Category: Weekly round up

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners Mens & Womens Cross Country Teams both had a successful end to their first season in the Derby Staffs Winter League 1.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”826″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][vc_column_text]The Womens XC Team finished in 2nd place overall, just 2pts behind the winners Lichfield whilst the Mens XC Team finished in 3rd place overall. The combined team results show Peel Road Runners finishing in 2nd place.

The final race in the season was held at Sinai Park, Burton On Trent on the 25th February and the weather conditions on the day were ideal for cross country running – cold but dry.

In the mens race it was Robbie Baden who came out tops for the Peelers finishing in 2nd place overall with his superb time of 34:18mins. Martin Hollamby came home in 9th place overall with his time of 37:32mins ahead of Simon Smith (20th position) with his time of 41:24mins. Also running for the Peelers men were Darren O’Leary (26th) with his time of 42:26mins, Trevor Thompson (30th) with 43:53mins, Malcolm Bembridge (31st) with 44:11mins, Darren Truman (36th) with 45:38mins, Stuart Hatton (39th) with 47:38mins, Craig Strong (40th) with 48:04mins and George Hope (44th) with 51:35mins.

For the Peel Women it was Emma Pick once again who dominated the field with a fantastic 1st place finish with her time of 40:50mins – a good 3 ½ minutes ahead of the second place finisher. The second female Peeler home was Team Captain Sandra Ingram with her time of 56:51mins (29th place), just ahead of Val Lawson (30th) with her time of 57:24mins. Helen Manton was the next finisher with 1:02:44hrs (33rd).[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”829″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”830″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]The team results for the day had Peel Men in 3rd place and Peel Women in 5th place with the Combined Team in 2nd place overall.

Congratulations to all those members who participated in the seasons races whether as runners, volunteer Marshalls or cake bakers.

Robert Donovan & Michael Shelton were enjoying the winter sunshine whilst running the Belvoir Challenge on Saturday 24th February. Michael completed his 26.2miles in a time of 4:46:19hrs whilst Bob’s finishing time on the day was 7:27:08hrs. The following weekend Bob travelled down to London to run in the Dorney Lake Marathon in Windsor. In similar running conditions to the previous week Bob’s finishing time was 5:23:40hrs.

The recent winter weather has played havoc with the weekly Parkrun events over the last few weeks but that hasn’t stopped the hardy Peelers venturing out for their weekly 5k runs over the last few weeks.

On Saturday 24th February Tricia & Richie Bunn ran at the Moors Valley Parkrun down in Dorset and finished with times of 24:04mins & 24:49mins respectively.

Robert Hirst & Michael Stevenson travelled to Bedworth for their Parkrun and finished the 5k route in times of 26:40mins & 28:34mins respectively.

At Kingsbury it was Darren O’Leary who lead the Peelers home with his time of 21:28mins ahead of George Hope 24:09mins, Martin Hollamby 24:25mins, Stella Martin 26:30mins and Tim Mudd 27:16mins.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Jo Insley was enduring much warmer running conditions at the Cottesloe Parkrun in Western Australia when she ran a 30:57mins 5k only hours after flying halfway around the globe. And on Saturday 3rd March Jo was out running at the Carine Glades Parkrun, Australia and improved her southern hemisphere 5k time to 28:33mins.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runner Bob Donovan once again laced up his Marathon trainers and hit the wet and muddy towpaths around Walton On Thames to run in the Pheonix Breakfast Run last week. Although the ground conditions were heavy and made the going very tough for the 26.2 miles the sun did manage to break through for most of the race with just a heavy 20min shower part way round. Bob’s time of 6:03:12hrs earned him a medal and a nice hot cup of tea.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”821″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]For many Peelers it was the weekend to stretch those legs in preparation for the final race in this seasons Cross Country Leagues with most making the best use of local Parkruns for practice. Emma Pick showed what excellent form she’s in by finishing as the first female finisher at Kingsbury Water Parkrun and 19th place overall with her splendid time of 20:50mins. Trevor Thompson was the first male Peeler to finish in 34th position with his time of 21:55mins – his first ever Parkrun outing.

Garth Cox was next through the finishers tunnel with his time of 23:36mins ahead of Martin Hollamby, who used the parkrun route as part of his long distance training run for the day, with his time of 24:40mins. Michael Shelton was right on Martin’s tail with his time of 24:41mins with George Hope another 5 secs back with 24:46mins.

