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Last weekend’s Snake Lane Ten at Pocklington (25th Feb)
was keenly contested by nearly 700 runners, including 23 Viking Striders eager
to see if their winter’s training has paid off.
Clearly very well, at least for the seven Striders who came back with
personal bests (eight if you count Jo Mouncey who failed by an agonizing three
seconds), as well as for people such as Martin Midgley and Ray Smith who
haven’t run as fast for years.
We have been waiting since 2005 for a Strider to break the
magical hour mark in a ten mile race, and then two come along at once.
Simon Griffin and Giles Harris, both in a rich vein of form, led the
Striders in with brilliant personal best times, but the winner of the PB contest
was clearly the rapidly improving Dave Ryan, who knocked nearly five minutes off
his previous best. Julie Masterman excelled as always, going under 70 minutes
for the first time, while Kay Ryan, Andy Masterman and Marina Booth also knocked
appreciable chunks off their PBs.
Keith Wilson didn’t get a PB but has worked harder than
most to come back from injury, and his time in the low eighties was a fantastic
effort. Patsy Fenelon didn’t get
a PB either but was more than happy to collect third prize in her age category.
Not surprising really that Patsy was the only Striders prize winner, in
view of the unfeasibly high standard of athletes attracted to the race.
To give two examples, the race was won in a record time of 49.22, while
the winner of the Over 70 category romped home in 64.50!
As a footnote, the Striders’ own Collette Leetham
actually won the race, but was cruelly foiled in her moment of glory by an over
officious marshal who invoked the little-known law regarding the use of
bicycles.
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NAME
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TARGET
TIME
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ACTUAL
TIME
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DIFFERENCE
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POINTS
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ALISON HOGGARTH
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87.34
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85.12
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2.22-
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10
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ANDY MASTERMAN
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64.35
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62.58
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1.37-
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10
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DAVE PULLMAN
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84.02
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82.13
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1.49-
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10
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DAVE RYAN
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74.52
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70.02
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4.50-
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10
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DEBBIE ANDREW
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87.54
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90.35
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2.41+
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3
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DOT PULLMAN
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86.06
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91.27
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5.21+
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3
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GILES HARRIS
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62.05
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59.39
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2.26-
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10
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GRAHAM WALKER
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80.13
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81.40
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1.27+
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5
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JO MOUNCEY
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97.27
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97.12
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0.15-
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8
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JOHN KAYE
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87.18
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88.23
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1.05+
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5.5
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JULIE KAYE
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90.30
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DNF
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3
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JULIE MASTERMAN
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71.57
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68.55
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3.02-
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10
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KAY RYAN
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80.33
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78.12
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2.21-
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10
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KEITH WILSON
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79.40
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81.47
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2.07+
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3
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MARINA BOOTH
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92.20
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90.38
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1.42-
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10
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MARK THOMPSON
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67.09
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69.27
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2.18+
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3
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MARTIN MIDGLEY
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63.23
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62.06
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1.17-
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10
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NEIL BENTLEY
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65.14
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67.07
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1.53+
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4
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NIGEL WARNER
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68.46
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68.31
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0.15-
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8
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PATSY FENELON
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77.16
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80.30
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3.14+
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3
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RAY SMITH
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78.53
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74.16
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4.37-
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10
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RICHARD ANNESS
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89.01
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77.22
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11.39-
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10
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SANDY MIDGLEY
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85.20
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84.21
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0.59-
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9.5
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SIMON GRIFFIN
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59.06
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58.35
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0.31-
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9
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