Results update 12 March 2018 – Cross Country, Retford Half, Haworth Hobble, Chester Ultra, parkruns

Club Championships – The Norton 9 was off due to the snow, this is to be rescheduled.  On 30 March 2018 we have the Epworth Easter Egg 10k which is on the club championships, click here to enter.

Inter Country Cross Country Championships – 10 March 2018

 It takes a lot of hard work to qualify to represent your county, well done to the athletes, coaches, parents and supporters for getting to such a high level.  The course was very tough and covered in mud.

U13 Boy – Edward Phillips finished in 121st place with a time of 14:14.  309 finished.

U13 Girl – Jessica Rowland finished in 189th place with a time of 17:03.  302 finished.

U20 Woman – Molly Butterworth finished in 51st place with a time of 29:44.  170 finished.

Jessica ran most of the course with a missing shoe!

Retford Half – 11 March 2018

Brilliant running by our members in good conditions.  This was a great debut half marathon for Peter Badger who hit his target time.  James ran a PB and things are looking good for his marathon in a few weeks.  It was Michael Richardson’s first sub 90 for a few years.  Well done all of you!

Haworth Hobble – 10 March 2018

Congratulations Jodi Savage who has sent in the following report:

I was on a bit of a high after my first ultra run in January when a work friend suggested I enter the Haworth Hobble so I signed up straightaway.  Then I remembered that my friend is a really experienced fell runner who regularly runs mountain marathons with a tent on his back spending the night halfway up a mountain.  I then did a bit of research about the run and found out there was 4,600 ft of climbing over 31.7 miles.  That averages out at about 145ft per mile.  For a bit of context, the Lodge Moor road league race averages 95 ft per mile and I thought that was horrendous!  I was really worried about the hills, until I received the final instruction email from the race organisers – full kit to be carried including waterproofs, torch, map and compass.  This course is not marked!  I forgot about the hills at this point and was really worried about getting lost!

Race day meant a 5am start from home, race HQ was at the local school and everyone seemed really friendly.  For the start they make you walk down a steep hill in the middle of Haworth just to make you run back up it!  The first section was on the road but it quickly turned off road and became the fell race I was expecting.  Queues at stiles and gates in the first few miles meant some enforced stops which I was grateful for!  4 miles in and we began our first proper descent, I started slow but my confidence grew with each step and I picked up some speed.  This section was amazing and I loved flying down the hill, arms waving madly and probably with a huge grin on my face.  I took a tumble towards the bottom of the hill but the landing was soft so no harm done.  The 1st aid station was at 15 miles and I picked up a hot dog!  I was keen to keep the people in front in sight so I kept going.  The next aid station was just before the climb up Stoodley Pike and I was pursuaded to have a wee dram of whiskey, apparently it would help numb the pain of the climb. It didn’t.  We climbed about 800ft in a mile and a half.  I turned around at the top to take in the glorious views but the mist had set in and I couldn’t see a thing.  It was downhill most of the way into Hebden Bridge, a quick run through the town trying to find the stone steps and then a long, thigh burning walk up a road to Hepstonstall.  There were two more serious climbs to go, at this point I was only running flat and downhill sections.  I found my second wind at about 29 miles and ran as much as I could, there were big snow drifts and lots of mud to contend with.  The downhill sections were much slower than earlier in the race as my legs were tired and weren’t quite doing what I was telling them to!  The end was a bit of an anti climax, back to the school where we started where a man with a clipboard took my number and that was it!  I felt amazing though and just could not believe that I had finished it, and 3 minutes quicker than I set out to.  I finished the race in 8hrs 15mins and I reckon there weren’t many people behind me but for a complete fell race novice I’m absolutely over the moon that I completed it.  My friend text me that evening to say that he’d done it in 6hrs 46 mins and that he found it really hard so that was reassuring! This is an amazing race, all in the beautiful North Yorkshire countryside and I would definitely recommend it.  It’s not for the faint hearted and I would recommend some hill training over similar terrain beforehand.  I’m going to do it again next year and I’m hoping I can convince Kate to come with me 🙂

Chester Ultra – 10 March 2018

Well done to Martin Hookway who sent the following report (after the race he made it back for our presentation evening!).

