Early May Day 5 and Stage 1 of the Marathon Tour of Coventry 27/4/8
Early May Day Five Stage 1 ofthe N.P. Aerospace Marathon Tour of Coventry and WarwickshireSunday 27 April 2008. 11:00 am
Provisional Results for All Competitors in finish order.
Place Time Name Team Cat Entrant
1 00:26:15 ANDREW, P SM 440 1
20 00:31:22 WHEELER, M SM 408 20
22 00:31:32 HODGE, Richard SM 487 22
31 00:32:26 FELLOWS, Peter M50 448 31
46 00:34:21 WILSON, John SM 82 46
54 00:35:29 ADAMS, B M50 418 54
84 00:39:01 COSTAIN, Paul SM 72 84
103 00:42:34 MASON, Stephen M50 68 103
114 00:45:00 KEIGHLEY, Lesley L55 476 114
Report: Richard Hodge
I'm sure you'll get all the results for the May Day 5 won by Paul but I thought I'd let you know I PB'ed today at 31m32 which is a PB by 1m37s! Looks like all that marathon training has paid off for me as I knocked out a 10km PB the week before London and now this result a couple of weeks later. Hopefully I'll have a good go at getting my 5km time down at some point this summer in the club's handicap races. Mike Wheeler was 20th and I was 22nd overall which I'm more pleased with. I know a lot of decent runners weren't there but it's nice to be that high up the result every now and again :-)
Stage 1 Marathon Tour of Coventry 27/4/8
A Full marathon in 5 stages: Sunday April 27th-Friday May 2nd-Saturday May 3rd-Sunday May 4th -Monday May 5thDetails
are on the Coventry Godiva Harriers website http://www.marktr.btinternet.co.uk/index.html
Stage
1 - Sun 27th April; 5 mile Race, Memorial Park (The lady godiva 5)
Stage
2 - Fri 2nd May 7pm; 4.2km Time Trial, Allesley Park (The peeping tom
time trial)
Stage
3 - Sat 3rd May 10am; 10km Race, Packington Park (The Black Prince 10km)
Stage
4 - Sun 4th May 11am; 10km Race, Prodrive Fen End Test Track (The lord
leofric 10km)
Stage
5 - Mon 5th May 9:30am; 10km Race, University of Warwick (The BBQ
Breakfast Run 10km)
13
John Wilson 34m21s
32
Paul Costain 39m01s
41
Stephen Mason 42m34s
Report: John Wilson
A welcome 4 days off now until the next stage which is a 4.2km time trial around Allesley Park (7pm Friday). All support will be welcome, thanks to those who supported the first stage, it really does make a difference.
Shakespeare Half Marathon 27/4/8
13
Howard Andersen, 1.22.56 (First Male Vet, 45-55 category)
105
Robert Simpson, 1.33.54
334
Jack Langman, 1.44.40
470
Stuart Found, 1.47.24
572
Alan Beeby, 1.49.55
1091 Andrew
Houston, 2.04.27
1227 Sharon
Thompson, 2.08.09
Shakespeare Marathon 27/4/8
25
Martyn Brunt, 3.06.43 (PB)
355 Paul
McKeeney, 3.58.10
467 Michelle
Auckland, 4.13.04
734
Robert Pool, 5.38.29
Full details at www.jandresults.co.uk
Sheffield Half Marathon 27/4/8
Nathan
Holmes 1.18.05 27th
Stuart
Keen 1.24.02
118th
Becky
Smith
1.25.24 147th PB
Diane
Keen 2.08.39 3531st
PB
Report: Stuart Keen
Almost ideal
conditions for running, cool, calm, overcast with light rain.
A few hills thrown in
for good measure, great support from spectators and a very well
organised race all round.....obviously suited the Northbrook ladies!
Conductive education 5k 20/4
Becky Smith 18m 48s (pb)Rotterdam Marathon 13/4/8
1427 Tony
Mackness, 3.30.04 (chip time)
Report-
Howard Last December, Tony
Mackness and I had been unlucky with both the ballot application
and the club
draw for the 2008 London Marathon. Not wishing to be deterred from
running a high profile spring marathon, we identified the Rotterdam
Marathon, held on the same day as London, as a suitable
alternative.
Travelling
to Rotterdam couldn't have been easier. The flight
from Birmingham to Amsterdam was just 50 minutes which was
followed by a routine connecting train
journey from the airport to Rotterdam which took a further 45
minutes. Although it was wet and windy when we arrived
in Holland, the weather was forecast to improve for the following
day.
We spent the rest
of Saturday collecting our numbers and timing chips from a rather
low key Marathon Expo and dodging the trams and many bicycles on the
streets of Rotterdam. We also checked out the highest point on
the course which was a bridge over the River Maas
which connects the north and south parts of the city. Yes,
you get the idea - it was a pancake flat course!The event itself, which includes a shorter relay run and a 5 km fun run as well as the marathon, was superbly organised. The baggage area was guarded by Dutch military
personnel and there were plenty
of toilets available all around the start area and in the starting pens
(including adapted versions of what I think are called 'pissoirs'
in France).As I have said the course was flat and it wound its way in a figure of eight route that took in the city centre,
outlying residential neighbourhoods and parks.
Support was well in evidence for most of the route although this was a race when I didn't hear 'come on
Northbrook' (I suppose it could have be said in Dutch and I failed to understand it of course). As promised the weather picked up, gradually turning from a cold grey to bright sunshine as the race progressed.
