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London to Brighton Road Race

Sunday 1 October 2000

One of my many running ambitions was to complete the 55 mile London to Brighton race. A distance that I had never completed before in one go. The event is organised by the Road Runners Club who staged an excellent, well organised event that celebrated its 50th anniversary.

My previous attempt was in 1995 when I set off on this epic adventure a little unprepared in terms of distance training and dropped out of the race at 14 miles.

However, five years on I was better prepared - they say ultra running is one big learning curve after all. On the 7th bong of Big Ben I set-off in the dark southbound along Westminster Bridge.

What a tremendous run I had. Excellent conditions, some mist and fog earlier in the day backed with cool sunny conditions later. I tackled the infamous Ditchling Beacon with a vengeance and steamed down into Brighton completing the 55 mile course in 7 hours 50 minutes.

My efforts were assisted by my wife Anne who provided valuable support along the way. There were over 180 starters I was amazed to finish in 23rd place.

I would be pleased to speak to anyone contemplating this superb ultra distance race.

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Results

Position	Name	Club	Time
1	Sarel Ackermann	Rentmeester A.C, RSA	05:56:50
2	Stephen Moore* V50	Hertford & Ware A.C	06:24:17
3	Danny de Chaumont V40	Stella A.C, RSA	06:33:26
4	Ian Anderson*	Road Runners Club	06:39:19
5	Leonidio Rodrigues V45	Rand Athletic Club, RSA	06:47:20
6	Tom Glare* V40	Woodstock Harriers	06:59:06
7	Walter Hill* V45	Crawley A.C	07:03:47
8	Don Ritchie MBE* V55	Moray Road Runners	07:07:03
9	Danielle Sanderson W35	Watford Harriers	07:07:12
10	Karen Bradford W40	Varsity Old Boys, RSA	07:16:24
11	Zachary Grossman	Unattached, USA	07:17:36
12	Tiago Dioni'sto	Unattached, Portugal	07:18:26
13	Stephen Poole	Wooton Road Runners	07:19:06
14	Geoff Farmer* V50	Chase Harriers	07:29:40
15	Wig Grace V45	Chamber Running Club, RSA	07:35:41
16	Andrew Richards* V40	Tipton Harriers	07:35:41
17	Samuel Kilpatrick V40	Royal Irish Regt RC	07:39:17
18	Craig McMillan	Unattached, RSA	07:40:20
19	Steve Thrower* V50	Road Runners Club	07:40:24
20	Paul Taylor V45	Woodstock Harriers	07:40:44
21	Graham Baker* V50	Road Runners Club	07:43:45
22	Ian Little*	Wellingboro' & District AC/COCO	07:49:01
23	Steven Broadbent V40	Lancs Constabulary S & SC	07:50:26
24	Dave Beattie* V50	Crawley A.C	07:51:04
25	Martin Eccles V40	100km Association 'A'	07:51:20
26	David Tull* V55	Cambridge Harriers	07:53:03
27	Agust Kvaran V45	HVL,Iceland	07:58:13
28	Paul Leader V45	Celtic Harriers, RSA	07:58:22
29	Peter Sarson V50	Stafford Harriers	08:02:17
30	Paul Sapsard* V40	Redhill & Surrey Beagles A.C	08:02:37
31	Joe Avery V40	Verlea A.C	08:03:54
32	Stuart Mann* V55	Verlea A.C	08:03:54
33	Simon Van-Orden	Epsom & Ewell Harriers	08:04:20
34	Adrian Stott* V45	Sri Chinmoy A.C	08:08:02
35	Phil Adams*	100km Association 'A'	08:09:50
36	James Gilpin	Serpentine Running Club	08:10:06
37	David Ross	Athletic North(South Africa)	08:10:29
38	Gareth Pemberton V45	Epsom Oddballs Running Club	08:11:29
39	Christoph Hoffmann V45	LG Wurzburg, Germany	08:13:26
40	Jolyon Crosthwaite V45	Unattached, France	08:14:17
