VRUK Highlights ’08 (to end Sep from start Oct 07) (shaded) = 2nd claim _or_ running for another club bold = fastest time across all age categories
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Male
Female
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Age Cat.
Distance
Member
Time
Event
Member
Time
Event
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Senior
Marathon
James Meldrum
2:37:23
London
Ruth Newman
4:11:41
Taunton
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Vet 40-49
Marathon
Dave Arnold
3:09:24
London
Hazel Robertson
3:27:46
Lochaber
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Vet 50-59
Marathon
in the absence of any V50 marathon reports for the time period we should note Laurence Klein’s 4:54:52 at Abingdon on Oct 19th ’08
Frances Humphries
4:06:37
London
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Senior
Half Marathon
James Meldrum
1:08:47
Pete Bland Half, Lancaster
Ruth Newman
1:49:18
Llanelli
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Vet 40-49
Half Marathon
Colin Braybrook
1:24:04
Brentwood
Hazel Robertson
1:39:14
Alloa
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Vet 50-59
Half Marathon
Laurence Klein
2:05:16
Burnham Beeches
Frances Humphries
2:07:57
St. Albans
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Senior
5 Miles
Stewart Boulton
0:33:14
Godiva New Year’s Day 5 miles
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Vet 40-49
5 Miles
Peter Simpson
0:33:27
Banbury
Judith Oakley
0:37:20
Glynneath (W.Glamorgan)
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Vet 50-59
5 Miles
Sidney DeLara
0:32:33
Chichester Runners & AC Midsummer 5 mile , Lavant
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Senior
5 Kilometres
Paul Snell
0:22:31
Conductive Education 5k, Cannon Hill park, Birmingham
Alison Davie
0:21:57
Meadows Marathon 5K fun run (Edinburgh)
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Vet 40-49
5 Kilometres
in the absence of any MV40 5k results we mention Dave Arnold’s series of sub-16 min 4.4ks in the Chichester Corporate Challenge series
Judith Oakley
23:28:00
Nos Galan 5K, Mountain Ash
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Vet 50-59
5 Kilometres
Sidney DeLara
0:19:11
Portsmouth Promenade 5k
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Senior
10 Miles
James Meldrum
0:55:18
Stockport
Sharon Davidson
1:23:23
Garden City 10 (Welwyn GC)
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Vet 40-49
10 Miles
Tim Ridley
1:09:51
Dorking
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Vet 50-59
10 Miles
Frances Humphries
1:21:00
Great Baddow 10 miles
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Senior
10 Kilometres
James Meldrum
0:32:45
Ribble Valley 10K (Lancs)
Alison Davie
0:45:09
Musselburgh Festival Race (10K)
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Vet 40-49
10 Kilometres
Dave Arnold
0:37:21
Chichester 10k
Judith Oakley
0:49:25
Swansea Bay
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Vet 50-59
10 Kilometres
Sidney DeLara
0:40:08
Totton 10k
Frances Humphries
0:52:59
Dedham
2008 (including late ’07) has been a busy and successful year for the club.
James Meldrum won the Trimpel 20 miler early this year and the Pete Bland Lancaster Half Marathon recently, despite mid-year ITB issues. Sidney DeLara, ever busy and ever faster, has acquired a whole clutch of MV50 medals; Sharon Davidson (ditto!) won the Senior Ladies cat. in the QM Reservoir 5k series; Judith Oakley won the FV40 category of the West Glamorgan League Cross Country and was 1st FV40 in the Whitford Point Multi-Terrain race; Hazel Robertson was 2nd FV45 at the Lochaber Marathon; and Ed Banks and Matt Newton both got top-30 places in the Robin Hood Marathon.
Also, Peter Simpson managed a top-10 age-group place in the East Midlands Grand Prix series and Stewart Boulton gained 11th place in the Marathon Tour of Coventry and Warwickshire series.
VRUK vests were seen in quantity at many events big and small – the London, Nottingham and Mablethorpe marathons, the Bath, Reading, Bristol and High Wycombe half marathons, the Chichester and Clapham Common 10ks and the Meon Valley Plod to name but a few. Local VRUK groups have even started up in London and Bristol thanks to Dave Arnold and Jenny Dunleavy.
