Boxing Day 08 Handicap Road Race

[Beneficial Dictator]

The usual Boxing Day handicap road race will take place starting from near the chapel in Langley village. The slowest runners will go off starting at 11.00am ish. The event is open to all club members & their invited guests. You can run as solos or pairs in fact you can dio whatever you like. The course will be marked & is pretty obvious just keep turning left at every opportunity !.
Event registration will be from 10.15am at the St. Dunstans PH. Faster runners late arriving ( ie. after the first runners have gone off ) should go straight to the start.
The event is FREE & there are NO PRIZES ( as last year ) so please don't bring anything.
Post run drinks will be available in the pub & their will be some free food.

IMPORTANT :To assure a reasonable handicap time you must either post a reply here or email craigharwood.run-climb@hotmail.co.uk to tell us you intend to run. Do not leave it any later than Xmas Eve lunchtime as I have better things to do from then on !.
Otherwise be warned you will receive a horrendous start time possibly 5 minutes after the winner has finished. I am exaggerating but again I warn you only slightly !.

Anyone not intending to run who could come & help at the finish would be most welcome. It doesn't involve much but can be hectic at the peak finishing time period of around 10 mins when most runners finish. You would need to arrive by 11.45 at latest.

Merry Xmas.
Craig.

[Digby]

Craig

Is there a lower age limit? Thought I'd run round with Saam (aged 6) - pl. can we have a handicap that means we won't be last in the pub!

Cheers, Digby

[Beneficial Dictator]

In reply to Digby above.
There is no lower age limit as long as those below, say age 13 or so runners are accompanied. For example, Lydia Hatton easily completed last year ( with Mum ) at age 7 & a young Macfadyen also gave dad a run for his money out sprinting him at the finish. Im sure there have been plenty of other young turks completing over the years. The course is from memory about 3.5 miles but I'm sure someone will tell us the exact stats, distance & climb.
Handicap will be generous ( a 12 year old girl finished 2nd overall last year ).
Craig.

[Chris Bentley]

Craig - I'll be running.

The course is probably better described as a country 4 miles with climb up to the Hanging Gate PH. Not trying to put anyone off.....but probably best to know what you or the kids are letting yourselves in for beforehand.

[Dave Buxton]

Craig - I am happy to help out at the finish or if needed marshal at bend beneath Hanging Gate. Let me know.

Cheers

Dave

[Beneficial Dictator]

Gladly accept your help Dave. Those already volunteered Mike Nelson ( Results Spreadsheet & input ). Bob Lynch - Timekeeping. Trevor Longman, Dave Buxton & myself.
Cheers. Craig

[Jon Chapman]

The Chapmans' will be there and Christine will be running. Could you organise a handicap please.

Cheers

Jon

[Beneficial Dictator]

Could do with a few more folk registering their intentions by posting below or emailing on the link given in my original post above.
Register or run with a horrendous handicap, the choice is yours !.
Craig.

[BrianMac]

Can I have 2 slots please Craig. One with 10 year old in tow and one solo, just in case he has a hangover.

thanks

[sihine]

Hello
Adrian (Kirk; not a Macc harrier) and I would like to run together please. We both ran last year but can't remember our times. We will be running with our dog so won't be a fast one.

Thanks
Sophie (Hine)

[Neil Gunn]

Hello ... does anyone know the correct start-time for the Boxing Day Handicap ... the GO Magazine says 10.30am (Registration 10.00am) and this forum says 11.00am ...

Thanks

Neil
ps Merry Christmas everyone

[Mike Nelson]

Well done all who took place in the annual Boxing Day Handicap, I hope you enjoyed it. The weather was perfect for a post-turkey run and as ever there were some good performances from club members.

It was great to see some of the younger members out, with particular mention giong to Ellie Emery, Grace Hatton and Saam Harris (especially for his sprint to thrash his dad over the last 50 m).

I'm afraid I'm still perfecting the handicapping as you will see from the results below!! I'm clearly far too soft and will be taking advice from the master fell handicapper, Mr Cheek, for next year's race.....you have been warned and will need realllllly good excuses for a good time next time

The winner of the Handicap race was Alison Hartop. Fastest time of the day went to Declan Murray in a fine time of 22:21. Fastest lady was Sarah Harris in 25:01. The most improved runners were Delan Murray, with a 35% improvement over 2007 (did you walk round last year or was your turkey laced with EPO?) Aslo, notably improved were Grace Hatton (18%) and Dawn Nelson (14%).

Well done all.

A big thanks also goes to Craig Harwood, Bob Lynch and Trevor Longman for all their help with the organisation.

