June 2015 - Romsey Road Runners

Results Round Up – 30/06/15

Romsey Road Runners, entered a ladies team in the South Downs Relay on Saturday, 20th June. The route starts in the grounds of Slindon College just outside Chichester and uses the Monarch Way and the South Downs Way. Runners then follow the National Trail west towards the Queen Elizabeth Country Park for the finish. The Romsey team consisted of Tamatha Ryan, running the 1st leg, passing the baton on to Jo Weguelin. The third leg was run by Becky Tovey and Lynda Brown, the 4^th member, brought the team across the finish line.

The ladies team completed the course in 3:35:12, placing them in 6th position in the female standings and 30th overall; with 112 teams finishing.

Beer Race – Results

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Well done to the nearly 300 runners who ran today’s Beer Race and in particular to Paul Pallister (27:31) of Hardley Runners and Anna Smith-James (33:43) of Hedge End who won the male and female races respectively. The results and a link to today’s photos have now been uploaded to the Beer Race page.

Thank you to all the people who have taken time to send in feedback, be it through Facebook, Twitter or email. We’re glad you enjoyed it.

We look forward to welcoming you all back next year!

Beer Race Marshals

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Message for all members helping with the race tomorrow – please check your email for all the details, including what time you need to arrive in the morning! Thanks

Results Round Up – 02/06/15

Results

Three Romsey Road Runners travelled to Royal Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire on 31st May to take part in a sprint triathlon.

The triathlon consisted of a 400m pool swim, 20km bike ride and a final 5k run. ‘Conditions were wet and windy making the event a little more interesting,’ reported Derek Kelly.

The fastest time from the Romsey contingent came from Derek Kelly – who won his age category. Derek had a combined time of 1:30:35, (9:25 swim, 47:09 bike, 30:17 run).

Alice Lane followed in second place, finishing 10th in age category. Alice’s total time was 1:34:11 (9:09 swim, 52:39 bike, 28:39 run) and third was Julia Abab. Julia, finished 4th her in category, in a time of 1:46:28 (12:55 swim, 1:00:58 bike, 28:17 run). Julia’s time included an unscheduled pit stop to replace her chain, adding an additional 7 minutes to her time.

Beer Race FULL

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We are delighted to announce that the Beer Race has sold out! There will be no entries available on the day. Race packs will be sent out ahead of the race, and we look forward to seeing all those who have entered next Sunday.

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