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Sphinx Half Marathon Handicap - April 2021

Well done to everybody who took part in the virtual Half Marathon handicap for April. We had 28 runners in total, with 20 beating their predicted times. Congratulations to Caroline O’Brien for crossing the virtual finish line first, beating her predicted time by over 7 minutes and 36 seconds. Steve Zouch and Sue Gough completed the podium places respectively, both also beating their predicted times by over 7 minutes, with Steve finishing only 4 seconds behind the leader.

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Sphinx 10km Handicap - March 2021

Well done to everybody who took part in the virtual 10km handicap for March. We had 39 runners in total, with 17 beating their predicted times. Congratulations to Peter Whitehouse for crossing the virtual finish line first, beating his predicted time by almost 4 minutes. Lorraine Smith and Clare Taylor completed the podium places respectively, both beating their predicted times by over 100 seconds. Don’t forget, the April Half Marathon handicap has now begun, and will continue until the end of the month.

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Sphinx 5km Handicap - February 2021

Well done to everybody who took part in the virtual 5km handicap for February. We had 44 runners in total, with 20 beating their predicted times. Congratulations to Sarah for crossing the virtual finish line first, beating her predicted time by over 5 minutes. Collette and David McLean completed the podium places respectively, both beating their predicted times by well over 90 seconds. Don’t forget, the March 10km handicap has now begun, and will continue until the end of the month.

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Sphinx Virtual Handicap - August (Final Race)

Well done to all who took part in the final virtual handicap race, and for taking part throughout the whole series. The August race saw 36 runners cross the finishing line. Our winner for August is Natalie Zouch, beating her predicted time by over two and a half minutes. In second place, was Steve Zouch! Steve also knocked two and a half minutes off his predicted time. Claiming the final spot of the podium was Al Harris, who beat his time from last month by over four minutes.

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Sphinx Virtual Handicap Results - June (Race 2)

Well done to all who competed in the second instalment of the Sphinx Virtual Handicap Series. Much like last month, runners were made to choose between racing in blistering heat or torrential rain! Despite that, 53 runners crossed the line - a great turnout. First over the line was Vickie Hand, knocking an impressive 2:37 off her time from last month. Chasing Vickie was Matt Mold in second place, improving on his May performance by 3 minutes!

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Sphinx Virtual Handicap Results - May (Race 1)

Well done and thank you to all who took part in the inaugural Sphinx Virtual Handicap. The event was a rousing success with 55 runners crossing the finishing line. Conditions were tough as competitors were forced to choose between running in heat or a hurricane, but in spite of that many of our athletes recorded impressive personal bests! A baffling number of runners managed to crossed the line at the exact same time giving the organiser a considerable headache with allocating position points!

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Spring Mob Match Results (Round 3)

Thank you Kevin for organising this virtual competition with our fellow Coventry clubs, and for his write up below. Also, a big thank you and congratulations to all Sphinx runners who took part and won us yet another Mob Match! Firstly, thank you all who took part in out parkrun mob match and running your little socks off! With ages ranging from 9 to 66 (I’ll let you guess who that may be), it shows the broad range of people we have in the club.

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