{"id":1509,"date":"2014-04-07T16:35:53","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T16:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdrr.co.uk\/?p=1509"},"modified":"2014-04-07T16:35:53","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T16:35:53","slug":"desford-6-run-derby-10k-manchester-brighton-marathons-no-frills-duathlon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdrr.co.uk\/?p=1509","title":{"rendered":"Desford 6, Run Derby 10k, Manchester & Brighton Marathons & ‘No Frills’ Duathlon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tClash of the Titans!!!<\/strong>
\nSunday was another really busy racing day for the Club with as many as 36 runners in action at 5 different events.
\nThe majority, 26, were in action in the latest race in the Leicestershire Road Running Winter League, the Desford 6.\u00a0 In good running conditions over a typically undulating Leicestershire course there was a titanic battle at the front of the field with, based on chip times, Chris Pearson just edging Dominic Sharman by a second with times of 35.34 & 35.35 respectively. However, on \u2018gun\u2019 times the situation was reversed with Dominic winning by a second in finishing positions of 26th<\/sup>& 27th <\/sup>out of 405 finishers. James Cassidy, who before the season is out may well challenge the Championship leaders, was next in a superb 38.05 & 59th<\/sup> place followed by the tactically astute Chappers Senior in 38.50 & 72nd<\/sup> place overall. Chris Mason, in a last race before next Sunday\u2019s London Marathon, was next across the line in 80th<\/sup> place and a chip time of 39.05. In a welcome appearance for the Club, Jack Leafe managed to get the better of Stuart Halsey after a race long battle as times of 39.21 & 39.26 and finishing positions of 87th<\/sup>& 90th<\/sup> confirm. The ever reliable Colin Mee completed the scoring finishers for the Club with a very solid 40.30.
\nBreathing down Mee\u2019s neck for most of the race Andy Orme was only 3 seconds & 2 places further back as he confirmed he is finally over his recent injury blighted spell before he also tackles the \u2018streets of London\u2019 next Sunday. There was then another close battle between Steve Leafe & Gavin Horton with Leafe\u2019s experience on this occasion winning out with 41.47 to Horton\u2019s 41.57. Looking well set for the upcoming Stratford Marathon the evergreen Steve Fowler finished strongly in 42.48 with the improving Adrian Middleton close behind in 43.02. Fresh from last week\u2019s Berlin Half Marathon Ashley Parkes ran well for his 44.04 with Kelly Knight, running strongly after an injury spell, to be the first of the Club\u2019s women back in 45.05 & a superb 26th<\/sup> place in the women\u2019s race. The consistent Roy Mortlock was next with 45.41 followed by the battling Tracey Glover in 46.16. The close inter club rivalry was a highlight of this race with little separating the next two finishers Malcolm Moore in 47.18 & the hard running Sam Skidmore in 47.22 & 44th<\/sup> place in the women\u2019s race.\u00a0 Chris Morton was next in 48.42 followed by two Championship debutants, Laura Storer in 49.04 & Heidi Elliott in 52.06. Inge Moore put in her usual hard working performance with 56.56 with Mark Skidmore, who is enjoying a fine run of racing PBs, next in 58.50. Another Championship debutant Lisa Wright & Katie Kift completed the Club finishers with 58.57 & 71.19 respectively.
\nThe Run Derby 10k was the target for 6 of the Club\u2019s runners with again some top performances in evidence. Andy Hawtin led the way with 37.18 and a superb 51st<\/sup> place out of 4229 finishers. Louise Insley confirmed she is in the form of her life with a PB of 37.54 and a brilliant 4th<\/sup> place finish in the women\u2019s race. After trying to keep pace with Louise, Shane Chapman finally had to settle for an excellent 38.42 and a place well within the top 100 finishers. Also returning a PB of 43.06, Christina Cooper should be well pleased with her run and the overall improvements she\u2019s making in her running. Others who should be really satisfied with their performances are distance debutant Maria Allen & Cath Johnson who returned 55.51 & 59.46 respectively.
\nTackling the classic marathon distance were 3 of the Club\u2019s brave runners. Gerry O\u2019Brien and Nikki Reeves were in action in the Greater Manchester Marathon and acquitted themselves brilliantly. Gerry ran a gritty 3.16.15 while Nikki returned a superb PB of 3.39.59 to be 154th <\/sup>in the women\u2019s race & 33rd<\/sup> in her age category. \u00a0Wayne Kelleher was in action at the Brighton Marathon and his PB of 3.53.56 rounded off a very productive racing Sunday for the yellow & blue vests.
\nMeanwhile, fresh from confusing her neighbours as she practiced her transitions in the road, Carolyn Ife improved her performance considerably on last year\u2019s substantial effort in the \u2018No Frill\u2019 Duathlon at Bosworth Water Park. Carolyn\u2019s times were 5k Run (30.24), 21k Bike (49.25), 5k Run (31.06) = total time 1.54.32.
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Clash of the Titans!!! Sunday was another really busy racing day for the Club with as many as 36 runners in action at 5 different events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-race-reports","no-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdrr.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdrr.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdrr.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdrr.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdrr.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sdrr.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdrr.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdrr.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdrr.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}