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| Catherine on her way to first lady |
This half marathon is good value for money at £14.00 + £1.50 admin fee for a chip timed race with a medal and a tee shirt. There is a 10k and a half marathon run over the same 8k lap concurrently. The two races starting half a lap apart mean there is a good atmosphere at both the start and the finishes with a good crowd milling around. The different starting points mean the course is never too crowded and you could end up lapping a lot of people. There are a lot of non club runners and the field was wide spread with many runners taking over two hours. It is one to consider with three race days here over the course of the year.
Grantham
Running Club’s Catherine Payne enjoyed a winning start to the summer season of
shorter races by being first lady over the line at the Draycote Half Marathon
in Rugby. This three lap race round the reservoir attracted almost 400 runners
on a dry but windy morning to this picturesque setting in the heart of
Warwickshire.
With no
timed starting pens and not having done the race before Catherine ended up
closer to the front than normal with only one lady in front of her who she
passed within the first mile. Despite not having raced at anything faster than
marathon pace for five months Catherine was able to increase the gap to the
second and third ladies to 93 seconds by the end of the first lap. During the
next lap Catherine was able to build her lead by another two and a half minutes
as the strong headwind on the mile long final straight took its toll on the
field. The final lap saw her winning margin grow to over six and a half minutes
as she finished in a time of 96:39 to place her comfortably inside the top 50
ranked ladies in the UK in her age group.
| Position | Time | Name | Category | Grading | ||
| 19 | 1:36:45 | Catherine Payne | FV50 | 78.12% |
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