11 MSTC athletes took part this time. This year the race was brought forward by a month from it's traditional time at the end of October. Slightly warmer weather and a later than usual start made it quite a civilised race but as usual superbly well organised and marshalled.
The men certainly surpassed all expectations. Jim, Mike, Martin and Gordon all gained new PBs. Jim was really flying with 1h22m33s while Mike ran his first time under 90mins with 1h28m6s. Martin started very strongly and finished in 1h36m58s and Gordon cruised round with his dad for most of the way (just leaving him towards the end) for a 1h48m04s. I think we are going to see further huge improvements from both Martin and Gordon in the next couple of years. Steve A managed a respectable time (1h32m23s) just 6 days after completing LEJOG and James paced himself round sensibly to a sub 90 minute time (1h29m28s)
Lucy (1h43m4s) held off a very strong challenge from Emma Jaffe (1h44m38s), with Rachel not far behind both(1h46m10s). Hazel was a bit disappointed to find it quite a struggle this time in 1h51m19sand Helen Graham comfortably completed it sub 2 hours (1h57m06s)
MEN WINNER 1h06m53s
- Jim Graham 1h22m33s 23.45% 10pts
- Mike Jaffe 1h28m06s 31.75 9
- James Dear 1h29m28s* 33.79 8
- Steve Alden 1h32m23s 38.16 7
- Martin Sanwell 1h36m58s 45.01 6
- Gordon Skeats 1h48m04s 61.61 5
WOMEN WINNER 1h25m04s
- Lucy Williams 1h43m41s 21.89% 10pts
- Emma Jaffe 1h44m38s* 23.00 9
- Rachel Baker 1h46m10s 24.81 8
- Hazel Tuppen 1h51m19s 30.85 7
- Helen Graham 1h57m06s* 37.66 6
* means chip time not available so slower 'gun' time is recorded in the results only