Results

276 finishers overall. We thought the times might have to be in hundredths to separate Mark and Jim, but apparently the gap was a full 2 seconds. Any missed jokers, let me know.

Some excellent performances and some injured old crocks among the ERR folk at Waddesdon. Well done to Katherine, Jacky and Robert for their category prizes, and to Robert for finishing 5th overall.

As ever, if I've missed anyone's joker or PB then please let me know.

And you thought it was hot at the Thame 10k (which it was)...

If you were waiting to find out your official time, have added them below.

Kate won the wine and her report has been added below the results.

What a pretty village Adderbury is, I had never done more than drive through before, but it deserved more of an exploration which was on the cards as we parked in a field behind a lovely ironstone house and had to wend our way through the grounds and along the back roads of the village.

Arriving at the sports ground various childrens’ races were happening – a proper village event! Then we, the supposed adults (one of whom had spotted the extremely tall inflatable slide) lined up, to follow either the blue squares or the red dots (10K or ½ M). No one mentioned that the red dots might turn into red squares!

It was hot but an enjoyable route through the churchyard, along the canal, through Bodicote onto more tracks to Bloxham, along another churchyard, then across fields and stiles, some were quite tall for those of us with short legs, and finally back to Adderbury.  At last – a go on the very tall slide with Jackie.

I would go again.

303 finishers overall. Let me know if anyone else played their joker.

Seriously hot at Thame, so well done to Robert for finishing 12th out of about 850 finishers, and to Mark for his pb. I suspect I may have forgotten a few jokers, so please let me know if you played yours and it isn't mentioned below.

Welcome back to Paul after a long spell out injured.

There were 311 finishers overall.

A bit of a joker-fest for the few ERR people who survived the cut to compete on what turned out to be a partly off-road course of about 10.2k. Well done to Kate and Katherine for their category prizes.

Report by Becky

Newbury 10k

I work near Newbury and sometimes run the first 4k of the course before work, so was prepared for the long uphill section at the start.  However, the rest of the race was tougher than I expected due to a very quick descent and then most of the rest of the race being off road.  Everyone I spoke to after the race had enjoyed it as the route had plenty of interest as we passed through Newbury twice and ran through fields and on country lanes and tow paths.  It felt like a much bigger race than it was with excellent support through Newbury town centre and the presentation of medals by the Mayor.

A smaller than usual team from Eynsham turned out due to the race being a sell out and as a result half of us decided to play our jokers. Not a course to run a PB but we all did well and congratuliations go to Kate and Katherine for wining their categories and to Kate and Lesley for their 4th and 5th postions respectively in the overall ladies competition.

Charlton Motavation, 6 May 2010

41 ERR runners for the new split start format. Have combined the times into a single list, so you can check who you might have overtaken if everyone had started together.

Please let me know if I've missed anyone's short league points, which is quite possible with so many participants.

Well done to all those who recorded PBs. My Garmin said the overall distance was 9.92 miles, so will leave it to your conscience as to whether the records will stand. If I missed any jokers, please let me know.

As it's the marathon season I thought it would be a good idea to add everyone's results to this page as we go along. If you've run a marathon this spring and it's not in the list below, please let me know.

Rome (21/3):

Mark Creasey 3:59:18

Paris (11/4):

Robert Storey 2:59:16 (debut)

Brighton (18/4):

Kevin Dawson 3:14:51 (pb)

London (25/4):

Kevin Dawson 3:22:28

Katherine Bates 3:34:00 (pb, 29th LV50)

Denise Bridges 3:42:54 (pb)

Kate Williamson 3:44:47 (4th LV60)

Jane Bishop 4:13:47 (pb)

Gareth Lewis 4:17:06

Ben Breaker 4:22:10

Marie Chuilon 4:59:19

Elaine Butler 5:15:14 (debut)

Roxanne Senior 5:59:05 (debut)

Stratford (25/4):

Nigel Clark 3:36:03 (pb)

Hugh Morris 3:36:57