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| John Southwood |
Two members of Grantham
Running Club completed the Waterway 30 in North Nottinghamshire on Saturday 26th
January.
The 32 mile circular route takes in the
scenic rural countryside using a combination of the two main local waterway towpaths
- the ‘Cuckoo Way (Chesterfield Canal) and the Trent Valley Way (River Trent).
Ninety percent of the route was off-road with only some minor roads and tracks
linking the start and finish in South Wheatley to the towpaths. The towpaths
were extremely muddy and rough underfoot which made it a real challenge. The
second half of the race was especially tough as it was into a strong headwind
on the banks of the River Trent.
Nick Payne, the club’s most experienced ultra runner, completed
the event in 6 hours 4 minutes and 21 seconds. He finished 58th out
of 164 finishers. For new club member John
Southwood the event was a real baptism of fire for it was twice as far as any
other event John has taken part in! He finished in a highly respectable 6:24:10,
finishing in 87th place. John enjoyed the event and is now
considering other events of a similar distance or even longer!
Both members
enjoyed the race, particularly the four well-stocked aid stations which had a
wider range of food and drink than a picnic! Finishers received a good quality technical t-shirt and a
personalised engraved medal.
The race was won by Paul Richardson from Garden City Runners in
3:52:14. The first lady home was Melissa Venables from Spa Striders, who finished
in 4:28:58.
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