Sinfin Classic 10k

There was a strong turnout from SDRR at the Sinfin Classic 10k on Sunday with 19 runners in a field of over 400 finishers. Pride of place, writes our man on the spot, Steve Leafe,  has to go the Jenny Laing, Christina Hawtin and Katie Cotton who ran brilliantly to win the women’s team prize.First home for the club was Jack Leafe, who  achieved a pb of 36.46 in 16^th position overall. He was closely followed home by Andy Hawtin, 18^th in a time of 37.14, whilst James Cassidy was pleased with his time of 37m 52s which gained him 24^th position. Jenny Laing was 40^th overall, and 4^th female runner home, in 39.37, with Christina Hawtin 5^th female, and 55^th overall in 40.57. She was closely followed by a number of SDRR runners with Steve Leafe, in 56^th in 41.03 finishing just in front of Jon Mayman, racing for the first time in a number of years, coming home in 57^th place in a time of 41.06. Andy Orme ran his usual well-paced race and was 59^th in 41.13.
Stuart Halsey was coming back from injury, but still finished well inside the top 100, his time of 43.03 earning him 77^th place. Next home was Katie Cotton, completing the race in 46.11 earning 129^th place overall and completing the women’s team scorers in 19^th place in the female category. Paul Glover was one place and one second behind Katie, just finishing ahead of wife Tracey, who was 135^th in 46.25. Mitch Timms also ran well to come in 139^th place, in a time of 46.33, whilst Gary Price continued his heavy racing schedule with a time of 47.17 earning him 150^th position. Laura Harper just failed to break the 50 minute barrier, but was still pleased with her time of 50.20s and 196^th place, followed by David Lunn, whose time of 51.17 was just outside his pb, but still good enough for 208^th position. Seran Bradley came in next for the club, in 251^st position in 54.26, followed home by Maria Allen whose time of  55.27 earned her 271^st position, and Alison Shearer who came in 309^th position in a time of 57.30.