Author: MrsS

Wayne Stevenson, Luke Stevenson & Sam Amps (team Banana Splits) made their way to the peaks to take part in this gruelling 40 mile ultra going over to the Isle of Skye, Blackhill, Crowdon, Torside, Bleaklow, Snake Pass, Kinder, Edale, Chapel en le Frith, Whitehall, Goyt Valley, Cat & Fiddle and finally Buxton. All was going well (apart from the horrible weather conditions), and they were all flying until Luke went over on his ankle over Bleaklow. They managed to complete 22 miles before having to call time at Edale with Luke hobbling! Sam could have continued as he was feeling good but they all retired as a team! Bad luck guys…..better luck next year! This was Wayne’s 33rd 4 Innes, Lukes 2nd and Sam’s 1st…with hopefully many more to come!

Wow! 40 Striders turned up for the Derby 10k today on a miserable morning. Didnt stop the blue and white stripes performing at their best with quite a few PB’s I believe! Results are as follows: Sam Pearch 7th overall in 34.23, James Walker 34.38, Kenny Malton 35.36, Rob Donald 37.25, Stephen Pezzutti 37.43, Marcel Darling 38.06, Patrick Munro 38.45, Gareth Brown 38.52, James Cunningham 40.10, Ian Crompton 40.35, Jonathan Bainbridge 41.08, Jan Pudlowski 42.18, Richard Hill 42.35, Andrew Powell 42.47, Chris Turley, 43.01 (PB), Pascale Holden (1st lady strider) 43.28, Roy Hobson 43.36, Matthew West 43.49, Ciaran Guilfoyle 45.23, Andrew Sayers 45.42, Lee Wright 46.38, Stephen Wells 47.07 (PB), Brian Thomas 47.08, Neil Rigby 47.54(PB), Lucy Marriott 48.33, Steven Baxter 48.43 (PB), Alison Flower 49.48, Lee Meakin 50.15, Silke Krieger-Ford 52.13, Louise Surgay 52.13, Amy Hall 53.26, Andrew Simons 56.21, Beverley Baxter 57.32 (PB), Gloria Jervis 59.03, Stephen Bennett 59.07, Paul White 1.01.00, Ann Adams 1.02.30, Margaret Cowling 1.03.01, Catherine Pearch 1.04.58 & Steven Aynsley 1.09.32. Well done everyone! Fun Run Results to follow.

Dave (I run everywhere) Keegan made his way to Newcastle to run the 10K. The first mile was uphill followed by some flat and downhill and to finish along the old railway line. Dave finished 3 minutes faster than last year (says it was the wine he had the night before). He was 224th overall in a time of 50.46. 396 completed the race in total. Well done Dave!

Two striders winged their way over to Loughborough to take part in the Loughborough Half Marathon on Sunday. Darren Sheppard and Neil Rigby!

Darren Sheppard finished in 1.37.21 and Neil Rigby followed him, in 1.51.47. Well done!

A huge well done to Paul Brunt who completed the Charnwood Marathon 15 mile route (although he said he did 16.5! The Paul Brunt route!!) in a time of 2hrs 46minutes. Great time, well done!

A huge well done to Dan Siddons who entered the Stanford Hall 10k race on a windy morning. This course was quite challenging with a tough undulating route but he still managed to finish in a fantastic time of 35 mins 30 seconds finishing in 2nd place overall. Great time Dan…well done!

Sam Amps went it alone and entered this tough 6 mile fell race at Bamford, just near Ladybower. It involved 1500ft of descent, the first mile being up hill with a sharp steep kick towards the end. Sam completed the race in 56 minutes 30 seconds. Well done!

Gareth Brown and Dave Nunn winged there way to Stafford on Sunday to compete in the Stafford Half. All part of Gareth’s London Marathon training, he ran a fantastic race finishing in a great time of 1.25.13 followed in by Dave Nunn, who also run a great race finishing in 2.12.18. Well done to you both! I also believe that John Collins (running for Motor Neurone Disease) also completed the race in a PB of 2.08! His brother Pete also ran but unsure of finishing time, but well done!

Four shelton striders travelled to Grantham today to run the half marathon in the glorious sunshine. First in for team stevenson was Wayne in 1.39 followed by Luke in 1.42 & Julie in 1.52. Dave Keegan did a fantastic time of 1.56.59 having also completed a 9 mile stumble the day before! Credit to everyone!

Several Striders went out to tackle this 21 mile off road event with 3000ft of ascent. This is a tough race travelling through Grindleford, Froggatt, Eyam, Great Longstone, Edensor and Baslow. First in for the club in 6th position overall was Kenny Malton in a time of 2.35.26. Marcel was next past the finish line in 18th in a time of 2.48.33, Rob Donald 34th in 2.55.52….I know Shaun Cooper did it but unsure of time and placing, Andy Bradley was 180th in 3.44.33. First lady was Rachel Farrow, 179th overall in 3.44.32, Gayle Gamble 4.18.40, Darren Bradley 291st in 4.24.13, Louise Surgay 4.34.40, Paul Webster 326th in 4.39.38, Christine Donald 4.43.11 & Amanda Lewis 5.28.05.

Amazing results and many went on to run the Ashby 20! Mad “41” club! Well done!