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Warwickshire Road Race League Info

See below for dates and info regarding this summer’s Warwickshire Road Race League. Where a race isn’t open for entry yet it has Info. Where you can enter (Massey) do so early as races are selling out.

All WRRL will be online entry this year.

Race NoRace NameVenueDateEntry
1Massey Tractor 10KStoneleighMonday 13 Apr 2020 https://www.eventrac.co.uk/race-course-map/the-massey-ferguson-rc-tractor-10k-2020-13-04-2020-09-00
2Ryton 5MRyton PoolsThursday 21 May 2020 Info: https://www.letsdothis.com/gb/e/ryton-pools-5-miles-61373
3Sphinx 5MWar Memorial Park, CoventryWednesday 10 Jun 2020 –
4Two Castles 10K Warwick / Kenilworth Sunday 14 Jun 2020 Ballot 1st Feb ( http://www.twocastlesrun.org.uk/ )
If you ran 4 WRRL You’ll get Guaranteed Entry. DO NOT enter the ballot.
5Arden 9MHampton in ArdenSunday 21 Jun 2020 Info: https://www.hamptontennis.org.uk/arden9/
6Northbrook 10KAllesley, CoventrySunday 12 Jul 2020 Info: https://www.northbrookac.org.uk/10k/
7The Monty 5KLeamington SpaSunday 26st July 2020 Info: https://leamingtoncyclingandathletics.org.uk/lcacwww/monty-5k/
8Stratford 6MStratford-u-AvonTBCInfo: https://www.stratfordac.co.uk/stratford-summer-six/
9Kenilworth Half MarathonKenilworthSunday 13 Sep 2020 Enter : https://app.realbuzzregistrations.com/events/kenilworth-runners/kenilworth-half-marathon-2020/login/
10Balsall Common 10KBalsall CommonSunday 20 Sep 2020 –
11Rugby 10MRugbySunday 04 Oct 2020–
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WRRL: Two Castles, 5 Hills

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Up there it is. The ‘Up’ being another hill. K&D rolled into Kenilworth’s home turf with Tag Team’s 1993 Party-Rap hit blaring and the cars bouncing at 8am. Paraphrasing as we spat sick beats in our freshest sneaks (that means sneakers for our members over 50) we marvelled at possibly the best quality free race pins ever. Clearly where the budget went this year. I mean, the strength of the pin was just superb amd the firm tension.. erm, yeah, anyway, results.

As always the Two Castles 10k gives K&D’s finest excellent opportunity to practice their hill work a they charge between battlements. Carrying the standard this year was Chris Sharp for the men who finished 6th overall and 2nd Male Vet in 34:36 and Rocket-Girl (Burning down the streets of Kenilworth) Rachel Gifford who was 1st Senior Lady and 2nd Overall on her Two Castles Debut. And on only 12 hours notice of getting a bib. Rachel ran 38:01 and would have been the men’s 6th counter.

Also celebrating was Jane Hunt with a superb 2nd in her age category.

It was another huge K&D turn-out with 55 green and gold. Leading the PB Brigade was Steven Whatmore (37:46), Kelly Cridland (1:08:11), Kerry Thompson (49:25), Rachel Wood (1:17:50), James Hillier (49:06), Sam Morgan (54:13) and Adeba Jama (54:14).

Reminder: It is The Arden 9 on Sunday 16th. If you aren’t running please do consider volunteering and email kdrunningclub@gmail.com – we seem to be short on volunteer numbers this year despite 250+ members and it is vital for safety will fill all posts. The organising committee (of 3) work super hard to pull everything together and all we ask is a couple of hours of your time once a year. I know it’s Father’s Day but trust us your Dad doesn’t like you that much anyway and you’ll be back for the Roast Dinner.

