Dash in the Dark – 3 22nd January 2016
First home for the ladies and setting a new female course record was Kirsty Seddon , Chester Tri in a blistering time of 31.37. Second over the line was Rebecca Robberts, Clwydian in 35.13 and in third place Kate Murphy, Outward Bound in 36.14.
As the field lined up for the start, the men’s race favourite and course record holder, Karl Steinegger looked set to take his third race and overall title for Ambleside AC. Indeed, in true form, taking the win was Karl in 25.35, only challenged on the night by Simon Edwards from Buckley Runners in 27.36. Simon also took the V40 win. Third overall for the men was Joe Dogherty from Outward Bound in 28.54.
The rest of the prizes on the night went to ladies Jan Rodgers (V50), Chester Tri 36.18 and Ellie Robinson (V40), West Cheshire AC 37.04. The men’s category winners were Steve Toogood (V50) Buckley 29.11, Chris Wilcox (V60) Clwydian 32.03 and John Morris (V70) Buckley 45.45.
The series overall winners this year, with 3 out of 3 were Kirsty Seddon and Karl Steinegger. Well done !