Category: Weekly round up

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners had their annual Club Presentation night at the Bolehall Manor Club last week to recognise the achievements of the clubs members through the 2016/17 running season.  The awards were presented as follows:

Best Male Runner: Martin Hollamby
Best Female Runner: Tricia Bunn
Best Male Veteran 40-50: Craig Smith
Best Female Veteran 35-45: Tracey Cox
Best Male Veteran 50+: Dave Fern
Best Female Veteran 45+: Carolyne Browne
Most Improved Male: Michael Shelton
Most Improved Female: Carolyne Browne
Most Promising Male: Robbie Baden
Most Promising Female: Hannah Jenkins
Male Club Person of the Year: Martin Hollamby
Female Club Person of the Year: Sandra Ingram
Marathon Award: Robert Donovan
Presidents Award: Val Lawson

Back on to this years events, Robert Donovan kept up his personal marathon challenge by running at the Pheonix Goonie Run held in Walton on Thames, London. ‘Bob’ crossed the line with a time of 5:44:37hrs.

Representing the Peel Road Runners at the Aldridge 10k at the weekend were Helen Manton & Chris Norris. On an undulating (hilly) course the ladies finished with times of 58:54mins for Helen and 1:17:25hrs for Chris

Ashley Baldwin was out running in Oxford at the Heyford Park Half Marathon. Held on the Heyford Park Airbase in the Cherwell Valley, Ashley must have been inspired by all the flying machines as he flew around the half marathons 13.2 miles and finished with a superb new PB of 1:22:02hrs

Peel Road Runners were at the weekly 5k Parkrun events last week:

At Kingsbury Parkrun Tim Gould lead the Peelers home with a time of 20:15mins. Behind was Tim Mudd in 23:54mins, Shaun Coyle with 24:02mins, Allan Williams with 27:55mins. The first lady Peeler home was Laura Bowyer with a time of 28:47mins. Following Laura home was Liz Morgan 28:58mins, Natalie Clamp 32:22mins, Hannah Jenkins 32:29mins, Sophie Galloway 32:31mins, Sandra Ward 33:38mins, Muriel Storey 36:09mins, Rebecca Sewell 36:10mins and supporting the new members across the line was Darren Truman with 42:44mins.

Robert Hirst was over at the Perry Hall Parkrun and finished in 37th place with a time of 24:12mins.

Good luck to all Peel Road Runners running at the Washlands Relay race in Burton on Trent on the 14th June – Race #3 of the Burton and District Summer League (BDSL) 2017.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners went global last week in their quest for success and found it at the other side of the world.

Michael Shelton took some time out of his holiday plans to enter a race on the Bay of Islands 10,000 miles away in New Zealand. An 8 mile run compromising a mix of trails and coastal paths saw Michael beat all the local competition and cross the finish line in 1st place, his first ever race victory! So it’ll be lagers & BBQ’s as his pre race diet from now on.

Collecting a few less air miles were Richard & Tricia Bunn who were in KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa doing the Comrades Ultra-Marathon. A gruelling 56 mile (90km) race from Durban to Pietermaritzburg. With weather conditions up to 29degrees it made it a tough race for all competitors. Richie & Tricia were both delighted and emotional to finish with sub 10hr times.

Somewhat closer to home the Peel Road Runners were once again taking their positions on the start line for the 8.5 mile Great Midlands Fun Run held in Sutton Coldfield. Amongst the runners were Carolyne Browne, Sandra Ingram, Jo Harvey, Darren Truman, Tim Mudd, Stuart Hatton, Ian Grigg & Malcolm Bembridge.

The weekend also saw the Derby Ramathon event take place. The out and back 13.2 mile route starts and finishes at Pride Park, the home of Derby County FC. Ashley Perks was the first Peel Road Runner to cross the finish line in 1:43:13 with Zoe Schnepp not too far behind finishing with a 1:57:22.

