Finally, I’d managed to make it (first timer!) to the extra extra extra long start line of the Pier to Pier Race in South Shields. The beach line up was dotted with plenty of purple vests – the usual good Strider turnout for this Grand Prix race. It was a great day for racing, bright and slightly breezy. I got pretty chilly at the start but soon warmed up once I’d made my first bad choice in direction over the left hand sand bank; my footsteps sank deep into the sand whilst those on the right strode along the surface of the wetter, firmer terrain. Time to start paying attention to the many choices in direction that would be ahead of me! I tried to take the racing line from then on and the race became not only beautiful but good fun too! It flew over, I really enjoyed it and I got a Mars bar and a bag of crisps followed up by a carvery sandwich at the Harbour View in Roker.
What more could a girl want!
Anita Dunseith took lots of good photographs … more at link below:
Results
Pos | Name | Club | Cat | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | JENKIN, Dan | Durham City Harriers | M | 0:37:04 |
18 | WALKER, Adam | MU20 | 0:41:47 | |
49 | REEVES, Thomas | MV40-49 | 0:44:56 | |
50 | CUTTER, Vanessa | Gateshead Harriers | F | 0:44:57 |
79 | GARDNER, Simon | MV40-49 | 0:46:37 | |
94 | WALTON, Graeme | MV40-49 | 0:47:17 | |
112 | ROBERTS, Shaun | MV50-59 | 0:48:09 | |
227 | GOURLEY, Aaron | M | 0:52:09 | |
234 | FORD, Brian | MV40-49 | 0:52:21 | |
250 | STEEL, Jamie | MV40-49 | 0:52:53 | |
264 | THOMPSON, Andrew | M | 0:53:08 | |
266 | BRAY, Carolyn | FV35-44 | 0:53:15 | |
272 | BELL, Megan | FV35-44 | 0:53:23 | |
306 | HUTCHINSON, John | MV50-59 | 0:54:51 | |
308 | WALTON, Katy | F | 0:54:54 | |
333 | LIM, Danny | M | 0:55:30 | |
363 | DUNSEITH, Mark | M | 0:56:23 | |
374 | MCKENNA, Jackie | FV45-54 | 0:56:58 | |
403 | YOUNG, Jan | FV60-69 | 0:57:44 | |
408 | MOORE, Peter | MV60-69 | 0:57:53 | |
414 | BRADLEY, Jean | FV55-59 | 0:58:02 | |
446 | SMITH, Alan | MV60-69 | 0:58:59 | |
471 | GARDHAM, Sue | FV35-44 | 0:59:54 | |
478 | BARROW, Louise | F | 1:00:08 | |
479 | MASON, Denise | F | 1:00:10 | |
487 | DICK, Barbara | FV45-54 | 1:00:36 | |
501 | NICHOLSON, George | MV60-69 | 1:01:05 | |
529 | HUDSON, Melanie | FV35-44 | 1:01:56 | |
530 | ROBSON, David | MV60-69 | 1:02:02 | |
552 | PRESTON, Katherine | FV35-44 | 1:02:49 | |
558 | GARNHAM, Laura | F | 1:02:59 | |
580 | EVANS, Barrie John | MV60-69 | 1:03:43 | |
588 | NICHOLSON, James | MV60-69 | 1:03:58 | |
613 | FORD, Jill | FV45-54 | 1:04:49 | |
625 | FARNSWORTH, Christine Anne | FV60-69 | 1:05:27 | |
675 | CHALKLEY, Karen | FV45-54 | 1:07:35 | |
677 | CLARK, Robert | M | 1:07:39 | |
687 | ELLIOT, Mike | MV60-69 | 1:08:20 | |
762 | BUTLER, Katie | F | 1:13:42 | |
786 | THOMPSON, Margaret | FV60-69 | 1:17:39 |
812 finishers.