Serpentine Handicap Results: 4 August 2007

Handicap runners

pos	name	finish time	start time	net time	targ pb	bon pts	race pts	tot pts	races run	lap one	lap two	pace	age %
1	Simon Coles	47:23	14:30	32:53	32:24	10	20	30	25	16:18	16:35	7:35	63.4%
2	Andrew Hibbert	47:37	22:30	25:07	25:23	12	19	31	9	12:29	12:38	5:47	73.1%
3	Abdulrashid Abdi	47:42	19:45	27:57	30:02	12	18	30	4	13:54	14:03	6:26	69.0%
4	Ian Hall	47:47	17:00	30:47	29:20	7	17	24	83	14:58	15:49	7:06	70.5%
5	Chris Stagg	47:47	11:00	36:47	32:27	0	16	16	151	18:21	18:26	8:29	62.6%
6	Stephanie Vaatz	47:50	09:45	38:05	42:26	12	15	27	2	19:20	18:45	8:47	55.1%
7	Eamonn Richardson	47:56	17:45	30:11	28:01	4	14	18	191	15:07	15:04	6:57	68.5%
8	Graham Carson	48:05	16:15	31:50	32:03	12	13	25	16	15:49	16:01	7:20	71.7%
9	William Simpson	48:06	18:30	29:36	29:23	11	12	23	29	14:43	14:53	6:49	68.7%
10	Alice Rickford	48:07	12:45	35:22	35:09	11	11	22	8	17:34	17:48	8:09	59.1%
11	John Dsouza	48:11	18:15	29:56	29:52	11	10	21	15	15:16	14:40	6:54	65.4%
12	Laura Loveridge	48:12	14:15	33:57	31:15	4	9	13	17	16:49	17:08	7:49	61.6%
13	Richard Long	48:14	18:15	29:59	28:17	6	8	14	56	14:55	15:04	6:54	73.0%
14	Luzian Wild	48:20	18:45	29:35	29:14	10	7	17	8	14:27	15:08	6:49	62.1%
15	Chris Notton	48:23	18:30	29:53	28:27	7	6	13	19	14:21	15:32	6:53	61.9%
16	Brian Pickles	48:24	18:30	29:54	29:26	10	5	15	36	14:36	15:18	6:53	69.7%
17	Richard Smith	48:25	18:30	29:55	29:01	8	4	12	113	14:37	15:18	6:54	72.5%
18	Ian Hodge	48:27	20:15	28:12	28:41	12	3	15	25	13:53	14:19	6:30	72.1%
19	Ken Kwok	48:28	12:45	35:43	34:11	7	3	10	82	18:06	17:37	8:14	68.1%
20	Anthony Stranger-Jones	48:30	21:00	27:30	27:16	11	3	14	55	13:42	13:48	6:20	84.5%
21	Jeremy Freer	48:32	18:45	29:47	29:30	11	3	14	17	14:21	15:26	6:52	62.4%
22	Alan G. Hall	48:33	21:15	27:18	27:07	11	3	14	7	13:26	13:52	6:17	69.1%
23	Jeannette Mueller	48:36	16:15	32:21	30:49	7	3	10	22	15:58	16:23	7:27	66.6%
24	Brian Harris	48:38	14:45	33:53	32:40	8	3	11	80	16:20	17:33	7:48	72.5%
25	Peter Loveridge	48:42	18:45	29:57	29:52	11	3	14	6	15:03	14:54	6:54	61.3%
26	John Hudspith	48:45	21:00	27:45	26:25	7	3	10	132	13:48	13:57	6:24	73.9%
27	Bev Thomas	48:48	01:15	47:33	42:41	0	3	3	124	23:28	24:05	10:58	59.1%
28	Martin Garrett	48:50	20:00	28:50	28:00	9	3	12	8	14:12	14:38	6:39	74.6%
29	Mihai Comsulea	48:52	19:30	29:22	29:39	12	3	15	5	14:53	14:29	6:46	63.6%
30	Valerie Metcalf	48:56	19:15	29:41	28:26	7	3	10	19	14:48	14:53	6:50	74.6%
31	Tom Donovan	49:00	16:30	32:30	32:20	11	3	14	6	16:10	16:20	7:29	61.6%
32	Gordon Robertson	49:04	17:00	32:04	30:56	8	3	11	52	15:48	16:16	7:23	63.4%
33	Camila Gelber	49:08	10:45	38:23	39:42	12	3	15	4	18:53	19:30	8:51	54.7%
34	Alison Wright	49:16	09:30	39:46	37:58	7	3	10	12	19:36	20:10	9:10	52.8%
35	Lula Rosso	49:19	12:15	37:04	35:47	8	3	11	18	18:11	18:53	8:33	57.0%
36	Robert Maslen	49:19	18:30	30:49	29:24	7	3	10	33	14:49	16:00	7:06	71.6%
37	Piers Faulkner	49:20	19:00	30:20	28:59	7	3	10	8	15:07	15:13	6:59	61.9%
38	Nicholas Beale	49:24	15:15	34:09	33:04	8	3	11	17	16:39	17:30	7:52	62.5%
