Mens Results

Position	Time	Name	Category
39	1:05:48	Emyr Morgan	SM
164	1:18:20	Kevin Gilbert	V40+
173	1:18:48	Peter Dean	V60+
272	1:34:03	Neil Wells	V50+
318	2:00:53	Neil Washford	V60+

There were 320 finishers in the All Men category

Ladies Results

Position	Time	Name	Category
5	1:08:29	Sally Gilbert	VL45+
21	1:14:35 *	Hannah Fothergill	Sen
60	1:23:12 *	Rebecca Mulley	Sen
89	1:27:50	Sian Thompson	Sen
109	1:32:37	Karen Washford	VL45+

* Both Hannah and Becky stopped for a number of minutes on the course in order to give assistance to another competitor who had collapsed.

There were 184 finishers in the All Ladies category

Report by Owen Harries

With five runners in both the mens and womens categories Team Southampton had an even split in last Sundays Alton 10 mile road race. The course uses mainly small country roads and lanes to the north east of Alton, very little of the course is flat and there are a number of both short sharp and also longer steady hills to be tackled. The general feeling after the race was that the hills were not as bad as expected but perhaps this was also due in some part to the tales being told by some members of the party during the journey up to the start. It was later admitted that the difficulty faced in previous years had also perhaps been due to alcohol consumption the night before and 26 deg temperatures.
Weather conditions for this years event were much more favourable with light winds and cool temperature. The large field soon spread out as the runners made their way out of Alton onto the scenic course. At this point the author must admit to not actually competing in the event, myself Trevor Gregory and James Allen had taken the option of a cycle ride out to support the runners. After a degree of faffing around and then a high speed blast up to Alton (speeds of 45mph were hit on one of the descents) we arrived at the start to see the field depart and turn left onto the road we had expected them to turn right onto. We thus missed the first opportunity to cheer and had to follow the back of the pack until we could cut across the course to pick them up at the 7 mile point.
Leading the race and eventual winner Mark le-Gassick of Stubbington Green already had a healthy lead by the time we saw him. First of our runners through was Emyr followed shortly afterwards by Sally. Next but later than expected was Hannah. The reason for this was explained when Becky passed, a fellow competitor had collapsed on the course with breathing difficulties and both Hannah, Becky and a runner from Hardley had compromised their races to give assistance.
After re-locating to the finish the support group met up with the early finishers and cheered home the rest of the Team Southampton runners. Some even had the energy for a sprint finish. To celebrate the run and in order to replenish energy stores most of the group then decided to test out the coffee and cake shops of Alton. (chocolate fudge cake probably the best option).

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