Race Report October to December 2022

Wheaton Aston 10k

27th December 2022

Position	Bib	Name	Gender	Category	Chip Time	PB
67	403	John Scott	M	V50	00:40:17
88	80	Peter Chell	M	V50	00:42:18
135	321	Charlotte Mitchell	F	V40	00:46:36	PB
157	77	Beth Cambidge	F	SEN	00:48:49
200	65	Simon Bromley	M	V45	00:51:11
202	414	Chris Skellern	F	V60	00:51:20
214	38	PAUL Bentham	M	V50	00:52:00
227	214	Sally Haycock	F	V45	00:52:35
310	191	Simon Groom	M	V45	00:56:49
391	468	Charlotte Ward	F	V40	01:05:51
428	179	Sarah Gray	F	V60	01:13:17

christmas hat run

19th December 2022

The Monday’s night Christmas hat run returns after a 3 year break.

Harriers xmas handicap

18th December 2022

Well done to all those who ran in the 108^th Harriers Handicap Race on Sunday, on what turned out to be a cold, icy and snowy but festive day, and congratulations to Mark Oliver, Julie Nokes and Chris Skellern for finishing 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd respectively! A big thanks to all the marshals and time keepers.

Position	Name	Time	Handicap	Net Time
1	Mark Oliver	0:42:14	0:10:00	0:32:14
2	Julie Nokes	0:42:17	0:02:00	0:40:17
3	Chris Skellern	0:42:54	0:10:00	0:32:54
4	Nitesh Thakrar	0:43:48	0:14:45	0:29:03
5	Sarah Gray	0:43:54	0:00:00	0:43:54
6	Chris Seale	0:44:06	0:17:45	0:26:21
7	John Finney	0:44:15	0:08:00	0:36:15
8	Ian Hodkinson	0:44:20	0:16:15	0:28:05
9	Alan Jones	0:44:37	0:12:00	0:32:37
10	John Scott	0:44:39	0:19:15	0:25:24
11	Leon Stringer	0:45:03	0:15:45	0:29:18
12	Sally Haycock	0:47:58	0:11:30	0:36:28

Well done to Mel Deakin for winning the best Christmas Jumper award.

telford 10K

11th December 2022

Pos	Name	Net Time
670	Rosie SILVESTER	00:43:14
827	Alan JONES	00:49:22

NSCCL Race 4

10th December 2022

Ladies Results

Pos	Name	AG	Time
66	Chris Skellern	F60	25:22
81	Melonie Deakin	F50	27:00
83	Caitlin Mills	FSen	27:14
96	Joanne Oliver	F50	29:03
99	Ruth Edwards	F60	29:06
117	Julie Nokes	F60	33:23
121	Sarah Gray	F60	35:13

Mens Results

Pos.	Name	AG	Time
46	Ashley Jones	MSen	29:25
89	Justin Green	M50	31:51
105	Michael Dobson	M55	32:28
116	Tony Burbidge	M40	32:59
152	Ian Hodkinson	M50	35:08
162	Nitesh Thakrar	M60	36:15
166	Antonio Treglia	M40	36:56
181	Mark Oliver	M50	40:37
192	Rhys McDowell	MSen	1:22:45

Chasewater Christmas Pudding Dash

4th December 2022

Pos	Name	Time
35	Robert Mitchell	47:18
45	Charlotte Mitchell	49:05
72	Jackie Allen	0:52:09
252	Graham Williams	1:07:47

Newcastle Dales Dash

4th December 2022

Race Report by Leon Stringer

A trip up the A34 to Apedale on a cold dry morning for this “5ish miles” race. Event HQ was in the buildings opposite the Heritage Centre where we collected our numbers and ankle tags, and there were also entries on the day. We waited in the warmth in the Heritage Centre before the start. (If you haven’t been on the museum’s mine tour I highly recommend this).

This event has a new course consisting of three slightly different laps. All involved a climb and for laps two and three this was an arduous slog to the top. At the top there was a bit of a wind, and you had a brief flat section to take in the views before a steep descent. The surfaces were a mix of tarmac, hardcore, woodland and grassy paths. The organiser’s email recommended trail shoes but I was fine in road shoes although one climb on muddy grass was a bit tricky.

