Hardley Runners Results

Results are published here in date order, latest at the top. If you have any results to add, please email the webmaster (see contact us page). To see the results for other years click on the year in the boxes above.

Geoff Mills Trophies

Geoff was a great racer and turned out for lots of local races so it is fitting that the trophies go the the people who turn out most in the four leagues RR10, CC6, HCCL and HRRL which we take part in and the county, region and national cross country championships. Here are the results so far (Excel spreadsheet). Please let me know if there are any errors that need correcting. The final results for the 13/14 season are here.

Porstmouth Coastal Marathon - Sunday 21 December 2014

There was only one Hardley finsisher, so far as I can see. Well done David Gould who completed day 21 of the marcothon by finishing 367th (328th man and 50th M50-59) in 3:53:27. You can see the full results and find out more about this excellent opportunity to get out of last minute Christmas shopping here .

Christmas Handicap - Sunday 21 December 2014

Club President and Race Organiser (for which many thanks), Mick Anglim, writes, "Well done to everyone who braved the cold wind this morning to take part in the annual Handicap run around Hawkhill Inclosure and particular congratulations to those who donned fancy dress to add to the challenge. Norman Harvey and Mary Corbett flew their plane twice around the course while the Jewells did all 4 laps in their quirky outfits to share the wine.
Thanks very much to Jeremy and Maggie for the mulled wine and mince pies, to Martin for providing protection from the wind and to Lyn Terry, Malcolm Price and Jan for their help with the chaotic finish!
Amazingly a third of the field finished within a minute of their predicted times with Mike Sleath only 9 seconds adrift to win the trophy. At the other end of the predictions we had a worthy winner for the Lanterne Rouge in Robert Wells who ran almost 9 minutes QUICKER than his prediction!
Thanks also to Mark Causebrook who ran the course beforehand putting out signs and then ran a swift 37:03 to set the fastest time.
Enjoy the festive season!"

Here are the results

Closest to predicted time first
Fastest first
Spreadsheet with both the above and the original data

Here are some pictures with thanks to Jenny Jewell, Sue Renyard and Malcolm Price.

The 4th CC6- Janesmoor Pond - Sunday 14 December 2014

CC6 Captain, Ian Ordish, writes, "A big thank you and well done to the 24 hardy souls who braved the cold to run the CC6 event this morning. The event was very well organised and marshalled and the abundance of cakes at the end were worth getting up for. Thanks very much to Wessex Road Runners & Lordshill Runners.I gather the course was quite muddy, which meant that the 5 miles were a particularly good challenge. Well done to Tim Morgan and Lynn McDonagh who lead their respective teams of 18 & 5 home."
Hardley results are below. The full results are on the CC6 website (see Links tab above). And here's an album of pictures from Hammy.

*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name	Cat
Women
11	Lynn McDonagh	V40	54	Carol Bailey	V40	60	Annie Bruce Low	V70
47	Chris Harris	V60	56	Leonora Stovell	V40
Men
7	Tim Morgan	S	64	Ian Banks	V50	86	Simon Ibbotson	S
28	Rob Murray	S	69	Mike Roberts	V40	87	Roger Morgan	v50
32	Matthew Tanner	V40	73	Simon Martin	V40	88	Mark Lee	V40
46	Paul Blundell	V40	77	Martin Loveless	V50	89	Robert Wells	V40
53	Ian Hawker	V50	80	Adrian Mudle	V50	97	Dave McElhenny	V60
63	Mick Anglim	V60	83	Mike Smith	V60	103	Roy van Hal	V60

SEAA Masters Cross Country Championships - Oxford - Saturday 13 December 2014

Congratulations to Mike Clarke for an outstanding result in the Southern Masters in Oxford. In Mike's first official cross country since school he won a well deserved M70 Silver despite wearing heavy trail shoes on a muddy and hilly course.
What will he do when he gets spikes!

The full results will follow when they are available.

Lakeside 5K Series - Prologue - Sunday 7 December 2014

The series started with the 5k Prologue on Sunday 7 December 2014. This is followed by the evening series on Wednesdays 29 April, 27 May, 1 July, 29 July & 26 August 2015. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Cat Pos	Name	Cat	Time		Pos	Cat Pos	Name	Cat	Time
14	10	Paul Bartlett	S	18:44		22	4	John McKenzie	V55	20:20

Coastal Trail Series - Jurassic Coast 10K - Saturday 6 December 2014

The Coastal Trail Series offers runs over distances from ultra to 10K at a variety of venues. One of the best is the Jurassic Coast. Congratulations to Jappas Du Preez who was second in 49:41. You can see the full results here.

HCCL Race 3 - Popham - Saturday 6 December 2014

A lovely afternoon with bright sunshine but perishingly cold. The course was undulating on grass with three large laps and one small one making a total of just over 6 miles. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Vet Pos	Name	Cat	Time	Pos	Vet Pos	Name	Cat	Time
125		Rob Murray	S	39:17	225	111	David Gould	V50	47:36
186	83	Mick Anglim	V60	43:10	233	117	Adrian Mudle	V50	48:14
196	91	Ian Banks	V50	44:09	251	134	Jeremy Barber	V60	55:47

The Downton Half - Sunday 30 November 2014

John McKenzie says, "Autumn, the time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale." Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Time	Name	*Cat*	*Cat Pos*	Gender Pos
42	1:33:59	Sue Sleath	FV	2	2
49	1:35:32	John McKenzie	MV	22	44
102	1:46:24	Paddy Butler	MV	48	84

The Hayling 10 - Sunday 30 November 2014

What a lovely day for a run. Despite a gloomy start, the sun soon broke through and it was even too hot in the last few miles! The course is fast, scenic and flat. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Time	Name	*Cat*	*Cat Pos*	Gender Pos
181	82:16	Andy Barber	M60	14	151
244	86:23	Jeremy Barber	M60	18	189

The 3rd CC6- Stoney Cross - Sunday 23 November 2014

Well that one was a challenge! The recent rain made the going soft, nay softer than that, sloppy in parts but it was great fun, well marshalled (thanks Romsey and Halterworth)and there was drizzle cake afterwards. It may not have been drizzle cake when it was cooked but it soon became drizzle cake when the box was opened. Hardley results are below and the Geoff Mills spreadsheet has been updated. We now have clear leaders - Chris Harris and Adrian Mudle. The full results are on the CC6 website (see LInks tab above).

*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name	Cat
Women
8	Lynn McDonagh	V40	50	Chris Harris	V60	61	Annie Bruce Low	V70
13	Jane Morgan	V50
Men
13	Mark Causebrook	S	52	Ian Banks	V50	75	Robert Wells	V40
15	Ben Andrew	S	64	Adrian Mudle	V50	76	Simon Ibbotson	S
24	Mark Darcy	V40	68	Mark Lee	V40	83	Mike Sleath	V50
44	Paul Blundell	V40	69	Simon Martin	V40	86	Jeremy Barber	V60
50	Richard Parsons	S	72	Roger Morgan	V50	94	Roy van Hal	V60
51	Paddy Butler	V50	74	Mike Smith	V60

The New Forest Duathlon - Sunday 16 November 2014

The event was held at Gang Warily Recreation Centre with a two lap, 5k multi-terrain first run, a 24k bike leg which included most of the Solent Half Marathon course and a single 2.5k lap run to finish. The run course was soggy in places and there was a heavy downpour half way through the bike ride. Four Hardley Runners competed.

Mark Darcy had a swift bike leg to finish 3rd overall and 1st M30, with Mick Anglim 1st M60 and Adam Court surviving a softening tyre over the last 3 miles. Those three won the Team trophy seen held by Adam. Rachel Clark did well on her 1st ever Duathlon as she rode a mountain bike!

Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Time	Name	*Cat*	*Cat Pos*
3	1:12:33	Mark Darcy	MV30	1
10	1:18:27	Mick Anglim	MV60+	1
21	1:31:30	Adam Court	MS	6
37	1:43:25	Rachel Clark	FV30+	4

HRRL Race 5 - The Gosport Half - Sunday 16 November 2014

The weather forecast promised light rain but it wasn't quite like that. A very heavy shower before the race left some runners very wet before they started but once the race got going the rain held off. The new course include two laps of about 5 miles along the prom and the sea front and was very pleasant though there were some slight bottlenecks. There was an excellent Hardley turnout of 16 runners. Well done! Particular congratulations go to Mike Clarke who was first V70. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Time	Name	*Cat*	*Cat Pos*	Chip Time
137	1:25:06	Mark Causebrook	MS	76	1:25:01
212	1:28:41	Matthew Tanner	M50-54	15	1:28:23
406	1:36:14	Matthew Pillinger	MS	182	1:36:02
420	1:36:27	Paul Blundell	M50-54	35	1:35:56
427	1:36:48	Lynn Mcdonagh	F40-44	10	1:36:28
503	1:39:07	David Gould	M50-54	45	1:38:07
618	1:43:46	Andy Simpson	M50-54	53	1:43:15
661	1:45:09	Adrian Mudle	M55-59	32	1:44:37
718	1:46:47	Michael Kelly	MS	288	1:46:14
792	1:49:25	Steve Bennett	M40-44	133	1:48:53
806	1:49:46	Aleksandra Burlinson	F50-54	15	1:49:28
868	1:52:11	Andy Barber	M60-64	12	1:51:44
875	1:52:34	Mike Clarke	M70+	1	1:52:03
1023	1:57:18	Kimberley Shiels	F45-49	24	1:56:47
1079	1:59:24	Jeremy Barber	M60-64	18	1:58:51
1127	2:00:37	Terence Earney	M65-69	10	2:00:05

HCCL Race 3 - Goodwood - Saturday 8 November 2014

Well done everyone for running in strong winds and latterly driving rain. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Vet Pos	Name	Cat	Time	Pos	Vet Pos	Name	Cat	Time
102		Ben Andrew	S	34:07	212	102	Paul Carter	V50	41:52
115		Rob Murray	S	34:40	224	113	Adrian Mudle	V50	43:11
195	91	Ian Banks	V50	40:00

HRRL Race 4 - The Lordshill 10 - Sunday 2 November 2014

It was wet, wet, wet on the way to the race but the rained stopped in the nick of time and conditions were pretty good for the race. It was well organised with lots of encouraging marshals and space blankets at the end to keep tired runners warm. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here. And here's an album from Hammy.

Pos	Time	Name	*Cat*	*Cat Pos*	Chip Time
97	1:05:08	Matthew Tanner	MV50	7	1:05:00
162	1:09:16	Nick Newton	MV50	14	1:09:08
170	1:09:38	Mick Anglim	MV60	5	1:09:35
224	1:13:25	Ian Smith	MV50	26	1:13:17
229	1:13:42	Lynn Mcdonagh	FV35	18	1:13:30
241	1:14:53	Alice Ryder	FS	14	1:14:37
295	1:18:41	Terence Earney	MV60	7	1:18:25
300	1:19:10	Paddy Butler	MV50	39	1:18:56
318	1:20:40	Michael Kelly	M	106	1:20:23
330	1:22:00	Adrian Mudle	MV50	43	1:21:41
350	1:23:54	Andy Barber	MV60	10	1:23:35
386	1:27:20	Kimberley Shiels	FV45	38	1:27:04
419	1:31:16	Jeremy Barber	MV60	14	1:30:56

The Stickler - Sunday 26 October 2014

Some 388 runners were warmly greeted across the finish line of the 20th Stickler, after racing through 10.1 miles of hilly Dorset countryside including the infamous ‘stickle path’, Okeford Beacon, Hod and Hambeldon Hills. The conditions were ideal for racing, with a temperature of around 15 degrees and a slight breeze along the hill tops. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

*Pos*	Time	*Name*	Cat	*Pos*	Time	*Name*	Cat
75	1:22:49	Mick Anglim	MV60	210	1:35:19	Roger Morgan	MV50
110	1:27:58	Paul Blundell	MV50	216	1:36:05	Jane Morgan	FV50
165	1:32:03	Richard Parsons	M	252	1:40:28	Mark Lee	MV40
198	1:34:11	David Gould	MV50	360	1:59:52	Jeremy Barber	MV60

The Great South Run - Sunday 26 October 2014

There was a good Hardley turnout for this popular event. Our competitors ranged from Paul who was in the top 50 in under an hour to Annie who brought up the rear, weighed down by her collecting bucket, in over three. Well done all!

Hardley results are below. To see more about each competitor just click on their name. The full results are here.

*Pos*	Time	*Name*	*Pos*	Time	*Name*	*Pos*	Time	*Name*
46	0:57:09	Paul Pallister	748	1:11:08	Andrew McGough	2494	1:19:46	Mike Kelly
149	1:02:15	Ben Andrew	925	1:12:25	Matt Pillinger	8608	1:37:47	Jason Wilding
240	1:04:49	Callum Tanner	1565	1:16:01	Alice Ryder	10364	1:42:51	Alison Renyard
643	1:10:10	Robin Brockis	2151	1:18:32	Robert Kendall	16028	3:42:06	Annie Bruce-Low
727	1:10:59	Andy Jones

New Forest Stinger - Sunday 19 October 2014

What a lovely morning for a run in the Forest. Our Totton friends offered 5 or 10 mile options and both were well marshalled and included good forest tracks plus some challenging hills and mud. Hardley results are below. Congratulations to Ben Andrew who won the 5 by one and a half minutes. You can see the full results here. There's an album from Hammy here and he has put some Hardley finishing pictures on this Facebook page. Thanks Hammy.

