Lydd 20 and Half Marathon

On Sunday morning whilst other Harriers were running at Dartford I was adjudicating the Lydd 20 mile and Half Marathon. It turned out to be a big race with over a thousand runners setting off out of 1300 entries probably due to the fact that so many races were cancelled the previous weekend.

Joining me on the start line on this pan flat course were Ollie Smeed, Andy Goodman, Kate Naylor and Steve Wellstead. Myself, Ollie and Andy were running the half and Kate and Steve the 20 mile. Kate was pacing a friend round the 20 miles.

From the earlier torrential rain there was just a light drizzle at the start which soon stopped. Both courses are out and back and the run out was mostly with the wind behind but on the return there was a freshening breeze which seemed to strengthen on the
return particularly in the last 3 miles.

 

A thought, had Andy run at Lydd instead of Dartford I think he may have taken even more off the M55 half club record, we will never know.

 Mark Taylor

 

Results below:

 

Half Marathon. 332 Finishers

1	01:13:21	01:13:21	Neil	Renault	Edinburgh AC	1194	Senior Male	1	1	M
21	01:26:12	01:26:10	Alison	Thomson	Kent AC	1286	Senior Female	1	1	F
80	01:45:58	01:45:31	Mark	Taylor	Tunbridge Wells Harriers	1377	Male Vet 60	68	6	M
86	01:47:18	01:46:49	Oliver	Smeed	Tunbridge Wells Harriers	1129	Senior Male	73	37	M
226	02:13:58	02:13:13	Andrew	Goodman	Tunbridge Wells Harriers	1376	Senior Male	160	62	M

20 Mile. 723 Finishers