Serpentine Handicap Results: 1 November 2008

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	Ella Palmer	46:31	17:45	28:46	30:58	12	20	32	6	14:23	14:23	6:38	73.2%
2	Stephanie Vaatz	46:45	12:30	34:15	35:55	12	19	31	7	17:02	17:13	7:54	61.3%
3	Mark Palmer	47:20	18:15	29:05	29:46	12	18	30	11	14:39	14:26	6:42	66.3%
4	Brian Harris	47:33	12:45	34:48	33:23	7	17	24	92	17:10	17:38	8:01	72.1%
5	Kiera Attwooll	47:36	16:15	31:21	32:28	12	16	28	6	15:49	15:32	7:13	66.8%
6	Gordon Robertson	47:39	17:00	30:39	30:54	12	15	27	66	15:09	15:30	7:04	66.9%
7	Georgina McFadyen	47:44	13:15	34:29	35:00	12	14	26	16	17:32	16:57	7:57	60.6%
8	John Hudspith	47:51	20:45	27:06	26:37	10	13	23	143	13:49	13:17	6:15	76.2%
9	Monica Kiraly	47:52	18:15	29:37	29:48	12	12	24	10	14:44	14:53	6:49	70.8%
10	Eamonn Richardson	48:02	17:30	30:32	28:15	4	11	15	203	15:10	15:22	7:02	68.2%
11	Quintin Wright	48:03	22:00	26:03	26:01	11	10	21	12	12:56	13:07	6:00	79.3%
12	Lars Menken	48:08	14:30	33:38	29:55	0	9	9	38	16:30	17:08	7:45	55.2%
13	Rosie Ingram	48:11	15:45	32:26	32:22	11	8	19	9	16:18	16:08	7:28	64.5%
14	Adrian Rosoga	48:13	20:15	27:58	28:22	12	7	19	6	13:56	14:02	6:27	69.0%
15	Graham Carson	48:21	17:30	30:51	30:42	11	6	17	30	15:18	15:33	7:06	74.7%
16	Abdulrashid Abdi	48:21	24:15	24:06	24:02	11	5	16	9	12:02	12:04	5:33	81.2%
17	Alex Malzer	48:27	19:45	28:42	27:54	9	4	13	19	14:19	14:23	6:37	66.7%
18	Andrew Maynard	48:29	23:00	25:29	25:15	11	3	14	27	12:42	12:47	5:52	80.4%
19	Phillip McCubbins	48:32	19:45	28:47	28:30	11	3	14	47	14:48	13:59	6:38	72.9%
20	Abdifatah Dhuhulow	48:35	22:15	26:20	25:59	10	3	13	17	12:49	13:31	6:04	69.7%
21	Ashok Jamdagni	48:38	08:45	39:53	39:08	10	3	13	41	20:36	19:17	9:12	59.3%
22	Jean-Luc Hoez	48:40	19:00	29:40	28:50	9	3	12	97	14:52	14:48	6:50	70.8%
23	Tom Donovan	48:43	17:00	31:43	31:06	10	3	13	19	15:41	16:02	7:18	63.6%
24	Valerie Metcalf	48:44	17:30	31:14	28:42	3	3	6	28	16:05	15:09	7:12	71.6%
25	Tamara Shaw	48:47	12:30	36:17	35:42	10	3	13	15	17:55	18:22	8:22	62.8%
26	Rachel Powell	48:49	12:30	36:19	33:47	5	3	8	23	17:56	18:23	8:22	59.7%
27	Robert Maslen	48:54	18:30	30:24	29:39	9	3	12	35	14:49	15:35	7:00	73.2%
28	Brian Pickles	48:57	18:15	30:42	29:40	8	3	11	46	15:07	15:35	7:04	68.4%
29	Chris Stagg	48:58	12:30	36:28	33:01	2	3	5	164	17:50	18:38	8:24	64.3%
30	Lula Rosso	49:03	12:15	36:48	35:47	9	3	12	30	18:08	18:40	8:29	57.7%
31	Carrie Dannert	49:06	16:30	32:36	31:26	8	3	11	8	16:17	16:19	7:31	64.8%
32	Michael Morris	49:07	19:15	29:52	26:16	0	3	3	47	15:14	14:38	6:53	64.6%
33	Jeremy Freer	49:08	19:00	30:08	28:46	7	3	10	29	14:36	15:32	6:57	62.0%
34	Jeannette Mueller	49:10	16:15	32:55	31:29	7	3	10	37	16:09	16:46	7:35	65.8%
35	Anne Bennett	49:17	12:45	36:32	36:41	12	3	15	5	18:08	18:24	8:25	59.3%
36	Richard Smith	49:21	17:30	31:51	29:15	3	3	6	124	15:47	16:04	7:20	68.6%
37	James Marler	49:25	18:00	31:25	30:15	8	3	11	20	15:22	16:03	7:14	65.3%
38	James Stratford	49:29	17:45	31:44	29:50	6	3	9	155	15:41	16:03	7:19	65.1%
39	Cameron Smith	49:38	19:30	30:08	28:30	6	3	9	8	14:29	15:39	6:57	62.3%
40	Justin Lock	49:40	21:45	27:55	26:13	5	3	8	29	14:01	13:54	6:26	66.8%
41	Juliet Collins	49:44	13:45	35:59	34:32	7	3	10	38	18:01	17:58	8:18	61.1%
42	Baiju McCubbins	49:48	15:15	34:33	33:02	7	3	10	50	17:12	17:21	7:58	67.5%
43	Angus Searcy	50:07	16:30	33:37	33:46	12	3	15	4	16:57	16:40	7:45	59.1%
44	Maggie Purr	50:20	21:00	29:20	30:05	12	3	15	2	14:34	14:46	6:45	71.3%
45	Michelle Homden	50:23	15:15	35:08	34:58	11	3	14	4	17:17	17:51	8:06	60.6%
46	Brendan Greene	50:28	25:30	24:58	25:02	12	3	15	2	12:23	12:35	5:45	75.6%
47	Alan G. Hall	50:40	22:15	28:25	25:41	2	3	5	18	13:53	14:32	6:33	67.4%
48	Gareth Anderson	51:00	19:00	32:00	29:31	4	3	7	6	16:21	15:39	7:22	58.1%
49	Keith Evans	51:18	09:00	42:18	34:33	0	3	3	124	21:29	20:49	9:45	59.3%
50	Sharon Lindores	51:32	15:30	36:02	33:01	3	3	6	14	17:46	18:16	8:18	60.5%
51	Ken Kwok	51:39	14:00	37:39	34:17	3	3	6	93	18:53	18:46	8:41	65.2%
52	William Simpson	51:48	18:00	33:48	29:16	0	3	3	40	16:52	16:56	7:47	60.7%
53	Sarah Knox	51:55	17:00	34:55	31:42	2	3	5	6	17:36	17:19	8:03	61.3%
54	Julie Spiel	52:18	19:15	33:03	31:37	7	3	10	3	16:08	16:55	7:37	63.3%
55	Bob Davidson	52:37	10:45	41:52	34:35	0	3	3	145	20:44	21:08	9:39	66.9%

