Race Reports 14th July 2008

Gary Dunn continued his winning ways with a comfortable victory in the picturesque, though very testing, Kilburn 7, coming home in 38.14. For once, the weather was reasonably kind, in that it was warm and dry but not too hot. Richard Hall, running consistently well, finished 10th in 42.22, Angela Hall 59th, and 5th lady, in 49.45, Jill Knight 143rd in 57.49, just ahead of Sarah Somers, 145th in 58.29, Ian Codling 228th in 66.24, Cath Lumb 268th in 73.21, Phillip Craig 277th in 75.58 and Marian Codling 284th in 78.55. A delicious WI tea followed the race, and a generous list of prizewinners received their awards, including all finishers over 65, who were each presented with a bottle of wine! The friendly, well marshalled race was part of the annual Kilburn Feast celebrations.
The previous Sunday, runners were less fortunate with the weather, as heavy rain before the event and after the start, meant conditoins throughout were very difficult, and perhaps accounted for the smaller than usual field. The Langdale End fell race was race 7 in the NEHRA summer series, and was won by Roger Tomlin of NYM in 44.56. Rob Burn had a very good run to finish 2nd in 46.42, just ahead of Peter Wilkin 3rd in 46.50, Gavin Coventry 11th in 51.15, Alan Wikeley 21st in 63.12 and Hywel Smith 26th in 65.54. The men's team finished in 2nd place.