Category: Weekly round up

Peel Road Runners were well represented on Sunday at the fifth race in the Derby/Staffs Cross Country League at Shipley Country Park near Heanor. Drier ground conditions than last year made for some fast times and Peel runners did not disappoint! First home for the club was second claim runner Rob Dyjak in 3^rd position overall. Next over the line for the club was Wayne King in 8^th place followed by Luke Collins (42^nd); Scott Chapman (46^th); Allen King (66^th); Mark Boffey (81^st); Billy King (96^th); Simon Gordon (103^rd); Chris Bennett (107^th); Michael Hughes (113^th) and Lee Guffick (126^th). First home for the Peel ladies was Emma Pick in 6^th place overall followed by Lisa Stretton (21^st); Lorna Carlin (22^nd); Catherine Tieley (24^th); Ling Zhuang (40^th); Sarah Boffey (50^th); Stella Taylor (61^st); Claire Guffick (66^th); Sandra Ingram (70^th); Jackie Tierney (71^st) and Val Lawson (72^nd). 

Meanwhile in Shrewsbury on Saturday, Steph Attenborough completed the Charles Darwin Day marathon at the Shrewsbury Sports Village. This was her 44^th marathon and consisted of 43.5 laps of a cycle track, which she completed in 5:33:52.

At the weekend’s parkruns, Mike Shelton was first back for the club at Kingsbury in a time of 21:12. He was followed by Ben Dorkins (22:26); Darren O’Leary (24:25); Wendy Bowyer (40:15); Claire Guffick (50:58); Sarah French (57:50) and Lee Guffick (57:52). Parkrun tourists included: Mick Stevenson at Leamington (33:38); Stuart Hatton (26:18) and Marcus Fairburn (29:09) at Conkers; Sarah Boffey (27:41), Mark Boffey (27:43) and Jackie Tierney (28:46) at Newark; Michael Hughes (37:49) at Sixfields Upton, Northampton; Garth Cox (26:32) at Sutton Park; Joy Sykes (29:34) at Blyth Links, Northumberland; Roger Lloyd (24:50) at Chasewater and Allen King (22:56) and Chris Bennett (22:56) at Oaklands, Birmingham.

After a quieter few weeks for racing, this weekend saw Peelers travelling far and wide to take on road and trail challenges. In his first race since the New York marathon in November, George Hope ran the Warwick half marathon and finished the 13.1 mile undulating course in 1:49:53 surprising himself with his speedy result at his comeback race!

The perennial Peel favourite of the Stourbridge Stagger tempted Claire and Lee Guffick back for a second time. Claire finished the hilly and muddy trail 10 mile route in a time of 2:01:22 ( 5 minute course PB) and Lee in 2:23:08 (a huge 24 minute course PB!). Val Lawson also ran an undulating 10 mile trail race, the Winter Bash which started in Ticknall, Derbyshire and followed trails around the National Forest. She finished in 1:55:31, knocking 3 minutes off last year’s result.

Ultra Runner Steph Attenborough completed a challenge, a quarter of which would be enough for most runners! She ran 4 marathons in 4 days at the Enigma Running Quadzilla races. Each marathon consisted of 7.5 laps of Caldecotte Lake at Milton Keynes, which had to be completed within 7 hours. Steph ran consistently each day with a best marathon time of 6:12:59.

At the weekend’s parkruns, Ben Dorkins crossed the line first for the club in a time of 22:11, closely followed by Mike Shelton in 22:14. Other Peelers included Chris Bennett (27:29); Allen King (27:29); Stella Taylor (28:24); Joy Sykes (32:17); Sarah French (53:49); Alison Dolphin (54:04); Ann Hill (54:53) and Wendy Bowyer (54:56). Parkrun volunteers included: Stephen Andrews, Alison Dolphin, Wendy Bowyer, Roger Eastaff, Sarah French, Claire Guffick, Ann Hill and Mike Shelton.

Parkrun tourists included: Stuart Hatton (27:40) and Marcus Fairburn (29:08) at Conkers; Jackie Tierney (30:05) at Jersey Farm, St Albans; Garth Cox (23:50) at Babb’s Mill; Mick Stevenson (33:07) at Warwick Racecourse; Mark Boffey (21:46 – a parkrun pb of 11 seconds!) and Michael Hughes (32:15) at Yarborough, Lincoln.

Peel Road Runners turned out in force at the Derby/Staffs League cross country race at Boothorpe near Swadlincote on Sunday. Running two laps of an undulating course over a reasonably dry course, second claim runner Rob Dyjak was first back for the club in 4^th place overall, with James Stretton snapping at his heels in 9^th position overall. Wayne King ran a strong race to finish in 10^th position, followed by Luke Collins, Scott Chapman, Ben Dorkins, Allen King, Mark Boffey, Tim Clarke, Simon Gordon, Tim Mudd, Mike Hughes and Lee Guffick.

