With the road/cross country section enjoying a Christmas meal at which there were a number of awards, Stuart Nicholas and Antonio Ruiz running well for BAC in Portsmouth and Madrid respectively, and Peter Thompson‘s amazing challenge shortly to commence, BAC is as active as ever!

On Friday 16 December over 40 of BAC‘s road and cross country runners assembled at the Kitchen Club, adjacent to Iford Golf Course, for an enjoyable Christmas meal followed by a disco, efficiently organised by Rich Nelson and Ian White.  It has been a very successful year for this section of the club, both on the road and cross country, and, in order to mark this, Rich, our Club Captain, arranged for a number of trophies to be awarded, a gesture which was appreciated, not just by the recipients, but by everyone present.  In addition, throughout the year, County Championship medals, gold, silver and bronze, have been won by BAC athletes, and as these medals have not been available at the Championship races (a situation it is hoped will change for 2017), the opportunity was taken to award these to the winners who were present.  This was a very enjoyable and successful evening, and many thanks to Rich and Ian for their hard work in the organisation.  It was also a chance to say goodbye to Gonzalo Mogorron, who has been in Bournemouth from Spain at language school for the past six months, and has really become involved in club affairs, attending training and competing regularly.  We wish Gonzalo good luck in the Seville Marathon in February, and in his new job which he starts in Madrid in January.  So, who were the evening’s trophy winners?  The first trophies were for the ‘Runners’ Runner’ – the winners having been voted for by their fellow club members, and these went to, male, Sanjai Sharma, and, female, Yvonne Tibble.  Then came the Captain’s Awards, decided on by Rich himself.  These went to, male, Tom Paskins and Alex Gould, and, female, Nikki Sandell and Emma Dews.  The Best Newcomer Award winner was Marcus O’Toole, and the Most Improved Runners were, male, Pawel Surowiec and, female, Sam Laws.  A special award went to Emma Dews as the Star BAC Team Baker for her delicious cakes at cross country fixtures, and at the ‘get-together’ after the Boscombe 10k!  Although not all the County Championship medal winners were present to receive their medals, here is a complete list of BAC‘s medal winners:  10 miles (Lytchett 10) Steve Way (Gold and Masters’ Gold), Gemma Bragg (Gold):  Marathon (North Dorset Village Marathon) Jon Sharkey (Gold), Simon Way (Silver and Masters’ Gold), Anthony Clark (Bronze):  10k (Purbeck 10k) Jon Sharkey (Gold), Peter Thompson (Bronze), Emma Dews (Silver and Masters’ Gold), Nikki Sandell (Masters’ Bronze):  Half Marathon (Stur Half) Josh Cole (Gold), Sanjai Sharma (Silver and Masters’ Gold).  Many congratulations to all BAC‘s award and medal winners.  Of course, there were a number of other BAC road/cross country award winners at the club’s Presentation Evening in November, as those who were there will know, and BAC teams and athletes are in line for some Dorset Road Race League trophies for 2016, as those of us who run in the Broadstone Quarter on New Year’s Day and attend the presentations which follow will find out!

Congratulations, also, to Stuart Nicholas, who was a remarkable 7th of a total of 1014 competitors in the Portsmouth Coastal Marathon on Sunday 18 December.  Stuart‘s time of 2.53.09 was highly creditable on a course which, although flat, takes in various surfaces, including gravel, sand and, every so often, a bit of tarmac!

Well done too to Antonio Ruiz, who was flying the BAC flag in Madrid on the same day.  Antonio, like Gonzalo, was a language student from Spain here in Bournemouth, although for a considerably longer period, during which Antonio trained with and competed for the club, and also helped with the training at the Wednesday Junior Development evenings.  Antonio is returning from long term injury, so his run in a 10k race in Madrid at the weekend (wearing his BAC vest!) in 38 mins 20 secs (Antonio was 200th of a total of 2500) was very encouraging.

Peter Thompson starts a remarkable challenge shortly in St Petersburg, Russia, the aim being to run 44 marathons in 44 countries in 44 days in order to raise awareness of mental health issues.  Peter is raising money for two charities, Mind (www.mind.org.uk) and a local charity, Livability Holton Lee (www.holtonlee.org), and amongst the marathons Peter will be running are the London Marathon, followed by Lisbon, in Portugal, which will be the 24th, just over half way.  We wish Peter every success in this unique endeavour, which will hopefully raise a large sum for two excellent charities.

