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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners headed for the hills last weekend with several members taking on the mountainous challenge of the Snowdonia Marathon in North Wales.

For Michael Shelton, this was the last of his ‘four in four’ challenge (four marathons in 4 weeks for the charity MIND) and was by far the hardest of them all. Accompanied by Trevor the Bear for the last time, Michael broke through all the mental and physical barriers and managed to complete the scenic 26.2mile route in a time of 4:43:43hrs.

Also taking on the Snowdonia mountains were Carolyne Browne who training efforts was rewarded with a finish time of 4:56:18hrs, Helen Manton who crossed the finish line in a time of 5:36:15hrs and Martin Candy with a time of 5:44:40hrs.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”634″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][vc_single_image image=”633″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Bob Donovan was back at Caldecotte Lakes, Milton Keynes participating in day 3 of the Three Lakes Marathon Challenge. Bob’s finishing time was 5:07:48hrs finishing in 16th place on the day.

Running at the Worksop Half Marathon were Peel Road Runners Joanne Harvey & Helen Chyla who, whilst finding the race tougher than expected, both finished the day smiling and recorded times of 2:04:06hrs & 2:05:17hrs respectively.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”635″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”636″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Also running the 13.2-mile half marathon distance but this time down in Rugby were Malcolm Bembridge and Shaun Coyle. On a surprisingly hilly route the pair had a good run out together with Malcom crossing the finish line in a time of 1:43:00hrs and Shaun Coyle recording a new H/M PB with a time of 1:44:06hrs.

The Parkrun PB’s continued to tumble with several runners posting new best times. Running at Kingsbury Water Park it was Simon Smith who lead the Peelers home finishing in 15th place overall with a time of 20:09mins. Darren O’Leary posted a new 5k PB by beating last weeks’ time by 5 secs to finish with 20:36mins. Next to finish and also posting a new PB time was Shaun Coyle with 21:37mins, just ahead of Phil Neale who also notched up his second PB in as many weeks with a time of 22:45mins, 13secs quicker than last week.

Allan Willliams completed the 5k route in 24:58mins ahead of George Hope 25:35mins and Stuart Hatton 25:49mins.

Annie Wilson continued her recent good running form and led the Peel Road Runners ladies section home with a new PB time of 26:14mins, her third PB in the last 4 outings at Kingsbury. The PB’s just kept coming as Emma Livingstone took 40 secs of her previous best finishing with 27:09mins.

Dave Fern, now just 2 runs away from his 100 milestone at Kingsbury Water Parkrun finished with 28:47mins just ahead of Ian Grigg who ran a 29:01mins. Laura Bowyer ran 29:25min, Vickie Gilks was just outside her PB with 31:24mins and Muriel Storey completed the PB’s at Kingsbury with a time of 31:31mins.

Over at Walsall Arboretum were Robert Hirst who ran a 24:36mins for the 5k route & Christine Norris who’s 36:42mins time saw her finish 1st in her age category.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners were pushing themselves to the limits (and beyond) last weekend with some fantastic individual performances.

In Oxfordshire, Martin Hollamby executed a meticulously prepared training plan for the Abingdon Marathon and took an incredible 19mins off his previous 26.2 mile personal best time to post his first sub 3hr Marathon of 2:58:04hrs, finishing in 72nd place overall and pushing Martin’s body and mental strength well beyond its limits.

In the same event Michael Shelton and his sidekick ‘Trevor the Bear’ completed their third marathon in as many weeks running and raising money for the charity MIND. Another superb run from Michael saw the pair of them cross the finish line with a time of 4:20:00hrs. Two incredible results for very different reasons.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”629″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][vc_column_text]In Sutton Coldfield on Sunday was the Cinder Path 10k Cross Country run (the sister race of the 7pools run which is held earlier in the year) which takes in a route around the seven pools located in Sutton Park. It was Shaun Coyle continuing his recent good running form who was the first Peel Road Runner back across the finish line with a superb 10k time of 48:22mins and in 47th place overall. Garth Cox also ran the Cinder Path race and followed Shaun home in 98th place with a time of 53:02mins. Some excellent cross country prospects for the Peel Road Runners XC Team in the 2017/18 Cross Country League.

