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Newcastle-South Shields
5 Oct 08
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Pos
Gun
Chip
Name
AG
Club
SB
PB
HC
1
59:45
Tsegay Kebede
PB
U23
M
Ethiopia
59:45
59:45
21.7
2
61:29
Gebre Gebremariam
SB
SEN
M
Ethiopia
61:29
60:59
27.7
3
61:33
Abdi Abdirahman
PB
SEN
M
United States
61:33
61:33
18.3
4
61:34
Luke Kibet
PB
SEN
M
Kenya
61:34
61:34
5
61:48
Juan Luis Barrios
SEN
M
Mex
6
62:20
Martin Fagan
PB
SEN
M
Ireland
62:20
62:20
35.1
7
63:11
Felix Limo
PB
V35
M
Kenya
63:11
63:11
8
63:31
Jose Manuel Martinez
SB
V35
M
Spain
63:31
63:26
32.5
9
63:33
Rui Pedro Silva
PB
SEN
M
Portugal
63:33
63:33
30.1
10
63:35
Ricardo Ribas
PB
SEN
M
Portugal
63:35
63:35
22.0
11
63:36
Jon Brown
SB
V35
M
City of Sheffield/Canada
63:36
61:49
12
63:39
Alberto Chaica
SB
V35
M
Portugal
63:39
63:24
13
64:11
Dan Robinson
SB
SEN
M
Stroud
64:11
63:42
11.9
14
64:20
Michael Aish
PB
SEN
M
New Zealand
64:20
64:20
15
64:29
Pete Nowill
PB
SEN
M
Highgate/Australia
64:29
64:29
36.0
16
64:51
Matt O'Dowd
SB
SEN
M
Swindon
64:51
62:38
30.2
17
64:55
Ian Hudspith
SB
V35
M
Morpeth
64:55
62:53
-2.1
18
65:37
Alexandr Kuzin
SEN
M
UKR
19
65:46
Collis Birmingham
SB
SEN
M
Australia
65:46
61:25
3.2
20
65:46
Adam Grice
PB
U23
M
Leeds City/Leeds Uni
65:46
65:46
12.0
21
65:54
Oystein Sylta
SEN
M
NOR
22
65:55
Luis Feiteira
SEN
M
POR
23
65:56
Dmytro Lashyn
SB
U23
M
Ukraine
65:56
64:59
7.1
24
66:09
Vinny Mulvey
PB
SEN
M
Ireland
66:09
66:09
33.2
25
66:33
Mark Hood
PB
SEN
M
Sunderland/Northumbria Uni
66:33
66:33
10.1
26
66:39
David Jackson
PB
SEN
M
Canada
66:39
66:39
27
66:43
Alan Buckley
PB
SEN
M
Leeds City
66:43
66:43
0.4
28
67:19
Chris Sampson
SB
SEN
M
Morpeth/Gateshead
67:19
66:34
31.5
29
67:31
Simon Jones
SB
SEN
M
Belgrave/Cornelly
67:31
65:37
21.0
30
67:52
Philip Hoole
PB
SEN
M
Rotherham
67:52
66:59
0.8
31
68:16
Brian MacMahon
PB
SEN
M
Clonliffe/Ireland
68:16
68:16
23.0
32
68:19
Nathaniel Williams
PB
SEN
M
North York Moors
68:19
68:19
12.2
33
68:22
Robert Gilroy
SEN
M
Cambuslang
67:22
67:07
-2.0
34
68:29
John Newsom
SB
SEN
M
Pitreavie/Stirling Uni
68:29
66:35
-3.3
1
68:51
Gete Wami
PB
SEN
W
Ethiopia
68:51
68:51
2
68:52
Magdelene Mukunzi
PB
SEN
W
Kenya
68:52
68:52
28.0
3
68:53
Jo Pavey
PB
V35
W
Exeter
68:53
68:53
2.0
35
69:16
Nathaniel Lane
SEN
M
Cardiff
67:32
66:26
2.6
36
69:17
Ben Gamble
PB
SEN
M
Stone Master
69:17
67:22
-1.3
37
69:24
Ian Grime
SB
V35
M
Newham & Essex Beagles
69:24
65:38
0.0
38
69:39
Matthew Collins
PB
SEN
M
Cardiff
69:39
67:50
0.0
39
69:44
Robert Cole
PB
SEN
M
Newham & Essex Beagles
69:44
69:44
36.0
40
