Race 5, The Fradley 10k, 20th March

There were 461 finishers in this very popular race and we provided 16 of these. Although I know that some are perhaps not aware of our Grand Prix competition; I have counted them all and awarded points. Because I wasn’t at the race myself, I have to rely on other people’s observations with regards the wearing of Club vests. There was a vague possibility that someone wore a tee shirt, I haven’t been able to substantiate this so I have awarded points to every runner. Please let me know if you were the one. Be honest. 

I hope that all these ‘first timers’ on the GP will continue and provide the competition and interest that the GP deserves. We have been organising this GP for all roadrunners since 1987 and I still find it incredible that we get so few who are interested in it! 

In the race, Alex, fresh from receiving the Club Veterans Road Running Award for 2004 at the 127th Annual Dinner/Presentation the evening before scored his highest percentage yet to take again the maximum 50 GP points. This best performance so far indicates that his training for the London Marathon next month is going well. Carl in second place is obviously below par with his regional standard and we would expect more from Carl in the future. Jarred, at 16 years, scored an impressive 77% just behind Carl and again more to come from this young talent. Rachel, another newcomer to our competition, scored well and we hope to see her in more of our GP through the next few months. 

Overall in the GP, the first six places remain unchanged. Alex has increased his lead and is now 18 points in front of Martin. David Fall has moved up to 7th from 11th place and Kevin Wakerley has moved up to 8th from 13th place. Remember, your best 6 races count at the end. Highest of the newcomers is Carl who comes in at 15th place. 

In the percentage competition Alex is still top with an average of 78.46%. This would have been higher had it not been for the insect sting in Race 1. 

Results

 

 

Name

Age

Club

Time

 

Age

Performance

GP

Bonus

 

 

 

 

Pos.

 

 

 

 

Standard

Level%

Points

Points

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

 

 

1

 

Alex Elliott

64

6

42

:

00

 

34

:

04.9

81.15

50

2

2

 

Carl Warren

35

1

34

:

55

 

26

:

58.4

77.25

46

12

3

 

Jarred Ainsworth

16

2

36

:

12

 

27

:

51.0

76.93

44

8

4

 

Rachel Cook

40

5

41

:

00

 

31

:

12.7

76.13

43

12

5

 

Kevin Wakerley

42

3

37

:

55

 

28

:

16.3

74.56

42

5

6

 

Martin Wilkinson

46

4

40

:

31

 

29

:

07.3

71.88

41

3

7

 

Alan Price

58

8

45

:

10

 

32

:

09.4

71.20

40

0

8

 

Alan Britton

55

7

44

:

16

 

31

:

18.3

70.72

39

1

9

 

Michelle Tanner

26

9

45

:

31

 

29

:

55.0

65.73

38

8

10

 

David Fall

60

14

54

:

39

 

32

:

45.0

59.93

37

0

11

 

Pam Rayment

42

12

54

:

15

 

31

:

43.9

58.49

36

3

12

 

Karen Davies

44

15

56

:

27

 

32

:

16.2

57.17

35

2

13

 

Keith Holt

53

13

54

:

16

 

30

:

47.1

56.73

34

0

14

 

Lynette Millard

37

11

53

:

49

 

30

:

28.2

56.62

33

5

15

 

Julian Barnett

43

10

51

:

39

 

28

:

28.7

55.14

32

0

16

 

Gordon Orme

 

16

dnf

 

 

 

 

 

5

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

 

90%+ World Standard             80%+ National Standard

 

#

Not wearing Club Vest

 

 

70%+ Regional Standard         60%+ Local Standard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

<60% Club Standard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tom Morris