Last Wednesday, Telford AC hosted the second of six races in this year’s “Sexarathon” series, the Phoenix Flyer, a quick, 3-lap 5k race taking place in and around Dawley town centre. This race is split into two: a race for those expecting to run under 21 minutes, and one for those expecting to run over 21 minutes, with the results combined into one table. Despite Wednesday being a very wet day, the rain mostly eased off for the race, so everyone avoided getting as wet as they expected to!
First back for NDRC, in 28th place overall, was Alex Millington, who clocked a time of 17 minutes, 47 seconds. He was followed by another Alex, Alex Cochrane, who ran a time of 19:34 for 64th position. Robin Guy was 79th in a time of 19:53, followed in 106th by Peter Johnstone with a time of 20:52, and in 113rd by David Brown, who clocked 21:03. Phil Dolding led a trio of Phils and Philips, as he was 117th in a time of 21:13, whilst Philip Hill was 149th in 22:08 and Philip Link ran a time of 23:05 for 171st place. Graham Rogers finished 183rd with his time of 23:36, just ahead of David Evans, who was 184th despite a slightly faster chip time of 23:31.
Carrie Stokes was first female back for Newport, clocking a time of 24:17 for 207th position, just ahead of Amy Hughes, who was 218th in a time of 24:23. Kevin Nicklin finished 219th in a time of 24:26, whilst Oliver Stokes clocked a time of 25:18 for 239th, just ahead of Helen Mason, who finished 241st in 25:19. Mathew Richards ran a time of 25:30 in 247th place, followed by Ralph Humphries, who was 270th in 26:35, and Nick Wylie, who clocked 26:45 for 274th. Rodney Jones was next, finishing 276th in 26:58, just ahead of Louise Patterson, who stopped the clock at 27:03 to finish 284th overall.
Simon Taylor was next for Newport, his time of 27:08 securing 286th position. Selwyn Plant followed him home, taking 290th place in a time of 27:20, whilst Anne Richards clocked a time of 30:18 in 326th position. Bernie Holbrook was 330th overall with his time of 30:37, whilst his wife Liz was just 2 places back in 30:49. Steve Cannon was 335th overall in 31:10, and he was followed home by Matthew Humphries, who clocked a time of 34:07 for 354th place, and John Stokes, who was 361st in a time of 36:08.
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