Wednesday night saw the continuation of this year’s Sexarathon series, with the second race: the “Phoenix Flyer”. A 5k race named after the school which once stood in Dawley (since renamed) that acts as the race HQ, the route takes runners on three laps of Dawley town centre, taking in George Street, High Street, Captain Webb Drive and Doseley Road, whilst featuring around 50 metres of elevation gain. Runners are split into two groups to take on the race to ease congestion, with runners expected to finish in under 21 minutes in wave one at 7pm, and everyone else starting 30 minutes later.
Alex Millington was the first Novaportan to cross the line, taking 16th position overall in a time of 17 minutes, 24 seconds. Alex Cochrane was next, 37th overall with a time of 18:48, just ahead of Robin Guy, who was 42nd and (first in his age category) with his time of 18:56. Harry Wilmot clocked a time of 19:21 to finish 56th, followed by Matthew Walley, who stopped the clock at 19:41 in 67th position.
Mark Betteridge was close behind, taking 69th place in 19:46, followed by Daniel Campbell-Miles, who finished in 20:46 for 104th place, and Pete Johnstone, who clocked 21:55 in 137th position. David Evans was 153rd with his time of 22:18, just 1 second ahead of Phil Dolding, who placed 157th. Andrew Wilmot ran a time of 22:34 to finish 163rd, whilst Philip Hill was 172nd in 22:43, and Graham Rogers clocked 23:06 to finish 183rd. Philip Link stopped the clock at 23:17 to take 186th place, whilst David Thomas was 201st in 23:42.
Amy Hughes was the first woman to finish for Newport, taking 234th place in a time of 24:37, closely followed by Oliver Stokes, who was 247th in 24:54. Phil Hardy took 261st position with his time of 25:52, whilst Maff Wellman finished 306th in 28:15. Simon Taylor was 310th in 28:32, followed by Nick Wylie recorded 28:47 in 315th place. Louise Patterson finished 323rd overall in 29:16, followed by Bernie Holbrook, who was 347th in a time of 31:43. John Stokes completed the course volunteering as sweeper (but not credited with an official time).
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