Wycombe Half Results
A decent ERR turnout at Wycombe. Well done to Arthur and Gemma for some pretty big PBs.
Apparently Robert's time was a PW, but he still finished 9th, so not all bad.
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Waddesdon 5k Results
An excellent turn-out of 31 ERR people at Waddesdon.
Particular congratulations to Kate and Jacky for their category prizes, distance specialist Chris for his PB, and Tom for beating his dad so comfortably.
Any jokers or PBs that I've missed, let me know.
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Combe Motavation Results
37 ERR finishers among the 283 finishers, plus quite a few walking wounded watching (and cheering) from the sidelines.
Jonathan was the only one I know of to play a joker, but let me know if there were any others.
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2013 Handicap Race Results
Some pretty impressive improvements on handicap times - normally this is won with a time 3 or 4 minutes better than handicap, so well done in particular to Elaine, Jennie and Sam.
Category winners are in italics, and juniors first.
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Ridgeway Relay Results
Congratulatons to everyone who helped the club to record its best results ever in this event.
The ERR A team finished 5th, our highest position ever, and the overall time of 10 hours 28 minutes beat our previous best by 13 minutes.
The ERR Ladies team finished 27th overall, in a time of 12 hours 14 minutes, which was 35 minutes better than the previous best, and just over 2 minutes away from winning the ladies' prize.
The ERR B team finished 29th, and the time of 12 hours 22 minutes was 30 minutes better than 2012, and just 4 minutes off the best ever.
More importantly than any of this, we beat Alchester (this is just in response to various comments on their website).
The individual results are below:
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Bletchingdon Motavation Results
A very healthy turnout of 41 ERR runners out of the 302 finishers overall.
Still no jokers played that I am aware of.
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Otmoor Challenge Results
Well done to Denise and Arthur for recording PBs in conditions that weren't exactly suited to such things.
Congratulations also to Kate and Denise for their category prizes, even if the latter of those has still to materialise.
John won the report, and his epic tale follows the results.
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You'll never walk alone
It was a very hot June morning and I was putting up fence panels whilst putting off the Otmoor Challenge. I had planned to do it weeks before, then realised that I hadn't done much training and now that it was upon me I simply didn't fancy it. It was hot, Otmoor is hilly and I was out of shape; things weren't looking great for a 13 mile cross-country romp. "Treat it as a training run", said my personal trainer, "just take it easy and enjoy the views".
So, we went to Otmoor and only just managed to get in a beer from the beer tent before the race started. That's the trouble with all these summer festival races - too much temptation and too little time to digest a burger from the barbecue. The race was pleasant for the first few miles and all was going quite well; nice flat lanes, well-tended paths and plenty of shade in the wooded sections. We ran from Horton-cum-Studley, around Charlton-on-Otmoor, through Noke and up to Beckley. Have you ever been to Beckley? It's the village on the hill with the radio-mast that you can see from most of our part of Oxfordshire. That should give you a clue as to how this race ends.
Now, I quite like running up hills, they don’t bother me too much. I just take it steady and run slower, but I quite like them. I hate the idea of walking up a hill and scoff at those I pass, even though I know that they’ll sail pass me again when it levels out. I also give my wife a bit of grief when I see her walking up a hill, or when she tells me that she had to walk a hill (sorry Bambina). At about 10 miles in this race, the course comes off a flat farmer’s field, turns right onto a road and gradually climbs into Beckley. At about 10.25 miles the road goes vertical. At about 10.5 miles it goes back on itself, beyond vertical, and at about 11 miles I think you actually do a loop-de-loop. It’s quite steep.
Half-way up this hill into Beckley, I had to walk. I’m so sorry and I won’t do it again, but I had to walk. It was at this stage - laboured breathing, roaring in the ears, chest just about ready to unzip itself and throw out my organs - that Jane appeared. And did she rub it in! Laughing at me, mocking me and seemingly a bit embarrassed by her husband’s pathetic near-crawl. There wasn’t even any real encouragement, it was more “come on Bishop, that’s pathetic” and “what on earth are you doing?” followed by “are you ill?” As I turned left, up and out of Beckley, I could hear my own son, Alexander, say “Mummy, I think daddy should give up running if this is what it does to him. He looks rubbish!”
It levelled out at about 11.5 miles, and even went downhill again. Nice. A very gentle canter through more cool and shaded woods saw us approach 12.5 miles. At this point we turned left onto the road back up into Horton-cum-Studley. At this point my mind replayed the video footage of my wife and child laughing at me. At this point I put on a bit of a spurt. At this point I started passing people up the long drag to the finish. At this point I was salvaging my race, my pride, my position in my own family. At this point I got massive cramp in all of my legs. I had to stop. I nearly fell over. I nearly screamed. Runners passed me (again) with sympathetic enquiries, with supportive comments and with smug suggestions as to how to alleviate the cramp. All very kind, but not one offered to carry me over the line, not one.
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Oxon County Road Relays Results
Thanks to everyone who turned out, and especially Dave for running 2 legs.
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Chalgrove 10k Results
Well done to Denise for being the first lady, and to Robert for winning his category.
Arthur's report follows the results.
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On paper this event didn't have much going for it:
• Bank holiday Monday
• 12 o’clock start time
• Boiling hot day
• Oxfordshire Road Relays had been the day before
We gathered at the start line. An interesting mixture of apprehension, excitement and sweat filled the air. Talk mostly consisting of pre-race eating strategy. To have lunched, or to have not yet lunched, that was the question.
The following few seconds are still a blur. A countdown had begun. As we reached zero a canon was fired. So incredibly loud and unexpected was the blast (think Battle of Chalgrove Field - 1643) that most of the four hundred assembled runners fell to their knees then scrambled for cover.
Following the noisy send off (which had been triggered by GMTV’s Penny Smith – who?) we ran a hot and undulating 10k route on quiet rural lanes passing through the villages of Berrick Salome and Roke, before returning to Chalgrove where the May Day celebrations awaited us.
Highlight of the day was a post race ice cream whilst watching Denise and Kate going down the bouncy slide.
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Charlton Motavation Results
A most welcome return for Robbie after far too long since his last appearance in an Eynsham vest.
There were 36 ERR runners among the 301 finishers overall.
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