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Roland's Trophy was awarded to Keith Hull |
The Annual Presentation and Dinner Dance took
place at Chobham Golf Club on Saturday 9 Feb 2008.
Katie Cousins won the Ladies Championship, with Kate
Archer taking 2nd place. Richard Gurd took the Mens'
trophy with Dave McLean close behind in 2nd place.
The Peter Dimmock Award was presented to the intrepid
Miles Cudmore.
Summary
Results
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Full Report
Chele Marathon Report
Polar Marathon Report
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Miles Cudmore reports:
The start was remarkable. At 9:05 we were happily chatting when a
whistle went – and we were off !
The women were trilling in the unique North African style, other
spectators were cheering and shouting encouragement, excited runners were
yelling in many languages, and a wailing ambulance topped off the
cacophony. As we hurtled over the desert we also had to dodge camels...... |
April 2008
Results - 10k handicap
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At 11:30pm the
night before the race, it was great to see the Windle Valley
party goers doing their best Elvis impressions on the dance floor
... but at least our runners were on water instead of wine.
.7am race morning, time to get up after all
too few hours broken sleep. It was about -2 degC, but bright
and sunny with no wind. The fabulous weather (which must be a
first for Wokingham) brought out all the entrants and 2000 people
gathered behind the start line by which time it has warmed up a bit.
The first 3
miles seemed downhill and zipped by, but that was partly a function
of fresh legs with the bright sun, cool air and zero wind creating
the some of the best conditions for a race I have ever experienced.
The roads seemed to stretch to infinity in a dead straight line
and the small climbs back up over the M4 (mile 10) and up to a
roundabout (mile 11) were definitely unwelcome.
The last two miles somehow passed by before the final turn
and dash for the line. I am sure the line gets pushed further back
each year ... but it does make for a wonderful tunnel of noisy
support.
Windle Valley had a superb turnout – at least amongst the
men. Clearly the ladies were partying too hard!
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Chris Lovell has measured out a set of routes to run round
Windsor Great Park, from Short to Long runs.
Maps
Pictures
Kevin Pedley has marked out some runs using some clever
mapping software, which puts in mile markers
Interactive Maps
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