Phillip H reports...A few of us missed the club run this evening to honourably represent Tewkesbury AC in the Stroud Beer race, which despite it being relatively local, was also a first time run for 4 of the 6 runners taking part.
For those others of you that don't know the course, it is a tough test, run over Minchinhampton Common just outside Stroud over 3 laps for a total of 7.1 miles, with one steep hill and a long drag each lap to face (literally, since a stiff breeze whistled down the long uphill drag to make it a little more challenging!). All the club runners finished in the first half of the field of 105 finishers:
7th - Luke Anthony 44.17
11th - Rob Knight 46.15
20th - Nigel Tillott 48.31
22nd - Angie Sadler 49.12 (2nd lady and 1st lady vet O40)
42nd - Rob Jordan 54.22
43rd - Phillip Howells 54.35
Satisfied with respectable performances, we enjoyed the free beer earned for each finisher as the sun set in a superb array of golden and red colours over the horizon.