41	Graham Tucker* V45	100km Association 'B'	08:14:17
42	Hanno Nickau*	Headington R. Rs/Germany	08:15:31
43	Ian Marshall* V50	Cambridge Harriers	08:16:50
44	Hilary Walker* W45	Serpentine Running Club	08:17:23
45	Rod Palmer V55	Handy Cross Runners	08:19:01
46	Simon Stodart	Haywards Heath Harriers	08:21:15
47	Tony Maru*	Road Runners Club/N.Z	08:22:31
48	Maurice Pressley* V50	Road Runners Club	08:23:24
49	Greg Jamieson V40	Sydney Striders, Australia	08:24:01
50	Roddy Fisher* V55	100km Association 'C'	08:24:58
51	Bob Emmerson V65	Leamington C & A.C	08:25:08
52	Graham DeCourcy V45	Cambridge Harriers	08:25:40
53	Ed Van Beek	Athletics Club Daventria, Holland	08:26:39
54	Abdel Kader Sidi-Moussa* V40	Brighton & Hove A.C	08:27:09
55	Mark Halls*	Brighton & Hove A.C	08:34:49
56	Michael Hickman V50	Handy Cross Runners	08:35:05
57	Paul Engels V45	LLG Laufsport Kevelaer,Germany	08:35:34
58	John Moore* V65	A Runners A.C	08:37:29
59	Mary Howarth* W45	Stell City Striders	08:37:38
60	Roy Grew* V60	100km Association 'B'	08:40:48
61	Tim Boone* V40	A Runners A.C	08:42:56
62	Martin Ilott*	MAFF A.C	08:46:13
63	Josef Kaufmann V60	Unattached, Germany	08:49:31
64	George Kay* V60	Stone Master Marathoners	08:52:40
65	Andrew Wilmott V55	Halstead Road Runners	08:53:00
66	Joe Brian-Davis* V55	Portsmouth Joggers	08:53:04
67	Rose Leith W35	Celtic Harriers, RSA	08:53:17
68	Jim Mundy* V45	Epsom & Ewell Harriers	08:53:36
69	Gilbert John V45	Les Croupiers A.C	08:54:36
70	Brian Cumpsty	Unattached	08:56:09
71	William Slack V45	Blackheath Harriers	08:56:24
72	Richard Cashmore* V60	Road Runners Club	08:56:36
73	James Parker* V55	Crawley A.C	08:56:51
74	Klaus Neumann V45	Unattached, Germany	08:57:28
75	Paul Eickert	Hastings Runners	09:03:26
76	Roy Barnes* V40	Road Runners Club	09:03:33
77	Glenn Castle	Celtic Harriers, RSA	09:04:04
78	John Turner* V50	Blackheath Harriers	09:06:31
79	Kevin Dwyer* V50	Poole A.C	09:06:39
80	Admas Belilgne W45	New York R.R.C, USA	09:08:04
81	Gary Barnes	Riverside Runners St Neots	09:08:33
82	Sigurdur Gunnsteinsson V55	IR, Iceland	09:08:44
83	Christopher Smith	Ropsley Road Runners	09:08:58
84	Martin Hughes* V45	Tynedale Harriers	09:11:54
85	Sandi Moolmam W	Unattached, RSA	09:12:41
86	Dennis Boxall V40	Brighton & Hove A.C	09:15:47
87	Caspar Greeff V65	Helderberg Harriers, RSA	09:16:02
88	Tim Pollard*	Road Runners Club	09:16:10
89	Alan Lucas V55	Abergele Harriers	09:16:22
90	Raymond Hill V45	Pitsea Running Club	09:16:35
91	Peter Rogers*	Dulwich Park Runners	09:17:25
92	Susan Brewin W35	Celtic Harriers, RSA	09:19:23
93	Gerard Ridder* V55	Ron Clarke, Holland	09:21:36
94	Brigid McMahon W35	Unattached	09:21:44
95	John Perkins* V50	Road Runners Club	09:22:33
96	Kees Albers V45	AV Gouda, Holland	09:22:55
97	Colin Gell*	Sale Harriers	09:23:46
98	Gabriel Oosthuizen	Haag Atletiek, Holland	09:24:28
99	Brian Kirkdale V40	Hastings Runners	09:24:37
100	Merv Nutburn* V50	Dartford Road Runners	09:25:28
101	Gina Little W55	Plumstead Runners	09:25:28
102	Rod Dalitz V50	Carnethy Hill Running Club	09:25:53
103	Luke Cunliffe*	Road Runners Club	09:26:08
104	Liz Neville W45	Epsom Oddballs Running Club	09:26:29
105	Graeme Brown V45	Epsom Oddballs Running Club	09:26:29
106	Felix Moser	Unattached, Switzerland	09:27:14
107	David Waterman* V55	Maidenhead A.C/COCO	09:28:31
