For those runners seeking a flat, fast half-marathon course, the Cheshire half-marathon is the perfect opportunity to achieve a personal best. The Cheshire Half starts and finishes outside the stunning Capesthorne Hall and runs around the flat and rural closed roads of Cheshire. Ashley Baldwin took on the challenge this weekend and smashed it in 1:13:00 with Rachel Naylor running the race in an impressive 1:50:00.
Wayne King took on the challenge of the Stratford half-marathon. The route shows everything that Shakespeare’s Stratford-Upon-Avon has to offer with a finish coming past the Bards RSC Theatre. Wayne achieved an awesome result of completing the course in 1:21:00. Peelers on top form this weekend!
The Burton and District Summer League is down to its final two races of the year. Peelers were out in force this weekend at Lichfield – a hilly 10k course. The route takes the runners out of Lichfield into a series of rural lanes which wind up in Chorley village. This is where runners find a series of five hills before heading to a fast downhill to the finish. The race is a race for runners organised by runners and this year attracted over 700 runners. Leading the pack in an impressive time of 39:16 were Nathan Cox and Jamie Abbiss, both crossing the line at exactly the same time! Scott Chapman came in next 42:02, followed by Mike Shelton 44:52; Adrian Jelley 45:41; Mark Boffey 49:33; Roger Lloyd 49:51; Sophie Galloway 53:10. Anne Whitby-Smith ran her first race for the Peelers, completing the 10k under the hour in 56:27; Gillian Jelley followed in 59:09; Sarah Boffey 1:02:16.
Weekends for Stephanie Attenborough and Joanne Sharman mean one thing only – parkrun somewhere in the world! This weekend they chose to fly to Katowice, Poland. The parkrun itself is one lap through woodland. Steph and Jo ran alongside 59 other runners with a great set of volunteers supporting them along the way. Jo completed the run in 31:35 and Steph in 31:40. .As well as running Steph and Jo also volunteered; Steph completing her 5th volunteer alphabet and Jo her forth! The weekend of volunteering did not stop there – an early flight back to the UK meant they were able to hand out finish tokens to all the juniors who ran the Verulamium junior parkrun, St. Albans. Steph and Jo certainly give back to the parkrun community! Weekends usually start with a parkrun for many Peelers. Mike Shelton completed Beacon Park, Lichfield course in 21:20; Emma Pick ran an impressive 19:27 at Brierley Forest; Tracey Ford ran Brueton in 24:47; Ian Orton completed Hereford in 21:14; Jacqueline Tierney travelled to Jersey and finished in 29:33. Kingsbury Water Park was the choice of many – Richward Satchwell 24:58; Lisa Stretton 24:59; Ashley Goodman 25:01; Katie Stretton 26:41; Darren O’Leary 27:29; Sarah Boffey 29:10; Neal Dempsey 30:11; Roger Eastaff 31:09; Claire Guffick 31:09; Lee Guffick 33:02; Helen Dempsey 33:47; Alison Upton 33:49; Emma Whorwood 33:53; Jo Insley 34:10 and Wendy Bowyer 37:58. Melton Mowbray was the choice of Michael Hughes completing the course in 38:43; Garth Cox ran at Rushcliffe in 23:31, Chris Taylor travelled to Penalta, Caerphilly and finished in 32:04. Back home in Tamworth Castle Grounds – Sophie Galloway 24:53; Allen King 27:18; Chris Bennett 29:12 and Lisa Barnes 30:35.