16th December 2001

December gets no warmer when standing on a blowy sea wall at Lowestoft.  In fact it was positively freezing! It was so cold that we played that famous game... How many Striders can you fit into a telephone box!?  We managed 5!!!

A small contingent made the hour plus drive up for the 4th round of the Suffolk Grand Prix.  There was a certain London Marathon feel about the race.  Festive dress and hats were worn by more than a few and a clown with a scary face mask beat all but our first 3 striders.  For a number of runners, this was their first 10 mile race.

The course was an undulating out and back course.  We all expected to see David Miller around our 4 mile mark (or his 6) but was surprise to see someone else in front with a huge gap over David.  After later investigation this runner was Guy Amos, an international athlete, who beat David Miller by a clear 2.5 minutes.  Wow?!

A good race which for Katy and I was taken more as a training run than a race.  Grayhame however, at loggerheads with Anne, was running his heart out to reclaim the family record for 10 miles from Anne.

Rich

The Stowmarket Striders results are:-

There were 200 finishers.