Richie Bunn was back to running Parkrun as opposed to his normal marshalling duties and ran a relaxed 25:43mins. Darren O’Leary was next home with his 26:53mins ahead of Marcus Fairburn 29:33mins. Then a trio of female Peelers passed through the finish posts – Lisa Fletcher with her time of 29:48mins, Vickie Gilks with 39:50mins and Wendy Bowyer completed her 6th Parkrun with a time of 40:06mins.

Over at Brueton, Solihull it was Robert Hirst who was the first Peeler back across the finish with his time of 27:38mins ahead of Michael Stevenson with his time of 28:49mins.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runner Ashley Baldwin ran a terrific race at the Leicestershire Half Marathon last weekend to finish in 6th place with a superb time of 1:17:18hrs for the 13.1 miles.

The race held at Prestwold Hall caught the eye of another Peel Road Runner, Helen Manton, who also had an impressive run finishing ahead of her projected time by a clear 5 mins as Helen finished with her time at 2:10:05hrs in the cold and windy conditions.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”811″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][vc_column_text]Omitted from the previous weeks results, Club Chairman Lee Rickards kicked off his New Year with a new PB when he ran the Centurion 5 mile race in a blistering time of 30:38mins and crossed the finish line in 7th place overall.

Last weeks Parkrun tourist was Michael Stevenson who travelled the short distance down the M40 to Stratford Upon Avon for his weekly 5k outing. Michaels finishing time was 29:04mins.

Meanwhile at Kingsbury Water Parkrun there were seven Peelers in attendance with Garth Cox the quickest on the day with his time for the 5k route at 24:04mins. George Hope was not too far behind with his 24:45mins. Behind George was Michael Shelton with his time of 25:16mins.

The Peel Road Runner women also braved the wet & chilly conditions with Sophie Galloway leading home a quartet of runners on the day with her time of 26:14mins. Stella Martin was next home with her time of 30:02mins, just ahead of Lisa Fletcher who ran a 30:29mins for her 5k and Caroline Evans with her time of 31:47mins.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runner Malcolm Bembridge held on to his title of Goa Half Marathon Masters Champion last week in India.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”803″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]The event, which Malcolm also won in 2017, started almost in the dark at 6am on a hot and sticky morning with the day light just starting to break through. Holding 2nd place at the halfway point, Malcolm trusted his pacing to see him through and it paid off finishing in first place with his time of 1:45hrs. Will it be 3 out of 3 in 2019 for Malcolm??

Robert Donovan almost got blown away down at Caldecote Lakes running in day 2 of the Enigma Quadzilla Marathon on Friday 2nd Feb. In unexpectedly windy conditions which made the going very tough for all competitors, Bob finished his 26.2 miles in a time of 5:31:11hrs.

Lee Rickards ran an impressive race at the Centurion 5 mile, finishing in 7th position with a new PB of 30:38.

Peel Road Runners were out braving the cold conditions on Saturday morning for their weekly Parkrun 5k. At Conkers it was Ashley Perks who led the Peelers home and continued to improve his recent 5k times with his 23:16mins last week. The only female Peeler running at Conkers was Marie Llewellyn who ran a 25:02mins 5k to finish as the 11th placed female runner.

At Kingsbury it was Michael Shelton who was the first Peeler to cross the finish line with his time of 24:26mins. Michael Stevenson was next through the finish tunnel to mark up a time of 29:10mins for his 5k with Darren O’Leary the third Peeler to finish with his time of 30:23mins.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners were participating and volunteer marshalling at Parkrun events across the local area at the weekend.

At Conkers, running his local parkrun, Ashley Perks ran his best time since September last year with his time of 23:23mins for his 5k.

As usual, most of the Peel Road Runners out for their weekly 5k fix descended upon Kingsbury Water Park and it was Martin Hollamby on his 49th Parkrun who led the way back to the finish gates with his time of 23:41mins closely followed by Michael Shelton with his 23:49mins. Stuart Hatton was next to finish with his time of 25:00mins, just 10 places ahead of George Hope with his time of 25:27mins. Dave Fern was behind George and clocked up as time of 26:05mins. Then it was Stella Martin finishing as the first Peel lady whose time of 28:29mins was just ahead of Jo Insley’s 30:43mins who was closely followed to the finish by the Keenan pair of Darren & Christine with their times of 30:48mins & 31:40mins respectively. Darren finishing strong to clock up a new personal best 5k time.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners Mens & Womens Cross Country teams were in action at Anslow for race #3 of the Derby Runners XC Winter League on January 14th, 2018.

