Sand Dancer 10K

South Shields, Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Alister Robson

Grand Prix Race. Sprint Champion Race. An absolute scorcher by the seaside at South Shields for the Sand Dancer 10K on Sunday 10th April. 213 runners baked in the sun and there was as usual a sizeable contingent of Striders for this event, the first in the ‘Sprint’ section of the Grand Prix (everything is relative, especially in this club).

This was a nice flat, two lap course starting from Gypsy’s Green stadium (South Shields Harriers and the Race HQ) which is probably most familiar to us as the meeting point at the end of the Great North Run. It wound its way out along the coast (Pier to Pier flashbacks here) before heading back inland and almost back to the stadium before one more lap out and back again, and one full lap of the stadium track.

As far as Striders were concerned the ladies race was more competitive than the mens, with Fiona and Keri having a real ‘Duel in the Sun’ with Fiona’s experience eventually telling, (7th and 9th placed ladies respectively, Fiona also won her age group comfortably.)

I had a nice little (winning) battle with a friend from Parkrun and Sunderland Harrier, Dean Phillips and although just short of last week’s 10K PB, I was still very pleased with my time of 44.50 in that heat (and that most of the faster Striders were away at Guisborough giving me the easiest GP haul of points so far…)

Denise and George were next in, with Denise racking up a 10K PB, followed by Jo and then my wife Jacquie who was just grateful to get round, following an already hectic weekend and still recovering from her knee surgery.

Results

Pos Name Club Cat Pos Time
1 TURNER, Paul Elswick Harriers M 1 34:40
24 MORLEY, Sonia Tynedale Harriers FV45 1 35:51
44 SHENTON, Fiona FV50 42:12
54 PEARSON, Keri F 43:11
74 ROBSON, Alister M 44:50
142 MASON, Denise F 52:12
143 NICHOLSON, George MV60 52:13
172 PORTER, Joanne FV40 56:02
205 ROBSON, Jacquie F 1:06:24

213 finishers.

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