September 2012 Consolidated Results

An early and staggered start, gave the slower competitors an opportunity to get ahead of the front runners. This was a 9 mile (14.5km) stage with approx 2000′ of elevation gain finishing on the summit of the Pink Cliffs, with a view overlooking the whole course. Showing great sportsmanship, four men, Salvador, Stefano, Davide and John crossed the finish line together first in a time of 1 hour and 44 minutes handing the overall Men’s First Place Award to Salvador Calvo Redondo of Spain. Salvador completed the 167 mile course in a total cumulative time of 34 hours and 1 minutes. Once again, Miranda Jamieson set a blistering pace for the women crossing the finish line in a time of 1 hour and 46 minutes, only 2 minutes behind the men and a full 9 minutes ahead of second placed Caroline Richards,who was unable to make up enough on Sharon Gayter, the Overall Women’s First Place Award winner. Interestingly, Caroline won stages 1 and 2, Sharon won stage 3 (the Long Stage) and Miranda won stages 4, 5 and 6. Sharon completed the 167 mile course in a total cumulative time of 42 hours and 32 minutes, only 20 minutes ahead of second placed overall woman Caroline Richards. Observers should note that 8 out of the top 15 finishers were women, demonstrating an amazingly strong field! Congratulations to our two overall winners, SalvadorCalvo Redondo and Sharon Gayter. And congratulations to all who finished and who received the first ever Grand to Grand Ultra belt buckle! Start training for the Grand to Grand Ultra 2013, which will take place from 22 – 28th September 2013! Spots are filling fast and the Early Bird promotion will soon close.

The Breakaway. This was the stage that everyone was anticipating. As the penultimate stage and last “longish” stage, it was the one where competitors could make up on front runners or where the front runners could pull away. But more than that, it was the opportunity to run through one of the world’s most beautiful red rock slot canyons, unique to Utah! This stage was 25.7 miles (41.4 km) long and included over 1400′ of elevation gain. Another 8am start and another beautiful warm day at around 80F. We only had one competitor drop today as the long stage and Stage 4 had sorted out the field! Salvador Calvo Redondo of Spain made his move in the slot canyon, demonstrating his sure footedness on the down slope and then his confidence in manoeuvring the narrow walls. Pulling away, he finished in a time of 3 hours and 55 minutes, 52 minutes ahead of second placed Stefano Gregoretti of Italy and putting himself in first place overall after 5 stages. For the women, Miranda Jamieson of Canada yet again showed her improving form by winning the stage in a time of 4 hours and 51 minutes (fourth overall and only 4 minutes behind Stefano). She blew away the womens’ field, as she was a full 46 minutes ahead of second placed Caroline Richards of the UK. Sharon Gayter of the UK maintained her overall lead after 5 stages by 26 minutes over second overall woman, Caroline Richards. Its amazing! After 158 miles, the athletes left in the field seem to be getting even stronger!! Will the final short stage be enough for anyone to make it up on the two frontrunners?

After a day’s recuperation, the remaining competitors, in high spirits, started Stage 4 at 8am. They were treated to great views of Zion coming from the south. This stage was 25.5 miles (41.1 km). Our advisor, Ray Zahab and I followed the competitors from checkpoint to checkpoint and captured “on the go” race interviews and videos. Check out Ray’s daily video reports. This was a fast day for some despite challenging soft sand. A rock tunnel gave them some respite from the sun before the climb out of the canyon. Our overall race leaders – Stefano Gregoretti of Italy and Salvador Calvo Redondo of Spain – once again crossed the finish line first together in a time of 5 hours and 3 minutes, demonstrating the most wonderful sportsmanship. They now have an equal cumulative total of 28 hours and 30 minutes which is 1 hour and 55 minutes ahead of the third placed competitor, Davide Ugolin of Italy. Miranda Jamieson of Canada finished strongly and won the stage for the women in a time of 5 hours and 47 minutes, just 49 seconds ahead of the next woman, Caroline Richards of the UK. The women performed particularly well today with 7 of the top 15 finishers being women. The overall leading woman is Sharon Gayter who finished the stage 3rd in a time of 5 hours and 52 minutes and with a cumulative time of 34 hours and 45 minutes, now leads the second placed woman, Sarah Lavender-Smith of the USA by 30 minutes, with Caroline Richards only a further 4 minutes behind. Stage 5 tomorrow is going to be exciting as the competitors are treated to a run through a red rock slot canyon. Stay tuned!