Conditions were very difficult on what turned out to be a VERY tough course but still there were some tremendous performances from both teams on the day.

For the Womens race there were two elite ‘guest’ runners (twins who both run internationally for England) who blitzed the course and finished almost 4 ½ minutes ahead of the rest of the field. Those 2 runners aside, Peel Road Runners own ‘elite’ runner Emma Pick finished in 4th place overall with a superb run and finishing time of 35:38mins. Rachael Rickards was struck by an injury in the latter stages of the race but still ran an incredible end to the race to finish in 13th place with a time of 43:00min. Her heroic efforts led her to end up on crutches the following day with some bad swelling to her ankle. Sophie Galloway ran a very smart race too finishing as the third Peeler woman with an excellent time of 47:07mins ahead of team captain Sandra Ingram who crossed the line in 26th position with 49:18mins. A trio of Peelers finished together in 30th, 31st & 32nd places, Val Lawson (50:19mins), Helen Manton (50:37mins) and Annie Wilson (50:50mins) respectively. Caroline Evans completed the team performance in 40th position with her time of 58:02mins.
This team effort placed the Peel Road Runner Womens XC team in =3rd position on the day sharing the points with Mickleover, however, they now sit top of the division in League 1, after three races, 2pts ahead of 2nd place Lichfield as they move towards race #4 in February.

For the Peel Road Runner Mens XC team it was Robbie Baden who was once again the first team member to cross the finish line. Robbie finished in 4th place overall and a time of 30:48mins was just 3 secs off the 3rd place finisher on the day. Martin Hollamby finished in 11th place with his time of 32:35mins just ahead of Lee Rickards with his time of 33:18mins (14th position overall). Next to finish was Michael Shelton in 21st position with a time of 35:20mins just ahead of team mate Simon Smith who finished in 22nd position with his time of 36:05mins. Darren O’Leary crossed the line in 28th place with 37:20mins followed by Trevor Thompson (37th place) with his time of 38:56mins, Darren Truman (47th place) with 43:02mins and Phil Neale (53rd place) with 44:20mins completed the mens team performance.
The mens team finished in 3rd place overall on the day and remain in 3rd place in the division after their 3 races so far, just 1 point behind South Derbyshire in 2nd place.

As a combined team, the Peel Road Runners finished the day in 3rd place overall and lie in 2nd place in the division after 3 races. This is just 4 points behind Lichfield with 4 races of the season still to go.

Peel Road Runners very own ‘Marathon Man’ Robert Donovan notched up yet another 26.2mile run on the 20th January running at the Holme Pierrepont 6-hour Challenge over in Nottingham. Bob finished his run in a time of 5:24:02hrs and in 95th position in what he described as “very cold and wet” conditions.

Saturday 20th January was also the day for Parkrun event #231 over at Kingsbury Water Park and which saw a total field of 388 runners descend upon the local venue for the weekly 5k run.
It was Simon Smith who was the first Peeler back through the finish tunnel with his time of 21:31mins and in 23rd position overall, just 4 places ahead of Darren O’Leary with his time of 22:05mins and 27th position overall. Phil Neale was next to finish with his time of 24:34mins in front of Dave Fern (25:20mins), Tim Mudd (25:26mins), Michael Shelton (25:42mins) & Allan Williams (25:55mins).
Carolyne Browne was the first Peeler women to enter the finishing tunnel with her time of 26:06mins ahead of Annie Wilson who finished with a time of 37:29mins.

Date for your diary: Members are to be reminded of the Clubs AGM which is to be held on Friday 23rd February at Bolehall Manor and is open to all current members. This is a great opportunity to show your support for your club and to also present any thoughts you may have about the club.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners would like to congratulate Ashley Baldwin who posted a new club record in his age category for the 10-mile distance race at the weekend. Ashely was running in the Sneyd Pudding Run, a local race which was originally set for December but was postponed due to the weather conditions on the day, and Ashley certainly reaped the benefits from the extra preparation time.

Ashley finished in 3rd place overall around the two-lap 10 mile course with a blistering time of 57:48mins, breaking Carl Bakers previous record which had stood since 2001 and earning himself the much-deserved plaudits from his fellow club members both past and present.

Also running at Sneyd was Garth Cox who showed he is also well on the way back from his recent injury setbacks finishing with a time of 1:26:46hrs.