Going off road, Val Lawson was running at the scenic Wharfedale Trail Half Marathon, Yorkshire. A hilly 13.2 mile route through some of Wharfedale’s finest scenery with over 2,000 feet of ascents is a challenge for anyone and Val managed to complete the course in a time of 2:49:55.

Peelers were also at hand to help Kingsbury Parkrun celebrate reaching the milestone of the 200th  Parkrun to be held at the water park. Dave Fern was the first Peel Road Runner to cross the finish line in 22:58mins. Behind Dave was Rob Hirst 24:29mins, Tim Mudd with 24:50mins and Shaun Coyle with 25:02mins. Darren Truman was the next Peeler home with 27:33mins with Alan Williams 28:14mins, Jo Insley 33:55mins and Lisa Fletcher with 1:02:11

Richie & Tricia Bunn took the opportunity to be touring Parkrunners and took part in the Umhlanga Parkrun ahead of their Comrades challenge. Richie finished with a 24:46mins and Tricia with a 25:20mins.

Nickolas Neale was the solo Peel Road Runner at the 134th Perry Hall Parkrun crossing the line in 24:18mins.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]PEEL ROAD RUNNERS would like to congratulate Dave Fern on reaching a Parkrun milestone at the weekend running his 100th Parkrun.

Dave also led the Peelers home at Kingsbury Water Park with a time of 23:40mins.

Following Dave home was Darren Truman in 24:20mins, Tim Mudd in 24:31mins. On the road to recovery is Malcolm Bembridge who managed to get around the 5k route in 24:57mins. Also running at Kingsbury were Owen Slater 27:33mins, Ian Grigg in 28:09mins and representing the Peelers ladies was Jo Insley who ran in 36:46mins.

Running solo for the Peelers over at Rosliston Parkrun was Helen Manton who crossed the finish line in 28:17mins.

Representing the PEEL ROAD Runners over in Solihull, at Brueton Park was Marcus Fairburn with a time of 27:04mins.

Robert Hirst was at the Arboretum, Walsall and finished in 25:41mins.

Continuing his own personal epic Marathon challenge Robert Donovan travelled north to Liverpool to run at the Rock & Roll Liverpool Marathon. Robert completed the 26.2miles in a time of 5:34:09 crossing the line in 2,816th place.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners have been lacing up their trainers and spreading themselves far and wide over the last 2 weeks.  

Sunday 7th May saw the Lichfield Half Marathon take place. The race which finishes under the gaze of the famous Cathedral saw Michael Shelton cross the finish line in 01:28:33 and Rachael Rickards as the first female Peeler home in a time of 01:40:04 followed in by Lisa Crane in 02:01:21 and Carloyne Browne in 02:08:58.

On the same weekend Zoe Schnepp was up in the Lake District running the Kentmere Trail Race in Staveley. The 17km off road run proved no match for Zoe as she finished with a time of 01:43:58

At the other end of the country Richie Bunn & Tricia Adams were putting the finishing touches to their Comrades training by running the Essex Halstead marathon – both crossing the line in 03:57:00

Danielle Louise Baker was in Shakespeare’s home town of Stratford on Avon running the half marathon course in a time of 02:03:13

Peelers were also out on Parkrun duties that week. At Kingsbury Tim Gould was home first with a time of 21:20mins with Ashley Perks not too far behind in 21:46mins. Tim Mudd was next to cross the finish line in 24:04mins, Robert Hirst with 24:17mins, George Hope with 25:24mins and Stuart Hatton (still recovering from his London exploits) crossed the line in 26:03mins with Richard Finnigan. First Peel lady across the line was Sandra Ingram, also with a post London time of  27:22 mins. Behind Sandra was Owen Slater in 27:43mins and Jayne Coles in 33:57mins.