Full Results:

Chris Sharp – 34:46Kay Adenipekun – 51:22
Rob Michaelson-Yeates – 35:10Nicky Evans – 51:26
Gareth Wainwright – 35:38Kate Marsh – 51:43
Gary Polhill – 37:10Paul Winwood – 51:56
Steven Whatmore – 37:46 (PB)Sam Morgan – 54:13 (PB)
Rachel Gifford – 38:01Adeba Jama – 54:15 (PB)
Rob Ambrose – 39:39Catherine Sherlock – 54:15
Darren John – 40:46Rachel Aston – 54:38
Robert Mundy – 41:42Gareth Lloyd – 56:13
Flick Sharp – 42:28Isabel Collins – 57:10
Steve Armstrong – 42:39Jan Hornby – 57:12
Andrew Connors – 42:37Katie Price – 57:13
Phil Wood – 44:43Geoff Lewis – 57:14
Ed Bower – 45:22Nigel Collins – 57:52
Adam O’Nions – 45:25Nick Burke – 59:32
Lloyd Barton – 45:35Ann-Marie Scott – 1:01:41
Claire Magee – 46:03Elisabeth Robery – 1:02:15
Andrew Knowles – 47:42Amanda Marklew – 1:02:28
John Garside – 47:49Isabel Arthur – 1:02:59
Jane Hunt – 48:32Lynsey Drakeley – 1:03:11
Mike McDonald – 48:37Frances Ramsden – 1:04:04
Mark Owen – 48:49Amanda Crees – 1:04:12
Gary Welsh – 48:58Kelly Cridland – 1:08:11 (PB)
Martin Hancock – 49:06Genette White – 1:08:26
James Hillier – 49:06 (PB)Jo Tork – 1:08:38
Kerry Thompson – 49:25 (PB)Steve Marks – 1:09:37
Caroline Park – 49:33Rachel Wood – 1:17:50 (PB)
Graham Edwards – 49:38

But seriously, just how good were those safety pins!

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WRRL – Ryton Brother

With the dust settling on Thursday’s WRRL action and before we get to the wild weekend of racing, a quick catch-up on result’s from Ryton Pools.

Rob Michaelson-Yeates and Flick Sharp were leading the Green and Gold charge as a slightly altered Ryton 5. Rob finished an excellent 6th in a super strong 27:36.

K&D’s top three men were Rob Michaelson-Yeares (27:36), Gary ‘PB’ Polhill (29:00) and Torsten Roesler (29:51). The top three K&D women were Flick Sharp (33:14), Jane Hunt (38:28) and Caroline Park (39:05).

The next WRRL is Two Castles 10k. Congrats to the 33 of you that ran Ryton. Double congrats to the 10 that PB’d!

Full Results:

Rob Michaelson-Yeates – 27:36 (PB)Caroline Park – 39:05
Gary Polhill – 29:00 (PB) Rob Stewart – 39:57
Torsten Roesler – 29:51 (PB)Paul Winwood – 40:00
David Carbutt – 30:47Graham Edwards – 40:00
Darren John – 30:50Mark Owen – 40:05
Rob Ambrose – 32:55Kerry Thompson – 40:07 (PB)
Max Gimson – 33:58 (PB) Jude Mansfield – 40:15
Flick Sharp – 34:14Sarah Connors – 41:59
Steve Armstrong – 34:31Keith Whitehead – 42:12
Andrew Connors – 34:45 (PB)Kate Marsh – 42:51
Adam O’Nions – 36:13Anna Wilson – 43:28
Michael Day – 36:32Karen Ratcliffe – 44:47 (PB)
Michael Durkin – 36:48 (PB)Katie Price – 45:58
Stephen Ray – 36:56Samantha Edgington – 47:16 (PB)
Simon Krstic – 38:10Linda Whitehead – 48:23
Martin Hancock – 38:21 (PB) Steve Marks – 57:11
Jane Hunt – 38:28







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Ryton 5 Results

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On a hot and dusty Thursday a good K&D contingent got a face full of dust as they raced around Ryton Pools 5 miler. With it having been dry for days the top layer of the park kicked up making breathing… interesting. 

