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

07808 170087

 

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