Category: Weekly round up

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runner Robert Donovan reached a major milestone in his personal running career last the weekend.

Whilst many events around the midlands were being cancelled due to the incoming inclement weather, Bob travelled down to Caldecotte Lakes, Milton Keynes to participate in the Enigma Christmas Marathon. Running in what he considers ‘not his favourite running conditions’ Bob completed the 26.2mile course in a time of 5:26:20hrs and in 40th place overall.

The weather took its toll on many Parkrun events over the weekend with Kingsbury being cancelled for safety reasons, however, Conkers still went ahead and Robert Hirst grasped the opportunity to get in his 5k fix for the week and ran a time of 26:12mins for his 83rd parkrun, finishing in 128th place from a field of 321 runners.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runner Robert Donovan just does not stop and remains focussed on his personal Marathon quest by notching up his 67th & 68th career marathons.

Number 67 came at the Colworth Hare and Tortoise Marathon on Sunday 26th November where Bob managed a time of 5:35:17hrs and finished the run in 46th position overall and number 68 was ticked off last weekend at the Nottingham Xmas Marathon with an improvement in the time at 5:17:31hrs and finishing in 195th place overall.

Many Peelers descended on Kingsbury Water Park for their regular 5k outing last weekend with some exceptional times being recorded. Simon Smith led the way home finishing just outside his personal best in 20:14mins and in 7th place overall on the day. Darren O’Leary just missed out on a sub 21min run finishing in a time of 21:01mins and 11th place overall. Another Peel Road Runner finishing just outside his PB was Shaun Coyle who charged around the park course in a time of 21:27mins and 19th place overall. Stuart Hatton was behind Shaun with a time of 24:30mins followed by Dave Fern 25:58mins, Robert Hirst 25:27mins, Allan Williams 25:37mins, George Hope 26:11mins & Michael Stevenson rounded of the Peel men finishers for the week with a new personal best time of 27:34mins.

For the Peel Road Runner ladies, it was Stella Martin who was first back across the finish line with a time just outside of her personal best of 25:55mins with Christine Norris rounding off the Peelers for the weekend with a time of 37:35mins.

If you are interested in taking up running in the New Year the Peel Road Runners will commence their next ‘Couch to 5k’ course on the 8th January 2018.

Following the success of the course ran earlier this year, member Owen Slater, with the assistance of other experienced club members, will guide any interested runners through a 9-week course with the goal to complete the 5k Kingsbury Water Parkrun at the end of the programme.

More information on this and some FAQ’s about the ‘Couch to 5K’ course or for the beginners group is available on Facebook through the open group Peel Road Runners Beginners.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners braved the early snow showers on Saturday morning and turned out for their weekly Parkrun event to either participate or to volunteer as Marshalls.

At the Kingsbury Water Parkrun it was Shaun Coyle who was the sole representative for the Peel Road Runner men and, despite the conditions, Shaun had a fantastic race and managed to equal his PB time of 21:12 mins, finishing in 18th place overall and second in his age category.

For the Peel Road Runner women, Stella Martin went one better and finished 1st in her age category and crossed the finish line in a time of 26:41mins.

Alison Dolphin also ran out at Kingsbury and matched Shaun’s 2nd place in her age category with a time of 33:00mins for her 5k.

Over at Brueton Park, Solihull it was Michael Stevenson running for Peel and Michael finished just outside his PB with a finish time of 28:18mins.

Getting into the Christmas spirit a little early were Peelers Garth Cox & Sophie Galloway who were both running at Chasewater in their Pudding Dash 10k event. Garth finished with a time of 50:20mins and 8th in his age category whilst Sophie managed a new PB with her time of 54:11mins and also 8th in her age category.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”751″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”748″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners meet every Tuesday and Thursday at 7pm at the Snowdome in Tamworth.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners travelled far and wide to participate in their weekly Parkrun events over the last two weeks.

Last week Malcolm Bembridge was the farthest traveller flying all the to Russia take part in the Timiryazevsky Parkrun event. Malcolm finished in 18th place overall with a time of 22:15mins.

Nickolas Neale had a much shorter journey over to Perry Hall for the 158th Parkrun event and completed the 5k route in 22:33mins.

Many Peel Road Runners descended upon their local Kingsbury Water Parkrun where once again PB’s were being broken. It was Simon Smith who lead the way home with a time of 20:19mins. Shaun Coyle’s determined run earned him another PB with a time of 21:12mins, 25secs off his previous PB. Next to cross the finish line was Darren O’Leary who ran a 21:18min 5k. George Hope followed Darren home with 25:11min, Stuart Hatton had another pain free run following his comeback from injury and finished in 25:17mins. Behind Stuart were Marcus Fairburn 25:18mins, Dave Fern ran his 100th Kingsbury Parkrun in 25:18mins just ahead of Tim Mudd with 26:01mins.

Emma Livingstone continues to improve and ran her 4th consecutive Parkrun PB in a time of 27:04mins, shaving 5 secs off her previous best time and just ahead of Allan Williams who ran a 27:10mins time.