39	Claudio Belotti	49:34	20:15	29:19	29:36	12	3	15	4	14:47	14:32	6:45	63.3%
40	Stephane Schneider	49:42	21:00	28:42	29:14	12	3	15	3	14:02	14:40	6:37	64.0%
41	John Cullinane	49:47	18:15	31:32	32:58	12	3	15	2	15:22	16:10	7:16	60.3%
42	Ruth Jackson	49:49	12:45	37:04	33:55	3	3	6	37	18:18	18:46	8:33	58.8%
43	Baiju McCubbins	49:52	15:15	34:37	32:38	6	3	9	48	16:52	17:45	7:59	66.6%
44	Alistair Gear	49:52	17:30	32:22	30:25	5	3	8	9	15:13	17:09	7:27	61.9%
45	James Stratford	49:54	15:00	34:54	29:36	0	3	3	143	17:28	17:26	8:03	58.7%
46	Jane Harris	49:54	15:45	34:09	32:38	7	3	10	33	17:05	17:04	7:52	63.9%
47	Lynne Maughan	49:56	19:30	30:26	28:24	5	3	8	16	15:00	15:26	7:01	69.4%
48	Neil Davies	49:59	14:45	35:14	34:10	8	3	11	17	17:11	18:03	8:07	55.9%
49	Ros Young	50:01	11:15	38:46	34:11	0	3	3	88	18:54	19:52	8:56	73.6%
50	Niroshee Gunasingam	50:03	14:30	35:33	35:31	11	3	14	4	17:24	18:09	8:12	59.0%
51	Sid Wills	50:05	10:45	39:20	37:29	7	3	10	56	19:11	20:09	9:04	61.3%
52	Marianne Morris	50:10	11:15	38:55	36:12	5	3	8	131	19:21	19:34	8:58	67.3%
53	Darren Over	50:14	20:00	30:14	29:04	8	3	11	5	14:41	15:33	6:58	61.7%
54	Keith Evans	50:19	10:00	40:19	34:09	0	3	3	111	20:07	20:12	9:18	61.5%
55	Owen Barder	50:32	23:30	27:02	25:35	6	3	9	35	13:28	13:34	6:14	71.9%
56	Monica Kiraly	50:34	16:45	33:49	34:43	12	3	15	2	16:50	16:59	7:48	61.9%
57	Melanie Baldwin	50:43	17:15	33:28	31:56	7	3	10	5	16:19	17:09	7:43	63.4%
58	John Herriott	50:52	15:00	35:52	36:55	12	3	15	2	17:45	18:07	8:16	59.0%
59	David Hinds	50:56	19:45	31:11	31:24	12	3	15	2	15:24	15:47	7:11	70.7%
60	Robert Beattie	51:03	18:45	32:18	32:30	12	3	15	2	16:06	16:12	7:27	61.6%
61	Lucy Payne	51:04	17:15	33:49	34:08	12	3	15	2	16:42	17:07	7:48	61.8%
62	John Sextone	51:11	07:00	44:11	37:24	0	3	3	103	21:32	22:39	10:11	58.3%
63	Geraldine Nogami	51:11	11:15	39:56	38:17	7	3	10	13	19:28	20:28	9:12	65.6%
64	Deborah Somers	51:31	16:45	34:46	31:56	3	3	6	6	17:16	17:30	8:01	61.6%
65	Sue Walker	51:33	07:15	44:18	39:50	0	3	3	88	21:55	22:23	10:13	60.8%
66	Gergana Yordanova	51:35	17:30	34:05	33:47	11	3	14	2	16:34	17:31	7:51	61.4%
67	Ann Schofield	51:40	13:30	38:10	35:15	4	3	7	6	18:23	19:47	8:48	56.8%
68	Susan Hutchinson	51:49	12:45	39:04	38:12	9	3	12	3	19:03	20:01	9:00	53.5%
69	George Allan	51:56	18:30	33:26	29:37	0	3	3	18	16:13	17:13	7:42	64.9%
70	Tamara Shaw	51:59	14:15	37:44	35:48	6	3	9	4	18:25	19:19	8:42	59.2%
71	David Rees	51:59	10:30	41:29	41:47	12	3	15	2	20:15	21:14	9:34	44.8%
72	Grethe Petersen	52:09	19:00	33:09	29:02	0	3	3	34	16:07	17:02	7:38	65.0%
73	Carmen Brusch	52:30	16:00	36:30	35:37	9	3	12	2	17:25	19:05	8:25	58.6%
74	Derek Paterson	52:32	21:00	31:32	27:24	0	3	3	80	14:53	16:39	7:16	70.0%
75	Alex Malzer	53:23	20:00	33:23	27:57	0	3	3	9	16:36	16:47	7:42	56.9%
76	Tania Shillam	54:26	10:45	43:41	37:36	0	3	3	7	21:23	22:18	10:04	49.3%
77	Simon Maughan	55:08	18:45	36:23	29:08	0	3	3	13	17:44	18:39	8:23	50.6%
78	Leala Padmanabhan	57:18	15:15	42:03	32:39	0	3	3	18	21:57	20:06	9:42	50.7%

