A busy weekend for the club with runners in action on both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday saw 3 runners head over to Hope for the Ladybower 22K and 52K Ultra. The 22K saw runners tackle a very wet and muddy Win Hill before heading round the woodlands and fields at the bottom side of the Ladybower reservoir. Lyn Armitage-Calvert raced this in 3:08:19.
The main event through was the 52K Ultra starting in same place in Hope, tackling Win Hill and then the looping round Ladybower, Derwent and Howden before another big climb up Derwent Edge then down again and back towards Hope. We had two runners complete the ultra Jonathan Page in 5:50:37 and Nick Boxall in 6:08:49.
Sunday saw several members take on the annual TenTenTen that takes part from Endcliffe Park, Paul Scott 46:53, Jonathon Middleton 50:00 and 3rd M60, Sam Middleton 54:30 and 2nd F50, Amy Hutchinson 54:41, Cathy Steel and Kate Fewkes in 64:21.
Also in Sheffield was the first fixture of the South Yorkshire Cross Country League. This is our first year as a club taking part and due to other commitments only Rachel Howard was able to represent the club in the female race. The first race was held at Norfolk Park with the ladies running a 5K loop.
Up the road in Leeds Molly and Richard Hayes took part in the very popular Leeds Abbey Dash 10K a fast road race taking you from the city centre to Kirkstall Abbey and back. Richard broke his own personal best and club record running an impressive 35:21. The clubs youngest member continues her impressive form by getting another personal best and female club 10K record in 46:05, knocking over a minute off the club record.
We also on Saturday morning had several members take part in parkrun, David Napier ran Dewsbury in 22:57, David Downs ran Graves in 37:27 and at Hillsborough Andy Gosling ran 27:11, Victoria Patterson in 28:27 and Colin Mansell in 28:30.
