Beat The Bore
April 8, 2012 by Simon
So, did you Beat the Bore?
The inaugural Beat the Bore in association with Sculpture Box and organised by Cotswold Allrunners, took place on Easter Sunday, 8th April 2012.
Nature was kind to us and the Bore arrived at Arlingham, 5 miles away on time, giving the runners the 10 minute warning.
Then at 9:15am the race was officially started with a field of 47 runners beginning their challenge to beat a 3* Severn Bore.
The route from the Anchor Inn at Epney follows the Severn Way to Weir Green, nearly 7 miles away. With this being completely off-road and traffic free, apart from several stiles to negotiate, the main motivation for runners to keep going was the imminent bore and whether it would pass them before the finish line. See below to see what happened
| # | Pos | Name | Surname | Min | Secs | Gen | Cat | Affiliated Club | |
| 685 | 1 | James | WILKINSON | 48 | : | 00 | M | SM | Almost Athletes |
| 684 | 2 | Allister | KEATING | 48 | : | 03 | M | MV40 | Cotswold Allrunners |
| 680 | 3 | Ian | SANDERSON | 48 | : | 19 | M | MV40 | Valley Striders |
| 650 | 4 | Nigel | CHAPMAN | 48 | : | 28 | M | MV40 | Clevedon AC |
| 672 | 5 | Tim | BARNETT | 48 | : | 52 | M | SM | |
| 676 | 6 | Oliver | BELL | 50 | : | 47 | M | SM | |
| 696 | 7 | Phil | MANNING | 53 | : | 06 | M | MV50 | Stroud and District AC |
| 679 | 8 | Sarah | LAUDER | 54 | : | 07 | F | SL | |
| 678 | 9 | Simon | GILL | 54 | : | 16 | M | SM | |
| 686 | 10 | Nick | SPICE | 54 | : | 39 | M | SM | Almost Athletes |
| 661 | 11 | Colin | DOWNEY | 54 | : | 48 | M | MV50 | Stourbridge Running Club |
| 675 | 12 | Deborah | PHELPS | 55 | : | 05 | F | SL | Holme Pierrepont Running Club |
| 669 | 13 | Mark | RICKARD | 55 | : | 13 | M | SM | Gloucester AC |
| 694 | 14 | Mark | THOMAS | 55 | : | 14 | M | MV40 | Cotswold Allrunners |
| 651 | 15 | Dan | PERRY | 55 | : | 44 | M | SM | Cobra Running Cclub |
| 655 | 16 | Rob | JORDAN | 55 | : | 45 | M | MV40 | Tewkesbury AC |
| 671 | 17 | Tom | GILLMAN | 56 | : | 00 | M | SM | |
| 695 | 18 | David | MICHAEL | 56 | : | 45 | M | MV50 | Cotswold Allrunners |
| 660 | 19 | Peter | BARRETT | 56 | : | 47 | M | SM | Cotswold Allrunners |
| 693 | 20 | Barry | O’DRSICOLL | 57 | : | 20 | M | MV40 | Tewkesbury AC |
| 691 | 21 | Keith | WATERS | 57 | : | 35 | M | MV50 | Cotswold Allrunners |
| THE BORE | 57 | : | 42 | ||||||
| 666 | 22 | Stephen | PERRIS | 57 | : | 52 | M | MV50 | Cotswold Allrunners |
| 683 | 23 | Jennie | MARSHALL | 57 | : | 58 | F | LV45 | Cotswold Allrunners |
| 653 | 24 | Neil | CLARK | 59 | : | 30 | M | MV40 | Cotswold Allrunners |
| 658 | 25 | Rob | GILES | 60 | : | 20 | M | MV40 | Clevedon AC |
| 659 | 26 | Matt | EVANS | 61 | : | 13 | M | SM | Cotswold Allrunners |
| 657 | 27 | Al | ARTHUR | 62 | : | 25 | M | MV40 | |
| 654 | 28 | Gerard | NEWMAN | 64 | : | 05 | M | MV50 | Cotswold Allrunners |
| 677 | 29 | Brian | EVANS | 64 | : | 35 | M | SM | |
| 664 | 30 | Sonia | ROBINS | 65 | : | 00 | F | LV35 | Hardley Runners |
| 692 | 31 | Claire | WATERS | 66 | : | 19 | F | LV35 | Angels Running Club |
| 665 | 32 | Kate | PERRIS | 66 | : | 34 | F | LV45 | Cotswold Allrunners |
| 652 | 33 | Gavin | TOWNSEND | 67 | : | 35 | M | MV40 | Cotswold Allrunners |
| 689 | 34 | Stephen | THACKER | 70 | : | 32 | M | MV50 | Cotswold Allrunners |
| 690 | 35 | Paul | KNUCKLE | 70 | : | 53 | M | MV40 | Cotswold Allrunners |
| 670 | 36 | Riki | MOODY | 72 | : | 02 | M | SM | |
| 656 | 37 | James | CLAY | 72 | : | 16 | M | SM | Clevedon AC |
| 681 | 38 | Tina | LANGE | 73 | : | 50 | F | LV35 | |
| 668 | 39 | Clare | GERBRANDS | 76 | : | 16 | F | LV45 | Cotswold Allrunners |
| 673 | 40 | Andrea | PLAYLE | 76 | : | 35 | F | LV45 | Cotswold Allrunners |
| 663 | 41 | Coralie | PEARSON | 78 | : | 45 | F | SL | Almost Athletes |
| 662 | 42 | Ray | PEARSON | 79 | : | 35 | M | MV50 | Almost Athletes |
| 667 | 43 | Deanna | HODGSON | 79 | : | 35 | F | SL | |
| 682 | 44 | Marcia | THOMPSON | 87 | : | 05 | F | LV35 | Cotswold Allrunners |
| 674 | 45 | Aileen | FRASER | 87 | : | 20 | F | LV45 | |
| 687 | W | Simon | CALLADINE | 112 | : | ||||
| 688 | W | Tracey | CALLADINE | 112 | : |
If you spot an error or something missing please get in touch
Forest of Dean Half Marathon 2012
April 3, 2012 by Simon
A big congratulations to the Cotswold Allrunners in this years Forest of Dean Half Marathon
If you ran and have something to say about the race and your experience, please get in touch via the contactform
Results:
Results 2012, 1st April
| Pos | # | NAME | TIME | CAT | |
| 246 | 1629 | Allister | KEATING | 01:35:53 | MV40 |
| 798 | 234 | Rose | NILAND-SMITH | 01:49:48 | FV50 |
| 861 | 1887 | Peter | BARRETT | 01:49:30 | MSNR |
| 958 | 1687 | Lorna | ADAMSON | 01:52:18 | FV50 |
| 1021 | 477 | Jennie | MARSHALL | 01:53:33 | FV45 |
| 1039 | 490 | Nicola | FOWLES | 01:53:44 | FV35 |
| 1800 | 1880 | Dinah | BENNEWORTH | 02:13:56 | FV50 |
