Race date: Sunday 30th June 2019
Well, this 19.2km (about 23 km including liaisons) trail stage run happened again and in near perfect running conditions to boot. Very lucky considering the heat and humidity of the day before.
Various social media sites are alive with great pictures, amazing stories and inspirational stuff, speaking of which it’s time to get to the rather complicated results.
It looks like 2,058 individual runners or pairs took part, including the rather impressive list of Striders below.
First home was Dan Nugent (Sutton in Ashfield Harriers & AC) in a very impressive 01:08:42. First lady home (one half of a mixed pair) was Sarah Burrell (Porter Valley Plodders) in 01:18:45.
That’s not the whole story:
First placed female team went to the Steel City Striders Running Club (sound familiar?). The team consisted of:
Caroline Brock / Amy Earnshaw; Nicola Rafferty / Kate Scott; and Sophie Reale / Simone Young-Als.
First placed mixed team also went to the Steel City Striders Running Club. That team consisted of:
Rio Cooper / Keith Hague; Nick Burns / Jenni Burns and Gillian Burgon / Matthew Burgon
First placed in her class (ie solo F) was Strider Sian Evans.
Second placed in her class (FV40) was Strider Lucy Broom (just 3 seconds behind the class winner).
Third placed male team was impressively won by … the Steel City Striders Running Club. That team consisted of:
Liam Turner / Phil Skelton; Ben Jones / Andy Norton and David Forrest / Alex Turner
Third placed in his class (MV50) was Strider Michael Slater.
Very well done to all involved! The full results are here and the Striders*:
| P | Name(s) | Class | Time |
| 3 | Liam Turner / Phil Skelton | MPAIR | 01:10:24 |
| 13 | Paul Middlemas | M | 01:12:59 |
| 20 | Stephen Schubeler | M | 01:14:18 |
| 25 | Conor O’Boyle | M | 01:15:32 |
| 35 | Matt Rimmer | MV40 | 01:18:09 |
| 36 | Adam Brooks | MV40 | 01:18:11 |
| 41 | Ben Jones / Andy Norton | MPAIR | 01:19:00 |
| 48 | David Whittaker | M | 01:19:23 |
| 50 | Steven Frazer | MV40 | 01:19:26 |
| 56 | Tony Ker | MV40 | 01:19:59 |
| 60 | Richard Carter | MV40 | 01:20:46 |
| 64 | Luke Smith | M | 01:20:57 |
| 70 | Daniel Cubitt | M | 01:21:26 |
| 73 | Sian Evans | F | 01:21:39 |
| 76 | Caroline Brock / Amy Earnshaw | FPAIR | 01:21:55 |
| 77 | David Forrest / Alex Turner | MPAIR | 01:22:25 |
| 87 | Warren Brown | MV40 | 01:23:07 |
| 98 | Tom Bassindale | MV40 | 01:24:00 |
| 107 | Lucy Broom | FV40 | 01:24:42 |
| 109 | Adam Connelly | MV40 | 01:24:45 |
| 110 | Alex Shepherd | MV40 | 01:24:53 |
| 118 | Michael Slater | MV50 | 01:25:53 |
| 129 | Sam Needham | M | 01:26:52 |
| 136 | Rio Cooper / Keith Hague | MIX | 01:27:25 |
| 139 | James Boreman / Tom Cudmore | MPAIR | 01:27:46 |
| 142 | Adam Bishop | M | 01:28:19 |
| 166 | Joel Kesterton | M | 01:30:44 |
| 177 | James Hogg | M | 01:31:31 |
| 190 | Lee Kenton | M | 01:32:08 |
| 192 | Matthew Chappell | M | 01:32:14 |
| 199 | Dominic Sleath | MV50 | 01:32:52 |
| 203 | Ashleigh Barron | F | 01:33:01 |
| 207 | Nigel Barnes | MV40 | 01:33:11 |