70:19
Paul Arcari
SEN
M
Kilbarchan
68:04
66:32
26.0
4
70:48
Maria Konovalova
PB
SEN
W
Russia
70:48
70:48
33.6
41
70:49
Marcin Fudalej
SB
SEN
M
Marshall Milton Keynes/Poland
68:53
68:53
17.1
5
70:49
Martha Komu
PB
SEN
W
Kenya
70:49
70:49
6
70:53
Hayley Haining
PB
V35
W
Kilbarchan
70:53
70:53
8.3
7
71:08
Aniko Kalovics
SB
SEN
W
Hungary
71:08
70:19
34.3
42
71:11
James Bulman
V35
M
North York Moors
70:58
69:36
15.9
43
71:19
Chris Wilson
SEN
M
Cambuslang/Worcester
70:03
68:48
22.5
8
71:25
Analia Rosa
PB
SEN
W
Portugal
71:25
70:30
36.0
44
71:36
Darren Purvis
SB
SEN
M
Chester-le-Street
71:36
70:48
0.4
9
71:38
Jessica Augusto
PB
SEN
W
Portugal
71:38
69:08
20.1
45
71:41
Kristian Forster
SB
SEN
M
Morpeth/Dundee Uni
71:41
71:25
36.0
46
71:53
Dave Archer
SB
SEN
M
Hallamshire
71:53
68:00
1.4
47
71:56
Blake Ellis
PB
U23
M
Trafford
71:56
71:56
11.0
10
72:07
Werkenesh Kidane
SB
SEN
W
Ethiopia
72:07
68:09
30.0
48
72:15
Michael Dawson
SB
SEN
M
North Shields Poly
72:15
70:42
2.1
49
72:19
Iain Twaddle
PB
V35
M
North Shields Poly
72:19
71:19
6.8
50
72:26
Gwyn Owen
SEN
M
Eryri
70:12
68:46
13.2
51
73:11
Will Smith
PB
SEN
M
Keighley & Craven
73:11
73:11
0.5
52
73:15
David Miles
PB
V40
M
Gateshead/Leicester
73:15
73:15
53
73:21
Richard Brown
PB
SEN
M
Louth
73:21
68:54
5.6
54
73:26
Bill Foster
SB
V50
M
Blackheath & Bromley/Southern Counties Vets
73:26
63:50
36.0
55
73:44
Steven Potts
SEN
M
Sunderland
71:23
71:23
7.7
56
73:45
David Connor
V40
M
Ripley
72:30
72:30
36.0
57
73:55
David Hall
SB
SEN
M
Worcester/Police
73:55
71:37
3.5
58
73:59
Alan Nesbitt
SEN
M
Unatt
59
74:10
Colin Potts
SB
V35
M
Liverpool RC/Liverpool H
74:10
72:52
5.2
60
74:28
Neil Donelly
SEN
M
Unatt
61
74:29
Philip Pollard
PB
SEN
M
Saddleworth
74:29
74:29
11
74:31
Benita Willis
SB
SEN
W
Thames Hare & Hounds/Australia
74:31
67:55
35.4
62
74:31
James Mulvany
SEN
M
Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde
72:33
71:23
1.8
64
74:38
Steve Hallas
SB
V35
M
Preston/Civil Service
74:38
69:58
4.4
63
74:44
Leigh Packer
PB
SEN
M
Crawley/Met Police
74:44
74:44
1.3
12
74:53
Rebecca Robinson
SB
SEN
W
Kendal
74:53
72:38
0.7
64
75:04
Richard Bellamy
V40
M
North York Moors
74:33
73:42
31.3
65
75:04
David Hunt
SEN
M
Unatt
66
75:10
Nicholas Rooke
PB
U23
M
Ballymena Runners/Durham/Durham/Northumbria Uni
75:10
72:21
15.6
67
75:22
Graham Robinson
SEN
M
Garden City Runners/Sandhurst
71:58
71:53
-0.6
68
75:32
Sammy Rashid
SB
V40
M
Liverpool Pembroke Sefton/Sheffield Uni
75:32
72:38
4.2
69
75:34
Iain Yates
PB
SEN
M
Herne Hill
75:34
75:34
5.3
70
75:34
Michael Clemitson
PB
V40
M
Blackhill
75:34
75:34