Down on the south coast and in the face of Storm Brian, Richard James ran the Great South Run held in Portsmouth. The weather conditions didn’t seem to phase Richard as he ran a new 10mile personal best time of 01:27:58hrs. This followed Richard’s outing two weeks before at the Oxford Half Marathon which he finished with a time of 1:59:27hrs.

The local Parkrun events were once again well attended by the Peel Road Runners with Robert Hirst the sole representative running at the Conkers Parkrun and managing a time of 24:44mins for the 5k route.

Over at Kingsbury Water Parkrun it was new member Emma Pick who crossed the finish as not only the first Peel Road Runner but also the first female in a time of 20:35mins. Hot on Emma’s heels was Darren O’Leary who smashed his previous best by 15secs to record a new PB of 20:41mins by chasing Emma down to the finish line. Shaun Coyle wasn’t too far behind finishing with 22:14mins ahead of Garth Cox with a time of 23:33mins.

Allan Williams was next to finish with 25:21mins ahead of Stuart Hatton 25:25mins, his first pain free run for a while, Tim Mudd 25:43mins and George Hope 25:53mins.

Sophie Galloway & Vicky Gilks continue to improve their 5k times with both posting new PB’s. Sophie’s time of 25:59mins took 1:30min off her previous personal best time whilst Vicky took 28secs off her previous best 5k time.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners descended on Birmingham city centre on Sunday to either participate or to provide support to the thousands of runners who took to the city’s streets for the inaugural Birmingham International Marathon & Half Marathon events.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”619″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][vc_column_text]The Marathon race which started at the Alexandra Stadium in Perry Bar, meandered through the city centre and out towards Edgbaston. From there it was an ‘unpopular’ double loop from Edgbaston out to Bourneville and then back towards the city centre with the finish line adjacent to the Aston University buildings. Unseasonably mild weather brought warm running conditions after the rather grey drizzly start out at the Stadium.

Leading the Peel Road Runners back home was Ashley Baldwin who finished the 26.2mile route in 43rd place overall with a superb sub 3hr time of 2:56:42hrs. Not too far behind Ashley was Robbie Baden who was mildly disappointed to finish just outside the automatic qualifying times for London with a time of 3:10:48hrs and in 146th place overall.

Malcolm Bembridge was the next Peeler to finish with a time of 3:56:45hrs. Jenna Wilson was the first Peel Road Runner female to pass the finish shared the same time as Malcolm with 3:56:45mins. The final sub 4 hour finisher for the Peelers was Trevor Thompson with an excellent time of 3:57:01hrs.

Simon Smith overcame some serious cramp problems on the second loop around Edgbaston with the aid of a salt tablet given to him by another club runner. Simon went on to finish just outside the 4hr mark with 4:02:46hrs. The next Peel Road Runner to reach the finish line was Michael Shelton who managed 4:14:49hrs for his 2nd marathon in seven days with Trevor the Bear on his back and was just ahead of Craig Strong with 4:19:18hrs and Darren O’Leary with 4:24:00hrs.

Sandra Ingram, completing her second marathon for 2017, was next to finish with 4:31:38hrs just ahead of Darren Cotton running his first marathon and finishing with a time of 4:38:02hrs.

Joanne Insley put in a stoic performance and finished with an amazing 4:43:02hrs, putting all her recent injury concerns behind her which had threatened to deny her of her place on the starting line.

Robert Donovan ticked off yet another marathon on his 2017 challenge and crossed the line in 5:27:05hrs but the performance of the day came from an exhausted Darren Truman, who having suffered a calf injury in the early stages of the race, had the mental resilience to battle on through the pain to cross the line with a time of 5:45:09hrs.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”621″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][vc_column_text]The 13.2mile Half Marathon race was scheduled later on the same day and took in parts of the marathon route from the mornings race but started and finished in the city centre. It was Phil Neale who was the first Peeler back across the finish line with 1:43:58hrs just ahead of Shaun Coyle who managed a superb 1:45:36hrs for his first half marathon.

Jason Church followed Shaun home with a time of 2:09:42hrs and Sam Harris managed a half marathon PB with a time of 3:11:08hrs.