Tuesday 9th May was the return of the Kingsbury Classic 10km race around the lakes at Kingsbury Water Park. A popular midweek event in its 17th year, supported and marshalled by the Peel Road Runners, manages to attract runners from all over the midlands and further affield. Whilst many Peelers were wearing their hi-viz marshalling vests there were some running the event too. David Fern was the first Peel Road Runner to the finish with a time of 46:14mins and was also the first to finish in his age category. Tim Mudd finished next with 50:03mins. Joanne Harvey was the first Peel lady to cross the finish line with 52:42mins. Stella Martin was next home with 55:33mins and Martyn Candy was the tail runner with 85:59mins.

On Saturday 13th May it was back to Kingsbury for many Peel Road Runners and as the season progresses so the run times start to tumble down. Tim Gould crossed the line in 17th place with a time of 20:33mins with Ashley Perks once again hot on his tail with a time of 21:11mins. Stuart Hatton had a much improved run with a time of 22:38mins. Tim Mudd was next home with 24:14mins, Darren Truman with 24:44mins, Owen Slater with 27:45mins and Allan Williams with 29:37mins. For the Peel Road Runners ladies, Joanne Turner was the first to cross the finish line with 29:24mins, Liz Morgan closely followed Joanne in with 29:26mins and Annie Wilson 32:46mins.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners travelled far and wide over the extended Bank Holiday weekend to get their running fixes in.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]For the second BDSL race of 2017 season, runners from all over the midlands converged at Uttoxeter on Sunday 30th April for the Uttoxeter Festival of Running Half Marathon. Running in Peel colours for the mens division were Robbie Baden 1:26:28, Michael Shelton 1:32:58, Lee Rickards 1:43:41, Dave Fern 1:50:24, Richard Finnegan 2:00:40. The team scored 229pts and finished in 10th place overall.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”529″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Ashley Perks completed his first ever Marathon down in Milton Keynes. Starting and finishing at the home of the MK Dons, the 26.2 mile course looped around the city and surrounding areas taking in tree lined boulevards, cycle paths around lakes, parks & woodland. Although feeling it in the latter stages of the run, Ashley battled on and finished in a time of 4:13:04[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”533″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Also running down at Milton Keynes and continuing their Comrades training were Richie Bunn 3:43:29, Tricia Bunn 3:48;57. Meanwhile Bob Donovan continued his own epic multi marathon year finishing with a time of 5:08:26.

The roads were also closed in Birmingham City Centre at the weekend for the Simplyhealth Great Birmingham 10k road race. Anna Waugh was the sole participant for the Peel Road Runners and with her first 10k in the last 18 months crossed the line with a time of 1:02:12

At the busy Kingsbury Water Parkrun last week, the first Peel Road Runner home was Richie Bunn (before departing for Milton Keynes) with 22:10mins. An improving Zoe Schnepp ran a ‘post baby personal best’ time of 22:55mins (just 4 seconds of her all time PB!) Tim Mudd came home in 24:23mins. Next Peeler across the finish line with 24:43mins was Robert Hirst with Darren Truman behind Robert with 27:20mins and Laura Bowyer with 34:15mins.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners converged on the capital at the weekend for one of the greatest spectacles of the running calendar – The Virgin Money London Marathon.   [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”524″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Whilst many were glued to the television or following their friends on various tracking apps on mobile phones, the Peelers own Sandra Ingram, Stuart Hatton & Colin Frost were amongst the many thousands of lucky runners that were ready to eat up the miles on those famous London streets.

Weather conditions could not have been better as the 3 marathon virgins took to the starting line on Sunday morning and with their winter training well and truly behind them, it was now the 26.2miles that lay ahead of them.

Running and raising money for their respective Charities, all 3 Peelers successfully crossed the finish line in the Mall to be presented with their finishers medal and T/Shirt, along with a well earned drink (or two!). Their finishing times were:

Sandra Ingram 4:09:43
Stuart Hatton 4:31:49
Colin Frost 5:30:51[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”525″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”526″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Back home at the Kingsbury Water Parkrun last week, the first Peel Road Runner to cross the finish line was Michael Shelton with 19:35mins. Tim Gould, who improved on last weeks time, came home in 20:26mins. Next Peeler across the finish line ahead of his forthcoming Milton Keynes Marathon next weekend was Ashley Perks with 21:46mins with Dave Fern close behind with 22:43mins.

