To see where individual Striders have finished click on the appropriate link. Many races log their results can on one of the two excellent websites dedicated to results namely race-results.co.uk and ukresults.net. If you are a member of Steel City Striders and have raced during January to March 2011 then your results should be on this page. If your result doesn't appear send your result through to the webmaster. See also The Long Distance Strider. Many photos used on this page are published courtsey of TAImages.com or xsfotoevents.com (from where the full sized photos can be purchased).

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Sheffield Hallam Park Run #34

Sunday 13th March 2011

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Saturday 12th March 2011

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Saturday 12th March 2011

Sheffield Hallam Park Run #33

Sunday 6th March 2011

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Sheffield Hallam Park Run #32

Sunday 27th February 2011

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Sheffield Hallam Park Run #31

Sunday 20th February 2011

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Sheffield Hallam Park Run #30

Saturday 12th February 2011

Sheffield Hallam Park Run #29

Sunday 6th February 2011

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Sheffield Hallam Park Run #28

Sunday 30th January 2011

Sunday 30th January 2011

Saturday 29th January 2011

Northern Cross Country Championships

Saturday 29th January 2011

Sheffield Hallam Park Run #27

Sunday 23rd January 2011

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Sheffield Hallam Park Run #26

Saturday 15th January 2011

Sheffield Hallam Park Run #25

Saturday 8th January 2011

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Sheffield Hallam Park Run #24

Sunday 2nd January 2011

Saturday 1st January 2011

The winner was Julian Lings (Sheffield RC) in a time of 26:24. There were 315 finishers.

9

Ben Beattie

Senior Male

28:08

58

Pete Lusby

Senior Male

31:18

60

Mark Bennehan

Male Vet O/40

31:29

75

Richard Maxted

Senior Male

32:21

79

Simon Bennett

Male Vet O/40

32:28

85

Louis Wood

Senior Male

32:39

87

Ian Stinson

Male Vet O/40

32:43

112

Kevin Sibley

Senior Male

33:54

118

Phil Howson

Male Vet O/40

34:09

120

Nick Scot

Male Vet O/40

34:12

132

Joanne Wright

Senior Female

34:40

144

Chris Hanson

Male Vet O/40

35:11

202

Carol Beattie

Female Vet O/55

38:00

208

Richard Bardwell

Male Vet O/50

38:17

226

Adrian Moss

Male Vet O/50

39:17

249

Ian Kennen

Male Vet O/40

40:59

273

Dave Nicholls

Male Vet O/60

43:28

287

Claire Bennehen

Female Vet O/40

44:56

305

Rachael Smith

Female Vet O/40

48:33

306

Maggie Holdsworth

Female Vet O/50

48:33

The winner was Alistair Sheffield (Team Bath AC) in a time of 1:12:35. There were 632 finishers.

48

Richard Maxted

Senior Male

1:30:07

21miles, 4,500 feet of climb - at least! The winner was Lloyd Taggart (Dark Peak) in a time of 2:36:49. There were 291 finishers.

58

Stephen Hargreaves

Senior Male

3:26:38

65

Dave Ansell

Male Vet 0/50

3:30:50

153

David Parry

Male Vet O/55

4:01:43

160

Pete Brown

Male Vet 0/50

4:05:16

189

Alison Barrett

Senior Female

4:11:43

200

Dean Young

Senior Male

4:13:45

The winner was Jean Ndayisenga (Birchfield Harriers) in a time of 64:24. There were 3,784 finishers.

837

Carol Beattie

1st Female Vet O/55

1:40:12

The winner was Lizzie Adams (Hallamshire Harriers) in a time of 17:09. There were 161 finishers

76

Dave Nicholls

Male Vet O/60

25:18

The winner was Matthew Clough (Leeds City) in a time of 32:31. There were 1,057 finishers.

36

Andrew Roberts

Male Vet O/40

38:28

There were 360 finishers.

207

Stephanie Street

Female Vet O/45

2:51:48

265

Ian Blackburn

Male Vet O/50

3:01:29

333

Nancy Stuart

Senior Female

3:28:18

A cool and slightly breezy day, ideal for racing on an undulating 2-lap course, described by one Strider as resembling an Escher painting – you’re going round in circles but you always seem to be going uphill! A fantastic performance by Phil Cooper to win the race, coming in over a minute ahead of the next runner. There were 759 runners in total. The race was a counter in the 2011 Striders Road Race Championships.

