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Editorial for November 2005 Wow! It certainly was a busy November as far as 10-mile races were concerned with at least 17 of them coming to my attention. And to say that they made an impact on the 2005 lists is something of an understatement.
Adding to the mix were also some of the quickest courses in the UK, viz: Llandudno, Brampton to Carlisle (downhill overall but still ‘legal’), and Hayling Island. Added to this was the BMAF Championships at Bishops Stortford which attracted some of Britain’s leading masters.
The coastal course at Llandudno saw a massive 100 performances enter the lists, almost matching the 106 that the Great South Run supplied last month, many of those times from Portsmouth having now been displaced from their standings at the lower reaches of the various age categories. The moral is: if you want a fast time, take an Autumn holiday in Llandudno!
For the record, Brampton to Carlisle supplied 79 performances, Bishops Stortford 59 and Hayling Island 51 in the current listings.
Not surprising, there has been quite some movement regarding the leading lights of each age category with arguably the relative best performance of the month coming from Derek Howarth whose UK M75 record of 74:08 at Bishops Stortford carved almost two minutes from the previous record held by Don Adie. This becomes the second UK record set this year, following on from Daphne Ellmore’s W55 mark set in July.
A few new names, to me at least, have during November slotted into prime positions for this year.
For the M60s Wayne Jackson (unusual for a 60+ to be named Wayne!) clocked 60:12 to head his category with his time being good enough for 11th on the M60 all-time list while Don Brookes’ 70:15 at Llandudno is another 2005 leader and is also now at 6th on the all-time.
Hayling Island saw Fiona Kennedy go into top W45 spot with her 60:55 putting her not only well clear of the opposition but also slotting her into 9th in the all-time. On the age-graded results for this race Fiona came out on top (men and women). “My first ever road race ‘win’,” she admitted.
Another clear leader is Loretto Denley with her 71:15 at Preston seeing her take the number one spot by over three minutes to make her the third fastest ever W60 Briton.
Not a category leader, but Kath Stewart’s 80:39 at Llandudno for a 2005 number three W65 ranking is worth a mention if only for the fact that earlier this year she set 800m and 1500m British indoor records. Looks like Kath has those basic ingredients for a runner: speed and stamina.
Many thanks for those, who during the past month who have contacted me regarding additions and/or amendments to my lists. It has been much appreciated.
Most helpful has been Ealing’s John Elvey especially with regards to the Hayling Island results. For some reason the highest female category shown was W45 (but still, better than many a Scottish result that often shows all the women as W35!), but John steered me towards some age-graded results and quite a few male and female times for the older end of the scale were obtained.
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