Road Results 2010

Sun 25 Jul

Elmbridge 10k

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Well done to Ray on a new pb, beating his previous best at Oxshott last year by 7s.

Sat 17 Jul

Elmore 7

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Well done to Ruth on a pb by 1:22, Annette by 2:28, Andy by 1:16, and Bill by 0:32.

Wed 14 Jul

Reigate Priory - Summer Evening 10k

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Thur 1 Jul

Nonsuch Relay - 4 x 1.87 Miles

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Sun 20 Jun

Richmond 10k

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Well done to Andy on a new pb.

Sun 13 Jun

Beddington Park 10k

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Richard was in 2nd place till the last half mile when he was taken by Simon Donaghy, with Andy around 20s behind him all race.

Mon 31 May

BUPA London 10k

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Times amended 06/06/10, following corrections to the official times.

Mon 31 May

D-Day 10k

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Andy reports: "I travelled down to Portsmouth today to run the 25th anniversary D-Day 10km, which is normally run on the Wednesday closest to June 6th (D-Day), but was moved to the bank holiday this year. My aim was to beat 39:49, my PB set in February 2001! A new course this year, all on footpaths around the lido and lagoon, the cycle track and the running track at the Mountbatten Centre.

Overcast but nice running conditions, if a little breezy for the 11am start. All went to plan as I started off ahead of target pace, feeling comfortable. What surprised me was the fact that I was able to get faster as the race went on, finishing strongly in 39:03. My Garmin had the course as long, so if that was correct it equates to about 38:34. Very pleased – target achieved."

Sun 30 May

Comrades Marathon

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Well done to all in completing the world famous Comrades Marathon in hot conditions. All are reportedly very pleased with their times, with Dave doing a course best.

Sun 23 May

Dorking 10

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Well done to Andy on a new pb. Richard missed his by a second. Ruth and Kate are leading their respective age groups after this the fourth race in the league.

Wed 19 May

Help For Heroes 5k

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Andy reports: "This was a really good event organised for Help for Heroes, with all the £13.50 entry fee going to charity. Everything was provided by sponsors for the event, so you got a goody bag, t-shirt, towel, drinks, fruit, sweets and a few other goodies, to go with your medal. The race was started by Ray Stubbs who ran as well and the organiser received a letter of support from Princes William and Harry.

203 runners ran the route that is very similar to the course used by Serpentine for their monthly race. Half the field were in fancy dress, and the fancy dress competition was narrowly won by the three gingerbread women from the three Spitfires. Entry was restricted to staff of work and invited guests.

When I lined up, I was the only person in club kit, so I thought that I had a good chance. By the first corner I was in the lead, ahead of a pink fairy. I ran strongly, steadily pulling away from the field to win by 55 seconds in a time of 20:13, for 5.25km. My prize is a 30-minute sports massage."

Sun 16 May

Stevington 12k

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Paul reports: "The Beds/Bucks duo travelled to the North Bedfordshire village of Stevington for their last event in May. The hilly course started and finished on the playing field at the Social Centre and passed through the villages of Oakley and Pavenham. The homemade cakes and pastries available in the Village Hall after the race were most acceptable."

Sun 16 May

Richmond Half

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Well done to Richard on a pb by 2:25. Also, to Kate beating her previous best by 1:58, Wendy beating hers by 2:57, and Nicola by 2:48.

Fri 7 May

Blisworth 5k

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Paul reports: "The Beds/Bucks duo ventured into Northamptonshire to compete in the first race in the Blisworth Friday 5 Series.

The 'undulating' course was basically 2K downhill, followed by 2K uphill with the final kilometre to the finish being slightly downhill.

[Gordon thought he had achieved a sub 20'00 minute time and I was convinced that my time was sub 23'00 !!!]"

Thur 6 May

Dave Clarke 5k

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A variety of Garmins suggested this one was still a little under 5k.

