JOHN EDWARDS – A short remembrance
It was with great sadness that I heard of John’s death in March. He was a distinguished “character” in the Dark Peak Fell Runners as evident by the soubriquets he was given, Gentleman John, Squire Read more
The superb dry conditions should have resulted in lots of PBs for people and despite a slowest ever winning time we did get a new Women’s record – Megan lowering Kirsty’s previous by just over a minute - and Pete Gorvett lowering his own V70 record by over 6 minutes.Not quite the usual numbers this year either but this was probably one of the few times everyone was back within 2 hours which was a welcome relief from the incessant midges.
Records
Tim Tett
| Position | Name | Club | Class | Time | Comment | Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Foxall | Dark Peak | M40 | 01:14:45 | ||
| 2 | James Lowe | Dark Peak | MU23 | 01:19:43 | ||
| 3 | Megan Wilson | Dark Peak | WSEN | 01:20:20 | New Women’s Record | |
| 4 | Steve Adams | Dark Peak | M50 | 01:25:20 | ||
| 5 | Dave Allen | Dark Peak | M55 | 01:25:30 | ||
| 6 | Kevin Saville | Dark Peak | M50 | 01:26:00 | ||
| 7 | John Webber | Dark Peak | M55 | 01:26:18 | ||
| 8 | Paul Walwyn | Dark Peak | MSEN | 01:26:22 | ||
| 9 | Simon Dixon | Dark Peak | M50 | 01:28:12 | ||
| 10 | Tim Tett | Dark Peak | M55 | 01:28:34 | ||
| 11 | David Holmes | Dark Peak | M60 | 01:30:45 | ||
| 12 | Richard Baxter | Dark Peak | M45 | 01:31:36 | ||
| 13 | Peter Gorvett | Dark Peak | M70 | 01:33:57 | New V70 record | |
| 14 | Lewis Ashton | Dark Peak | M45 | 01:34:15 | ||
| 15 | Jim Paxman | Dark Peak | M60 | 01:34:16 | ||
| 16 | Eoin Connaughton | Dark Peak | M55 | 01:35:07 | ||
| 17 | Martyn Jones | Dark Peak | M45 | 01:38:25 | ||
| 18 | Mick Cochrane | Dark Peak | M70 | 01:38:50 | ||
| 19 | Helen Elmore | Dark Peak | W45 | 01:48:50 | ||
| 19 | Clare Oliffe | Dark Peak | WSEN | 01:48:50 |