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5th September Breakfast Run around Brown Moss from the Raven Cafe. 10:00 a.m start. Eating afterwards optional but highly recommended!

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2nd September The final race in this Summer's Handicap series took place in fantastic running conditions with 22 members taking part. Overall 50 members have run at least one race, a very pleasing statistic.

First home was Danielle Connolly chased hard by Brian Hickson who was in with a great chance of winning the series. But sadly for Brian, Graham Jones was not too many places further back. In another nail-biting finish to a series, Graham took the top spot by 1 point! Handicapper Simon Phillips was suitably embarrased to finish in 3rd place - and very pleased that he didn't run even faster! Maureen Whyte will be very surprised, and hopefully very pleased, to learn that she has finished in fourth place!

A big thank you to all of you who have taken part or helped at the finish to make this year's series such a great success.

1st September Gareth Dodd, Jon Morgan, Helen Robbins and Ken Robbins all took part in the Madeley Matchmaker 5k. This was the last race in the series. Jon, Ken and Helen have all had a good series just failing to take the top spot in their age categgories. Ken and Helen were 2nd in their age groups whilst Jon was a very good 3rd in his.

31st August Seems I missed Sarah Owen from the list of Whippets in action at Ellesmere - sadly, race results aren't always what they ought to be! Anyway, Sarah, another recent joiner, made a fine club debut finishing in 62:13. Apologies if i've missed anyone else.

29th August While I was flying back into Manchester, club members were braving wet and windy conditions in the inaugural Ellesmere 10k.

The race was won by Telford A.C International Chris Davies in a time of 30:33. First home for the Whippets was Gareth Dodd in 28th Place. The organisers were very impressed by our large turnout - in fact we had the largest presence of any club with 28 runners - even beating hosts Oswestry who turned out 21 members!

Laura Fisher was our first lady home - setting a new club record in the process! There was also a new age record for Adele Minshall.

It was also great to see recent new members Laura Turner, Christine Trevannion, Annabel Fearnall and Fiona Dillon all making their race debuts. Photos will be posted in due course unless you pay me not to!

12th - 29th August While I was away in Switzerland members were out and about racing around the area. Members raced at Ellesmere over 5k, Birchwood over 10k and Gobowen over 5 miles. See Racing page for results.

9th August Andrew Corbett finished the Outlaw Triathlon in fine style - beating his 12 hour target by 6 minutes. The event was made up of a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile Cycle ride and a full marathon to finish. Andrew finished with a time of 11 hours 54 minutes and 37 seconds in 269th place out of 714. His individual event times were:

Swim 1hr 22mins 49 seconds

Cycle 6hrs 4 mins and 2 secs

Marathon 4 hrs 17 mins and 10 seconds

Well done Andrew. Anyone else fancy a go?

8th August A few early weekend results while we wait for Andrew Corbett's Outlaws Triathlon Result. Whippets were in action at Newark and Meerebrook today. In the Meerebrook 15k Laura Fisher writes that she and Brian were both really pleased with their results and didn't find the race as tough as expected. The weather helped as it was cool but dry. Unfortunately the amazing views that had been promised were hidden by mist! Sara Rogers and Adele Minshall were also there but not spotted by Laura. Does that mean Sara's had her hair recoloured?

Dave Wilson, Heather Stewart and Richard Stewart all had good runs in the Newark Half Marathon. Dave writes that it was a good race, very well organised and marshaled. Despite the heat and the hills they all enjoyed themselves and plan to be back there next year for the 30th. Dave managed to knock over 18 minutes off last years time coming home in 115th position out of a field of 1036 in a time of 1:31:07. All results are on the Racing page.

2nd August Thunder Run results Summarised:

Team 7th Place. 30 legs in 24:33:28 Ave: 49:07

Fastest leg Rob Wilson 41:34

Rob Wilson 4 legs Ave 42:57 Fastest 41:34
Rob Sharam 4 legs Ave 44:17 Fastest 42:22
Dean Richards 4 legs Ave 46:12 Fastest 43:50
Jon Morgan 4 legs Ave 46:59 Fastest 44:29
Dave Wilson 4 Legs Ave 47:08 Fastest 44:21
Simon Phillips 4 legs Ave 48:01 Fastest 46:21
Keith Cotton 3 legs Ave 56:05 Fastest 53:32
Kate Waterhouse 3 legs Ave 67:39 Fastest 62:19

Full Results

1st August A cracking good run from the Thunder Run Team of Bob and Dave Wilson, Jon Morgan, Simon Phillips,Rob Sharam, Keith Cotton, Dean Richards and Kate Waterhouse. Over the 24 hours of the race the team covered 300km - exactly as predicted! Stats on how much they ate or slept are not yet available! They finished in a great 7th Place in their category and 12th Team overall. First Pics. More photos and full results to follow when available.

After a good spell of barking at the moon, the Whippets team have moved up to 6th place in the Thunder Run - even after an off piste excursion by Dave! After 16 hours they have covered 230km and are still on target to beat the 300km mark.

31st July The Whippets are enjoying a good long run in Catton Park! After the first 8 legs of the 24 hour Thunder Run the team are in 8th place out of 76 teams. Next update tomorrow morning!

26th July Kevin Smith set our fastest 10k time of the year by coming a great 4th in the Leigh Sports Village 10k on Sunday. Richard Stewart also set a new pb whilst his daughter Heather is getting closer to setting another best. So far there are no other results to report.

23rd July There was an excellent turnout last night for race 3 in the Summer Handicap Series with 30 members taking part. It was especially pleasing to see so many beginners giving it a go - although it did give the handicappers problems! First home was Jo Evans, one of our newest members. Fastest run of the night came from Kevin Smith with a time of 17:41. The series is jointly led by Graham Jones and Juliet Salem. With one race to go, seventeen runners are still in with a chance of winning the series! The final race is on Thursday the 2nd September. Handicap Standings

Wednesday night saw race 5 in the Telford Sexarathon Series over 5k. Jon Morgan, Ken Robbins and Helen Robbins all lie in 2nd place in their age categories with one race to go.

22nd July Daren Peacock reports that he ran the Buxton Carnival 5 on Saturday(17th). He says that it was a tough course! With a 2 mile climb to start! Daren finished in 68th place in a time of 36:48

21st July Despite the bad weather we still had a good number out for a refreshing run in the rain last night. Sadly, numbers for the Chip Butties were down on expectations - which pleased John "Chip" Dillon no end! Never mind, the 25 or so that stayed on had a good natter and feed. Let's hope for better weather next time.

Dates are now out for the Cross Country Season.

19th July The Pitchcroft 10k is billed as a fast 10k, and lived up to its reputation for Dave Wison who jumped into 3rd place in this year's 10k rankings with a new PB of 39:28. Richard and Heather Stewart also ran, but just missed setting PBs. Meanwhile Adele Minshall sneaked off to Trentham to run the much hillier Trentham 10 miler.

18th July On Thursday Kate Waterhouse ran the Salomon Forest Delamere 10k whilst Dave Wilson ran the JCB Lakeside 5. Results on racing page. Today Laura Fisher completed the Race for Life 10k at Weston Park. Dave Wilson, Heather Stewart and Richard Stewart all ran the Pitchrcoft 10k at Worcester. Results awaited.

I've also produced a new age profile for the club with a comparison against last year.

15th July Just learnt that Kate Smith ran the Buxton Half Marathon back in June in a time of 1:58.39.

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