With the ladies’ team hoping to build on their successes this season, Emma Pick was first across the finish line in 14^th place followed by Lisa Stretton, Catherine Tieley, Lorna D’Silva, Sarah Boffey, Claire Guffick, Steph Attenborough, Sandra Ingram and Jackie Tierney. 

The next race in the League will be held at Shipley Park in Derby in two weeks time.

In Northumberland, Joy Sykes and her dog Charlie, ran the Traildog Kielder 10k race crossing the finish line in 1:10:01.

At the weekend’s parkruns, Kingsbury drew a good turnout of Peelers with Allen King first to finish in 22:22. He was followed by Ben Dorkins (23:12); Michael Hughes (26:16); Jackie Tierney (29:09); Emma Whorwood (25:23); Wendy Bowyer (46:14) and tail walkers Claire Guffick (1:01:47) and Lee Guffick (1:01:51). Stephen Andrews, Wendy Bowyer and Mike Shelton also volunteered at this event.

Parkrun tourists included Ian Cooper (29:27) at Brueton; Steph Attenborough (33:03) at Telford; Garth Cox (23:57) at Babbs Mill; Mark Boffey (26:32) and Sarah Boffey (27:25) at Cusworth Hall, Doncaster.Sarah celebrated her 100^th parkrun at Cusworth’s Hall 100^th event … very good planning!

In the week ending Saturday 14^th January, Peel Road Runners distance specialist Steph Attenborough took on the Zig Zag Running Mid Month Mayhem half marathon consisting of laps of Hichingbrooke Country Park in Cambridgeshire. Due to flooding the course had to be changed at the last minute, but Steph completed 7.5 laps in a time of 2:40:11. She also ran the Phoenix Running Doughnut Dash 10k out and back trail run at Walton on Thames in a time of 1:36:00.

At the weekend’s National Running Show at the NEC, Birmingham Peeler Mark Boffey was lucky enough to meet the incredible distance runner Damian Hall, the winner of this year’s Montane Winter Spine race. (Hall had only finished the race several days earlier … the ‘race’ being a non-stop running of the Pennine Way, 268 miles from Edale to Kirk Yetholm!).

Closer to home, Clara Walton took part in the Midlands Canicross event at Solihull at the weekend, running with Nanook in the novice class (2.1 km) on both days and with a combined time of 20:47.

At the weekend’s parkruns, Tim Clark was first to finish in a time of 23:39 followed by Ben Dorkins (24:10); Darren O’Leary (26:41); Michael Hughes (27:53); Stella Taylor (27:57); Jackie Tierney (28:24); Claire Guffick (30:03); Joy Sykes (31:42); Roger Eastaff (34:39); Ann Hill (34:53); Lee Guffick (38:55); Wendy Bowyer (42:20); Sarah French (50:40) and tail walkers Allen King (61:55) and Chris Bennett (61:56).

Parkrun tourists this week included: Stuart Hatton (27:14) and Marcus Fairburn (28:34) at Conkers; Tim Mudd (25:59) and Ian Cooper (33:50) at Babb’s Mill, Solihull; Mick Stevenson (33:10) at Warwick Racecourse and Steph Attenborough (33:25) at Queen’s, Glasgow.

Following on from last week’s Derby Runner Derby & Staffs XC race at Allestree Park, Peel Road Runners men’s team are now standing in 8^th place out of 18 teams (and 8^th out of the 11 teams to class as counting teams), whilst the Peel ladies’ team are now 4^th out of 16 teams (all counting) … an amazing performance from the Peel ladies! The next race in the League will be at Boothorpe, Moira on Sunday 29^th January.

Another wet weekend failed to deter a good turnout of Peelers at parkruns far and wide. Kingsbury again proved the most popular with James Stretton first home for the club in a time of 20:33. He was followed by Mike Shelton (22:06); Tim Clark (22:55); Lisa Stretton (27:12); Claire Guffick (30:49); Lee Guffick (39:08); Alison Dolphin (55:55); Sarah French (56:07) and Wendy Bowyer (56:34). At Kingsbury, Sarah French and Wendy Bowyer both celebrated volunteering 25 times at the parkrun!

Further afield, Peel parkrun tourists included: Steph Attenborough at Bushy Park, Teddington (33:36); Tim Mudd at Daventry (27:12); Allen King (22:32), Chris Bennett (25:05) and Darren Truman (25:42) at Bedworth; Garth Cox at Sutton Park (25:57); Ian Orton (24:58) and Michael Hughes (36:59) at Babb’s Mill; Sophie Galloway (25:56) at Beacon Park, Lichfield; Jackie Tierney at Woodgate Park, Birmingham (31:26) and Mark Boffey (26:52) and Sarah Boffey (27:49) at University Parks, Oxford.