Pos	Time	Name	*Cat*	*Cat Pos*	Gender Pos
5 Miles
1	0:34:52	Ben Andrew	M	1	1
32	0:52:33	Dave Jewell	M60+	4	23
34	0:53:01	Robert Wells	M40-49	7	25
42	0:56:34	Jenny Jewell	F40-49	5	15
10 Miles
16	1:12:31	Tim Morgan	M	7	15
19	1:13:27	Matthew Tanner	M50-59	2	18
52	1:22:10	Paddy Butler	M50-59	8	50
64	1:24:58	David Gould	M50-59	9	61
66	1:26:00	Roger Morgan	M50-59	10	63
70	1:26:40	Malcolm Renyard	M60+	5	67
79	1:28:20	Jane Morgan	F50-59	1	5
80	1:28:26	Steve Bennett	M40-49	27	75
138	1:47:40	Jeremy Barber	M60+	12	101

Exmoor Stagger - Sunday 19 October 2014

Mark Lee who was 144th in 3:21:57 reports, "A lovely tough event over exposed moorland. The organisers notes say, "challenging off road course using the steep and varied terrain within running distance of Minehead. The distance is 15.1 miles with total ascent of 3627 ft. The route runs from Minehead to the highest point on Exmoor, Dunkery Beacon and then back to Minehead. It will follow a mixture of paths, rough terrain and tracks and both the outward and return leg will involve some tough climbs." And very tough it was too!"

You can see the full results here.

Abingdon Marathon - Sunday 19 October 2014

Mark Causebrook was 146th in 3:16:02 (chip time 3:15:54). You can see the full results here.

New Forest Winter Duathlon Series - Race 1 - Sandy Balls - Sunday 19 October 2014

This was the first in a series of four events suitable for both beginners and experienced competitors. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results and the dates of the next three events here.

Pos	Name	*Cat*	*Cat Pos*	Time	5.5K run	T1	20K bike	T2	5K run
6	Alan Doney	Mopen	6	22:59.3	00:42.7	41:16.1	00:23.1	21:13.8	26:35.0
27	Aleksandra Burlinson	Fopen	6	26:26.7	01:02.9	44:38.5	00:49.2	24:27.8	37:25.1

Salisbury Half Marathon - Sunday 19 October 2014

Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	*Time*	Name	*Cat*	*Cat Pos*	Chip Time
129	1:43:13	Lynn Mcdonagh	F40-49	11	1:43:03
165	1:48:58	Alice Ryder	F30-39	8	1:48:36
168	1:49:33	Terry Earney	M60-69	16	1:49:12

Thruxton Duathlon - Sunday 19 October 2014

There were three Hardley members competing on a fast, smooth tarmac circuit normally used for motor racing. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Name	*Cat*	*Cat Pos*	Time	5K run	T1	30K bike	T2	3.3K run
5	Mark Darcy	M30+	2	1:26:50	0:21:16	0:00:39	0:48:11	0:00:32	0:16:12
30	Mick Anglim	VM60+	2	1:34:35	0:22:32	0:00:35	0:54:50	0:00:28	0:16:10
64	Adam Court	SenMen	7	1:45:39	0:24:41	0:01:24	0:59:12	0:01:41	0:18:41

Althorp Duathlon - Saturday 18 October 2014

Mick Anglim was 94th overlall and first M65 at Althorp Estate in the last of the GB qualifiers for the 2015 European Champs.
Unusually both runs had long off-road sections and the bike leg was over winding country lanes which left everyone plastered in mud. You can see the full results here.

Civil Service Cross Country Championships - Tuesday 15 October 2014

The weather was glorious for the CS X/C at Parliament Hill and Hardley members featured among the medal winners. First home for the men was Mike Cummings who was a member of the winning team and therefore got two gold medals. Jane Hodge works for the same department and got a silver medal as a member of the 2nd women's team. She was also 1st W55 and 3rd in her department's team so collected a full set of gold, silver and bronze. And Mick Anglim was a member of the Ordnance Survey team which won the M50 race. Well done all! You can see the full results here.

The Studland Stampede - Sunday 12 October 2014

Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Name	Time	Chip Time	*Cat*	*Cat Pos*	Gender Pos
68	Paul Blundell	00:58:18	00:58:03	M50	9	67
76	John Simmonds	00:58:49	00:58:34	M50	11	74
252	Tiffany Hanley	01:10:39	01:10:13	F40	22	47
295	Martin Loveless	01:14:41	01:14:26	M50	41	227

The First CC6 - Fleming Park - Sunday 12 October 2014

Conditions were good for the first CC6 of the season and there was a good Hardley turnout. Hardley results are below. The full results are on the CC6 website (see Links tab above).

*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name	Cat
Women
9	Lynn McDonagh	V40	38	Chris Harris	V60	61	Sally Kirk	V60
23	Hannah Dupreez	S
Men
6	Jappas Dupreez	S	65	Mike Smith	V60	74	Simon Ibbotson	S
12	Ben Andrew	S	68	Ian Banks	V50	76	Mark Lee	V40
52	Malcolm Renyard	V60	69	Roger Morgan	v50	77	Adrian Mudle	V50
55	Paddy Butler	V50	70	Ian Ordish	V50	86	Dave McElhenny	V60
63	Mike Roberts	V40	72	Simon Martin	V40
64	Richard Parsons	S	73	Steve Bennett	V40

HCCL Race 1 - Farley Mount - Saturday 11 October 2014

Thanks very much to the hardy few who turned out for the first race of the Hampshire Cross Country League. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results on the HCCL website (see Links tab above).

Pos	*Vet Pos*	Name	*Cat*	Time
Men
151		Rob Murray		43:21
188	77	Mick Anglim	M60	47:00
208	93	Ian Banks	M50	48:37
211	95	Paul Carter	M50	49:09
Woman
82	30	Jane Morgan	Vet	29:58

Boscombe 5K Winter Series Race 1 - Friday 10 October 2014

Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Time	Name	*Cat*	*Cat Pos*
46	20:59	Tony Strickland	MV55	4
48	21:05	Mick Anglim	MV65	1
130	26:19	Tara Anglim	W	12

Great Scottish 10K - Sunday 5 October 2014

Weighed down by her bucket in which she collected £103.58 for Alzheimer's Research, Annie Bruce-Low came 7981st in 1:47:41.

Clarendon Marathon and Half - Sunday 5 October 2014

There were two Hardley runners in the marathon this year. Sue Sleath was 93rd (6th lady) in 3:53:40 and David Gould was 213rd in 4:30:35. You can see the full results here.

In the half, Paul Carter was 50th in 1:48:57 and Paddy Butler was 88th in 1:55:06. You can see the full results here.

Downland Challenge 10K - Sunday 5 October 2014

Two of the race organisers from the Solent Half had a well-earned change and ran the Downland Challenge 10K at Alton. Chris Harris was 71st in 59:30 and Terry Earney was 33rd in 49:19. You can see the full results here.

Terry reports, "On a bright sunny Sunday morning, Chris Harris and I set off for the Alton 10k Downland Challenge, not knowing quite what to expect, as the race had been described as the terrain being a mixture of grass, roads and tracks, with some quite steep hills.

We arrived early at the venue, Anstey Park, as I dislike having to drive round in circles looking for a parking space if arriving late. We decided to have a cup of tea, before venturing onto the playing field for a warm up jog round the field before the start.

The temperature had risen to a comfortable level by start time making ideal conditions for racing. The start was delayed for 5 minutes due to queues for the ladies' toilets, and we were then set off by the starters gun which misfired the first time, much to everyone's amusement. We ran about 200 metres on the grass before turning onto the London Road, through Holybourne, up Cuckoo's Corner and through Bonham's Farm. We then crossed a large uneven field taking us to West End Farm, which we skirted round, entering a track taking us into a small wood. On exiting, we encountered a very steep winding downhill section which was rather treacherous as we were running in narrow tracks with lots of protruding roots. On completion of this downhill section, we entered a long gravel track, taking us back to Holybourne, and then turning sharp right onto the London Road again, taking us to the finish on the grass in Anstey Park.

I met up with Chris at the finish, and we both said how much we had enjoyed the race, feeling strong, and overtaking many runners in the final stages. As the weather was so nice, we decided to stay on for the prize giving, and whilst we were waiting had another cup of tea and a bacon bap! We weren't expecting any prizes as the top age categories were SFV 55+ and SMV 60+. We were, therefore, pleasantly surprised when Chris's name was called out as second SFV 55+ and mine as third SMV 60+. All prize winners were awarded engraved cups, whch were presented by the Mayor."

Mablethorpe Marathon - Sunday 5 October 2014

Two Hardley runners made the trip to Mablethorpe. Nick Newton was 39th (4th V50) in 3:22:49 (chip time 3:22:47) and Steve Bennett was 153rd (54th V40) in 4:36:10 (chip time 4:35:27). You can see the full results here.

Bournemouth Marathon - Sunday 5 October

There may have been lots of Hardley runners at the Bournemouth Marathon Festival but the way the results are published makes it difficult to find them. So far the only one I have found is Alice Ryder who was 430th in 3:45:43. Well done Alice. If you were running as well or know someone else who was please let me know so I can track down the results.

Basingstoke Half Marathon - Sunday 5 October 2014

There was only one Hardley runner, so far as I can see, Kim Cotton who was 1350th (75th W44) in 2:40:29 (Chip Time 2:38:02). You can see the full results here.

The Solent Half Marathon - Sunday 28 September 2014

Thanks very much to everyone who supported our Half Marathon, organisers, marshals and many, many, other helpers. You did a fantastic job. And what a lovely day for a run for those who were able take part as well as helping. Hardley results are below. For a link to the full results please click on the Solent Half tab above.

Pos	Time	Name	*Cat*	*Cat Pos*	Chip Time
34	1:25:59	Dale Purdom	MV45	3	1:25:55
55	1:29:32	Robert Murray	MS	32
125	1:40:47	Andy Jones	MV40	27	1:40:21
130	1:40:59	Paul Blundell	MV50	11	1:40:45
156	1:43:36	Paddy Butler	MV50	13	1:43:31
157	1:43:40	Lynn Mcdonagh	FV40	9	1:43:30
200	1:48:34	Terence Earney	MV65	1	1:48:22
223	1:50:53	Michael Kelly	MS	77	1:50:31
236	1:52:18	Lisa Lewis	FV45	13	1:52:11
265	1:55:52	Robert Wells	MV40	49	1:55:37
285	1:57:49	Jane Hodge	FV55	7	1:57:35
320	2:07:10	Giuliana Franzese-henry	FV45	20	2:06:58
379	2:32:58	Carole Bailey	FV45	33	2:32:34
388	2:47:01	Jeremy Barber (sweeper)	MV60	8	2:46:33

Berlin Marathon - Sunday 28 September 2014

Meanwhile in Berlin, only six weeks after coming back from injury, Hardley's Ian Ordish was 14704th (820th M55) in 4:14:22. Well done! You can see Ian's splits and photos here. Well done too at the front of the field to Kenya's Dennis Kimetto who broke the world record and the 2:03 barrier to finish first in 2:02:57.

The Hursley 10K - Sunday 21 September 2014

Billed as multi-terrain, race starts on grass, touched tarmac for maybe half a mile and then dived into the woods. Even better than last year. No queue for the loos. Parking is a minute's walk away. Everyone super friendly. For trail runners this is bliss. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Time	Name	*Cat*	*Cat Pos*	Chip Time
16	0:40:47	Matthew Tanner	M50	2	0:40:44
30	0:42:51	Sue Sleath	F50	1	0:42:48
121	0:48:30	Mark Lee	M40	33	0:48:26
308	0:58:16	Mike Sleath	M55	10	0:57:46

HRRL Race 2 - The Victory 5 - Sunday 14 September 2014

HRRL Captain, Adrian Mudle, writes, "The Victory 5 went well with 11 Hardley Runners turning out, though we did miss out on the second mens team due to a few injured runners, taking the safe route out and not running. We still had Mark, Richard and Matt to make up the faster men with the rest of the men following behind, and in my case a little slower than last year, though I put that down to jet lag, and the 12Km leg of the Test Way the day before. Surprisingly many did not improve on the Overton times. This could be down to congestion, as this race has an impressive turn out. The ladies made a good show, with a complete team +1, and with a surprising social stop after the race for those that stayed behind in the restaurant at the Mountbattern Centre for post race drinks and diagnostics. Many thanks for all those that turned out, and well done all!

See you all at the Solent Half which is now just 2 weeks away."

Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Time	Name	*Cat*	*Cat Pos*	Chip Time
33	0:28:41	Mark Causebrook	M	23	0:28:39
115	0:32:01	Matthew Tanner	MV50	9	0:31:56
166	0:34:03	John Mckenzie	MV55	6	0:33:57
202	0:35:20	Richard Parsons	M	83	0:35:15
264	0:37:17	Terence Earney	MV65	2	0:37:04
320	0:39:49	Mike Kelly	M	103	0:39:22
332	0:40:42	Adrian Mudle	MV55	24	0:40:16
371	0:43:11	Kimberley Shiels	FV45	23	0:42:56
394	0:44:15	Helen Mcluckie	F	43	0:44:00
407	0:45:12	Christine Harris	FV60	6	0:44:47
454	0:50:34	Suzanne Todd	F	55	0:50:07

The Broughton Bounder - Sunday 14 September 2014

There were two Hardley runners in this lovely downland nine-miler. Ian Hawker was 22nd in 1:14:07 and Sue Sleath was 27th in 1:18:38. You can see the full results on the race website.

Test Way Relay - Saturday 13 September 2014

It was chilly and misty on Inkpen Beacon but it soon brightened up and conditions were good for this excellent race. This year we fielded a mixed team. David Gould did the first lap from Inkpen to Linkenholt. 7.1K including a nasty hill in 33:45. David handed over to Caroline Street for lap 2 to Hurstbourne Tarrant Playing Fields 6.3K in 38:09. Caroline handed over to Adrain Mudle for the longest leg to Middleton. 11.6K in 70:41. Adrian handed over to Linda Noke for leg 4 to Wherwell. Linda was scxheduled to do the 7.8K in 50 mins but she inadvertently took the pretty route which was much longer. So before she arrived we gave up hope, took a penatlty and Pat O'Reilly set off for leg 5 to Stockbridge. 7.5K in 42:43. Pat set off last by some minutes but mangaed to overtake Gosport. Well done! At Stockbridge Pat handed over to Irene Fentiman who ran the 9.1K to Mottisfont in 47:50 and increased our lead. Mike Sleath took over and completed the 9.1K to Romsey in 56:34 - faster than the previous year and still well ahead of Gosport. Mike handed over to his wife, Sue Sleath who did the 11K to the finish in 53:55. We finished well ahead of Gosport.

My thanks to all who took part and especially to Adrian who kindly gave me a liftso I could be there at all the checkpoints.

All times are approximate and much will depend on how the organisers, our Totton friends to whom many thanks, deal with the penalty. The full results will appear on the Totton website when the numbers have been crunched.

Here's an album of pictures taken by Jeremy who was non-running captain. And (provided the permissions work for you) here's an album taken by Adrian.

HRRL Race 1 - The Overton 5 - Sunday 7 September 2014

The Hampshire Road Race League got off to an excellent start with the Overton 5. The change of day to Sunday clearly brought out more runners and all enjoyed an excellent race with challenging hills. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Name	Gun Time	Chip Time	*Cat*	*Cat Pos*	Gender Pos
115	Matthew Tanner	0:32:40	0:32:29	MV 50	10	106
153	Mick Anglim	0:34:22	0:34:14	MV 60	3	140
154	John Mckenzie	0:34:23	0:34:11	MV 50	14	141
227	Richard Parsons	0:37:11	0:37:11	M	83	191
234	David Gould	0:37:23	0:36:48	MV 50	29	195
235	Terence Earney	0:37:25	0:37:25	MV 60	5	196
287	Steve Bennett	0:39:45	0:39:45	MV 40	83	224
305	Michael Kelly	0:40:21	0:39:57	M	92	233
367	Kimberley Shiels	0:43:27	0:43:04	FV 45	24	98
399	Tara Anglim	0:44:55	0:44:21	FV35	45	116
402	Christine Harris	0:45:03	0:44:42	FV 55	10	119
425	Jeremy Barber	0:47:37	0:47:01	MV 60	21	292
446	Katie King	0:51:17	0:50:42	FV35	55	148
447	Jan Anglim	0:51:31	0:50:55	FV 65+	2	149

The Great North Run - Sunday 7 September 2014

So far as I can see (but it is not easy when there are around 50,000 people taking part so please let me know if 've overlooked anyone) the only Hardley competitor this year was Bill Beardsmore who was 4030th overall and 30th M60 in 1:44:19. Well done! You can see the full results here.

The Brecon 10 Peaks - Saturday 6 September 2014

The weather was good if a little warm and our three Hardley runners all successfully completed the challnge of 10 peaks, 89 kilometres and 4800 metres of ascent and descent. Well done! Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here. And here's Paul's report of the race.

Pos	Time	Name
44	18:25:51	Tiffaney Hanley
45	18:28:11	Paul Blundell
53	19:15:55	Martin Loveless

Magic Mile - Tuesday 2 September

Matt Pillinger and Mick Anglim were 2nd and 3rd in the first (slower) wave with time of 6:06 and 6:10. Mick then went on to the second wave (faster) where he was 18th in 6:16. Well done! You can see the full results here.

The Beast - Corfe - Sunday 31 August 2014

There were only three Hardley members running this year. That was a pity because those who didn't run missed another excellent event. The course was the same as the one used last year, the sun shone, the views were great on the Coastal Path and everyone had a good time. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Time	Name	*Cat*	*Cat Pos*	Gender Pos
181	2:07:15	David Gould	M50	35	156
254	2:18:46	Mark Lee	M40	74	199
372	2:49:32	Jeremy Barber	M60	26	262

The Tenth RR10 - IBM Hursley - Weds 20 August 2014

RR10 Captain Lisa Lewis writes, "Dear Hardley Runners,

Firstly, well done to everyone who took part in the league this year. There have been many new members come and run this year and it's been great to see you getting involved and enjoying the races. We've had a fabulous summer, which I think has helped towards the increase in numbers overall for the league.

Big congratulations go to our vet winners for the season Jane Morgan (V50 ladies), Mike Clarke (V70 men) and Annie Bruce-Low (V70 ladies).

On a personal note, I would like to thank Rose McElhenny, who has once again collected results tickets for us and Jenny Mudle who collected when Rose was not available.

It's already feeling autumnal and it won't be long before the CC7 season is upon us. Keep an eye on the Hardley website for dates starting in October. CC7 club captain is Ian Ordish and his contact details are on the Hardley website. The races are a similar distance to the RR10's - but a bit muddier! They are always on Sunday mornings.

Thank you all for your support for the season - including the members who don't participate in the RR10 league, but turn out to help our event, it is always much appreciated.

Happy running!"

And I have also had a request from Annie Bruce-Low wh0, I think, speaks for us all when she says, "Please can you put a very big thank you to Lisa for all the hard work she has put into being RR10 Captain again this year. It can't be easy with her shift work. I think, and I am sure everyone else will agree, she has done an excellent job. Thanks Lisa."

Hardley results are below. The full results are on the RR10 site (see Links tab above).

*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name	Cat
Women
15	Sue Sleath	V50	59	Lisa Lewis	V40	144	Katie King
34	Jane Morgan	V50	87	Amy Livingstone		150	Carole Bailey	V40
53	Stephanie Cook		102	Chris Harris	V60	159	Jan Anglim	V60
58	Jane Hodge	V50	122	Tara Anglim		169	Ann Bruce-Low	V70
Men
25	Ben Andrew		127	Paul Blundell	V40	190	Charles Fox	V60
71	Mark Darcy		130	Adam Court		191	Dave McElhenny	V60
88	John Simmonds	V50	146	Mike Smith	V60	213	Simon Ibbotson
96	Malcolm Renyard	V60	161	Mark Lee	V40	214	Robert Cross
114	Mick Anglim	V60	163	Mike Clarke	V70	243	Mike Sleath	V50
122	Martin Loveless	V50	167	Stephen Haysom	V50

Isle of Wight Half Marathon - Sunday 17 August 2014

There was one Hardley runner in this race: Mike Kelly who was 213th in 2:03:06. Well done!

Salisbury 54321 - Sunday 10 August 2014

Salisbury firemen offered a selection of events from a 50K run to a 5K walk and Hardley Runners took part in (at least) four of them. We have had two reports from the 30K race. Mark Causebrook says, "I ran the 30K race and it was tough (muddy, hilly, humid, windy and almost 3 miles longer than advertised so it ended up being nearer 34K). Trails were narrow to non-existent in places which led to slow progress through nettles and brambles. Lack of marshals / signs as you joined the road for the final 3 miles didn't help and I had to stop a couple of times to check I was still on the right route. A good run nonetheless with some interesting challenges." By contrast Martin Loveless thought there was too much on the road!

Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Gun Time	Name	Cat	Gender Pos	Cat Pos	Stage time 22/32K	Stage Pos	Chip Time	Chip Pos
10K
88	1:51:21	Ann Bruce-Low	F70	36	2			1:51:14	87
21K
12	1:38:51	Tim Morgan	M	12	8			1:38:48	11
58	1:58:57	David McKeown	M45	49	8			1:58:46	56
87	2:09:18	Chris Wilson	M50	72	7			2:09:13	85
97	2:11:12	Jane Morgan	F50	19	1			2:11:06	95
30K
8	2:29:19	Mark Causebrook	M30	8	1	1:42:27	10	2:29:17	8
73	3:19:02	Tiffany Hanley	F45	15	5	2:18:19	97	3:18:50	73
101	3:27:09	Paul Blundell	M50	73	9	2:21:29	105	3:26:58	101
102	3:27:21	Martin Loveless	M55	74	4	2:21:29	104	3:27:11	102
50K
62	5:13:56	Andrew McGough	M40	54	9	3:05:24	52	5:13:54	62

The Ninth RR10 - Itchen Valley Country Park - Weds 6 August 2014

Another very warm evening. It had rained recently which softened the course a bit but the rain held off for the race. The course was the same as last year, a pleasant mixture of woodland and grassland with a couple of steep hills thrown in for good measure. The marshals were numerous and encouraging. Well done Lordshill. Hardley results are below. The full results will be on the RR10 site (see Links tab above) on Thursday evening. And here's a lovely album of pictures from Hammy.

*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name	Cat
Women
33	Jane Morgan	V50	66	Amy Livingstone		115	Carole Bailey	V40
41	Rachel Clark		78	Chris Harris	V60	124	Jan Anglim	V60
49	Jane Hodge	V50	84	Jenny Jewell	V40	125	Tara Anglim
53	Stephanie Cook		86	Katie King		132	Ann Bruce-Low	V70
Men
			101	Mick Anglim	V60	160	Mark Lee	V40
14	Ben Andrew		119	Adam Court		165	Steve Bennett
56	Tim Morgan		127	John Simmonds	V50	172	Charles Fox	V60
59	Mark Darcy		138	Mike Smith	V60	177	Adrian Mudle	V50
70	Matthew Tanner	V50	150	Stephen Haysom	V50	190	Dave Jewell	V60
94	Alan Doney	V40	159	Mike Clarke	V70	194	Robert Cross
101	Mick Anglim	V60	160	Mark Lee	V40	198	Jeremy Barber	V60

Harting Down 10 Mile Trail Race - Sunday 3 August 2014

Terry Earney reports, "Matt Tanner, Dale Purdom and I ran in the second Harting 10 Mile Trail Race on Sunday 3rd August. This is a 10 mile long multi-terrain race over private tarmac lanes, hard gravel tracks and some paths. The route runs up to the top of the Downs, then gently down towards Compton, along towards Chalton, up to Ditcham Park School, along part of the South Downs Way, and back down to South Harting, finishing on the sports field. The hill profile shows a total climb of 787 feet, average climb rate 79 feet per mile producing a flat equivalent distance of 10.93 miles.
It was a fairly challenging course but fast times were possible, owing to about as many downs as ups, and the final mile all downhill on tarmac.
Facilities were excellent including teas and cakes before and after the race at the pavilion, adequate toilets including changing rooms and showers; secure baggage storage including keys, which were tagged with a label and plastic tie. Good parking, excellent Marshalls, 3 drinks stations and 2 jelly baby stations.
We all thought the race was excellent, and the weather was kind, being a tad cooler than of late. It was unfortunate that there were only 206 runners, with a race limit of 300. I hope we can encourage more Hardley runners to do this race next year, to help swell the numbers."

Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Time	Name	Cat
18	1:06:08	Dale Purdom	VM
30	1:09:03	Matt Tanner	VM
89	1:22:23	Terry Earney	SVM

Parkrun Roundup as at 3 August 2014

As at 3 August 2014 there were at least 67 people showing Hardley as their club who between them completed at least 1506 parkruns in at least 27 locations. I say, "at least" because I may not have got all the results. You can see them here in an Excel spreadsheet so you can sort them to your heart's content. If you know of any that I have omitted please let me know. Some people may no longer be members. I don't propose to amend the figures for that but this may be a reminder to them to advise parkrun.

The person who has done most, by a country mile, and the first and only member at present to have gained the 100 parkrun tee-shirt, is Matt Pillinger with 131, mostly at Basingstoke. The fastest woman was Sue Sleath who was also the best woman on WAVA age adjusted effort and the woman who did the most races. The fastest man was Paul Ashley and the overall greatest on WAVA effort was Malc Renyard. The figures don't show on the spreadsheet as they are difficult to interpret but I think the most frequent volunteers were Adrian Mudle and Mick Anglim who each volunteered 25 times in 2014.

Well done to everyone who took part and thank you to everyone who has volunteered. If you haven't tried the parkruns then you are missing out. They are friendly, free and a very useful way of keeping track of your fitness level.

The Eighth RR10 - Janesmoor Pond - Wednesday 23 July 2014

Well that was a hot one! The going was good and the marshals were excellent but it was just a tad on the warm side. Hardley results are below. The full results are on the RR10 site (see Links tab above). And here's a lovely album of pictures from Hammy.

