Asics Three Peaks 2007 Report

Teams Report
Overall Report
Grade Reports

The weather managed to hold steady during the course of the race, with cloudy, wet and cool atmospheric conditions. Thanks must go to Steve Smith, who as race director, did a great job in organising this year's race. He was ably backed up by Margaret Knox, Rod McCall and others on the race committee and general committee. All computer gliches re: result gremlins in the teams and Series resutls, can be squarely placed on the narrow shoulders of Marc Boulle. He extends his apologies to all those affected. The sponsors must also be thanked as well as all the runners who took part in this great event and the officials out on the course manning the water stations, marshalling and doing check point duty. The idea of having the prize-giving at our club rooms at Chingford Park went down very well and with Adele Poulter and Helen Hendry among those marshalling the catering staff everyone had ample refreshments after the race.

Teams Report

The contestants in the teams races apart from having to contend with the conditions and other competitors also had to contend with a computer result blip. Here the organisers apologise profusely for the tiny gremlins that caused this.

Women's Teams Event

The mixed team of Lizzie Middleton and Maddie Munro were the top finishers overall among the teams with a fine combined time of 2 hours 38 minutes 30 seconds. They also finished first in the Women's Teams Grade. Emily Stretch and Julie Stretch finished runners up with Natalie Irving and Bridget Irving finishing third.

Mixed Teams Event

The mixed team of Ann Bixley and Matt Bixley finished second overall among the teams and first in the Mixed Teams Event with a combined time of 2 hours 47 minutes 3 seconds. The team of Peter Mortimer and Rachel Mortimer were just over 5 minutes behind finishing second in the mixed grade and third team overall. Alastair Eason and Sarah Mace finished third in this grade.

Mixed Teams Results
RaceNo	FinishTime	EarlyStart	Grade	FirstName	LastName	Split	FirstName	LastName	Split Time	Final Time	Pos.
1	2:47:03		Mixed	Ann	Bixley	1:24:55	Matt	Bixley	1:22:08	2:47:03	1
6	2:53:12		Mixed	Peter	Mortimer	1:15:12	Rachel	Mortimer	1:38:00	2:53:12	2
7	2:56:02		Mixed	Alastair	Eason	1:12:09	Sarah	Mace	1:43:53	2:56:02	3

Women's Teams Results
RaceNo	FinishTime	EarlyStart	Grade	FirstName	LastName	Split	FirstName	LastName	Split Time	Final Time	Pos.
8	2:38:30		Women	Lizzie	Middleton	1:14:51	Maddie	Munro	1:23:39	2:38:30	1
3	2:00:29	1:00:00	Women	Emily	Stretch	1:32:51	Julie	Stretch	1:27:38	3:00:29	2
2	3:12:49		Women	Natalie	Irving	1:17:46	Bridget	Irving	1:55:03	3:12:49	3
5	2:31:06	1:00:00	Women	Sally	van Rooyen	1:37:19	Mary	Ann-Closser	1:53:47	3:31:06	4

Overall Report

The affable Australian Mountain Runner John Winsbury, took the race by the scruff of the neck in an attempt to break the race record, finishing first overall in an excellent time of 1 hour 56 minutes 28 seconds. The conditions were probably not conducive for breaking a very strong race record but it was a valiant attempt, nonetheless.

Leith's Master runner Glen Ferguson (first MM35 runner) continued his great form from last season with a great second place overall in 2 hours 2 minutes 27 seconds. Neale McLanachan, also of Leith, was the third fastest runner overall improving tremendously on his previous run by over 5 minutes to finish in 2 hours 3 minutes 4 seconds.

Sarah Chisnall (first open women finisher) took any slippery conditions in her stride by breaking Shireen Crumpton's 1999 women's race record by 19 seconds to finish in the new race record of 2 hours 9 minutes 4 seconds. She also finished fourth overall.

Fifth runner to finish was Leith's Andrew Lonie (third OM) in 2 hours 9 minutes 43 seconds. While Leith's evergreen Mountain Goat Chris Sole finished sixth overall and second in the MM35 grade in 2 hours 11 minutes 5 seconds.

Three Peaks Overall Results 2007

RaceNo	FirstName	LastName	Grade	Time	Pos
224	John	Winsbury	OM	01:56:28	1
203	Glen	Ferguson	MM35	02:02:27	2
232	Neale	McLanachan	OM	02:03:04	3
230	Sarah	Chisnall	OW	02:09:04 (rec)	4
220	Andrew	Lonie	OM	02:09:43	5
180	Chris	Sole	MM35	02:11:05	6

Grades Reports

Glen Ferguson won the Masters Men's 35 grade in an excellent 2 hours 2 minutes 27 seconds from Chris Sole and former Leith runner Craig Grant.

Three Peaks Grade Results 2007 (top three in each grade)
MM35
RaceNo	FirstName	LastName	Grade	Time	Pos
203	Glen	Ferguson	MM35	02:02:27	1
180	Chris	Sole	MM35	02:11:05	2
184	Craig	Grant	MM35	02:17:03	3
Dave McLean won the MM50 grade by just under 2 minutes from Malcolm Hammond with new over 50 runner Gerald Scoones third.
MM50
213	Dave	McLean	MM50	02:28:36	1
177	Malcolm	Hammond	MM50	02:30:21	2
234	Gerald	Scoones	MM50	02:35:54	3
Sue Cuthbert ran a well judged race to win the MW35 title from the experienced Jenny Mark (2nd) and Linda Murdoch (3rd)
MW35
179	Sue	Cuthbert	MW35	02:29:49	1
238	Jenny	Mark	MW35	02:36:08	2
214	Linda	Murdoch	MW35	02:41:42	3

MW50
241	Vivien	Eyers	MW50	02:40:54	1
Sarah Chisnall broke Shireen Crumpton's 1999 race record of 2 hours 9 minutes 23 seconds winning the women's grade in a the new race record time of 2 hours 9 minutes 4 seconds. Cindy Lowe finished 2nd while Kate Hay finished in third place.
OW
230	Sarah	Chisnall	OW	02:09:04	1
198	Cindy	Lowe	OW	02:55:45	2
222	Kate	Hay	OW	03:01:45	3