After a quiet period for the Peel Road Runners over the Christmas period, this Sunday saw the return of cross country racing at Derby. The Peelers put out a strong team to take on the two-lap course at Allestree Park in Derby, the third race in the Derby Runner Staffs & Derby Cross Country League. Running for the men’s team second claim athlete, Rob Dyjak, was first home for the club followed by James Stretton, Scott Chapman, Ben Dorkins, Mike Shelton, Darren Truman, Chris Bennett, Mark Boffey, Simon Gordon, Mike Hughes, Billy King (first cross country race!) and Lee Guffick. For the women, Emma Pick was first back for the club and 5^th lady overall, followed by Lisa Stretton, Lorna Carlin, Catherine Tieley, Donna Lancaster, Sarah Boffey, Jackie Tierney, Sandra Ingram and Stella Taylor. Overall results were not available at the time of going to press.

At Saturday’s parkruns, poor weather saw a lower turnout than usual for the club at Kingsbury Water Park, but Tim Clark was the first home in a time of 23:42, followed by Darren O’Leary in 27:03; Helen Dempsey (36:25); Neal Dempsey (36:25) and Lee Guffick (41:43). At Conkers parkrun, Tim Mudd finished in 25:50 and Marcus Fairburn in 29:31. At Babb’s Mill, Ian Orton finished in 25:09, whilst at Warwick Racecourse Michael Stevenson trotted over the line in 34:17. At Beacon Park, Allen King stopped the clock at 22:23 with Chris Bennett (23:53) and Darren Truman (25:16) following. At the 50^thrunning of the Belvoir Castle parkrun, Mark Boffey finished in 24:37 followed by Jackie Tierney (30:33) and Michael Hughes (43:17).

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With very cold, icy weather limiting training opportunities and a quiet period in the road racing calendar, Peel Road Runners were restricted to a trail 10k race and the few parkruns that hadn’t been cancelled this weekend.

Chris Bennett and Allen King took on the surprisingly undulating course at the RunThrough Draycote Water 10k. Finishing in 21st place overall and 4th in the V35 age category, Allen King ran a personal best time of 45:12 knocking 0:02:25 off his previous best time at the distance. Chris Bennett crossed the line in 52:24, also 4th in his age category (V40).

At Saturday’s parkruns, Kingsbury drew the largest contingent of Peelers with Ben Dorkins first to cross the finish line in a time of 22:01 followed by Tim Clark (24:26); Darren O’Leary (27:44); Mike Shelton (27:45); Jackie Tierney (28:50); Joy Sykes (31:39); Alison Perry (36:11); Roger Eastaff (36:13); Claire Guffick (37:01); Lee Guffick (41:15) and Wendy Bowyer (53:56). 

Parkrun tourists included: Tim Mudd at Rosliston (26:04); Sarah and Mark Boffey at Gedling, Nottingham running together and finishing in 29:07; Steph Attenborough at Black Combe, Haverigg Open Prison (30:57) (the only parkrun to be held within the walls of a prison, Haverigg reputably being the inspiration for the ‘Porridge’ series on tv!); Michael Hughes at Clifton, Nottingham (43:03) and Emma Pick at Market Bosworth Country Park (23:30).

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Peel Road Runners were back in action at the Derby/Staffs Cross Country League at Allestree Park in Derby on Sunday. Despite a damp and chilly morning, running conditions were favourable and there was a good turnout from the club. First home for the Peelers in the Men’s race was Robert Dyjak (3rd overall, second claim runner) with Wayne King in 14th place followed by Luke Collins (47th); Scott Chapman (69th); Mark Boffey (102nd); Allen King (111th); Christ Bennett (123rd); Simon Gordon (133rd); Michael Hughes (138th) and Lee Guffick (153rd).

In the Ladies’ race, Emma Pick was first home in 22nd place overall, followed by Lorna D’Silva (35th); Donna Lancaster (38th); Sarah Boffey (55th); Gemma Pritchard (56th); Jackie Tierney (69th); Sandra Ingram (72nd); Steph Attenborough (74th) and Claire Guffick (88th).

At Saturday’s parkrun at Kingsbury, Tim Clark finished in 23:29 followed by Jackie Tierney (28:00); Roger Eastaff (34:14); Sarah French (56:30); Wendy Bowyer (61:02) and Alison Perry (61:07). Wendy Bowyer, Alison Dolphin, Sarah French, Claire Guffick and Alison Perry also volunteered. Parkrun tourists included: Mark Boffey (23:49) and Sarah Boffey (27:37) at Forest of Dean; Michael Hughes (28:02) at York; Ian Cooper (27:56) at Rosliston; Tim Mudd (26:05) at Leicester, Victoria and Garth Cox (26:43) at Sutton Park.