*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name	Cat
Women
28	Jane Morgan	V50	87	Katie King		112	Tara Anglim
55	Amy Livingstone		89	Jenny Jewell	V40	123	Ann Bruce-Low	V70
58	Stephanie Cook		103	Carole Bailey	V40
65	Chris Harris	V60	111	Jan Anglim	V60
Men
34	Paul Bartlett		137	Mike Clarke	V70	174	Simon Ibbotson
60	Matthew Tanner	V50	138	Chris Wilson	V50	176	Adrian Mudle	V50
71	Ian Hawker	V50	140	Mick Anglim	V60	186	Robert Cross
74	Paul Blundell	V40	145	Mark Lee	V40	187	Dave Jewell	V60
100	Malcolm Renyard	V60	149	Steve Bennett		193	Jeremy Barber	V60
115	Ian Banks	V50	153	Dave McElhenny	V60	203	Mike Sleath	V50
123	David Gould	V50	158	Roger Morgan	V50
127	Mike Smith	V60	171	Ian Smith	V50

Marlow Half Iron Man Triathlon - 20 July 2014

This event is 1800M swim, then 90KM bike then 1/2 marathon run. Well done Hannah and Jappas DuPreez who were 281st (38th lady) in 5:52:54 and 31st in 4:41:51. Didn't they do well! You can see the full results and their splits here.

Bishops Waltham 5 - Sunday 20 July 2014

There were two Hardley runners in this one. David Gould, 27th in 36:36 and Katie King 83rd in 48:20. You can see the full results here.

David reports, "The run was well-organised and included a sensible mixture of closed, small, rural roads and a very few well-marshalled, bigger roads open to traffic in and around Bishops Waltham itself. For slower runners, the water station at the top of the hill would have been welcome: it was a very hot day. One of the organisers said they were considering starting half an hour earlier: some runners were a bit concerned about the heat.

In the description, they mentioned a "testing" hill on the course, but it wasn't really so much of a mountain: at three quarters of a mile long and about 50m ascent, it added just over a minute to my 2nd mile. You can see the map and course profile from my fetcheveryone entry. It's a run I'd thoroughly recommend: not exactly 5 mile-PB territory, but a nice outing.

Stansted Half - Sunday 20 July 2014

Starting and finishing at Stanstead House, Rowlands Castle, this is a very scenic and undulating trail race of around 13 miles. There was one Hardley runne, Jason Wilding, who was 136th in 2:35:12. You can see the full results here.

New Forest 10 - Sunday 13 July 2014

This event is always popular and this year was no exception with 14 Hardley members competing. Chris Harris reports that it was hot and quite tough. She had forgotten how rough it was under foot in places. As always the atmosphere was cheerful with lots for children to do.

Congratulations to Sue Sleath and Nick Newton who were first in category.

You can see John McKenzie's Garmin map and data here.

Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Gun Pos	Gun Time	Name	*Cat*	*Chip Pos*	Chip Time
27	1:05:17	Dale Purdom	M45	26	1:05:13
35	1:06:59	Nick Newton	M55	35	1:06:54
37	1:07:17	Matthew Tanner	M50	37	1:07:13
82	1:11:28	Sue Sleath	F50	83	1:11:23
95	1:13:07	John Mckenzie	M55	96	1:13:07
199	1:18:30	Paddy Butler	M50	200	1:18:24
239	1:20:58	Terence Earney	M65	235	1:20:33
260	1:22:03	Andy Simpson	M50	255	1:21:36
270	1:22:39	Chris Wilson	M50	271	1:22:30
382	1:28:25	Alice Ryder	F	386	1:28:11
551	1:37:45	Richard Parsons	M	541	1:36:41
574	1:39:04	Christine Harris	F60	577	1:38:40
597	1:40:11	Jason Wilding	M	595	1:39:35
718	1:49:14	Rachael Crockford	F40	717	1:48:42

Wyvern 10K - Sunday 13 July 2014

Three Hardley Runners ran the third annual 10k from Wyvern College, Fair Oak and thoroughly enjoyed the community atmosphere and a well organised, chip timed event with almost 400 finishers.

The course is mostly on country lanes and is ‘out and back’ with a U turn in the road at 5kms. The start and finish are on the unusual tartan ‘J’ track with around 300m of grass between the track and the closed roads at both the beginning and end of the race. There is a ‘big top’ which is used for Registration, prize giving, stalls and massage and where the school band entertains the crowd.

The course is gently undulating and quite fast (the records are 32:24 for men and 37:42 for women).

New member Suzi Todd ran a 60:25 PB despite the humid conditions and her 22C Brockenhurst parkrun the day before! Good going on only a single training run a week! Jan Anglim was third W60 in 62:57 and Mick Anglim was second M60 in 42:49 and set the best Age Graded score for the whole race with 81%. You can see the full results here

The Osmotherley Phoenix - Saturday 12 July 2014

Four members, Paul Blundell, Martin Loveless, Tiffany Hanley and Jeremy Barber, made the journey to Osmotherley in North Yorkshire for the Phoenix. We were joined by Jenny Howland, a friend from the races in Wales. The race goes over the North York Moors including the Wain Stones, though not the ones made famous in the song the Manchester Rambler; they're on Bleaklow. Much of it is on the Cleveland Way which is a well maintained path. With a choice of 33, 26 or 17 miles, we all opted for the 33. At the start we met Rima Chai, aka tyregirl, who ran dragging a tyre. This was her 44th marathon with the tyre and her aim is to get to 100 by 2020. We were also pleased to meet Bill and Pauline Howes who have both done over 300 marathons.

It was a very warm day and both Tiff and Jeremy decided to drop down to 26 becuase of the heat. The scenery was fantastic, the going was good and the marshals were excellent. Drinks and light refreshments were available at checkpoints and the entry fee was very good value. The next day we explored Whitby which was well worth a visit.

Here's an album of pictures. And here's the official video; we feature between about 4 mins and 5:40.

Hardley results are below. You can see the fulll results here.

We can thoroughly recommend these long trail runs. Don't worry that you are not fast; you can see from the results that time is not important. If you can do a half marathon then you can do one of these events. Bill was doing his 16th marathon after having a pacemeker fitted in February; now there's food for thought.

*Pos*	Name	Time	*Pos*	Name	Time
33 Miles
43	Paul Blundell	8:02	44	Martin Loveless	8:02
48	Jennifer Howland	8:10
26 Miles
31	Tiffany Hanley	6:11	65	Jeremy Barber	8:22
66	Bill Howes	8:24	67	Pauline Howes	8:24
80	Rima Chai	9:46

The Seventh RR10 - Marwell - Weds 9 July 2014

Conditions were good and there was a large turnout. The course was a mix of woods and fields. The only slight drawback was some steps early on which caused a traffic jam and some jostling for position. Hardley results are below. The full results will be on the RR10 website (see Links tab above) by Thursday evening.

*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name	Cat
Women
41	Lisa Lewis	V40	74	Amy Livingstone		137	Jan Anglim	V60
45	Jane Morgan	V50	84	Chris Harris	V60	140	Ann Bruce-Low	V70
46	Jane Hodge	V50	107	Linda Dowell	V50
Men
20	Ben Andrew		135	Ian Banks	V50	172	Adrian Mudle	V50
32	Paul Bartlett		143	Mike Smith	V60	173	Dave McElhenny	V60
77	Mick Anglim	V60	147	Mike Clarke	V70	175	Andrew Barber	V60
108	Malcolm Renyard	V60	151	Mark Lee	V40	187	Graeme Stringer	V60
121	Paul Carter	V50	154	Charles Fox	V60	194	Jeremy Barber	V60
133	David Gould	V50	162	Steve Bennett		202	Mike Sleath	V50

Summer Plod - Sunday 6 July 2014

It’s exactly the same as the Meon Valley Plod (see 9 February below) except no hailstorms and run on hard rutted tracks rather than muddy, slippery tracks. Well done Andy Simpson: 38th in 3:47:03.You can see the full results here.

Abbotts Ann 10K - Sunday 6 July 2014

This was the inaugural running of a very scenic 10K, mainly off road, organised by the Abbotts Ann School PTA. There was also a 5K option plus an obstacle race for children. It was well organised, good fun and raised lots of money to help by sports equipment for the children. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Time	Name		Pos	Time	Name
9	47:52	David Gould		49	59:09	Jeremy Barber

Sway Carnival 5 - Sunday 6 July 2014

These small local races are always fun. This time the field included 48 New Forest novices running in their first race. Well done! But the biggest cheer went to New Forest runner Bruce Davidson who is in his 94th year and finished in 83:21. Hardley (and Bruce's) results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Time	Name	Pos	Time	Name
12	32:34	Paul Bartlett	110	48:04	Linda Dowell
32	34:57	Mick Anglim	137	52:47	Jan Anglim
51	38:18	Chris Wilson	178	83:21	Bruce Davidson

Charmouth Challenge weekend - 5/6 July 2014

Paul Blundell reports, "It was a lovely Friday afternoon when Ian Morrison, Martin Loveless, John Simmonds and I, drove down in heavy traffic to a camp site at Eype near Charmouth to compete in the Charmouth Challenge.
However by the time we got there it was raining with strong winds. A struggle ensued to put up the tent with help from a nearby camper. 2 broken tent poles repaired with duct tape from the helpful camper and some considerable time later, the tent did at last look more like a tent than a parachute, so we retired to the bar to carbo load and discuss tactics.
The next day, having being joined by Mark Lee, we headed off to Charmouth for the challenge which is the most Southerly fell race in Britain and about 8 miles.
Conditions were warm with a nice cooling breeze but Mark, Ian, Martin and myself were all glad of the traditional hose down by the local fire brigade at the end. (John being sidelined by injury).
Saturday was a social night and much more peaceful as the wind had abated .
First thing Sunday, we runners all went to find some more local hills before breakfast. Back in good time, we packed everything up before walking to a local cafe and heading home."

Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Time	Name	Cat
48	1:10:17	Paul Blundell	MV40
53	1:11:18	Martin Loveless	MV50
96	1:19:05	Ian Morrison	MV50
163	1:29:23	Mark Lee	MV40

Miles of Miles - Weds 2 July 2014

A record thirty one teams from ten clubs completed the ten mile relay race on the Southampton track hosted by S.A.C. Thankfully, initial concerns that there would be a Grand National type pile up by the first bend through sheer weight of numbers proved groundless.

The event went relatively smoothly and some 52 mins and 44secs after the start Southampton emerged victorious for the second year albeit by a reduced margin. Congratulations to our A team who were second which is as near as you can get to winning without having to organise next year's event!

Chris Harris reports, "Each team comprised of ten people running a timed mile. The Hardley Runners entered two teams. The A team was second overall demonstrating impressive running times with Mark Causebrook achieving a time of 4 mins 57 secs and Jappas Dupreez 4 mins 59 secs. The remaining eight runners followed closely behind.

It is well known that the best laid plans can fall apart; this certainly happened during the day of the competition. The B team were thee men down, however some runners moved from A to B and vice versa!

Special thanks must go to Paul Blundell who jumped on his motor bike with very little notice to support the B team only to run initially in the A team: his legs heavy and tired from a previous training week.

But the star of the show was seven-year-old Jake Clark who spontaneously accpted the challenge to run for the B team. Vests were exchanged (and pinned) obviously causing a reduction in his aerodynamics. Howver this did not prevent jake achieveing a great time of 6 mins 46 secs! Not far behind his Mum although Rachel had just run an ultra event of 69 miles (see Wall Run below for that story). The final result for Hardley B team was 20th overall.

In addition to being great fun the event raised over £500 for The Alzheimers Society. Well done to SAC and all concerned. "

Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here. There are lots of interesting mile records. For example drinking a can of beer before each lap 4:57 and running backwards 5:46. Maybe there's scope for a novelty class next year!

*Leg*	Name	Time	*Name*	Time
Hardley A Team			Hardley B Team
1	Mark Causebrook	4:57	Andy Simpson	6:31
2	Ben Andrew	5:09	Chris Harris	7:54
3	Sue Sleath	5:50	Rachel Clark	6:31
4	Paul Blundell	6:05	Kim Shields	8:23
5	Hannah Dupreez	6:12	Terry Earney	7:04
6	Robin Brockis	5:26	Paul Blundell	6:17
7	Matt Tanner	5:47	Jake Clark	6:46
8	Paul Bartlett	5:17	Charles Fox	6:47
9	Nathan Renyard	5:10	Ben Andrew	5:25
10	Jappas Dupreez	4:59	Mark Lee	6:40
	Total	54:52	Total	68:25

Endure 24 - Sat/Sun 28/29 June 2014

Torrential rain for the 1st three hours and then for a few hours at 8 hours made the course like a brown porridgy-soup concoction. Hardley Runner and Forton Village Idiot, David Gould, completed 90 miles and finished as 12th solo runner. You can see his report here.

Sarah King was one of a pair with fellow Village Idiot Ian Beveridge. Both achieved new personal furthests (45 and 40 miles) for a team total of 95 miles.

Steve Bennett did 30 miles as part of a team of five with some work colleagues who did 120 miles. He enjoyed it so much he's signing up to do it solo next year.