There are yet more BAC medal winners to report following the Wessex Cross Country League fixture which was also the County Cross Country Championship race.  Congratulations to Nikki Sandell on winning the Veteran Women Gold medal, and to David Long, the County Cross Country Champion, on winning the Senior Men Gold, and Marcus O’Toole, who is the County Bronze medallist.  Brandon Meredith just missed out, finishing 4th of the U20 Men Championship competitors.  The full BAC results from the League fixture are as follows: S/U20M: 1. David Long 28.23; 11. Marcus O’Toole 32.30; 13. Brandon Meredith 32.55:  S/VW: 3. Nikki Sandell 26.20:  U17W: 9. Kate Stanger 19.27:  U15B: 5. Tom Farwell 12.59:  U15G: 21. Ella Barlow 16.30:  U13B: 10. Morgan Sommerseth 11.27:  U13G: 9. Anya Sandell 12.56; 10. Ruby Bowden 12.57; 18. Emily Stonier 15.01:  U11B: 12. Sam Farwell 7.09; 31. Samuel Brewer 8.38; 33. Isaac Sandell 8.47:  U11G: 39. Holly Stonier.

 

There was plenty of activity this weekend with a well-attended Christmas 10k, BAC wins at the Dorset County Cross Country Championships (David Long) and the Bovington Marathon (Jez Bragg), but perhaps with Damian Boyle outshining everyone in a mountainous 100k trail race starting and finishing in Cape Town, South Africa.

20 BAC athletes competed in the Christmas 10k on Sunday 11 December, organised by Chris Potter and Christchurch Runners, who were able to put on an excellent and ever-popular race despite not having the usual facilities and start/finish area available to them.  Many of the prizes went to BAC‘s athletes, including Rob McTaggart, 2nd overall, Sanjai Sharma, 1st V55, Graeme Miller, 2nd V45, Emma Dews, 2nd Lady overall and Yvonne Tibble, 1st FV55.  One week ago, Yvonne ran the Blandford ParkRun in 20.30, giving her an age-graded result of 90.73%, which was something like the fifth highest age grading IN THE COUNTRY, and Yvonne‘s run was the fastest in all ParkRuns in the country in her age category!  Yvonne‘s time in the Christmas 10k consolidates her position at the top of the club 10k Championship table – Yvonne also currently tops the 10 mile table!  BAC‘s ladies team consisting of Emma, Yvonne and Joy Wright won the prizes as first ladies’ team in the race.  Results (BAC): 2. Rob McTaggart 33.19;  9. Billy McGreevy 35.57;  12. Sanjai Sharma 36.16;  16. Tom Paskins 36.29;  33. Graeme Miller 37.59;  40. Emma Dews 38.34;  44. Chris O’Brien 39.08;  47. Adrian Townsend 39.32;  48. Ross Blakemore 39.33;  49. Simon Hearn 40.44;  67. Richard Brawn 40.44;  69. Jud Kirk 40.53;  70. Steve Cox 41.16;  81. Simon Hunt 41.51;  88. Tony Hunt 42.05;  94. Yvonne Tibble 42.34;  100. Joy Wright 43.27;  193. Daniel Gilbert 49.58;  287. Joe Price 55.56;  321. Will Price 58.11.  There were 487 finishers.

Taking place at the same time, unfortunately, was the final Wessex Cross League fixture of the season, which also doubled as the Dorset Cross Country Championship, at Bryanston School.  The results aren’t yet available, but we know from a video posted on Facebook by Brandon Meredith that David Long managed to hold off Jamie Grose to win the Championship, and that Marcus O’Toole and Brandon himself were also competing, and that Brandon was 13th overall in the SM/U20M race, and was 6th U20.  It’s believed that the some or all of the Sandell family were also competing at Bryanston, but there will be a further report after the full results have become available.

Further west in Dorset, also taking place at the same time, was the Bovington Marathon, an off road event starting and finishing at the Bovington Tank Museum.  Full results aren’t available, but we do know that Jez Bragg tanked round the course to win in a time of 3.08.21.  Andy Gillespie was also competing, and finished “hard on Jez‘s heels”, 89th in 4.24.4.  Andy describes the course as “a bit muddy in places, but 90% gravel trails and woodland paths”.  According to the website the distance is 26.2 (ish) miles.