Sun 9 May

Halstead Marathon

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Andy reports: "Today five members made the trip to Halstead in Essex to run the 16th Halstead Marathon. Unusually for this event, it was run in cool, breezy and cloudy conditions, compared to the usual heatwave. The route takes runners out to a large loop, then a small loop, the large loop again and a different route back to the finish. The course is never flat, no nasty hills, just lots of ups and downs.

Dave Ross was first home in 35th position in 3:10:43. I was next in 3:13:58 in 40th, my 4th fastest ever time and a time that gives me a Good For Age time for London in 2012. I was really pleased with the time and how solid I ran.

Steve Cooney was next home in 3:22:10 in 71st place, having a steady and uneventful run. Mel struggled with a painful leg and just missed the four hours by 29 seconds in 284th. Rob Wilson was 498th in a time of 5:28:06.

There were 508 finishers.

Usual well orgainsed event, good race HQ, good medal, goody bag and good t-shirt."

Sun 2 May

Sutton 10k

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Well done to Richard on a new pb and first sub 40. Welcome to new member Marc in his first race for the club.

Sun 2 May

Betty Willett Memorial 10k

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Paul reports: "The Beds/Bucks duo kicked off May with the Dunstable Road Runners/Stopsley Striders 'Betty Willett Memorial 10K' event organised to raise funds for Cancer Research UK. The course, with the start and finish on the Stockwood Park Athletics Track in Luton, was two undulating laps and passed through the village of Slip End, which has a pub called the Frog and Rhubarb, on each lap."

Sun 25 Apr

London Marathon

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Well done to Dave on a Guinness World Record as the fastest cartoon character, and to Nicola, Alex and Annette on PBs.

Sun 25 Apr

Shakespeare Marathon

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Sun 18 Apr

Flitwick 10k

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Paul reports: "The Beds/Bucks duo's final event for April was the Ampthill & Flitwick Flyers Flitwick 10K event which incorporated the Beds County Championships. There were 793 finishers.

The course is described as fast, undulating, scenic and accurately measured - it's positively hilly from 8K to approximately 9.25K with the remainder of the course being downhill to the finish."

Sun 18 Apr

Bungay Black Dog Half

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Ruth reports: "As the sole representative of Collingwood at Bungay Black Dog Half - I did a course PB 1.53- (prev at Bungay have been 1.56 and 1.55).

I believe that the Brighton contingency have also done well!

It was a hot one but a good one! Ray came along and cheered me on at the start and end so I wasn't Bungay No Mates. "

Sun 18 Apr

Brighton Marathon

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Andy reports: "Six Collingwood members ran the first ever Brighton Marathon today, which was Tom’s 100th marathon, making him the seventh full member of the 100 Marathon Club from Collingwood.

This was a great first running of the event (if very expensive), good organisation apart from a very narrow start which meant that the last starters took ages to cross the line. There were plenty of water stations and other drink stations along the route, which was necessary as it was a lovely bright day, with clear blue skies and just a hint of a breeze.

The route started out at Preston Park, making its way into and around central Brighton, before heading out to Rottingdean. All the climbs, which were minor were out of the way by 12 miles. The route was flat through Brighton and Hove, then around the power station at Shoreham, before heading back to Brighton to finish on Madeira Drive.

There were significant road closures, making this a really good and fast course. The crowds were huge and very loud. This was a smaller version of next week’s London Marathon and clearly will stay on the calendar.

The start was delayed by 15 minutes by a parked car on the course. Steve and I started together, to be joined by Richard by 2 miles. Richard and I recreated our battle from the Brighton Half Marathon in February swapping placing until 10 miles. Steve had a more steady start, so by the 10 mile marker, I was just ahead of Richard with Steve only sixty yards back.

I managed to stay ahead of the other two through to the finish in 228th place, in a time on my garmin of 3:16:48. I was delighted with the time as it was better than I could have hoped at this stage of the year. Steve was a couple of minutes behind me, having run quicker than at Taunton last week, in 258th place. Richard was just two minutes back in a stunning PB, well over twenty minutes quicker (26:19 quicker) than before, in 277th.

