Mud, hills and fried breakfast for the Burgess Hill Runners
Gary Woolven was the first club member to conquer the difficult half marathon course this year, completing it in 1:48:06. He was followed by Neil Phillpot (1:58:42), Simon Alexander (1:59:06), Simon Thompson (2:05:05), Benny Coxhill (2:19:19), Matt Cawthra (2:19:48), Oliver Jone (2:20:20), Alice Tellett (2:20:26), Sally Symes (2:21:43), Trevor Symes (2:21:45), Debbie Saint (2:22:07), Chris Page (2:24:10), Richard Light (2:25:04), Laura Fowles (2:27:11), Nigel Cruttenden (2:34:06), Dave Oldfield (2:35:43), Keith Delderfield (2:37:13), Stephanie Harding (2:38:10), Mark Craigs (2:39:27), Jill Craigs (2:39:44), Chania Hamsley-Smith (2:42:13), John Palmer (2:44:06), Dave Woodhouse (2:50:31), Andy Carr (2:51:55), Angela Bower (2:52:31),Kim Cruttenden (2:53:00), Jay Wadey (2:58:01), Katia Hannah (2:58:59), Claire Giles (2:59:01), Jon Lavis (2:59:12), Philippe Ecaille (3:04:21), Liz Hayward (3:43:38), Eileen Adlam (3:45:09), Theresa Chalk (3:59:25), Caz Wadey (3:59:29) and Malcolm Slater (3:59:29). In the full marathon, Oliver Day led the club to the finish in a superb time of 4:06:25. Not far behind were: Steve Bird (4:10:09), Sharona Harrington (4:15:14, second female), Steve Matthews (4:18:12), Dan Foord (5:02:25), Neil Dawson (5:07:06), Susan Lyle (5:09:38), Nick Dawson (5:39:46) and Diane Delderfield (6:22:21).
The club were also represented at the Milton Keynes 20 Miles. Neil Grigg completed it in 2:17:31 and Richard Neale in 3:00:19. Hugh Stevenage was the sole member of the club at the Eastbourne Half. He finished in an impressive 1:58:35.