This is a nice friendly race the marshals were great despite having to stand outside on a rather fresh morning.

There were 131 finishers.

Harriers (chip times):
37th Leon Stringer 00:40:00
130th Sarah Gray 01:02:01

cheddleton 10k

26th November 2022

Pos	Name	Gender	AG	AG Pos	NSRR	Chip
59	Pete Chell	50th	M50-54	5th		44:24
86	Antonio Treglia	69th	M40-44	11th	347	48:06
141	Dave Marsden	94th	M65-69	1st		53:12
144	Paul Bentham	95th	M50-54	18th		53:39
184	John Finney	116th	M75-79	3rd	756	58:55

Fun run

Pos	Name	Gender	AG	AG	Chip
33	Jo Espley	12th	F45-49	1st	22:12

ACTION HEART TUFFUN

20th November 2022

Pos	Name	Category	Cat Pos	Gen Pos	Time
17	John Scott	50 – 59	4	17	00:43:52
52	Nitesh Thakrar	60+	1	50	00:51:30
61	Antonio Treglia	40-49	17	58	00:52:27
115	Sally Haycock	40-49	5	18	00:59:33
142	Tracy Haycock	50 – 59	11	34	01:03:18

Ranton 10km

20th November 2022

Pos	First name	Last name	Gender Pos	Cat pos	Category	Time
7	Mark	Duddy	6	1 / 5	Ages 55 – 59	00:45:49
71	Liz	Austin	26	3 / 8	Ages 35 – 39	01:06:11
97	Charlotte	Ward	47	9 / 13	Ages 40 – 44	01:13:43

Meerbrook 15K

19th November 2022

Race Report by John Finney
A MAGICAL MYSTICAL RACE

Saturday 19 November and the penultimate race in the NSRRA 2022 race calendar. The infamous Meerbrook 15K, is a marmite challenge for many. But a bonus for me; another opportunity to enjoy one of my favourite landscapes of all time. Since teenage weekends spent cycling from Sneyd Green to explore the White Peak I’ve returned time and time again to this beautiful area. In recent years family indulgences have been about walking around Tittesworth reservoir, trekking over the Roaches and on to the Ship Inn at Wincle via Roche End, and enjoying birthday lunches at the Lazy Trout.

So, what of running the area? Well, for me there was a Christmas Cracker along the top of the Roaches, in part inspired by the exploits of non-other than local lad Roy Fowler, the ‘Red Fox’, this gritstone escarpment being one of his favourite training grounds. Then there were a few Leek Half Marathons before enduring my first ‘Meerbrook’ in September 2006. I say ‘enduring’ for good reason. Put it this way. I learnt a few new choice swear words as the field staggered back up Gun Hill on the return journey.

On the journey from Stafford up to this year’s race, we were greeted by a few wisps of innocuous fog as we approached Leek. But soon there was bright sunlight on top of
Blackshaw Moor. However, the drop-down to Meerbrook revealed an almost magical mystical landscape, courtesy of streaks of mist swirling and hanging in the valley with the peaks of the Roaches popping up above and appearing to be keeping watch over all before them.

Then for a mini hike off to the start and time on the line to reflect on how I might perform compared to my 2021 effort which itself took me twenty minutes more to finish than fifteen years earlier. Yikes. That’s an average slowing of someone and a half minutes a year. The joys of ageing.

Soon we were staggering up Gun Hill were those but a hundred metres ahead gradually disappeared into heavy fog. A different kind of atmosphere. Going up and ‘over the top’, so to speak Jodrell Bank was somewhere over to the left. But no views across the Cheshire Plain today. But my enjoyment of the long drop down to the bottom of the course was interrupted by having to retie an undone shoelace. By then though, the fog had dissipated and I soon had a longing to deliberately take a wrong turn down to Danebridge, a favourite boyhood spot for sailing toy boats. Happy days.

Starting back up the main drag the mist returned but a lot less dense. And through the murk, I thought I caught a glimpse of one of those pesky Brocklehurst wallabies. But that might have been a mirage brought on by the strain of running up a vertical hill. Then the joy of finishing a superbly organised race negotiated nine seconds slower than 2021. Still, there was an excuse; stopping to retie that blooming’ lace. Will I never learn?