30.0
71
75:50
Gavin Chatterton
PB
SEN
M
Leeds City
75:50
75:50
14.1
72
75:58
Christopher Peach
PB
U23
M
Derby
75:58
75:58
12.6
73
76:05
David Parkin
SEN
M
Loft
13
76:12
Lillian Magnusson
SEN
W
SWE
74
76:24
Philip Skingley
SEN
M
Unatt
75
76:41
Scott Overall
SB
SEN
M
Blackheath & Bromley
76:41
61:25
-4.9
76
76:41
Neil Addison
SEN
M
Shaftesbury Barnet
67:45
66:49
30.8
78
76:49
Mark Metcalfe
PB
SEN
M
York Acorn
76:49
76:49
24.6
79
76:52
Paul Turner
V35
M
Elswick/Unattached
75:18
75:18
2.8
80
76:52
Paul Gregory
SB
V35
M
Charnwood/Hermitage
76:52
76:04
4.0
81
76:56
Adrian Mason
PB
V45
M
Barnet
76:56
75:13
2.4
82
76:56
Paul Whalley
V35
M
Blyth
75:18
75:18
2.0
14
76:57
Hayley Higham
SB
SEN
W
Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow
76:57
72:11
11.6
87
77:30
Christopher Donaghy
V40
M
Unatt
92
77:44
Gary Jones
SB
SEN
M
Blyth/Northumberland Fell Runners
77:44
74:56
4.7
97
78:05
78:05
Anthony Bourne
PB
SEN
M
77:43
75:22
4.5
96
78:09
Keith Robertshaw
PB
V40
M
Chester-le-Street
78:09
76:59
4.7
99
78:21
78:21
Karl Simpson
SB
SEN
M
Shetland
78:21
75:28
33.0
100
78:31
78:31
Mark Ketley
SB
SEN
M
Elswick
78:31
78:28
9.4
101
78:34
Gary Baum
V45
M
Kesw
102
78:45
Thomas Brannon
SB
V40
M
North Shields Poly/VAA North East
78:45
77:51
6.8
108
79:06
Steve Carlyle
V40
M
Unatt
110
79:09
Bryan Burnett
PB
V40
M
Bellahouston RR
79:09
79:09
13.0
15
79:22
Catherine Bryson
PB
SEN
W
Belgrave
79:22
79:22
35.9
115
79:26
Graham Bell
V40
M
Unatt
116
79:30
Richard A. Hunter
SB
SEN
M
Unattached
79:30
79:04
117
79:41
John Trelfa
SB
V45
M
Scarborough
79:41
76:06
36.0
122
80:01
80:01
Chris Cornwell
SB
SEN
M
Middlesbrough & Cleveland
80:01
78:11
9.4
126
80:08
AN Other
SEN
M
Unatt
127
80:12
AN Other
SEN
M
Unatt
130
80:14
80:14
Benjamin Haines
PB
SEN
M
Bristol & West
80:14
76:50
2.6
134
80:19
Jason Bowers
PB
SEN
M
Sale Harriers Manchester
80:19
79:14
17.1
16
80:23
Jenny Knass
PB
SEN
W
Stockport
80:23
79:59
5.8
135
80:27
James Askew
SB
U20
M
Aycliffe
80:27
69:46
1.7
136
80:39
Neil Ovington
SB
V45
M
Marshall Milton Keynes
80:39
71:59
26.1
140
80:45
Daniel Jenkin
U23
M
Durham/Durham Uni
78:07
68:57
-2.3
17
80:51
Michelle Avery
PB
SEN
W
Sunderland
80:51
80:51
7.6
18
80:56
Helen Waugh
SEN
W
Wirral
80:46
73:49
7.9
155
81:31
Jane Ovington
V35
W
Marshall Milton Keynes
79:53
79:53
23.7
160
81:41
John Dineen
PB
SEN
M
Bromsgrove & Redditch
81:41
81:41
30.3
160
81:44
Zoe Procter
SEN
W
Birstall
81:42
81:42
36.0
163
81:51
Stuart Cunningham
V45
M
Unatt
170
82:13
Chris McCarthy
SB
SEN
M
Great Western
82:13
70:30
12.8
173
82:31
David James
PB
V45
M
Rugby & Northampton
