East Midlands 10k

Tony digging deep

Scott just behind Peter

On Sunday 25th February 14 members of Grantham Running Club’s green army took part in the second annual East Midlands 10K race at the National Water Sports Centre at Holme Pierrepont just outside Nottingham. With clear blue skies it looked lovely but there was a bitingly cold wind that blew straight through you. Despite the cold conditions there was a very large turnout - just three shy of a thousand runners.
The course was flat and involved two laps of the regatta lake alongside the canoe slalom course. With minimal twists and turns it was hoped that fast times would be possible.

Medals after the race

The group photo before

First home for GRC was Tony Johnson, still getting back to full fitness following a serious illness and a couple of minutes off where he would like to be, but all the signs are there that he could be in for a good season. Next back was Peter Bonner going sub 42 again with Scott Jones only 30 seconds behind him. Running only his second 10k Russell showed a huge improvement from his debut to finish a further two minutes behind Scott. There were also PB's for Emma Weighill, Claire Fritz and Melanie Taylor.

Position	Time	Name		Category		Grading
45	40:48	Tony Johnson		MV50		76.47%
64	41:59	Peter Bonner		MV40		68.18%
69	42:29	Scott Jones		MV40		68.40%
108	44:26	Russell Maksymiw		MV40	PB	64.91%
212	48:46	Stuart Baty		MV45		60.99%
270	50:16	Martin Carter		MV35		54.57%
547	58:01	Nic Webster		FV40		55.16%
655	1:01:08	Simon Hartley		MV50		50.21%
699	1:02:08	Mark Jessop		MV45		49.01%
704	1:02:02	Emma Weighill		SW	PB	49.02%
707	1:03:04	Lucinda Gamble		FV35		48.93%
752	1:04:01	Claire Fritz		FV40	PB	49.99%
820	1:07:23	Melanie Taylor		FV35	PB	46.01%
939	1:16:48	Viv Durham		FV40		40.81%