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Month: August 2021

  • Weekly Round Up – 30th August 2021

    Saturday morning would not be a Saturday morning for many of the Peel Road Runners who like to start their weekends with a 5k timed run around a local park. Starting their weekends off in Peeler style, Zoe Schnepp travelled to Derby to run the Markeaton Park parkrun in a time of 23:29 whilst for Garth Cox, Walsall Arboretum was the venue for his run completed in a time of 23:36. Chris Bennett (24:11), Ann Hill (36:05) and Sarah French (36:07) were amongst the 439 runners who completed the Conkers parkrun, whilst Tanya Murphy ran at Rosliston crossing the line in 40:13. As usual, Kingsbury Water parkrun had the highest compliment of Peelers who made up 14 of the 328 runners at this event. Phil Neale was the first Peeler to cross the line in 22:29 followed by Ash Goodman (23:30), Darren O’Leary (23:51), Carolyne Browne (25:51), Stella Martin (27:08), Mark Boffey (27:53), Claire Guffick (28:32), Clara Walton (28:37), Jacqui Tierney (29:28), Roger Eastaff (34:29), Lee Guffick (36:23), Kelly Porter (36:45), Simon Gordon (38:59) and Alison Dolphin (40:55). Notable runs included Stella Martin’s who is running 5k every day of 2021 to raise money for Cancer Research UK and Claire Guffick’s time, which was a personal best! At Lyme Park in Disley, Andy Pickard ran 25:22 and at Babb’s Mill in Solihull, Tim Mudd finished in 26:39. Finally at Beacon Park in Lichfield, Sophie Galloway crossed the line in 25:24.

    On a very wet and cool 21st August, Joy Sykes took part in the Tri on the Tyne sprint duathlon (5km run, 20km bike, 2.5 km run) and completed the course in 1:48:00. Closer to home at the Spitfire 10km at Cosford, Wolverhampton on Sunday, Neil Dempsey crossed the line in 56:39, followed by Alison Upton in 1:02:07 and Helen Dempsey in 1:06:03.

    Neal Dempsey Peel Road Runners

    Peel Road Runners meet at 6.45 pm at the Skate Park car park in Tamworth on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

  • Weekly Round Up – 16th August 2021

    With another local race the victim of Covid19 restrictions, the Burton 10k organised by Hatton Darts was held as a virtual race this year. The 10k road race, which forms part of the Burton and District Summer League, would normally start near Burton hospital with an energy-sapping uphill run to the village of Anslow before a long and fast downhill finish at the Burton athletics stadium. 

    Several Peelers chose to run their own race in different locations. Wayne King took on the paths around Tamworth to finish in a speedy time of 37:29, whilst Mike Shelton ran around the Boldmere area of Sutton Coldfield finishing his virtual event in a time of 46:12. First lady Peeler home in a personal best time of 47:33 was Zoe Schnepp, whilst Ian Cooper (51:41) and Tanya Murphy (1:06:49) used the Solihull 10k (a real event on Sunday!) to record their times. George Hope ran 10k in 52:30 as part of his training for the New York Marathon in the autumn. Sophie Galloway finished in 55:06, Marcus Fairburn in 56:38, Claire Guffick in 1:06:14 and Joy Sykes in 1:08:00. The Burton 10k race is the penultimate race in this year’s BDSL, with the Tamworth 5 miles on 12th September being the final (and an actual race) to look forward to in September!

    The Peelers were well represented at a variety of parkruns this week. The largest turnout was at the ever popular Kingsbury Water Park where Rob Mace was first Peeler to cross the line in 20:04. He was followed by Mike Shelton in 21:40, Phil Neale in 22:17, Darren O’Leary in 24:07, Stuart Hatton in 24:52, Chris Bennett in 24:56, Marcus Fairburn in 25:19, Ash Goodman in 25:52, Dave Fern in 27:03, Jo Insley in 29:13, Jackie Tierney in 30:30, Alison Upton in 31:08, Emma Whorwood in 34:33, Sarah French in 35:11, Roger Eastaff in 36:22, Alison Dolphin in 36:54, Wendy Bowyer in 42:51 and Chris Norris in 47:43.

    Peeler parkrun tourists this week included Wayne King, who rounded off a week’s holiday in Great Yarmouth by running at the Gorleston Cliffs parkrun in a fabulous time of 18:41. Meanwhile at Brueton Parkrun in Solihull, Ian Cooper finished in 23:35 and Tanya Murphy crossed the line in 30:17. At Concord parkrun in Sheffield, Andy Pickard finished in 23:45 and at Sutton Park parkrun, Claire Guffick finished in 31:34 and Lee Guffick in 38:26. Finally at Warwick racecourse, Mick Stephenson finished in 30:53, whilst at Beacon parkrun in Lichfield, Sophie Galloway crossed the line in 29:32. 

    Peel Road Runners meet every Tuesday and Thursday at 6.45 pm in the Skate Park carpark in Tamworth.

  • Weekly Round Up – 9th August 2021

    On Sunday 8th August, Peel Road Runner Malcolm Bembridge competed in the Compton Verney sprint triathlon. The race consisted of a 400m open water swim in Compton Verney Lake, a 21km mostly flat bike ride and a 5k run around the tracks and trails of Compton Verney estate. Bembridge completed the course in a creditable 1:30:00.

    With the return of parkrun, many Peelers headed to Kingsbury Water parkrun on Saturday to take part in the 5k timed run. First Peeler over the line was Rob Mace in a speedy time of 19:57, followed by Phil Neale in 23:10, Ash Goodman in 23:33, Garth Cox in 23:58, Jenna Wilson in 24:33, Stuart Hatton in 24:53, Darren O’Leary in 25:27, Carolyne Browne in 25:49, Darren Truman in 26:58, Simon Gordon in 27:27, Tim Mudd in 27:40, Jacqui Tierney in 30:05, Claire Guffick in 30:21, Roger Eastaff in 36:41, Lee Guffick in 36:44, Alison Dolphin in 36:58, Sarah French in 40:45 and Stephen Andrews in 40:49. Peeler parkrun tourists this week were Andy Pickard running at Penistone (Sheffield) in a time of 23:57, Ian Cooper (24:53) and Tanya Murphy (30:02) running at Babbs Mill near Solihull and Mick Stephenson (31:12) at Warwick racecourse.

    Malcolm Bembridge Compton Verney Sprint triathlon