A fantastic final week of virtual racing with around 40 individual performances to add to the leaderboards. Some very close racing with just a few seconds separating some results, and others being unable to be separated.
What a competition amongst the women, with the top 3 5km times separated by only 10 seconds. Lynsey Hay complemented her fine 5-mile run with an impressive 20:23 5km. Kathryn Holm was hot on Lynsey’s heels with her own 20:30 5km. Meaning Lynne McGill was now 3rd fastest 5km (but only just, at 20:34).
However, Lynne responded by recording the 2nd fastest 5-mile time of 34:17. Karen Duncan ran the 3rd fastest 5-mile time, in 37:23; following it up with a 22:54 5km too.
As a reminder, Kathryn Holm put down the fastest 10k in 43:57, Clair Howison 2nd in 48:06 with Claire Rice 3rd in 49:04.
The remaining women's results: [5km] Charlotte Moran 22:40, Roisin Murray 24:50, Tracy Curle 25:06, Gayle Hamilton 23:36, Linzi Matheson 30:27, Gillian McDonald 31:13. [5-mile] Clair Howison 38:15, Charlotte Moran 38:17, Roisin Murray 41:52, Tracy Curle 42:00, Joyce Tannahill 42:22, Gayle Hamilton 45:19, Linzi Matheson 53:15. [10km] Mandy Cazes 50:39, Tracy Curle 52:44, Linzi Matheson 1:04:52, Gillian McDonald 1:05:15.
For the men, Chris Duffy ran the fastest 5km in 18:45, just 11 seconds faster than Martin Maginnis’ 18:56, who responded with the fastest 10km in 39:30.
To show that it really could be anyone’s on any day, Martin Hawksey ran the fastest 5-mile in 31:38; meaning 3 different men finished top of each distance.
Paul Emery ran the second-fastest 5-mile, in 35:33 (Just 5 seconds quicker than Malcolm Hughes' and Paul Dudchenko's times of 35:38).
The remaining men's results: [5km] Paul Emery 21:51, Graham Chambers 23:01, David Mumford 25:31. [5-mile] Graham Chambers 37:33, David Reade 38:11, Scott Cumming 38:19, David Mumford 43:46. [10km] Graham Chambers 49:34.
So, after all that who were our Winter champions?
For the women: Lynsey Hay was first place, Kathryn Holm takes 2nd and Lynne McGill in third.
And the men: Chris Duffy and Martin Maginnis tied first place, with Martin Hawksey in 3rd.
Now onto the Handicap competition…
The Handicap competition has again been as close as ever with just a few second separating athletes.
Chris Duffy’s 5km performance was the best handicap time (16:50) pushing Martin Maginnis back into 2nd (16:56) with Scott Cummings 17:00 in third.
In the 5-mile it was Scott who ran the fastest handicap (28:04) with Martin Hawksey’s time 2nd (28:37) and Graham Chambers in 3rd (29:20).
The 10km, it was Martin Maginnis’ fantastic time that tops the 10km handicap leader board (35:19) pushing Chris Duffy down to 2nd (36:17) and Martin Hawksey 3rd (37:06).
The remaining results: [5km] Graham Chambers (17:59), David Mumford (18:45), Paul Emery (18:58). [5-mile] David Reade (30:14), Paul Emery (30:52), David Mumford (32:10). [10k] Graham Chambers (38:43).
Gayle Hamilton ran the fastest handicap 5km in an equivalent 15:40. Kathryn Holm took 2nd fastest 5km (16:22) with Roisin Murray 3rd (16:55).
Claire Rice has held onto the fastest handicap 5-mile (27:49). Lynsey Hay has held onto 2nd (28:04) and Roisin Murray takes 3rd with 28:32.
The top 3 10km performances remain unchanged with Claire Rice (34:23), Kathryn Holm (35:06) and Roisin Murray (36:02).
The remaining results: [5km] Tracy Curle (17:27), Karen Duncan (17:35), Charlotte Moran (17:35), Linzi Matheson (17:57), Gillian McDonald (19:43). [5-mile] Karen Duncan (28:43), Lynne McGill (29:06), Tracy Curle (29:12), Clair Howison (29:34), Charlotte Moran (29:41), Joyce Tannahill (29:42), Linzi Matheson (31:23). [10km] Tracy Curle (36:40), Mandy Cazes (37:47), Linzi Matheson (38:14), Gillian McDonald (41:13).
Our Winter Handicap champions are:
Chris Duffy and Martin Maginnis once again tied in first, with Scott Cumming in 3rd.
For the women: Claire Rice in 1st place, Kathryn Holm takes 2nd and Roisin Murray and Lynsey Hay share 3rd place.
It’s now onto the Spring stage of our Virtual Championships. 3 more distances to choose from: 3km, 10km and Half Marathon distance. The same rules.
Happy running folks.
