{"id":1825,"date":"2017-04-03T17:57:01","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T17:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/?p=1825"},"modified":"2017-04-03T21:04:35","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T21:04:35","slug":"combe-gibbet-to-overton-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/?p=1825","title":{"rendered":"Combe Gibbet to Overton Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unseasonably warm conditions didn&#8217;t hamper Roadrunners Steve Bennett and Judy McCabe on this 16.2 \u00a0mile off road race\u00a0through the beautiful rolling countryside of Berkshire and Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1826\" src=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1557.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1557\" width=\"550\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unusually this race was not a loop. Runners assembled at the finish line at Overton Primary School and were then transported over to the start by the race organisers at Combe Gibbet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1827\" src=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1555.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1555\" width=\"750\" height=\"612\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gradual steady climbs of upto 1.5 miles proved no obstacle for this formidable running partnership.<br \/>\n&#8220;It was hilly, but not Isle of Wight steep&#8221; said Steve<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1830\" src=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1560.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1560\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1560.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1560-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Judy is well versed in challenging off road courses, and this race proved no different. They both romped home in a very nimble 2.07.42 placing Judy in a superb ladies 3rd place and 43rd overall and 44th for Steve.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1829\" src=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1559.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1559\" width=\"559\" height=\"616\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Great running guys!!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1831\" src=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1553.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1553\" width=\"720\" height=\"859\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unseasonably warm conditions didn&#8217;t hamper Roadrunners Steve Bennett and Judy McCabe on this 16.2 \u00a0mile off road race\u00a0through the beautiful rolling countryside of Berkshire and Hampshire. Unusually this race was&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1832,"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825\/revisions\/1832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}