Endurance Expert
The last endurance expert race was the Two Tunnels half marathon, another new race to the RSE championships. On a hot day in July, 6 men and 5 ladies braved the heat to run.
Men’s race
Tom Cooper was first home to pick up the 10 points, followed by Ollie Hazel in his first endurance expert race of the year for the 9 points. Andy Masser picked up the 8 points.
How has this affected the Endurance expert Men’s competition? Tom has built on his strong lead, and Andy has moved into 2nd. With 3 more races and the marathon ongoing, Tom is looking in a strong position.
- Tom Cooper – 40 points
- Andy Masser – 22 points
- Dave Daniels – 15 points
Ladies Race
Proving herself to be a real endurance expert, Nadine Brown was first lady home for another 10 points, followed by Sharon Smith for the 9, Ellie Taylor picking up the 8 points.
Nadine is in a very strong position to become the endurance expert, with a fantastic marathon under her belt. Sharon and Ellie are running well and looking to catch up Elaine for the 2nd place.
- Nadine Brown – 39 points
- Elaine Chapman – 26 points
- Sharon Smith – 17 points
Short Stuff Specialist
The 6th race in the Short Stuff Specialist Championship was the Bugatti 10km. 5 Men and 6 ladies competed.
Men’s Race
Tom Cooper was first home to pick up the 10 points, returning from injury, Dave Witnall ran well to pick up 9 ahead of Steve Phelps for the 8 points.
All change again in the Men’s rankings, Mark Manley keeps his lead but Tom and Dave are back chasing. In the battle for 4th, Steve Phelps has pulled ahead of Ben Chapman. But with Mark and Steve the only men completing 5 races, and 2 races left, there is still time for change.
- Mark Manley – 43 points
- Tom Cooper – 39 points
- Dave Witnall – 38 points
- Steve Phelps – 36 points
- Ben Chapman – 31 points
Ladies Race
Teresa continues to run strong and was first lady home for the 10. Sharon Smith picked up the 9 and Ellie Taylor picked up the 8.
Things are getting very exciting in the Ladies competition. With 3 wins each now, it looks like the battle for short stuff specialist will be between Elaine Chapman and Teresa Hazelwood. But Sharon, Nadine and Ellie are all running well close behind, so 3rd place is going to be a good competition! It looks like it may go to the last race with only 2 races to go. Each of these ladies have run 5 races, so will be looking to improve on their points now.
- Elaine Chapman – 46 points
- Teresa Hazelwood – 44 points
- Sharon Smith – 40 points
- Nadine Brown – 39 points
- Ellie Taylor – 35 points
Next races
The next race in the Endurance expert is the rescheduled Chedworth 10 mile, 2nd September, followed by the Swindon Half marathon 9th September. The next race in the Short Stuff specialist is the Cricklade 10km which will be the handicap race.