Pos	Name	Gender Pos	AG	AG POS	NSRRA	Chip
132	John Finney	84th	M75	2nd	756	1:36:47

ALton Towers half

13th November 2022

Pos	Name	Time	PB
255	Robert Mitchell	1:46:10
276	Charlotte Mitchell	1:47:18	PB
664	Steve McHugh	2:02:51

Trentham Gardens Park Run

Part of Harriers Challenge 2022
12th November 2022

Position	Name	Time
7	John SCOTT	19:09
11	Liam DUGGAN	19:41
12	Justin GREEN	19:44
16	Christopher SEALE	20:24
19	Pete CHELL	20:33
36	Antonio TREGLIA	22:01
37	Ian HODKINSON	22:04
38	Nitesh THAKRAR	22:11
49	Sarah DiCESARE	23:18
51	Nicola PESTEL	23:27
60	Vanessa WELHAM	23:58
61	Alan JONES	23:59
85	Mark OLIVER	24:49
93	Tom DAVALL	25:06
95	Sally HAYCOCK	25:14
98	Spencer HOLLAND	25:19
114	Ben GREEN	26:09
142	Sue JONES	27:25
143	Mark BURROWS	27:26
151	Ruth EDWARDS	27:51
152	Jo OLIVER	27:52
153	Debbie McDERMOTT	27:53
212	Bryan HYNES	29:56
274	Wendy SEARS	32:32
300	Julie NOKES	33:48
314	Tracy BURROWS	34:33
346	Sarah GRAY	36:49

flying fox 10

6th November 2022

Pos	Bib	Name	M/F	AG	AG Pos	NSRRA	Chip	PB
27	141	John Scott	25th	M50	4th		1:06:50	PB
30	51	Liam Duggan	27th	M40	8th		1:07:52	PB
62	83	Ian Hodkinson	53rd	M50	11th	E	1:14:28
72	168	Antonio Treglia	62nd	M40	13th	C	1:16:23
74	126	Jake Oliver	63rd	M Sen	19th		1:17:07
78	162	Nitesh Thakrar	67th	M60	5th	E	1:17:51
100	189	Alan Jones	83rd	M55	8th		1:23:13
105	147	Chris Skellern	20th	F60	2nd	L	1:24:37
125	78	Sally Haycock	27th	F45	5th		1:31:16	PB
145	79	Tracy Haycock	37th	F50	5th		1:38:25
151	58	John Finney	113th	M75	3rd	F	1:40:07

Halloween Half Marathon

30th October 2022
Race report Wendy Sears

This Worksop half marathon is dubbed the Halloween Half Marathon and provides a good opportunity for individuals to run in Halloween costumes. It has a cutoff time of 3 hours 15 minutes and is run on closed roads and paths. It has an overall elevation of over 725 feet and is an undulating course, although it is promoted as a potential PB course.

There is accessible pay and display parking within a 10-minute walk of the start. The course has apparently altered from its original route, but the current route starts and finishes at the Outward Academy Portland and goes through the scenic Clumber Park. The first mile up Sparken Hill is a steady incline and then there are a couple of miles of undulation, with a lovely long straight downhill stretch around mile 2 that allows you to see hundreds of runners ahead of you… unless you are at the front of course. After that, there are less dramatic downhill sections and longer stretches of inclines and flat sections of the course. Prepare for what feels like longer inclines towards the latter part of the course but with a final around a half a mile downhill stretch towards the finish.

There are three water stations provided along the route and amusing signage displayed in Clumber Park which is well worth a read.

This is a very well-organised event, with excellent marshalling and good local support. Food trucks provide some food at the end and there is access to toilets in the school grounds for a quick post-run freshen-up.

A medal and t-shirt are provided to all finishers, as well as water, fruit, crisps and other sundry items to aid recovery.

Overall, a good but challenging course.

