Newark Half Marathon

Ignore the direction arrow, that is for later in the race

GRC took a small contingent of  seven on the short trip to Newark. A beautiful day albeit very warm to be taking on a half marathon. Despite this there was some great performances on the day. Joe Clarke was first home and marked his debut run in the Green and Black with an impressive time of 1:28:56. Next back from GRC was the consistent Tony Johnson who came finished in 1:31:47. Richard Payne was third man in a very respectable time of 1.33.10 on his first run at this distance. He was closely followed by the marathon metronome Gav Meadows who put in a solid time of 1:33:26 as part of a longer run. Despite the soaring heat there was an impressive personal best from Stuart Reader who crossed the line in a time of 1:47:47 but felt there was even more to come. Also running from the club was another marathon expert,Neil Emerson, who finished in a time of 1:51:06 and finally making a return to the half marathon after a few years out was Warren Stark who despite limited training came home in a decent time of 1:53:04 only a few minutes short of his best.

Position	Time	Name		Category		Grading	Ranking
63	88:56	Joe Clarke		MS		66.59%	5269
89	91:47	Tony Johnson		MV50		73.57%	207
99	93:10	Richard Payne		MS		63.82%	N/A
103	93:26	Gav Meadows		MV35		64:16%	1070
293	1:47:47	Stuart Reader		MV45	PB	60.07%	N/A
372	1:51:06	Neil Emerson		MV55		64.09%	N/A
407	1:53:04	Warren Stark		MV40		55.43%	N/A