Well, Sunday saw an intrepid bunch attempt to “Run” the Edale Skyline route. As you can probably see from the shots – there was a bit of a breeze that day-  but it didn’t stop em !!

The Edale Skyline is an 18 (?) Mile fell race which takes part every March. It covers some very arduous terrain most notably round Rushup Edge, Brown Knoww and Kinder Scout southern edge.

Runners : In case you can’t see them under the Goretex …

Simon Lloyd, Andy Basey, Karl Atton, Ian Hays, Andy Rose, Krish and Kev Hope

This rare breed don’t operate entirely under the cover of darkness, you’ll see a fleeting reference to the Sunday runners on the “Diary” page

On another minus temperature evening on the A6, twenty-four runners took part in the January 10k Handicap.  There were also three other runners just out for a steady run. Out of the twenty-four, Andy Basey and Simon Lloyds did not run off their Handicap times but the remainder ran off their estimated times.  The fastest time of the evening went to Tim Hollings in 36mins 11secs while Andy Rose in great form at the moment ran his first sub-40 minute 10k in 39mins 47secs.
Our first runner back was for the second successive month was Paul Bradley, followed by Jane Armoush.  There were three runners making their handicap debuts Jenny Corden, Steve Groves and Tim Bournsell who would all be pleased with their performances.
Thanks to Theresa Hempsall and Geoff Stone for their help and Tom Jackson with his prompt return of the results.

Next Tuesday the 24th January we will be at the Leisure Centre for a regular run for a 7.30pm start.

The following Tuesday 31st January due to the Annual General Meeting a 50 minute run starting at 6.15pm from the Leisure Centre.

-Malc.

Well done to Paul Bradley and Tim !!

It was a good weekend for Andy Rose, running in the North Midlands League Cross-Country at Wollaton Park on the Saturday and the following day in the Booth Decorators League at Shipley Park. On the Saturday in cold, frosty but with a bit of sunshine, the last North Midlands race of the winter took place on the picturesque Wollaton Park.  In the ladies race of 6.5k, Steph Ilsley had another fine run to finish 29th and claim first position in her age category.  Steph ran in three of the four races to take her title. The men’s race attracting 205 runners of varying degrees of abilities, some extremely good runners at the front end of the field saw four Harriers on the start line.  The course of 10k, three long laps of the park saw Andy finish in 111th place, in an excellent time of 44mins 2secs while Rob Norman also could be well pleased with his run finishing two minutes further back in 46mins 1sec.  Amer Armoush and Malcolm Weir were the other club runners finishing in 47mins 33secs and 48mins 43sec respectively.   All five of our runners could be pleased with their efforts over a pretty tough course.

The following day on Shipley Park, Heanor Running Club were staging the fourth race of the Booth Decorators cross-country series.  It was good to see Gordon Irvine up with the leaders finishing 5th while Tim Hollings running really well finished 8th. Our next finisher was Andy Rose having another excellent run, to add to his previous days performance, finishing 38th while Jack Dakin had his best race yet for the club finishing 39th.  Dave Horton, Ian Hays, Mark Riches and Craig Allen all ran a consistent race while Phil Butt, Roger Morgan and Geoff Stone all long-standing members of the club could be happy with their performances.  The ever reliable Andy Dakin and Steve Meath completed the team for the men. The ladies were led in by Teresa Hempsall in 78th position and followed by Gemma Irvine and Rosemary Arris.  On the day the club finished fourth in the men’s, ladies and the team category and overall after four races we are sitting fifth in all three groups.

The final race will be at Holmebrook Park Chesterfield on February 12th, a new venue for this competition and for a change the race will not clash with the North Midlands League.  Well done to all twenty-one runners who competed for the club over the weekend.

Full Results -> BDL 15012012

The Annual General Meeting will be held at The Devonshire (Thanks Steve!) as above A buffet will be available. Malc will be leading a shorter run starting at 6:15pm from the Leisure Centre for those who are able to make it.

The AGM is an important event for YOUR club and is your chance to influence its direction and future activities. Please send any items for inclusion on the agenda to  rob.pearce859@btinternet.com by 24th January. Agenda and previous meeting notes will be on the website etc by 28th January. Please try and attend the meeting- see you there!
Rob