We’d been forecast rain most of the day, and with the previous snow & rain I expected a wet course. This was my 2nd time at Chester Ultra, I knew I was not as fit as I was last year, along with the weather & predicted course conditions I chose not to race. Instead I would use the event as a training run for this years UGB200 and aimed for 10 hours. I chose Hoka Challengers again as my race shoe as they are perfect for distance and a mixed course. Not so good in heavy mud, but I took the chance, and Tailwind as fuel with 2 packs of Shotbloks.

We set off at 6am and I tucked into the 2nd pack, chatting with friends. I wanted a quick start to miss any chance off bottlenecks and once out in the open I dropped my pace. I stopped to help a lad who’d fallen heavily on the canal path at around mile 16, dodged an over excited dog that jumped at me as I passed, teeth glistening in the spring sunshine, had to cut my pack open with penknife as my zip had broke & I couldn’t get my gear out, then got lost once, but other than that there were no issues. The mud was sapping energy quickly, I was tired, I can make all of the excuses I want, but yes I got lost again. The 2nd year and I got lost in the same place again. Turning off trail too early & adding a loop loosing five places. The course is a great layout, flatt’ish’ with a lump in the middle. Hard standing & grassed canal paths at the start & finish with a few fields and lanes thrown in for good measure. This year the conditions under foot were mainly muddy, to the point of me saying that I never wanted to see any more mud again, I had wet feet from mile 6, my brand spanking Hokas were unrecognisable buy the end. But the weather was kind to us all day, we had a couple of light showers and it warned up, totally different to what we were expecting.

All in all a cracking day out. 52 miles and I hit the 10 hours training time I wanted, finishing in 34th for a gold trophy. Again, even with the not so enjoyable ground conditions this year, I can’t recommend the race enough. Wayne & the GBUltra team put on a brilliant event, fantastic checkpoints, well stocked and very friendly. A well marked course, with free hot drinks and free burger van at the end, it just adds to a brilliant day. Bolt on free race photographers after the race and you’re onto a winner. A great start to the season.

Parkruns

Paul Brown completed his round of all the parkruns in the Yorkshire and Humberside region.

At Doncaster we had 7 first timers, some of our beginner runners having a go.

PB’s for Mike CLEASBY, Kris CALVERT.

First timers were Rose JAMES, Bill TOPPING, Paul BROWN, Hannah WHITBY, Dee SCHADE, Vicki MORTIMER, Emma GLOVER, Matthew FLETCHER, Sharon WATERS, Lynn GRIFFITHS.

At Doncaster Matthew HARVEY was first DAC athlete to finish and Jeannette WALTERS was first DAC lady to finish.  The course was very muddy.

Sheffield Hallam

37

Samuel LAWSON

19:48

JM15-17

70.29 %

M

37

Doncaster AC

PB stays at 00:19:32

31

Barnsley

31	Nicole NORTON	24:06	SW20-24	61.41 %	F	3	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:23:48	5
49	Nick NEWMAN	26:31	VM55-59	59.46 %	M	44	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:25:09	85

Normanby

39	Sophie ROYLE	26:15	JW15-17	57.59 %	F	7	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:24:52	39
67	Vicky ROYLE	29:59	VW45-49	54.03 %	F	22	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:28:02	56

Hartlepool

95

Mike CLEASBY

24:16

VM40-44

57.97 %

M

78

Doncaster AC

New PB!

113

Scunthorpe

240

Susan HOOKWAY

35:49

VW40-44

42.95 %

F

74

Doncaster AC

PB stays at 00:27:29

64

Heslington

90	Rose JAMES	24:01	VW35-39	63.29 %	F	13	Doncaster AC	First Timer!	96
127	Bill TOPPING	25:27	VM70-74	69.29 %	M	96	Doncaster AC	First Timer!	164
199	Paul BROWN	29:47	VM65-69	56.86 %	M	132	Doncaster AC	First Timer!	167

