415th/1657. Just outside the top 25% (of finishers at least). 6:10min miles. Poor.
Winner: Steve Vernon 36:23 (121%)
Again started off at a pace I'm sure I can maintain. Was around a mix of people for the first couple of kms - Harold, Fishy, Ed Catmur, Gareth Briggs and with Cal in sight. I then started slipping backwards and backwards after 3km. Legs heavy and no impetus (less so than normal with only 5 CoSAC starting, so no team). Bummed around until 1.5km out when Chris Rumsey from Midds&Cleve appeared from behind. Had to beat him so put in a bit of effort. Tom Bush then came steaming through at the top of the last climb. I out sprinted him last year and my 1 surge was enough to get his 2.
1 0:36:23 8308 Steven Vernon Stockport Harriers & AC
9 0:37:03 6214 Jonathon Brownlee Bingley Harriers & AC
21 0:37:43 7700 Peter Hodkinson Notts AC
114 0:39:50 7549 Greg Jayasiriya Middlesbrough & Cleveland H
157 0:40:40 6542 William Neill City of Stoke AC
159 0:40:41 6888 Rob Little Hallamshire Harriers Sheffield
197 0:41:21 8400 Ed Catmur Thames Hare & Hounds
217 0:41:39 8753 Harold Wyber Woodford Green AC with Esse
219 0:41:41 7199 Steve Hebblethwaite Keswick AAC
256 0:42:07 6054 Ben Abdelnoor Ambleside AC
259 0:42:12 7203 Phil Winskill Keswick AAC
274 0:42:20 7274 Leon Foster Leeds City AC
292 0:42:27 6537 Callum Dillon City of Stoke AC
311 0:42:40 6543 Dean Richardson City of Stoke AC
328 0:42:51 6578 Lewis Banton Clowne Road Runners
334 0:42:58 8280 Gareth Briggs Staffordshire Moorlands AC
393 0:43:48 7279 Greg Hull Leeds City AC
415 0:44:05 6532 Nicholas Barber City of Stoke AC
416 0:44:07 6044 Tom Bush Altrincham & District AC
429 0:44:16 7550 Christopher Rumsey Middlesbrough & Cleveland H
476 0:44:52 6883 Craig Fishwick Hallamshire Harriers Sheffield
481 0:44:56 6535 David Bratt City of Stoke AC
598 0:46:22 7197 Chris Edis Keswick AAC
725 0:47:36 8287 James Wood Staffordshire Moorlands AC
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1657 1:35:46 6648 Andrew Morgan Dartford RR
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