You can see the full results here but they don't show clubs. Were there any other Hardley Runners there? If so let me know and I'll add your story.

The Purbeck Plod - Sunday 29 June 2014

This event is organised by the East Dorset Ramblers but runners are also welcome. There were four Hardley runners and two walkers this year. Andy and I were walkers which gave us the advantage of being able to enjoy some stupendous views and the disadvantage of still having a couple or miles to go when the rain started. Before that the weather was good and the support from the Ramblers was excellent with squash and biscuits at the checkpoints, marshals to help us over busy roads and a meal at the end. Sadly some of the paths were in a pretty poor state which is a disgrace when you bear in mind that much of the route is on the South West Coast Path.

Adrian Mudle, who was on his first Plod, reports, "Purbeck Plod 2014, with what looked like ideal weather conditions, compared to last weekend. I was apprehensive about a 25 mile run, having only ever done a maximum of 17 miles in the forest, but I had been told that walking up the hills was the way it was done, therefore I was thinking I would have time to recover between runs. Not sure this really worked as the hills were hard just walking up them, and then bursting into a run on the level or downhill sections.

Martin, Paul, Tiff and myself headed of on the 09:30 horn, the first section of the run between Swanage and Kimmeridge, this appeared to me to have some of the hardest hills, however it turned out this is almost one of the flattest sections of the course, (you could have fooled me). At around 4 to 5 miles we came across Jeremy, and Andrew Barber taking the walking option, so a quick opportunity for a catch up, before proceeding to Kimmeridge around the Clavell Tower and down to the car parks. Then we headed back uphill to the Purbeck Way, west of Corfe, a climb of 180 meters, before heading back down into Corfe, past some very nice pubs, and back up onto the Purbeck Way heading back to Swanage with another climb of 173 meters, before the final climb to the Obelisk on Barrow Down, at a mere 73 metres. On the way down Barrow Down, Martin spied some other runners ahead, (apparently a red rag to a bull) fortunately a down hill section so we where able to pass them, then as the legs where literally on there last legs, Martin noticed we needed to complete the rest of the course in 15 minutes to come under the 6 hours time, so with the last effort and almost a sprint to the finish at the church hall we all made it, though with a bit of a muddle at the end our times where recorded for all of us at 06:01. But as it not a race and with the refreshments and pasty waiting no one could complain. Where else can you get 6 hours [or nearly 10 hours if you are a walker] entertainment, over 25 miles, and 1000 meters of elevation gain, with refreshments and food included for £5."

The Lordshill 10K - Sunday 29 June 2014

Hardley results are below. Well done to Matthew Tanner who was first Hardley member home and first MV50 and John McKenzie who was first MV55. You can see the full results here and here's an album of pictures from Hammy.

Gun Pos	Name	*Cat*	Cat Pos	Gun Time	Chip Time
33	Matthew Tanner	MV50	1	0:39:49	0:39:43
60	John Mckenzie	MV50	5	0:42:24	0:42:14
61	Ian Hawker	MV50	6	0:42:28	0:42:18
65	John Simmonds	MV50	7	0:42:52	0:42:42
74	Mick Anglim	MV60	5	0:43:37	0:43:30
88	Paddy Butler	MV50	12	0:44:42	0:44:30
117	Terence Earney	MV60	7	0:47:07	0:46:55
259	Simon Ibbotson	M	89	0:59:38	0:59:20
288	Jan Anglim	FV65	2	1:03:16	1:02:42

The Sixth RR10 - Manor Farm Country Park - Weds 25 June 2014

Conditions were good and on a hot sunny evening it was great that most of the course was in shade. The marshals were numerous and enthusiastic; well done Running Sisters and Hedge End. Hardley results are below. The full results are on the RR10 website (see Links tab above).

*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name	Cat
Women
32	Lynn McDonagh	V40	45	Stephanie Cook		124	Leonora Stovell	V50
35	Jane Morgan	V50	60	Jane Hodge	V50	127	Carole Bailey	V40
44	Lisa Lewis	V40	65	Giuliana Franzese Henry	V40	138	Ann Bruce-Low	V70
Men
21	Ben Andrew		135	Malcolm Renyard	V60	166	Steve Bennett
25	Tim Morgan		136	Ian Banks	V50	178	Mark Lee	V40
54	Matt Tanner	V50	142	Adam Court		203	Robert Cross
57	Mark Darcy		144	Stephen Haysom	V50	207	Andrew Barber	V60
88	Robin Brockis		156	Adrian Mudle	V50	209	Jeremy Barber	V60
106	Joe Atkinson		165	Mike Clarke	V70	215	Mike Sleath	V50

The Wall Run - Saturday 21 June 2014

Rachel Clark writes, "The 69 mile Wall Run starts at Carlisle Castle and follows roughly the Hadrian's Wall path towards Newcastle before finishing on the Quayside. Not fancying a night in a tent after 32 miles I had chosen the one day option with the aim of finishing before dark.
The weather was warm and dry from the outset and the first 14 miles was on flat country lanes and riverside paths. After the first checkpoint at Lanercost Priory the route got decidedly hillier passing close to Hadrian's Wall and with great views of Northumberland.
Leaving the 'halfway' point which was at 32 miles (and the point at which those choosing the 2 day option will stop and camp) I faced a steep climb up the road followed by an even steeper one up a very big hill- the options being to scramble up vertically using hands to grab onto heather or follow the very narrow sheep trails- having a very poor head for height (I can get dizzy on an obstacle course...) I went for a combination of both.
From there on, the route was mostly downhill or flat and I started looking for hills to walk up as by this point downhill hurt more!
Support from locals was great along the way as is usual in the North East, especially along the Quayside where I enjoyed resounding cheers from the folks enjoying their Saturday night out. I finished at 9:30 pm, more or less on planned schedule and met by family who handed me champagne then whisked me away for a much needed bath."

Rachel's Garmin upload is here if anyone is interested in checking out the route. Her time was a very creditable 14hrs 30 mins. You can see the full results here and the race website is here.

South Downs Half Marathon - Saturday 21 June 2014

Adrian Mudle writes, "With 7 Hardley runners lined up for the Southdowns Half Marathon, on another scorching day best suited for the pub beer garden, and with the daunting Butser Hill the first hurdle of the event, we all though the organisers were joking when they said there was going to be a last minute route change. This required a bit of quick thinking on the organisers' part, and as a section of the route had to be missed, the new route involved going back up around Butser Hill again at approximately 11 miles, making this one on the longest half marathons, at just shy of 15 miles. Told you the pub sounded better!

As a result I don’t think any half marathon PB’s could be achieved today, so its was more a case of enjoy the run, and take in the views (some twice), though at 2:03:46 not sure if Tim managed to see much of the scenery. The event itself ignoring the added hill and miles was well run, they even added an extra water stop, and seeing the piles of bottles there was no chance of them running out, medal and technical shirt at the end also appreciated."

Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here (select Half Marathon tab).

Pos	Time	Name	Pos	Time	Name
50	Tim Morgan	2:03:46	188	Adrian Mudle	2:42:10
138	Jane Morgan	2:28:44	242	Chris Harris	2:55:22
157	Terry Earney	2:33:35	265	Steve Henry	3:01:47
165	Chris Wilson	2:35:32

RR10 Race 5 - 11 June 2014

Full results are here

*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name	Cat
Women
41	Lynn McDonagh	V40	124	Katie King
51	Lisa Lewis	V40	125	Linda Dowell	V50
55	Jane Hodge	V50	159	Jan Anglim	V60
91	Amy Livingstone		165	Ann Bruce-Low	V70
100	Chris Harris	V60
Men
24	Ben Andrew		156	Steve Bennett
92	Ian Hawker	V50	162	Adrian Mudle	V50
93	Joe Atkinson		165	Mike Clarke	V70
103	Malcolm Renyard	V60	166	Charles Fox	V60
110	Ian Banks	V50	174	Dave McElhenny	V60
127	Mike Smith	V60	192	Colin Hicks	V60
128	Stephen Haysom	V50	198	Graeme Stringer	V60
142	Mick Anglim	V60	200	Geoff Harris	V60

Needles Half Marathon - 8 June 2014

Full results are here

It was a great day out on the island on Sunday, couldn’t have asked for better weather (unless of course you were running!). It made for some stunning views from Tennyson Down looking back over the Solent.

Pos	Time	Name	Pos	Time	Name
25	1:41:29	Mike Roberts	103	2:07:26	Jane Morgan
51	1:52:57	Martin Loveless	104	2:07:35	Tiff Hanley
33	1:44:37	Tim Morgan
90	2:04:03	Chris Wilson

D-Day 10K and Braishfield Beer Race - 8 June 2014

Full results are here and here

What a great day for the Braishfield Beer race, a nice 5 mile run around the countryside, and a lovely pint at the end, what more could a runner want, like the D Day 10K, two laps around the old IBM car park on the hottest running day of the year so far, on the plus side a totally flat course with good venue facilities, all ideal for a PB, and well done to all Hardley runners supporting the club in this last HRRL event, however as one of the hottest days, then PB’s where not on the cards, except I believe for Jappas who loves the heat, and we hope helped improve Hardley in the points table coming in 11th overall.

This being the last race in the present league until it starts all over again with the Overton 5, which this year will be on a Sunday (7th September at 2pm, so you can have a lay in or go to church), I’d like to thank all those runners how have joined in with any of the races in this league, Tiff for managing the first part of the league up to the Ryde 10, and also those family members that may have missed you being around on a Sunday morning.

Its been an interesting challenge for me trying to get members to join in, and what I would like to remind everyone, is that these races are for runners of all abilities, we are not all going to win prizes, I know some are, though its the taking part and supporting the club that keeps some of the regular runners attending, over the season including today we have had around 59 members running over the different events, though to qualify for the league you need to have run 7 events, and unfortunately this only leaves 9 runners qualifying, some like me not fast enough to come in the top 65, I would like to hope that more runners may be able to join in next year, so look forward to more emails from me. (I apologise in advance to the social runners for these)

Adrian Mudle
HRRL Captian

Braishfield Beer Race - 8 June 2014

Pos	Time	Name	Cat
4	29:43	Mark Causebrook	M
9	31:04	Daniel Powell	M
11	31:17	Dale Purdom	MV40
34	34:01	Mark Darcy	M
116	40:23	Robert Wells	MV40
218	48:04	Jason Wilding	M
231	49:08	Mike Sleath	MV50

D Day 10k -8 June 2014

Pos	Time	Name	Cat	Pos	Time	Name	Cat
14	00:35:29	Jappas Du Preez	SM	340	00:50:46	Viv Alexander	FV50
81	00:39:59	Matthew Tanner	MV50	376	00:52:23	Hannah Do Preez	SF
120	00:42:31	Ian Hawker	MV55	455	00:56:06	Chris Harris	FV60
184	00:44:58	Mick Anglim	MV65	468	00:56:41	Kim Le Grys Cotton	F40
234	00:46:37	Terry Earney	MV65	577	01:03:23	Katie King	SF
281	00:48:21	Stephen Bennett	SM	594	01:04:42	Jan Anglim	FV65
349	00:51:01	Adrian Mudle	MV55
480	00:56:43	Mike Kelly	SM

Lakeside 5K series - Race 2 - 28 May 2014

City of Portsmouth AC organise a series of 5 evening races over the summer. Details are here. Congratulations to Mark Causebrook who was15th in race 2 in a new PB of 16:59. You can see Mark's Garmin record here.

Ropley 10k - 25 May 2014

Pos	Time	Name
41	42:55:4	John McKenzie

The Third RR10 - Wilverley - 21 May2014

*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name	Cat
Women
22	Jane Morgan	V50	51	Jane Hodge	V50	100	Tara Anglim
26	Lynn McDonagh	V40	58	Stephanie Cook		120	Katie King
33	Rachel Clark		83	Chris Harris	V60	138	Jan Anglim	V60
46	Lisa Lewis	V40	92	Amy Livingstone
Men
16	Mark Causebrook		121	Mike Smith	V60	161	Mike Clarke	V70
22	Ben Andrew		123	Stephen Haysom	V50	171	John Labbett	V50
43	Alan Doney	V40	124	Malcolm Renyard	V60	182	Dave McElhenny	V60
52	Matthew Tanner	V50	137	David Gould	V50	190	Robert Cross
70	Mark Darcy		141	Mick Anglim	V60	201	Geoff Harris	V60
102	John Simmonds	V50	152	Simon Martin	V40	203	Mike Sleath	V50
114	Ian Banks	V50	158	Steve Bennett
115	Paddy Butler	V50	159	Adrian Mudle	V50

General 10k Battlezone Obstacle Race, Matterley Bowl, Winchester - 18 May

Congratulations to Ben Andrew who won with a time of 54.33 which may be slow for a normal 10k but it's not bad for an obstacle race!

Netley 10k - 18 May 2014

The race itself was probably held on one of the best days so far this year, and maybe a bit warm for some runners, while we initially had a shortage of runners for this event more on the ladies side, the last call for runners made up for this, and we have managed to place two teams in both the men's and woman's league, and late entry Jappas being Hardleys secret weapon storming home in 36:16, closely followed by Mark Causebrook, and with Rachel Clarke leading the ladies home 10 minutes later, this had to be one of the best supported events of the year, with fantastic support from the spectators, due I guess to the lovely weather, and the fact every runner ran past 3 times (I hope), just wish I had some money with me as the ice cream van looked very temping at the end. Well done all who ran.