| 215 | Craig Baird | MV40 | 01:33:37 |
| 216 | Andy Telford | MV40 | 01:33:39 |
| 225 | James Ogden | MV40 | 01:33:50 |
| 231 | Ben Elmore | M | 01:34:11 |
| 233 | Ben Heller / Steve Haake | MPAIR | 01:34:12 |
| 241 | Michael Richardson | MV40 | 01:34:37 |
| 247 | Nick Burns / Jenni Burns | MIX | 01:35:16 |
| 256 | Scott Liddle / Andrew Lock | MPAIR | 01:35:41 |
| 264 | Gillian Burgon / Matthew Burgon | MIX | 01:36:08 |
| 267 | Nicola Rafferty / Kate Scott | FPAIR | 01:36:23 |
| 295 | James Broomhead | M | 01:37:34 |
| 296 | Matthew Collinson | M | 01:37:37 |
| 305 | Jacqui Herring | FV40 | 01:37:59 |
| 306 | Sarah Allcard | FV40 | 01:38:00 |
| 307 | Peter Keats | MV40 | 01:38:03 |
| 311 | Helen Morris / Emma Connelly | FPAIR | 01:38:16 |
| 312 | Jim Danson | MV40 | 01:38:27 |
| 327 | Richard Smith | MV40 | 01:39:29 |
| 329 | Fran Allen | F | 01:39:36 |
| 333 | Rob Jones | MV40 | 01:39:41 |
| 338 | Chris Hodson / Nicola Ross | MIX | 01:39:52 |
| 343 | Michael Wu | M | 01:40:03 |
| 353 | Sophie Reale / Simone Young-Als | FPAIR | 01:40:20 |
| 358 | Robert Davies / Mark Platton | MPAIR | 01:40:23 |
| 379 | Clare Trevitt / Pippa Powell | FPAIR | 01:41:15 |
| 387 | Sarah Moore | F | 01:41:36 |
| 390 | Jo Owens | F | 01:41:41 |
| 395 | Robin Nelson | MV40 | 01:41:54 |
| 403 | Dan Newton / Will Evans | MPAIR | 01:42:12 |
| 431 | Charles Bradley-Smith / Neil Schofield | MPAIR | 01:43:01 |
| 447 | Simon Wiles | MV50 | 01:43:36 |
| 453 | Mandy Taylor | FV50 | 01:43:47 |
| 468 | David Price | MV40 | 01:44:34 |
| 480 | Gillian Allen / Kim Bateman | FPAIR | 01:44:53 |
| 504 | Jennie Stevens | FV40 | 01:45:38 |
| 509 | Nicole Biney | FV40 | 01:45:52 |
| 515 | Saaid Paymanfar | MV40 | 01:46:06 |
| 517 | John Bridgman | MV40 | 01:46:08 |
| 533 | Mark Wallace | M | 01:46:43 |
| 537 | David Firth | M | 01:46:56 |
| 540 | Abigail Hickinbottom | FV40 | 01:46:59 |
| 541 | Mark Wilson | MV40 | 01:47:02 |
| 543 | John Rawlinson / Mir Jansen | MIX | 01:47:07 |
| 548 | Keith Bell / Emma Cowley | MIX | 01:47:10 |
| 554 | Alan Dalton | MV40 | 01:47:23 |
| 564 | Charlotte Roper | F | 01:47:35 |
| 567 | Catherine McKeown | FV50 | 01:47:38 |
| 569 | Luke Prest | M | 01:47:43 |
| 579 | Joseph Lee | M | 01:47:59 |
| 580 | Stuart Jones / Tom Nuttgens | MPAIR | 01:48:00 |
| 583 | Richard Adams | M | 01:48:03 |
| 587 | Dot Kesterton | FV50 | 01:48:07 |
| 594 | Andrew Glaves | MV50 | 01:48:19 |
| 595 | Megan Whitaker | F | 01:48:20 |
| 601 | Richard Sands | MV40 | 01:48:32 |
| 616 | Caitlin Robertson | F | 01:49:09 |
| 629 | Gareth Pert | MV40 | 01:49:34 |
| 646 | Chris Rea | MV40 | 01:50:00 |
| 675 | Douglas Armstrong / Hannah Milton | MIX | 01:51:09 |
| 689 | Emma Beal | F | 01:51:46 |
| 702 | Tracey Davies / Harriet Davies | FPAIR | 01:52:25 |
| 753 | Alexis Foster | F | 01:53:55 |
| 761 | Philip Swirles / Richard Taylor | MPAIR | 01:54:10 |
| 788 | Martin Greenough | MV50 | 01:55:07 |
| 811 | Ryan Talley | MV50 | 01:55:43 |
| 813 | Morven Lowe / Katharine Arnold | FPAIR | 01:55:46 |
| 870 | Dean Harding | M | 01:57:07 |
