Race 10 – Tees Pride 10k – Sun 3rd September 2017
On a pleasant sunny, September morning in Middlesbrough 13
Blyth runners gathered for the Tees Pride 10k. This was the 10th race of the
grand prix season. Conditions were good with only a slight breeze. Those who had done the race before knew this
was a mostly flat one loop course, ran on closed roads. For those who were in
good shape a PB was definitely a possibility.
As the race set off, most of the runners were in their
expected finishing time zones. I always
think this is a good as idea, particularly where many of the participants are
'fun' runners, as most of us have experienced the frustration of being boxed in
by people who are rather over enthusiastic of their racing pace. As we set off,
there was good support from the spectators who lined the pathway of the start
and finishing straight with a band playing music at mile 5.
First Blyth runner back was Paul Whalley
with Peter Brown a very close 2nd. Graham Wood was 3rd back with an excellent
PB of 39.41 who again took maximum points in Division 2. Mark Ponton took the main spoils in Division 3. Rachel Joseph
was first lady back and also first back in Division 5.
Our reward at the finish, was a bottle
of water, a goody bag containing a t shirt, a lolly and a medal with the usual
promotional flyers included. All in all, I think this was a good and well
organised race with a decent atmosphere and I for one would run it again.
The full results can be found HERE
Pos. |
Race Pos. |
Name |
Cat |
Time |
Div. |
Pts. |
|
Pos. |
Race Pos. |
Name |
Cat |
Time |
Div. |
Pts. |
1 |
66 |
Paul WHALLEY |
M40 |
37:59 |
1 |
10 |
8 |
694 |
Michael ASHBY |
M50 |
50:58 |
3 |
7 |
|
2 |
72 |
Peter BROWN |
M40 |
38:16 |
1 |
9 |
9 |
761 |
Rachel JOSEPH |
F40 |
51:16 |
5 |
8 |
|
3 |
114 |
Graham WOOD |
M45 |
39:41 |
2 |
10 |
10 |
805 |
Anne CRADDOCK |
F55 |
51:57 |
5 |
7 |
|
4 |
138 |
Steven FRENCH |
M40 |
40:26 |
1 |
8 |
11 |
868 |
Terry McCABE |
M60 |
51:58 |
- |
- |
|
5 |
210 |
Richard SHILLINGLAW |
M |
41:47 |
2 |
9 |
12 |
1310 |
Ewa JOHNSON |
F45 |
56:52 |
5 |
6 |
|
6 |
269 |
Shaun DODD |
M45 |
43:48 |
2 |
8 |
13 |
1577 |
Diane WALLACE |
F60 |
62:06 |
6 |
5 |
|
7 |
574 |
Mark PONTON |
M45 |
49:11 |
3 |
8 |
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
No. of finishers :- 2639 |
Mistakes/corrections etc.,
please contact Steve Walker by clicking on the link.