1

Phil Cooper

1st Senior Male

34:44

54

Phil Warburton

Senior Male

41:46

61

Mark Bennehan

Male Vet O/40

42:26

64

Louis Wood

Senior Male

42:49

75

Philip Palmer

Male Vet O/40

43:23

159

Helen Calder

Female Vet O/35

46:52

172

Chris Heggs

Senior Male

47:14

202

Richard Bardwell

Male Vet O/50

47:58

312

Sam Sockett

Male Vet O/50

51:13

332

Luigi Cazzato

Male Vet O/50

51:40

337

David Denton

Male Vet O/60

51:45

414

Daniel Palmer

Senior Male

53:54

454

Chris Turton

Male Vet O/45

55:27

470

Louise Whitehurst

Female Vet O/45

55:41

520

Claire Bennehan

Female Vet O/40

57:26

532

Stella Ward

Female Vet O/50

57:41

The promised fine day on Sunday turned out not so fine with occasional sprinkles of rain, but that failed to dent the enthusiasm of a record number of entrants into this year's Wolf's Pit Fell Race. A slight modification to the route this year took the sting out of the tail of the race, which made for faster times than the past two years. However, the sting in the start was still there with the 1000' climb to Shatton mast beginning around 400m after the start. I'd forgotten quite how steep this was, and it is near vertical in places with many runners around me resorting to using both hands and feet to get grip. But once over the top of the hill, there's a very pleasant fast run over Offerton Moor, dropping down to just outside Offerton hamlet before a steady climb back up towards the mast. From there it was pretty much all downhill to the finish, which I for one was very thankful for! Myself and Ian Stinson had a competitive race with Ian edging me on the uphills and me doing the reverse downhill. 9 seconds separated us at the finish. A similar battle unfolded between Phil, James and Andy, with Phil eventually taking the honours and Andy just pipped James at the post. A great effort from Adam saw him take club honours and his partner Kate had a stunning first fell race, finishing just behind myself and Ian after leading us up the hill at the start. All in all, a good day and a great race. I confess to being slightly disappointed in the low turnout for a championship race, but hope that participation will improve with the weather.

The winner was Simon Bailey (Mercia) in a time of 37:08. There were 276 finishers.

64

Adam Whitworth

Senior Male

48:04

115

Trevor Watson

Male Vet O/50

51:55

118

Ian Stinson

Male Vet O/40

52:04

122

Kate Wilkinson

Senior Female

52:23

153

Phil Howson

Male Vet O/40

54:55

156

Andy Buck

Male Vet O/50

55:19

157

James Fletcher

Senior Male

55:22

Congratulations to Ben Beattie who broke his own p.b. to finish second overall out of the 245 people who completed this new race on a hilly course and in breezy conditions.  The winner was Ben Johnson (Southport Waterloo AC) in 1:13:09.

2

Ben Beattie

Senior Male

1:14:31

48

Trevor Burton

Male Vet O/50

1:31:35

The winner was Jamie Cooke (Belle Vue Racers) in a time of 18:41. There were 28 finishers

3

David Whittaker

Senior Male

20:05

The winner was Paul Faulkner (Hallamshire Harriers) in a time of 16:25. There were 163 finishers

19

Ben Heller

Male Vet O/45

20:07

23

Ian Stinson

Male Vet O/40

20:22

27

Nicholas Scott

Male Vet O/40

20:39

48

Richard Bardwell

Male Vet O/50

22:39

96

Dave Nicholls

Male Vet O/60

26:06

The winner was Edwin Kipkorir (Birchfield Harriers) in a time of 29:12. There were 620 finishers

67

Ben Beattie

Senior Male

33:52

269

Joanne Wright

Senior Female

43:07

307

Carol Beattie

1st Female Vet O/55

45:23

Driving up to this race in the pouring rain, the talk was over what gear to wear. Just after the start the rain abated, the wind dropped and the sun came out leaving many over-dressed for this killer with over 1100 foot of climb and a route like the Minotaur's Labyrinth. Winner was David Thompson of Barnsley in 1:58:27 with the last athlete coming home in 272nd place in nearly four and a half hours.