Away from the busy city centre, Val Lawson was rewarded with some (rather smelly) cheese for her efforts when she ran 56:29mins in the Stilton Stumble 10k, a road race around some of the scenic Nottinghamshire villages and surrounding countryside from where the cheese is made.

Finally, the weekends wouldn’t be the same without a Parkrun and many Peel Road Runners were out for their, now traditional, Saturday morning 5k run. At Kingsbury Water Parkrun it was Shaun Coyle putting in some final Half Marathon prep who lead the way home crossing the finish line with a time of 22:25mins just ahead of Garth Cox who managed a new PB time of 22:54mins. Robert Hirst was next to finish with 24:36mins ahead of Stuart Hatton with 25:51mins and George Hope with 27:24mins. Marking her 50th Parkrun with a new PB was Caroline Evans, who was also the first Peel Road Runner female to finish, with a time of 30:21mins ahead of Laura Bowyer with a time of 32:30mins.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners Val Lawson & Dave Fern picked up individual awards in their respective age categories at the annual Burton & District Summer League (BDSL) Presentation evening last week. Michael Shelton was also recognised for competing in all 8 of the races for the Peel Road Runners in the 2017 season. Congratulations to all winners and hopefully more awards in 2018 as the club continues to grow its member base.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”613″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners Val Lawson & Dave Fern picked up individual awards in their respective age categories at the annual Burton & District Summer League (BDSL) Presentation evening last week. Michael Shelton was also recognised for competing in all 8 of the races for the Peel Road Runners in the 2017 season. Congratulations to all winners and hopefully more awards in 2018 as the club continues to grow its member base.

Sunday 8th October was the date for this year’s Tamworth 10k event. A popular local run which starts and finishes at the Castle Grounds and takes in a 2 lap 5k circuit of the grounds, canal and streets around the nature reserve area. Over 500 entrants started the race in what were un-seasonally mild weather conditions but that didn’t stop the Peel Road Runners putting in some fantastic performances with some notable individual achievements.

For the Peel men, it was Shaun Coyle who was the first to complete the 10k route finishing with a time of 48:08mins, obviously motivated by the on-course cheerleaders. Behind Shaun was Robert Hirst who crossed the line in a time of 50:14mins with Marcus Fairburn just behind with 51:03mins.

It was the Peel Road Runner women who really shone on the day. New member Emma Pick finished the race as the 1st female to cross the line in what was her first ever official 10k race. Emma’s time was a fantastic 43:08mins. But more achievements were to follow as Sophie Galloway achieved a new 10k PB with a time of 55:03mins. Lisa Jones-Bignell followed Sophie home in 56:28mins with Christie Rosser just behind with 56:30mins. Jayne Coles was also running her first ever 10k race and finished with a time of 1:08:44hrs. Emily Heyworth was the next Peeler to post a new PB time of 1:09:19hrs and Moira Twiggs Bucknall finished her first ever 10k race with a time of 1:10:43hrs.

Michael Shelton started his ‘4 marathons in 4 weeks’ challenge down on the south coast in Bournemouth. Michael, running with Trevor the Bear strapped to his back, is raising money for the charity MIND and finished his first of 4 in a time of 4:35:13hrs.

Up in the north west, Tricia & Richie Bunn were running the Chester Marathon and once again it was Tricia who took the family honours crossing the line just ahead of Richie with times of 3:49hrs & 3:51hs respectively.

Lisa Fletcher took to the mud at the weekend to participate in the St Giles 5k Mud Run. With no time in mind and running for fun and to raise money for charity, Lisa finished in about 1:20hrs or thereabouts (those were her own words).

On Saturday mornings Parkrun, at Kingsbury Water Parkrun it was Shaun Coyle who just missed out on a new PB with a time of 22:07mins who was the first Peel Road Runner to cross the line. Garth Cox also just missed out on a new PB with a time of 23:17mins. Robert Hirst was next to finish with a time of 24:35mins. Behind Robert was Allan Williams with 26:19mins, Stuart Hatton with 26:22mins, Michael Stevenson with 29:06mins (a new PB), Darren O’Leary with 33:04mins.

For the Peel Road Runner women, it was Sophie Galloway who led the way home with a new PB time of 27:29mins just ahead of Emma Livingstone who ran a new PB of 27:48mins. Caroline Evans was next to finish with 32:07mins followed by Christine Keenan with 33:15mins.