We were vocally supported by Bill and Gill. Gill and I stayed in Brighton to see first Doug, then Rob and then Tom closing in on the finish. Welcome to the club Tom.

A great day out down in Brighton. T-shirt, medal and goody bag to the 7,419 finishers."

Sun 11 Apr

Taunton Marathon

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Mel reports: "Preparation for Taunton was better. We met another friend and the 4 of us went out to Pizza hut for dinner and went to bed at a reasonable time. The race didn't start until 10.30am the next day. This time it was a road marathon of two laps around Taunton. The first lap was good. I ran round fairly easily and felt ok after yesterday. There were lots of people doing the half-marathon, which was one lap. On finishing the first lap I found myself suddenly on my own, the traffic had been allowed to use the roads again and actually it became quite confusing as to where I was meant to be going. The cars were not giving us any space either. It was quite dangerous. I was now beginning to feel the effects of yesterday and last weekend. My legs were heavy and tired, it was getting hot and I was losing my focus a bit, resulting in the second lap for me being a lot harder and slower. I was a little disappointed with my finish time of 4 hours 6 min. Dave had a good run, he finished in 3 hours 9 mins. He also found the second lap a bit harder but pushed on to finish very strongly up the hill at 23 miles then onwards to the end at the Somerset College of Arts and Technology. Facilities there were good, showers, cafe, etc etc. We received a nice t-shirt and medal. Steve Cooney who had travelled up on the day also had a good run finishing in 3 hours 21."

Sun 11 Apr

Sandy 10

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Paul reports: "The Beds/Bucks duo were in action again on Sunday when they travelled to Sandy, Beds to take part in Biggleswade AC's 10 mile event which incorporated the Beds County Championships. There were 524 finishers.

The course was a 'pan handle' with the loop between miles 4 and 6 and passed through the villages of Everton [twice] and Gamlingay. The outward route was uphill for the majority of the opening 2 miles, undulating to 6 miles and into a cross/headwind.
The return route from 6 miles was mostly downhill with a following wind. A negative 5 mile split time would have been achievable by the really fit runners !!!"

Sun 11 Apr

Connemara Ultra (39.3)

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Sun 11 Apr

Paris Marathon

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Kate reports: "A great marathon to do, and very laid back atmosphere. The best experience was seeing the sunrise over the Arc De Triomphe, just before the start of the marathon, and it was a fantastic feeling being there, as the last time I saw this was 24 years ago on honeymoon.

This marathon was extra special to me, as it is a warm up for next year, when I am planning to return to mark Jim's and my Silver Anniversary, which is on May 3rd next year."

Sat 10 Apr

Connemara Invitational Marathon

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Collingwood's Allan Rumbles ran a warm and breezy Connemara Invitational Marathon on Saturday 10 April in 3 hours 50 minutes. He then went on to run the Connemara Ultra of 39.3 miles in even warmer conditions in 6 hours 18 minutes on Sunday 11th.

Tue 6 Apr

East Surrey League - Ewell Court 4 (4.4?)

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Our A team was 7th on the night, the B team was 15th, and the remaining team of 2 was 21st. 24 complete and incomplete teams took part. We finished 9th of 30 after this the final race of the season.

The first race of the new season in the East Surrey League will provisionally be 30th October, 5 miles XC at Lloyd Park.

Fri 2 Apr

Bletchley Enigma Marathon

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Mel reports: "On Good Friday Dave and I completed the first ever Bletchley Engima marathon. This was organised by our good friend Dave Bayley. It was basically one lap of the lake near Milton Keynes then out and along the canal to 14 miles, turn around and come back again. The organiser was very worried about the course being short so included an extra loop of the lake at the end, which was very unexpected and made the actual finishing distance 27.1 miles. Was a good event as only 31 people running, water, jelly babies and bananas were plentiful. Dave finished in 3 hours 15 2nd place, and me in 4 hours 7 min. We were both taking it easy as Running the Compton 40 the next day."