Rob Michaelson-Yeats had no issues as he ran 28:40 for first K&D man.  Emma Lowe ran a strong 33:36 showing a good number of the blokes a clean pair of heels. 25 K&D turned out on a lovely evening for a run as part of the WRRL.
Read more

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Ryton Pools (WRRL) – Thu 24th May

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The Ryton Pools 5 Miler hosted by Spa Striders is on Thursday 24th May 2017 at 7.30pm. A Thursday!

A race on a Thursday just feels odd right?

It is an enter on the night jobby so no online shenanigans to worry about. Just turn up  (EARLY) with you shiny plastic fiver to pay the entry fee. Remember your England Athletics URN registration number too. 

Where is it?

Ryton Pools Country Park,
Ryton Road,
Bubbenhall,
Warwickshire,
CV8 3BH

The clue was in the race name really.

The Entry Form can be downloaded here:

Entry Form

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Weekend Recap: Not the London News, Monty’s H.O.T.T, parkrun roundup

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Monty 5k: With some big distraction in London it was the turn of the WRRL to feature one of it’s shortest races of the year – the Monty 5k. In conditions more often found in the Costa del Sol K&D fielded 20 runners. 

Torsten Roesler took the honours as first K&D man home clocking a nice sub-18 for 8th place. Torsten ran 17:53. Chris Revell backed Torsten up with a great 18:40 while Rob Ambrose just pipped Paul Williams 19:30 to 19:40. 

Our women represented themselves with the usual distinction. New Women’s Team Captain Rosie Marsh marked her debut with a 20:36,  Karen Ratcliffe enjoyed a 26:14 while Amanda Crees took K&D bronze with 26:35.

PB’s below are based on official 5km races – not parkrun.

Full Results:
Torsten Roesler – 17:53 (PB)
Chris Revell – 18:40 (PB)
Rob Ambrose – 19:30
Paul Williams – 19:40
Mike Day – 20:28
Rosie Marsh – 20:36
Pete Austin – 20:43
Adam O’Nions – 20:54
Steve Armstrong – 21:17
Max Gimson – 21:21 (PB)
Claire Magee – 21:40 (PB)
Gary Welsh – 22:14 (PB)
Darren Maggs – 22:43
Martin Hancock – 23:13 (PB)
Paul Winwood – 24:30
Paul O’Donnell – 24:32 (PB)
Kay Adenipekun – 24:37
Karen Ratcliffe – 26:14 (PB)
Amanda Crees – 26:35 (PB)
Katie Price – 27:54

Next up is the Ryton 5 mile on 24th May – Entries on the Night Only.
Sphinx 5 mile entries are now open – Enter HERE
Arden 9 entries are also open – Enter HERE Read more

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WRRL – Two Castles Ballot Info

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Two Castle ballot will open on 1st Feb – 14th Feb. 

If you competed in 4+ WRRL last years you get guaranteed entry into the Two Castles. DO NOT enter via ballot. You will get a separate entry link emailed to you from Raymond Morgan (WRRL Organiser). This link cannot be shared and will be checked to ensure you qualify. A list of qualifying athletes can be found here: K&D 2 Castles Guaranteed Entry Athletes

If you think you should be on the Guaranteed Entry list but are not please email kdrunningclub@gmail.com with the WRRL races you competed in (and results link if possible).

The ballot will go live on http://www.twocastlesrun.org.uk/

 

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Warwickshire Road Race League Results 2017

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Congratulations to everyone who competed in this years Warwickshire Road Race League. We had some fantastic results and racing. See below for your condensed WRRL results:

Top 3’s
Overall Men:
2nd Chris Sharp

Age Groups:
Senior Female:
2nd Rosie Marsh
FV55
2nd  Jane Hunt

Senior Men
1st Chris Sharp

Team:
Female Overall – 3rd
Male Overall – 3rd
Female Masters – 3rd
Male Masters – 3rd

Well done to Chris, Rosie and Jane. And to everyone else that competed so well over the season.

Provisional results can all be found here:

https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=364056D34AC28BCB!11608&ithint=file%2cxlsx&app=Excel&authkey=!AFmQgfC2XgY6VkU

Technical issues with the WRRL website mean it is only updated to Ryton 5 at the moment.