Finally, good luck to all Peelers running in events this weekend, especially those participating in the Birmingham Marathon.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners were spread across the country again last week attending events of varying distances, including one unusually very short but high one.

Lisa Fletcher ran in the Stafford 10k continuing to help to raise funds for the ‘Have a Heart’ campaign which is raising awareness and money to help provide heart defibrillators around the Tamworth area. After a lengthy lay off from running, Lisa finished the 10k with a time of 1hr 18mins.

Running the Draycote 20 and representing the Peel Road Runners were Michael Shelton (carrying Trevor the Bear!) who finished the 20miles in a time of 3:03:05hrs. Darren O’Leary followed Michael home in a time of 03:09:06hrs. Carolyne Browne was the first Peel lady back to the finish with a time of 03:24:46hrs with Helen Manton not too far behind crossing the line in a time of 03:34:51hrs.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”600″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][vc_column_text]Darren Cotton was in Peel Road Runner colours down in Berkshire running at the Windsor Royal Parks Half Marathon. The popularity of the event is enhanced by the participation of the Radio 2 Breakfast DJ Chris Evans who runs each year in aid of the Children In Need charity.

A surprisingly warm autumn morning and on an undulating 13.1 mile route, Darren crossed the finish with a time of 02:02:38hrs.

Still pursuing his personal Marathon Challenge for 2017, Robert Donovan was once again running around Caldecotte Lake in Milton Keynes only this time running in the Enigma Automobiles Marathon. Bob’s finishing time for the 7.5 scenic circuits of the lake was 5:22:49hrs

With many Peel Road Runners getting in their last long runs ahead of the inaugural Birmingham International Marathon on the 15th October there were fewer members out on Parkrun duties last week. Kingsbury Water Parkrun was the only venue which saw any Peelers running and it was Shaun Coyle who led them home crossing the finish line with a time of 24:01mins. Just behind was Phil Neale who finished with 24:32mins, Robert Hirst with 24:53mins, Tim Mudd with 26:20mins, Allan Williams with 28:42mins and Owen Slater with 29:25mins.

Emma Livingstone was the only female Peel Road Runner running a Parkrun last week and Emma smashed her PB at the Kingsbury Parkrun by 39secs to finish with a new personal best time of 28:12mins.

The novelty run of the week was also the shortest & the highest run of the week. Peel Road Runner Darren Cotton was at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Wednesday evening participating in the ‘Up Slide Down’ event. A timed event running up the 455 steps of The ArcelorMittal Orbit in as quick a time as possible and then taking the much easier route down via the 178m slide – the world’s longest tunnel slide. The lung busting event saw Darren complete the run to the top in a time of 4:04mins (the slide down was much quicker!).

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”595″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners have kept themselves busy over the last few weeks travelling up and down the country to participate in races with other team members, friends, family and even the great Mo Farah.

The Great North Run in Gateshead is one of the highlights of the running calendar in any year and many Peel Road Runners made the journey north up the A1 to participate in this year’s event amongst some of the world’s elite runners.

It was Robbie Baden who was the first Peeler to complete the 13.1miles in a time of 1:29:49hrs. Simon Smith followed Robbie home with 1:32:20hrs. Malcolm Bembridge was next to cross the finish line in South Shields with a time of 1:46:50hrs. First Peel Road Runner female finisher was Sandra Ingram with a time of 1:55:27, just ahead of Carolyne Browne with 1:58:31hrs and Richard James with 1:59:17hrs. Next to finish was Joanne Harvey in 2:02:33hrs, Jo Insley 2:03:34hrs, Tim Mudd 2:04:52hrs, Helen Chyla 2:05:41hrs and Anna Waugh 2:36:47hrs. Ian Summerill ran the race dressed up as a Minion (and why not?) and completed the course in 4:01:40hrs.

Held on the same day, but very much closer to home turf, was the Lichfield 10k event and it was Jenna Wilson who lead the Peel Road Runners home with a time of 48:33mins (a new Personal Best time) just ahead of Garth Cox who finished in 49:21mins. Rob Hirst was the next Peeler to finish with 52:44mins ahead of Val Lawson 56:25mins, Christie Rosser 58:25mins, Lisa Jones-Bignell 58:34mins and Christine Norris 73:00mins.