Doncaster

4	Matthew HARVEY	20:23	SM25-29	63.29 %	M	4	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:20:13	2
6	Andrew TEASDALE	21:17	SM20-24	60.61 %	M	6	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:18:48	25
9	Stuart BARTLEY	21:44	VM50-54	70.09 %	M	9	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:19:02	69
18	George LAING	23:40	VM55-59	66.06 %	M	18	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:19:45	65
37	Ian FLEETON	27:16	VM35-39	48.35 %	M	37	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:24:18	30
51	Marc PELL	28:34	VM40-44	48.89 %	M	48	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:26:44	26
52	Mark KENWORTHY	28:36	VM50-54	52.86 %	M	49	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:26:31	34
63	Kris CALVERT	29:29	VM35-39	45.28 %	M	59	Doncaster AC	New PB!	3
73	Martyn WALTER	30:01	VM55-59	52.08 %	M	68	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:23:15	97
74	Alistair COLLIS	30:05	VM40-44	46.04 %	M	69	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:29:57	2
82	Jeannette WALTERS	30:57	VW60-64	63.60 %	F	8	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:30:05	19
87	Julie GUEST	31:35	VW55-59	56.57 %	F	9	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:28:39	94
90	Peter BUTLER	31:54	VM60-64	51.15 %	M	80	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:28:17	31
102	Darren WHYMAN	33:52	VM45-49	42.18 %	M	86	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:31:56	6
116	Stephen DOBSON	35:40	VM50-54	42.38 %	M	95	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:29:18	9
123	Hazel WALLER	36:28	VW40-44	42.82 %	F	24	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:35:19	3
127	Lynette JENKINS	38:17	VW50-54	46.06 %	F	27	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:35:15	36
128	Emma FERNANDEZ	38:47	VW40-44	39.66 %	F	28	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:31:24	35
132	Hayley FLEETON	40:07	SW25-29	36.89 %	F	31	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:35:22	13
133	Sinead HARRIS	40:24	SW25-29	36.63 %	F	32	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:32:07	6
136	Jayne LAMBERT	41:13	VW45-49	39.71 %	F	34	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:29:09	16
142	Bev PAGE	42:42	VW55-59	42.39 %	F	39	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:39:55	5
146	Hannah WHITBY	44:37	SW30-34	33.25 %	F	43	Doncaster AC	First Timer!	1
147	Dee SCHADE	44:42	VW60-64	42.80 %	F	44	Doncaster AC	First Timer!	1
148	Dawn GOODINGS	45:26	VW45-49	36.02 %	F	45	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:32:55	23
152	Vicki MORTIMER	47:07	SW25-29	31.41 %	F	48	Doncaster AC	First Timer!	1
154	Emma GLOVER	49:38	SW25-29	29.82 %	F	49	Doncaster AC	First Timer!	1
155	Matthew FLETCHER	50:06	VM40-44	27.64 %	M	106	Doncaster AC	First Timer!	1
156	Stuart BEEBY	50:07	VM55-59	31.19 %	M	107	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:35:55	22
160	Sharon WATERS	54:56	VW55-59	33.40 %	F	51	Doncaster AC	First Timer!	1
161	Lynn GRIFFITHS	55:00	VW55-59	32.91 %	F	52	Doncaster AC	First Timer!	1
162	Julie CULL	1:01:18	VW60-64	31.21 %	F	53	Doncaster AC	PB stays at 00:29:41	26

The races that we will use for the 2018 championship are as follows:

Category 1: Parkrun

Doncaster Parkrun – 24 Feb 2018

Doncaster Parkrun – 16 June 2018

Scunthorpe Parkrun – 2 June 2018

Rother Valley – 25 August 2018

Category 2: 10k road race

Askern 10k  – 16 May 2018

Owston Ferry 10k – 1 July 2018

Doncaster 10K – 25 Nov 2018

Category 3: Half Marathon

Ackworth Half Marathon – 2 April 2018

North Lincolnshire Half Marathon Scunthorpe – 6 May 2018

Newark Half Marathon – 12 Aug 2018

Category 4: Trail run

Bawtry forest – TBC

Epworth Easter Egg 10k Trail race – 30 March 2018

Round Donny Run – 8 July 2018

Category 5: Other

Ward Green 6 – TBC

Norton 9 – 4^th March 2018

The Trunce – 3 September 2018

Scores will be collated after each race and will be posted in the DAC Facebook groups. We hope to see a large DAC contingent at each of these races. Good luck!!

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