Thursday, September 11, 2008

Devon 10,000 metres Championship

38 runners braved a wet and windy evening on Wednesday to compete in the Devon 10,000 metre championships at Exeter Arena. The light rain kept the runners cool, but running into a stiff breeze 25 times along the back straight of each lap was more challenging. Tom Merson of South West Road Runners won the men's championship, finishing 7 seconds ahead of John McFarlen in 31:38. Lucy Cartwright's 39:52 ensured her the women's title.
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Running in his first after an enforced three week break, Andy Johnson was last in the A race for around 2k... then running on his own (apart from being lapped on numerous occasions!) for the rest of the race. Aiming for kilometre splits of 4:10 and he ran:4:05, 4:08, 4:07, 4:08, 4:10, 4:10, 4:10, 4:13, 4:13 and 4:06. His finishing time of 41:35 left him 20th overall and 3rd of the 3 M45s.
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