Sun 28 Mar

Worthing 20

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Sun 21 Mar

Monaco 21.1k

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Andy reports: "Having grown up watching Formula 1 and often wondering what it would be like to go to Monaco, home of the only street circuit in the Formula 1 Grand Prix calender, I decided to tackle the only marathon in the world which takes in 3 countries - Monaco, Italy and France. All was well until I found out the full marathon had been cancelled due to French elections and so it was changed to a half marathon within the principality of Monaco, 2nd only to the Vatican as the smallest country in the world!

The start line of the 21K / half marathon was the same Start / Finish line as the Formula 1 Grand Prix. Pole and other grid positions were visible all down the straight. Provisional work for the Grand Prix was already underway as it takes 6 weeks to prepare the course, the pit lane had already had a fresh coat of red tarmac! The weather conditions were perfect, the flags on the poles were motionless and, although a little humid, it was dry.

The 9am start headed towards the 1st turn on the course, the same for the GP and 21K, the difference being runners turned immeadiate right onto Av President J.F. Kennedy and not up the Avenue D'Ostende - the steep uphill road that leads to Casino Square on the GP circuit. A quick out and back, (the turnaround being the small chicane after the tunnel exit) and we headed for the swimming pool complex - 2 chicanes before doing a 180 at Rasscass and turning right past the entrance to the pit lane and over the start line again.

Where we had first turned right we now turned left uphill Rue Grimaldi, a few hundred meters later and a right hand turn into a roundabout / tunnel system built into the rock! The following 4kms undulated along Boulevard du Lavotto through 2 tunnels and across 2 bridges. The 2nd bridge had the world famous Fairmont Chicane to the left, (at 30mph one of the slowest bends on any Grand Prix circuit) and to the right the famous tunnel under the Fairmont hotel, (among the fastest sections of any Grand Prix circuit at 170+mph!)

At 5.5km the route dropped down a ramp onto Avenue Princesse Grace, so many of the roads in Monaco are named after Princes and Princesses it's easy to mix them up. The turnaround was by the lush Monte Carlo beach hotel, ca ching! At 7kms the Fairmont Tunnel was upon us and we were back on track, literally. I've lost count of how many times I've seen Grand Prix cars go screaming into that tunnel, now it was my turn - on foot! The noise inside this tunnel on Grand Prix day must be immense, especially on the 1st lap as 26 of motorings most highestly charged cars descend into it from the hairpin for the 1st time. It took me 3 minutes to emerge into the daylight at the other end then around the small chicane and back to the swimming pool complex once again.

At Rasscass / the pit lane entry the course veered left into Tunnel T3 - T4, a 2 lane, 2 tunnel construction. This system enters Fontvielle, the newest area of Monaco which has been reclaimed from the sea. Above on top of the peninsula is Monaco-ville, the old town and home to Prince Albert of Monaco and his palace, the cathederal and the impressive Oceanographique Museum and Aquarium. Upon entering the tunnel the lead runner was already at the 11k, a full 1k ahead. The route heads south, circumnavigates the rose garden and passes the heliport with it's 5 landing pads. Now heading north to skirt the Stade Louis II olympic stadium and back into the Tunnel T3 - T4, uphill to Boulevard Albert 1ER and back to the Grand Prix start / finish line and 12k.

With all that in the bag it was time for the 2nd lap! I felt a little tired heading up Rue Grimaldi for the 2nd time and the undulation of the 2nd tunnel on Boulevard du Lavotto was telling, my legs were feeling heavy so I just had to dig in. Support was minimal along the route but the feed stations were excellent with fruit, water, sugar and buscuits. I had 2 bottles of water throughout the run and a sponge to keep me cool, wearing a sleevless & shorts was a wise choice today. At 15k there was a timing mat which I reached at 1:17 exactly but my Garmin was not on it's best behaviour, a low battery and lack of reception underground in the tunnels led to a somewhat sporadic recording of the run, by 11 miles it had given up the ghost!

