Race Results - for April 2008

Sunday 6th April	Paris Marathon
Sunday 6th April	Regency Run - 10km Race
Sunday 13th April	London Marathon
Sunday 20th April	Honiley Super Hoof - Winter League
Sunday 27th April	Stratford - Half Marathon
Sunday 27th April	Coventry Godiva - May Day 5

05/04/08 Paris International - Marathon

Two club members go European when they joined some 30,000 runners from around the world in the Paris Marathon, Joan Mason returned with a time of 4 hours 36 mins while we await the time for Andreas Ruhnke who also completed the course.

02/03/08 Regency Run - 10Km Race

Runners woke up to some 3 inches of snow on the morning of the race and some must have wondered if the race was in doubt, but Spa Striders were out early to sweep the course in the dangerous downhill section.

A good number of 30 club members took part on a morning that improved giving them ideal conitions for the race.

Phil Gould lead the contingent home in 9th place 35:29 followed by Pat Noonan 15th 37:04 and Richard Simkiss 17th 37:18 making up the team our ever improoving junior runner Philip Mc Corquodale an excellent 19th 38:00

Richard Elliott won the V50 category 38:37 21st place and John Dagnan V60 category 40:59 61st place

Full Club Results

Team wise the Men finished second and the Ladies third

Photos I have missed some of you as it is very difficult to pick members out unless they are in club colours

13/04/08 London Marathon

Ten Kenilworth Runners took part in the 2008 Flora London Marathon, an event which marked the 100th anniversary of the marathon being first run to its now traditional 26.2 mile distance. The race began in near perfect conditions for marathon running but a series of heavy showers made running tough going in the latter stages. Fortunately the race's legendary crowd support, including many members of Kenilworth Runners, helped keep runners' spirits high throughout the demanding test of mind and body.

First Kenilworth Runner home was Stuart Hopkins, who maintained his outstanding run of form to run a superb seven minute personal best, clocking a time of 2:48:19, which placed Stuart in an outstanding 409th position overall.

Full club runners results

20/04/08 Honiley Super Hoof - Winter League

On a miserable and wet Sunday morning 24 members of Kenilworth Runners gathered at the Honiley Boot Corus Hotel to take part in the longest and last event of the Winter League, 6.75 miles, in this eight race series.

Starting and finishing in the Lane to Honiley, the runners headed out towards Beausale but at the first junction turned right towards Clattyland Wood and a left turn into the Lane that took them past Haseley Knob to eventually pass through Haseley Green and after a nice downhill section turn left again at ’The Glebe’ and back through Waste Green and Beausale to the turn to Honiley and so to the finish.

With two of the contenders for the coveted overall winner of the league acting as marshals it was down to those racing to put in a good performance, the final result was that Paul Buchan retained his overall lead and took the title with 296 points

Group Positions are as follows:-

27/04/08 Stratford - Half Marathon

After a promise of rain for this race 14 members enjoyed near perfect conditions in the Half Marathon with just one member opting for the Marathon

The course leaving Stratford on the Evesham Road turning onto Luddington Road to pass the race course, following the road into Luddington returning back to the Evesham Road for a short run to Binton Road, continuing on this road through Welford to Long Marston, joining the Greenway for a welcombe flat run to the finish.

From a field of nearly 2000 finishers Phil Gould finished a very creditable 7th place in 1:20:47 followed by Richard Simkiss 32nd 1:26:58 and Paul Royle 36th 1:27:36

Our only competitor in the Marathon field of 750 finishers was Martin Lambert 308th in a good time of 3:55:51

27/04/08 Coventry Godiva - May Day 5

In the first race of the Coventry Godiva Marathon 7 members took part not all doing the full distance over the next Bank Holiday weekend

On a bright a warm day they lined up to take in a short lap then 2 laps of the perimeter of War Memorial Park run this time in anti clockwise direction.

From a field of nearly 200 runners Richard Steel lead the group home in 21st place 31:27 followed by John Dagnan 32nd 32:31 who also won the Vet 60 category.

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