Wendy Sears, 2:33:21

Park Hall

NSCCL Race 3

29th October 2022

Female Team

Pos	Name	AG	Time
82	Vanessa Welham	FSen	29:57
84	Chris Skellern	F60	30:15
99	Melonie Deakin	F50	31:36
111	Lisa Sanzeri	F40	32:47
113	Ruth Edwards	F60	33:23
120	Joanne Oliver	F50	33:57
151	Julie Nokes	F60	40:07
154	Sarah Gray	F60	41:58

Male Team

Pos.	Name	AG	Time
47	Ashley Jones	MSen	34:42
89	Justin Green	M50	36:44
109	Tony Burbidge	M40	37:59
124	Jake Oliver	M20	38:49
138	Michael Dobson	M55	40:18
155	Antonio Treglia	M40	41:11
156	Ian Hodkinson	M50	41:12
166	Nitesh Thakrar	M60	41:39
173	Rhys McDowell	MSen	42:08
199	Mark Oliver	M50	48:34

Lee Valley Velopark 10K

29 October 2022

Race report by Leon Stringer

To Stratford in East London for this event in the shadow of the 2012 Olympics’ velodrome. There was a choice of one mile, 5K, 10K, 10 mile and half marathon distances on a one-mile course. There was chip timing but it was up to you to keep count of your laps. I thought six laps would be boring but knowing what was coming helped me get into a steady pace.

The course was on a hard path. I’d anticipated a flat course but there were two underpasses and two bridges on the route. These weren’t big climbs individually but the elevation added up lap after lap.

It was unseasonably mild and when the sun came out it made running harder work. The energetic support from the friendly marshals was greatly appreciated. Afterwards you could go for coffee upstairs in the velodrome and watch the cyclists training on the track.

51 runners finished the 10K

Harriers:
17th Leon Stringer 00:51:18 (chip time)

IPstone 5ish

23rd October 2022

Pos	Name	Gender Pos	AG	AG Pos	NSRRA	Time
18	John Scott	17th	M50-54	4th		32:56
53	Jake Oliver	40th	M Sen	12th		37:22
54	Antonio Treglia	41st	M40-44	8th	C	37:32
56	Nitesh Thakrar	43rd	M60-64	4th	E	37:47
72	Alan Jones	54th	M55-59	5th		41:23
80	Melonie Deakin	21st	F50-54	2nd	M	42:07
84	Sally Haycock	23rd	F45-49	7th		42:43
88	Tracy Haycock	24th	F50-54	3rd		44:06
103	John Finney	72nd	M75-79	2nd		47:30

Yorkshire Marathon

16th October 2022

Three Harriers took themselves off to York last Sunday 16th October to compete in the Yorkshire Marathon. John Scott managed yet another PB for the year completing in 3h19m46s!
Tracy Haycock ran her first-ever marathon and successfully completed it in a time of 4h42m57s. She absolutely loved it and now has plans for an Ultra!!!
Sally Haycock pottered around in her own good time of 4h47m58s!!!! (Her own words!!!)

NSCCL R2 Stafford Common

15th October 2022
Ladies Results

Pos	Name	AG	Time
88	Chris Skellern	F60	25:49
101	Melonie Deakin	F50	26:56
105	Lisa Sanzeri	F40	27:27
109	Ruth Edwards	F60	27:50
120	Joanne Oliver	F50	28:42
154	Julie Nokes	F60	35:06
157	Sarah Gray	F60	35:45

Mens Results

Pos.	Name	AG	Time
82	Justin Green	M50	30:20
84	Liam Duggan	MSen	30:28
102	Tony Burbidge	M40	31:11
125	Jason Littlewood	MSen	32:44
143	Ian Hodkinson	M50	33:52
151	Michael Dobson	M55	34:08
155	Nitesh Thakrar	M60	34:19
167	Antonio Treglia	M40	35:08
182	Rhys McDowell	MSen	37:52

werrington 10k

9th October 2022

Pos	Name	M/F	AG	AG Pos	NSRRA	Chip
103	Melonie Deakin	24th	F50-54	3rd	M	52:09
134	John Finney	98th	M75-79	3rd	F	58:10
156	Graham Williams	110th	M75-59	4th	G	1:05:54

