Road Race Report May 2012

Virgin London marathon 22 April 2012

Well done to Notts AC runners who completed the London Marathon.  Despite the warm conditions there were some good performances and great times. Matt Blunden was the first of our runners in a time of 2hr 29m 12s which brought him over the finish line in 48^th place. Kevin Farrow finished not far behind in 64^th place and a time of 2hr 31m 11s. Other Notts times;

147^th Richard Darling 2hr 39m 00s

252^nd William Speake 2hr 42m 24s

3884^th Joe Gardner V45 3hr 25m 28s

5029^th Ken Allen 3hr 32m42s 13^th over 65.

5043^rd Ian Muxlow V40 3hr 29m 49s.

10536^th Lorraine Cottee LV40 3hr 59m 21s.

Great day and a must for all runners at some time whilst they are fit.

Notts 10m 11 May 2012.

Fairly good conditions with the wind not proving to be the problem expected resulted in a fine win for Alistair Watson in a time of 52m 56s. Dave Brazener V40 had a good run to finish 11^th in 61m 48s with Martin Saunders V40 also producing another good time of 65m 55s to finish 27^th. Other Notts times;

110^th Keith Waring V50 77m 19s.

123^rd Ken Allen V65 78m 22s

137^th Kirsty Manger 80m 08s.

228^th Patricia Allen LV65 93m 22s. 262 finishers.                               

A big thanks to Aidan Jackson and his team for organising and managing the race.   

Notts AAA Summer League Epperstone 11 April 2012.

The start of the Summer League kicked off with some great running from Notts AC athletes with a special mention of Matt Williams U20 who finished a great 8^thand Colin Palmer despite being injured ran a creditable 53^rd to make 6^th counter in the senior team. We must also thank Fred Pidgeon for collecting the disks.

Individual and team results were shown in the last Newsletter.

Notts AAA Summer League Holme Pierrepont 9 May 2012.

A wet night but no wind didn’t deter Ian Kimpton and Jarrat Perkins from finishing 1^st in 24m26s and 2^nd in 25m 33s with Brett Clifford from New Zealand making his debut in a Notts vest finishing 4^th in 26m 33s. Andy Norton 6^th in 27m 08s, John Muddeman 10^th in 27m 16s and Matt Judson 20^th in 28m 27s making up the senior team. Other Notts times;

64^th Martin Saunders V45 31m 36s

68^th Joe Gardner V45 31m 56s

72^nd Ian Muxlow V40 32m 09s

81^st Nick Evans V50 32m35s

141^st Ed Sobey (Son of the one and only Dick) 35m 53s

164^th Corey Wilson V40 36m 33s

169^th Dick Sobey V50 (Father and coach of Ed Sobey) 37m 48s

170^th Pete Deacon V40 37m 54s

204^th Ian Parker V45 41m 17s

210^th Jim Litchfield V60 42m 16s

Notts were first team with 43 points followed by Redhill RR with 95 and Long Eaton with 188.

After two races Notts have 138 followed by Redhill RR with 148 and Sutton Harriers 554. For full results see www.nottsaaa.org

Well done to you all and for proudly wearing yours Notts vest.

Again big thanks to Fred Pidgeon for helping with the results in the wet conditions.

The next race is at the Friesland Leisure Centre, Sandiacre on 13^th June 7.15 start.

Please be aware that all of the Summer League officials, timekeepers, position recorders, marshals and race organisers carry out their duties as well as they can. They volunteer and do so for no free, not even travel expenses, so we should all be thankful that without them these races could not take place. Please therefore give them the respect they deserve and a thank you to them at every opportunity.

2012 Burney Cup and Mary Gash Shield.

After 4 races it is difficult to know who will set the challenge to win these prestigious prized trophies. Mick Robinson doesn’t appear interested this year and Wendy is not as committed as previous years. The Notts AC website has latest positions and a list of the races.

The next races on the calendar are the Beeston 5 on 30^th May, the Long Eaton 5 on 10^th June, the Summer League at Erewash (Sandiacre) on 13^th June and Rampton 10k on 17^th June wish is also a Notts AAA County Championship race. There is also on 26^th June the Holme Pierrepont 10k.

Sorry to report that we do not have a marathon this year as the Robin Hood has been cancelled. The Notts AAA are hoping to use the Leicester Marathon for theCounty Championship but this will be too late for us to include in our results.

Keep on running,

Ken