Lead role for Elspeth as women star in Grovelands Sunday League fixture

Sunday League, Grovelands Park , 25 November

Robin Tremaine reports

The course was rather tougher than I had anticipated!  It was very waterlogged at the bottom end where the lake was overflowing, and even at the top end it was a bit muddy as well.  There was an odd zig-zag section across an open section, and one part when you emerged from some cover onto open grassland and were blown backwards by the wind.  I had the odd complaint that the course was not as flat as I had suggested, and everyone's shoes were filthy by the end!!!  At least it was a sunny morning, if a little chilly and windy. 

Nothing like a local course to encourage a good turnout, and we had 18 Heathsiders running.  The women were the stars of the show.  Elspeth made a stunning debut in the Sunday League, coming 4th woman (and beating all the Heathside men).  Our women were the third team, only just behind St Albans Striders.  If only we had this turnout regularly, we could get some very good results (for the women at least) – I am looking forward to a similar turnout for the next race at St Albans!  

Full results: 

Combined places (men and women): course 5.19miles (by my Garmin)

60th Elspeth Storrar (4th woman) 35 mins 40secs

70th Robin Tremaine 36mins 11secs

74th Mark George 36mins 44secs

78th Simon Hazel 36mins 52secs

103rd Andrew Prsistawski 38mins 00secs

135th Jas Bolla (13th woman) 39mins 49secs

144th Miranda Yau (18th woman) 40mins 16secs

162nd Nik Skipper 41mins 24secs

167th Gavin Parish 41mins 43secs

194th Caroline Boyle (32nd woman) 43mins 17secs

198th Robert Bowler 43mins 30secs

212nd Barbara Tomaszczyk (42nd woman) 44mins 21secs

226th Ken Townson 45mins 10secs

232nd Emma Bloomfield (49th woman) 45mins 33secs

245th Aisling O'Brien (56th woman) 46mins 35secs

255th Rochelle Burns (61st woman) 47mins 39secs

259th Pete Webster 47mins 57secs

291st Jim Taggart 50mins 48secs