By Rob | May 8, 2017
Thanks to Mitch for the following report:
Yet another superbly well organised event today. Cool to start, but soon warmed up. Great support on route, especially on the lap around the town. Five water stations and plenty of water for those doing both laps for the full marathon. Talking of which, bumped into Hamilton at the start and Jackie and I ran the first 4 miles with him. He was having a ‘rest day’ today, just doing the full marathon, following his recent spate of midweek ultras. Lost count of the number of times the mere glimpse of a blue and gold vest prompted the question “Where’s Imran today?”. Fortunately, on this occasion, I knew the answer, as he was doing the Lichfield half marathon, thereby joining Jackie and myself in completing 8 races in 9 days (just over 56 miles). Well done mate, I’m sure your ‘Bookface’ public will be delighted at your achievement J Time for a rest now……
Btw, interesting medals, picturing Puck, the hogoblin in Act 2 Scene1 of Shakepeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and citing his quotation “I’ll put a girdle round the earth in forty minutes”. Good quiz question that……
Photos by Hamilton:
Results:
http://results.sporthive.com/events/6267266611049494016
Half-marathon:
| Overall Position | Name | Guntime | Chiptime | Category | Category Position | Gender | Gender Position |
| 281 | Steve Colbourne | 01:44:28 | 01:42:45 | M60 | 6 | m | 255 |
| 375 | Al Harris | 01:48:13 | 01:45:29 | MSEN | 105 | m | 307 |
| 1378 | Mitch Timms | 02:16:37 | 02:10:42 | M55 | 47 | m | 858 |
| 1379 | Jackie Timms | 02:16:37 | 02:10:42 | F45 | 55 | f | 432 |
Marathon:
| Overall Position | Name | Guntime | Chiptime | Category | Category Position | Gender | Gender Position |
| 428 | Hamilton Ngan | 04:34:13 | 04:28:18 | M45 | 68 | m | 337 |