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WRRL: Rugby 10 and Done.

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Kaput. Squelch. Bang. The door to the WRRL season is now closed for winter. 

Well done to the brave souls who managed the last stand – The Rugby 10. 

Congrats to Paul Williams who went to the wrong place, turned up a minute after everyone had started and worked his way up to 2nd K&D finisher. 

Full results of the WRRL will be up once calculated. There were plenty of excellent performances throughout the entire season. Hopefully we have a few category winners.  Read more

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Weekend Recap: Stratford Summer Six (WRRL) and the parkrun roundup

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Stratford Summer Six:

WRRL Action took place over the weekend and despite showers that drenched runners the throngs of K&D splashed their way to success.  Amanda O’Leary and Jane Hunt both took brilliant age-category wins.

Congratulations to Chris Sharp who celebrated the news that Flick is expecting their second child with a strong run to finish 6th overall and first K&D Man (32:11). He was followed by Chris Morgan who continued his good form with a 12th overall (34:06) and Men’s Captain Torsten Roesler who nipped into the top-30 finishing 29th (36:17).

Rosie Marsh (41:01) continued her brilliant run of form this summer by finishing 7th Female overall and, most importantly, that K&D first woman crown. She just pipped Amanda O’Leary (41:27). It’s great to see Amanda back and running strongly.  Jane Hunt took third K&D Woman (45:17) to go with her age-category win.

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Chris Sharp – 32:11
Chris Morgan – 34:06
Torsten Roesler – 36:17
Richard Dixon – 36:27
Paul Williams – 38:32
Mike Day – 40:23
Adam O’Nions – 40:56
Rosie Marsh – 41:01
Amanda O’Leary – 41:27
Christopher Revell – 41:30
Steve Armstrong – 41:47
Ian Naisbitt – 42:28
Peter Austin – 42:50
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John Garside – 44:38
Darren Maggs – 45:04
Ian Voaden – 45:16
Jane Hunt – 45:17
Simon Krstic – 45:34
Geoffrey Lewis – 48:01
Graham Edwards – 48:08
Gary Wickett – 50:25
Daniel Rowledge – 50:38
Stephen Evans – 51:01
Claire Maggs – 51:34
Andrew Knowles – 51:42
Caroline Edwards – 53:11
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Brueton parkrun

Gareth Wainwright was the meat in a BRAT sandwich in the Brueton top-3 on Saturday. He ran 17:12 to split up the two BRAT invaders and stake K&D colours on the podium. With many of our runners doing the Summer 6 on Saturday evening our numbers were down but Paul Williams did the Summer Six/parkrun double finishing second K&D man in 19:07 (and a new PB! Clearly taking it easy for the Summer 6 Paul?). Third K&D man was Gareth’s brother Ainsley (19:31) who recently joined the club. A little sibling rivalry to spice up the coming years!

Mary Heald continued her run of great form by improving her PB once again. Dropping her PB to 20:15 Mary edged closer to a sub 20 minute time and finished first K&D woman. Rachel Aston took the honours for second woman in 23:53 just pipping Sarah Cattell who crossed the line in 24:03.

There were excellent PB’s this week for Paul Williams (19:07), Mary Heald (20:15) and Gail Partridge (32:19) who has continued her great improvements recently. Congratulations to those three musketeers and their weekend success.

Conkers parkrun

Getting up early on Saturday before their 24 hours relay race in teams of five three of K&D’s silliest members headed over to the beautiful Conkers parkrun. Phillip Lindsey finished first (30:16), Kate Marsh second (30:17) and Darren John third (30:17) as all three enjoyed gentle pre-Thunder Run run to stretch the legs. Congratulations to Philip and Kate who both put up with a grumpy Darren moaning about how this ruined his streak of sub-18’s at parkrun. They were both very patient with him!

Cheltenham parkrun

Cheltenham were blessed with a visit on Saturday by Anne Gay who ran 36:23.

Penrose parkrun

Steve Marks popped up in Penrose to run 34:16

Great running team!

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