| 886 | Fran Marshall / Stephen Marshall | MIX | 01:57:38 |
| 896 | Mario Shekar | MV40 | 01:57:51 |
| 901 | Emma Kingston / Victoria Muscroft | FPAIR | 01:58:02 |
| 908 | Rachel Anderson | FV40 | 01:58:18 |
| 923 | Caroline Greenough / Millie Greenough | FPAIR | 01:58:37 |
| 935 | Sharon Renshaw / Rob Betts | MIX | 01:59:05 |
| 992 | John Liddle | MV50 | 02:00:46 |
| 1024 | Angela Jackson | FV50 | 02:01:35 |
| 1032 | Mark Norman / Paula Risby | MIX | 02:01:48 |
| 1037 | Ste Doherty | MV40 | 02:01:56 |
| 1062 | Matthew Crowther | M | 02:02:32 |
| 1070 | Sarah Ward / Emma Norton | FPAIR | 02:02:39 |
| 1072 | Helen Cain | FV40 | 02:02:47 |
| 1114 | Lucy Kirkham / Catherine Nettleton | FPAIR | 02:03:57 |
| 1122 | Andrew Woffindin | MV50 | 02:04:13 |
| 1132 | Jill Davies | FV50 | 02:04:34 |
| 1143 | Sarah Storey / Lindsey Crowson | FPAIR | 02:04:54 |
| 1152 | Heidi Hargreaves | FV40 | 02:05:11 |
| 1168 | Steven Lewis | MV40 | 02:05:42 |
| 1201 | Cara Hanson / Jemma Anderson | FPAIR | 02:06:40 |
| 1241 | Steven Shaw / Michelle Vermeulen | MIX | 02:07:56 |
| 1256 | Sarah Coates | F | 02:08:26 |
| 1261 | Caroline Brash / Peter Brash | MIX | 02:08:42 |
| 1267 | Lindsey Motaleb | F | 02:08:59 |
| 1296 | Jason Brannan / Maxine Whitworth | MIX | 02:09:51 |
| 1327 | Dave Sahman | MV50 | 02:10:42 |
| 1339 | Arif Ali | M | 02:11:01 |
| 1354 | Sallyann Winslow | FV40 | 02:11:33 |
| 1371 | David Bownes | MV50 | 02:12:00 |
| 1385 | Ian Richardson | MV50 | 02:12:26 |
| 1401 | Ben Hulett | M | 02:12:54 |
| 1457 | Tony Lyell / Sarah Lyell | MIX | 02:14:57 |
| 1464 | Shane Porteous | MV40 | 02:15:16 |
| 1466 | Ian Spencer | MV50 | 02:15:19 |
| 1467 | Sarah Uttley | FV40 | 02:15:20 |
| 1530 | Laura Fletcher / Laura Howarth | FPAIR | 02:17:22 |
| 1550 | Andrea Snowden | FV40 | 02:18:13 |
| 1582 | Zoe Dickinson / Ruth Jacks | FPAIR | 02:19:19 |
| 1583 | David Adams | MV40 | 02:19:20 |
| 1590 | Bryony Marriott | F | 02:19:34 |
| 1608 | Nicole Nield | FV50 | 02:20:04 |
| 1643 | Harriet Wainwright/Jonathan Wainwright | MIX | 02:21:09 |
| 1648 | Phil Kelly / Catherine Kelly | MIX | 02:21:20 |
| 1660 | Emma Lewis | FV40 | 02:21:51 |
| 1675 | Jane Huws | FV50 | 02:22:22 |
| 1703 | Sara Hinch / Clair Scaife | FPAIR | 02:23:17 |
| 1723 | Corinne Howse / Katja Danson | FPAIR | 02:24:08 |
| 1727 | Cath Ager / Jo Rose | FPAIR | 02:24:21 |
| 1747 | Helen Smith / Rachel Rea | FPAIR | 02:25:45 |
| 1751 | Jen Jennings | F | 02:25:55 |
| 1757 | Jade Rose | F | 02:26:24 |
| 1765 | Richard Copeland | MV40 | 02:26:53 |
| 1810 | Andrew Buckley / Clare Jennings | MIX | 02:29:01 |
| 1811 | Gary Roche | MV40 | 02:29:03 |
| 1831 | Mohammed Ahmed | MV40 | 02:30:33 |
| 1841 | Sandie Farrow / Sarah Schofield | FPAIR | 02:30:59 |
| 1916 | Gillian Pearson | FV50 | 02:37:09 |
| 1950 | Karen Gardner / Rebecca Priestley | FPAIR | 02:40:02 |
| 1981 | Ian Farrer | MV40 | 02:43:52 |
| 2010 | Anna Waterworth / Julia Waldron | FPAIR | 02:50:49 |
* some of the pairs apparently included one non-Strider….
Now this is how you finish a race….