51

Pete Brown

Male Vet O/50

2:24:27

The winner was Nigel Stirk (Tipton Harriers) in a time of 1:49:52. There were 865 finishers

376

Richard Maxted

Senior Male

2:46:00

The Haworth Hobble is a 33 mile trail ultramarathon traversing the moors around Haworth, Todmorden and Hebden Bridge  and includes 4,400 ft of ascent & descent. The time limit is 11 hours! The winner was Duncan Harris (Chester Tri Club) in a time of 4:05:32. There were 273 finishers

93

Alastair Lawson

Senior Male

5:35:45

A lovely spring day for a run saw over 300 athletes gathered in a field in Grindleford ready for a mad rush around 21 miles of glorious Peak District countryside. Well, when I say "mad-rush", it was more of a trundle for most of us, and some people even walked it - although as a walkers event too, that's ok. Nevertheless, the countryside on this route is glorious. The route takes in a mix of terrains from open moorland to hard-packed trail - something for most people. It starts with a flat, easy run from Grindleford to Froggat, then goes up the hill to Eyam, cross-country to Great Longstone then along the Monsal Trail to Bakewell. After that, there's a very steep hill up through woods before we enter the Chatsworth Estate and run all the way to Baslow. Finally a tough climb up to Baslow Edge before running along Curbar and Froggatt Edges before a fast descent (for those with the legs) back to Grindleford. All in all, a great race with nearly 3000' of climbing, but made up for with great views - if you could spare the breath to take it in. If you're able to run the Exterminator, then this one - even with the extra 5 miles, should be an easy spring target. The winner was David Riach in a time of 2:26:51. There were 333 finishers

47

Trevor Watson

Male Vet O/50

3:08:00

91

Ian Stinson

Male Vet O/40

3:20:36

216

James Fletcher

Senior Male

3:56:02

258

Matt Zawadzki

Senior Male

4:09:54

292

Adrian Moss

Male Vet O/50

4:20:07

The winner was Nasir Hussain (Hallamshire Harriers) in a time of 16:19. There were 166 finishers

5

Phil Cooper

Senior Male

16:44

9

David Palmer

Male Vet O/40

17:21

32

Ben Heller

Male Vet O/45

20:21

96

Dave Nicholls

Male Vet O/60

26:30

This is the first of the three excellent road races that Askern host annually, all of which are included in our Road Race Championships. In fact we're not the only club to use them as Knavesmire Harriers (York) have Norton in their race series too. The Beattie clan (Ben, Joanne and Carol) all won prizes whilst Brown managed to get third Male Vet O/50. The only possible complaint might be about the ever growing Askern t-shirt mountain (x3 per year) - all made of cotton and not really that good for training. The 504 finishers were led home by Andrew Pearson of Longwood in 45.09.

6

Ben Beattie

6th Senior Male

49.55

44

Peter Brown

3rd Male Vet O/50

57.55

68

Richard Maxted

Senior Male

60.15

69

Paul Stuart

Male Vet O/40

60.25

78

Ian Stinson

Male Vet O/40

61.00

112

Joanne Wright

5th Senior Female

63.58

173

Carol Beattie

1st Female Vet O/55

67.47

214

Christopher Heggs

Senior Male

70.04

276

Sam Sockett

Male Vet O/50

73.40

299

Mardelena Boo

Female Vet O/35

75.36

336

Dawn Jackson

Female Vet O/45

77.09

370

Ian Kennen

Male Vet O/40

79.15

The winner was Steven Bayton (Sheffield University) in a time of 15:54. There were 165 finishers.

2

Phil Cooper

Senior Male

17:07

6

David Palmer

Male Vet O/40

17:52

34

Ben Heller

Male Vet O/45

20:32

The winner was Matthew Pierson (Holmfirth Harriers) in a time of 34:05. There were 491 finishers

256

Sam Socket

Male Vet O/50

53:22

362

Louise Whitehurst

Female Vet O/45

58:30

The winner was Martin Williams (Tipton Harriers) in a time of 1:10:03. There were 1144 finishers

107

Richard Maxted

Senior Male

1:31:55

The winner was Dan Garbutt (Leeds Carnegie) in a time of 16:49. There were 167 finishers.

