Cathy and Martin Burke have just returned from the event and as Cathy writes:-
"An absolutely amazing experience but really, really tough. Others there said it was harder than Ironman and the Racing the Planet which they had taken part in. So I'm quite chuffed to have finished the race in under 35 hours."
Martin took part in some of the event and managed to produce a pb fopr 17 miles in completeing the final stage of the race!
Rumour has it that our friend Ron also took part and his report will shortly be appearing at .
A full report when both have had the opportunity to recover and catch up will appear on a blog near here.
.....And closer to home there were 2 events in Sussex:-
At the Bexhill Half Marathon Club Chairman Albert Kemp was denied 1st place in Male V 60 age group by being duped into believing that his rival for the place, Mick Staines of Pitsea RC was beaten.
Albert came in 26 seconds behind Mick to clinch 106th place and 2nd place MV60 with a time of 1:45:36. The wind was so strong that Albert was "nearly blown over" which, being translated, means blown sideways.
Well done Albert!
...Meanwhile, a handful of Waddies made the journey to Preston Park, Brighton for the annual Preston Park Races. These races are run in separate sections for boys, girls, men and women of various age groupings run separately over different distances at different times. There is very much a club atmosphere something approaching that of an athletics meeting.
It was dry, at least for the men's race, but a fierce wind greeted runners in parts of the course. The results were:-
Women (3.8k)
19th Linda Hayes 15:34
49th Kathie Gates 19:36
Men (7.3k)
21st Ciaran Osborn 25:54
88th Peter Burfoot 31:20
97th Anthony Gates 33:46
Well done, all of you!
....And midweek, Albert Kemp and Barry Gilbert ran in the 56th annual Henlow 10 Mile Road Race, held in ideal cool calm and sunny conditions. The course takes runners on an A to B route from the Old Warden Aerodrome back to RAF Henlow in Bedfordshire. It follows mainly minor roads and takes in a few challenging hills on the way. A total of 223 runners completed the course comprising of mainly RAF personnel, MOD employees and local civilian clubs including Stopsley Striders, Bedford Harriers and Fairland Valley Spartans. It was also pleasing to note that RAF Aldergrove from Northern Ireland and RAF Kinloss had travelled down from Scotland to compete.
The results were
107th 77:13 Albert Kemp
187th 92:05 Barry Gilbert
Well done the pair of you. Jolly Good Show, What?
For those Waddies not competing in the Hastings Marathon, now is the time to be getting out your diaries! A total of 14 Waddies have entered the event which is being run for the first time since 1908 on 14th December 2008. It promises to be a very special event and the Waddies runnning it need you. Your role will be to support the Waddies on the course. The race starts from Hastings Town Hall at 9.30 am. After a loop round the Town Centre the course climbs up passed Willliam Parker School to the Ridge, westwards to Battle and Catsfield, then down to Ninfield and Sidley before descending into Bexhill and along the seafront to Hastings. Supporters are encouraged to wear period dress for 1908. Further details are avialable on the Hastings Marathon website:
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