Handicap Series
15th April 2019
The 2019 Handicap Series starts this Wednesday. It’s not supposed to be too serious, but a great way to challenge yourself and hopefully see some improving times over the summer. The format also gives everyone a chance of winning, by allocating handicap times based on everyone’s expected 5 mile time, although it does favour the slower runners as they can progress more than the faster ones. The slowest runner goes off first, then everyone else follows at intervals according to their handicap time. If everyone runs to form then everyone should finish together. In practice that never happens, as some have good runs and some not so good runs. However, it also relies on everyone being honest and realistic about their anticipated pace – if your handicap time is too generous then you will beat it easily, but if it is too tough then you might not get near it. Below are the expected times based mostly around last year’s series times. Please take a look and see if your expected time looks about right. Anyone beating their expected time by too big a margin (indicating their handicap was far too generous) will be deducted points to try and even things out (especially anyone asking for slower times then beating them by a big margin 😊). Handicap times are adjusted after each race.
So, please check the below and advise me ASAP (by Wednesday lunchtime at the latest) if their time needs adjusting. Apologies if your name is not on the list, it’s not deliberate; it’s just based on who ran last year as I haven’t had time to check through our membership list to add any newer runners. You are of course very welcome, so just let me know you hope to come along and let me know your expected 5 mile time. As it’s unlikely you will have done a 5 mile, if you’ve done a recent 5k or 10k then let me know that time and I can adjust. If you haven’t raced recently just try and estimate your time as best you can.
As mentioned in my email last night, it’s best to park at Morrison’s (ideal for pre/post run shopping) if you are driving as it’s just a short walk across to Walton Cardiff Lane.
Nigel has volunteered to help on Wednesday to hand out race numbers and record finishing times, but it would be useful to have one more helper. So if anyone is carrying an injury or just doesn’t fancy running it this month but can help out, let me know.
We had a really good series last year with high numbers taking part, so hoping to see lots of you running this year too.
First Name
Surname
Handicap Time
Start Time
Amanda
Marshall
01:03:00
19:00:00
Claudine
Bichard
01:02:24
19:00:36
Sue
Mottram
01:02:14
19:00:46
Mike
Ward
00:59:29
19:03:31
Phil
Howells
00:57:00
19:06:00
Sam
Robinson
00:52:42
19:10:18
Nina
Morris
00:51:30
19:11:30
Laura
Kent
00:50:57
19:12:03
Pete
Davies
00:50:47
19:12:13
Tonia
Whitebeam
00:50:23
19:12:37
Tracy
Tailford
00:50:02
19:12:58
Kim
Boskett
00:48:36
19:14:24
Vicky
Earls
00:48:28
19:14:32
Ian
Caley
00:47:30
19:15:30
Sheena
Moseley
00:47:25
19:15:35
Duncan
Tharme
00:46:37
19:16:23
Alistair
Parker
00:46:15
19:16:45
Cam
Pay
00:46:14
19:16:46
Terry
Ballard
00:46:14
19:16:46
Sharon
Lockley
00:45:09
19:17:51
Karen
Maber
00:44:56
19:18:04
Linda
Everis
00:44:07
19:18:53
Wes
Reid
00:43:36
19:19:24
Jo
Chandler
00:43:19
19:19:41
Mike
Younger
00:42:01
19:20:59
Liz
Spiers
00:42:01
19:20:59
Carley
Merriman
00:41:43
19:21:17
Jude
Rodrigues
00:41:37
19:21:23
Elaine
Vincent
00:41:14
19:21:46
John
Tharme
00:40:48
19:22:12
Suzanne
Tharme
00:39:54
19:23:06
Dave
Aguirre
00:39:51
19:23:09
Carol
Cowley
00:39:22
19:23:38
Noel
Green
00:38:33
19:24:27
Paul
Thomas
00:37:01
19:25:59
Nick
Matthews
00:36:44
19:26:16
Gary
Duxbury
00:36:39
19:26:21
Paul
Mason
00:36:14
19:26:46
Chris
Duckworth
00:36:00
19:27:00
Nigel
Tillott
00:35:26
19:27:34
Natalie
Jenks
00:35:22
19:27:38
Mike
Bryce
00:35:01
19:27:59
Steve
Maber
00:34:52
19:28:08
Paul
Douglas
00:34:30
19:28:30
Russell
Steele
00:34:30
19:28:30
Vlad
Venglar
00:34:24
19:28:36
Michael
Jackson
00:33:42
19:29:18
Simon
Crilley
00:33:39
19:29:21
Annabel
Roberts
00:33:29
19:29:31
Stuart
Coxshall
00:33:19
19:29:41
Alec
Vincent
00:33:08
19:29:52
Rachel
Hickey
00:32:42
19:30:18
Andy
Hawkins
00:32:42
19:30:18
Shona
Crombie-Hicks
00:32:00
19:31:00
Mark
Gardiner
00:31:56
19:31:04
Jon
Mansfield
00:31:35
19:31:25
Simon
Meadows
00:30:52
19:32:08
James
Head
00:30:50
19:32:10
Ed
Hardy
00:30:09
19:32:51
Cheers
Roy
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