Rachael Rickards continued with her post baby comeback and followed Dave home with 24:09mins. Tim Mudd finished with 24:38mins, Shaun Coyle, struggling with an injury was next home with 28:10mins. Laura Bowyer finished with 28:18mins, Owen Slater with 32:21mins and Jayne Coles with 32:24mins.

Over at the Chippenham Parkrun, Peel Road Runner Mags Smith ran a time of 25:01mins and Robert Hirst ran a 25:28mins at the Perry Hall Parkrun.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners had a cracking Easter with some eggs-ceptional performances  both home and away.

Zoe Schnepp hopped up the A5 to run at the Chasewater Easter Egg 10k event. The route which took in the undulating paths and trails around the Chasewater Reservoir saw Zoe smash her PB her with a time of 48:46mins.

Scrambling around the Northampton countryside was Bob Donovan who was running in the Chocothon Marathon. Bob completed the 26.2 mile course in 5:21:20

Turning out for Kingsbury Water Parkrun duties last week, the first Peel Road Runner to (hot) cross (bun) the line was Tim Gould in a quick 21:14mins. Next Peeler across the finish following some time off with an injury was Shaun Coyle with 23:42mins with Stuart Hatton closely behind with 23:51mins.

Marcus Fairburn chased Stuart home with 24:49mins. Robert Hirst finished with 24:55mins, Sandra Ingram with 25:36mins and was followed home again by Darren Truman with 25:37mins and George Hope with 26:25mins.

Meanwhile, at the Delamere Parkrun, Peel Road Runner Robbie Baden ran an eggs-traordinary time of 18:18mins, finishing in 5th place overall in a field of 418 runners.

And finally, after 16wks of focussed training, the Peel Road Runners would also like to wish Sandra Ingram, Stuart Hatton and Mark Harriott the very best of luck with their endeavours in the  London Marathon this coming weekend.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners kicked off the 2017 Burton and District Summer League (BDSL) race calendar at the weekend with the Run in the Forest 5 miler.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”514″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]The Run in the Forest is a mix of road / multi terrain running around the scenic trails of Conkers and the Donisthorpe Woodland. The glorious weather gave for perfect running conditions at the weekend and as many as 15 race ready Peelers took to the starting line.

First Peel Road Runner to cross the finish line was Martin Hollamby who came home in 3rd place overall with a very quick 29:35mins. 2nd Peeler home following Martin in was Robbie Baden in an excellent 30:38mins. Not too far behind was Ashley Baldwin with 30:54mins. Club Chairman Lee Rickards was the next member to cross the finish line in 32:45mins. Michael Shelton was home in 33:13mins, David Fern with 38:24mins, Rachel Rickards made her racing return with 38:31mins, Zoe Schnepp (running without baby Sally) was next in 40:26mins, Tim Mudd in 41:41mins, Darren Truman with 42:36mins, Carolyne Browne in 43:09mins, Rob Hirst in 43:46mins, Owen Slater 44:32mins, Helen Manton 45:36mins and Club Secretary Val Lawson in 45:46mins.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Sunday also saw the Cathedral to Castle 10 mile multi terrain race. Starting at the wonderful Lichfield Cathedral, the route passes through Hopwas Woods and finishes in the grounds of  Tamworth Castle. Keeping his good race form going ahead of the forthcoming Milton Keynes Marathon, Ashley Perks crossed the line in 28th place overall and 3rd in his age category with a very pacy 1:15:37

Richard Finnigan had himself a well earned drink after finishing with a time of 1:24:15, just ahead of Marcus Fairburn who managed a time of 1:27:46 Next Peeler home was Joanne Harvey with 1:28:00 and Jason Church followed Joanne home in 1:30:12[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”515″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]On Kingsbury Water Parkrun duties last week, the first Peel Road Runner to cross the line again was Ashley Perks in a quick 21:35mins. Next Peeler across the finish line and very much in tapering mode ahead of London was Sandra Ingram with 25:40mins, Darren Truman must have been holding on to Sandra’s hand as he too crossed the finish line in a matching time of 25:40mins.