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 %
-	Kieran Scanlon	44:51	09:30	35:21	00:00	0	3	3	1	17:55	17:26	8:09	52.2%
-	Jennifer Mueller	45:33	09:30	36:03	00:00	0	3	3	1	17:55	18:08	8:18	58.2%
-	Margaret Sills	46:29	09:30	36:59	00:00	0	3	3	1	18:26	18:33	8:31	71.8%
-	Nicola Barberis Negra	46:36	18:15	28:21	00:00	0	3	3	1	14:10	14:11	6:32	64.8%
-	Joseph Slavin	46:41	12:15	34:26	37:20	12	3	15	14	17:11	17:15	7:56	60.5%
-	Andrew Bolgar	47:50	18:15	29:35	00:00	0	3	3	1	14:39	14:56	6:49	62.8%
-	Susan Eggleston	48:22	10:00	38:22	42:16	12	3	15	2	18:58	19:24	8:51	56.8%
-	Andrew Harrison	49:05	21:15	27:50	28:57	12	3	15	3	13:45	14:05	6:25	66.1%
-	Philip Feder	49:26	18:15	31:11	00:00	0	3	3	1	15:32	15:39	7:11	69.6%
-	Roberto Ramos	49:41	12:00	37:41	37:22	11	3	14	13	18:35	19:06	8:41	56.1%
-	Hilary Walker	49:51	15:15	34:36	32:18	5	3	8	140	17:20	17:16	7:58	72.7%
-	James Mills	50:04	18:15	31:49	00:00	0	3	3	1	15:29	16:20	7:20	57.7%
-	Gregor Bertram	50:07	18:15	31:52	00:00	0	3	3	1	15:45	16:07	7:21	57.8%
-	Mohammed Ismail	50:30	22:15	28:15	00:00	0	3	3	1	13:38	14:37	6:31	65.0%
-	Rizwan Khan	51:00	20:45	30:15	28:57	7	3	10	4	14:45	15:30	6:58	63.3%
-	Robert Beattie	51:41	18:15	33:26	32:32	9	3	12	3	16:36	16:50	7:42	59.9%
-	Olukemi Yusuph	52:16	09:30	42:46	00:00	0	3	3	1	21:15	21:31	9:51	50.3%
-	Abdinasir Abdulkarim	53:26	23:45	29:41	00:00	0	3	3	1	14:19	15:22	6:50	64.0%