Bob Donovan travelled down to Gloucester last weekend to tick off yet another marathon and edge closer to his goal of completing 100 Marathons. Bob finished his latest 26.2 mile run in 238th position with a time of 5:14:14hrs.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”787″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners were hoping to continue their recent excellent Cross Country form at race #3 in the Derby Runners XC Winter league last weekend. Early indications are there were some tremendous individual performances once again however final race results will be posted next week.

Running solo for the Peelers at the Conkers Parkrun was Ashley Perks who’s well on the way back to his form of 2017 with a time of 24:31mins.

Over at Kingsbury Water Parkrun it was Shaun Coyle who cross the finish as the first Peeler and rekindling his pre-Christmas form with a time of 22:34mins ahead of Stuart Hatton who ran a 24:08mins for his 5k back on the one lap winter route.

Dave Fern was next to finish with 24:55mins followed by Allan Williams 25:19mins, George Hope (who had a close encounter with a gaggle of geese crossing the wooden footbridge 1.5km from the finish!) 26:37mins, Darren Cotton with 26:54mins and Michael Stevenson with 29:07mins.

Christine Keenan was the only female Peel Road Runner running at Kingsbury and she finished with a time of 32:28mins.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners welcomed in the new year of running with some post celebration Parkruns with some determined members completing a double-header of 5k’s on New Years Day competing at both the Conkers event which started at 9am and then the Kingsbury event at 10.30am.

The Conkers Parkrun saw Ashley Baldwin finish in a magnificent 2nd place overall with a blistering time of 17:14mins, also a new PB to start off the New Year. Mike Shelton & Shaun Coyle kicked off their first of two 5k’s for the day with times of 21:24mins & 23:48mins respectively with Marie Llewellyn finishing just behind in 24:11mins.

At Kingsbury, it was Mike Shelton who was the first Peel Road Runners back across the finish line with a time of 20:25mins ahead of Simon Smith who ran a time of 21:03mins. Following Simon home were Stuart Hatton & Darren O’Leary who both shared a time of 24:59mins with Stuart just getting to the finish line ahead of Darren. 12 places behind Darren was Shaun Coyle in 25:37mins just ahead of George Hope who managed 25:46mins. Robert Hirst was next through the timing tunnel to record a 26:45min 5k. Darren & Christine Keenan were the next Peelers to finish with times of 32:02 & 33:35mins respectively ahead of Caroline Evans 34:44mins and Sandra Ingram 36:39mins.

January 6th was the first regular Saturday Parkrun for the year and many Peel Road Runners were out in the cold, wet & muddy conditions kicking off the year with renewed optimism.

Running his first Markeaton Parkrun event was Allan Williams, representing the Peelers on his own amongst a crowd of over 420 runners, Allan finished his 5k with a time of 27:55mins.

Over at Conkers Ashley Perks brushed the cobwebs off his trainers and led the Peel Road Runners home with a time of 24:55mins ahead of Liz Morgan who ran a 32:05mins.

As usual it was Kingsbury Water Parkrun that saw most of the Peel Road Runners descending upon. Due to the icy conditions, the route was reverted to two laps of the main lake and muddy nature trail track but that didn’t hamper some determined individual performances. Michael Shelton led the way home for the Peelers with a terrific 20:46min for his 5k. Simon Smith wasn’t too far behind with a time of 21:30mins ahead of Darren O’Leary 22:09mins and Shaun Coyle 22:30mins. Stuart Hatton notched his 92nd Kingsbury parkrun with his time of 24:08mins just 4 secs ahead of Garth Cox with 24:12mins. Next to cross the finish line for the Peelers was Dave Fern in 25:42mins, Darren Cotton in 26:49mins, Robert Hirst in 27:32mins, Owen Slater in 28:07mins & George Hope in 28:13mins.

Annie Wilson was the first Peel Road Runner woman to pass through the finishing tunnel with a time of 29:53mins just ahead of Jo Insley who ran a 30:14min time for her 5k.

Robert Donovan put his unfortunate new year marathon experience behind him and was out running again at Caldecotte Lakes in the Winter Enigma Marathon event also on the 6th January. Bob was back on track for his target of 100 marathons and ran out a time of 5:45:30hrs for his 26.2miles.

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Derby/Staffs XC League

Peel Road Runners Women’s Cross-Country team continued to enjoy success in their new winter league taking 1st, 2nd & 4th places in race number 2 held prior to Christmas.

The race was held at Foremark Reservoir, the same venue as race number 1, but with the conditions under foot being very different due to the inclement weather at the time.

