This event is known to club members as ’Brooks Babbling’ but there is nothing soft about this course as it involves a number of climbs and is six miles
long. The morning was bright but cold as the race started near the Red Lion Public House. The course followed the lane towards Offchurch to turn left on the outskirts of the village
and climb the sharp hill towards and over the Fosse Way. This road continues steadily uphill until Snowford House is reached when a delightful
downhill eases the pain. After passing under the old railway bridge there is another sharp left turn which took the runners back towards Hunningham but not before another short, and
decidedly unwelcome, climb at the Fosse Way. However after this crossing the route is downhill back to the finish line in Hunningham.
There is no stopping Tim Payne this year and yet again he retained his top spot with an excellent run which not only gave him a total of 244 points,
knocked 11 seconds off his handicap. and put clear water between him and the chasers. Robb Carr took the full 50 points with a spectacular
run in which he beat his handicap by an astonishing 79 secons. Stef Shillington played his joker which takes him to the top of B group with 180 points.
GROUP RUNNER POINTS:
A Mick Morris 235; Bob Griffiths 183; Helen Wilkes 132.
B Stef Shillington 180; Gerry Lewis 178; Kerry Waine 173.
C Roland Smythe 163; Richard Steel 158; Martin Dorrill 50.
The 5th race of the series will be held on the
27th January 2002 starting at 11.00am in the
lane to Honiley just opposite The Honiley Court
Hotel. This is 3.5 mile race and is ideal for
anybody who fancies a good Sunday morning run.
30/12/01
Huncote Hash
On Sunday 30th December Mick Morris represented Kenilworth Runners in the annual 10 kilometre
Huncote Hash cross country race.
The race starts at the Leisure Centre in the
village of Huncote in Leicestershire. This is
a cross country race with a bit of a difference
- it adds about one mile in a Sand Quarry. The
course is varied to say the least, the first
5 kilometres involves muddy and frozen paths
ending with a steep ascent of Croft Hill a well
known feature in Leicestershire. The descent
of Croft Hill is followed by further muddy and
frozen paths until its unique features are reached
- that is the 100 yards of ice cold stream about
one foot deep. This is followed by the sand
quarry where conditions make running difficult
and in some places impossible. The end of the
race is followed by warm showers and a hot cup
of soup which brings relief to frozen feet,
the product of the stream and sand quarry. On
Sunday the cold and snowy overnight conditions
made the course tricky but about two hundred
runners ran in the race with a number of ladies
and several runners who, despite the difficulty
of the race, were wearing fancy dress. Mick
Morris completed the run in 59 minutes 58 seconds,
a considerable improvement on last years time.
Sunday 9th December