Michael Stevenson also ran his 3rd Kingsbury PB in as many outings at the venue with a time of 28:39mins – 27 secs off his previous best time.

In the previous week, Shaun Coyle attended the Upton Court Parkrun event near Slough and managed 13th place overall with a time of 22:15mins.

Michael Stevenson was down on the south coast in Hove running the local Parkrun along the promenade finishing just outside his PB with a time of 28:49mins.

Back closer to home it was Philip Neale who lead the Peelers home at Kingsbury finishing his 5k in 23:21mins ahead of George Hope with a time of 24:45mins. Stuart Hatton followed George across the line in 25:34mins just ahead of the first Peel Road Runner female which was Carolyne Browne who finished with a 25:41mins.

Dave Fern was next to finish with 25:43mins ahead of Vickie Gilks and Laura Bowyer who shared the same time of 31:39mins.

Peel Road Runners individual results from the first Derby Runner Cross Country race have now been released.

It was a very successful start to the XC season for both Women’s & Men’s teams as they took 1st place in both races with a mix of old and new members.

For the men, it was Robbie Baden who crossed the finish line ahead of everyone else with a superb run of 34:36mins. The second Peeler to finish was Lawrence Williamson in 35:16mins ahead of Lee Rickards with 38:10mins. Finishing just behind Lee was Simon Smith 41:11mins, Darren O’Leary 42:55mins, Malcolm Bembridge 44:29mins, Craig Smith 44:54mins, Phil Neale 44:57mins, Darren Truman 46:53mins and Owen Slater with 53:31mins.

It was a similar story for the women’s team with new member Emma Pick crossing the finish line as the first female finisher in an excellent time of 40:56mins. Emma Birtles ran a superb race to finish as the 2nd Peel female and in 3rd place overall with a time of 42:52mins. Hannah Jenkins finished in 7th place overall with 46:25mins ahead of Rachael Rickards 48:30mins, Natalie Walker 50:23mins, Sophie Galloway 51:16mins, Team Captain Sandra Ingram finished with a 54:19mins and Lisa Fletcher with 61:17mins.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners kicked off the 2017/18 Cross Country Winter League is style last weekend with some tremendous individual performances.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”681″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]With a change of league from last year the Peel Road Runners now compete in the Derby Runner League (Derby / Staffs Division) alongside teams from Lichfield, South Derby, Mickleover, MVH & Smalley. The change also brings with it the opportunity for both the Men’s & Women’s teams to compete at the same venue on the same day.

Race 1 was held at the Foremark Reservoir in Derbyshire and was a two-lap course covering approximately 5.5miles of a mix of trail / off road and bridle paths. Conditions were ideal for XC running and the well represented Peel Road Runners teams certainly made the best of the conditions.

Peel Road Runners posted 1st & 3rd places in both the men’s & women’s events. Robbie Baden leading the men home and Emma Pick crossing the finish line first for the women’s event.

*At the time of going to press the individual results were not available.

The Peel men’s team scored 158pts and lie in 2nd place in the league table behind Lichfield RC and the Peel women’s team also lie in 2nd place behind Lichfield RC having scored 151pts. The combined team are 2nd in the league table just 71pts behind table topping Lichfield RC and 100pts ahead of 3rd place Mickleover.

The club would like to thank the supporters and especially those that volunteered to help Marshall the event without whom races like these may not be possible.[/vc_column_text][vc_gallery type=”flexslider_slide” interval=”0″ images=”673,672,678,679,680,676,677,671,675,670,669,666,665,664,663,662,661,660,657,656,659,658,647,646,653,652,655,654,648,649,651,650,668,667,674″ img_size=”full” onclick=””][vc_column_text]Robert Donovan managed to avoid a Halloween nightmare when he ran at the November Nightmare Marathon over at Coalport, Nr Telford finishing the 26.2miles in 17th place overall with a time of 5:42:48hrs

Weekends wouldn’t be the same without a bit of Parkrunning and last weekend was no exception – there was even some Peeler Parkrun tourists out on their travels.

Shaun Coyle travelled back to his roots and ran at the Tees Barrage Parkrun up north in Stockton on Tees. Continuing his recent good form Shaun managed a time of 23:05mins, finishing in 30th position out of a field of 264 runners.

Travelling even further north, Kirkcaldy in Scotland to be precise, Laura Bowyer and Vicki Gilks finished their 5k runs in times of 31:18mins & 32:04mins respectively.

Back closer to home at Kingsbury Water Parkrun it was Garth Cox who led the Peelers home finishing in a time of 23:18mins. George Hope followed Garth across the finish line with a time of 25:01mins with Stuart Hatton close behind with 25:37mins.

Lisa Jones-Bignell was the first Peel lady to finish and doubled up her weekend celebrations with a new Personal Best time with 26:32mins. Christie Rosser was right behind Lisa finishing with 26:33mins and smashing her own previous Personal Best time by over 2 mins!!

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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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