It was a beautiful sunny, but windy morning for the Striders Winter Handicap race: perfect for racing but slightly chilly for some of the marshals. The 10k route went out and back along Eccup reservoir path, over the dam and into the hamlet of Eccup. Congratulations to Jamie Walker and Amanda Spencer who were the fastest male and female runners. Well done to Bethany Lovell, who was the first finisher but didn’t qualify for the trophy as she didn’t have enough race results over the past two years to have an accurate handicap. Second to finish, and the trophy winner, was Sue Sunderland.
Many thanks to Mike and Eileen Crosfill for time keeping and Bob Jackson for his work, compiling the handicap data and also to all the marshals for their enthusiastic support along the route. Looking forward to the Spring handicap, which should take place in early May.
| Finish pos | Name | Start mark | Finish time | Run time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bethany Lovell | 0:16:15 | 1:13:44 | 0:57:29 |
| 2 | Sue Sunderland | 0:26:00 | 1:14:12 | 0:48:12 |
| 3 | Mats Vermeeren | 0:33:30 | 1:15:38 | 0:42:08 |
| 4 | Steve Webb | 0:33:00 | 1:15:44 | 0:42:44 |
| 5 | Rachel Bentley | 0:32:00 | 1:16:13 | 0:44:13 |
| 6 | Leila Kara | 0:21:30 | 1:16:15 | 0:54:45 |
| 7 | Dinesh Kaulgud | 0:30:45 | 1:16:18 | 0:45:33 |
| 8 | Ruth Warren | 0:22:30 | 1:16:19 | 0:53:49 |
| 9 | Amanda Spencer | 0:32:45 | 1:16:21 | 0:43:36 |
| 10 | Jamie Walker | 0:40:00 | 1:16:24 | 0:36:24 |
| 11 | Paul Grave | 0:37:00 | 1:17:03 | 0:40:03 |
| 12 | Graham Pawley | 0:30:00 | 1:17:07 | 0:47:07 |
| 13 | Pascale Fotherby | 0:17:00 | 1:17:15 | 1:00:15 |
| 14 | Josie Pawley | 0:28:15 | 1:17:20 | 0:49:05 |
| 15 | Dave Middlemas | 0:37:45 | 1:17:21 | 0:39:36 |
| 16 | Chris Sawyer | 0:27:30 | 1:17:36 | 0:50:06 |
| 17 | Vernon Long | 0:34:00 | 1:18:02 | 0:44:02 |
| 18 | Richard Irvine | 0:33:15 | 1:18:48 | 0:45:33 |
| 19 | Liz Adams | 0:31:15 | 1:19:44 | 0:48:29 |
| 20 | Tahir Akhtar | 0:29:30 | 1:20:04 | 0:50:34 |
| 21 | Sara Dyer | 0:10:45 | 1:20:10 | 1:09:25 |
| 22 | Sean Cook | 0:33:45 | 1:20:50 | 0:47:05 |
| 23 | James Tarran | 0:37:45 | 1:22:12 | 0:44:27 |
| 24 | Samantha Harris | 0:35:30 | 1:33:45 | 0:58:15 |
