Shelton Striders 10k, Chester & Metric Marathon

SDRR runners were out in force on Sunday for the latest Run Derby series event, the Shelton Striders 10k, with 18 runners competing. There were some excellent performances all around, not least from Dominic Sharman, who ran superbly to finish 9^th in 35.37 seconds, the fastest 10k time by any SDRR runner this year. He was closely followed in 13^th by Andy Hawtin, with a time of 36.27. Running his first race for a few months, Jack Leafe didn’t quite get his pacing right, but still finished in 26^th place in 37.58. The next three finishers for the Club were well matched, with Chris Gunstone just coming out on top, in 56^th place. His time of 39.47 was his first “sub 40” 10k for a number of years and also gained him 1st place in the vet 55 category. Christina Hawtin, also  beat the 40 minute barrier in a time of 39.52, which gained her 58^th position, whilst Andy Orme was close behind in 63^rd place in a time of 40.08.
Simon Reynolds has been running well recently and ran another good race to finish 72^nd in 41.06, followed by Steve Leafe in 81^st in 41.45 and Nigel Atkins, who ran a season’s best of 43.45, to come in 100^th position. Kelly Knight was next home with another good time of 44.08 in 106^th place, while Paul Glover took 3 minutes off his time in last year’s race, which gained him 122^nd place in a time of 44.39, ahead of wife Tracey in 144^th in 46.49. The next three runners for SDRR all took advantage of the excellent running conditions to record super PBs, with Laura Harper 150^th in 47.10; Tim Argent 174^th in 48.43 and Karen Wilks in 230^th in 52.38. Not far behind was Alison Shearer, who ran another good race in 259^th position with a time of 54.53. The final runner home for the club was Cath Johnston, having been taking part in triathlons recently, who came in 352^nd in a time of 1.15.03.