery got lost (plus ca change) and confused the locals as he asked the Camels for deer-ec-shorns. Well done again for the team for proving that the Wrekin Road Runners are probably the best travelled small running club around. Full Marathon - 369th Pat Adams 5h 01m 56 seconds Half Marathon - 1418th Ian Emery 3h 10m 52 seconds Four Villages Half-Marathon 23.1.05 Only three Road Runners were organised enough to get their applications in before Helsby Running Club again put up the sold out signs. The three making the annual pilgrimage to Helsby in Cheshire to take part in the annual Four Villages Half Marathon were all successful. The morning was cold but with bright sunshine, so it was always going to be good running conditions. The winner Michael Aspinal from Lancaster got round in a very respectable 1:07:27 and the leading lady Louise Gardener also from Lancaster finished in 1:14:46. The race saw great performances from Dave Mansbridge and Paul Muller in this early year half-marathon favourite. Both guys picked up first place in their age group categories, and positions within the first ten overall. 7th David Mansbridge 01:13:10.45 MV40 1 10th Paul Muller 01:13:51.90 MV45 1 1504th Kathy Ling 02:57:51.80 FV60 12