Priory 10k 18 July

Adrian Leach has stretched his lead at the top with almost 242 miles covered in 35 races. Maria McDonald-Leach is secure in second spot whilst Nicola Henshaw, Martyn Stearn and Roy Young battle it out for 3rd. 102 members have now done at least 1 race this year. The total race distance now stands at 4035 miles.

Another busy month with over 1000 race miles by 60 club members. 13 marathons were run including 2 each by Adrian Leach and Nicola Henshaw. No less than 90 parkruns were logged - a new record. Adrian again headed the monthly mileage total (71) followed by Nicola (55.5).
32 pbs were recorded by 20 people with Tim Owen (5 pbs) and Mick Knowles (4 pbs) having exceptional months.
24 year best times achieved by 16 members, with the honours going to Jeff Denton, Amanda McKinnell and Ron Dyson with 3 each.

Another fantastic turnout for a GP event - 38 runners took advantage of good racing conditions - and many stayed on to socialise afterwards.
Its quite rare to get a new club record after 26 years of competition, but Peter Grimoldy wrestled the M60 10k record off Ken Bingley in a time of 39:25. Ken was magnanimous in losing his title, saying that his was done of a tough course, not a flat one! Plenty of records left Ken.
Once again pbs abounded. Craig Tipton, Becci Winter, Jenny Dews, Michael Knowles, Gail Wrangles, Pat Wood, Jayne Collins, Nicola Henshaw - all establishing new records. Anyone missed out - let us know. Andrew Jackson was our first finisher in 17 spot with a year best time of 34:50. Other year best times went to Peter Grimoldy, Karen Ball, Rob Ward, Tim Wilsher, Stewart Haigh, Janet Davis, Alan Tattersall, Ron Davies and Ken Barton. Prizes went to Liz Burrows (3rd lady?), Peter Grimoldy (1st M60) and Trevor Nichol (2nd M60). Thanks also to our cheerleaders, Graham Charnock and Karen Spedding.

A cold but sunny morning for this scenic but tough multi-terrain race with about 1240 ft of climb! The surfaces range immensely but never to be forgotten is the half mile or so of cobbles which form the infamous Trooper Lane - (compared to this the Birstwith Brute on the Guy Fawks run is more of a pussycat!). The last 100 yards to the finish line includes a wade/run through the river Calder with short but steep banks on either side. A race which should be done for the experience - but probably not on a rainy day! Don't run it to try for a pb! First back for us was our fell runner,Craig Tipton, followed by Gail Wrangles, our first lady. Others enjoying the morning were Becci Winter, Pat Wood, Stewart Haigh and Karen Cooper.

13 club members participated in this years high profile Jane Tomlinson run and were led home by Craig Daniels in 1:32:50 (Craig has raised £500 for Martin House). Our first lady was Becci Winter who knocked almost 9 minutes off her pb to finish in 1:45:48. Stewart Haigh claimed a Century best time of 1:47:08 and Alan Tattersall a year best of 1:57:10. Good times by Isobel Disney and Paul Danby - pb's ??? Jayne Collins did well to break under the 2 hour barrier. Good to see Catherine Berry in the results - (come down and see us Catherine). Karen Spedding did really well to finish just outside her pb despite her poorly foot (although this didn't prevent Graham sending her to the bar for post race drinks. Ron Ward claimed it was simply speed that had caused his club vest to come apart at the seams. Congrats aslo to Rebecca Richards, Clare Hill and Louisa Banks (Louisa's first half).

Of our 8 entrants 4 had pbs and 2 year best times to justify the organiser's claims that it is a fast course. Well done to Tim and Mel Owen, Karen Spedding and Nicky Henshaw for knocking massive lumps off their previous pbs

Three runners tackled this tough half in the Lakes (Richard Smith, Syam Velayudhan and Catherine Jones).

Amazingly, our two Leach's, Adrian & Maria still had the energy to fit another Marathon in - this time in Sunderland with the start and finish in the Stadium of Light.

Yet again there was fantastic support from members for a Grand Prix event with 36 competing plus 2 more prospective members and Graham Charnock and Emily Owen as 'back-up crew'.
Andrew Jackson led us home, finishing 33rd overall in a time of 36:49. Second home, Craig Tipton was just over 40 mins, not far off his pb. Peter Grimoldy and Martyn Stearn finished 1st and 3rd respectively in the very competitive M60 category. Our first lady was Rebecca Winter who knocked over 5 minutes off her previous pb. She modestly stated afterwards that she could have gone faster if her coaching team had managed to keep up with her! In total we had a staggering 14 pbs - others achieving theirs were Adrian Leach, Darren Horobin, David Hughes, Jenny Dews, Michael Knowles, Gail Wrangles, John Knowles, Tim Owen, Karen Spedding, Angela Dixon, Mel Owen, Sheleen Naylor and Jane Bleakley. 
Don't forget to get your entries in for the next GP event - Askern 10k on Wednesday evening 16th May - its a faster course than Wakefield and a great social event afterwards.