4

Phil Cooper

Senior Male

17:29

28

Ian Stinson

Male Vet O/40

20:20

40

Ben Heller

Male Vet O/45

21:13

104

Dave Nicholls

Male Vet O/60

26:40

The winner was Darren Middleton (Barnsley AC) in a time of 26:05. There were 218 finishers

6

Ben Beattie

Senior Male

27:35

95

Carol Beattie

4th Female Vet O/55

36:43

This must count as one of the more bizarre events that I have taken part in. Without exaggeration, the whole place was a Glastonbury style sea of mud and looking at the finishing times it would be difficult to calculate that the course had been reduced from 12km to 10km. This was to take out the dangerous steep hill on the busy first lap where there had been some nasty, ambulance calling, falls earlier in the day but, to be honest, it was an act of mercy. Nevertheless, the start of this race is a splendid sight with its colourful charge of over 1300 athletes bearing famous vests from all over the country. Well done to everyone who made it through the snow to make this race the celebration of club athletics that it is. Striders team were placed 73rd out of 95 teams who completed the course.

The winner was Steve Vernon (Stockport Harriers) in a time of 35:11. There were 1302 finishers.

529

Dave Ansell

Male Vet O/50

47:58

632

Graeme Siddall

Male Vet O/50

49:25

872

Peter Brown

Male Vet O/50

53:38

934

Richard Maxted

Senior Male

55:09

987

Ian Stinson

Male Vet O/40

56:27

1050

David Parry

Male Vet O/50

58:22

The winner was Carl Egdett (Hallamshire) in a time of 18:12. There were 57 finishers in the snow.

2

Phil Cooper

Senior Male

18:45

The winner was Jamie Rutherford (Darlington Harriers) in a time of 16:49. There were 124 finishers.

20

Ian Stinson

Male Vet O/40

21:04

25

Chris Hanson

Male Vet O/40

21:24

36

Carol Beattie

Female Vet O/55

22:47

53

Pete Heathershaw

Male Vet O/60

24:42

65

Magdalena Boo

Female Vet O/35

25:34

The winner was Anthony Ford (Sale) in a time of 23:49. There were 903 finishers.

36

Ben Beattie

Senior Male

27:49

258

Joanne Wright

Senior Female

35:04

369

Carol Beattie

1st Female Vet O/55

37:38

The winner was Neil Renault (Edinburgh Athletic Club) in a time of 30:41. There were 970 finishers

50

Philip Cooper

Senior Male

35:47

172

Paul Stewart

Male Vet O/40

40:22 

525

Adrian Moss

Male Vet O/50

50:50

A record field of 193 runners completed the 13.8 mile course of the Mickleden Straddle Fell Race. The weather was mild but very, very windy with lots of water underfoot.  The wind was full on or across in the long ascent. It was potentiallore dangerous coming back down - trying to resist becoming airborne.

The race  was won by Tom Brunt of Holmefirth Harriers in 1:46:27.

103

Peter Brown

Male Vet O/50

2.31.45

112

David Parry

Male Vet O/50

2.33.18

124

Andy Buck

Male Vet O/50

2.35.12

136

Ian Stinson

Male Vet O/40

2.36.55

147

Phil Howson

Male Vet O/40

2.40.41

The winner was Carl Egdett (Hallamshire) in a time of 17:22. There were 109 finishers.

17

Ben Heller

Male Vet O/45

20:52

26

Dave Beech

1st Male Vet O/50

22:12

The winner was Martin Tormstone (Cleethorpes) in a time of 55:04. There were 494 finishers

132

Richard Maxted

Senior Male

1:10:48

An almost perfect winter's day for a race - cloudy but dry with the temperature hovering just above zero in Dore and a couple of degrees lower out on the local hills, which led to quite a fast race, but also probably contributed to the record 358 finishers (compare that with 308 last year!). Conditions underfoot were hard but icy in only a few places, with the exception of the two marsh crossing on Burbage which were, as usual, cold and very wet. As we constantly find in these longer races, competitors took wildly different routes between checkpoints. In a total lapse of concentration at the Oxstones, yours truly ended up following a group over Burbage Moor which went way too far over to the North, near the road. We weren't alone, but a valuable lesson was learnt about concentrating! We had a great turn out of Striders - 12 in total, which isn't bad for a tough race in January. This was a counter in the club Fell Race Championships. The winner was Stuart Bond (DPFR )in a time of time was 66:27.

