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Pictured left to right: Holly Durham, Tracy Webb, Stuart Reader,
Nev Chamberlain
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Four members of Grantham Running
Club took part in the 10 mile road race that is a feature of the annual
Heckington Show. Lining up at the start in the main show arena Tracy Webb,
Holly Durham, Stuart Reader and Nev Chamberlain were all relieved that the high
temperatures of the past days had dropped to a more bearable level although the
weather would still play it's part in the race.
From the
showground the course heads out for two laps of village streets and fen roads.
It was out on the exposed fen that the weather played it's part with winds
gusting to 40mph making miles 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 particularly hard work.
With Nev
being the only one to have ran this or indeed any 10 mile race before it was
hard to judge what if any effect this had on overall times but maintaining a
consistent pace was certainly energy sapping.
First of
the quartet home and 5th female overall was Holly in 1:10:38 followed by Stuart
1:17:05, Nev 1:22:18 and Tracy 1:43:45. Talking afterwards all commented on how
the start and finish being in the main show arena with support from both the
public and the marshals and it being part of a larger event all helped make for
an enjoyable race and one they hope to return to next year.
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