108	Andy Smith	26.2 RRC	09:30:06
109	Tadeusz Lancucki* V50	Veterans A.C	09:30:10
110	Dave Obelkevich V55	Millrose AA N.Y,USA	09:30:47
111	John Poole* V40	Road Runners Club	09:31:12
112	Timothy Rainey*	Sale Harriers	09:33:33
113	Craig February	Unattached, RSA	09:33:41
114	Ian Horn	Unattached, RSA	09:33:43
115	Bernie Bater*	Blackheath Harriers	09:34:01
116	Andy Roberts	Unattached/COCO	09:35:10
117	Paul Raine V55	Phobians Marathon Club, RSA	09:35:39
118	John Dreyer V50	Varsity Old Boys, RSA	09:38:10
119	Bill Salkeld V40	Tring Running Club	09:40:09
120	'Smiler' Sid Morrison V55	100km Association 'C'	09:40:44
121	Michael Clarke* V60	Road Runners Club	09:41:35
122	Adam Hutcheson	Unattached	09:43:56
123	Sigrid Lomsky W55	Unattached, Germany	09:44:03
124	Theo Bieber V45	LG Wuerzburg, Germany	09:44:04
125	Norman Smith* V45	Corby A.C	09:44:52
126	Brian Farrar* V45	Corby A.C	09:45:09
127	John Gill V50	Unattached	09:46:24
128	John Fulcher* V55	Barnet & District A.C	09:48:09
129	Edward Chapman V45	Hastings Runners	09:48:43
130	John Williams V60	Unattached	09:49:09
131	Christopher Hutcheson V50	Unattached	09:51:36
132	Cathy Quinton W35	Brighton & Hove A.C	09:51:40
133	John Borland* V70	Finch Coasters	09:51:49
134	Morgan Roper W	Unattached, USA	09:52:09
135	Angus Davidson V45	Kenilworth Runners/RSA	09:53:49
136	Ray Kerridge* V40	Road Runners Club	09:54:00
137	John Jarvis* V55	Serpentine Running Club	09:55:36
138	Brigette Stoffberg W35	Celtic Harriers, RSA	09:56:01
139	Joao Carlos Ferreira V40	Unattached/Brazil	09:58:56
140	Andrew Disley V40	Unattached	09:59:11
141	Samuel Fell V55	Dulwich Runners AC	9.59.59
	Graham Ives* V60	100kmAssn 'C'/Collegian H,RSA	10:00:04
	Mike Gaunt* V50	Tring Running Club	10:09:41
	Roger Byrom V40	Broadway Ultra Society,USA	10:12:49
	Raymond Willett V45	Riverside Runners St Neots	10:12:49
	Chris Reed*	Dulwich Runners	10:32:44
	David Orr	Cambridge Harriers
	Terry Parkinson	Brighton & Hove A.C
	Keith Kempton	Burgess Hill Runners
	Steve Murdoch	Border Harriers
	Graham West	CrawleyA.C
	Peter Morgan*	Road Runners Club
	Anthony Ferriroli*	Stragglers A.C
	Penny Brown*	Road Runners Club
	Eric Williams*	Salford Harriers
	Greg Dell	Woodstock Harriers
	Paul Kent	Cambridge Harriers
	Stephen Suttle*	100km Association 'A'
	Jayne Nuttall	Mr Price Celtic Harriers, RSA
	Peter Bullock*	Lichfield Running Club
	Nick Slade*	Serpentine Running Club
	David Bryant*	Watford Harriers
	John Dent	Sevenoaks A.C
	Scott McDonald	Southampton Running Club
	Neil Roff	Lordshill A.C
	Barry Smith	Dartford Road Runners
	John Kilner	Unattached
	Michael McAteer*	Corby A.C
	Peter Wirtzfield*	Worthing Striders
	John Legge*	Orion Harriers
	Ray Hoyle*	Watford Harriers

	6am Starters
	David King V40	Blackheath Harriers	10.14.34
	Chris Bridgwater* V55	Crawley A.c	10.15.55
	Dries Groenewald V50	Pretoria Marathon Club, RSA	10.24.28
	Pam Storey* W50	Serpentine Running Club	10.55.10
	Richard Griffin* V45	Blackheath Harriers	11.29.56
	Colin Poole* V60	Blackheath Harriers	11.29.56
	Gareth Griffin*	Blackheath Harriers	11.29.56
	Brian Smith	Blackheath Harriers
	Michael Morfey	Veterans A.C/COCO
	Hideo Takano	Road Runners Club/Japan
	David Rutter	Brighton & Hove A.C
	Jack Fitzgerald	Sutton & District A.C

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