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The rain threatened (and was torrential on the way) but held off to make a very pleasant day for the Hellingly 10k. Mark, Graham, Charlotte, Catherine and Sarah ran from Uckfield. This was Graham's 100th 10k, the first as in April 1992 followed later in that month by what as far as I know is the one only road race in Uckfield a one off Uckfield 10k.
Also well done to Rachael & Tara who ran the "Run to the beat" half marathon in London today in a time of 1.48.
Further afield Ray and Tanya Edmondson competed in the Poppy races in Albert, France. Tanya ran in the hilly half marathon course in 1hour 55mins finishing first in her age bracket (born in the year 1953 to 1944) and was presented with a large Trophy. Ray competed in the 10k event finishing second in his age category (born before 1944). Congratulations to Ray and Tanya for such a good result.
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Seven of our runners ran the Will Page 10k, Mark Slaughter 42:34, Graham West 45:08, Charlotte Menzies 49:58, Sarah Walker 50:42, Tara Johnson 51:43, Rebecca Stonebanks 54:26, Martin Tolson 57:54. There was also the Kings Head Canter on bank holiday Monday which Peter Wilkes (25.59) and Tanya Edmondson Ran( 26.10)
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Six of our runners completed the Bexhill 5k on Wednesday eveing 31 July. This is a fast flat seafront course of two laps. First home was Charlotte Menzies 22.53 followed by Catherine Harker 23.33, Tanya Edmondson 24.31, Peter Wilkes 24.57, Rebecca Stonebanks 26.09 and Martin Tulson 26.39. Well done to all.
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Graham West competed in the Snowdon Fell race on Saturday. There is just the one hill in this race which starts in Llanberis goes 5 miles and 1085 metres (3550 feet) to the top of Snowdon where you turn around and come back down. in Graham' s. This is the fourth time I have done this race and the hottest yet, the first time it has not been cold and you had a clear view at the top: took a brief look before descending. The uphill is a long slog, covered by a mix of slow running and fast walking. The down hill is actually very challanging, there is a very steep bit near the top, loose chale then large boulders: I always lose places on that part, I don't know how some of the guys get down so quick. After that initial steep bit I held my own. You get to about half mile from the end and there is the only level part of the course about 1/4 mile of road, there were a couple of guys not far ahead who were running quite slow, the problem is when you get there after 4.5 miles down hill your legs just don't work any more, I just ended running slow behind them: but no one overtook me because then everyone else was running slow. I went up in 1hour 12 and came down in 41 min, 1hr 53 in total, the winner had finished before I got to the top. I was the only one from Uckfield but there were also four from Heathfield Paul Rigden, Cedric Clemerson, Graham Chapman and Mick Elms.
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Well done to Tanya, Mark & Charlotte for running the Phoenix 10k last Wednesday evening in very hot & humid conditions.
- Uckfield 10k Sunday (course off road hilly weather hot 30c little wind)
- Bewl 15 (course undulating/hilly weather hot 28c little wind)
- Heathfield 10k (course hilly weather cool 13c little wind) and club BBQ
- Seaford Half Marathon (off road downland very hilly, weather cool quite windy) 5k, marathon, lake district and Dave Cook gets electric shock treatment