Paul Scholte was in wet Wales running the ultra distance event The Snowdonia 50 (which for some reason is actually closer to 59miles in distance). Paul finished in 15th place out of 101 entrants with a time of 14:29:00hrs.

Richie and Tricia Bunn decided to go rural and ran in the Yorkshire Off-Road Marathon and crossed the line together in a time of 5:58:00hrs

Meanwhile, Robert Donovan was at Chasewater on the 16th September being a Flintstone for the day and running in the Yabba Dabba Doo Marathon. Rob’s finishing time was 5:33:14  finishing in 15th place.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”596″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]The Tamworth 5 mile race was held on Sunday 17th September and many Peel Road Runners put on their club colours to enter the street race which started and finished and the Tamworth AC Stadium. First back home and in 5th place overall was Ashley Baldwin with a rapid time of 28:41mins. Michael Shelton was the next Peeler to get back to the finish with a time of 33:27mins just ahead of Simon Smith with 33:41mins. They were followed home by Richard Finnegan 38:35mins, Marcus Fairburn 41:13mins and George Hope 43:38mins. Christie Rosser was the first female Peel Road Runner to finish back at the stadium with a time of 44:01mins ahead of Lisa Jones-Bignell with 44:01mins. Val Lawson was next to finish with 44:57mins, Stella Martin with 45:03mins, Emma Livingstone 46:27mins and a new PB time and Caroline Evans with 51:52mins, also a new PB.

On Saturday 9th September at Kingsbury Water Parkrun event #214 there were just 4 Peel Road Runners in action. Marcus Fairburn lead the Peelers home with a time of 24:45mins. Behind Marcus was Darren Truman with 27:57mins, Jenna Wilson with 27:58mins and Caroline Evans with 31:33mins.

Last weekend Michael Stevenson was the sole representative for the Peel Road Runners over at Brueton Park, Solihull and Michael completed the 5k run in a time of 28:02mins.

There were more Peelers at Kingsbury last weekend for event #215 and it was Simon Smith who lead the club home with a time of 20:34mins. Behind Simon was Martin Hollamby with a time of 22:13mins and Shaun Coyle with 24:21mins. Next to finish was Darren Truman with 26:56mins, George Hope 27:38mins, Sandra Ingram 28:14mins, Owen Slater 28:45mins, Jo Insley with 31:12mins and Muriel Storey with 32:56mins and a new 5k Personal Best.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners keep clocking up those Parkrun attendances.

On Saturday 19th August the Peel Road Runners were on the road at Brueton Park, Solihull and it was Marcus Fairburn who was the first Peeler to finish with a time of 25:05mins with Robert Hirst close to his tail with 25:07mins. Michael Stevenson was next with 29:35mins and Christine Norris with 37:32mins.

On the same day at Conkers it was Ashley Perks who was the sole Peel Road Runners representative taking on the 5k route and Ashley finished with a time of 23:16mins.

It was another busy day over at Kingsbury and it was Simon Smith who brought the Peelers home with a time of 20:18mins. Garth Cox finished behind Simon with a new PB time of 23:25mins. Next to finish was Shaun Coyle with 23:41mins, Allan Williams 24:37mins, Joanne Harvey was the first Peel Lady with a time of 25:47mins. Following Joanne was George Hope 26:08mins, Sandra Ingram 26:09mins, Darren Cotton 27:04mins, Annie Wilson 27:37mins (a new PB), Joanne Turner 28:19mins, Malcolm Bembridge 29:21mins and Caroline Evans with 32:39mins.

On Saturday 26th August, Caroline Evans decided upon some Parkrun tourism and ran at the Barnstaple 5k down in Devon. Caroline’s time for the event was 34:37mins.

Meanwhile, a little closer to home, a dozen Peelers descended on a busy Kingsbury Water Parkrun for event #212 to be held at the Warwickshire park and it was Simon Smith and Robbie Baden who battled it out to be the first Peeler home. The honour for that week went to Simon who beat Robbie by 1 second with 20:15mins and 20:16mins respectively. Behind the leading pair were the Peelers Husband & Wives teams – Richie Bunn 22:56mins & Tricia Bunn 24:30mins and Rachael Rickards 24:34mins & Lee Rickards 26:35mins.

