Baslow Bootbash
The Baslow Bootbash offers a choice of a 14 mile or a 27 mile route through the beautiful scenery of the Peak District National park and is a favourite with runners from GRC who return year after year to line up outside Chatsworth House for this sold out event. The weather is always an issue with this type of challenge, last year it was heavy rain and this year it started with a mist reducing visibility to 30m as the runners climbed into the cloud base. The fourteen mile runners split into two groups with Baslow veterans Sarah High and Mark Hillson being pushed by first timer Penny Hodges to a top twenty finish in two hours twenty six minutes some 9 minutes inside their 2015 time. The experienced Brendon Buckley accompanied Nev Chamberlin, who has returned from injury, to joint 54th place in 3:27:01. On the longer version Robert McArdle and Catherine Payne were able to slice 38 minutes off their 2015 time and jump from 43rd position to joint 16th. Choosing the option to walk rather than run Andrew MacAllister used the day as the final dress rehearsal for next month’s the London to Brighton 100k walk in aid of blind veterans, completing the 27.4 miles just under the 11 hour cut-off Andrew was able to give his walking gear a severe test of its waterproof ability as the final five hours were in a torrential downpour. More details of his walk are on https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Andrew-MacAllister
Peterborough 5k
A few days earlier Catherine Payne took park in the Peterborough 5k at Ferry Meadows clocking a time of 21:00 whilst not her best was still good enough to see finish first in her age group pick up a top 25 ranking from Run Britain
Photo (Left to Right) Sarah High, Penny Hodges, Robert McArdle, Nev Chamberlin, Catherine Payne, Mark Hillson and Brendon Buckley.
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