ERR Breakfast Run Results
As usual, thanks to everyone who helped out today with marshalling, timekeeping and organising, and of course all those who took part.
The results are below, long race first. Two things to bear in mind are that as this was the last championship race of the year, jokers are played automatically if they haven’t been played before, and you need to be in club colours to score any points (although maybe we should adopt Rain’s top as club colours in future).
| Name | Time | CC Pts |
| Robert Storey | 55:47 | 2×50 |
| Graham Bridges | 56:31 | 49 |
| Lee Hillsdon | 59:33 | 48 |
| Mark Creasey | 61:13 | 47 |
| Justin Byworth | 62:37 | |
| Marie Chuilon | 64:33 | |
| Tess Evans | 65:57 | 2×50 |
| Colin Hancox | 67:35 | |
| Jacky Pinnock | 68:03 | 49 |
| Johnny Hancox | 68:36 | |
| Derek Breaker | 68:38 | |
| Steve Butler | 69:18 | 46 |
| Tony Whitlock | 72:25 | 45 |
Short League results:
| Name | Time | SL Pts |
| Matt Ray | 37:13 | |
| Mark Schofield | 38:17 | 50 |
| Simon Walker | 39:06 | 49 |
| Chris Williams | 39:09 | 48 |
| Jon Ray | 44:42 | |
| Hugh Morris | 46:10 | 47 |
| Tara Lawfull | 46:23 | 50 |
| Martin Johnson | 46:43 | 46 |
| Rain Newton-Smith | 49:46 | |
| Charmian Maskell | 49:49 | 2×49 |
| Elaine Butler | 50:06 | 48 |
| Basia Dziala | 50:24 | |
| Nicola Coppuck | 50:32 | 47 |
| Rachel Green | 52:51 | |
| Ali Berrett | 53:28 | |
| Jane Larbalestier | 54:34 | 2×46 |
| Gail Morris | 56:37 | 45 |
| Sam Harrison | 56:53 | 2×44 |
| Caroline Ogden | 58:04 | 43 |
| Jo Humphrey | 59:41 | |
| Joan Ryan | 67:18 | 42 |
| Roger Gascoigne | 69:15 | |
| Sandra Jinks | 73:02 | 41 |
Robert’s leg, afterwards.
Race report (by Graham).
‘Have you done the maths?’, I asked.
‘I have’, he replied.
Nothing further was said. We both knew the time for talking was long gone.
Ok, so it wasn’t quite like that, and the start of the breakfast run didn’t sound like a scene from The Godfather. Instead it more a case of establishing who was the more injured (Robert), who had taken the most painkillers (Robert), and then who could run fastest (err… Robert). Also, it turned out that he hadn’t done the maths, and that my 2nd place was enough to stop me from going on about a certain other 2nd place ever again.
Elsewhere, Marie showed the benefits of all those early morning climbs of Tumbledown Dick by winning the ladies’ long race ahead of a fast finishing Tess, whose 50 points plus joker were enough for her to clinch 3rd place in the ladies’ long league.
Matt Ray turned up fashionably late (the student lifestyle already showing through), but still managed to blow the field away in the short race, while Tara completed an almost perfect record for the year by being the first lady home.
Perhaps more importantly than all that, the breakfast at the new venue of the Jolly Sportsman was very well received. Some might even think that was the main reason why so many people turned up…
