Sunday 5 May 2019

North Lincolnshire Half Marathon


Three members of Grantham Running Club travelled to the north of the county on Sunday 5th May to take part in the North Lincolnshire Half Marathon. The well regarded race hosted by Tape2Tape began at Quibell Park in Scunthorpe and sent runners along a fast and flat course aided by near perfect weather conditions, albeit the light breeze blowing was a little troublesome at times with little shelter along the country lanes.
Rob Howbrook was the first GRC finisher to cross the finishing line, securing the V60 age category prize by just ten seconds based on gun time in a hard fought affair with Garry Perkins of Wolds Veteran RC. Continuing to show the superb form that earned him multiple club championship titles in 2017, Rob’s chip time of 1:28:35 was his fastest half marathon since he ran seven seconds quicker at the same event two years ago.
Following Rob, Hayley Staff put in a fine run to not only smash her PB by over fourteen minutes but to break the two hour barrier, clocking a chip finish time of 1:58:02. She was followed by Nichola Webster, who benefited from kinder conditions than at the 2018 Newton’s Fraction to take over ten minutes off her half marathon PB, clocking a fine 2:05:28.
The race was won by William Strangeway of Lincoln Wellington AC in 1:07:53 with Laura Kaye of the same club the winning female in 1:23:09. There were 1543 finishers.

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