A pleasant summer’s day and some excellent running round the foothills of Bollington. What more could you want?
The race started and finished from the centre of Bollington and was run over a very varied terrain consisting of roads, hills, canal tow paths and with a steep finish on the cobbles.
A good turn out of 9 Helsby runners joined many other runners, including lots from Wilmslow, Tattenhall, Macclesfield and Penny Lane Striders who, like us, all had this in their club race series. We also had the company of a number of runners from the Cambridge University running club. Apparently up for a party in Rainow the previous night and clearing the hangovers with a Sunday morning race.
The results for Helsby runners:
20 Adair Broughton – 48:47
44 Ian Landucci – 53:03
61 Jane Ashbrook – 56:05
73 Phil Gillard – 58:21
74 Dave Feakes – 58:28
93 Vanessa Griffiths – 61:55
116 Stephen McGue – 66:26
119 Andy Todd – 67:11
127 Lesley Feakes 69:31
Special mention should be made of Stephen McGue in his first race for the club. I can clearly remember only a few weeks ago running in with him after his very first club run and asking him how much running he had done previously. Only to find out that it was his first proper run. Well done Steve!
Also it was the first (hopefully of many) fell race for Dave and Lesley Feakes.
Full results on the Wilmslow running club website
Pictures from Dave Pinnington’s excellent collection of race photos.
Ian
I like the look of determination on your face Ian!
It’s not determination it’s the look of someone concentrating hard on the guy in the green vest with the baseball cap disappearing up the road some way ahead of me.