Pos	Time	Name	Cat	Pos	Time	Name	Cat
15	36:16:00	JAPPAS DU PREEZ	SM	191	46:21:00	TERENCE EARNEY	M60
22	36:56:00	MARK CAUSEBROOK	SM	219	47:30:00	LYNN MCDONAGH	W40
55	40:00:00	ANDREW KELLAWAY	M40	232	48:17:00	HANNAH DU PREEZ	SW
67	40:45:00	MATTHEW TANNER	M50	283	51:24:00	ADRIAN MUDLE	M50
126	43:42:00	MICK ANGLIM	M60	384	57:08:00	CHRIS HARRIS	W60
	44:04:00	ANDREW MCGOUGH	M40	441	62:29:00	JAN ANGLIM	W60
178	45:36:00	JOHN SIMMONDS	M50	454	64:26:00	KATIE KING	SW
187	46:12:00	RACHEL CLARKE	SW

2014 Marlborough Downs Challenge - 11 May 2014

Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

33 miles 20 miles

Pos	Time	Name	Cat	Pos	Time	Name	Cat
65	6:23:42	Martin Loveless	M50	7	2:40:01	Sue Sleath	F45
66	6:23:42	Rachel Clarke	F35	63	3:41:14	Paul Blundell	M40
				64	3:41:14	Tiff Hanley	F45
				104	5:14:22	Katie King	F35
				105	5:14:22	Sarah King	F35

Alton 10M - 11 May 2014

Provisional results for Hardley are below. Full provisinal results are here.

Congratulations to Mick Anglim who won the O65 trophy.

Pos	Time	Name	Cat	Pos	Time	Name	Cat
67	01:06:30	Andy Kelloway	M46	243	01:18:55	Paul Carter	M55
127	01:10:57	John McKenzie	M58	250	01:19:02	Lyn McDonagh	F44
129	01:11:04	Ian Hawker	M59	328	01:24:19	Adrian Mudle	M56
170	01:14:09	Mick Anglim	M66	434	01:36:26	Chris Harris	F63
187	01:15:25	Andrew McGough	M42	435	01:36:34	Kim Cotton	F41
198	01:15:58	Terry Earney	M68	485	01:44:13	Jan Anglim	F66

Lymington 10K - 11 May 2014

Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Time	Name	Cat	Pos	Time	Name	Cat
56	00:42:11	Ian Smith	50	249	00:48:53	Jane Hodge	55
60	00:42:30	Justin Bowen	40	568	00:57:26	Rachael Crockford	40
92	00:43:50	Paddy Butler	50	651	00:59:20	Claire Aplin	40
165	00:46:27	Chris Wilson	50	809	01:06:01	Carole Bailey	45
198	00:47:34	Mike Clarke	70	916	01:33:20	Ann Bruce-Low	70

The second RR10, Stoney Cross, 7 May 2014

Despite a poor forecast, it "turned out nice" although gloopy mud made it interesting for those with loose laces…. Congratulations to Jane Morgan who was first W50 and to Mike Clarke, first M70. Hardley results are below and full results are on the RR10 website (see links tab).

*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name	Cat
Women
26	Jane Morgan	V50	49	Jane Hodge	V50	137	Katie King
34	Lynn McDonagh	V40	90	Chris Harris	V60	156	Ann Bruce-Low	V70
42	Stephanie Cook		103	Amy Livingstone
Men
13	Mark Causebrook		106	Mick Anglim	V60	154	Adrian Mudle	V50
22	Tim Morgan		120	Mike Smith	V60	157	Mike Clarke	V70
41	Ben Andrew		122	Stephen Haysom	V50	170	John Labbett	V50
64	Andrew Kellaway	V40	123	Ian Banks	V50	176	Robert Cross
71	Mike Roberts	V40	138	Chris Wilson	V50	187	Paul Newby	V60
87	Ian Hawker	V50	143	Steve Bennett		190	Mike Sleath	V50

Geoff Mills Trophies

Geoff was great racer. He turned out for pretty well everything. His family have given two trophies, one for women and one for men. They will go to the people who run in the most races in the following series. RR10, HRRL, HCCL and CC6. The more races you finish the more points you get. For 2013/14 the last race before the Awards Lunch was the Eastleigh 10K so here are the results for the season (Excel spreadsheet). Over 100 (106, in fact) people turned out to represent the club and finished one or more of the qualifying races, giving a grand total of 592 finishes. Well done to all concerned and congratulations to our winners Annie Bruce-Low and Mick Anglim. The spreadsheet for the current season will appear after Jeremy gets back from Spain.

Southbourne 10K - Sunday 28 April 2014

Mark Causebrook reports, "Great flat out and back route along the seafront but not a PB course! Finished in 13th place despite a time of only 37:53. Here is my Garmin data which is probably the worst positive split I have run. 17:52 first 5K followed by a 20:00 second 5K. As you turned to come back you pretty much stopped due to the wind. It felt like someone was pushing you back as you ran. Even the guy that won lost almost 2 minutes. Not run in that sort of wind before but good fun and a different challenge." You can see the full results here. They don't show clubs so if there was anyone else from Hardley please let me know.

Hurstbourne Tarrant 5 - Saturday 27 April 2014

Adrian on the jog to HBT Three of our runners went on to the Hurstbourne Tarrant 5, an excellent 5 mile trail race on the side of the Test Valley which is only 19 metres of ascent short of being an official fell race. As well as two killer hills and lovely bluebells, the race featured some of the best bacon butties and cake and is definitely recommended. All three started the morning's running with the Andover parkrun. David and Adrian then jogged the six miles to Hurstbourne Tarrant after the parkrun. Andover parkrun hope this will become a tradition; it was definitely an enjoyable morning. Hardley results are below. Congratulations to Adrain on a new personal furthest. You can see the full results here.

Adrian reports,

There is a long tradition with those that do Parkruns, that they normally take a volunteering role, if they have a race the following day, and lay off the running, so when Jeremy suggested doing the Andover Parkrun, and then jogging down to the Hurstbourne Tarrant 5 on the same day, I must have had a few drinks, as in the cold light of day with my running ability this appears to be one of the daftest things I have decided to do for a long while. The first stage running the Andover Parkrun, went well, though like our own Brockenhurst the going was soft and energy sapping, and if someone had offered a lift to Hurstbourne Tarrant at the end, I may just have taken it, though as Jeremy (whose idea this was) was not running the Andover to Hurstbourne Tarrant leg due to injury, this only left David Gould and myself for this short 6 mile recovery jog, which to be honest on its own without a race at both ends was very pleasant, going through the bluebell woods and over the freshly planted rape fields, they had even left a path for us runners or walkers, so no fighting with the Oilseed Rape, which if anyone has gone through before is like some plant from another planet.
We arrived at Hurstbourne Tarrant with about 20 minutes to spare before the start, time for Jeremy to break out the thermos flask before the start (he drove there), now while I know that we have many marathon and ultra runners in the club, this short 5 mile run appeared to me, like a mini version, while the first couple of legs were fine, with a helping of mud, we soon turned a corner to be faced with what must have been a 30 degree or more incline, soon reducing most runners to a walking pace, after this at the top of the hill most of the running was through more bluebells, and mud, at mile three one of the marshals said it was all down hill from there on, now how many times have you heard that, so at about 3.6 miles another corner and what must have been at least 45 degree incline, the young lady in front of me was reduced to using her hands on the ground, thankfully it was only about 22m, after this at just after 4 miles it was all down hill and I could see the finish line, so I legged it, ….big mistake, at 4.5 miles right turn and around some barns before heading back to the finish another half mile. Really should look at my Garmin more often.
A nice T shirt was presented at the end, though the finishing touch must have been the bacon butties and the cake.
Many thanks to Jeremy and David for arranging this, the big question of course is will I do it again next year? I would be mad not to…..

Pos	Name	Time	Cat
66	David Gould	46:39	M50
107	Adrian Mudle	53:40	M55
115	Jeremy Barber	54:41	M60

The first RR10, Royal Victoria Country Park, 23 April 2014

The weather was poor for the first RR10 on St George's Day but that did not deter 22 intrepid Hardley runners. Hardley results are below and full results are on the RR10 website (see links tab). And here's a lovely album of pictures from Hammy.

*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name	Cat
Women
35	Lisa Lewis	V40	94	Chris Harris	V60	114	Amy Livingstone
41	Jane Hodge	V50	100	Tara Anglim		163	Jan Anglim	V60
Men
44	Ben Andrew		125	Mick Anglim	V60	201	Mark Lee	V40
51	Alan Doney	V40	149	Steve Haysom	V50	202	Adrian Mudle	V50
71	Matt Tanner	V50	153	John Simmonds	V50	208	Dave McElhenny	V60
95	Ian Hawker	V50	164	Malcolm Renyard	V60	229	Andrew Barber	V60
104	Paul Blundell	V40	172	Charles Fox	V60	247	Jeremy Barber	V60
109	Joe Atkinson		179	Steve Bennett

Compton 20 - Saturday 19 April 2014

Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Time	Name	Cat	Pos	Time	Name	Cat
91	3:21:00	Paul Blundell	MV40	98	3:23:52	Tiffany Hanley	FV40
97	3:23:52	Martin Loveless	MV50

West Wight Three Hills - Monday 21 April 2014

Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Time	Chip Time	Name	*Cat*	Gender Pos
36	1:02:13	1:02:07	Mike Roberts	MV40	33
38	1:02:44	1:02:40	Mick Anglim	MV60	35
44	1:04:03	1:03:58	Martin Loveless	MV50	40
71	1:10:16	1:10:07	Lisa Lewis	FV45	14
94	1:14:47	1:14:38	Chris Wilson	MV50	70

London Marathon - Sunday 13 April 2014

It was a lovely sunny day. Possibly too sunny as the day wore on so no negative splits for our runners. The official results show two Hardley runners but I think there may have been more. Please let me know any people members they don't show.Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here. Click on a runner's name to see their splits.

Pos	Bib	Name	*Cat*	Gender Pos	Cat Pos	Half Time	Finish Time
7550	31786	Guy Brown	M45	6223	969	1:32:56	3:43:43
13927	8498	Hannah Du Preez	F	3279	1918	1:58:04	4:09:29
20092	43033	Steve Bennett	M	14571	7656	2:12:06	4:34:56
24222	24276	Polly Marshall	F	7245	4336	2:08:04	4:53:26

The Exe to Axe - Sunday 30 March 2014

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Martin's Loveless reports, "20 something miles of Devon cliff paths / tracks /trails running from the mouth of the river Exe at Exmouth to the mouth of the river Axe at Seaton - simple format, park at Seaton, catch the coach to Exmouth and run back to Seaton; almost impossible to get lost - keep the sea to your right and follow the acorn signs.

Glorious weather for this years run, not a cloud in the sky and made for some great views of the stunning Devon coastline but what a hard race - roughly the same distance as the Grizzly but it takes a bit longer to complete it due to the climbs and rough descents, especially on the second half of the course.

Very low key event compared to the Grizzly, just a couple of hundred runners but for me, a better run, even with the struggle to walk back the 250 yards to the car at the end as legs totally shot - not for the faint hearted!"

Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Time	Name	Pos	Time	Name
46	3:51:59	Mike Roberts	108	4:28:49	Martin Loveless
106	4:28:42	Paul Blundell	127	4:41:50	Ian Morrison
107	4:28:44	Ian Hawker

The Eastleigh 10K - Sunday 23 March 2014

The cold wind eased off and the threatened rain held off so it was a lovely morning for the 30th anniversary Easleigh 10K. The race was a sell out and the 2332 finishers included over 30 Hardley members making this our most popular HRRL race of the season. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here. Congratulations to Sue Sleath who was first F50 and to katie King for a new PB. Were there any other PBs?

