We had a fantastic turnout at the infamous Hangover 5 on New Years Day. It wasn’t the best weather, a bit over cast and windy but considering the freezing weather we have had over the last few weeks it really wasn’t too bad.
The title of the race was perfect for Paul as he had been on the sherbets until 4am and was suffering somewhat. He showed true dedication by turning up, still with a smile on his face, despite the sore head.
The course its self is quite challenging. There was a lot of up before we got much in the way of down with mud, chalk, mud and more mud to contend with.
It was wonderful to see so many of our green tops being worn, and also lovely to get a team picture with Mick Dee.
Results:
43:34 Mark Friend-James
45:07 Fabian Kaelin
45:13 Kieron Lewer
48:38 Danielle Kaelin
48:49 Nikki Hargrave
52:06 Paul Crowe
54:58 Fiona Turton
55:46 Gill Hamilton-Orr
55:57 Sue Spiers
56:55 Alison Turner
57:00 Louise Lewer
57:33 Liz Pamment
60:51 Michael Dee
Very glad I didn’t know in advance quite how continually undulating it was! But afterwards it is certainly a very long time since I have felt that virtuous on New Year Day!!
Great turn out – let’s at least match that for the Worthing Lido run.
I believe this race started in 2008 as a non-scoring race, becoming a full event in 2008 (according to the WSFRL website at least) and this was the biggest turnout we’ve ever had, which is great! Shame we missed Mark for the photograph, but oh boy I can testify that I felt ill, I don’t know that I did crack a smile, I think I moaned and cried a lot!
It was great to see our team colours out in force! Well done all and yes, here’s to another great turn out for the Worthing Lido 4m on 25/0!!
Agree wowzers hills!! But totally brill to have such a big bunch of HJ ers cheering at the finish . Totally fab run 🙂