Iain and Julie Bethune above in featured image as they DNF together at God’s Own BYU
The Team have at OSU have been pretty busy this week with pulling together the final parts before we launch the site officially early in December, but we couldn’t miss the Race Weekly. We’ve enjoyed these every week we pull them together as you see some great performances from around the UK and Ireland and this week’s doesn’t disappoint. Well done all that got out this weekend to either train for your next challenge or a race you have in mind, just one step in front of the other!
Saturday 18th November
God’s Own Backyard Ultra
60 hardy runners started the race on Saturday morning with damp conditions on the course. Here at OSU we’re still buzzing from the World’s Championship were Harvey Lewis took the win with a whopping 108 yards! Although this weekend wasn’t into the hundreds, Iain and Julie Bethune were the last to DNF together after completing 31 yards. This means for the first time God’s Own BYU has no winner, see image below of Mark Fielding putting in 18 yards before deciding to DNF ultimately alongside the rest of the field.
Gun31
The Gun31 is a fabulous looking race, hosting on the island of Guernsey. This year’s race had 26 runners set to start, although only 21 toed the line with ultimately 17 finishing it. David Fairbrother came 1st overall and 1st male in a time of 5 hours 46 minutes, with Caru Coetzee claiming the 1st female spot in a time of 7 hours 26 minutes. See full race results here.
Kirkstall Abbey Trail Running Festival Leeds
Harrison Crawford took 1st overall and 1st male in a chip time of 4 hours 35 minutes, with Zoe Smith taking 1st female spot in a chip time of 6 hours and 5 mins. See full results from the weekends running festival here.
Sunset to Sunrise Challenge
See preliminary breakdown of results here.
Wharfedale Skyline Trail Ultra
Justin Gardener took 1st overall and 1st male in a time of 5 hours and 21 minutes, with Kari Robertson claiming 1st female spot in a time of 6 hours 24 minutes. See full race results here.
Peak District South & North (Day 1)
Awaiting results, see website for updates here.
Sunday 19th November
Roly’s Run 40 mile
Awaiting results, see website for updates here.
Starcross Shuffle
See full breakdown of results here.
Tweed Valley Ultra Trail 50k and 65k
For the 65k race Kevin Campbell took 1st overall and 1st male with a time of 5 hours and 55 minutes, with Heather Imrie taking 1st female in a time of 7 hours and 39 minutes. The 50k race was won by David Stark who took 1st male in a time of 4 hours 43 minutes, with Annie Walters claiming the 1st female spot in a time of 5 hours and 4 minutes. See full breakdown of each races results here.
Peak District South & North 43km (Day 2)
Awaiting results, see website for updates here.
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