Ipswich JAFFA Ekiden Relays

July 18th, 2010

Two teams travelled to the grounds of St. Josephs College, Ipswich and both put in some extremely good times with Team B taking 2nd place in the Super Vets category and 24th overall, whilst Team A were not far behind in 33rd.

(An Ekiden  is a Japanese term which originally referred to a post-horse or stagecoach which transmitted communication by stages, and now usually refers to a long-distance relay race typically a road race)
Full Results  Photos to Follow

DistanceTeam ATime / PaceTeam BTime / Pace
Leg A - 7.2kStewart Mardon31.21 / 7.01Ken Bowman30.51 / 6.54
Leg B - 5kJo West25.32 / 8.13Jackie Bye24.44 / 7.57
Leg C - 10kMartin Bagnell44.37 / 7.11Mike King44.37 / 7.11
Leg D - 5kGraham Barnes24.18 / 7.49Michael Fairchild23.07 / 7.26
Leg E - 10kMel Porter 43.11 / 6.57Colin Robilliard38.27 / 6.11
Leg F - 5kJon Edwards23.13 / 7.28Jeremy Lawrence21.39 / 6.58