WITNEY'S juniors got the better of the club’s senior members when they laid down the challenge of a marathon relay at Radley College.
Faced with 105 laps of a running track, broken down into 100m sprints and 420 baton changes, the lead changed many times, but never extended by more than 300m either way.
The juniors closed the gap with six laps to go and surged ahead to win by 40 seconds in a record time of 2hrs 8mins 24secs.
RESULTS (senior men unless stated)
MARATHON RELAY RADLEY COLLEGE
(WRR Challenge Juniors v Seniors)
Witney RR: 1 Juniors 2.08.24pb, 2 Seniors 2.09.04.
WADDESDON 5K
Eynsham RR: 67 K Allred 21.16pb (2nd LV45), 145 A Craggs (LV35) 24.16pb.
SOAR SUMMER MILE, BATTERSEA
Witney RR – Race 4 (The Ovett Show): 13 D Wymer 5.49pb.
LONDON TRIATHLON OLYMPIC DISTANCE
(swim 1.5km, bike 40km, run 10km)
Witney RR: 154 J Moore (2nd LV40-44) 2.33.08 (24.09, 1.14.42, 46.54pb).
DOWN TOW UP FLOW HALF MARATHON, MARLOW
Witney RR: 314 V Hopkins (SL) 2.03.42, 337 N Fullerton (SL) 2.08.38.
OXFORD PARKRUN
Witney RR: 15 M Lock (1st SM11-19) 18.52, 24 J Clark (3rd V35-39) 19.34, 43 G Le Good (1st V65-69) 20.51, 60 S Howard (1st LV40-44) 21.44, 61 T Burkett (V50-54) 21.46, 79 S Rhodes (V45-49) 22.49, 91 S Welch (V35-39) 23.19, 149 L Rhodes (LV45-49) 25.40, 164 D Burkett (2nd LV55-59) 26.16, 169 J Le Good (1st LV60-64) 26.20, 340 F Howard (V40-44) 45.36.
NORTHALA FIELDS PARKRUN
Witney RR: 63 D Wymer (V35-39) 24.24, 212 T Wymer (LV35-39) 36.53.
BICESTER PARKRUN
Witney RR: 18 W Rendell (2nd S20-24) 21.32, 145 M Paterson (LV35-39) 34.29.
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