Following the first big team event of the autumn, SAM WHALLEY reports on an astonishing comeback by one of Roadrunners’ all-time greats…
Reading Roadrunners V50 women’s were silver medallists at the SEAA Road Relays in Aldershot, one minute behind Brighton and Hove AC, and second out of the nine V50 teams.
In a different format to previous years, the Masters women (V40 and V50, three to a team) ran a shorter course of 4.6k, setting off with the Under 17 women.
The team was led off by Sarah Gee (17.55, left), who has made a recent return to running and still holds every female club record at 10k and over.
Andrea Greenfield (pictured with Sarah) took the middle leg (19.35), maintaining second place, before handing over to Carrie Hoskins to finish with the third fastest leg of the V50 teams (17.39).
The men’s V50 teams (four to a team) ran the usual 6k course, with the A team of Lance Nortcliff (21.58), Dave Parton (21.44), Alex Harris (22.37) and V60 Pete Jewell (23.04) finishing only 13 seconds outside of the medal positions in fourth place, out of 13 teams.
Other results from the afternoon of racing, which started with rain and ended in sunshine:
Senior Men’s (6x6k) – Callum Evans (right), Chris Burt, Chris Lucas, Dave Boulton, Steve Ridley, Tom Griffin – 59th out of 103 teams
Senior Women (4x6k) – Sophie Mures, Kat Charles, Holly Sedgwick, Chloe Lloyd – 27th out of 55 teams
Men’s V60 (4x6k) – Clive Alderson, Alan Freer, Mark Allen and Nigel Hoult – 8th out of 10 teams
Women’s V40 A (3×4.6k) – Lisa Steele, Sarah Dooley, Kate Williams – 9th out of 19 teams
The women’s V50 B team was disbanded due to injury, and both the women’s V40 B (Claire Seymour and Sam Whalley) and the men’s V50 B teams (Tony Page, Eoin McLeod and David Fiddes) were incomplete for a similar reason.
Here’s your link to all the times and data: https://results.sporthive.com/events/7242834360355782656