Despite the damp and
windy conditions, May’s time trial was an extraordinary one. We saw our
biggest field yet and a new course record. With so many WACers having
run in marathons over the last two weekends – London and North Dorset –
it was to be expected that our times might suffer. The opposite proved
to be the case. Of the 35 runners, we had one, Dave Black, taking part
for the first time, and 23 others who improved on their previous time.
Jerry Shield, who
less than two weeks ago got a PB of 2:55 for the marathon and then went
sub-3hours just a week later, somehow recovered sufficiently to knock
off 26 seconds off the course record. Another of our improvers was Craig
Dixon who is the only other WACer to have run in both London and North
Dorset marathons in the past 10 days.
Smashing the course
record will not necessarily bag you the handicap time trial trophy,
however, as it rewards the runners who make the biggest time gains, and
Jerry was the tenth runner to cross the line. It was brilliant to see
Barbara Frampton back in the thick of it once again. Barbara had a fine
run and was first runner home but, as her handicap was only
guesstimated, the trophy was awarded to Jools Maskell who was second on
the road. Anyone who saw Jools’ excellent performance on Sunday running
the anchor leg for our ladies’ winning relay team at North Dorset will
not be the least surprised by her time trial run. Nicki Roe got the
girls relay team off to a flying start at the weekend and her newfound
pace was in evidence again in the time trial – she broke through the
sub-30 minute barrier for the first time joining Rachael Mailer and
Becky Wood.
Many of those who
improved their times did so by more than a minute. With the Ridgeway
Relay coming up soon it is great to see both Paul Teck and Robin Hughes
rediscovering their form at the right time. Teresa Grist gained 45
seconds this month – despite taking a wrong turning – so watch out for
further improvements from her next month.
Well done to all who
took part, and just think what the improvements might have been without
that gusty wind.
Well done
timekeepers/recorders on the night: Denise Craddock, Richard Davies, Ian
Kennedy, Nick Solomon and Danny Symington.
Full results were:
May 2009 – 4
miles – Cowgrove route
|
Position |
Name |
Handicap |
Handicap time |
Actual time |
|
1 |
Barbara Frampton |
5 |
43:01 |
38:01 |
|
2 |
Jools Maskell |
12 |
44:20 |
32:20 |
|
3 |
Pete Carr |
12 |
44:30 |
32:30 |
|
4 |
Tim Box |
11 |
44:48 |
32:48 |
|
5 |
Paul Teck |
16 |
44:52 |
28:52 |
|
6 |
Robin Hughes |
15 |
45:29 |
30:29 |
|
7 |
Kim Jolliffe |
12 |
45:33 |
33:33 |
|
8 |
Guy Miller |
11 |
45:37 |
34:37 |
|
9 |
Dave Black |
15 |
45:44 |
30:44 |
|
10 |
Jerry Shield |
21 |
45:45 |
24:45 |
|
11 |
Nicki Roe |
16 |
45:50 |
29:50 |
|
12 |
Rich House |
19 |
45:55 |
26:55 |
|
13 |
Paul Grist |
15 |
45:58 |
30:58 |
|
14 |
Steve Snook |
16 |
46:05 |
30:05 |
|
15 |
Craig Dixon |
16 |
46:07 |
27:07 |
|
16 |
Guy Thompson |
21 |
46:13 |
25:13 |
|
17 |
Stewart Little |
21 |
46:14 |
25:14 |
|
18 |
Andrew Olden |
19 |
46:25 |
27:25 |
|
19 |
Jon Braund |
18.5 |
46:26 |
27:56 |
|
20 |
Anthony Clark |
21 |
46:35 |
25:35 |
|
21 |
Celia Ireland |
5 |
46:45 |
41:45 |
|
22 |
Phil Whitehurst |
16.5 |
46:48 |
30:18 |
|
23 |
Rachael Mailer |
17.5 |
46:50 |
29:20 |
|
24 |
Bob Caines |
11 |
46:51 |
35:51 |
|
25 |
Graham Whiffen |
20 |
47:08 |
27:08 |
|
26 |
Phil Burgess |
17.5 |
47:13 |
29:53 |
|
27 |
Andy Porter |
20 |
47:14 |
27:14 |
|
28 |
Jeff Hinsley |
18.5 |
47:21 |
28:51 |
|
29 |
Jeremy Hett |
15 |
47:23 |
32:23 |
|
30 |
Selwyn Richards |
15 |
47:31 |
32:31 |
|
31 |
Terry Simms |
15 |
47:32 |
32:32 |
|
32 |
Teresa Grist |
0 |
47:45 |
47:45 |
|
33 |
Ian Buckingham |
18 |
48:09 |
30:09 |
|
34 |
Kevin Elliott |
16 |
48:26 |
32:26 |
|
35 |
Daryl Davies |
20 |
49:31 |
29:31 |
