Only 5 Harriers made it to this year's race - far fewer than normal.
The race was won by Neil Renault of Long Eaton RC in a time of 1:07:47, with Ben Gamble 3rd in 1:09:25 and Michelle Ross-Cope of Stoke AC as 1st Lady home in 1:14:04.

The Harriers that ran were:

Mark Bentley 288th in 1:33:23
Mike Harris 386th in 1:36:49
Bernard Wilkes 561st in 1:42:15
Chris Skellern 631st in 1:44:11
Michael Jones 1085th in 1:56:29

Our very own Sara Connor (nee Houlton) raced against Haile Gebrselassi in the Dubai Marathon on FIRDAY !!
Haile finished a little ahead of Sara, winning the race in a time of 2:05:29.

But Sara wasn't too far behind, finishing 291st overall in a time of 3:54:35 (chip time 3:49:52).
Sara was 54th lady home and only 21st Senior Lady.

Perhaps it was the home town conditions that suited her - apparently their was a torrential downpour during the race.
See : http://www.dubaimarathon.org/ for good photo's and report of the race.

A milder day than recent times and dry, though some paths were slippery with ice and a cold wind blew at times.
This is a 15 mile run over Cannock Chase where runners are required to visit 6 trig points, including the Rifle range, Castle Ring, Brereton Spurs and the Glacial Boulder. 161 runners finished and the winner was Tim Werrett of Mercia Fell Runners in a time of 1:35:47.

Harriers running were:

Peter Sarson didn't enter due to a recent foot problem, but managed to run in a time of 2:09:05

Who are these two looking lost?

As last year the first home in the race was Ben Gamble of SMM in a time of 26:45 (exactly 1 min. faster than predicted and 51 secs, faster than last year).
But in this race the prize winners are those who get closest to their predicted time - without the benefit of wearing a watch for guidance)
And look how close the top 9 were (great pacing or pure chance ??) :


Photo's from the event at Brian Dale's and Mick Hall's sites.