82:31
82:31
34.5
175
82:32
David Fulton
SB
V45
M
Police
82:32
81:08
34.8
183
82:44
82:44
Robert Edwards
SB
SEN
M
Unattached
82:44
79:08
3.6
186
82:51
Fiona Thompson
PB
U23
W
Edinburgh Uni/Central
82:51
78:48
5.9
198
83:18
Christopher Norris
SB
V50
M
Settle
83:18
78:40
36.0
201
83:18
Sylvain Husson
PB
SEN
M
Stainland/France
83:18
83:18
36.0
211
83:41
AN Other
SEN
M
Unatt
213
83:42
Mary Ferrier
SB
U23
W
Gateshead/Leeds Uni
83:42
82:51
7.7
19
83:50
Estelle Damant
PB
SEN
W
Ranelagh/St. Mary's Richmond/Loughborough Students
83:50
79:51
5.2
228
84:11
84:11
David Cairns
PB
V40
M
Saltwell
84:11
77:34
16.4
238
84:29
Yvonne Wyke
V40
W
Wigan Phoenix
82:33
82:33
23.8
249
84:43
84:43
Mark Davies
SB
SEN
M
Morpeth
84:43
76:05
31.2
255
84:54
Stephen Claye
SB
V50
M
Buxton
84:54
81:58
27.5
260
84:56
Nigel Brown
V40
M
Chester-le-Street
84:44
81:56
10.3
284
85:21
Celia De Maria
SB
SEN
W
Leeds City
85:21
83:33
13.6
20
85:24
Sarah Lomas
PB
SEN
W
Stockport
85:24
79:02
19.1
291
85:25
85:25
Alun Carter
PB
V35
M
North Shields Poly
85:25
85:25
9.0
21
85:28
Emily Birchall
PB
SEN
W
Leeds City/Leeds Uni
85:28
82:57
11.6
297
85:33
Kim Simpson
PB
SEN
W
Gateshead
85:33
83:49
6.4
317
85:56
Steve Sandalls
SB
V35
M
Evesham
85:56
82:41
6.2
316
85:58
Christopher Acaster
V55
M
Unatt
318
86:01
Nigel Goode
SB
V55
M
Blaydon
86:01
84:48
27.1
322
86:01
AN Other
SEN
M
S'worth
327
86:04
Claire Jackson
SB
V45
W
Allen Valley
86:04
84:42
29.5
346
86:24
Anna-Louise McAree
PB
SEN
W
Unattached
86:24
86:24
36.0
350
86:31
Arthur Johns
V55
M
Poole Runners/South West Vets
83:34
71:44
11.0
365
86:41
86:41
Patrick McDougall
PB
V40
M
Unattached
86:41
82:42
1.2
367
86:45
Clare Gemmell
PB
V35
W
Springburn
86:45
86:45
20.3
379
86:53
Kelley Haniver
SEN
W
Richmond & Zetland/Army
84:56
84:05
5.9
389
87:05
Hayley Reed
SEN
W
Sunderland
86:46
86:46
30.7
405
87:17
Michael McKenna
V55
M
Dallam Sports Association
85:01
73:52
18.5
406
87:17
William Mortimer
V55
M
Unatt
408
87:20
Heather Lambert
PB
V50
W
North Shields Poly
87:20
87:20
10.7
420
87:30
Rachel Baynes
PB
SEN
W
Coventry
87:30
87:30
19.1
424
87:32
Joe Burlison
V55
M
Unatt
427
87:37
AN Other
SEN
M
Ampt
429
87:37
Susan Cassell
SB
V35
W
Unattached
87:37
87:17
430
87:38
Michael Walker
V60
M
Gosf
439
87:45
Andrew Dickman
V55
M
BWF
448
87:53
Sarah Lister
SB
SEN
W
Blackhill
87:53
86:16
14.0
454
87:58
87:58
Alan Swan
SB
V45
M
Unattached
87:58
86:24
9.4
462
88:05
Cliff Thornton
PB
V60
M
Tynedale
88:05
88:05
30.0
469
88:06
James Porteous
PB
U23
M
Gateshead/Sheffield Hallam Uni
88:06
85:48
10.5
471
88:08
Claire Parker
PB
V35
W
Pennine
88:08
88:08
