Club member Guy Mattinson and second claim member Trish Train were the only IWRR’s to take the trip over to Berkshire on Sunday to take part in this long established race.
Since 1984, this county championship race has been producing Pb after Pb as its fast and flattish closed roads lend themselves perfectly to a speedy time.
Starting at Cantley Park, the course then winds its way along to Carters Hill before taking on what is known as “the straight mile” before snaking it’s way through some more rural roads as they headed through the villiage of Hurst before looping back to re-join “the straight mile” to power through to the finish back at Cantley Park.
Guy continued his current amazing running form and absolutely smashed it, proving that all that hard work and coaching is really paying off. Despite finding it a little quiet and missing the support of fellow club members cheering him on along the way, Guy made the most of the perfect running conditions and took a whopping 5:42 minutes off his previous fastest half to gain another shiny new Pb. Guy crossed the line with a fantastic gun time of 1:30:21.
Second claim club member Trish Train also ran her socks off. After focusing specifically on this race and working incredibly hard for months on the lead up, Trish achieved an outstanding time of 1.30.20, winning her age cat by 1 sec and qualifying for England Masters V55.
Huge congratulations to them both. Absolutely amazing running. x
Guy Mattinson 1:30:21 PB
Trish Train (second claim) 1:30:20