George Hope followed Sandra & Darren home with 26:31mins. Owen Slater finished with 31:38mins.

Saturday morning was also a day to remember for 6 ‘newbie’ runners who successfully completed their ‘Couch to 5k’ training programme with the Peel Road Runners by running the Kingsbury Water Parkrun. The happy graduates were Jayne Coles 31:39mins, Kelly Sippitts 31:45mins, Claire Farmer 32:31mins, Michelle C Fisher 33:37mins, Alison Dolphin 35:33mins and Susan Cartmell 35:41mins. Well done to all finishers!! 5K to 10k next up??

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peel Road Runners were present at the first ever Virgin Active Solihull Half Marathon at the weekend.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”508″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]The event starting and finishing at the Blythe Valley Park, Solihull opened with chilly conditions but soon warmed up as the sun eventually shone through. The route meandered through the local countryside and had an unexpected and unwelcome twist right at the end of the 13.2miles with the finish line tantalisingly in sight. Ashley Perks was the first Peel Road Runner home. Running in Peel team colours for the first time Ashley crossed the line in 91st place with a time of 1:40:04 Darren Cotton was the next Peel Road Runner to finish with a chip time of 1:56:36 followed by Lisa Crane in 1:58:26

Peelers also travelled up the M6 to the ever popular and much supported Manchester Marathon. With the finish at the Old Trafford Cricket ground, home of Lancashire Cricket Club, Dave Fern lead the Peelers home and crossed the line with a time of 3:49:35

Partners Richie Bunn and Tricia Adams ran a ‘gentle jog’ and crossed the line together in 3:52:19 and also running at Manchester was Bob Donovan who added to his growing marathon CV with 4:48:54

At the other end of the country, Michael Shelton fancied a day by the sea and travelled down to the south coast to run in the Bournemouth Bay Half Marathon. Buoyed by the sea air and the thought of a bag of chips on the seafront afterwards, Michael managed a time of 1:32:30

Over at the Kingsbury Water Parkrun, the first Peel Road Runner to cross the line was Tim Gould in a quick 22:48mins. Darren Truman finished with 24:16mins. Tim Mudd was the next Peeler to cross the line in with 24:23mins. Carolyne Browne came agonisingly close to a new PB with 25:14mins. With the London Marathon now just around the corner, Sandra Ingram finished with 25:31mins and Liz Morgan completed the Peelers across the line with a time of 28:36mins

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]PEEL ROAD RUNNER Val Lawson visited the Peak District last weekend, however not for its scenic views but to run in the inaugural Monsal Trail Half Marathon. The Monsal Trail is a former railway line and the half marathon route takes in four railway tunnels and crosses the picturesque Monsal Viaduct itself. Val finished the race in 2:03:29 and enjoyed a well earned cup of tea and a slice of the local Bakewell Tart.

Kingsbury water Parkrun was the only other location to see the Peelers out running last weekend. In a packed field of runners the first Peeler home was Michael Shelton with a speedy time of 19:43mins.
Ashley Perks managed to set another new PB for the season with a time of 21:11mins
Behind Ashley was Richie Bunn 23:59mins, Tim Mudd 24:50mins, Robert Hirst 24:51mins, Lee Rickards (now recovered from the Barcelona Marathon) with 25:13mins just ahead of his wife Rachael Rickards with 25:21mins. Crossing the line immediately behind Rachael was Dave Fern with 25:22mins with Ian Grigg finishing with 29:44mins and Susan Cartmell in 40:49mins.

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