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Sport - Athletics: Ryston athletes not detered by windy conditions
Ryston Runners
WINDY conditions dominated the racing experiences of all the Ryston Runners AC members competing at the weekend, except for the two whose events took place indoor.
Club race-walker Cath Duhig held on for third place in the first Enfield League event of 2012 which was five miles at the old Donkey Lane venue.
Cath just managed to dip under the 50 minute target time she has set herself for this distance, clocking 49.58 for 14th place overall.
Enjoying slightly better conditions on the same day were Thea Howlett and Caitlin Clark, who were representing Norfolk in the under 11 Girls category at Sportshall.
The wind hadn’t dropped on Sunday, a fact clearly noticed by the “Hares” among the almost 450 runners taking part in the Folksworth 15.
Most were using it as marathon preparation, knowing that this tough two lap race is strength-building enough with all its hills, let alone with blustery conditions to add to the difficulty.
The women outnumbered the men on this occasion, with nine racing.
Annie Bradbury was first home in 118th place overall in 1.50.37, a personal best by two minutes, bagging herself the honours in the W50 category.
Personal bests also fell to Pauline Sparrow by five minutes, 301st in 2.11.42, and Helen Melville by nearly eight minutes, 309th in 2.13.26.
Sarah Taylor placed 230th in 2.04.53, Pauline Drewery 263rd in 2.07.46 and Georgina Allen 370th in 2.23.31.
Pleasing debut performances at the distance were made by Lesley Robins, who came 147th in 1.55.09, Maureen Wolfe 293rd in 2.11.24, and Karen Smith 320th in 2.16.52.
Of the four Ryston men taking part, Steve Bowerman was also trying the distance for the first time and clocked 1.47.38 in 90th place.
Simon Levy took 23rd spot with 1.35.46 and Dave Robins 39th with 1.40.09.
Unfortunately for Ian Saunders one lap was enough and he had to pull out after that point.
Meanwhile, in St Albans, brothers Rob and Andy Simmonds each had a successful run in the Fred Hughes 10 mile event.
Rob finishing 8th overall in 59.38 and Andy was placed 14th in 61.14.
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Weather for King's Lynn
Monday 28 May 2012
Today
Sunny
Temperature: 10 C to 24 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: North
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 9 C to 16 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: North east
