Hermitage 10k

The latest race in  the Leicestershire Road Running League was the Hermitage 10k, and SDRR were well represented with 12 runners competing.
There were some good performances over a challenging course with lots of hills. Leading the way home for the club was the ever consistent Andy Orme, who finished in 75^th place in 40 minutes 32 seconds, just getting the better of Glenn Smith, who finished in 40.43. There was also a close contest between Steve Leafe, 124^th in 43.29 overhauling Nigel Atkins, who was close behind in 128^th in 43.34.
Paul Glover continued his good form of late, finishing in 240^th position in 48.24, closely followed by Gary Price in 254^th who was showing signs of a return to form following niggling injuries with a time of 49.20. Tracey Glover, who has had a busy race programme of late, was next home for the club, beating the 50 minute mark in 261^st place in a time of 49.37, whilst Dave Lunn, taking a break from his challenge of running 12 half marathons in 2016, still ran well for a time of 52.17 which earned him 327^th place.
There was another close battle between Karen Wilks and Kat Smith, with Karen overtaking Kat late in the race to come in 354^th in 53.33, but Kat, in 362^nd position, was delighted to get a big pb of 54.03, which was over 10 minutes faster than the time she ran over this course 2 years ago. Robin Thorne, fresh from a parkrun PB the previous day, ran well again in a time of 54.48 in 384^th. SDRR’s finishers were completed by Pauline Cooper, who battled though the hilly course in 537^th place in a time of 73m and 4 seconds.”