Race conditions

very chilly first thing, but rain held off until after race

Report

Last year we had a record 99 runners in the November handicap, but this time it was down to 73. Whether down to the weather (very chilly), or down to the credit crunch (the £1 fee may be a little steep - but the camaraderie is priceless) we nevertheless had a great race.

Ella Palmer ran the best age-graded performance of her life to take the gold in with a PB of 2mins that she built up since running the race 11 months ago. Ella was also the fastest female age-graded runner, and had perfectly balanced splits. Second was an elated Stephanie Vaatz with a 100s PB in her 7th race. Third place Mark Palmer also managed a PB of 40s. Well deserved medals all round.

Many finishers were obviously trying very hard against the competition and the conditions today, but only 20% managed PBs. In addition to the three medalists' personal bests the others were: Kiera Davidson, Gordon Robertson, Georgina McFadyen, Monika Kirally, Adrian Rosoga, Anne Bennet, Angus Searcy, Maggie Purr, Brendan Greene, Joseph Slavin, Susan Eggleston and Andrew Harrison. Hold your heads high.

In the Tom Hogshead, Graham Carson's 15th place in the race and an almost-PB won him 17pts for today's race (displacing an early 14pts) to take his tally up by 3pts to 179pts at the top of the table. Gordon Robertson had an excellent race scoring 27pts (displacing an earlier 8pts) raising his score to 161pts moving him up from 3rd to 2nd place. Abdi Dhuhulow scored 13pts in his 7th race to move up to joint 3rd place from 5th (and he still has one more race to make up his 8!); the other joint third place holder is Tom Donovan -- both are on 152pts. The Hogshead trophy is awarded at the end of the year to the handicap runner who amasses the most points from their best eight races of the year.

Thanks to today's helpers - Mark Braley, John D'Souza, Ron Hagel, Jon Knox, Poppy Lenton, Stéphane Schneider, Helen Usbourne, Marielle Vestlund, Beate Vogt - without whom the race could not be organised.

The next race will be on Saturday December 6th, somewhere in Hyde Park. We expect to meet at the Dell Cafe rather than the bandstand as the Winter Wonderwhy will be taking over the bandstand and path area. Expect the normal start time... but also expect the unexpected. Watch the website and check your emails.