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| Tony with his beer |
While Grantham Running Club’s attentions were focused on the
Long Bennington Summer Solstice 10K on Friday 21st June, Tony
Johnson was the sole GRC representative at the Notts 10 Mile Road Race, which
took place on the same evening.
The race, which features two anticlockwise laps of the
National Water Sports Centre rowing basin and surrounding roads in Holme
Pierrepont, reverted to being held in June having moved to mid August in 2019.
The race has developed an unfortunate knack of clashing with other local events
that had already declared their race date. In 2019, as in 2016, it clashed with
the Summer Solstice 10K having been staged on the same day as the Sleaford 10K
in 2018.
It’s a pity that a race of such heritage, now in its 48th
consecutive year, struggled to attract more than the 145 finishers, especially
as the race winner Ben Connor of Derby AC with a time of 49:25 came very close
to breaking the course record of 49:01 set way back in 1993 by Alan Jackson
(Stourport) and the women’s winner was Great Britain international Gemma Steel
of Charnwood AC in 57:41.
In his first 10 mile road race since the 2017 Notts 10, Tony
was pleased with his time of 1:04:00 that earned him twentieth place overall
and third V50 finisher. Unusually for a race held at Holme Pierrepont,
conditions were ideal for racing, reasonably cool and just a slight headwind on
the stretch on the furthest side of the lake.
Finishers were of the Notts 10 were rewarded with a bottle
of beer from Nottingham Brewery for their efforts.
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