Ed Stivala Personal Training

Surely they can’t keep it up all week?!?!? Well the sun shone and the fight for the overall title of Corona Mountain Goat Champion became real… Far from fading out, day 5 saw new names and some more big hills. Could this be the last day of sunshine for the week though? Are they just a load of fair weather goats that don’t want to get their hooves wet? Time will tell, but for now lets unravel today… 😉 

25 runners got out there, many of our ‘favourites’ but also some new names. Amongst them Hannah went out for a trot again! I suspect a little miffed still with Simon’s premature surge yesterday, and to the soundtrack of war “cross over the road, my friend” (how very apt on so many levels!) asserted her authority clocking up another 262m of ascent and maintaining her “rest day’s are wimps” policy 😉 So she now takes the Fluffy Vest into day six…

Linda, trying to keep a low profile but well positioned to draft, also put in a big 176m. And Rob was back in the mix today with 161m. Could be one to watch as he does tend to run mountain Ultras for ‘fun’.

Really nice to see some new names today too. Corrine broke into the competition with a very tidy 133m. Also Nigel (from WRR I think?) kicked his campaign off with a first run of 81m.

Before we look at the shockwaves that today has caused in the overall leaderboard, there has been a lot of ‘bleating’ from a several goats that live apparently in flat places. <<rolling eye emoji>> Amongst those concerned about the topography of their ‘home turf’ was Abby, who decided to go off on her bicycle today instead to think about how exactly she might win this despite Bedford being flat as!

Talking of bicycles Trevor went for a bicycle ride too. (I know it’s a quiet news day!!)

It’s all kicking off at the front of the field, and we have a new leader : Hannah Bawdon. But, it’s far from over yet as she continues to be in a locked horn tussle (do goats tussle???) with Simon now in second place. But with only 46m separating them it could go either way tomorrow. And Simon isn’t going to take this sitting down.

This is far from a two goat race though… Rob (another Olney Runner) as grabbed back third place with a very consistent alternate day strategy. And we absolutely can’t forget Linda (699m), who is trying hard to stay under the radar and not be seen to do anything aggressive YET!

Lots of people now in the 100’s of meters, despite living in some of the flattest parts of the world (ALLEGEDLY)! Others, not mentioning any names (Leila!) certainly don’t live anywhere flat… Check out her 279m from yesterday (late result due to a small tech issue!). 

This is all starting to hot up and getting quite tense as we begin heading in to the second weekend… Will Trevor decide to launch another attack? And what of Stella or Lisa, they could turn out to be dark goats? And only a fool would forget about Sarah or indeed Viv (once she gets her OS map out and finds a hill!). No… If this gets any more tense I won’t be able to sleep 😉 

Here is the leaderboard:

BIB	Athlete	25-Mar	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total
47	Hannah Bawdon	262										954
1	Simon Cook	80										908
15	Rob White	161										722
58	Linda Wilkie	176										699
3	Cat Riona	36										659
38	Trevor Piper											613
13	Stella Barker	48										376
12	Lisa Dalton											352
107	Sarah Price											285
104	Leila Goss											279
70	Beth Morris											274
23	Viv Black											270
103	Hayley Roberts	71										263
2	Michelle Ramsden											259
78	Amanda Waring	67										248
28	Charli May											243
80	Ruby Gautama-Marvell	38										222
26	Sally Durant	84										221
6	Heidi Brown											220
7	Kerry Guthrie	60										204
46	Emily Calista Walker	45										199
8	Josie Pickering	41										190
81	M-Louise Dis											180
83	Ian Mercer											171
43	Liz Conibere	61										168
97	Stuart Weaver											161
63	Katie Godof											141
9	Steve Pryor-Jones	38										139
40	Santa Upite											136
65	Corinne Gibbs	133										133
17	Nic Williams	25										123
35	Kathryn Milne	54										120
19	Neil Williams	56										113
18	Chris Lowery											104
102	Morag Finch											102
112	Sarah Hawkins	8										90
22	Abby Bambury											90
27	Steve Williams	35										85
56	Allen Bennett											84
61	Nigel Ryalis	81										81
94	James Ryan Mitchell											74
49	Caroline Batty	58										71
30	Mary Anne Mackenzie											53
44	Helen Tailyour											46
48	Nicola Draycott											30
111	Katherine Fisher	1										28
11	Sarah Pennell											26
67	Tracy Walker											26
5	Andrew Hingston											24
4	Kirsty Hingston	18										18
93	Alice Robinson											0
92	Angela Norton											0
105	Brendan Coles											0
24	Carol-Anne Kenmuir											0
109	Catherine Alexander											0
95	Caz Fry											0
79	Christine Underhill											0
106	Clair Higham											0
87	Claire Alden											0
31	Clare Wiley											0
54	Dale Robertson											0
32	David Telford											0
62	David Thatcher											0
91	Dean Waring											0
64	Debbie Colby											0
20	Debbie Jen Mor											0
100	Debbie Peachey											0
74	Emma Lorains											0
10	Fiona Hunter Wynde											0
90	Geeta Seegobin											0
51	Gemma Emile											0
55	Gill Situnayake											0
82	Heather Harper											0
52	Heather Speed											0
108	Heidi Underwood											0
14	Hilary Parker											0
29	Jade Teresa											0
45	Jake Partridge											0
71	Jane Carr											0
33	Jessica Addenbrooke											0
53	Jill Cooper											0
72	Joanna Huggins											0
89	Josephine L Pearson											0
68	Jude Snellgrove											0
57	Julie Black											0
96	Kelly Jarvis											0
110	Kirsty Rowe											0
60	Linda Johnson											0
69	Louise May											0
86	Lynette Amy Engel											0
73	Maria Fox											0
34	Mark Rose-Nicholas											0
42	Martin Pegler											0
59	Nathalie Janvier											0
88	Neil Wakelam											0
101	Nicola Anne Watkinson											0
39	Paul Collier											0
76	Paula Cowley											0
77	Rachael Baker											0
99	Rowena Belding											0
37	Sam Ingram											0
84	Samantha Chesters											0
16	Sharon Kukielka											0
98	Sheila Vickers											0
21	Shelley Hemsley											0
85	Simon Bailey											0
36	Simon Spinks Lindley											0
41	Stacey Read											0
25	Steve Teale											0
50	Valerie McCutcheon											0
66	Wendy Cornah											0
75	Zuza Maria											0