Competitors get to experience the greatest variety of terrain and landscapes in a single shot. Moreover, by this point in the G2G, competitors have started to bond and make new friends. They are opening up their lives in a way which would not normally be possible, simply because they all share a passion for the outdoors, life and running/hiking.

Given the length of the Long Stage, 47.1 miles (75.8 km), we have a staggered start with the top 11 racers starting one hour later at 9.15am. Despite this penalty, they were already overtaking the slower group before the first checkpoint!

The trail went straight up the Mansard, a challenging climb for anyone, but not for our frontrunners. Jo Petersen, 4th after the first stage, had dropped back in Stage 2. However he quickly led the early pack and was first to reach checkpoints 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and finished the stage in 4th position. Despite two good climbs and sand dunes, the eventual joint winners of the stage, Stefano Gregoretti of Italy,Salvador Calvo Redondo of Spain and Davide Ugolini of Italy finished in a time of 12 hours and 34 minutes.

The last competitor, Payge McMahon was applauded over the finish line at 1:23 pm in a time of 29 hours and 8 minutes.

A further 7 competitors dropped.

The sunrise over the Vermillion Cliffs lit up the California condors circling overhead, as the camp awoke to another spectacular morning.

The competitors left at 8am and headed up the hill into the Kaibab Forest before emerging to get their first view of the Grand Staircase! It never fails to amaze me how high the spirits are at the start each day. Just a wonderful group of people realising their dreams.

28.7 miles (46.1km) of forest trails, rocky single track and sand was the order of the day. A sunny day was interspersed with a sprinkling of thunderstorms. Very exciting and a double rainbow!

This day was a great challenge for the competitors with most of them coming through strongly. However we did have 5 drop.

The front runners continued to impress. Stefano Gregoretti of Italy and Salvador Calvo Redondo of Spain crossed the finish line again holding hands in a time of 5 hours and 52 minutes for joint first place while Caroline Richards of the UK finished strongly in a time of 7 hours and 12 minutes in first place for the women.

What a day!

The first stage of the first ever self supported stage footrace in North America started from the north rim of the Grand Canyon at 8am this morning. The runners had been treated to their final cooked meal last night at Camp 1 and were in good spirits at the starting line.

Despite a long stage of 50.7 km, the first two runners, Salvador Calvo Redondo ofSpain and Stefano Gregoretti of Italy, crossed the finish line together in a time of 4 hours 59 minutes. Caroline Richards of the UK was the first female to finish in an excellent time of 6 hours 41 minutes. Sarah Lavender Smith was the first American in a time of 6 hours 46 minutes. The last competitor crossed the line after 11 hours and 34 minutes. All competitors made it.

A storm threatened to blow through the course but failed to materialise and the runners enjoyed benign conditions and nice warm temperatures throughout the day.

We expect another great day tomorrow as the runners climb up on to the Kaibab Plateau before descending down on to the sand close to the reputed hiding place of Montezuma’s gold.

Well done to Maria Heslop, who edged ahead of last year’s winner, Paul Hasler,to win this year’s Pentathon Cup/Agegraded competition. Only four people –Harry Abrahim, Pete and Fiona Buckingham and Alison White – competed in all
seven of the qualifying distances this year. Harry took the prize (but sorry, Harry, I don’t think there is one!) for age-graded PB’s in 6 different distances; James Ridger and Rob Playfoot were close to this, gaining PB’s in 5 different distances.
Several people – Shirley Exall, Eileen Hudson, Duncan Riordan, Colin Tricker and Stephen Wilson managed 4 new agegraded bests during the year.

