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Another day for working on the tan. This a scenic course through Buxted Park and Views Wood with three climbs up to the Buxted Park Hotel. Not a quick course with a winner completig the course in 41.57. From Uckfield Runners were Graham West 50.31, Andrew Stolton 51.16, Charlotte Menzies 53.33 (4th lady), Brian king 56.57, Richard Page 58.12, Rebecca Stonebanks 63.04 and Christine Tate 66.51.
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Certainly was a hot one for the Bewl 15 this year. Jason Hillier, Graham West and Catherine Harker completed the course and improved their tans. In spite of the heat Jason managed to complete the course in under 2 hours with a time of 1hr 56.
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It was good to see a strong turn out for our partner club's 10k. Running were Jason Hillier 42.18, Mark Slaughter 43.37, Jay Hillier 45.40, Graham West 45.47, Andrew Stolton 47.16, Charlotte Menzies 51.29, Catherine Harker 52.29, Peter Wilkes 54.56, Rebecca Stonebanks 55.44, Christopher Lugg 60.02, Sarah Ballinger 61.31, Christine Tate 61.59
The race was followed by Uckfield Runners club Barbecue for which fortunately the rain held off in spite of threatening forecasts earlier in the week. After the race it was relaxing afternoon with about 35 attending. During the Barbecue presentations were made for the club award for the highest scoring runners in the 2012/13 Sunday Cross Country League. Catherine Harker won the ladies award and Graham West the mens award.
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There was a good turn out for this event. This is an off road downland event, very hilly so a lot slower than a road marathon. Even the winner took 1hr 29.58. First home from Uckfield was Graham West in 1hr 49.34 followed by Brian King 2hrs 01.10 and then the first of our ladies Dayle Bryant 2hr 14.38 running with Peter Wilkes 2hr 14.39 (pictured). This was Dayle's first half marathon, so well done Dayle, you didn't choose and easy one for your first. Also running Chris Lugg 2hr 16.42, Emma Flint 2hr 35.18, Caley Pearce 2hr 34.49, Judith Pyett 2hr 37.28. The weather was a fairly cool 11c with quite a wind, which was not too bad for running but a bit chilly for the club picnic afterwards.
Also running on Sunday Beckie Stonebanks ran the Ashdown Forest 5k this weekend in a PB of 26.29 & came 5th woman & Charlotte Menzies ran a PB of 24.53 & was 3rd woman.
Tara Twyman and Rachael Hornigold opted for a bigger challenge completing the South Downs Marathon (very hilly) in 4hours 56 mins.
Mark Slaughter competed in the karrimor great trail challenge in the Lake District. The race was 22k and Mark finished in 1hr 58 mins. The race involved two laps of a course over latrigg fell. Mark commented it was great event and would highly recommend it if you enjoy running hilly courses.
Dave Cook added some pain to his running completing the 11.5 mile tough mudder: in addition to mud a number of obsticles are thrown in including electic wires hanging down to give electric shocks to the participants. And yes Dave did pay them money for the priviledge of participating.
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Its been a busy bank holiday weekend with various races over the weekend. Over the weekend there are three races which make up the 'The Sussex Living Marathon Weekend', the East Grinstead 10 mile on Saturday, the Haywards Heath 10 mile on Sunday and the Burgess Hill 10k on Monday which makes in total the marathon distance. Martin Kennett ran all three with 1hr 29.45 at East Grinstead and 1hr 25.18 at Haywards Heath and 56.23 at Burgess Hill. Nikki Maher also ran East Grinstead in 1hr 42.40 and Burgess Hill 10k in 59.34.
The Haywards Heath 10mile is a Sussex Grand Prix Event and was well supported by the club with 7 runners in total including Martin. The runners were Mark Slaughter 1hr 11.08, Charlotte Menzies 1hr 24.12, Martin Kennett 1hr 25.18, Catherine Harker 1hr 26.32, Rebecca Stonebanks 1hr 30.47, Peter Wilkes 1hr 32.23, Sara Ballinger 1hr 41.25.
Jon and Sue Collett are the first two runners from our beginners group started in February to complete the Eastbourne Parkrun on Saturday 4 May. Jon finished in 24.42 and Sue in 30.05 Well done. Also running, and both running a PB for the Eastbourne Parkrun were Graham West 21.18 (First V50) and Brian King 23.02.