Eight members of GRC took part in the Doncaster 10k on Sunday 28 November and all put in sterling performances. Although it was a very chilly day fortified by a biting Northerly wind, mercifully storm Arwen had passed overnight leading to decent running conditions and the going was generally good!
The race started from Doncaster
Racecourse and the runners were treated to a finish under the main Grandstand. First home for GRC was Peter Bonner in
a solid 41:09, a thoroughbred of a runner coming 30th in
his age category. Peter was pleased to achieve his best time for 2 years and is
returning to fine form.
Next home was Alan Carley in a time of 42:19. Working his way back from injury Alan was pleased and somewhat surprised to comfortably beat his personal best which was previously set in 2019. Alan also came 5th in the 55-59 age category.
Next over the line was Stefan Latter
who was rightly pleased with his time of 42:35, just managing to shave a one
second off his PB, every second truly does count. Next home was
Christopher Armstrong (43:52) and Kevin Kettle (44:21) coming 10th and
11th in the 55-59 age category and both scoring high age grade
scores.
GRC’s finest fillies on the day were Vicky Hardy and Sylv Hull who were just 2 seconds apart with Vicki winning by a nose. Both girls put in strong performances and were delighted to beat their previous PBs by huge margins. Vicki posted 52:08 (a I minute 23 second improvement) and Sylv came home in 52:10 (a 2 minute 49 second improvement) and they came 30th and 32nd in their category.
Tracey Gell also put in a gutsy effort and was rewarded with a time of 1 hour 3 minutes and 24 seconds, another PB achieved on the day.There was a high turnout for this well organised race and GRC finished 21st in the team event.
All finishers were treated to a much needed and welcome hot chocolate and a pork pie- what more could you want? A deal clincher, we will return next year .
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