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Barrybados certainly lived up to its name yesterday. Just a few words to thank everyone from the greatest club on the planet for all your support, in whatever capacity. This race always produces shocks and surprises, and this one was no exception. Congratulations to Dave Coles on a Welsh silver medal and to Rory Coleman for running a gutsy solitary race.
Sorry that Loretta, Angela and Dave Headon didn't complete, but hope they all enjoyed it and will return.
28th Annual Barry 40 Mile Track Race
Sunday 9th March, 2014
Official Result
1. Pieter Vermeesch M37 Garden City Runners (BEL) 4:24:57
2. Jason Dickinson M46 TROTS 4:52:59
3. Zoltan Lesi M36 Unattached (HUN) 5:08:42
4. Tony Hooper M39 Cleethorpes AC 5:13:42
5. Andras Kulcsar M36 Unattached (HUN) 5:16:21
6. Mike Feighan M48 South West Road Runners 5:17:42
7. David Coles M54 Les Croupiers 5:18:26
8. Rasmivan Collinson M45 Sri Chinmoy AC 5:22:38
9. George Nicholls M44 Prestatyn RC 5:27:01
10. Mark Lewis Jones M49 Unattached 5:42:24
11. Tamas Szikszay M36 Unattached (HUN) 5:43:27
12. Richard Harrington M38 Unattached 5:53:57
13. Jayne Angilley F51 Cornwall AC 5:56:33
14. Paul Tranter M48 RSPB Staff Association RC 6:01:23
15. Rory Coleman M52 Les Croupiers 6:19:38
Retirements
Jeremy Mower M48 Gloucester AC 127 laps in 4:09:47
Dave Headon M53 Les Croupiers Marathon in 3:18:25
Angela Champion F37 Les Croupiers 20 miles in 2:36:20
Robin Gardner M56 Road Runners Club 66 laps in 2:12:58
Loretta Daley F48 Les Croupiers 42 laps in 1:29:20
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Will be back in about 5 years to compete but will be back next year to lap count and that is a promise.
Thanks Mick, i really did find the ability to switch off from thinking about laps easy & found the circular nature of this race quite theraputic, most certainly not boring.
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Thanks, Ange. I'm a bit worried about that word "therapeutic" though.
You're beginning to sound as addicted as me!
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A sequel to the results - a form of paralysis by analysis.
Regular contestants at the London Marathon will know that we have a competition for the London Pride Award - the winner being the best judge of pace during the race (determined by the difference between the first and second half of the race, in terms of time elapsed). You could argue that the smartest runner always wins.
40 miles, because of its sheer duration, is much harder to perfect. But who were the smartest last Sunday?
1. Andras Kulcsar +3:17.
2. Rory Coleman +3:18.
3. Jason Dickinson +3:59.
4. Mark Lewis Jones +7:18.
5. Tony Hooper +7:50.
6. George Nicholls +11:49.
7. Tamas Szikszay +15:33.
8. Rasmivan Collinson +16:20.
9. Mike Feighan +16:36.
10. Richard Harrington +18:51.
11. Jayne Angilley +19:41.
12. Pieter Vermeesch +26:51.
13. Zoltan Lesi +26:52.
14. Dave Coles +33:22.
15. Paul Tranter +49:23.
Nice try, Rory. Work on your leg speed for next year - and you could win it!
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I can honestly say it is not tedious running around a track 161 times, contrary to popular belief! When you are being lapped or lapping people, seeing them looking good or struggling, it keeps up the interest more so than if it were a point to point course, when we would never have even seen Piet Vermeesch, so yes it is really not a problem. Also if all the helpers had packed their bags and left us all there, I certainly would have stopped well before the end, so everyone plays their part in helping us get round!
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Thanks, Dave. That was always my experience too.
It's very difficult to generalise about this. However, because it only involves around 20 athletes, it's much more intimate than your average race. That's why I spend so long researching people's backgrounds for the race programme and writing their names on their numbers. Ultra runners need each other, and everyone else in the stadium too!
Friendships are often made for life on occasions such as this. For example, Chris Finill (Barry winner 2000) and Steve Pope (Barry winner 2005) met at the Barry 40 many years ago. They ran across America together in 2012 to raise money for Help for Heroes. They celebrated finishing by running the New York Marathon together the next day in 3:38.
Ultra distance is full of stories like this.
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An eye opening experience to witness these athletes running around a running track such a ridiculous amount of times.
It does get things in perspective and makes you realise that if you look at the big picture there is so much to acheive in this sport, and plenty of time to acheive it.
It makes me feel less like fretting when things are not going your way.
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