Race 10 - Great Cumbrian Run Half Marathon – Sun 5th October
2014
On a cool but dry and only slightly breezy Sunday morning
– almost perfect conditions in fact – nine Blyth runners made the journey over
to Carlisle for the last of the ‘long’ races in this year’s Grand Prix.
There were over 1200 runners gathered in the grounds of Carlisle Castle for a
start through the city centre before heading off into the countryside to the
South East and then back past the football ground, along the finish to the
Brampton-Carlisle which most of us know well and then finally into the finish
at Sheepmount Athletics Stadium.
If
you weren’t right at the front, it took quite a while to get through the start
(so there are significant time differences for ‘gun’ and ‘chip’ times for most
runners) and was then fairly congested for a couple of miles but otherwise the
event seemed to be really well organised, marshalled and supported.
Several of us really appreciated the amount of support that was on the streets
of the handful of villages that the race went through in the middle
miles. The finish area was also really good with the track finish
creating a good atmosphere and an excellent opportunity to be encouraged on by
our club mates who had already finished.
The
course is not flat but in reality could only be described as gently undulating
and, with most of the uphill in the first six miles, was a genuine opportunity
for good times. No doubt assisted both by this and the good weather, four
of our nine runners set PBs, with good times for most of the rest as well.
A
special mention should go to non-Grand Prix runner Richard Shillinglaw,
whose first half marathon this was, and to Graeme and Steve who had both
decided that the chance to run a quick half marathon seven days before a full
marathon was not going to be turned down – good luck with that guys!
The
full results can be found on the Great Cumbrian Run Website.
|
Pos. |
Race Pos. |
Name |
Cat |
Gun Time |
Chip Time |
Div. |
Pts. |
|
Pos. |
Race Pos. |
Name |
Cat |
Gun Time |
Chip Time |
Div. |
Pts. |
|
1 |
28 |
Jake Jansen |
M |
1:24:43 |
1:24:38 |
1 |
7 |
6 |
580 |
Richard Shillinglaw |
M |
1:57:06 |
1:54:21 |
- |
- |
|
|
2 |
33 |
Graeme Stewart |
M |
1:25:42 |
1:25:38 |
2 |
7 |
7 |
704 |
Ralph Dickinson |
M60 |
2:02:24 |
1:59:38 |
4 |
6 |
|
|
3 |
130 |
Steve Dobby |
M40 |
1:34:27 |
1:34:21 |
3 |
6 |
8 |
718 |
Claire Mason |
F50 |
2:02:56 |
2:00:10 |
5 |
6 |
|
|
4 |
238 |
David Roberts |
M50 |
1:40:37 |
1:38:17 |
4 |
8 |
9 |
856 |
Louise Rawlinson |
F40 |
2:10:20 |
2:07:34 |
5 |
5 |
|
|
5 |
294 |
Claire Calverley |
F |
1:44:12 |
1:41:53 |
4 |
7 |
|
|
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Total
No. of finishers :- 1228 |
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Mistakes/corrections etc.,
please contact Steve Walker by clicking on the link.