By Rob | March 11, 2014
Thirteen Sphinx AC runners ran this hot’n’hilly 20-miler in the delightful Leicestershire countryside.
Official results are here:
http://www.ashby20.co.uk/race_results.cfm/StartPos/1/MaxRows/1000/parent/race_results/year/2014/
271 02:37:54 757 Stuart Atkinson289 02:39:26 955 Bryan Pears319 02:40:59 759 Stuart Banbrook566 02:58:15 523 Sally Parkins567 02:58:15 701 Andy Wilkinson579 02:58:49 805 Christopher Foxall593 02:59:38 28 Hamilton Ngan694 03:08:52 1075 Steven Osmond707 03:09:54 371 Laura Pibworth809 03:18:13 626 Mary Bench810 03:18:13 623 Karen Timothy858 03:25:37 484 Wendy Foxall966 03:40:17 954 Ian Ward
This was the longest race that both Steven Osmond and Wendy Foxall have participated in, and with the surprisingly warm conditions it was a bit of a baptism of fire!
This event is superbly organised and is highly recommended for anybody preparing for a spring marathon (eg. London, Manchester, Stratford). The course is a pan-shaped, with a two-mile in/out stretch and two eight-mile loops. It’s a bit slopey in places but there are plenty of water stations (with quite a lot of gels on offer too) and lots of encouragement in the residential areas.