Sandra Ingram was next to finish with a time of 27:08mins. Behind Sandra came Allan Williams 27:30mins, the two Darren’s Truman & Cotton both finished with a time of 27:40mins with Jo Insley and George Hope continuing with the Peelers team spirit by also crossing the line together in 31:07mins.

On the same day Robert Donovan took his Marathon tally up to No.62 down at Caldecote Lakes, Milton Keynes. The event was the Enigma Trains Marathon which Bob completed with a time of 05:17:01hrs.

Sunday 27th August was the Badgers Atherstone 10k race with a duo of Peelers running the hilly route on the day. Richard Finnigan finished with a time of 52:25mins and Helen Manton with a time of 1:02:04hrs. Well done to both for braving the warm running conditions.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”584″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners descended on Burton last weekend for the next event in the Burton & District Summer League for 2017 – The Burton 10k.

The race starts out close to the Queens Hospital, ventures out into the adjacent countryside and back into the town and finishes with a lap of the athletics running track at Shobnall.

Ashley Baldwin was the first Peel Road Runner male to cross the finish line with a time of 35:55mins and in 9th place overall. Behind Ashley was Michael Shelton with 41:11mins, Simon Smith 42:26mins, Darren Trueman 48:07mins, Phil Neale 48:18mins, Malcolm Bembridge 48:42mins, Tim Mudd 54:34mins, George Hope 55:25mins, Dave Fern 55:38mins, Ian Grigg 59:42mins & M Candy with 1.02:30hrs.

The first Peel Road Runner female to cross the finish line was Lisa Jones-Bignall with a time of 54:49mins with Christie Rosser right behind her with a time of 55:25mins. Sandra Ingram was next with 55:43mins, Helen Manton with 57:29mins and M Storey with 1.11:06hrs.

In the team event the Peel Road Runner mens team accumulated 204 pts from their finishing positions (A.Baldwin 9th / M.Shelton 42nd / S.Smith 54th / D.Trueman 99th) and finished in 6th place overall on the day.

In the ladies team event the Peel Road Runners team accumulated 126pts from their finishing positions (L.Jones-Bignall 40th / C.Rosser 41st / S.Ingram 45th) and finished in 7th place overall on the day.

Meanwhile, many Peel Road Runners were also participating at local Parkrun events last weekend. Over at Brueton Park, Solihull Michael Stevenson was the sole representative for the Peelers and finished his 9th Parkrun with a time of 29:16mins.

Another solo Peel Road Runner was Marcus Fairburn who ran out at the Conkers Parkrun and completed his 71st 5k in a time of 24:53mins.

It was a different story over at Kingsbury Water parkrun where many more Peel Road Runners turned out to either participate or help marshall the popular local 5k event. It was Robbie Baden who was the quickest Peeler on the day with a time of 18:56mins (5th place overall). Simon Smith was next to finish with a time of 20:19mins with Martin Joyce not too far behind with 20:53mins and completing his 49th Parkrun. Shaun Coyle was next to finish with 23:24mins followed by Darren Cotton with 25:42mins. Annie Wilson was the first Peel lady to finish with a time of 28:49mins (a new PB) ahead of Jo Insley 29:36mins and Caroline Evans 33:02mins.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runner Robert Donovan took another step forward last week towards his goal of completing 100 marathons.

On Thursday 3rd August Bob ran at the Enigma Schools Out marathon held at Caldecote Lake just outside Milton Keynes. A popular event for the members of the 100 Marathon Club with over 20 members in attendance and with a small field of runners, Bob’s heat started at 8:30 in the morning and he crossed the finish line in 14th position overall with a time of 5:22:42.

Other Peel Road Runners continued their summer running training ahead of the 6th race of the Burton & District Summer League this coming weekend – The Burton 10k – with their regular Saturday morning Parkrun outings.

At Brueton Park, Solihull, Marcus Fairburn was the sole representative for the Peel Road Runners, completing the 5k loop in a time of 24:56mins.

Over at Kingsbury Water Parkrun it was Simon Smith who was the first Peeler home with a time of 20:33. Continuing a rich vein of recent Parkrun form, Shaun Coyle was the next Peeler to finish with a new PB time of 22:07mins.

