Tewkesbury Half Marathon – 9th May 2010
May 9, 2010 by Simon
The Tewkesbury Half Marathon organised by 209 Events took placed on 9th May 2010, which also incorporates the Tewkesbury 5 Mile challenge. In total nealry 1,500 runners entered this event.
Cotswold Allrunners participation was reduced early on when sadly Chris Brookman had to drop out of the race, still suffering with a mild injury picked up after his recent success at the Virgin London Marathon 2 weeks ago. Also Danny not feeling too well, continued with the race but not at his normal pace.
2010 – 9th May
| Race No. | Position | Name | Time | Category |
| 1005 | 698 | Danny LIVINGSTONE | 1:56:11 | MV40 |
Total number of finishers 1187 – full and official results at http://www.racetimingsystems.com/franchised/results.aspx?raceid=1102&emanagerid=21
If your result is missing or incorrect please email simon@carun.org for amendments to the above results
Reading Half Marathon 2009
March 30, 2009 by Simon
Reading Half Marathon is a great race to do. The start and finish are at the Madejski Stadium, with the 13.1 miles taking the runners into the Reading University campus and the town centre of Reading. Although there are 2 significant hills in this half marathon with the downhill sections being long and gradual, times are easily adjusted.
"Is that really me in the picture?
Or are the new Cotswold Allrunners’ vests somewhat flattering! No need to join weight watchers, just keep on running."
"Reading Half was such an awesome experience and running into the stadium made me feel like an Olympic runner! I even managed to shave 16 minutes off my Stroud Half Marathon time, so all-in-all…a job well done.", said Ashley
| Results | |||||||
| READING Marathon 2009 | 29th March | ||||||
| # | pos | Name | Time | Cat | |||
| 8588 | 7909 | Ashley LOVERIDGE | 02:04:58 PB | MV40 | |||
| Official Results: | http://www.readinghalfmarathon.com | ||||||
Liverpool Half Marathon 09
March 20, 2009 by Simon
The 2009 Liverpool Half Marathon was a great day out for Alice Lewis-Butcher and Alex Hughes who were in high spirits on a most beautiful day in late March.
Full report by Alice Lewis-Butcher
On March 29th Alex and I ran the Liverpool half marathon. It was a beautiful sunny day; we had been a bit worried about how the weather was going to be as earlier in the week the prediction had been for snow showers! We drove down the day before in torrential rain and stayed in Liverpool with our friends Debbie and Steph who would be running with us the next day. We all had a pasta dinner together that night before an early night, Alex & I slept well but our poor friend Debbie only got 2 yours sleep from the excitement and nerves.
The run started and finished at the stadium by the water front. There was such a nice atmosphere when we got there, I think added to by the lovely weather. We were all very nervous and excitement as it had been such a build up to that morning, the race had been nearly all we had thought about and talked about for a good couple of days before. At the start we queued in order of our estimated finish time, there were really useful pacers provided, people from Runner’s World who were mile rate runners. We lined up accordingly, Debbie, Steph and I queued behind the 10 minute miler.
The actual run was a bit hillier then I expected, going through several parks, it was a really nice route though and I saw a lot more of the city than I would usually see when just visiting. I was really happy with my run and felt pretty strong for most of it. Though the last three miles were really though, the end of the course ran along the waterfront, the view didn’t change, it seemed to go on forever!
When I got to the finish line I saw Alex cheering me on, it was such a great moment, and looking at my watch I was really pleased with my time 2 hrs 10. I discovered once I’d found Alex that he had done amazingly finishing in 1hr 34! I was so proud of us all. Debbie and Steph had never run a half marathon before and finished in 2 hrs 14, an especially great time because Debbie got a hip injury at mile 6 and ran in pain for the whole last half.
I really enjoyed the run and recovered so quickly, compared to the Stroud half last October, I really noticed the months of running between the two had helped me so much, I felt such a sense of achievement, I had achieved more then I ever expected of myself.
Bath Half Marathon 2009
March 15, 2009 by Simon
Bath City in the north of Wiltshire is a beautiful place to visit in early March where spring has not quite begun, but instead over 10000 runners embark on a 13.1 mile journey around the City and it’s surroundings.
This year saw the Bath Half Marathon organised by Running High and supported by Sweatshop. The conditions were good with little wind and clear skies.
Kate McEvoy was first Cotswold Allrunner over the line in a new personal best of 2hrs1min. She was followed closely by Liz who tried to stay with her but still managed a quicker time than last years Stroud half marathon to finish in 2hrs3mins. Next was Dinah, who slipped on a drinks bottle at about 8 miles and had to spend several minutes composing herself and nursing an injured knee, but with her level of determination, we all knew she was still going to cover every inch of the 13.1mile course.
For Laura and Vicky this was
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Llanelli Half Marathon 2009
March 9, 2009 by Simon
The 2009 Llanelli Half Marathon took place on the 8th March. The event is fully supported by Carmarthenshire County Council or www.sirgaerfyrddin.gov.uk and the official charity of 2009, Macmillan Cancer Support.
Due to the time of the year and the fact that the run is along an exposed coastline, it is always possible to have to battle the weather whilst also taking on the task of completing the half marathon distance and on this occasion the Welsh climate did not dissappoint.
So a visit to Wales for some or in this case an opportunity to catch up with family, led Sarrah Mason to the start line of the Llanelli 2009 Half Marathon. She had trained very hard for her second Half Marathon in her short time as a runner and this was to be evident in her pursuit of an even quicker time than her first half marathon, the Stroud Half Marathon in the autumn of 2008.