Brass Monkey Half Marathon

York Racecourse, Sunday, January 23, 2011

Grand Prix Race. Endurance Champion Race.

Lindsay, looking somewhat incredulous at making it to the finish ... First and foremost a correction – as well as the general mayhem on arrival at York racecourse the Brass Monkey organisers can also get the age categories wrong! I’d be chuffed to bits if I can still run this kind of time when I do reach 45 🙂 This was my first half marathon since 2007, but, as many Striders told me, this was the one to target for a PB. The fact that I beat the 1:30 barrier for the first time is partly thanks to Shaun who kept forging ahead until around the 8/9 mile mark.

The other contributing factor was the haggis and neeps supper (and a dram or two of Aberlour) the night before which clearly is the way forward in pre-race cuisine and kept me going at a steady pace.

The running conditions were perfect with only a slight breeze over a flat course, through a series of small villages south of York. After all those hill repeat sessions on Wednesday night the few slight inclines felt like downhills (at least until the last couple of miles). Well done to all of the Striders who took part and whose ages were correctly recorded!

Shaun adds …

Congratulations also to Jo Porter who also got a PB, getting under two hours for the first time, and Kathryn too, who took about 15 minutes off hers, despite being trampled underfoot at the beginning, due to her lining up on the start line. 😉 Well done to Jean, too, who got her ageing uterus round without any major mishap.

Results

Pos Name Club Cat Pos Chip Time
1 Paul MARTELLETTI Victoria Park Harriers M 1:05:21
81 Stacey ROGERS Heaton Harriers F 1 1:21:12
231 James GARLAND MV45* 1:28:45
256 Shaun ROBERTS MV50 1:30:04
455 Andrew THOMPSON M 1:36:26
569 Anna SEELEY Durham City Harriers F 1:39:40
757 Dougie NISBET MV45 1:43:06
792 Kathryn SYGROVE FV45 1:46:18
795 Ian SPENCER MV40 1:44:31
883 Alister ROBSON M 1:48:41
888 Richard HALL MV50 1:48:53
900 Alan SMITH MV60 1:49:10
905 Stef BARLOW FV35 1:49:22
1017 Jean BRADLEY FV50 1:52:30
1024 Barrie EVANS MV60 1:51:58
1087 Lindsay TARN F 1:54:51
1096 Michelle LANGLEY F 1:55:12
1206 Joanne PORTER FV40 1:58:24
1333 Denise MASON F 2:04:43
1334 Dave ROBSON MV55 2:04:44
1396 James NICHOLSON MV60 2:10:02
1461 Emma DETCHON F 2:15:05
1478 Christine FARNSWORTH FV55 2:16:59
1505 Margaret THOMPSON FV60 2:22:01

1561 finishers. *Or indeed not.

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