Gun Pos	Bib	Name	*Cat*	Cat Pos	Gun Time	Chip Time
157	1419	Mark Causebrook	M	88	0:37:04	0:36:54
170	1422	Nathan Renyard	M35-39	30	0:37:24	0:37:21
220	237	Ben Andrew	M	102	0:38:39	0:38:28
291	175	Matthew Tanner	M50-54	13	0:39:52	0:39:40
317	1425	Tony Strickland	M55-59	9	0:40:22	0:40:12
399	1426	Sue Sleath	F50-54	1	0:42:00	0:41:49
416	2688	Ian Hawker	M55-59	14	0:42:11	0:41:56
426	2741	Andrew Mcgough	M40-44	60	0:42:15	0:42:02
428	325	Mick Anglim	M65+	2	0:42:16	0:42:11
438	1423	Mike Roberts	M45-49	45	0:42:26	0:42:17
462	1418	Paul Blundell	M45-49	48	0:42:39	0:42:24
541	438	Paddy Butler	M50-54	34	0:43:43	0:43:17
542	1424	J Simmonds	M55-59	21	0:43:45	0:43:19
621	373	Lynn Mcdonagh	F40-44	12	0:44:54	0:44:36
652	204	Paul Carter	M55-59	26	0:45:31	0:45:23
671	439	Terence Earney	M65+	4	0:45:47	0:45:18
729	179	Lisa Lewis	F45-49	12	0:46:29	0:46:01
757	627	Charles Fox	M60-64	11	0:46:59	0:46:40
851	696	Adrian Mudle	M55-59	39	0:48:16	0:47:48
907	1420	Mark Lee	M45-49	99	0:48:54	0:48:25
918	1414	Vivien Alexander	F50-54	3	0:49:00	0:48:02
1009	1416	Andy Barber	M60-64	16	0:49:57	0:49:27
1045	477	Sarah King	F35-39	32	0:50:32	0:49:50
1329	1421	Kerry Miller	F40-44	47	0:53:48	0:53:01
1331	1427	Helen Young	F	133	0:53:49	0:53:02
1524	1417	Jeremy Barber	M60-64	28	0:56:16	0:54:49
1601	1059	Tara Anglim	F35-39	73	0:57:17	0:55:24
1673	910	Jason Wilding	M35-39	194	0:58:36	0:57:20
1779	1027	Katie King	F35-39	89	1:00:11	0:58:45
1871	1090	Jan Anglim	F60+	15	1:01:31	0:59:34
2084	1415	Carole Bailey	F45-49	80	1:06:24	1:04:45
2306	1230	Ann Bruce-low	F60+	31	1:28:01	1:26:21

The Exbury 5 - Sunday 16 March 2014

What a lovely morning. On a day like that it is hard to believe that a month previously the Valentine's Day storm washed away part of the route and forced us to make the Exbury 10K into the Exbury 5M. The revised course worked well. Thanks very much to everyone who turned out and worked so hard to make it enjoyable for all the runners. Hardely results are below. For the full results click on the Exbury 10K tab above.

Gun Pos	Bib	Name	*Cat*	Cat Pos	Gun Time	Chip Time
5	231	Daniel Powell	M	5	0:30:51	0:30:51
23	77	Mark Darcy	M	15	0:33:51	0:33:46
36	336	Ian Smith	MV50	4	0:35:16	0:35:11
40	50	Paddy Butler	MV50	5	0:35:39	0:35:31
54	112	David Gould	MV50	8	0:36:59	0:36:26
139	16	Jeremy Barber	MV60	6	0:44:06	0:43:33
186	75	Rachael Crockford	FV35	29	0:47:08	0:46:52
185	191	Karen Mcgill	FV45	14	0:47:08	0:46:52
223	151	Christine Jones	FV55	12	0:49:20	0:48:58
241	331	Leonora Stovell	FV55	13	0:51:08	0:50:43
256	14	Carole Bailey	FV45	30	0:52:42	0:52:20
287	47	Ann Bruce-low	FV65	3	1:14:06	1:13:50

The John Austin Half - Sunday 9 March 2014

Lisa Lewis reports, "I know Hardley Runners were spread around the area on Sunday, but there were a few Hardley Vests to be seen at the 4th running of the John Austin Half. There was a good overall turnout for this run, raising money for local Oakhaven Hospice. The route was slightly different from last year due to recent flooding problems meaning some areas still needed to be avoided, but it maintained a lovely scenic run of forest tracks and open heathland. The weather was glorious with a blue cloudless sky, and lots of support along the route with families out walking, making the most of the sunshine. One to recommend for next year!"

Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Time	Name	Cat	Pos	Time	Name	Cat
106	1:42:28	Katherine Austin	F	246	1:54:19	Rachel Clark	F
153	1:46:36	Lisa Lewis	F40	266	1:56:10	Julie Swainston	F40
181	1:49:04	David Mckeown	M40	301	1:58:53	Dean Austin	M
191	1:50:03	Paddy Butler	M50	306	1:59:19	Ron Godden	M60

The Salisbury 10 - Sunday 9 March 2014

HRRL Captain, Adrian Mudle, writes, "Out of our 22 entries Hardley managed to put up 21 runners for the Salisbury 10, more than double last year, and while there was mention of it being a bit on the warm side today, I guess it was better than rain and wind. I personally found it a pleasant day for a run, though would have been nice to have had the legs of some of the younger runners. Paul made it first Hardley male over the line in a blistering 58:50, followed closely by Huw at 1:00:32, and Lynn led the girls in at 1:18:14 followed by Viv at 1:24:35

I had heard reports that this course was easier than the Ryde 10 mile, and with the Salisbury ARC website showing a Garmin track with 258 meters of climbing, I was concerned. It was of great relief that this only turned out at 83 metres compared to Ryde’s 150 metres, so all in all a lovely day for a run around the Wiltshire countryside, had I know it was only gentle rolling landscape I should have put a bit more effort in…..next year.

Many thanks and well done to all those that turned out, and for Jan coming second her category. The next HRRL event is the Eastleigh 10K, with 32 Hardley members on the entry list, it should be a purple haze on the day, though watch out for the other 2768 coloured shirts."

Hardley results are below. As this was the Club Championship I have also included the WAVA age gradings. You can see the full results here.

Gun Pos	Gun Time	Name	*Cat*	Chip Pos	Chip Time	Age	WAVA %age	WAVA Pos
21	0:58:52	Paul Ashley	M	21	0:58:50	39.1	78.45	2
31	1:00:32	Huw Davies	M40	31	1:00:32	42.5	78.04	3
92	1:05:49	Matthew Tanner	M50	92	1:05:45	50.3	76.66	6
99	1:06:56	Nick Newton	M50	99	1:06:51	57.9	79.93	1
184	1:11:27	Tony Strickland	M50	188	1:11:21	55.1	73.72	9
194	1:11:45	Ian Hawker	M50	190	1:11:23	59.3	76.36	7
195	1:11:46	John McKenzie	M50	194	1:11:36	57.8	74.77	8
200	1:12:12	Mark D'Arcy	M	199	1:12:01	38.7	63.60	17
213	1:13:01	Paul Blundell	M40	214	1:12:47	49.6	68.67	12
236	1:14:08	Paul Carter	M50	242	1:14:01	55.5	71.06	10
256	1:14:53	Mick Anglim	M60	261	1:14:44	66.6	77.86	4
307	1:17:14	Terence Earney	M60	309	1:16:59	68.3	77.08	5
335	1:18:26	Lynn McDonagh	F35	339	1:18:14	44.3	67.55	15
431	1:23:39	Adrian Mudle	M50	437	1:23:25	56.1	63.61	16
440	1:24:21	Mark Lee	M40	449	1:24:09	48.9	58.91	18
458	1:25:11	Vivien Alexander	F45	454	1:24:35	53.3	69.10	11
558	1:32:44	Kerry Miller	F35	560	1:32:05	42.6	56.48	20
607	1:38:10	Helen Young	F	606	1:37:31	32	51.07	21
621	1:39:40	Christine Harris	F55	622	1:39:04	63.3	67.67	14
643	1:43:50	Jan Anglim	F65	642	1:43:10	66.6	67.98	13
659	1:47:14	Leonora Stovell	F55	660	1:46:26	57.2	57.88	19

The Grizzly - Sunday 9 March 2014

What a lovely day for a run. For those that don't know, the Grizzly is twentyish muddy, hilly, boggy, beachy miles of the multiest-terrain running based at Seaton on the South Devon coast. For those that don't fancy the full 20 miles there is a shorter but still pretty serious race called the Cub. This year the going was pretty good though some areas were a bit muddy (see photo album). Hardley results are below. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here. Congratulations to Sue Sleath who was first in her category and to Jacqui for a personal furthest by over six miles and thus a personal best. Special mention also goes to Norbert Zeppitz who was 45th (see News tab).

Gun Pos	Gun Time	Name	*Cat*	Gender Pos	Cat Pos	WAVA Pos	WAVA Time
Grizzly
221	3:19:29	Sue Sleath	F50	18	1	53	2:39:46
263	3:23:38	John Horton	M55	239	10	139	2:54:23
1395	5:04:35	Jacqui Healey	F50	389	56	1123	3:59:31
1396	5:04:54	Jeremy Barber	M60	1007	49	1253	4:10:18
1525	5:48:35	Julie Bowden	F50	456	68	1400	4:29:03
1526	5:49:32	Caroline Street	F55	457	33	1370	4:24:42
Cub
275	2:01:02	Mike Sleath	M55	137	18	284	1:44:31

The Seventh CC6 - Wilverley - Sunday 2 March 2014

Adrian Mudle reports, "This was not an event to miss, I would rate this as the best CC6, of this series, outside of our own event of course, to start with a pre-event map was sent to everyone, so all 23 Hardley Runners who took part could see what we letting ourselves in for, however on the day a new course map was presented due to one of the 3 metre wide streams now being 20 metres wide (must have been raining earlier, for a change), and they where afraid they may lose some of the New Forest Juniors, running today, being swept downstream.

The new course still had plenty of mud, water and hills, and a section of quicksand to be avoided, it was also a first to see marshal’s holding up random signs as we went around, not that I can remember them all (apart from the "run don’t walk" sign), but they did make me smile as we went around the course.

Now for the main event, which would have made Jeremy a very happy man had he been there, the cakes, I think they had seen our offering at Dibden, though they must have catered for 1000 runners, and added hot drinks to the offering, it was only impolite not to go back to the cakes for seconds or thirds.

All in all an excellent event organized by the New Forest Runners, one not to be missed next year. Oh did I forget to mention the mud, water and hills. I’m sure Ian will also have a mention for Rose, and thank her for helping out, not everyone would want to stand around in the cold, until the end, at least we runners warm up as we go, she is a treasure to Hardley Runners."

Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

CC6 Captain Ian Ordish adds, "Well I have been informed (by more than one source) that the first cc event hosted by New Forest Runners and Lymington Tri was thoroughly enjoyable and well organised and one not to be missed next year (especially by me).

Thanks to Adrian for deputising for me on the day. Looking at the results I saw that we again had a good turnout with 14 men and 10 ladies running yesterday . Congratulations to Andy Kellaway and Sue Sleath for being first Hardley man and lady home, but just as importantly to everyone who supported the club and turned out this season.

During the course of the season we have had 56 Hardley runners (18 ladies & 38 men) attend at least one event. Eight ladies and nine men managed to complete at least 4 events to qualify for the individual results. Whilst our men were unfortunate not to get into the top placings, our ladies did brilliantly.

Sue Sleath was 2nd lady overall and won the v50 category
Chris Harris won the v60 category
Annie Bruce-Low won the v70 category

In the team results the ladies again did really well finishing the season in 3rd place with the men placing 4th. The combined team placing was also 4th.

WELL DONE EVERYBODY...........

Finally, it just remains for me to thank you all for your support during the season, especially at our own event. I know I speak for all who have run this season, when I say a special thanks to Rose and Diana who turn up for every event, regardless of the weather to support and assist us.

Now that the CC season is over does that mean that the weather will improve for the start of the RR10 next month? Don't forget Lisa will welcome your support for the first of the RR10 series at Royal Victoria Country Park on April 23rd."

*Pos*	Name	Cat	*Pos*	Name		*Pos*	Name	Cat
Women
5	Sue Sleath	V50	19	Lisa Lewis	V40	50	Leonora Stovell	V40
13	Lynn Mcdonagh	V40	21	Julie Swainston	V40	51	Anne Bruce low	V70
16	Hannah Dupreez	S	42	Chris Harris	V60
17	Jane Morgan	V50	49	Carol Bailey	V40
Men
14	Andy Kellaway	V40	32	Mick Anglim	V60	53	Mark Lee	V40
17	Ben Andrew	S	43	Simon Martin	V40	60	Adrian Mudle	V50
27	Matthew Tanner	V40	44	Ian Banks	V50	62	Dave McElhenny	V60
30	Mark Darcy	V40	51	Chris Wilson	V50
31	Scott Jewel	S	52	Charles Fox	V60

The Reading Half - Sunday 2 March 2014

Great crowd support and the stadium finish was brilliant and the crowd noise is a genuine roar as you turn into the ground.But sadly let down by huge queues to collect baggage and for the bus back to the town centre. Matt Pillinger was 1948th (gun pos) and 1637th (chip pos) in 1:39:25 (1:36:01). You can see the full results here.

The Haweswater Half - Sunday 2 March 2014

Almost traffic free, very undulating, very wet, very enjoyable and very highly recommended. Jeremy Barber was 383rd in 2:09:13. Full results here. To find out more about this lovely race see the Eden Runners' website

The New Forest Challenge - Saturday 1 March 2014

Martin Loveless reports, "Great day out, only £10 entry fee which included tea and coffee before the start, check points with cakes, rice puddings and chocolate and finally, at the finish, a cooked meal.
Self navigation course across the northern part of the new Forest which made it interesting, we got lost enough times to turn the marathon into an ultra and unfortunately the bad weather hit us with about 5 miles to go - pouring rain and strong winds but spare a thought for all the walkers who spent even longer out there."

Martin Loveless, Paul Blundell, Ian Hawker, Tiff Hanley and Mike Roberts all did the 26 (plus a bit more by the sound of it) in 5:57 and Mary Tebb did the 18 in 3:40. You can see the full results here.