Scratch runners

pos	name	finish time	start time	net time	targ pb	bon pts	race pts	tot pts	races run	lap one	lap two	pace	age %
-	Mark Palmer	45:53	11:30	34:23	00:00	0	3	3	1	17:43	16:40	7:55	55.7%
-	Andrew Gardiner	46:09	17:45	28:24	00:00	0	3	3	1	14:16	14:08	6:33	64.7%
-	Rostyslav Braharnyk	46:58	19:45	27:13	00:00	0	3	3	1	13:17	13:56	6:16	67.5%
-	Timur Shakirov	47:12	06:00	41:12	00:00	0	3	3	1	21:20	19:52	9:30	45.5%
-	John Smyth	47:51	15:30	32:21	27:59	0	3	3	1	16:27	15:54	7:27	56.8%
-	Jonathan Salmon	47:57	16:00	31:57	00:00	0	3	3	1	16:02	15:55	7:22	61.3%
-	Dave Geary	48:02	12:45	35:17	00:00	0	3	3	1	17:17	18:00	8:08	53.2%
-	Justin Lock	48:06	20:45	27:21	27:21	12	3	15	23	13:55	13:26	6:18	67.9%
-	Heidi Vietz	48:42	06:00	42:42	00:00	0	3	3	1	21:20	21:22	9:51	49.5%
-	Gisele Salazar	48:53	14:00	34:53	00:00	0	3	3	1	17:11	17:42	8:02	59.9%
-	Graham Bell	49:39	14:45	34:54	00:00	0	3	3	1	17:35	17:19	8:03	53.5%
-	Jon Leyne	49:41	18:45	30:56	33:40	12	3	15	2	15:10	15:46	7:08	67.3%
-	Ian Druce	49:42	26:15	23:27	24:06	12	3	15	2	11:36	11:51	5:24	78.7%
-	Ian Payne	49:43	21:15	28:28	00:00	0	3	3	1	13:42	14:46	6:34	64.5%
-	Lars Menken	51:51	18:00	33:51	29:55	0	3	3	33	16:11	17:40	7:48	54.7%
-	Alistair Howells	53:20	20:00	33:20	27:56	0	3	3	11	16:05	17:15	7:41	55.4%
-	Alex Elferink	53:33	24:45	28:48	26:21	3	3	6	3	14:10	14:38	6:38	64.8%
-	Richard Jones	54:37	17:00	37:37	31:58	0	3	3	10	18:10	19:27	8:40	51.7%
-	Sally Mackay	55:09	16:45	38:24	29:43	0	3	3	23	18:59	19:25	8:51	55.7%

Race conditions

Phew, what a scorcher! (= sunny, clear sky, about 23C by race end, low 46% humidity, UV index 6)

Report

Months of rain were made up for at the serpie handicap today when a near capacity race of 97 serpies took on the best of British weather. With most runners wilting in the hot conditions, Simon Coles used his endurance skills from Battersea Track training to romp home with a commanding lead of 14 seconds to take a deserved gold. Andrew Hibbart took a comfortable silver (with a PB of 16s) from Abdulrashid Abdi in third (with a PB 125s).

Although most runners posted times a minute slower than expected, there were nineteen Personal Bests, though ten of these were from people on their second ever handicap (almost everyone does better on their second race). For comparison, excluding scratch runners 20% achieved a PB today compared with 27% in July's cooler conditions.

Scoring max points for hitting or beating their target times (effectively PBs) were medalists Andrew and Abdi, plus: Stephanie Vaatz, Graham Carson, Ian Hodge, Mihai Comsulea, Camila Gelber, Claudio Belotti, Stephane Schneider, John Cullinane, Monica Kiraly, John Herriott, David Hinds, Robert Beattie, Lucy Viney, David Rees, Justin Lock, Jon Leyne and Ian Druce. All of these individuals get 12 points towards the Tom Hogshead. The target times for the handicap are based on an age-graded target "PB". As this reduces as you get-on-in-years, it is possible for you to score max points without breaking your original minutes and seconds time - as managed by Ian in today's race. You can also score max points by equaling your target time rather than breaking it.

In a change of fortune, Jeremy Freer is no longer top-dog in the Tom Hogshead challenge because John D'Sousa managed to finish 11th, ten places ahead of Jeremy. This has switched the lead between the two top places, with the top five now ranked: D'Sousa 176pts, Freer 166pts, Rosso 136pts, Wills 135pts and Robertson 133pts (scores represent the sum of eight races for all the top 5 competitors except for Lula Rosso who has only run seven races so far). The T.H. trophy is awarded to the serpie with the most points from their top 8 handicaps.

Today's race was brought to you by the efforts of: Mark Braley, Malcolm French, Raul Kharbanda, Ellis Kurland, Jon Knox, Andrew Maynard and John Walker. The next race will be held on Saturday 1st September.