So here we are the results. First in Handicap time (Time, position):

Alison Hartop; 00:36:55; 1
Anne Farmer; 00:37:42; 2
Cheryl Neilds; 00:37:42; 2
Graham Furness; 00:37:43; 4
Jo Boston; 0:38:11; 5
Grace Hatton; 00:38:44; 6
Janet Hatton; 00:38:45; 7
Peter Neild; 00:38:58; 8
Dawn Nelson; 00:41:28; 9
Eleanor Robinson; 00:42:02; 10
Dave Hancock; 00:42:25; 11
Julie Ryan; 00:42:49; 12
Mark Mothershaw; 00:43:14; 13
Dave Shoesmith; 00:43:18; 14
James Mothershaw; 00:43:22; 15
Rachel Spearing; 00:43:31; 16
Michelle Kershaw; 00:43:57; 17
Alistair. Thornton; 00:43:58; 18
Nigel Robinson; 00:44:00; 19
Stephen Booth; 00:44:39; 20
Chris Roberts; 00:45:10; 21
Chris Bentley; 00:45:10; 21
Chris Holden; 00:45:23; 23
lloyd Hilton ; 00:45:42; 24
Rachael Davis; 00:45:45; 25
Malcolm Roberts; 00:45:48; 26
Andy Gray; 00:46:02; 27
Lachie Murray; 00:46:06; 28
Ellie Emery; 00:46:07; 29
Jon Bradshaw; 00:46:14; 30
Carl Bedson; 00:46:20; 31
Declan Murray; 00:46:21; 32
Sally Ann Pattison; 00:46:27; 33
Harry Spering; 00:46:29; 34
Fiona Bogues; 00:46:29; 34
Calum Murray; 00:46:38; 36
Ashley Pritchard; 00:46:50; 37
Seonaid Murray; 00:46:54; 38
Sarah Harris; 00:47:01; 39
Neil Gunn; 00:47:09; 40
Andrew Spearing; 00:47:23; 41
Adam Worsley; 00:47:29; 42
Barry Pattison; 00:47:35; 43
Adrian Kirk; 00:47:39; 44
Sophie Hine; 00:47:39; 44
John Mooney; 00:47:43; 46
Andy Thornton; 00:47:57; 47
Raph Murray; 00:48:14; 48
Steve Sladin; 00:48:34; 49
Dave Tucker; 00:48:42; 50
Barbara Murray; 00:48:48; 51
Vicky Thornton; 00:48:54; 52
Tom Davis; 00:49:19; 53
Andrew Mothershaw; 00:49:55; 54
Jamie Thompsom; 00:51:23; 55
Steve Lomas; 00:54:04; 56
Saam Harris; 00:56:41; 57
Digby Harris; 00:56:44; 58
Robert Nelson; 00:56:44; 58

And in Race time:

Declan Murray; 0:22:21; 1
lloyd Hilton; 0:23:42; 2
Chris Bentley; 0:24:10; 3
Jon Bradshaw; 0:24:14; 4
John Mooney; 0:24:43; 5
Sarah Harris; 0:25:01; 6
Seonaid Murray; 0:25:54; 7
Andy Gray; 0:26:02; 8
Neil Gunn; 0:26:09; 9
Raph Murray; 0:26:14; 10
Calum Murray; 0:26:38; 11
Ashley Pritchard; 0:26:50; 12
Lachie Murray; 0:27:06; 13
Chris Holden; 0:27:23; 14
Alison Hartopp; 0:27:55; 15
Andrew Mothershaw; 0:27:55; 15
Andy Thornton; 0:27:57; 17
Peter Neild; 0:27:58; 18
Carl Bedson; 0:28:20; 19
Alistair. Thornton; 0:28:58; 20
Nigel Robinson; 0:29:00; 20
Tom Davis; 0:29:19; 22
Jamie Thompsom; 0:29:23; 23
Adam Worsley; 0:29:29; 24
Sally Ann Pattison; 0:30:27; 25
Barry Pattison; 0:30:35; 26
Stephen Booth; 0:30:39; 27
Cheryl Neilds; 0:30:42; 28
Anne Farmer; 0:30:42; 28
Dave Tucker; 0:30:42; 28
Barbara Murray; 0:30:48; 31
Vicky Thornton; 0:30:54; 32
James Mothershaw; 0:31:22; 33
Dave Hancock; 0:31:25; 34
Harry Spering; 0:31:29; 35
Eleanor Robinson; 0:32:02; 36
Andrew Spearing; 0:32:23; 37
Sophie Hine; 0:32:39; 38
Adrian Kirk; 0:32:39; 38
Graham Furness; 0:32:43; 40
Jo Boston; 0:33:11; 41
Mark Mothershaw; 0:33:14; 42
Dave Shoesmith; 0:33:18; 43
Malcolm Roberts; 0:33:48; 44
Chris Roberts; 0:34:10; 45
Dawn Nelson; 0:34:28; 46
Steve Lomas; 0:35:04; 47
Rachel Spearing; 0:36:31; 48
Grace Hatton; 0:36:44; 49
Janet Hatton; 0:36:45; 50
Steve Sladin; 0:37:34; 51
Michelle Kershaw; 0:37:57; 52
Fiona Bogues; 0:39:29; 53
Rachael Davis; 0:40:45; 54
Julie Ryan; 0:40:49; 55
Ellie Emery; 0:46:07; 56
Saam Harris; 0:56:40; 57
Digby Harris; 0:56:43; 58
Robert Nelson; 0:56:43; 58

All the Best for 2009.

Mike

[phil cheek]

Mike,
There is clearrly nothing I can teach you about handicapping,You got Tucker in the last few...I struggle to srop him winning.,
Cracking turnout & an amazing spread of ages & abilities from teenies to mature internationals.
phil