Kenilworth Runners

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Race Results - for September 2004

Friday 3rd September	Godiva 5 mile
Sunday 5th September	Wolverhampton Marathon
Saturday 11th September	The Yorkshire Off Road Marathon
Sunday 12th September	Robin Hood 1/2 Marathon
Monday 13th September	Chevin Hill Fell Race
Saturday 18th September	Woodstock 12 mile 198 yrds
Sunday 19th September	Nuneaton 10 miles
Saturday 25th September	Midlands Road Race Relays

03/09/04 - Godiva Autumn 5 mile race

On a mild Autunm evening twelve members of Kenilworth Runners travelled the short distance to Coventry Memorial Park where they took part in the 5 mile Autunm race which comprised three laps around the pleasant tracks in the Park.

Martin Dorrill lead Kenilworth Runners men with a superb run to finish in 27 minutes and 42 seconds and Kenilworth Lady runner Isobel Partridge finished 7th lady in 32 minutes and 56 seconds. The other members finished in the following positions and times:-

RUNNER POSITION TIME

Martin Dorrill 11 27.42
Richard Steel 32 29.56
Roger Homes 33 29.59
Matthew Kingston-Lee 48 30.58
Julian Tombs 59 31.35
Isobel Partridge 77 32.56
Christopher Doyle 124 35.33
Richard Greenhalf 130 35.56
Keith Blake 147 37.28
Roger Wilkes 182 40.17
Pauline Dable 192 41.04
Pam Wilkes 221 44.30

05/09/04 - Wolverhampton full & 1/2 Marathon

On Sunday 5th September Kenilworth Runners were in force at the Wolverhampton full and half marathon. They had to complete an undulating course to the north of the city in soaring temperatures. Results:

Marathon

Ivan Holdsworth 3hrs 28 mins

Half Marathon

John Mc Nally 1hr 37mins
Terry Dyer 1hr 42 mins
Jane Mc Nally 1.54
Pauline Dable 1.58
Jane Pithie 2.02
Kristy Dable 2.12

11/09/04 - The Yorkshire Off Road Marathon

Kenilworth Runner's lady fell runner Celia Mills took part in this gruelling 26.2 mile race in Yorkshire. She completed the race in 4 hours and 40 minutes to take the prestigious 3rd ladies position.

12/09/04 - Robin Hood 1/2 Marathon, Nottingham

On a bright and windy day with 10,000 competitors a number of runners missed the turn off for the half marathon and found themselves on route for a second lap of the course for the marathon distance. Among those were Wayne Oakes of Kenilworth and two of the leading Kenyan ladies who realised their mistake at 15 miles and turned back on the course.

Isobel Partridge 1hr 28 mins 53 secs
Wayne Oakes 1hr 30mins 47secs
Steve Coomber 1.47.04 (chip time 1.45.41)
Kristy Dable 2hrs 10.44
Lynn Jaggard 2.25.23
Sara Weaver 2.25.23
Samantha Curry 2.33.24

13/09/04 - Chevin Hill Fell Race

Town of Belper this short sharp race up a steep hill taxes even the fittest runner but Colin Bricher tackled it and had an excellent run finishing in 30 minutes and 50 seconds. There were 45 finishers overall.

1. Andrew Leck L&M senior 18.55
38. Colin Bricher KRR M50 30.50

18/09/04 - Woodstock 12 miles 198 yrds

At Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire the morning rain gave ideal conditions for this race, 3 undulating laps around the grounds of Blenheim Palace, ancestral home of Winston Churchill.

Colin Bricher 1hrs 52min 14 sec
Kristy Dable 2hrs 01min 45 sec
Pauline Dable 2hrs 01min 45 sec

19/09/04 - Nuneaton 10 miles

Eleven members of Kenilworth Runners took part in today's Nuneaton 10 mile road race. This was the sixth race of the Warwickshire Road Race League, the penultimate one being our own Kenilworth Half Marathon on October 10th with the series finishing at the Rugby 10 the following week (17th October).

In warm but blustery conditions, the eight men and three ladies finished an undulating two lap course that took them from the start at Wolvey, out through Bulkington in the following times:

Mick Williams 63:32
Richard Steel 63:50
EQUAL Lou Frondella 64:32 Martin Dorrill 64:32 (both set to run in next week's Great North Run)
John McNally 66:00
Julian Tombs 67:35
Stewart Fenton 73:15
Rich Greenhalf 74:15

Jane McNally 84:46
Lucy Hartwright 90:15
Suzanna Divine 92:40

25/09/04 - The Midlands Road Race Relays

On Saturday Kenilworth Runners fielded three teams of runners, two ladies teams and one men's team, who took part in the relay races at Sutton Park. The ladies event comprised of teams of 4 runners with each runner completing a 2.6 mile course around Sutton Park. The men's event involved teams of 6 with each runner completing a 3.73 mile course. The course chosen is fairly hilly but the day was cool and ideal for running.

The ladies teams were the stars on the day with the 'A' team finishing in 19 position and the 'B' team in 50th out of a field of 63 teams. Thanks to Sam Curry for running twice!! The men also did brilliantly finishing in 55th out of 87 teams. The individual times were as follows and in the order they ran:-

LADIES A TEAM
Catherine Wilson 17.20 25
Isobel Partridge 16.51 15
Rebecca Kendall 16.35 12
Pauline Dable 21.24 19

LADIES B TEAM
Jane McNally 20.42 54
Sam Curry 24.18 56
Kristy Dable 23.23 54
Sam Curry 25.37 50

MENS TEAM
Richard Steel 21.40 67
Mick Williams 21.39 59
Roger Homes 21.42 55
Roland Smythe 22.56 55
Ivan Holdsworth 21.57 55
Julian Tombs 22.55 54