It was good to be back at the Border League races. BL Races are always competitive, well organised and very sociable. The idea of seven road races being free to club members is another attraction. It makes it worthwhile being a club member. It is a good to get back and meet up with friends and rivals.
The Caernarfon event was excellent. It is a good course, perhaps not as easy as first impressions, an interesting combination of long steady climbs and short, sharp drops does not make for PBs. It was well organised, I wouldn’t expect anything else from Arwel and the team at Eryri. There was even a drinks station, very welcome on an unseasonably warm and sunny morning.
Good to see Buckley there in numbers and some new faces (or legs)(Eric and Leighton) and some returns (Marcus, James, Steve from flu and John from injury). Some excellent performances, particularly Eric Campbell, 27th overall in his first race for us and 2nd MV45, Les 1st MV55, Simon 2nd MV40, Erika 1st Senior Lady and Fen 2nd LV40. Despite these superb efforts it wasn’t quite the start we wanted. Several key men were unable to run and the ladies only had two runners, thanks to a combination of injuries and other commitments. It is many years since we last failed to field a full ladies team. Rather disappointing results (Men 4th in Div 1, Ladies 7th in Div 1 and the Vets were 5th) but it gives us something to work on, we know we have team to succeed with. I’m looking forward to pulling it back in the next race.
7 | Jez Brown | 34:38 |
9 | Matthew Rose, | 34:51 |
17 | Simon Roberts, | 35:49 |
27 | Eric Campbell, | 36:36 |
53 | Les Coathup, | 38:47 |
61 | James Huggins, | 39:26 |
62 | Daniel Hollingworth, | 39:30 |
78 | Steve Bellis, | 40:50 |
108 | Paul Stinton, | 42:57 |
137 | Chris Higgins, | 44:49 |
142 | John Morris, | 45:12 |
179 | Marcus Reid, | 48:53 |
186 | Leighton Williams, | 49:31 |
209 | Rob Mackey, | 52:36 |
48 | Erika Robinson, | 38:18 |
162 | Fenella Higgins, | 46:49 |
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