HRRL Race 9: Salisbury 10 Mile Results

There was a nicely balanced WADAC turn-out of 17 gents and 17 ladies at the Five Rivers Leisure Centre in Salisbury. The clear skies and pleasant, scenic route should have made for a nice run but high temperatures for the time of year meant that some found the 10 miles to be a bit heavy going, though others were seemingly unaffected.
nKath Bailey didn't appear to be hindered much by the heat, finishing as the third lady overall and first in the F45 category. Sarah Shedden and Susy Perry made up the rest of our ladies' A-team with Sarah picking up the prize for the third F35 finisher and these three ladies also came away with the award for the first female team overall.Sarah Gurney finished next and collected the award for third place in the F45 category. Young Imogen Emmett followed with a very solid performance and a significant 10 mile PB. Lynne Whitaker completed the B-team and again added to her personal trophy cabinet, finishing as the first F55.Our ladies' C-team consisted of Jo Jefferies, Natalie Cain and Joy Radford, with Joy being awarded the prize for the third finisher in the F55 category.
nWhen it came to the league our ladies' teams again had a perfect result with the A-team finishing first in their division and the B and C-teams finishing first and second respectively in theirs. This of course means that our ladies retain their slots at the top of the tables with just three more of this season's races to go.
nSimon Stevens was our first gent to finish in just over an hour and Matt Grote, James Moore and Joe Chick made up the rest of our A-team. I believe that Matt ran a PB but only because (as far as I can tell) he's not run in a 10 Mile event before!The warm conditions were never going to put a stop to the trend of performance improvements shown by Colin McManus and Lloyd Dickson and both ran PBs. They, together with Ian Debnam and Matt Kurton composed a very solid result for our B-team.Adrian Haughton, Steve Oliver, Saul Duck and Martyn West all sweated their way over the finish line to make up our gents' C-team.
nThe men's A-team finished seventh of the ten teams in their division which unfortunately seems them slip in the table from third to fourth overall. There is going to be tight competition for the third placed men's team at the end of the season with WADAC, Stubbington and Portsmouth all vying and currently only a couple of points in it. We just need a good push during the next three races.Our gents' B-team finished a commendable second of the fifteen teams in the B-Division-1 meaning they move up one place in the table to currently reside second overall. The C-team were ninth of the fifteen and also rise up one spot to sit at eleventh.
nMany thanks to everybody that ran and well done to everyone that won a prize, ran a PB, felt like they did well or just learned a lesson!
nThe next race is the Alton 10 Mile on 7th May, followed by Netley and Lordshill 10k. Please get your entries in for these as soon as possible as they are filling fast:
nAlton 10 - 7th May 2017 - http://www.activetrainingworld.co.uk/events/2017/05/07/alton_ten_2017Netley 10k - 21st May 2017 - http://www.southamptonathleticclub.org.uk/wordpress/netley-10k-race/Lordshill 10k - 25th June 2017 - http://www.lordshillroadrunners.org.uk/lordshill-10k/Results
nNameCat posnChip TimeNameCat posnChip TimeSimon Stevens701:00:55Kath Bailey101:03:55Matt Grote1301:04:19Sarah Shedden301:10:00James Moore3601:04:51Susy Perry501:10:43Joe Chick4101:06:20Sarah Gurney301:11:56Colin McManus5101:07:14Imogen Emmett801:12:41Lloyd Dickson5601:08:16Lynne Whitaker101:13:05Ian Debnam5901:08:58Jo Jefferies1001:14:27Matt Kurton7601:11:37Natalie Cain1101:14:44Adrian Haughton2101:12:04Joy Radford301:18:14Steve Oliver2201:12:03Rachel Byers1201:21:42Saul Duck4601:13:54Liz Marshall2301:22:59Martyn West601:14:08Joanna Curtis501:23:00Robert Bryan4901:14:50Melissa Callister2001:24:32David Walker5801:18:08Sally Easton2301:26:01Steve Goodwin1001:20:38Carrie Oliver801:27:37Nick Waddell4301:21:27Louise Snook3201:28:57Adrian Field6501:32:35Gill Goodwin1801:45:43