Further afield, Damian Boyle was tackling the 100k Ultra Trail Cape Town, starting and finishing in Cape Town, and taking in Table Mountain and two other mountains (14500′).  Of the 64 finishers, Damian was 16th, and 3rd Vet, in a time of 13 hrs 57 mins and 31 secs.  This is the longest race in which Damian has competed, and he describes it as “an incredible race in most spectacular surroundings”, and a race which can be recommended to all our Ultra runners.

A couple of the views enjoyed by Damian……………

 

BAC‘s mens’ and ladies’ teams, both senior and veteran, were able to consolidate their respective league positions with some very strong performances at the third Hampshire Cross Country League fixture of the season at Popham Airfield, near Basingstoke, on Saturday 3 December. Ten senior and veteran men made their way round the 10k-ish course in good conditions, dry with a slight breeze, and even some sunshine. They were supported in other races by four of BAC‘s veteran ladies, but in other age groups, BAC was represented only by Tom Farwell in the U13 boys’ race – well done, Tom! The mens’ team was led by Jacek Cieluszecki, with Graham Robinson not far behind, and was completed by Steve Way, returning to form and 2nd V40 in the race, Anthony Clark and Marcus O’Toole, who is proving to be a very useful recent signing. The ladies’ team consisted of Nikki Sandell, Joy Wright, Caroline Rowley and Louise Price. In Division 1, BAC‘s senior men were 5th of 10 teams on the day, but, following the very strong performance at the last fixture in Bournemouth, are 4th aggregate for the season so far. In Division 2 of the veteran mens’ competition, BAC were 3rd on the day, and are 3rd aggregate, a satisfactory position considering a few years ago BAC were struggling to produce a veteran mans’ team at all. In the ladies’ competition, BAC‘s senior team was 9th of 15 teams on the day, and their aggregate position is 6th of 12 teams (which is excellent particularly considering our senior team is actually made up entirely of veteran ladies!), but in the veteran ladies’ competition our ladies continue to excel, 2nd on the day of 11 teams, 2nd of 8 aggregate for the season. In the individual rankings for the League so far, Emma Dews is 4th veteran lady, with Nikki 5th, BAC being one of only two clubs with two veteran ladies in the top 10.  Results (BAC): S/V Men: 14. Jacek Cieluszecki 33.25;  20. Graham Robinson 34.24;  32. Steve Way 35.08;  44. Anthony Clark 36.05;  71. Marcus O’Toole 37.57;  118. Simon Hearn 40.46;  138. Richard Brawn 42.29;  143. Jud Kirk 42.47;  153. Steve Cox 43.51;  180. Ian Graham 48.14: S/V Ladies: 25. Nikki Sandell 24.39;  65. Joy Wright 27.16;  70. Caroline Rowley 28.02;  80. Louise Price 29.05: U13 Boys: 30. Tom Farwell 14.33.

More cross country photos (courtesy of Steve Cox and Nikki Sandell) below………………………

Three BAC athletes were competing in the Endurance Life events along and around Dorset’s Jurassic Coast on the same day.  Toby Chapman was perhaps the star of the day, winning the Ultra Plus race – all of 45 miles! – in a time of 7 hours 20 mins and 9 secs.  Toby says he “hit a dark spell at 33 miles but pulled through to reinstate a decent lead with some strong running to finish”.  In the Marathon race (apparently more like 28 miles!) Richard Nelson was 29th in 5 hours 6 mins and 22 secs, and Andy Gillespie 128th in 6 hours 32 mins and 1 sec.  Well done to all out three athletes for their participation in what is rightly described as a tough trail run.

Every week ParkRun publish the top performances in all the Parkruns in the country, based on the age-graded results.  The details for the ParkRuns on Saturday 3 December show just how good was Yvonne Tibble‘s run at Blandford.  Yvonne‘s time was 20.30, and her age-graded percentage was 90.73%.  This placed her an amazing 5th in the age-graded rankings, and Yvonne was the fastest FV55 – these statistics relating to the entire country!  Well done to Yvonne, who at present leads the club’s 10k and 10 mile Championship Tables.

Back to the cross country…………………….