32.8
496
88:24
Matthew Logan
PB
U23
M
Tamworth
88:24
88:24
34.5
500
88:29
Clare McAree
SB
SEN
W
Unattached
88:29
86:22
36.0
523
88:45
Ian Cooper
SB
V55
M
Croft Ambrey/Police
88:45
88:04
553
89:03
AN Other
SEN
M
Unatt
560
89:07
Teresa Scully
SB
V45
W
Orion
89:07
88:56
14.6
576
89:23
Nell McAndrew
SB
SEN
W
Thames Valley
89:23
81:51
11.3
22
89:24
Donna Horne
SB
SEN
W
Wallsend
88:12
88:12
28.6
23
89:33
Emma Hampson
PB
SEN
W
Stockport
89:33
89:33
599
89:36
Leonard Christopher
V60
M
Unatt
615
89:45
Rachael Hares
SEN
W
Team Bath/Market Drayton
88:47
88:47
34.7
616
89:45
Colin Slinger
V55
M
Unatt
622
89:46
Harriet Owles
PB
U23
W
King's College London
89:46
89:46
36.0
625
89:48
Alison Wright
PB
SEN
W
Unattached
89:48
89:48
36.0
638
89:57
Mike Scholes
PB
V55
M
Haywards Heath
89:57
89:57
17.1
644
90:00
Tim Grinsdale
SB
V55
M
Unattached
90:00
86:17
656
90:05
Ged Ruffle
V55
M
Hart
88:48
82:42
5.3
696
90:25
Rod Mason
V55
M
Unattached
90:12
90:12
719
90:40
John Pollock
V60
M
Unatt
760
91:02
Sue Dolan
PB
V45
W
Harrogate
91:02
91:02
23.5
764
91:05
Lorraine Naylor
V35
W
Stainland
88:56
88:56
9.8
830
91:45
Beverley Chapman
V40
W
Heathfield
89:28
89:28
16.2
867
91:57
Oliver Cook
PB
U23
M
Durham Uni
91:57
78:50
1.0
878
92:06
AN Other
SEN
W
Clayton Le Moors
888
92:10
Cheryl Oakshott
SB
V40
W
Unattached
92:10
87:49
8.7
962
92:37
AN Other
SEN
M
Eryri
1050
92:47
Gillian Mould
SB
V40
W
Elswick
92:47
89:07
33.5
1003
92:55
Terry O'Gara
SB
V65
M
Wallsend
92:55
86:02
36.0
1072
93:21
AN Other
SEN
M
Unatt
1088
93:26
Peter Cross
V50
M
Belgrave
90:55
87:09
8.5
1119
93:38
Brian Goodenough
V60
M
Thorn
1143
93:45
Alan Farnie
V60
M
Unatt
1245
94:21
Andrew Cole
V60
M
Unatt
1286
94:34
Paul Hindhaugh
SEN
M
Gateshead
87:44
86:58
22.8
1319
94:44
James Clelland
V60
M
Unatt
1324
94:46
Carol Cervenak
PB
V45
W
Gateshead
94:46
92:37
13.4
1395
95:06
Peter Williams
SB
V35
M
Wellingborough
95:06
88:56
32.3
1473
95:33
Caroline Kirkbride
PB
V45
W
Chester-le-Street
95:33
95:33
36.0
1501
95:39
AN Other
SEN
M
Unatt
1552
95:57
Bethan Rees
PB
V45
W
Unattached
95:57
95:57
1581
96:05
Paul Cook
SB
SEN
M
Unattached
96:05
88:25
11.7
1648
96:23
96:23
Graeme Harrison
PB
V35
M
Unattached
96:23
96:23
22.5
1702
96:38
John Stephenson
PB
V65
M
Crook
96:38
96:38
36.0
1716
96:40
96:40
Nicola Fifield
PB
SEN
W
Wells City
96:40
96:40
1770
96:54
Shaun David Tymon
V40
M
Scarborough
94:27
94:27
12.4
1797
96:59
Stephanie White
PB
V45
W
Tynedale/VAA North East
96:59
96:59
18.4
1832
97:05
AN Other
SEN
M
Unatt
1899
97:21
97:21
Nick Nichol
PB
SEN
M
NYP Tri
97:21
84:07
22.8
1899
97:23
Maggie Loraine
SB
