Thame 10k / Ridgeway Relay Round Up June 2022

CPM Thame 10k (26th June)

U20 athlete Thomas Fell took 8^th place in the race taking over two minutes off his previous best set in the same race last year! Veteran Tim Jones blew away the competition by dipping under 40 minutes and beating the next nearest in his age group by over 5 and a ½ minutes! The final Vale athlete was Sharon Maisey who, in her first road race since 2016 ran well to finish within a minute of her PB and finish 3^rd in her age category.

Vale Results:
8^th Thomas Fell (U20) – 35mins 33secs (PB)
35^th Tim Jones (V60) – 39mins 41secs (1^st in age category)
116^th Sharon Maisey (V45) – 46mins 46secs (3^rd in age category)

Ridgeway Relay (26^th June)

The Ridgeway Relay is a team relay organised by Marlborough Running Club. It is run over ten legs, the legs varying in length from 5.4 miles to 11.0 miles. The route starts at Ivinghoe Beacon and finishes in Marlborough. At least two of the legs must be run by a female runner. Teams compete for a team trophy on the basis of shortest total time taken to complete the course. Competitors may run more than one leg, but must run complete legs and all changeovers must take place at the designated locations.

This year the Vale had one team entered and managed a fantastic 4^th place out of 37 teams entered completing the gruelling course in 10hours 46mins 02secs.

RESULTS (Leg placing first followed by team place after leg conclusion in brackets)
Leg 1 2^nd (2^nd) Mark Baines – 1hour 10mins 42secs
Leg 2 2^nd (2^nd) Jodie Digby – 47mins 27secs
Leg 3 11^th (7^th) Robin Barrett – 1hour 11mins 17secs
Leg 4 17^th (7^th) Vicky Sheldon – 48mins 01sec
Leg 5 6^th (6^th) Scott Ramsell – 1hour 8mins 21secs
Leg 6 5^th (4^th) James Davis – 1hour 12mins 42secs
Leg 7 2^nd (3^rd) Charlie May – 58mins 05secs
Leg 8 13^th (3^rd) Adam Johnson – 59mins 21secs
Leg 9 24^th (6^th) Alan Roberts – 1hour 32mins 40secs
Leg 10 3^rd (4^th) William Ralston – 57mins 26secs