 

A total of 14 BAC athletes competed on Sunday 20 November in the Wimborne 10 mile race, organised, impeccably as ever, by Wimborne AC, with some excellent results. Rob McTaggart was the overall winner of the race, with Steve Way, who has been plagued by injury for some time, 3rd, and, in 12th position was Sanjai Sharma, in a PB time and winner of his age category award. Emma Dews and Nikki Sandell were the first and second ladies respectively, and the ladies’ team of Emma, Nikki and Yvonne Tibble, who won her age category, were the first ladies’ team in the open competition. One unusual sight was club captain Richard Nelson running round with a pack on his back.  The explanation is that Richard is in training for an Endurance Marathon very shortly, and before competing in the race, Richard had already, with his pack, run the entire course!  The race was the penultimate event of the 2016 Dorset Road Race League competition, and, of course, BAC‘s ladies’ team was first Division 1, consolidating the championship position they had already achieved before Sunday’s race, and it is pleasing that there was such a strong turnout of BAC men, considering that, before Sunday BAC had already achieved DRRL championship status at the top of Division 1 of the League.  The full BAC results are as follows: 1. Rob McTaggart 55.55;  3. Steve Way 59.05;  12. Sanjai Sharma 1.01.21;  23. Emma Dews 1.03.06;  41. Nikki Sandell 1.06.17;  48. Simon Hearn 1.06.53;  65. Jud Kirk 1.08.27;  86. Yvonne Tibble 1.11.11;  115. Caroline Rowley 1.14.02;  144. Ian Graham 1.16.00;  196. Richard Nelson 1.19.09;  213. Louise Price 1.20.37;  237. Estelle Slatford 1.22.28;  238. Tamzin Petersen 1.22.29.  There were 464 finishers.

More Wimborne 10 photos below………………………..

The third race of the Wessex Cross Country League took place at Yeovil on Saturday 19 November.  The results aren’t yet available, but the results have been published for the second Wessex Cross Country League race at Avon Heath Country Park on Sunday 6 November, and show that there were no fewer than 31 BAC athletes competing in the various age groups.  The results for 6 November are as follows: U11 Boys: 11. Sam Farwell 8.23;  40. Sam Payne 9.42;  41. Isaac Sandell 9.47;  47. Sam Brewer 10.27;  48. Nathan Mearns 10.31: U11 Girls: 23. Zara Broderick 9.17;  40. Holly Stonier 9.48;  56. Erin Wells 10.14;  61. Imogen Gent 10.25: U13 Boys: 12. Morgan Sommerseth 10.53;  15. Conor Charlwood 11.04: U13 Girls: 15. Anya Sandell 11.53;  18. Ruby Bowden 12.03;  21. Amelia Reynolds 12.12;  28. Abbie Phillips 13.22;  29. Emily Stonier 13.34: U15 Boys: 9. Tom Farwell 14.40: U17W: 9. Kate Stanger 27.05: S/VM: 1. Karl Welch 31.07;  2. David Long 31.19;  3. Jon Sharkey 31.50;  7. Marcus O’Toole 32.07;  23. Chris O’Brien 38.43;  27. Gonzalo Mogorron 39.31;  43. Steve Cox 43.14;  45. Richard Nelson 43.33;  51. Ian Graham 45.50: S/VW: 2. Linn Erixon 23.04;  5. Harriet Slade 23.28;  25. Mandy Adams 28.02;  37. Paola King 34.11.

Meanwhile, on 20 November, three BAC athletes were competing in the Valencia Marathon in Spain.  Jacek Cieluszecki was accompanying his wife, Ela, for the race, but finished just in front of her, in 3.56.49, whereas Ela‘s time was 3.56.50!  Most probably, Jacek and Ela crossed the line together, but it must have been very crowded, as, according to the results, of the 15852 finishers, Jacek was 9251 and Ela was 9257!  Further up the field, Peter Thompson had an excellent run to finish 95th in 2.36.19, and Manol Dimitrov finished comfortably within three hours, finishing 623rd in 2.55.04.

Back to the Wimborne 10…………………………….