Age Graded Results 2012

FIRST NAME

SURNAME

5K

5M

10K

10M

1/2M

20M

MTN

MAX 5 BEST

1

Maria 

Heslop

* 104.85

105.29

102.86

108.15

* 103.94

525.09

2

Paul

Hasler

* 97.47

96.79

* 105.64

* 110.16

113.30

523.36

3

James 

Ridger

* 97.71

92.66

* 95.37

* 99.07

* 98.09

* 95.16

485.40

4

John 

Tolhurst

* 96.52

94.50

94.77

* 95.17

95.09

476.05

5

Miriam 

Dorrity

* 90.76

* 96.08

91.94

96.30

93.42

468.50

6

Alison 

White

93.58

92.07

93.68

95.24

91.55

92.39

93.14

468.03

7

Fiona 

Buckingham

* 89.62

88.07

91.40

89.94

* 92.97

94.56

87.91

458.49

8

Harry 

Abrahim

85.88

* 86.12

* 88.71

* 90.38

* 90.33

* 89.51

* 93.27

452.20

9

Peter

Buckingham

*88.00

87.28

88.13

89.54

90.44

91.15

88.43

447.69

10

Tina 

Oldershaw

* 112.10

* 109.84

106.85

* 111.32

440.11

11

Peter 

Mander

* 89.44

84.54

87.62

85.20

82.50

429.30

12

Sue 

James

106.05

103.90

* 106.19

* 104.50

420.64

13

Penny 

Roberts

* 85.59

85.19

81.93

81.78

80.55

415.04

14

Shirley 

Exall

* 79.42

81.46

* 79.90

82.66

* 80.02

* 81.90

405.94

15

Alan 

Newman

100.87

* 98.80

99.46

97.02

396.15

16

Gareth 

Robb

* 96.19

* 97.37

* 100.86

99.89

394.31

17

Andy 

Fletcher

93.88

94.60

93.75

* 101.42

383.65

18

Colin 

Tricker

* 93.88

* 96.55

* 94.95

* 92.65

378.03

19

Rob 

Playfoot

* 79.67

* 75.13

* 72.79

* 73.61

* 71.21

372.41

20

Duncan 

Riordan

* 85.87

* 85.56

* 86.80

* 87.41

345.64

21

Stephen 

Wilson

* 80.17

* 84.38

* 87.86

* 88.15

340.56

22

Vanessa

Hollamby

* 84.81

79.61

* 81.92

81.49

327.83

23

Emma 

Hollands

80.24

* 84.51

80.79

81.44

326.98

24

Lionel 

Stielow

75.90

86.25

73.76

89.42

325.33

25

Eileen

Hudson

* 80.97

* 81.89

* 80.18

* 77.89

320.93

26

Claire 

Day

* 95.93

* 93.22

* 95.16

284.31

27

Julian 

Seal

73.44

72.92

71.70

64.59

282.65

28

Carol 

Emery

* 92.60

91.67

93.56

277.83

29

Richard 

Bidois

86.47

87.63

88.04

262.14

30

Andrew 

Day

* 91.75

* 84.73

80.56

257.04

31

Lukas 

Bates

* 83.79

* 78.19

* 89.06

251.04

32

Sue 

Chivers

* 77.61

* 83.36

* 78.00

238.97

33

Amanda

Hanford

* 66.27

* 80.09

* 76.06

222.42

34

Dinah 

Truett

74.01

67.97

71.49

213.47

35

Julie 

Preston

* 71.81

* 68.54

* 70.06

210.41

36

Malcolm 

Martin

* 103.37

102.33

205.70

37

Caroline 

Richards

96.97

* 98.46

195.43

38

Geoff 

Hurrell

90.82

83.01

173.83

39

Michael 

Walter

84.99

88.34

173.33

40

Steve 

Chivers

84.67

* 85.84

170.51

41

Steve 

Baker

79.37

* 87.38

166.75

42

Andy 

Exall

80.76

75.52

156.28

43

Anna 

Robinson

* 81.74

74.37

156.11

44

Robert 

Leat

80.03

* 73.88

153.91

45

Nicholas

Brown

* 74.68

* 77.11

151.79

46

Kirsty 

Jones

* 76.77

* 74.99

151.76

47

Matt

Hendley

* 74.21

* 76.90

151.11

48

Melanie 

King

74.53

75.49

150.02

49

