HRRL Race 1: Overton 5 Mile Results and Write-up

Sunday 3rd September saw the start of the 2017/18 HRRL season with the Overton 5 Mile race. We had a great turn out of 10 ladies and 14 gents all bearing the “refreshing” conditions. The course was the same as last year and so still suffered a bit from the restrictive start on a narrow country path but the colour banded starting positions (based on predicted finishing time) seemed to work quite well.
nOur ladies’ A-team of Susy Perry, Sarah Shedden and Natalie Cain all finished very strongly and in doing so came second only to the youngsters from Southampton AC.Penny Freeman, Sarah Gurney and Sam Parkinson made up our ladies’ B-team with Sarah Gurney winning the prize for the second finisher overall in the F45 vets category, and the C-team consisted of Emma Carter, Jackie Ducker and Shirley Dyson-Laurie who also won the runner-up prize in the F65 category.
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nOur men also had a great start to the season. James Moore surprised even himself I think, finishing eleventh overall with a significant PB of 28m24s. Simon Stevens was hot on his heels and Matt Grote and Alex Whiting completed our A-team who together came in as the second gents team overall (just) behind the local Overton chaps.Our men’s B-team comprised Bruce Ayling, Miguel Flores, Andrew Parkinson and George Belfield, and the C-team was Lloyd Dickson, Colin McManus, Stephen Lowy and Saul Duck.
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nSo a great start to the season with our gents and ladies both in the second slot in their respective A leagues and both heading the tables in the respective B-leagues.
n A huge well done to everyone that took part.
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nThe next race is the Solent Half Marathon on 9th October where we’ll probably have a slightly diminished field due to a couple of clashes with other events.
n Please sign up promptly for Gosport, Hayling, Victory and Stubbington – all of which are open for entries and most of which tend to sell out rapidly.
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nResults
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n Name
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n Cat posn
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n Chip Time
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n Name
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n Cat posn
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n Chip Time
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n James Moore
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n 9
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n 28:24
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n Susy Perry
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n 4
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n 32:29
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n Simon Stevens
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n 4
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n 28:25
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n Sarah Shedden
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n 5
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n 32:52
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n Matt Grote
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n 8
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n 29:47
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n Natalie Cain
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n 6
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n 33:03
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n Alex Whiting
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n 26
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n 29:52
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n Penny Freeman
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n 7
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n 33:28
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n Bruce Ayling
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n 13
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n 30:52
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n Sarah Gurney
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n 3
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n 33:35
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n Miguel Flores
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n 17
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n 31:25
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n Sam Parkinson
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n 4
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n 33:44
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n Andrew Parkinson
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n 18
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n 31:27
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n Emma Carter
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n 17
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n 38:26
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n George Belfield
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n 36
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n 31:41
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n Jackie Ducker
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n 23
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n 41:19
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n Lloyd Dickson
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n 40
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n 31:51
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n Shirley Dyson-Laurie
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n 2
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n 41:47
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n Colin McManus
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n 43
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n 32:29
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n Sarah Aldridge
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n 41
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n 54:31
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n Stephen Lowy
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n 36
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n 33:50
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n Saul Duck
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n 43
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n 34:46
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n Mark Wilson
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n 61
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n 36:18
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n David Walker
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n 36
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n 37:55
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