2020 Woodcote 10K

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2020 Woodcote 10K

As no 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 Woodcote 10K which takes place from Woodcote, a village near to the A4074 which is the road from Oxford to Reading. Woodcote is about 19M from Oxford.

The organiser's website describes this race as "the toughest 10K in the South Chilterns". It also says "licensed by UK Athletics and attracting both club and non affiliated runners, the Woodcote 10K is something of a challenge. Just completing the undulating, meandering course, along back roads, flanked by woods and farmland, gives a real sense of achievement. It is frequently described by participants as their favourite race of the year.". My notes from when I did it in 2011 say "this 10K is on country lanes in the Chilterns - it starts from the village green in Woodcote, goes downhill along lanes through woods to Goring - at 5K, it goes up the killer hill that is outside Goring's Fire Station, the same hill that is used for the start of the Goring 10K - there is then a 1K respite but this is followed by a long climb back to Woodcote - elsewhere on the web, someone says it's a 'tough road race, 5K downhill followed by 5K uphill' and that describes it very well".

Last year's race took place on Sun Jan 12th 2020 and this year's race was to have taken place today (Sun Jan 10th 2021). Unfortunately, because of Covid-19 it has had to be cancelled.

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 the organizer's website. The race starts in Woodcote which is on the right (where the pub symbol is) and it goes clockwise around the circular route that is shown in red.

Photos of the male runners who did well at the 2020 Woodcote 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.

Jonathan Westlake (431, unattached) was 1st and the 1st MV40 finishing in a time of 35:41.
This photo was taken with just 0.5K to go. So, as you can see, it's a battle for first place. Jonathan won by 2 seconds!

Sam Hull (121, South_West_Veterans_Athletics_C.) was 2nd and the 2nd MV40 finishing in a time of 35:43.

Chris Lucas (42, Reading_Roadrunners) was 3rd and the 1st SM finishing in a time of 35:55.

David Parton (291, unattached) was 6th and the 1st MV50 finishing in a time of 37:21.

Edward Dodwell (434, Reading_Roadrunners) was the 1st MV60 finishing in a time of 42:20.

Harris Rahimi-Lord (441, unattached) was the 1st MU18 finishing in a time of 51:29.

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.

Tom Ball (372, Abingdon_AC) was the 21st MV40 finishing in a time of 41:50.

Darren Wheeler (428, Abingdon_and_Vale_Triathlon_Clu.) was the 26th MV40 finishing in a time of 43:05.

Andy Butler (16, Bearbrook_RC) was the 49th MV50 finishing in a time of 55:41.

Ross Flynn (442, Bracknell_Forest_Runners) was the 60th MV40 finishing in a time of 51:28.

Steve Bennett (34, Chineham_Park_RC) was the 41st MV40 finishing in a time of 47:36.

Martin Fray (49, Compton_Harriers) was the 9th MV50 finishing in a time of 43:05.

Liam Day (128, Didcot_Runners) was the 3rd SM finishing in a time of 38:26.

Alan Wood (41, Harwell_Harriers) was the 11th SM finishing in a time of 41:53.

Simon Dales (392, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 5th MV50 finishing in a time of 40:05.

Clewin Griffith (258, Lonely_Goat_RC) was the 7th MV40 finishing in a time of 38:40.

Andrew Thorndyke (356, Oxford_Tri) was the 17th MV40 finishing in a time of 41:17.

George Reich (116, Reading_AC) was the 18th MV40 finishing in a time of 41:37.

Robert Nethersole (471, Reading_Joggers) was the 44th MV40 finishing in a time of 47:45.

Chris Starling (268, Thame_Runners) was the 6th SM finishing in a time of 38:44.

Nick Silcox (302, Tri2o_Triathlon_Club) was the 4th MV50 finishing in a time of 40:04.

Andrew Walker (357, Wallingford_Triathlon_Club) was the 20th MV50 finishing in a time of 47:23.

Michael Scott (221, White_Horse_Harriers) was the 14th MV50 finishing in a time of 45:52.

Chris Mulcahy (90, Witney_Road_Runners) was the 12th MV40 finishing in a time of 39:47.

Photos of the female runners who did well at the 2020 Woodcote 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.

Ellie Gosling (344, Bracknell_Forest_Runners) was the 1st female and the 1st SL finishing in a time of 40:26.

Daniella Bailey (312, Bristol_and_West_AC) was the 2nd female and the 2nd SL finishing in a time of 42:07.

Leanne James (24, unattached) was the 3rd female and the 3rd SL finishing in a time of 42:26.

Sarah Dooley (202, Reading_Roadrunners) was the 4th female and the 1st FV40 finishing in a time of 43:42.

Jane Davies (71, Reading_Roadrunners) was the 7th female and the 1st FV60 finishing in a time of 45:22.

Stephanie Cook (324, Thame_Runners) was the 1st FV50 finishing in a time of 47:18.

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.

Lucy Shelton (55, Abingdon_AC) was the 5th female and the 4th SL finishing in a time of 44:09.

Lucy Hamilton (439, Abingdon_and_Vale_Triathlon_Clu.) was the 7th FV60 finishing in a time of 57:29.

Paula Robinson (5, Bearbrook_RC) was the 5th FV50 finishing in a time of 48:53.

Alice Riseley (255, Benson_Striders) was the 8th female and the 6th SL finishing in a time of 46:11.

Lucy Gettins (48, Compton_Harriers) was the 7th FV50 finishing in a time of 51:57.

Rachel Mulvaney (418, Harwell_Harriers) was the 10th SL finishing in a time of 50:44.

Sandra Wiltshire (222, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 15th FV40 finishing in a time of 56:48.

Lauren Wood (287, Lonely_Goat_RC) was the 21st SL finishing in a time of 53:09.

Susan Francis (200, Reading_AC) was the 32nd FV50 finishing in a time of 1:08:57.

Heidi Price (467, Reading_Joggers) was the 9th female and the 2nd FV40 finishing in a time of 46:38.

Harriet Pepper (72, Tri2o_Triathlon_Club) was the 19th SL finishing in a time of 52:07.

Katie Smith (37, White_Horse_Harriers) was the 11th SL finishing in a time of 50:42.

Sally Mackie (254, Witney_Road_Runners) was the 5th FV60 finishing in a time of 56:54.

Postscript

If you did the Woodcote 10K in 2020 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 Race 4 of the 2019-20 Tempo Winter Series that took place in Ilmington (in Warwickshire) on Sun Jan 19th 2020. I hope to post that on Sun Jan 17th 2021.

I maintain a web page for runners that provides a list of races near Oxfordshire and the latest results. 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/2021-01-10-woodcote. It was created on Sun Jan 3rd 2021 and last updated on Sun Jan 10th 2021.