Janes 

Davies

* 71.79

* 72.97

144.76

50

Joanna 

Winter

* 71.87

* 71.82

143.69

51

Jackie 

Riggs

* 72.62

68.04

140.66

52

Margaret 

Poole

67.76

71.27

139.03

53

Wayne 

Apps

* 75.16

* 62.79

137.95

54

Alice

Truett

67.72

69.22

136.94

55

Simon 

Arthur

62.69

65.04

127.73

56

Des 

White

80.40

38.50

118.90

57

Laura 

Burton

92.52

92.52

58

Paul 

Barton

* 85.77

85.77

59

Annie 

Ross

85.21

85.21

60

Chris 

Anderson

* 83.74

83.74

61

Jonathon 

Riordan

82.99

82.99

62

Val

Lindsey

* 82.58

82.58

63

Ian 

Bailey

* 81.57

81.57

64

Aisha

Batchelder

* 80.60

80.60

65

Roy 

Hammond

* 80.49

80.49

66

Stephen 

Sutton

* 79.19

79 19

67

Kellie 

Davenport

* 74.18

74.18

68

Robert 

Weighell

73.89

73.89

69

Angela 

Martin

72.96

72.96

70

Rob 

Rowland

71.44

71.44

71

Andrew 

Mackie

* 69.78

69.78

72

Avril 

Mitchell

68.47

68.47

73

Tim

Veysey-Smith

* 68.46

68.46

74

Chuck

Wan

* 61.51

61.51

75

Sara

Hendley

* 60.29

60.29

76

Julie 

Washer

56.42

56.42

77

Jon 

Clements

55.49

55.49

78

Sam 

Creamer

55.43

55.43

Supporters

Tony Batchelder

Richard Elliott

Mike Ridger

Steve Roberts

Mike Walter

Alison White

Des White

ROUND NORFOLK RELAY 2012 RESULTS RECORDED BY MIKE RIDGER

STAGE

RUNNER

RUNNER

RUNNER

RUNNER

RACE

RACE

MINUTE

RACE

DISTANCE

STAGE

STAGE

PLANNED

ACTUAL

PLUS

PLANNED 

ACTUAL

MILING

PLUS

RECORD

RECORD

TIME

TIME

MINUS

TIME

TIME

MINUS

TIME

NAME

1

GARETH ROBB

01.53.28

01.51.08

-2.2

01.53.28

01.51.08

06:36.7

-2.2

16.81

01.49.13

G ROBB

2

MARIA HESLOP

01.43.06

01.43.25

0.18

03.36.34

03.34.33

07:21.3

-2.01

14.06

01.32.39

G ROBB

3

MALCOLM MARTIN

00.40.19

00.40.33

0.14

04.16.53

04.15.06

07:02.4

-1.47

5.76

00.40.33

M MARTIN

4

TINA OLDERSHAW

01.16.07

01.15.05

-1.03

05.33.00

05.30.11

06:44.4

-2.49

11.14

01.15.05

T OLDERSHAW

5

LAURA DOUSE

01.25.35

01.28.03

2.27

06.58.35

06.58.14

08:08.7

-0.21

10.81

01.16.36

S ROBERTS

6

CLAIRE DAY

00.54.39

00.56.57

2.18

07.53.14

07.55.11

07:12.5

1.57

7.9

00.46.01

J RIDGER

7

ANDREW DAY

01.02.22

01.01.23

-1

08.55.36

08.56.34

06:38.6

0.58

9.24

00.55.03

J RIDGER

8

JONATHAN RIORDAN

00.50.08

00.48.55

-1.14

09.45.44

09.45.29

06:30.3

-0.15

7.52

00.47.26

 J RIORDAN

9

JAMES RIDGER

01.10.38

01.09.16

-1.12

10.56.22

10.54.45

06:07.8

-1.37

11.3

01.09.16

J RIDGER

10

PAUL HASLER

02.03.42

01.56.20

-7.21

13.00.04

12.51.05

05:48.0

-8.59

20.06

01.56.20

P HASLER

11

COLIN TRICKER

01.38.33

01.31.35

-6.58

14.38.37

14.22.40

06:16.4

-15.57

14.6

01.31.35

C TRICKER

12

MICKAEL HEGESIPPE

02.17.41

02.41.02

23.22

16.56.18

17.03.42

08:11.2

7.24

19.67

01.48.49

P HASLER

13

RICHARD BIDOIS

01.37.10

01.31.53

-5.18

18.33.28

18.35.35

06:56.1

2.07

13.25

01.23.02

C TRICKER

14

ROBERT ROWLAND

00.54.31

