{"id":3640,"date":"2017-11-12T19:21:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T19:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdrr.co.uk\/?p=3640"},"modified":"2017-11-12T19:21:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T19:21:31","slug":"prestwold-hall-derby-10-mile-coalville-10k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdrr.co.uk\/?p=3640","title":{"rendered":"Prestwold Hall, Derby 10 mile & Coalville 10k"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tPrestwold Hall was a new venue for the second race in this season\u2019s Derby Runner XC League. Despite the counter attraction of the Derby 10 mile road race there was still over 600 runners who lined up on the start line in bright, cold and, in places, windy conditions. Despite the usual gratuitous water and ditch hazards and a sharp incline better suited to mountain goats the course was generally good, as befits a venue that has recently been used for the Inter Counties Cross Country Championship. The Club were badly affected by the clash with the Derby 10 as they looked to consolidate their positions of second in Division 1 of the men\u2019s league and top spot in Division 2 of the women\u2019s league. Chris Pearson re-affirmed his status as the Club\u2019s ‘man for all seasons’ as he raced brilliantly in his unfussy way for 22nd<\/sup> place. Mark Harriott, John Morgan and Christian Glover showed that they are showing no signs of fading after busy season\u2019s as they finished in 67th<\/sup>, 77th<\/sup> and 80th<\/sup> places respectively. Ultra-distance man Andy Windle emphasised his love for the surface as he finished in 107th<\/sup>, getting the better, on this occasion, of strong man Shane Chapman in 109th<\/sup>. Simon Reynolds ran well for 114th<\/sup> with little separating Chris Mason, Glenn Smith and Matt Long in 123rd<\/sup>, 130th<\/sup> and 133rd<\/sup> places respectively. Nigel Atkins, running well this season until injury hampered his progress, finished in 186th<\/sup> with Kevin Clarke running strongly for 229th<\/sup>. It\u2019s been a good return to running for Kevin who, after hanging up his referee\u2019s whistle and cards, has run consistently enough to win his league in the 2017 Club Championship. Malcolm Moore and Tony Richards gave everything to finish in 245th<\/sup> and 262nd<\/sup> places before two Club stalwarts Mark Nixon and Steve Tempest in 311th<\/sup> and 326th<\/sup> completed the Club finishers in the men\u2019s race.
\nIt was a similar story for the Club in the women\u2019s race with Jenny Laing emphasising her status as one of the best senior women around as she finished in a superb 2nd<\/sup> place. She was given valuable team support by Lisa Wright in 68th<\/sup>, Jenny Winters in 118th<\/sup>, Emily Atkins in 151st<\/sup> and, making a really welcome return to racing, Linda Tempest in 205th<\/sup>.
\nThe Club\u2019s current strength in depth was emphasised as the men\u2019s team of Rob Eaton (60.01), Andy Hawtin (62:51), Nathan Fagan (67:42) and Tom Eyre (67:43) combined superbly to win the men\u2019s team prize in the Derby 10. The Club\u2019s women were also to the fore as they finished a very creditable 4th<\/sup> in the women\u2019s team race. The team scorers were Kelly Knight (71:32), Nikki Reeves (73:36) and Tracey Glover (79:04). Also in action in a race that had 1200 finishers were Chris Gunstone, showing no apparent ill effects after two recent marathons, as he stopped the clock here in 68:14 with Andy Orme breathing down his neck in 68:24. Dave Eyre and Romain Chambard took advantage of the conditions and the flat course to record very respectable times of 70:44 and 73:36 while Ellie-Marie Evans continued her improvement with a superb 72:21 . Ian Archer, fresh from a terrific Parkrun PB the day before, carried this form on to record 75:52 with the \u2018silver fox\u2019 Colin Mee showing all of his class in recording 76:31. Paul Glover battled well for his 77:36 with something of a gap to the resilient David Lunn in 89:18, Karen Wilks in 91:28, Robin Thorne in 94:11 and Alison Shearer in 98:07. Emma Sharp, Carolyn Ife and Cath Johnson gave everything as they stopped the clock in Pride Park in 110:15, 112:24 and 130:27 respectively.
\nThe theme of the Club\u2019s current strength in depth was given further credence as Stuart Halsey, possibly showing the best form of his career, finished in a terrific 2nd<\/sup> place in the Coalville 10k.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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