Over indulgence at Christmas is common place and people often make New Year
resolutions on the back of it. However, Nidd Valley Road Runners have a better
solution, run through Christmas and New Year to get ahead of the game.
Harrogate
parkrun had double helpings last week with a run on the usual Saturday and for
those in need of an extra fix, a run on Christmas Day. The Saturday crowd came
out in force and Paul Stalker from Nidd Valley recorded a pb of 20.16 on a wet
course.
Consistent Dave Rushton ran 26.40 and Tony Ledwaba-Chapman ran 27.11.
Christmas Day was an unknown quantity, having never been run before, would
anybody turn up? 102 runners appeared in all manner of fancy dress to blow away
the cobwebs, first back for Nidd was Maurice Kelly 21.19, then Chris Buck 24.04,
Tony Ledwaba-Chapman 24.10, Paul Manning 25.53, Dave Rushton 26.52, Stuart
Hatfield 27.18, Jenny Manning 28.40, Steve Newton 29.24, Sheena Jackson 29.30,
John Manning 29.57, Yvonne Manning 41.13 and Margaret Manning 41.15.
For those wanting a bigger challenge the Chevin Chase at Guiseley
offered a wet course with some steep climbs and the chance to rub shoulders with
Olympic athlete Jonny Brownlee, the eventual winner. Nidd Valley sent two
runners over, Andy Todd ran strongly with 49.20 and Sarah Chalmers ran round in
80.00.