Behind Shaun was Robert Hirst with a time of 21:10mins, Jenna Wilson ran her first ever Parkrun and finished in 25:26mins, Allan Williams reached his milestone 50th Parkrun and finished in a time of 25:50mins. Malcolm Bembridge crossed the finish line in 29:40mins just ahead of Darren Truman with 29:41mins and Michael Stevenson finished with another PB for the Peel Road Runners with a time of 29:59mins.

UPDATE:

Peel Road Runner Ashley Baldwin had a superb run and came home in 1st position at the Abbott Trail 10k recently with a time of 38:36mins – Well Done Ashley!!

Simon Smith also entered the race held at Hopwas Woods and finished in 8th place overall with a time of 46:13mins. Lisa Jones-Bignell was the first female finisher in the 5k event on the same day with a time of 29:38mins finishing in 6th place overall.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners have had a busy couple of weeks of running action with some excellent individual performances.

Saturday 22nd July at the Kingsbury Water Park (event No. 207) it was Simon Smith who was the first Peel Road Runner past the finish line with a time just behind his PB of 20:26mins. George Hope was the only other male member running on that day and followed Simon home with a time of 27:43mins. First home for the Peeler ladies was Liz Morgan in 26:41mins. Behind Liz was Jo Insley with 28:51mins, Carolyne Browne with 30:03mins and Caroline Evans finished with a new PB time of 31:18mins, taking almost a minute off her previous best time.

On the same day at the Conkers Parkrun (event No. 336), the sole Peel Road Runner in attendance was Marcus Fairburn who managed a time of 26:05mins.

Last weekend, on Saturday 29th July, the Abbott Trail Run took place at Hopwas Woods between Tamworth & Lichfield. A 10k & 5k race in aid of Simons Heroes Charity saw Peel Road Runners own Lisa Jones-Bignell finish the 5k event as the 2nd place female and 6th position overall with a time of 29:38mins.

Robert Donovan was also back on his personal marathon quest, this time down in Milton Keynes participating in the Enigma Running Caldecote Lake Marathon distance. Motivated by a constant supply of biscuits, Bob completed his seven laps around the Caldecote lake in an approximate time of 5hr 10mins (official times not released at the time of writing).

At the Conkers Parkrun (event No. 337) it was Marcus Fairburn who was the Peel Road Runners only representative on the day and he came home with a time of 25:40mins.

Over at Kingsbury Water Parkrun (event No. 208) it was Michael Shelton who brought the Peelers home with a time of 20:14mins. Shaun Coyle was just 6 seconds outside his personal best time, finishing with a 22:30mins. Richie Bunn was the next Peeler home in 24:30mins, just behind Richie was Darren Truman in 24:52mins. Tricia Bunn was the first Peeler lady to finish on the day with a time of 25:20mins. Dave Fern was next across the line in 26:09mins with Allan Williams just behind in 26:25mins. On her way back from injury, Sandra Ingram finished with 26:54mins and Joanne Harvey followed Sandra home in 27:22mins. Next Peeler across the finish line was Owen Slater with a time of 28:48mins.

Michael Stevenson was running his first ever Parkrun and finished with a credible 30:02mins.

It was Malcolm Bembridge who finished next in a time of 32:41mins with Laura Bowyer just behind in 32:43mins.

The team results from race number 6 of the 2017 BDSL – The Worthington 5 mile race, have now also been confirmed:

Peel Road Runners mens team finished in 4th place:

Martin Hollamby 29:15 / Ashley Baldwin 29:40 / Robbie Baden 29:56 / Lee Rickards 32:21 / Mike Shelton 32:42 / Ashley Perks 36:59

After 6 events the Peel Road Runner Mens Team lie in 5th place overall – just 3pts below the team above them.

Peel Road Runner womens team finished in 6th place:

Joanne Harvey 40:25 / Carolyne Browne 42:30 / Lisa Jones-Bignell 44:22 / Christie Rosser 44:22

After 6 events the Peel Road Runner Womens Team lie in 6th place overall.

The next and penultimate BDSL event is the Burton 10k on the 13th August.

Peel Road Runners meet every Tuesday and Thursday at 7pm at the Snowdome in Tamworth.

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