Upon entering the Fairmont tunnel for the 2nd time I had gauged the last 4km of the course, it was time to apply myself to as strong a finish as possible. Runners who had passed me between 14 / 15km were in my sights and slowly and surely I started passing some of them! It was a strange feeling to actually overtake runners and feel strong
this late in a tough run. I ran hard for 1.5km then came Tunnel T3 - T4 for the 3rd and final time. The ascent was long enough and the last 2km was tough too, I wanted a PB but had nothing to gauge my time! The timing mat at 10 / 20km read 1:42ish and with 1km left a PB was not possible (1:44:48 in Liverpool on 29/3/09). Little did I know but as I rounded the last corner to enter the stadium Rachelle, my cheering, jumping, whooping support spotted me. I was "in the zone" focused only on finishing and completley missed her!

A cheeky 50m ramp into the stadium lead to the 1st of the 4 bends all on a running track (the water jump had been sectioned off thankfully!) I rounded the last corner and crossed the finish line in 1:47:57, job done. This was my 1st half marathon since the Bewl 15 last July so all told I'm happy with the outcome. Monaco is a special, unique place and although I intended to do a marathon completing a half marthon inside the 2nd smallest country in the world is quite a memorable event."

Sun 21 Mar

Hastings Half

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Well done to Richard on a new pb by 2s, and Kate by 3:27, despite moaning how hard and how many the hills were and how rose-tinted the course description had been from certain members beforehand. A tight one between Rich and Martin, with Martin needing another couple of hundred metres to catch Richard.

Sun 14 Mar

Silverstone Half

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Sat 13 Mar

East Surrey League - Box Hill Relay - 4 x 2.1 miles

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The 3rd revision of the official results have the times almost right, but it seems Annette's time is still wrong by a minute.

Sun 7 Mar

Duchy Marathon

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Sun 21 Feb

Sussex Beacon Half

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Well done to Bill and Richard on PBs and to Kate on her first half marathon. Her time would have been quicker but for having to queue to get through the finish.

Sun 14 Feb

Valentine's 10k

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Well done to Bill, Kate, Richard and Gill on PBs.

Sun 31 Jan

Marrakech Marathon

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Sat 30 Jan

Marrakech 3.5k

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Steve reports: "We did a 3.5k race in Marrakech today instead of the Banstead parkrun as a warm up for the marathon tomorrow. There were a couple of hundred runners. Dave was first in 11:13, I was 5th in 12:04, and Mel was 10th in 13:11. We all could have gone quicker as we were told it was going to be 5k and didn't know till we passed the finish line. Looks like it's going to be 70 degrees plus tomorrow."

Sun 24 Jan

Dubai Marathon

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Well done to Rob - 1st in age group.

Sun 3 Jan

100 Club AGM Marathon

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Steve reports: "On 03/01/10 Steve Cooney joined 4 other Collingwood runners in the 100 Club AGM Marathon in Bromley. The other 4 members were full members of the 100 Marathon Club and Steve Cooney was hoping to join them since this was his 100th Marathon. Allan Rumbles was also due to enter but unfortunately had not recovered from his own 100th Marathon on New Year's Day.

As the name suggests, this marathon was organised by the 100 Marathon Club for members who had completed 50 marathons ("wannabe members") and also for full members who had completed over 100 marathons. It was also a handicap marathon so the runners went off according to their predicted times and all the runners were due to finish about 2.30 pm.

Rob Wilson was first off, then Mel Johnstone followed by Andy Stalley who had a 30 minute head start on Steve Cooney. Dave Ross was the last Collingwood runner and he started about 20 minutes behind Steve.

Due to the bitterly cold conditions most of the runners wore hats, long sleeves and long leggings but Steve decided to go for his usual shorts and vest!

Steve overtook Rob and Mel to finish his 100th Marahon in a time of 3 hours 30 minutes 27 seconds. Dave finished just behind Steve but his time of 3 hours 9 minutes was the second fastest of the day. Andy Stalley's time was 3 hours 56 minutes. Mel was next to finish followed by Rob. (Sorry but I do not know Mel's or Rob's times)."

Sun 3 Jan

Tadworth 10

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