The Wimbledon Dash 5k replaces the Belgrave Bolt as the final Surrey Summer Road League race for 2010.
Sunday 8th August 2010 - 9.30am
Please note revised mens team: Redhill District Royal mail team from 33rd to 26th place.
Belgrave's Paskar Owor, the Surrey cross country Champion, was a clear winner of the Surrey road 5k in good conditions but said to Runners Digest correspondent Alastair Aitken afterwards " If I had someone close to me in the race I would have run faster than 15:20"
In the event on the 8th of August, after 800m covered in Wimbledon Park, the 204 finishers were led out on to the main road by Dave Clarke that' Very Great' cross country runner of the past, on his bicycle of course.
The leaders had just gone passed the famous All England Tennis Club when Owor decided he would run hard up the hill and got rid of all of his challengers but, that is not surprising, if you consider he did three fast races in one afternoon at the British League on the 31st of July. 1:50.96 (800); 3:48.86 (1500) and 14:32.89 (5000).
Phil Killingley, a previous Ranelagh half marathon Champion and a 2:28 marathon man plus American Paul Thistle, a 9:05 steeplechaser from Susqehanna Lanna University, Wissahickon, battled out the minor places through out the Wimbledon Dash. Thistle moved past Killingley to lead him up the big hill then Killingley, who likes downhill stretches put in a kick going down and went away from his rival. Thistle spent all the rest of his time trying to catch Killingley again and was only two seconds behind him at the finish.
Killingley (Ranelagh Harriers) holds off Thistle from USA
Louis Gomez of Sutton Runners, who was 12th overall in 17:00, was the first veteran. Gomez came over from Columbia in 1997 and ran 2:45 for the marathon in 1992 and last year 2:46 as a vet.
Vic Maughn of Herne Hill Harriers was the 2nd Vet at Wimbledon in 17:18 and was coming back from injuries this Summer. He ran 16:37 last year!
Owor (earlier in the season) takes another Surrey win
Physiotherapist, Antonia Burt, who has benefited over the last few weeks by her sessions under her coach Robin Dickson, won the Women's race in a personal best of 18:40, three seconds ahead of Aldershot's Beth Andrews.
Burt also put her good form down to the fact she has changed from 2 or 3 times a week training to six days a week and ran a personal best 10k int eh Richmond 10k (Dysart Dash) of 38:18. She hopes to do the Toronto Marathon in September and only came back to athletics in 2008 from doing triathlons.
First Ten men:- 1 Paskar Owor 15:20; 2 Phil Killingley 15:48; 3 Paul Thistle (Unattached) 15:50; 4 Nick Hodges (Dorking & Mole Valley) 16:15; 5 Sean Renfer (Elmbrdige Road Runners) 16:20; 6 James Ellis (Clapham Chasers) 16:22; 7 Sarwar Khan (Herne Hill Harriers) 16:23, 8 Bruce Harrold (Dorking & Mole Valley) 16:28, 9 Ben Paviour (Herene Hill Harriers) 16:48; 10 Ben Hurley (Belgrave) 16:51.
First six women 1 Antonia Burt (Thames Hare & Hounds) 18:37; 2 Beth Anderson (Aldershot & Farnham) 18:40;
3 Naomi Lenane (Aldershot Farnham & District) 18:51; 4 Anna Sharpe (Woking AC) 19:21; 5 Fiona Love (Clapham Chasers) 19:28; 6 Marie Synott-Wells (Ranelagh Harriers W45) 19:30.
Prizes: 1st - £75, 2nd - £50, 3rd - £25. All Lanson Running Vouchers. Further 4th and 5th voucher prizes from 2XU.
Team Prize (3 to score)/
Surrey County medals - 1st 3 Seniors & M40, M50, M60, W35, W45, W55.
For Surrey qualification rules – To be eligible to take part in the Surrey County 5 km Championship you must have been born in Surrey or have lived in Surrey for the last nine months. In either case you must not have represented another county or competed in another county’s championships during the current calendar year. If you have previously competed in a Surrey County championship then you retain eligibility, even if you now live outside the County, as long as you have not since represented another county or competed in another county’s championships. For a full description of county eligibility, see UKA Rule 9 COUNTY QUALIFICATION (ENGLAND AND WALES) or go to http://www.surreyathletics.org. uk/qualification/
In both the Open Team race and Surrey County Team race the result will be calculated using finish positions of the first three eligible runners from each club. Team entry is not necessary.
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Race Day Details
Map of course
Athletes will start on the finishing straight and run around 450 m's clockwise on the track then head out of the athletic arena. You will make a sharp left at the Wimbledon Park Road gate and follow the course up Church Road and left into St mary's Road. Be careful not to do a left into the church grounds but continue straight onto Arthur Rd and then a left into Home Park Rd. Towards the end of Home Park Rd you will be directed left back into Wimbledon Park and continue a lap round the park back into the entrance you came out of at the start. KM markers will be on nearby posts. You will run 300 metres trackwise and FINISH on the 200 m start line. After finishing please be careful of crossing the path of finishing runners entering the track. Marshall’s will be at all important points. The Roads will not be closed to traffic! Strictly no headphones.
Questions etc - Richard Xerri. Use contact us above or call 07737335296.
Previous Results (Belgrave Bolt)
2006
2005
2004
2003
