With blue skies and sunny weather continuing across most of England, Peel Road Runners were able to take advantage of the sunshine to top up their tans and add to their medal collections at the weekend’s races.
Running at the Chester half marathon (the second race in the ‘triple’ series), Allen King was first home for the club in a time of 1:44:00, closely followed by Lorna Carlin in 1:47:00, Ian Orton in 1:55:00 (course personal best), Mark Boffey in 1:56:00, Darren Truman in 2:06:00, Neal Dempsey in 2:28:50 (course personal best), Sarah Boffey in 2:32:00 and Helen Dempsey in 2:38:24 (a course personal best and a 30 minute improvement on last year!).
Continuing to build up his endurance over longer distances, Luke Collins took on the Running Monk Bishop’s Castle 50k trail race (which included over 4700 ft of climb and a detour to avoid some cows with calves!) in a time of 5:54:00 finishing in an impressive 5th place overall.
As usual Saturday’s parkruns were a big draw for the Peelers. Running at Braunstone, Leicester Chris Bennett finished in 23:19 followed by Darren Truman (26:28) and Allen King (26:29). At Kingsbury Water Park, James Stretton finished in 19:58 followed by Mike Shelton (21:12), Lisa Stretton (23:22), Claire Guffick (30:34), Emma Whorwood (31:38), Lee Guffick (36:50), Alison Dolphin (50:51), Stephen Andrews (1:03:59) and Chris Norris (1:04:05). Running along the Monsal trail, Mark Boffey finished in 25:33 and Sarah Boffey (1:01:31), whilst at Newborough Forest on Anglesey, Ian Orton crossed the line in 26:45 closely followed by Michael Hughes in 26:49. Meanwhile at Warwick Racecourse, Mick Stevenson clocked 38:28 and at Beacon Park, Lichfield Garth Cox finished in 22:41. Running at Blaise Castle, Bristol Peel octogenarian Bob Donovan finished in 33:19, whilst closer to home at Tamworth Castle Sophie Galloway was first home for the club in a time of 25:18, followed by George Hope (27:15), Stuart Hatton (28:23), Clara Walton (29:33) and Dave Fern (30:22). Finally at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School in Horncastle, Joanne Sharman finished in 32:25 very closely followed by Steph Attenborough in 32:27!
