The Auld Buggers beat the young 'uns in this pleasant, undulating run around the fields beside Farringdon school. No burnt out cars to dodge this year!The Strollers had 4 complete men's teams finish at Farringdon this year, no other club had more. This was split into 2 vets teams and 2 senior teams although where team manager Woody expected to get 2 full senior teams from is anyone's guess and the senior B team was made up entirely of vets.
Fastest Stroller on the day was Ken Maynard, well done Ken, in a time of 11m22s. I'd have his picture on here but he went past Foto-Phil so fast that Phil missed him and just got another blurred shot of the grass.
Instead, we have a picture of the flying doctor, Paul Dunlop, the final runner in the senior A team. We've never seen him run so fast but he was on call that day and his team mates told him his pager had gone off half a mile from the end. We'll be in touch with the IAAF to see if that's an allowable tactic in future!
The event turned into a bit of a challenge when it was suggested that the senior A team and the vets A team should have a little wager on this race with the losers buying a round for the winners and experience triumphed over youth when the vets won by over 2 minutes! We're looking forward to our pints, lads.
A few more of Foto-Phil's pictures can be found in the gallery.
The event appears to have been excellently organised by the hosts with multiple races passing off without a hitch and results available very soon after the completion of each race.
Our thanks go to all officials and others involved.
Full results can be found at race-results.co.uk
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