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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cThere\u2019s no running around it this year\u201d said off road king and founder of GHM Michael Coultrup<\/p>\n
Steep… well it\u2019s always been steep… geography takes care of that…<\/p>\n
And cold…. although not as frosty as only a few days previously, a bitter wind was prevalent, cooling the sodden Runners.<\/p>\n A choice of 2 distances didn\u2019t give the runners an easy option as both were plagued with copious elevation.<\/p>\n The 10 Mile Runners set out first, over 150 of them, further churning up the course underfoot ready for the 10k entrants who set out an hour later. In the 10 mile, Harry Rann showed no sign of Christmas excess as he stormed home in a phenomenal 4th place also bagging himself 3rd spot in the senior men\u2019s age category. Andy MacArthur was the next Roadrunner home in 14th overall, overcoming a recent foot injury to finish 5th in the V40 category. Peter Wilmott was next over the line in 18th to take 7th V40<\/p>\n The girls were next to start coming in with Holly Newton continuing her recent good form to finish 3rd Female, 29th overall and 2nd senior female. Jodie Wilmott also ran a cracker to finish 4th female and grab 3rd spot on the podium for the senior ladies. Jenny Dewing was the third one of ours girls back also grabbing a podium spot for being the 3rd V40 and 5th overall.<\/p>\n The rest of the hardy Roadrunners came in having given that last \u201chill\u201d their all. Declaring that despite the courses difficulty that it had indeed been a lot of fun.<\/p>\n \u201cHonestly that was so much fun\u201d said Lisa Upstell on Facebook the next day.<\/p>\n The Roadrunners fared rather well in the 10k race too. Super speedster Michael Douglas took on a bit of family rivalry as his brother Ben was also on the startline. Michael gave his brother a run for his money, but eventually had to settle for 2nd place as his brother pulled ahead.<\/p>\n Simon Pilcher also ran a blinder to finish in 4th overall with second claim member Sean Williams crossing the line in 5th and the 1st placed V40. Also placing well were Dean Pike, Simon Riley and Darren Andrew in 6th, 8th and 11th\u00a0respectively.<\/p>\n First home for the ladies was Lizzie Pilcher, in a fantastic 30th overall, 5th lady and 4th senior female.<\/p>\n Again the rest of the team came in, laughing their heads off at the sheer ridiculousness of the course. None more so than the very best of friends Matt Fletcher and Nick Scott-Denness. This cheeky pair have taken to running this race every year in fancy dress and this year\u2019s costumes certainly turned a few heads.<\/p>\n A great way to blow out those Christmas cobwebs and a fantastic end to the Roadrunners year of sport.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a> <\/a><\/a><\/a>
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