A Scorching Sunday in the Forest!
July 11th saw 11 Stubbington Runners take on the New Forest 10 in very hot conditions. These 11 runners were also supported by a great group of junior runners from the club and lots of family and friends. There were 857 runners in the adult race on the day and close to 200 juniors in the 1/2mile, 1mile and 3mile races in the build up to the 10mile race.
Can I please apologise to any supporters I did not acknowledge on the course, I was so hot I could barely focus in the final miles! And every Stubbie runner seemed pleased at the end with their times so a big thanks to the supporters for coming along, your encouragement really helps!
The winner was Simon Plummer of Salisbury in 53:50 - immense effort in the conditions and on a multiterrain course! Miles 1 - 3 seemed ok by most peoples' accounts, mile 5 was tough with a gradual incline and then mile 8 seemed to be where most people either pushed on or came unstuck.....I came unstuck in my race, running with Jon Sharkey of Bournemouth AC and Robin Ward of Portsmouth the entire race. Jon finished 2nd with Robin in 3rd. I trailed behind them in 4th not being able to maintain the pace but some good lessons learnt so I enjoyed the race and the massage afterwards certainly helped too!
Nick Kimber and Marcus had a very solid race with 7minute miling throughout and I always enjoy Nick's banter. Funny that he should call me a "tart" for having a massage as he walked off to find his personal shower set up for his post race wash!
Well done again to all the runners! Full results available on http://www.chromedaisy.co.uk/nf10/results.php
4th Lewis Chalk 58:08
62nd Nick Kimber 1:10:28
72nd Marcus Lee 1:10:46
332nd Jon Henderson 1:26:28
375th Julie Woodman 1:28:42
435th John Nicholson 1:30:50
436th Julia Park 1:30:59
450th Julia Haskell 1:31:47
609th Angela Benfield 1:39:55
661st Kathryn Davies 1:42:36
783rd Alex Frost 1:53:59
Thanks Lewis Chalk.