The Hampshire Cross Country League season opened on Saturday 15 October at Farley Mount, Winchester with the largest BAC squad seen at a league fixture for many years – 14 senior/veteran men and 5 veteran women! The only disappointment was the absence of many youngsters, but well done to Anya Sandell, who competed in the U13 Girls’ race, and Tom Farwell, who ran in the U15 Boys’ race, with his younger brother Sam running in the U11 race, organised by the hosting club. Without taking anything away from Josh Cole, Graham Robinson and Anthony Clark, who finished in the top 50 of the Mens’ race, and Marcus O’Toole and Gonzalo Mogorron, who completed the BAC senior mens’ team, and Emma Dews, Nikki Sandell and Joy Wright, who made up the Veteran Ladies’ team which finished 2nd, and everyone else who wore the BAC vest, the star of the day was surely Max Catterall, who cycled from his home to Clapham Junction railway station, boarded the train to Winchester with his bike, and then cycled from Winchester station to the venue. and then, after racing, did the same journey in reverse, by which time it was pouring with rain! BAC‘s men have two objectives this season, firstly to remain in Division 1, and secondly, to finish the season with a Veteran Mens‘ team result, which was achieved last season for the first time in years. On both counts it was a good day at Farley Mount. The senior men finished mid table, well away from the relegation zone, 6th of ten complete teams, with 287 points, comfortably, it was pleasing to note, ahead of the top team of Division 2.  The veteran mens’ team of Nick Kenchington, Jud Kirk and Simon Hearn were 4th in Division 2 (of the Veteran Mens’ competition), of eleven complete teams, an excellent result.  All the ladies competing at Farley Mount were veterans, counting towards both the senior and veteran ladies’ results.  As mentioned earlier, the ladies’ team consisted of Emma, Nikki and Joy, and finished 6th of twenty-one teams, and an incredible 2nd of a total of fifteen veteran teams (the position our veteran ladies were at the end of last season).  It is only a few years ago that, at the most, there would be just one or two ladies competing in this League (and hats off to those ladies), so it is real progress to see, not just a ladies’ team, but an all-important reserve as well should anything go wrong, in this case provided by Caroline Rowley and Sam Laws.  But, all-in-all, it was great to see so many of the blue and yellow vests around the site and in the races.  Results (BAC): Senior/Veteran Men: 32. Josh Cole 35.20;  34. Graham Robinson 35.54;  41. Anthony Clark 36.22;  74. Marcus O’Toole 38.25;  106. Gonzalo Mogorron 40.01;  156. Nick Kenchington 42.34;  163. Richard Brawn 42.52;  168. Jud Kirk 43.03;  176. Simon Hearn 43.20;  204. Simon Hunt 45.00;  205. Steve Cox 45.04;  218. Richard Nelson 46.35;  244. Ian Graham 49.31.  There were 263 finishers.  Senior/Veteran Women: 17. Emma Dews 24.34;  45. Nikki Sandell 27.14;  67. Joy Wright 29.10;  95. Caroline Rowley 31.00;  136. Sam Laws 38.14.  There were 143 finishers.  U15 Boys: 39. Tom Farwell 17.43.  There were 159 finishers.  U13 Girls: 45. Anya Sandell 14.57.  There were 71 finishers.  Sam Farwell competed in the U11 Boys‘ race, which doesn’t form part of the League, the results of which haven’t yet been published.

See below for more Farley Mount photos…………………..

The next day the Amsterdam Marathon was held, with Sanjai Sharma finishing 206th of a total of 12181, with a time of 2.49.40 in the full marathon, and Graeme Miller 122nd of 14832, in 1.24.07 in the half marathon.  Sanjai says: “although this was my second fastest marathon I was disappointed as I was going well till 31k, then there was a recurrence of recent issues.  I recovered around 35k and pushed hard until the finish, and have never felt batter at the end of a marathon!”.  Graeme has been suffering from injury for some time now, so, for Graeme, this was an excellent result.

Back to Saturday, 15 October, Chris O’Brien was competing as part of ‘Team Facebug’ in the Milford Mashup 10k, which is a 10k-ish loop around Milford Common and Cannock Chase in Staffordshire, described by Chris as “a lovely race but challenging conditions”.  Chris was 13th of 316 in 44.48.

Nearer to home, Two Riversmeet Leisure Centre in Christchurch was organising two races, one a 10k, to launch its ‘Lifestyle Active’ programme.  Billy McGreevy was the winner of 97 competitors in the 10k race.

And finally, here is BAC legend, John Boyes, now living in France, competing with his dog Robbie.

Back to the Hampshire Cross Country League, Farley Mount…..

There were a number of BAC successes on Sunday 9 October, including individual wins in the 60th Isle Wight Marathon (Peter Thompson) and in the Studland Stampede (Phil Mosley), but, from the club’s point of view, perhaps the most spectacular result was at the Gold Hill 10k, where Jacek Cieluszecki and Toby Chapman led a BAC charge of individual and team wins and trophies.

