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Some of the parkrunners then moved to Tescos in Lydney to ride static bikes in aid of Forest Sensory Services, the charity Vanessa Pegler is supporting in the London Marathon.<\/p>\n
In the afternoon, two teams from FODAC were crowned County Champions in the County Road Relays, with Chris Penny, Dave Lowthian, Richard Pegler and Leyton Fleet winning the MV40 class and Graham Bennetto, Ian James, and Tony Pownall the MV50 class. \u00a0Elsewhere, Mark Mathews and Julian Boon took part in a fell race from the Pandy Inn. \u00a0Mark finished a few seconds ahead of Jools, 13th and 15th respectively out of 74, with Jools 1st MV45.<\/p>\n
Next morning, two groups of runners took part in half marathons: Bath and Newport. \u00a06 FODAC runners took part in the Bath Half with Leyton Fleet finishing first of these in 1.27.27. \u00a0Other times: Greg Nash 1.38.10; Rachel Nash 1.52.57; Karen Barnett 1.59.13; Jo Babij; Mandy Knott 2.17.10 and Sharla Fleet 2.23.02. \u00a0Parkrunner Andrew Knott completed in 2.44.40.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Finishers at Bath Half<\/p><\/div>\n
FODAC had 5 representatives in the Newport Half. \u00a0Richard Pegler finished first of these in 1.25.00. \u00a0Other times Matt Bond 1.34.07; Rob Freeman 1.35.33; Andrew Kane 1.35.43 and Peter Short 1.42.53.
\nElsewhere, Spike Powles took part in the Grizzly as aprt of his preparation for the Barcalona Marathon<\/p>\n
The afternoon saw teams expecting to compete in the final Gwent League Cross-country series race in Aberdare. \u00a0With both men’s and ladies’ teams in the running for promotion and other awards, a strong turn out was necessary but with so many other events taking place it was thought that it would be difficult to raise teams. \u00a0In the event, the ladies team was one of the strongest FODAC could have fielded and would have pressed hard for promotion.<\/p>\n
Disappointingly, the race was cancelled due to a muddy course. \u00a0The ladies had already arrived but the men received a phone call whilst on their way to Aberdare so had to make do with a jog round the Forest. \u00a0True to form, the ladies did a lap of the course anyway. The men’s team finished 2nd in their division and gained promotion. Ann Nixon won both the V45 & V55 age categories, and the ladies’ team finished 3rd, narrowly missing promotion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A busy weekend for Forest of Dean Runners began on Saturday with 117 people completing the weekly parkrun at Five Acres, Coleford. \u00a0These included the latest group from the 0 – 5k coaching series, which aims to help new runners … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n