37

Steve Hargreaves

Senior Male

1:16:17

124

Trevor Watson

Male Vet O/50

1:25:01

130

Dean Young

Senior Male

1:26:02

148

James Fletcher

Senior Male

1:28:44

170

Ian Stinson

Male Vet O/40

1:30:17

188

Alison Barrett

Senior Female

1:31:56

209

Phil Howson

Male Vet O/40

1:33:59

258

Trevor Burton

Male Vet O/50

1:39:18

278

Matt Zawadzki

Senior Male

1:41:13

317

Adrian Moss

Male Vet O/50

1:47:22

335

James Poulter

Senior Male

1:55:52

346

Pete Hethershaw

Male Vet O/60

1:58:43

Seven Striders drove to Sunderland on 29 January to run in the Northern Cross Country Championships. It was held at a different venue to previous trips to the  North East: the parkland site of the former New Herrington colliery and associated works. It was a cold day with hazy sun. The frost covered ground soon cut up and turned into a quagmire in places towards the end of the afternoon. With six of the seven  runners counting, Striders finished in 32nd place out of 39 in the senior male team category.

The race was won in 38:09 by Tom Lancashire from Bolton. There were 488 senior male finishers.

192

James Fulcher

Senior Male

50:30

217

Dave  Ansell

Male Vet O/50

51:27

223

Graham  Siddall

Male Vet O/50

51:37

344

Ian Stinson

Male Vet O/40

57:40

349

Andy Buck 

Male Vet O/50

57:56

353

Richard Maxted

Senior Male

58:12

391

David  Parry 

Male Vet O/50

1:00:22

The winner was Stuart Maycock (Hallamshire) in a time of 17:23. There were 151 finishers

21

Ben Heller

Male Vet O/45

20:33

43

Carol Beattie

Female Vet O/55

22:43

The winning time was 31:20. There were 584 finishers

41

Paul Stuart

Male Vet O/40

39:51

263

Pat Bailey

Male Vet O/45

48:49

272

Rob Stephens

Senior Male

48:42

307

Dawn Jackson

Female Vet O/45

51:10

The winning time was 1:05:21. There were 1561 finishers

15

Ben Beattie

Senior Male

1:14:52

155

Stephen Hargreaves

Senior Male

1:25:23

571

Carol Beattie

Female Vet O/55

1:39:49

666

Adrian Moss

Male Vet O/50

1:42:33

933

Sam Sockett

Male Vet O/50

1:49:23

1211

Louise Whitehurst

Female Vet O/45

1:58:50

1331

Nancy Stuart

Senior Female

2:05:11

1456

Aneela Khalil-Khan

Senior Female

2:14:52

The winner was Chris Adams (Rotherham) in a time of 16:51. There were 117 finishers

18

Ben Heller

Male Vet O/45

20:45

70

Dave Nicholls

Male Vet O/60

27:44

The winner was Carl Egdell (Hallamshire) in a time of 17:42.. There were 115 finishers

21

Ben Heller

Male Vet O/45

21:33

26

Carol Beattie

Female Vet O/55

22:38

59

Pete Heathershaw

Male Vet O/60

27:31

If you thought Graves Park was cold then this was much worse with a stiff breeze to deal with. The course was firm underfoot in most places except for the ditch which was full of water this time and they made the men do and extra lap (compared to the earlier South Yorkshire X-Country race held at the same venue). My diary stated "started at the back and stayed there" whilst the relative positions demonstrate the step up from the South Yorkshire League. Still, another hard run and we did have a finishing men's team (16th). Health warning: these are the official results, there were some late substitutions after the names had been submitted! The womens race was won by Susan Partridge of Leeds AC in a time of in 22:18; the mens race was won by Jonathan Brownlee from Bingley in a time of 37:05. There were 91 and 224 finishers respectively.

59

Liz Scott

28:35

67

Alison Barrett

29:02

81

Carol Beattie

31:24

84

Philip Cooper

45.04

100

Dave Ansell

46.04

117

Graeme Siddall

47.20

127

Stephen Hargreaves

47.48

147

David Palmer

49.05

151

Peter Brown

49.18

182

Ian Stinson

52.16

185

Andy Buck

52.20

192

David Parry

53.21

The winner was Andrew Challenger (Hallamshire) in a time of 16:53. There were 84 finishers

29

Richard Bardwell

Male Vet O/50

23:17

62

Pete Heathershaw

Male Vet O/60

28:36

7 Striders braved the cold to complete this race.

The winner was Gregan Clarkston (Kingston upon Hull) in a time of 33:45. There were 239 finishers

55

Richard Maxted

Senior Male

42:33