Sunday 30th June - Marathon Relay

The team

Today nine teams comprising of 80 runners from Congleton, Macclesfield, Sandbach, Stoke and South Cheshire running clubs took part in the first marathon relay around Astbury Mere in Congleton.  Amongst them were the Run England Group and Macclesfield Coven members - Phil, Jenny, Bev, Lisa, Katie and Savitri.  

Runners in the teams ranged from the young to the not so young and from beginners to club runners. It was uplifting to see runners as young as six years sprinting around the 1 mile lap and overtaking a few of the more mature participants. 

Our team running order was Phil, Jenny, Bev, Lisa, Katie and Savitri. Jenny had the support of a mystery pupil who called out “Go Miss!” at her changeovers and Lisa was our indefatigable cheerleader. Phil ran the most number of laps and we each achieved PBs in our first laps.

Laps covered by team:
Phil – 7.2 miles; PB 8 mins
Jenny – 2 miles; PB 8 mins
Bev – 3 miles; PB 12 mins
Katie – 3 miles; PB 9 mins
Lisa – 6 miles; PB 9 mins
Sav – 6 miles; PB 8 min

The first team past the post was Congleton Boalloy Running Club in a time of 2:48:58. Whilst our team came in a commendable ninth in a time of 4:10:57; we had the genuine excuse of having the smallest team membership which resulted in individuals having to run greater mileage.  The attending crowd gave a loud cheer when we completed the marathon - they could finally return home before night fall!

The event raised £169 for Christie’s.

Thank you all for taking part.

Savitri