Race Date: Saturday 12th March 2016
The Grindleford Gallop is a 21 mile trail race with 3000 feet of climbing – a tough challenge with spectacular and varied scenery to enjoy for those that are able!
Joe Fowler of Sheffield Running Club was the race winner, with a time of 2:22:24. Kate Hastings of Totley AC was the female winner, with a time of 2:57:13.
386 runners completed the race, of which 21 were Striders.
Special mention goes to Alasdair Menmuir, for knocking a large margin off his 2015 time and being first Strider to finish. However, the competitive prize goes to Sian Evans and Rio Cooper who had an epic battle for position when Rio caught Sian in the final moments of the race. Sian finished a meagre 6 seconds ahead in the end. They finished 5th & 6th female respectively. Stunning peformances ladies!
| P | Name | Cat | Time |
| 35 | Alasdair Menmuir | M | 02:55:20 |
| 58 | Sian Evans | F | 03:07:02 |
| 59 | Rio Cooper | F | 03:07:08 |
| 61 | Andrew Davies | MV40 | 03:07:37 |
| 64 | Gareth Hague | M | 03:08:45 |
| 96 | Stephen Clarke | M | 03:21:22 |
| 97 | Sergei Shkul | M | 03:21:25 |
| 99 | Sam Needham | M | 03:22:13 |
| 105 | Paul Johnson | M | 03:24:27 |
| 110 | Ben Heller | MV50 | 03:25:26 |
| 116 | Nick Burns | MV40 | 03:26:51 |
| 123 | John Rawlinson | MV40 | 03:27:53 |
| 129 | Ian Stinson | MV40 | 03:28:31 |
| 141 | James Norton | M | 03:32:22 |
| 180 | Martyn Goldsack | M | 03:41:50 |
| 196 | Joseph Buckman | M | 03:46:41 |
| 215 | Jimmy Sharman | M | 03:49:36 |
| 259 | Roger Watson | MV40 | 04:03:16 |
| 281 | Richard Clamp | MV40 | 04:10:15 |
| 291 | Naomi Rabin | F | 04:14:08 |
| 318 | Thomas McCart | M | 04:24:54 |
Full results available via http://results.sportident.co.uk
Sian looking strong at Chatsworth…
Photo courtesy of Laura Pope.