Solent Half Marathon - Previous Results
Solent Half Marathon - Previous Results
The Solent Half is our half marathon held in October. It is a friendly race with up to 500 entries and a lovely course winding through the New Forest around Exbury and along the Solent shore at Lepe.
This page gives results for previous races.
10:10 on 10:10:10 was clearly an auspicious time. It was a lovely day for the race and competitors enjoyed some beautiful views of the New Forest and the Solent.
Thank you very much to all of the competitors and the Hardley Runners and friends who helped to support the event. Thanks also to our partners Race New Forest, FRS Systems, Up & Running, Hythe Police and our hosts Gang Warily Recreation Centre.
Feedback on Runners' World was excellent - just the sort of encouragement we needed to do it again.
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There is some very detailed analysis by teams on the HRRL site.
Here's an album of pictures taken mainly at the drinks station at Mile 4 with some at the finish when we got there after tidying up.
It was an overcast morning but the rain held off and conditions were good for a fast race. Reports on Runners World suggest that competitors enjoyed it which makes it worthwhile organising it! Thanks very much to everyone who helped behind the scenes and on the day. You did a great job.
We have the individual results in two formats
There is a very useful analysis including overall positions, pace, team results and stats on the HRRL site
And in case you want to re-live the experience, here are some pictures taken at the water station at mile 4 and at the finish.
The race referee and organisers were assessing whether the race start might have to be delayed as the early morning mist drifted over Gang Warily playing fields. The conditions inspired some very positive reviews on the Runners World website concerning the contrasting in scenery between the misty New Forest and the sun drenched boats on the Solent. The later runners had to contend with unbroken sunshine and 21C temperature which did not affect the faster runners as much.
Tony Lambert of Winchester & District AC led from the gun and time trialled to a very respectable time of 1:09:20. Tony's winning margin over his team mate Andy Greenleaf was over 2 minutes with third placed Paul Cameron of Isle of Wight Runners less than 30 seconds later in 1:12:04.
The Ladies race was won even more convincingly by Winchester's Michaela McCallum who had also won the first race of the Hampshire Cross Country League less than 24 hours earlier! Michaela finished in 13th position overall in a time of 1:22:07 with a winning margin of over 10 minutes from Victoria Lincoln, an unattached visitor from London. Third placed Rachel Byers was close behind in 1:34:15 and helped Winchester to the Ladies team race. New Forest Runners were 2nd Ladies team with Winchester B in 3rd spot. The Men's Team race was won by Winchester from Alton Runners with Winchester B in third place. There were 372 finishers who enjoyed one of the most scenic courses on the South coast.
Thanks very much to everyone who worked so hard to make it such a good event.
We have the results in two formats
If you have any photos which we could add to our album please contact us. Thanks.
More details and background information about the race are here.
Thanks very much to everyone who helped with the planning and on the day. A huge amount of work went into putting on the event and it is another wonderful example of the way in which runners help each other. Over 300 runners enjoyed an excellent run through the New Forest and by the Solent at Lepe. The men's winner, by a fantastic three-minute margin was Richard Gowen from Alton Runners in 1.11.33. First lady was Shona Crombie-Hicks from Winchester & District AC in 1.20.48. Kevin King in 20th place was first Hardley man and Fionnuala Poynter was first Hardley lady in 8th place (85th overall).
You can see all the results here (PDF 35K). If you prefer a spreadsheet so you can sort them to your heart's delight then here's an Excel spreadsheet (78K)
We have pictures of the men's and women's winners and the most of the Hardley team.
The previous race was on 15 October 2006 when the race was under its former name of Hardley a Half. Here are the results. Note this is a 10 page Acrobat document so it make take a little while to load if you don't have broadband.
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