Jay and Caz travel to the Lake District for the ‘Dirty Double’
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The Helvellyn terrain and unforgiving weather didn’t stop the hardy duo completing back to back races on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday they finished the 15km race in 2:11:09 and on Sunday, the 9k race in 1:22:00.
Daniel Belton led the way for the blue army at the Poppy Half Marathon in Bexhill on Saturday, finishing in a speedy 1:54:12.
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Hide AdNot far behind were Matthew Cawthra (1:56:38), Emma Leeson (1:57:53), Vicky Connolly (2:02:51), Carole Mills (2:02:58), Gary Foley (2:10:09) and Claire Giles (2:22:25). There were also 10k and 5k alternatives and in the 5k it was Allison Willcox who led the club’s runners with a time of 44:56. Not far behind were Jane and Joshua Harle, 45:11 and 47:14 respectively.
Jamie Goodhead (3:37:40), Neil Dawson (4:24:53), Debbie Saint (4:16:17) and Phillipe Ecaille (4:48:54) completed the Velothon Marathon on Saturday. An unusual event where these runners had to complete a dizzying 72 laps of the cycling track at Preson Park to make up a full marathon.
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