Four hundred and seventy seven runners took part in this years Winter Warmer 10k starting and finishing in Witton Park in not ideal conditions with mist and a severe nip in the air. The Race was sold out in advance and was the first time that this had happened so congratulations to the Race Organisers at Blackburn Road Runners.
Full 10k Results HERE
Blackburn Harriers took first, second and third places and had their first five runners home in the top 15 to take the Team Prize as well. Ben Fish won the Race in 33.08, but was marred in his efforts to get out of the Track and onto the Road, as were other runners at the front of the Race. The Race started with two laps of the Track ensuring that the front runners got tangled up with the back and meant they couldn’t make the headway off the Track that they normally would be able to. Matt Nuttall came in second with a time of 34.34, with Brian Fogarty in third (35.26) and Chris Davies in 11th (37.09) to make up the winning Team.
Next home came David Almond who had a really good run finishing 14th in 38.00 dead and given the toughness of the Course puts him in PB territory – and – in 21st place with 39.18 was Richard Fogarty.
Evan Cook (V60) had an excellent run winning the Age Category 1st Prize in a really good time on this course of 41.54. V40 Marcus Sheridan in his first Road Race for the Harriers was next in 94th (44.51). In 186th place came V50 Ian Clarkson in 49.01 which was a new PB on not the easiest of Courses. V65 Stuart Furness took 205th spot in 50.57 with Carol Cookson just a few places back in 211th (51.05).
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Huge numbers of junior runners – 239 in all – some with their parents took part in the Junior Race.
The Race was won by Tom Grundy (M14) in a time of 7.12. Jack Wilkinson was 9th overall and 3rd M14 in 7.42. Amy Davies came in two places further back and won the F11 Age Group with an 11th overall placing in a time of 7.44. Natalya Irvine came 12th in the Race and 2nd in the F14 Age Group with 7.59. In 18th place overall was Anthony Beresford with a time of 8.32 and 2nd in the M12 Age Group. Saul Sharp won the M8 Age Group which is the second time recently he has won one of these Races and this time with 9.17 on the clock. Another M8 category runner for the Harriers was Samuel King who was 2nd in the age group and 39th overall in 9.41. Isabelle Hartley came in 64th and was 3rd in the 29 strong F8 Age Group (10.47). Alayna Irvine took 5th place in the F9 Age Group (11.11), Hannah Davies clocked 11.22 in finishing 5th in the F6 Age Group, Harry Wilkinson ran in the M7 Age Group in a time of 12.38 and Sian Coverely came in 166th (13.43).
Full Junior Race Results HERE
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