2019 Andy Reading 10K

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2019 Andy Reading 10K

As very few races are taking place at the moment, I'm creating some web pages entitled "where I was taking photos this time last year". Today, I'm looking at the Andy Reading 10K which takes place from Chesterton which is a village near Bicester.

The organiser's website says "The Andy Reading Memorial 10km Road Race is hosted jointly by Alchester Running Club and Bicester Athletics Club and is held in memory of Andy Reading, a former member of our Club." He was also a member of Bicester AC. That web page also says: "it is with regret the Andy Reading Race Committee has decided to cancel this year’s event (which had been scheduled for 13th December). We hope to be able to rekindle this event for 2021.". Last year's race took place on Sun Dec 8th 2019. The chip timers dbmax produced this video of the start of the 2019 race.

I did the race in 2010, 2009 and 2008. My notes from 2008 say: "The race takes place on a reasonably flat course, with about 4K on a straight old Roman Road called Akeman Street and another 4K round the perimeter road of the airfield at RAF Weston on the Green. If you're not at the front, then, whilst on the airfield, you can see the lead car on the other side of the airfield. When I did this race, it was about 2.5K ahead - it looked a long way away!

Taking place in December, the race has sometimes suffered because of the weather.

The 2017 race got cancelled because of snow. This is one of a few photos on the Alchester Running Club's Facebook page.

If not snow, then ice. My notes from the 2010 race say: "In my warm-up I ran the last K of the route which is the bit along Akeman Street. Whilst doing this in my warm-up I frequently had to slow down as my feet were sliding on ice. This was especially the case on the southern side of the road where the bushes were hiding the sun. Although this was the first year that the race was planned to start at 1030, the organisers reverted to the normal start time of 1100 hoping the roads would de-ice. Whilst doing the race, I didn't detect any ice at all. Whether this was because the delay had allowed the sun to melt the ice or whether the trampling of the runners in front of me had melted the ice, I don't know." "A few gliders were taking off and landing which gave us something to look at whilst running round the disused airfield."

By the way, you can click on any of the photos on this web page to see the photo in hi-res.

The route of the race

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The above map is taken from www.mapmyrun.com. The organizer's website says "the course is a flat 10K on local roads around the village of Chesterton, near Bicester, and the route takes in RAF Weston on the Green. The race starts and finishes at the Bicester Sports Association H in Chesterton." It's the section between 4K and 8K where the race goes round the disused airfield.

Photos of the male runners who did well at the 2019 Andy Reading 10K

Here are some photos of the male runners who finished in the top 3 and/or were first in their age category. These photos are ordered by the position of the runner.

Alex Miell-Ingram (207, Radley_AC) was 1st and the 1st SM finishing in a time of 33:08.003.

Ben Kruze (176, Midland_Masters_AC) was 2nd and the 2nd SM finishing in a time of 33:35.267.

Stephen Herring (131, Marshall_Milton_Keynes_AC) was 3rd and the 1st MV50 finishing in a time of 35:08.870.

Paul Leverton (188, Alchester_RC) was 5th and the 1st MV40 finishing in a time of 35:46.490.

Michael Cadle (36, Bicester_AC) was the 1st MJun finishing in a time of 40:06.330.

Mark Jones (169, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 1st MV60 finishing in a time of 41:14.527.

David Parsons (236, Oxford_City_AC) was the 1st MV70 finishing in a time of 49:19.900.

Photos of male runners from other running clubs

Here are some photos of the first male runner from running clubs other than those mentioned above. I've only included those clubs that had more than one runner competing. These photos are ordered by the name of the running club.

George Wood (322, Abingdon_AC) was the 29th SM finishing in a time of 43:24.293.

Simon Pritchard (245, Banbury_Harriers) was the 7th MV50 finishing in a time of 43:41.350.

Rob Palmer (234, Bearbrook_RC) was the 8th MV40 finishing in a time of 37:39.577.

Garry James (162, Bicester_Tri) was the 13th SM finishing in a time of 38:36.520.

John Freer (97, Buckingham_and_Stowe_RC) was the 25th MV50 finishing in a time of 50:47.410.

William Morgan (214, Cherwell_Runners_and_Joggers) was the 18th MV40 finishing in a time of 40:34.623.

Martin Fray (95, Compton_Harriers_RC) was the 6th MV50 finishing in a time of 43:01.370.

Kerry Papps (235, Eynsham_Roadrunners) was the 10th MV40 finishing in a time of 37:45.517.

Peter Summers (288, Handy_Cross_Runners) was the 40th MV50 finishing in a time of 1:01:27.153.

Scott Southey (279, Harwell_Harriers) was the 38th SM finishing in a time of 47:58.553.

Mark Norris (226, Hook_Norton_Harriers) was the 6th MV40 finishing in a time of 37:11.843.

James Finnigan (91, Kidlington_RC) was the 23rd MV40 finishing in a time of 43:24.253.