The Gold Hill 10k race, held in glorious weather starting and finishing in Shaftesbury, was particularly important as it was the tenth of the twelve Dorset Road Race League events for 2016, in which BAC‘s men and ladies are defending their Division 1 titles of last year.  So it is very pleasing to report that the first four athletes to cross the line were wearing BAC vests, namely Jacek, Toby, Ross Smith and Alex Goulding, who made up the winning Open mens’ team of the day.  Not far behind Alex was Tom Paskins, completing the winning DRRL team.  Leading the ladies’ BAC DRRL team was Nikki Sandell, supported by Yvonne Tibble and Joy Wright.  BAC more or less dominated the prize giving, with very attractive and unique ceramic bowls going to Jacek and Toby as 1st and 2nd males, Alex as 1st veteran male, Nikki and Yvonne as 1st and 2nd female veterans, and bottles of wine each to Jacek, Toby, Ross and Alex as the winning team.  In addition, the opportunity was taken to present Jacek and Toby with their London Marathon medals, and Nikki with her Hampshire Cross Country League trophy.  Jacek and Toby were part of the BAC team which achieved third place in the England Athletics Marathon Championships held in conjunction with the London Marathon in April, with their times of 2.28.27 and 2.31.38 respectively.  The third member of the team was Steve Way with a time of 2.20.50.  Nikki won the trophy as 4th veteran lady in last season’s Hampshire Cross Country League – no mean feat in a league of this quality.  No fewer than 13 BAC athletes made the journey to Shaftesbury, with Ross cycling all the way there and back from Poole, Toby travelling from his home in Taunton, and Marcus O’Toole, who had an appointment in Scotland the next day in connection with his work, driving to Shaftesbury, running the race, and then continuing his drive to Scotland!  It was a very enjoyable and successful day at this race for BAC, contributed to by everyone, winners or not, who took part. Please see below for the full BAC results and more photographs………………………………

Meanwhile, across the Solent, Peter Thompson was competing in, and winning, the longest continuously running marathon in the UK, the Isle of Wight Marathon.  This year was special, as it is exactly 60 years since the first.  The IOW Marathon was also always regarded as one of the toughest, starting in Ryde with a course over some of the hills in the east of the island, but, to take advantage of quieter roads, the marathon now starts and finishes in Cowes, with a course taking in the west of the island.  Still tough though, and Peter ran very well to finish the first of 240 competitors in 2.40.28.  Having won the New Forest Marathon as recently as 11 September, Peter is developing a habit of winning marathons!

Back on the mainland on the same day, 426 athletes completed the 7 mile, approximately, Studland Stampede, an off-road race starting and finishing on the beach at Studland, won by our very own Phil Mosley in 46.42, and in 11th place was Max Catterall (51.37), followed by Joe Price, 54th in 59.03.

Over the weekend, Andy Gillespie was taking part, as he does every year, in the Atlantic Coast Challenge, a gruelling event over three days, from Padstow to Lands End, a total of 78.6 miles, made up of a marathon a day.  It is described as “wild and rugged, steep climbs and descents” and even counts as a qualifier for the North Face Ultra – Trail du Mont Blanc.  Unfortunately, Andy suffered severe asthma attacks during the first day, Friday 7 October, and received very firm medical advice (and urging from his wife!) not to participate in days 2 and 3.  In the circumstances, Andy did very well to complete day 1 in 5.45.27, to finish 90th of a total of 238.  As the event counts as three separate marathons, with an overall result for those who complete all three, Andy‘s achievement counts as a perfectly valid result.  Andy says: “I will regroup and be back”!  Hopefully it won’t be too long.

The first Wessex Cross Country League fixture of the season also took place on 9 October at Canford Heath.  As yet, the results haven’t been published, but in due course this report will be updated with any BAC participation.

Back to the Gold Hill 10k, here are the BAC results:  1. Jacek Cieluszecki 36.22;  2. Toby Chapman 37.01;  3. Ross Smith 38.59;  4. Alex Goulding 39.06;  10. Tom Paskins 40.30;  14. Marcus O’Toole 41.12;  28. Gonzalo Mogorron 42.57;  43. Nikki Sandell 44.35;  53. Rich Nelson 46.35;  57. Simon Hunt 46.57;  59. Yvonne Tibble 47.36;  89. Joy Wright 51.22;  97. Ian Graham 52.13.  There were 241 finishers.