00.48.01

-6.3

19.27.59

19.23.36

06:36.3

-4.23

7.27

00.48.01

R ROWLAND

15

STEVE GROOM

01.19.26

01.04.54

-14.33

20.47.25

20.28.30

06:07.7

-18.55

10.59

01.04.54

S GROOM

16

SARAH SHEPHEARD

00.43.00

00.40.46

-2.14

21.30.25

21.09.16

07:25.5

-21.09

5.49

00.31.54

S ROBERTS

17

LUKAS BATES

01.20.09

01.19.01

-1.08

22.50.34

22.28.17

06:44.2

-22.17

11.73

01.12.13

R SHAW

On Saturday Paddock Wood A.C Southern Women’s League team travelled to Braintree for the last of the league matches. Joint team manager Elizabeth Duffin had managed to get the day off from her first aid duties in the Aquatic Centre at the Paralympic Games and dad Mick, who was there to officiate also manage a day off from his duties in the Olympic Stadium where he is on the starting blocks team.

There were some good wins especially in the 3000m where Maria Heslop and Claire Day dominated the race, Maria took the A race in (10m 46.7s) and Claire taking the B race (11.36.3s). It was the same in the 1500m with Maria first across the line in (5m 12.6s) and Claire finishing 3^rd winning the B race (5m 22.3s). Francesca Williams had her debut in the league with a fantastic win in the U/15 Javelin breaking the club record with 28.89m. She also tried her hand at Discus and threw 16.76m. Bethany Jeffrey won the B string Javelin with 13.44m her first throw after breaking her collar bone. Bethany came 2^nd in the High Jump 1.15m. Elizabeth Duffin had a win in the 100m Hurdles; she came 2^nd in the Javelin, 3rd in the Hammer 28.11m and 3^rd in the High Jump 1.30m. She was joined by Kate Maryon who also jumped 1.30m who finished 2^ndin the B string. Kate was 4^th in both the 100m and 200m and 2^nd in the B Long jump 3.91m. Sarah Shepheard about to go back to university won the B Triple Jump, came an excellent 2^nd in the 800m (2m 43.8s) a time slowed down by the fact that hurdles had been left out on top bend so the runners had an extra obstacle to negotiate. Sarah came 4^th in the A Discus 19.48m. Sarah’s sister Caroline came 3^rd in the B Hammer 18.43m. 2^nd in the B 100m (15.7s) and 3^rd in the B Javelin 20.47m. Lucy Jeffrey filled in events gaining some good points, coming 3^rd in the Long Jump 4.04m 3^rd in the Triple Jump and 5th in the Shot. Lorraine Shepheard also gained valuable points coming 6^th in the Shot. Lucy also helped the 4X100m relay team get off to a good start running the first leg she handed over to Sarah Shepheard on the 2^nd leg some 20m ahead, Elizabeth Duffin ran the 3^rd keeping the lead. Caroline Shepheard ran the last 100m just getting taken on the line to finish 2^nd in (59.2s).The final result on the day

1^st Hercules Wimbledon 245 points 2^nd Harlow 222 =3^rd Braintree 192 Paddock Wood 192

5^th Chiltern 128 6^th Dorking & Mole Valley 111 7^th Swale 37.

Paddock Wood A. C finished 3^rd in the league table for the season an excellent result.

Janet Duffin