Once again it was Emma Pick who was on excellent form on the day and crushed the rest of the field finishing in a time of 41:55mins, almost 2 minutes ahead of second place finisher Emma Birtles and the rest of the runners. Emma also improved her positioning from race 1 and crossed the line with a time of 43:43mins. Rachael Rickards put in a tremendous performance and was the third Peel member to cross the finish line in 4th place overall with a time of 46:12mins.

The remaining team members all played their part in keeping the Peel Road Runners Women’s at the top of their division – Sophie Galloway (18th place) 55:06mins, Sandra Ingram (24th place) 58:45mins, Val Lawson (25th place) 58:59mins. The team tops the division by 3pts ahead of Lichfield, Washlands & Mickleover who all have 18pts.

The Peel men were missing some key runners for race 2 but those that did run put in some terrific performances. Martin Hollamby was the first male Peeler across the finish line in 3rd place overall with a superb time of 36:31mins. Lee Rickards wasn’t too far behind with a time of 38:44mins and 11th place overall. Michael Shelton was next to finish in 19th place with a time of 41:53mins, Darren O’Leary 44:07mins and 28th place overall, Simon Smith 44:55mins and 33rd place overall, Darren Truman 48:52mins and 45th place overall & Richard Finnegan 50:55mins and 51st place overall. The men hadn’t managed to field the required number of individual entrants for the race and were penalised on the day under the rules.

After two races, the men’s team tie on 19 points with South Derbyshire but lie in 3rd place overall on finishing position count.

As a Club, the Peel Road Runners lie in 2nd place in the league just two points behind the leaders Lichfield.

Marathon

Peel Road Runner Bob Donovan had an eventful few days marathon running in Liverpool over the New Year period at the Liverbird Marathon event. Marathon number one was on the 31st Dec and Bob found the going physically tougher then he’s experienced to date and completed the 26.2miles in a time of 5:55:20hrs. Then on the following day – New Year’s Day – marathon number 2 of the event took place and the previous days troubles were just a sign of the problems to come for Bob. Sickness and an injury to his back saw Bob complete only one of the 6 mile laps before he had to sadly withdraw from the event.

Parkrun

The weather has also had an impact on the weekly Parkrun events held across the country with many events being cancelled. However, on the 23rd December many Peel Road Runners did manage to find somewhere to run. Michael Stevenson was running down in Basingstoke and managed a time of 29:06mins for his 5k. Allan Williams was up in the north west at Warrington with his running shoes and he managed a time of 27:21mins.

Closer to home Helen Manton was at Conkers and managed a time of 28:57mins and the popular Kingsbury Water Parkrun drew in the most Peelers for that weekend.

Ashley Baldwin finished as the 4th male and in 6th place overall with his quick time of 17:33mins. Lee Rickards wasn’t far behind with his time of 19:07mins and 12th place overall.

The next Peeler to finish was Martin Hollamby with a time of 19:37mins ahead of Darren O’Leary 21:47mins, Stuart Hatton 24:56mins, Dave Fern 25:11mins, Sophie Galloway 25:48mins – a new PB, Ian Summerill 28:53mins, Marcus Fairburn 31:52mins and Ray Rogers 35:11mins.

Peel Road Runners were also well represented at KWP’s New Year’s Day Parkrun. Mike Shelton was the first Peeler home at 20:25, closely followed by Simon Smith with a time of 21:03. Stuart Hatton and Darren O’Leary completed the race in 24:59 followed by Shaun Coyle in 25:37, George Hope in 25:46 and Robert Hirst in 26:45. Darren Keenan ran a time of 32:02 with Christine Keenan running in close behind at 33:35. Caroline Evans completed the run in 34:44 and Sandra Ingram in 36:39.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runner Robert Donovan clocked up marathon number 71 in his last pre-Christmas outing at the Newark Showground on Sat 16th Dec.

Bob struggled in the week building up to the event with a niggling back problem but determined as ever he battled through to complete the 26.2-mile course in a time of 5:25:59hrs, finishing in 39th place overall. He can now look forward to a short rest before continuing his quest after Christmas for 100 marathons.

Last weekend was also race number 2 in the Derby / Staffs Winter Cross Country league. The final results are not available at the time of going to press but there were some excellent performances once again from the Peel Road Runners Men & Womens teams. Results will hopefully be ready to publish next week.

Merry Christmas to all our members and runners everywhere.

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