Meanwhile five FODAC runners followed Sir Mo Farah in the Great North Run between Newcastle and South Sheilds on Saturday 10th<\/sup> September.<\/p>\n Richard Peglar finished in 1:35:03 with Simon Roberts just one second behind in 1:35:04. Vanessa Peglar achieved a half marathon PB (personal best) with a time of 1:56:35 while Karen Barnett finished in 2:00:31 and Lisa Adams in 2:11:00<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Autumn Mile saw 72 runners from five different clubs competing on the evening of Tuesday 12th<\/sup> September at Five Acres track with strong winds and driving rain making for dramatic and challenging conditions.<\/p>\n Pete Woodward was the fastest runner of the day and the only runner under five minutes with a time of 4:58 with Marcus Bennetto 2nd<\/sup> in 5:07 and Martyn Winser of Chepstow Harriers 3rd<\/sup> in 5:09<\/p>\n Of the first three women, two, Chloe Wheeler and Samantha Harris managed to squeeze in under six minutes with times of 5:57 and 5:58 respectively while Chepstow Harriers runner Nicki Morgan finished in 6:18. In a fortuitous turn of events this also saw Chloe Wheeler finish as 1st<\/sup> Senior Woman with Samantha Harris 1st<\/sup> in the F40 class and Nicki Morgan 1st<\/sup> in the F50 class. In Nicki\u2019s case this meant not only winning her own age group but finishing ahead of a further 12 women in younger age groups as well.<\/p>\n The First three finishers in each age group are given below:<\/p>\n Senior Men: Pete Woodward 4:58, Marcus Bennetto 5:07 and Martyn Winser 5:09<\/p>\n Senior Women: Chloe Wheeler 5:57, Danielle Sapsford 6:31 and Emma King 6:56<\/p>\n M40: Peter Ward 5:18, Austin Blackburn 5:40 and Dan Sandford 5:43<\/p>\n F40: Samantha Harris 5:58, Lisa Jeffrey 6:26 and Debbie Stenner 6:39<\/p>\n M50: Paul Dodd 5:42, Walter Leach 5:50 and Richard Dennant 6:19<\/p>\n F50: Nicki Morgan 6:18, Rachael Wheeler 6:55 and Angela Sonn 9:38<\/p>\n M60: Steve Owen 6:20, Neil Grant 6:30 and Alan Robertson 6:49<\/p>\n F60: Joyce (Joc) Dodd 8:14 and Sue Ashton 8:49 (two runners in class)<\/p>\n M70: Geoffrey Baylis 8:24, Geoffrey Cram 9:02 and Syd Wheeler 9:55<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It has been a busy week for the Forest of Dean Athletic Club with a Marathon, a Half Marathon and the Autumn Mile races. New Forest Marathon Cherry Fowler and Sue Shergold put in very strong performances at the New … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/fodac.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/new.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nGreat North Run<\/h2>\n
Autumn Mile<\/h2>\n