Vic Musgrove 5K
28/07/2010
Vic Musgrove 5K
Well over 200 competitors gathered for the penultimate race of Telford AC’s Sexarathon series in Telford Town Park recently.
This has become known as a fast course and it proved popular with those looking to record a quick time.
Newport and District Running Club put out their customary large team entry of over 30 athletes who produced some quick times including a few pb’s from some.
Robin Guy was again leading the Newport athletes, coming in 18th overall in 17m 18s. He complained of slightly tight hamstrings, which was hardly surprising as he had completed a full ironman triathlon only three days before, but that was another story.
Competition near the head of the field was intense as Maurice Reid also had a good run to be less than a minute behind Robin in 18m 14s to cross the line in 42nd position. Paul Parkinson gave Maurice some competition as he was only just behind him in 46th place in a time of 18m 22s.
Phil Hill showed his speed to be 48th in 18m 29s with Alex James 58th in 19m 08s. David Brown showed that he could still show a turn of speed to beat the 20 minute barrier and be 79th in 19m 56s and Andrew Coles turned in a good performance to be 87th in 20m 15s.
Steve Fowles put in yet another solid run to be 97th in 20m 46s with Sally Potts chasing him to the line in 98th just six seconds behind and Kevin Nicklin turned in a good performance to record 21m 51s and claim 110th place.
Other Newport Club finishers were:
Ed Roper 120th 22:25
Brian Moore 121st 22:26
Pauline Newton 125th 22:46
Ollie Stokes 129th 22:54
Lisa Millar 136th 23:08
Sarah Howell 137th 23:12
Bernie Holbrook 144th 23:30
Colin Thacker 146th 23:43
Wendy Hill 147th 23:45
Brian Kelson 150th 23:48
Barrie Kay 153rd 23:56
Helen Hadebe 155th 24:10
Helen Holdroyd 157th 24:19
Anne Strowger 163rd 24:35
Sharon Goulson 166th 24:50
Tracey Hartridge 171st 25:25
Jan Locke 172nd 25:26
Amanda Ingram 173rd 25:36
Sue Roberts 179th 25:49
Jill Kelson 184th 26:23
John Brown 187th 26:46
Gary Bowness 190th 27:04
Toni Ireland 191st 27:16
Sarah Higginson 193rd 27:27
John Stokes 194th 27:30
With only the last race at Madeley to come on 1st September, the contest for places in the six race series is very close, but seven or eight runners from Newport stand an excellent chance of winning or being placed in the age category.