| 1806 | 1882 | Mal | WALKER | 02:14:03 | MV60 |
| 1834 | 392 | Val | KIRBY | 02:14:51 | FV60 |
Official results can be downloaded from http://www.forestofdean-halfmarathon.co.uk/
or you can download a copy of spreadsheet from www.iamoutdoors.co.uk/_docs/27_214_1.xls
Minchinhampton 10K – 2012
March 18, 2012 by Simon
A classic early Spring Road Race through beautiful Cotswold surroundings combined with a fun offroad Common run for Juniors
At 10:30am a horn echoed out across the quiet School fields in Minchinhmapton to signify the start of the 3rd Minchinhampton 10K. With a full to capacity race of 180 entrants, the streets of this scenic Cotswold village were filled with runners taking on this undulating/hilly course.
Full results available at www.Minch10k.co.uk/results
We hope everyone enjoyed their Cotswold Allrunners 10K experience and would like to see you at another event soon.
Our next event: The Sizzling 6 (Sat, 14th July)
A farewell to Jeannie and Alastair
September 15, 2011 by Simon
Giving Jeannie and Alastair a great farewell
written by Simon Barnes on behalf of all Cotswold Allrunners
It’s not often in life when you can honestly say, I don’t want you to leave, but in this instance it’s so very true.
Sadly, Jeannie and Alastair Hignell are leaving Stroud.
The reasons behind it are fully understandable.
Not as I had originally thought, that Jeannie hated hills, as she first told me as I chaperoned her up Selsley Hill on a cold Thursday evening nearly 3 years ago, in preparation for the 2008 Stroud Half Marathon.
But instead to improve Alastair’s independence and wellbeing.
As we all know Alastair has Multiple Sclerosis and moving to Brighton with the fresh sea air, flatter routes to get around and no doubt the viewing of the Ladies Brighton Beach Volleyball Club every Monday and Saturday evening will improve his wellbeing.
However, it seems like only yesterday when Jeannie turned up at Archway School the training ground of Stroud & District Athletic Club, to prepare herself for the Stroud Half Marathon, that her husband had entered her for. Every week for about 12 weeks, Alastair would be there at the sidelines, to support her!
Over the weeks more flocked to the group voluntarily, although according them it was more of an ambush. On introduction to new runners, I would always ask, “Do you run often, what is your motivation behind the Stroud Half Marathon?”.
The many responses I got, started to make me realise that perhaps Higgy’s Heroes, or should I say Alastair, was maybe encouraging members of his family, as well as the general public to take on a challenge they had no idea what it actually entailed.
Here are a few of the answers I got;
“We popped into lunch, had a glass of wine or two and when we left, we had entered a half marathon“, Aimee and Anthony Lax (now club Chairman). “I‘ve never ran before but Alastair says a half marathon isn’t far“, Angela a friend. And the best of all, “we just turned up to give the Hignells a quote for some decoration work and here we are, training to run 13.1 miles“, local Stroud painters.
I think you all get the idea of how Higgy’s Heroes started, but how can you refuse? Higgy’s Heroes, a part of the Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre (MSRC) charity, who offer huge amounts of support and advice to MS sufferers and Alastair being one!
Since 2008, Higgy’s Heroes has grown and many of us at Cotswold Allrunners have supported the charity at the Stroud Half Marathon, London Marathon and other national events, for various personal reasons and this this support is essential.
So, as a thank you, On Sunday, 11th September we organised a farewell for Jeannie and Alastair at the Pavilion, Brimscombe. Well, considering it was a Sunday evening after some Cotswold Allrunners had taken on the challenge of the Woodchester Park 8mile Multi-terrain challenge only a few hours earlier, it was a great send off for them both.
The great news is, Alastair will stay on as President and Jeannie has been made an honoury member of Cotswold Allrunners, so will still play a part in Cotswold Allrunners and as promised we will keep in touch.
So here we are, time to say farewell!
On a personal level I wish them all the best for the future and thank them sincerely for their input in making Cotswold Allrunners the friendly running club it is today and on behalf of all Cotswold Allrunners a very big thank you, too.
Thank you!
Bristol 10k
May 19, 2011 by Simon
The Bristol 10k saw 4 Cotswold Allrunners, take on the challenge with 11,000 other runners on a lovely sunny day.
[private]Donna Findlay who completed the Bristol Half Marathon last September returned for this event along with three of the clubs more recent members who all work together and seem to help bring the best out in each other. They are Jackie McCormick, Jo Wheeler and Sam Welbourn.[/private]
Official results are available at
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