V50
W
97:23
96:39
12.0
1942
97:33
Alison Coulson
SB
V45
W
Stockport
97:33
92:47
36.0
1985
97:40
Jean Gillespie
PB
V50
W
Elvet
97:40
97:40
36.0
2013
97:48
Alison Boase
V45
W
Unatt
2027
97:51
Jenny Friend
PB
V45
W
Heaton
97:51
97:51
14.0
2098
98:09
Patricia Keene
PB
V50
W
MK Lakeside/Unattached/B J's
98:09
94:09
13.7
2134
98:19
Sarah Cormack
V45
W
Unattached
95:42
94:31
2153
98:23
98:23
Andrew Travis
SB
V35
M
Baildon
98:23
87:17
7.2
2209
98:34
Lesley Chapman
SB
V50
W
Garscube
98:34
93:52
15.8
2335
99:02
Walter McCaskey
PB
V70
M
Edinburgh AC
99:02
99:02
25.6
2488
99:40
Hilary Ross
SB
V50
W
Unattached
99:40
93:39
17.5
2558
99:53
Richard Faulkner
PB
V65
M
Scunthorpe
99:53
99:53
2670
1:40:14
Christine Matthews
PB
V55
W
Ilkley
1:40:14
97:27
36.0
2788
1:40:39
AN Other
SEN
M
Poole R
2913
1:41:00
Martin Rodger
SB
SEN
M
Unattached
1:41:00
92:04
11.3
2923
1:41:02
1:41:02
Richard Ellis
SB
SEN
M
Chester-le-Street
1:41:02
84:33
36.0
2965
1:41:12
Mary Egan
V50
W
Valley Striders
98:24
98:24
29.7
3041
1:41:24
Carole Phinn
SB
V50
W
New Marske
1:41:24
98:23
21.1
3223
1:41:58
Maggie Williams
PB
V50
W
Unattached
1:41:58
1:41:58
3264
1:42:05
David John Anderson
PB
SEN
M
Tyne Bridge/Vegan
1:42:05
85:39
8.2
3265
1:42:06
Vicki Thompson
PB
V35
W
Jarrow & Hebburn
1:42:06
1:42:06
13.5
3266
1:42:06
Christin Nugent
SB
V50
W
Middlesbrough & Cleveland
1:42:06
97:52
34.6
3289
1:42:11
Patricia Skilbeck
V50
W
Unatt
3460
1:42:39
Yolanda Baker
PB
V50
W
Barnet
1:42:39
1:42:39
36.0
3914
1:43:47
Daniel Wilcox
SB
SEN
M
Wallsend/Unattached
1:43:47
94:59
30.1
4106
1:44:18
Frank Dockerty
V70
M
J&H
4254
1:44:39
Freda Verrill
PB
V55
W
Unattached
1:44:39
1:44:39
36.0
4331
1:44:51
1:44:51
Monica Whitefield
SB
V40
W
Cambridge H
1:44:51
1:43:03
19.1
4800
1:45:53
Stephen Matthews
SB
V35
M
St. Albans Striders
1:45:53
94:38
30.5
5314
1:47:03
1:47:03
Ian Hewitt
SB
SEN
M
Liverpool RC
1:47:03
88:28
3.9
5317
1:47:04
Tina Jones
PB
V60
W
Canterbury
1:47:04
1:47:04
18.1
5549
1:47:36
1:47:36
Mark Rose
SB
V35
M
Eastern Masters
1:47:36
1:40:41
10.7
5664
1:47:51
Joy Allen
V60
W
Garden City Runners/Herts Phoenix
1:41:48
1:41:48
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Race fairly regularly - handicap is based on your best 5 performances adjusted for course difficulty but weighted towards more recent performances
Train efficiently - see our training section
Join a club or running group
Don't worry if you have a bad race or just take it easy sometimes - only your best 5 adjusted performances count
Don't worry if you race on a tough course or day - our algorithm adjusts for this