The course profile for the Barns Green half marathon resembles a figure of eight and is held on closed roads through beautiful countryside, which includes the grounds of Christ’s Hospital School.
In an already highly successful year, Seaford Strider Simon Fletcher produced yet another outstanding performance, once again winning his age group and finishing 8th overall in a time of 1hour 18mins 40secs, just seconds outside of a new personal best (PB).
Undeterred by the warm and humid conditions, impressive times were also recorded by another proven performer, Phil Robinson who was also seconds off a PB in 1.32.58 and relative newcomer Luke Borland, 1:40:17.
The ladies contingent of the Striders also impressed and finished in close formation with Claire Keith leading in an impressive 1:45:16; Natasha Swan was hard on her heels in 1:45:45; with Vicki Blaber, 1:53:27 and Anna Norman, not far adrift in 1:55:34.
Chris Le Beau closed for the Striders in an equally respectable 2:06:17.
Windsor Half Marathon, 27 September 2015
This race is one of the most beautiful in the UK, with the start and finish being on the Long Walk, with Windsor Castle as a backdrop and within the confines of the Windsor Great Park. The two lap course is all on road and quite challenging, with plenty of hills spread around the route.
For the runners who took time to look, there was beautiful scenery to be had but it was fundraising that was very much on the mind of one of our local runners, Scott Hitchcock. This particular Seaford Strider was running on behalf of the CLIC Sargent cancer charity for children and young people.
Scott ran the half marathon in a very impressive time of 1:32:55 and he is hoping that the readers’ generosity will prompt them to visit his ‘Just Giving’ page and donate to this leading cancer charity: https://www.justgiving.com/Scott-Hitchcock/?utm_id=25
Also competing in this race was fellow Strider Beth Ruddock who finished in a very creditable time of 1:48:51.