Neal and Helen Dempsey ran the Betws trail 10k canicross event at the weekend running with Banana and Sydney on a very muddy and technical course. They all ran well, despite the testing ground conditions.

At the Lancashire Day trail half marathon consisting of 10k laps, Steph Attenborough crossed the line in 3:06:24 after a very hard run in muddy and slippery conditions. 

Meanwhile at the Great Dalby Dollop (another muddy, hilly cross country event!) near Melton, Rob Mace finished 2^nd non-canicross runner in 29:43 and 3^rd overall.

With Kingsbury parkrun cancelled due to flooding, ‘touristing’ was the order of the day. Mike Shelton (22:16) at Coventry; Mark Boffey (25:18) and Michael Hughes (26:47) at Shipley, nr Derby; Jackie Tierney (28:01) at Brueton, Solihull; Mick Stevenson (34:09) at Northallerton; Steph Attenborough (33:50) at Gedling, Nottingham; Garth Cox (26:51) at Sutton Park; Tim Mudd (26:33) at Wollaton Hall, Nottingham and Joy Sykes (30:29) at Beacon Park, Lichfield.

Peel Road Runners sent a strong team to North Derbyshire to take on the Clowne Road Runners half marathon on Sunday. The race is a classic autumn half marathon, extremely well organised by a running club over an undulating and quite challenging course. Racing home to get his mint coloured sweatshirt first for the club was Phil Neale, who finished in a time of 1:40:53 and 9^th out of 58 M55 runners. Luke Collins was close on his heels in 1:41:16, with Allen King the next Peeler to cross the finish line in 1:46:21. Craig Smith ran well to finish in 1:50:29, with Darren Truman also clocking in at 1:50:29. In form Mark Boffey continued his good run of form to finish in 1:51:17, with Richard Satchwell finishing in 1:53:42. Lorna D’Silva was first lady home for the Club in a time of 1:53:44 and 9^th out of 44 F35 runners. Natalie Walker was second lady Peeler home in 1:55:10, with Michael Hughes 1:56:35; Simon Gordon 1:56:40; Ian Orton 2:00:18; Stuart Hatton 2:03:55; Gemma Pritchard 2:04:04; Sophie Galloway 2:07:33; Jason Church 2:07:13; Chris Bennett 2:11:39; Sarah Boffey 2:12:32 and Emma Whorwood 2:21:28. Sarah Boffey’s race result was probably the ‘standout’ for the team, as she knocked over 13 minutes of her previous half marathon best from 2014, but it was a day of personal best times with Darren Truman, Allen King and Gemma Pritchard all knocking minutes off their previous best times.

As if running one marathon in a weekend wasn’t enough, Steph Attenborough ran two last weekend! On Saturday, Steph took part in the Saturn Running Save the Rhino charity run at Lee Valley White Water Centre at Waltham Abbey running 4.37 mile laps on the flat trail course. She completed 6 laps to cover the marathon distance in 5:36:59. Following on from this, on Sunday she ran the Zig Zag Running ‘Easier Said than Run’ trail marathon at Hinchingbrooke Country Park at Huntingdon. This was a trail run over a mixture of muddy paths and light trails around the lakes and woodland, which Steph completed in 6:34:41.

At the third round of the Dark & White Events Autumn trail race at Grindleford, Val Lawson took on the 9.1 mile course with 1168 ft of ascent, finishing in a time of 2:11:22 and 3rd out 7 FV60 runners. Following the recent heavy rain, ground conditions were very muddy and slippery but the sun was shining and the views were far-reaching making for a memorable run. She also finished 4^th out of 8 FV60 in the Series results.

Meanwhile at the Canicross Midlands event at Locko Park, Spondon Neal Dempsey ran in the long and short course events, coming third in the two dog long course running with Banana and Paddington and Minstrel (short course). Helen Dempsey also ran in the long and short course events, running with Hugo, Pickle and Pine. 

Despite so many Peelers racing this weekend, there was still a good turnout at the local parkruns. At Kingsbury, Mike Shelton was first home for the club in 22:58 with Jackie Tierney (28:30); Ann Hill (33:41); Joy Sykes (35:14); Claire Guffick (41:06) and Lee Guffick (41:12) also running. Parkrun tourists included Michael Hughes at Dudley (40:42); Garth Cox (23:15) at Walsall; Tim Mudd (26:26) at Rushcliffe, Nottingham; Emma Barley (32:03) at Chasewater; Mark Boffey (25:27) and Sarah Boffey (29:10) at Severn Valley Country Park, Bridgnorth and Mick Stevenson at Warwick Racecourse (31:32).