Although the Rotterdam Marathon is a
well-established race I thought that the organisers put a lot into make
the event a special one with a decent medal, a quality Adidas
running shirt plus free downloadable race photographs and video
clips. And, a few days later, everyone was emailed
a computerised simulation of the race in which you can re-run the
marathon against selected competitors of your choice - however, it
doesn't allow you to change your finishing time!
Report: Tony Mackness
Having been sidelined on and off for seven or so weeks since Christmas, I was just happy to be in with a chance of competing in this run. At times I thought I would be a spectator and Howards No 1 supporter.
After checking the weather forecast every day the week before the signs were not good. When I checked on Friday morning the forecast was heavy showers, later on in mid afternoon it had changed to sunny spells. Was Michael Fish back at the BBC doing the weather forecast I asked myself ??
If you want to run a flat, fast course with loads of PB potential then this is the one for you. If you don't get a place in Paris or London, or you just want to try somewhere new you can get there in little over 90 minutes flying from Birmingham to Amsterdam then train to Rotterdam. The Dutch people are very helpful, friendly and English is spoken by most, which meant that I didnt have to use my second language, which is double dutch !!
The highest spot on the course is the Erasmus bridge, which you go over twice, the rest is, "Pancake flat" Not the most interesting of courses I have to say. A figure of eight takes you from the start line on the Coolsingel in the City centre, out to the south of the city, passing the Feyenoord football stadium, back through the centre and then a loop round the north returning to finish at the start ! Well supported apart from the north loop which goes round a park between 30 and 40k, (or 18 and 24 miles depending on your preference !!). That's where the going gets tough, and the extra support would have been a real boost. The good thing is upon leaving the park there's only 2K to go so you know the job is nearly done.
Pre race plan was to try to stick to a steady 5 min per kilometre, as long as the calf and hamstring which had caused so much problem in the training held up. That would give me a 3.30 finish. I started off well and felt comfortable, covering the first 5k in 24.23, and continued to run at slightly under my target pace, after 35k I was 5 minutes ahead of target. By 40k this was reduced to 2 minutes ahead and at the end I was spot on target, finishing in a time of 3:30:04 Overall, very well organised. There were toilets and pissoirs in the starting pens !!. Fresh oranges, bananas, plenty of water, tea and "Extran" sports drink at the end. No rip offs on the race photographs either, as they are available to download for free from the marathon website. Only have one criticism, that being the starting pens were a free for all, unless you had a sub 3.15 previous time. For everyone else it was a mass start, followed by the usual weaving in and out to get going.
Report: Tony Mackness
Having been sidelined on and off for seven or so weeks since Christmas, I was just happy to be in with a chance of competing in this run. At times I thought I would be a spectator and Howards No 1 supporter.
After checking the weather forecast every day the week before the signs were not good. When I checked on Friday morning the forecast was heavy showers, later on in mid afternoon it had changed to sunny spells. Was Michael Fish back at the BBC doing the weather forecast I asked myself ??
If you want to run a flat, fast course with loads of PB potential then this is the one for you. If you don't get a place in Paris or London, or you just want to try somewhere new you can get there in little over 90 minutes flying from Birmingham to Amsterdam then train to Rotterdam. The Dutch people are very helpful, friendly and English is spoken by most, which meant that I didnt have to use my second language, which is double dutch !!
The highest spot on the course is the Erasmus bridge, which you go over twice, the rest is, "Pancake flat" Not the most interesting of courses I have to say. A figure of eight takes you from the start line on the Coolsingel in the City centre, out to the south of the city, passing the Feyenoord football stadium, back through the centre and then a loop round the north returning to finish at the start ! Well supported apart from the north loop which goes round a park between 30 and 40k, (or 18 and 24 miles depending on your preference !!). That's where the going gets tough, and the extra support would have been a real boost. The good thing is upon leaving the park there's only 2K to go so you know the job is nearly done.
Pre race plan was to try to stick to a steady 5 min per kilometre, as long as the calf and hamstring which had caused so much problem in the training held up. That would give me a 3.30 finish. I started off well and felt comfortable, covering the first 5k in 24.23, and continued to run at slightly under my target pace, after 35k I was 5 minutes ahead of target. By 40k this was reduced to 2 minutes ahead and at the end I was spot on target, finishing in a time of 3:30:04 Overall, very well organised. There were toilets and pissoirs in the starting pens !!. Fresh oranges, bananas, plenty of water, tea and "Extran" sports drink at the end. No rip offs on the race photographs either, as they are available to download for free from the marathon website. Only have one criticism, that being the starting pens were a free for all, unless you had a sub 3.15 previous time. For everyone else it was a mass start, followed by the usual weaving in and out to get going.
London Marathon
position pl.age no. name age time1766 381 28904 MARK BAKER M40 3:09:19
1830 250 30697 DAVID J HALFORD M45 3:12:22
2375 352 12579 CLIVE HORTON M45 3:15:03
3989 591 19548 DAN MCHUGH M45 3:28:37
4282 766 38127 RICHARD F HODGE M30 3:30:13
5138 1018 6227 STEPHEN MASON M40 3:36:39
6339 1250 41873 SIMON MROBERTSON M35 3:44:05
1437 297 14195 CATHERINE A FENN W35 3:54:22
1438 284 25490 CALIX V RITCHLEY W25 3:54:22
1817 334 22920 REBECCA MACLEOD W40 3:59:00
11930 1609 2256 ROBERT C POOL M25 4:12:15
15649 28 29890 ROY F PYE M70 4:32:32
4922 488 25491 HELEN E MORRIS, W45 4:37:47
5268 947 2039 SHARON A THOMPSON, W35 4:41:22
9635 1525 24100 ANGELA HANDS, M W40 6:00:53
Photos thanks to Dave McLean
Photos thanks to Tom Young:
