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Last Friday 5k
25th January 2008

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Official Results

Justin Openshaw 19:07  
Alan Shillitoe 20:05 pb
Joe Horsman 20:49  
Kathy Horsman 21:17  
Keith Gray 21:47 pb

Justin Openshaw Reports:
 
A few of us decided to travel down to London to compete in the `Last Friday Of The Month 5km` around Hyde Park. The event is a monthly race organised by Serpentine Running Club. We met at the Band Stand on a cold and windy day. The race has a staggered start , the first start is for the sub 21 minute runners, and the second start, which starts 2 minutes later, is for runners doing 22 minutes or over. The race is a 5km loop around Hyde Park , running around the Serpentine Lake and back to the start/finish. Just before our race , a presentation was made to a Lady from the Serpentine Club who had achieved an average age grade score of over 93 % last year. A staggering feat.

The Race started and after a sharp turn after 200 metres I found myself running into quite a strong cross wind. The route was first a triangle and a loop around the lake to the finish. The wind was quite strong at times, especially around the lake, there was also a small incline on route then a steeper climb just before the finish. Alan and Keith both achieved PBs in difficult conditions. Alan then ran back to work, whilst we changed in nearby toilets. Keith said he knew a nice pub within 15 minutes walk…. 75 minutes later, and after passing about 20 other similar establishments we came across it. Being Burns Night , we all had the Haggis, and yes…of course I bought all the drinks as per usual.

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