Manchester Results

On Monday Ian Robertson drove down to Manchester with Peter Bowman and Johnathan Farrell to take part in the Open Meeting at Stretford on Tuesday. They stayed overnight, made their way to the track and did themselves and the club proud. Peter ran in the 1500 metres and set a new personal best when he finished sixth in 4:14.14. That was his second personal best in less than a week having run sub-2:00 for 800 on Saturday. The other Under 20, Johnathan, turned out in the 100 metres, the event in which he had won bronze at the Under 20 Championships on Sunday, and was third in 11.37 seconds, just over two tenths behind the winner. Ian who had done the not inconsiderable drive the day before ran in the 800 where he was clocked at 2:04 - a bit outside his best but he has not been able to train for a couple of weeks so it was a good run. They returned on Wednesday.
These Stretford meetings are the Monthly Mecca for endurance runnersbecause the BMC races are at 8:00 at every meeting - 800 one month and 1500 the next - but regardless of your event it is good to change the events and competitors from time to time. If you only race the locals, then you can pretty well predict the outcome of the races before they start: travelling to a race freshens you up, presentes a new challenge and puts the domestic scene into some kind of context.
Well done guys, when's the next venture? In the meantime the Senior Men's League match is this Sunday and all three should be competing.