Race 3 - Cragside 10K – Sat 13th April 2013

Well spring had finally arrived on Saturday for the Cragside 10 K, the mist had lifted and the sun was making an appearance, I even went without gloves for the first time this year, which is about time as I have had them on for the last 6 months.
There was a great turnout from Blyth with contestants from each division vying for a good position. There was a 1km walk up the hill to the start giving us all a good idea of how quick the finish was going to be, if we had any strength left in the legs after the climb up to that point.
Since it was downhill for the first K we all went off rather quickly with Peter brown, Jake , Lee and Jon leading the way, all making a great start at the front.
Once we hit the bottom of the hill we were all catching our breath and trying to slow down a little bit for the hills ahead, from 2 - 5 k it was rather "lumpy" with some short ups and downs to keep it interesting.
After 5km the route started to climb, then climb some more, and more all the way up to 8km, what a long drag that one was ! I came across a couple of casualties on the way up, poor Jon French had pulled up with a hamstring problem then next was young Jake who had his own set of problems.
Finally at 8km the dash to the finish began, trying to catch my breath and make up time from the slow uphill section, expecting Heather Christopher to come flying past me at any second.
With about 1/2 mile to go Calum came breezing past me, and I expected Steven French to be catching me soon also, which he was , thankfully I heard him coming and just managed to keep ahead !.
Watching the rest of the gang come in there were some impressive finishes from Julie, Ray and Lindsey coming in strong and Dave Potts just caught Shaun on the line in with a rather impressive finish also !.
So all in all a great day out in the woods, though I suspect that we will all have tender quads tomorrow !.
Well done to all those who ran !
Bring on the Allendale 8 ! which may also be a little bit hilly , wooo hooo ! (Steve D)

The full results can be found at racetimingsystems.net

(Please note that times recorded below are the chip times but race position is based on clock time.)

Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Pace	Div.	Pts.	Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Pace	Div.	Pts.
1	6	Peter Brown	M40	37:18	6:00	1	8	16	63	David Bradley	M55	45:38	7:21	4	10
2	9	Lee Cuthbertson	M	38:27	6:11	1	7	17	67	Mark Ponton	M45	45:58	7:24	4	9
3	12	Peter Holmback	M	38:45	6:14	2	8	18	72	Terry Mccabe	M60	46:35	7:30	4	8
4	15	Sam Dodd	M	39:32	6:22	1	6	19	74	Lindsey Chapman	F	46:28	7:29	4	7
5	17	Adam Robinson	M45	39:41	6:23	2	7	20	80	Julie Lemin	F35	47:26	7:38	5	8
6	18	Graeme Stewart	M	39:54	6:25	2	6	21	81	Ray Carmody	M	47:28	7:38	4	6
7	30	Daniel N'jai	M	41:32	6:41	3	9	22	95	Steve Walker	M50	48:15	7:46	4	5
8	38	Calum Storey	M	42:59	6:55	3	8	23	105	David Roberts	F50	49:05	7:54	4	4
9	39	Steve Dobby	M	43:05	6:56	3	7	24	137	Ralph Dickinson	M60	52:04	8:23	4	3
10	40	Steven French	M	43:15	6:58	3	6	25	138	Claire Calverly	F35	52:06	8:23	5	7
11	42	Heather Christopher	F40	43:47	7:03	3	5	26	145	Ron Ingram	M55	52:51	8:30	5	6
12	49	Steve Gillespie	M50	44:32	7:10	3	4	27	162	Andrew Hunter	M	54:02	8:42	-	-
13	58	Shaun Dodd	M40	45:25	7:19	3	3	28	178	Peter Maylia	M55	56:00	9:01	5	5
14	59	David Potts	M45	45:25	7:19	4	12	29	180	Louise Rawlinson	F40	56:08	9:02	6	6
15	60	Martin Scott	M40	45:30	7:19	4	11	30	187	Richard Shillinglaw	M	56:39	9:07	-	-
Total No. of finishers :- 262

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