The Grizedale 26- Sunday 23 February 2014

Four intrepid Hardley runners braved the elements for this new race. Luckily it was just wind and rain; this time last year the course was deep in snow. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here And here's a report by Paul which includes links to a couple of photo albums by him and David

Pos	Time	Name	*Cat*	Cat Pos	Gender Pos
118	5:20:15	Paul Blundell	MV40	34	104
119	5:20:16	Tiffany Hanley	FV40	5	15
120	5:20:17	Martin Loveless	MV50	13	105
171	6:07:04	David Gould	MV50	20	143

The Terminator - Sunday 23 February 2014

Only three Hardley members travelled to Pewsey for this year's race. Those who didn't missed a challenging multi-terrain course of approximately 12 miles with a gentle start across fields and a canal towpath. It then gets serious with several climbs, a sting in the tail (up and round a rather green looking white horse) and a free shoe-wash. Conditions were sticky and shoes got heavier and heavier so the shoe- wash (or butt wash as shorter runners termed it) was a welcome relief. As always it was well organised with loads of helpful and encouraging marshals. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Time	Name	Cat	Pos	Time	Name	Cat
250	2:12:25	Mark Lee	MV40	423	2:55:47	Jeremy Barber	MV60
422	2:55:46	Jacqui Healey	F45

Winchester 10K - Sunday 23 February 2014

There was one Hardley competitor, Matthew Tanner MV50 who was 44th in 40:31 (chip time 40:26). You can see the full results here.

National Cross Country Championships - Nottingham - Saturday 22 February 2014

So far as I can see only one Hardley member made it to Wollaton Park for the Nationals. Well done Paddy Butler who was 1486th in the 12K Senior Men's race in 59:47. You can see the full results here

Southampton Glow in the Park 5K - Weds 19 February 2014

Congratulations to Huw Davies who was 2nd in the inaugural Glow in the Park 10K on Southampton Common in 36:21 (chip time 36:19). Also to Sue Stone who did a negaitive split and finished 213rd in 1:02:52. Huw writes, "The course wasn’t great – lots of 180 degree dog legs and muddy excursions to make-up the distance. But the event had a nice atmosphere and it was fun to run around in the dark. The locals added some spice by nicking over 40 of the 80 LEDs used to guide runners through the trees". You can see the full results here if you select 10K in the drop down menu.

The Bramley 20 and 10 - Sunday 16 February 2014

What a lovely change to have a fine day. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here

Pos	Time	Name	Cat	Chip Time	Gun Pos	Gun Time	Name	Cat	Chip Time
20 Miles
285	2:36:17	Matthew Pillinger	M	2:35:51	572	3:05:21	Julie Swainston	F40	3:04:21
523	2:59:40	David Gould	M50	2:58:45	608	3:10:40	Polly Marshall	F	3:09:41
10 Miles
83	1:10:51	John Mckenzie	M50	1:10:36	213	1:21:06	David Mckeown	M40	1:20:20
126	1:14:15	Paddy Butler	M50	1:13:54

The Meon Valley Plod - Sunday 9 February

For those who took part last year this was relatively...repeat relatively...straightforward - if steep climbs and narrow/rutted/rocky/muddy paths and a hailstorm can ever be considered straightforward! 4WDs blocking one of the narrow paths was interesting. If you want off-road running (there are some farm-tracks but only 2ish miles of v. quiet roads) and a low-key atmosphere, with a great sense of achievement at the finish, then this is a good one to try. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Time	Name	Pos	Time	Name
92	3:38:40	Paul Blundell	142	3:56:03	Ian Hawker
105	3:44:17	Andy Simpson	173	4:10:45	Tiffany Hanley
122	3:48:57	Martin Loveless	214	4:33:52	David Gould
126	3:51:22	Ian Ordish	260	5:20:43	Jeremy Barber

Chichester Priory 10K - Sunday 9 February 2014

John McKenzie was 279th in 42:45. You can see the full results here.

Hampshire Cross Country League - Race 5 - Salisbury - Saturday 8 February 2014

Thanks very much to Adrian, Andy, Ian and Mick who answered the call for the final event and braved the gale force winds and traffic chaos. The rules work like this. Teams that don't field even 3 men are penalised so even though Salisbury won the last race they didn't have a minimum of 3 men at Bournemouth. Similarly Totton had only 2 men at Salisbury so went down.
5 Finishers beat all incomplete teams regardless of ability so everyone's efforts are important. As a result we stay in Divison 2 (men) and Division 1 (vet men). Well done to all concerned! Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here

Pos	Vet Pos	Name	Cat	Time	Pos	Vet Pos	Name	Cat	Time
99	37	Andy Kellaway	M40	39:35:00	152	76	Adrian Mudle	M50	49:32:00
127	56	Mick Anglim	M60	42:29:00	159	83	Ian Smith	M50	54:48:00

The Ryde 10 - Sunday 2 February 2014

A well organised race and Ryde Harriers even managed to arrange a sunny day which was excellent. The only drawback was the traffic which was a bit worrying at times. There were three challenging hills including one towards the end. Congratulations to Polly Marshall who put on a burst of speed on that hill and finished strongly with a new PB. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here (look under results; I can't give you a direct link as the site uses frames).

Pos	Time	Chip Time	Name	Gender Pos	Cat Pos
71	1:06:56	1:06:53	Andy Kellaway	65	30th V40
126	1:12:27	1:12:21	Paul Blundell	119	52nd V40
131	1:12:35	1:12:13	Ian Hawker	123	15th V50
161	1:14:33	1:14:28	Mick Anglim	147	6th V60
183	1:15:46	1:15:43	Paul Carter	160	26th V45
230	1:18:57	1:18:44	Paddy Butler	188	32nd V45
296	1:24:06	1:24:00	Hannah Du Preez	70	21st S
318	1:26:22	1:25:58	Mark Lee	237	97th V40
331	1:28:19	1:27:53	Polly Marshall	86	26th S
340	1:28:59	1:28:36	Adrian Mudle	252	58th V50
347	1:30:10	1:29:45	Jeremy Barber	256	15th V60

The Romsey 5 - Sunday 26 January 2014

The weather was a little damp as you can see from this video. There were three Hardley runners recorded in the results. There may have been others as the rain got into the timing equipment and some results were lost. So if you were there as well please let me know. Hardley results are below. You can see the recorded results here.

Pos	Time	Name	Gender Pos	Pace	Cat	Cat Pos
65	0:33:45	John Mckenzie	61	6:45 min/m	MV55	5
272	0:43:44	Mike Sleath	203	8:44 min/m	MV55	16
291	0:44:57	Tara Anglim	75	8:59 min/m	FV35	10

South of England Cross Country Championships - Parliament Hill - Saturday 25 January 2014

The going was soft as you can see from this video. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Time	Name
619	1:12:31	Andrew Kellaway
788	1:18:29	Mick Anglim
824	1:19:55	Ian Banks

Stubbington Green 10K - 19 January 2014

What a lovely morning and wahat a contrast with last year's cold and snow! It was positively Spring-like which attracted an excellent Hardley turnout of 22 runners. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here. And here's an explanation of the WAVA age gradings.

Pos	Time	Name	Cat	Chip Time	WAVA	Pos	Time	Name	Cat	Chip Time	WAVA
167	40.14	Matthew Tanner	MV50	40.05	74.65	455	45.57	Charles Fox	MV60	45.48	71.27
181	40.30	Andrew Kellaway	MV45	40.24	71.90	458	46.02	Lynn McDonagh	FV40	45.52	70.10
212	41.21	Nick Newton	MV55	41.12	77.07	581	48.09	Hannah Du Preez	F	47.27	62.13
223	41.42	John McKenzie	MV55	41.30	76.41	597	48.31	Julie Swainston	FV40	48.20	64.87
241	42.12	Andrew McGough	MV40	42.00	66.99	643	49.32	Tiffany Hanley	FV45	49.22	66.28
312	43.29	Paul Carter	MV55	43.20	71.99	678	50.11	Vivien Alexander	FV50	49.19	69.76
319	43.32	Paul Blundell	MV45	42.53	68.45	865	53.26	Kim Cotton	FV40	52.13	58.41
329	43.48	Ian Hawker	MV55	43.09	74.09	907	53.58	Jeremy Barber	MV60	52.27	61.28
343	44.10	Mick Anglim	MV65	44.00	78.81	1338	63.50	Jan Anglim	FV65	62.13	63.26
373	44.35	Paddy Butler	MV50	44.27	68.48	1452	70.49	Katie King	FV35	69.56	43.36
428	45.32	Ian Ordish	MV55	44.54	69.98	1515	90.56	Ann Bruce-Low	FV70	90.36	47.51

Rough 'n' Tumble - Sunday 12 January 2014

An excellent 10 mile multi-terrain course near Pewsey with a well-deserved reputation for mud, sweat and cakes. Martin Loveless reports, "Course was, as to be expected, even muddier than normal but plenty of opportunities to get the shoes clean in all the extra ‘rivers’ on the course and cakes were as good as ever – got to be one of my favourite runs" Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here.

Pos	Time	Name	Cat	Pos	Time	Name	Cat
80	1:28:44	Paul Blundell	MV40	150	1:38:41	Ian Ordish	MV50
82	1:28:59	Sue Sleath	FV45	242	1:47:13	Tiffany Hanley	FV45
89	1:30:13	Martin Loveless	MV50	274	1:51:39	Julie Swainston	F
107	1:32:46	Andy Simpson	MV40	331	1:57:30	Mark Lee	MV40
123	1:35:02	Lynn Mcdonagh	FV35

Hampshire Cross Country league - Race 4 - Bournemouth - Saturday 11 January 2014

It was a lovely sunny afternnon, positively spring-like, in fact. Despite warning about the state of the course, the going was good with only a couple of muddy bits. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here. Our men were 7th in Division 2 and are now 9th after 4 matches. Our vet men were 6th in Divion 1 and are now 6th overall.

Pos	Vet Pos	Name	Cat	Time	Pos	Vet Pos	Name	Cat	Time
105	36	Andy Kellaway	M40	38:34	159	77	Ian Banks	M50	43:11
148	69	Paddy Butler	M50	42:18	195	106	Jeremy Barber	M60	52:36
155	73	Mick Anglim	M60	42:44

Our CC6 - Dibden Inclosure - Sunday 5 January 2014

What a wonderful sunrise! And the weather stayed fine for the race. It was damp underfoot but not nearly as damp as on the reccy the day before. Ian did a splendid job of organising us. Please see his report on our News page. The car parking worked well. The runners enjoyed a proper cross country race encouraged by lots of friendly marshals. And afterwards there was scrummy cake. Well done to everyone concerned. Hardley results are below. Thanks very much to everyone who ran and marshalled as well. Here (thanks Malc) are some pictures of our runners. And here. thanks to Emily Smith, is an album of over 500 pictures (you may need to be on Facebook to see). This race does not count for the Geoff Mills trophies. The full results are on the CC6 website (see Links tab).

CC6 Captain, Ian Ordish, writes, "With respect to the race itself both teams did extremely well. The ladies team came 2nd on the day which keeps them in 3rd position overall. Sue Sleath led the Hardley ladies home by gaining a 4th place. Our most recent ladies signing, Jenny Dexter (who with Anna Carter joined us on the morning of the race) followed Lyn McDonagh home in 13th place.
The men's team finished 3rd on the day, but dropped a place in the overall placements. Totton with whom they had previously been joint 4th, managed 2nd place on Sunday so gained a 1 point advantage. Paul Pallister was first Hardley man in 2nd place
There was no change in our combined team Trophy so we remain 4th.
Well done to all who ran the testing course."

Q How do you make a person happy in two words?
A "More cake?"

*Pos*	Name		*Pos*	Name		*Pos*	Name
Women
4	Sue Sleath	V50	16	Jane Morgan	V50	31	Anna Carter	V40
12	Lynn Mcdonagh	V40	18	Lisa Lewis	V40	54	Chris Harris	V60
13	Jenny Dexter	V40	21	Julie Swainston	V40
Men
2	Paul Pallister	V40	33	Mark Darcy	V40	64	Richard Parson	S
8	Mark Causebrook	S	49	Mick Anglim	V60	80	Mark Lee	V40
25	Tim Morgan	S	51	Paul Blundell	V40

Hants Cross Country Championships - Saturday 4 January 2014

The course at Fleming Park was damp, nay wet, nay so wet they had to abandon part of it and add some new loops in to make up the distance. The rain was light for the races which was a blessing. The course was well churned up as the senior women (8k) and men (12k) were the last two races. But all in all, at least in the humble opinion of your webmaster, it was a good event and much better fun than festering at home on a wet day. Hardley results are below. You can see the full results here. Well done Jane and Viv but we needed two more for a team. We also needed one more man for a men's team but for vets it is only five so we had a full team and took 12th place. And here's a lovely album from Hammy.

Pos	Time	Name	Cat	Cat Pos	Gun Pos	Gun Time	Name	Cat	Cat Pos
Women 8k
61	39:50:00	Jane Morgan	W50	3	84	44:50:00	Vivien Alexander	W50	6
Men 12K
16	43:52:00	Mike Cummings	SM	15	157	62:17:00	Paul Carter	M55	9
141	58:52:00	Paddy Butler	M50	12	171	75:34:00	Jeremy Barber	M60	7
147	59:37:00	Ian Banks	M50	14