Shrewsbury Half

9th October 2022

Pos	Name	Category	Cat Pos	Gender	Gender Pos	Chiptime	PB
75	Antonio Treglia	–	–	m	64	01:42:57
138	Jackie Allen	F45	2	f	26	01:48:04	PB

dovedale dash

2nd October 2022

Pos	Name	Time
104	Jake Oliver	39:21
171	Antonio Treglia	42:07

congleton half

2nd October 2022

Pos	Name	AG Pos	Time
325	John Finney	1st	2:10:05

Chester Marathon

2nd October 2022

position	Number	First name	Last name	Gender	gender pos	Category	cat position	Chip time	PB
234	1155	Michael	Williams	Male	214	Senior Male (18-34)	66	03:07:26
328	1295	Mark	Silvester	Male	301	Senior Male (18-34)	91	03:14:46
369	1240	Christopher	Seale	Male	338	MV35	53	03:18:35
453	2098	John	Grigg	Male	410	MV35	69	03:24:37
455	1964	Rosie	Silvester	Female	45	Senior Female (18-34)	8	03:24:40
551	1581	Ian	Hodkinson	Male	484	MV50	41	03:30:53
1085	1958	Nitesh	Thakrar	Male	871	MV60	26	03:58:18
1792	788	Tom	Davall	Male	1346	Senior Male (18-34)	413	04:39:49	PB

London Marathon

2nd October 2022

Race Report by Mel Deakin

Almost three years after Simon Bromley messaged me to say I had been drawn out of the hat for the club London marathon place, it was very surreal to be in London to run in the 2022 event.

In the summer I started marathon training (again), lost the lard, ran the gruelling South Cheshire 20 to give myself the best chance of being fit enough to enjoy the event. The train strike the Saturday before threw a curveball – if I was at all superstitious, I would have bailed but fortunately, I am not, and took it as an opportunity to have an extra day in London. It paid off though as on the Saturday, Mark and I were strolling through Greenwich Park and saw Kipchoge. Pinch myself moment, I really felt I was dreaming.

Sunday morning at the start I was a bundle of emotion. I couldn’t wait to start, determined to enjoy the event as much as I could before it started to hurt which marathons do. The wave starts worked well, and the first few miles were easy and went so quickly, merging with the other starts, past Cutty Sark then boom, I was at Tower Bridge, one of the best parts of the 26.2 miles. What an amazing moment running over the bridge! Onward through London, so many people lining the route cheering everyone on. By this time it was getting warm and none of the forecast rain had appeared. Canary Wharf is where my legs started to scream and it got difficult. I was determined not to walk, remembered Paula Radcliffe’s advice and kept counting to 100 in my head over and over again and ticked off the kilometres, 10, 9, 8….just a parkrun to go…. Westminster was in sight and sound, the noise of the crowds cheering was phenomenal and carried me all the way along Birdcage walk and around the corner – the finish in sight, what a feeling. Once I crossed the line I couldn’t hold back the tears. What a wait to run the club place but so worth it.

I have said for a while this would be my fifth and last marathon. I had the most amazing experience running, the crowds and atmosphere is so hard to describe, I don’t think I can top it. Good to finish my marathon days on a high and I’m looking forward to focusing on shorter distances. I am even okay with my time – I was 62 seconds off a PB (Manchester 2018), proud of myself that despite being four years older I got so close. And according to Garmin/Strava who are always right, I ran 26.84 miles ie 0.64 miles long so despite what my official time says, to me London 2022 will always be my best and most gutsy marathon performance.

Thank you to my family, friends and colleagues for supporting me, and to Stafford Harriers for this opportunity. I had an amazing weekend I will remember forever.

Pos	Gender Pos	Name	Category	Cat Pos	Half	Finish	PB
7128	5742	James Found	18-39	2579	01:44:18	03:37:38
8841	1908	Vanessa Welham	18-39	896	01:49:03	03:45:23
12651	9507	Richard Rea	18-39	4305	01:41:54	03:59:21
18442	5350	Melonie Deakin	50-54	576	02:00:07	04:23:32	PB
20739	6272	Ruth Edwards			02:11:53	04:32:18
30795	10983	Melanie Gorman	50-54	1213	02:23:34	05:18:20