Runners take on ultimate challenge at Grimsthorpe
THE Grimsthorpe Ultra 70, a non-stop 70 mile race, took place on Friday and Saturday in the grounds of Grimsthorpe Castle.
Almost 30 runners completed seven laps of a 10 mile circuit with a mixture of novices and experienced ultra-runners at the start line including one, Tim Butler who was aiming to juggle the entire course.
A good pace was set by the front runners and after 20 or so miles the field was well spread out. As night arrived the two clear leaders were Ian Foreman and Christian Anderson and they ran to the finish together with a time of 11 hours 52 minutes to take joint first place.
Race organiser Keith Gray said: "Tim Butler was amazing throughout the race and ran the full 70 miles while juggling and finished in a time of 20 hours 28 minutes.
"This event was a training run for Tim who is aiming to break the world record for juggling which is 101 miles this autumn."
This was the first ultra race Gray has organised under the Fat Feet banner and he was delighted with feedback from the runners. For more Fat Feet events see www.fat-feet.co.uk.
Grimsthorpe Ultra 70 - Top ten
1st Ian Foreman, Christian Anderson, 11h52; 3rd Tim Elliott, 12h42; 4th Michael Ellis, 13h09; 5th Sarah Thorne, Stephen Young, 13h36; 7th Phillipp Studt, 13h44; 8th Lee Chamberlain, 13h52; 9th Alice Maiden, 14h04; 10th Jennifer Norwood 14h31.
BOURNE runner Mark Cochran was among around 500 runners to race the 35th International Snowdon Mountain Race 2010.
Mark, who is a member of Bourne Town Harriers, completed the race in 1hr 55mins and said coming down was worse than the climb.
He said: "Going up is like the Stairmaster from Hell but you know what to expect
"The rain was almost hotizontal and my ankles have all swollen up but the feeling at the end was fantastic."
STAMFORD was the venue for the 4th of the Peterborough Grand Prix Series with runners from Bourne Town Harriers and Nene Valley Harriers taking part.
In the senior 5K race Nene's Ben Hampson had another fine run to take 1st U17 and 17th overall with a time of 18m05.
NVH had six runners in the junior 3K with 12-year-old Alex Hampson winning the race outright. Conor Bavin, in his first race for NVH tackled the hilly course well, finishing third overall and 1st U15.
Marcus Whitwell who improves with every run finished second U15. Amy Gibbons was third U15 girl and Jade Carvath-Smith fourth.Bradley Allen ran extremely well for a 10-year-old, finishing 16th overall covering the hilly 3k in 12m38.
Bourne Town Harrier runners included Martin Clarke, Lucas Fidler, Lauren Brown and Callum Scane in the juniors 3k race while Matt Green, Rich Lomas-Brown, Shaun Kemp, Rachel Kemp, Lisa Richardson, Sue Stevens, Emily Stevens and Phil Galpin completed the tough hilly two lap 5k course.
The final round of the Series is on Wednesday, August 11 at Werrington. On Sunday, August 8 the Newark Half Marathon is included in the senior series, followed by the Bourne club's own event, the Grimsthorpe 10k on Bank Holiday Monday, August 30.
"The rain was almost horizontal and my ankles have all swollen up but the feeling at the end was fantastic."
Ian Foreman and Christian Anderson, joint winners of the Grimsthorpe Ultra 70
Mark Cochran (118) ran up and down Snowdon in under two hours
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