Robert Lukehurst (193, Lonely_Goat_Athletics_Club) was the 14th MV50 finishing in a time of 45:45.890.

Jason Shailer (268, North_Cotswold_Tri_and_Run) was the 33rd MV40 finishing in a time of 48:05.623.

Daniel Anderton (2, Oxford_Tri) was the 11th SM finishing in a time of 37:30.973.

Graham Smith (273, St_Albans_Striders) was the 12th MV40 finishing in a time of 38:27.583.

Thomas Broughton (31, Thame_Runners) was the 20th SM finishing in a time of 40:18.007.

Andy Neill (218, Tring_RC) was the 9th MV50 finishing in a time of 44:45.433.

Alan Roberts (252, Vale_of_Aylesbury_AC) was the 17th MV50 finishing in a time of 47:06.510.

Paul Foster (94, Vegan_Runners) was the 22nd SM finishing in a time of 40:39.997.

Chris Mulcahy (215, Witney_Road_Runners) was the 17th MV40 finishing in a time of 40:17.400.

Photos of the female runners who did well at the 2019 Andy Reading 10K

Here are some photos of the female runners who finished in the top 3 and/or were first in their age category. These photos are ordered by the position of the runner.

Rebecca Duxbury (82, Oxford_Tri) was the 1st female and the 1st SL finishing in a time of 37:30.777.

Helen Mulhall (216, Bearbrook_RC) was the 2nd female and the 1st FV45 finishing in a time of 39:37.877.

Frankie Snare (277, Witney_Road_Runners) was the 3rd female and the 2nd SL finishing in a time of 40:04.393.

Lynda Hembury (129, Tring_RC) was the 7th female and the 1st FV55 finishing in a time of 43:33.143.

Alejandra Pascual-Garrido (237, Cambridge_and_Coleridge_AC) was the 9th female and the 1st FV35 finishing in a time of 43:52.247.

Alexandra Kallos (171, Radley_AC) was the 1st FJun finishing in a time of 45:01.757.

Photos of female runners from other running clubs

Here are some photos of the first female runner from running clubs other than those mentioned above. I've only included those clubs that had more than one runner competing. These photos are ordered by the name of the running club.

Claire True (317, Alchester_RC) was the 5th female and the 4th SL finishing in a time of 41:19.010.

Lucy Montague (211, Bicester_AC) was the 5th FJun finishing in a time of 1:02:41.007.

Joanne Tyrrell (329, Buckingham_and_Stowe_RC) was the 4th FV45 finishing in a time of 48:28.273.

Clare Curnow (62, Cherwell_Runners_and_Joggers) was the 3rd FV55 finishing in a time of 47:39.340.

Lucy Gettins (102, Compton_Harriers_RC) was the 4th FV55 finishing in a time of 49:37.607.

Anna Mackin (195, Eynsham_Roadrunners) was the 6th FV35 finishing in a time of 48:21.587.

Julie Bowler (25, Handy_Cross_Runners) was the 22nd FV45 finishing in a time of 1:01:27.917.

Holly Cripps (60, Harwell_Harriers) was the 16th SL finishing in a time of 57:02.277.

Joanne Hayden (125, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 8th SL finishing in a time of 45:25.263.

Donna Allen (1, Hook_Norton_Harriers) was the 6th female and the 5th SL finishing in a time of 41:19.020.

Andrea Finnigan (90, Kidlington_RC) was the 4th FV35 finishing in a time of 46:28.367.

Ann Hillary (133, North_Cotswold_Tri_and_Run) was the 5th FV35 finishing in a time of 48:05.277.

Gwyneth Hueter (154, Oxford_City_AC) was the 8th FV55 finishing in a time of 52:44.477.

Tamsin Blamey (21, Thame_Runners) was the 20th FV45 finishing in a time of 59:20.847.

Liz Ofarrell (228, Woodstock_Harriers) was the 9th FV35 finishing in a time of 49:23.727.

Postscript

If you did the Andy Reading 10K in 2019 and want a reminder, then here's a link to all the photos that I took. There's a calculator on that web page that makes it easy to find the photos of a runner given their time and you can find the time from the results web page.

If you want to see the reviews I've done on other races, then here's a link to a web page that includes an index of the reviews of races.

I'm planning for my next review to be of the 2019 Hooky Christmas Canter. I hope to post that on Sunday (Dec 20th 2020).

I maintain a web page for runners that provides a list of races near Oxfordshire and the latest results. As well as a lot of postponed/cancelled races(!), it is now includes several races that plan to abide by the Covid-19 regulations. So go and visit www.oxonraces.com to see what races may take place. And if you use twitter, you may want to follow @oxonraces to become aware of important changes to this web page.

This web page is at www.oxonraces.com/blog/2020-12-13-chesterton-bicester. It was created on Tue Dec 8th 2020 and last updated on Sun Dec 13th 2020.