{"id":2149,"date":"2015-01-18T19:28:52","date_gmt":"2015-01-18T19:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdrr.co.uk\/?p=2149"},"modified":"2015-01-18T19:28:52","modified_gmt":"2015-01-18T19:28:52","slug":"derby-runner-xc-series-bradgate-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdrr.co.uk\/?p=2149","title":{"rendered":"Derby Runner XC Series &#8211; Bradgate Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<b>Bradgate provides a challenge!<\/b><br \/>\nBradgate Park, for the first time, was the venue on Sunday for the 4<sup>th<\/sup> leg of this winter&#8217;s Derby Runner Cross Country series. Despite a stomach bug,<!--more-->which affected many in the lead up to the race and caused the absence of some key scorers, there was still a terrific turnout of 30 runners from the Club all looking to consolidate the Club&#8217;s impressive performances in the series too date. On a cold, frosty morning, the course was typically challenging in terms of both the climbs &amp; the varied &amp; often treacherous racing surface. Chris Pearson gave his usually gutsy performance in leading the men&#8217;s team home in 29<sup>th<\/sup> place just edging out Chappers Jnr, who gave probably his best performance in Club colours, fnishing one place back in 30<sup>th. <\/sup> Gerry O&#8217;Brien was next in 87<sup>th<\/sup> place before Chappers Snr in 126<sup>th<\/sup> &amp; Steve Leafe, Dave Eyre, Stuart Halsey, Simon Reynolds &amp; Christian Glover all made valuable team scoring contributions in 151<sup>st<\/sup>, 157<sup>th<\/sup>, 166<sup>th<\/sup>, 176<sup>th<\/sup> &amp; 189<sup>th<\/sup> places respectively. Adrian Middleton, who revels over the country, was next in 232<sup>nd<\/sup> place getting the better of training partner Andy Orme in 238<sup>th<\/sup> &amp; Club stalwart Malcolm Moore in 278<sup>th<\/sup>. Two relative newcomers to the discipline, Tom Eyre &amp; Paul Glover were next to finish in 288<sup>th<\/sup> &amp; 293<sup>rd<\/sup> places before Mark Nixon, getting back into racing after a long injury lay off, finished in 297<sup>th<\/sup>. Ray Morlock &amp; Gary Price finished in 308<sup>th<\/sup> &amp; 332<sup>nd<\/sup> places respectively with MV60, Steve Tempest, not far behind in 339<sup>th<\/sup> . Dave Renshaw, Tony Phillips, making his first appearance of the series and Richard Ward all battled well to record 355<sup>th<\/sup> , 366<sup>th<\/sup> &amp; 376<sup>th<\/sup> place finishes to complete the Club&#8217;s finishers in the men&#8217;s race.<br \/>\nThe women&#8217;s race, which started after the men&#8217;s race to accommodate the big fields, was notable again for the performances of the Club&#8217;s women with Christina Cooper finishing in 4<sup>th<\/sup> place &amp; Jenny Laing in 7<sup>th<\/sup>. Both have places in this year&#8217;s London Marathon and on current form both should have really good races. The ever consistent Tracey Glover was next in 49<sup>th<\/sup> place with Nikki Reeves, making a really welcome cross country debut, completing the team scorers in 87<sup>th<\/sup> place. Lisa Wright &amp; Jenny Tattersall both ran well to record 102<sup>nd<\/sup> &amp; 139<sup>th<\/sup> place finishes before Linda Mason, Inge Moore &amp; Linda Tempest conquered the conditions to finish in 210<sup>th<\/sup> , 216<sup>th<\/sup> &amp; 220<sup>th<\/sup> places respectively.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bradgate provides a challenge! Bradgate Park, for the first time, was the venue on Sunday for the 4th leg of this winter&#8217;s Derby Runner Cross Country series. 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