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John, Judy

There was a great turnout at Cotleigh for this months Handicap Run. 16 runners and 6 more doing a qualifying run. Then there was another group who romped round the course ahead of the handicap and then cheered everyone home. Wendy (Williams) was first in with a terrific run, over 3 minutes quicker than her qualifying run last month but she was hotly pursued by April's winner Dan Brett. (This to acknowledge  that I failed to report Dan's win in April - I plead illness followed by amnesia.

Is the Cotleigh course faster? 9 PB runs suggest that it is.
Results here Report here

16 people have filled in the online form but a few are not able to do Wednesday nights, so these have been passed on to Mickie and the Tuesday/Thursday group.
Paul and Jo will need some help from next week - Wed. 23rd May. Please let Paul, Jo or John know if you would like to give a hand. It's an ideal opportunity to see how a beginner's course is run and also to pass on your own enthusiasm and encouragement.

Karen Hall’s Ottery 10k Race has now become a fixture in the diaries of many amateur athletes from an ever widening area. This year’s Certified Road Race will start and finish as usual at Ottery St Mary Cricket Club, Strawberry Lane, on Sunday 20th May 2012 at 10.30am.
Entries on the day (numbers permitting). Last entry 10.00am.
All proceeds to be donated to local organisations.
Followed by a picnic - from Mickie
I suggest we either run the 10K then picnic, or support our club runners and then picnic by the river. Those that would like can have a leisurely walk along the river...all assuming there is not a flood that day!
Race is 1030am so picnic about 12 mid-day

Last Sunday, Howard Bidmead ran the Jack ‘n’ Jill Challenge in Midsomer Norton, Bath. It was 6 ½ miles of challenging off road running with virtually no tarmac to be seen. There was mud galore, rivers and the odd hill but beautiful countryside, rolling fields, hidden valleys, footpaths and woodland tracks and styles. A gem of a race and one to be repeated next year. Howard was pleased with his finish in 51.47.

Also on Sunday, Stephen Boyes chose to run the Waendel Walk Marathon in Wellingborough instead of taking the more usual option of walking it. He was pleased with his time of 5 hours 29 minutes and the fact that he only managed to get lost once and visit a village not on route which added an extra two miles. He didn’t mind too much as he saw it as extra training for the Forces March in 10 days. Visit Steve’s Just Giving page to support The Veterans Charity.

Meanwhile, Steve and Judy Davey took a trip to Combe Sydenham Country Park near Taunton to take part in the Black Death Run. This boasts itself as a very challenging off road run taking in over 2800 foot of climb. It was the first time they had taken part and they did find it tough. Despite this, the views were beautiful on a gloriously clear sunny day meaning you could see for miles. The run is so named as the route passes through a hamlet wiped out by The Plague in 1349. It was disconcerting for runners at times as they kept coming across marshals dressed as Grim Reapers pointing the way. Steve finished in 1:30:44 in 30th place and Judy finished in 1:37:55 in 60th place. The race was won by Martin Shoots in a time of 1:17 and there were 261 finishers.    

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Both had great runs just over 4 hours
Nick 4:02:12
Olivia 4:03:41

Congratulations

We need to enter club teams for The Little Long Run on Saturday May 26th at 5pm
and The Woodland Relays on Wednesday evening June 13th
Full details on the What's On page

Monday
Club Run from Stockland
Tuesday
Improvers Group
Honiton Juniors
Wednesday
Beginners Running Course starts
Club Handicap at Cotleigh
Thursday
Improvers Group 
Friday
Faster Runners Group
+ Mixed Bunch
Paul's Country Run
Saturday

Sunday
OSM 10K - lets have a good club turnout

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