Bristol Half Marathon 2018
A small but perfectly formed group of Wreakies headed down to Bristol to take on the Great Bristol Half Marathon…
We did not let the weather spoil the weekend and after a nice team pre-race meal on the Saturday evening we were ready to go! The event had a ‘big city race’ feel to it with over 7000 runners taking part and plenty of support on the route (including our very own Lyndsey and Julie!). Two Wreakies came home with shiny new PB’s – Luke Smith and Ian Hillier who went under the 90mins barrier for the first time. A couple of special mentions, firstly Dave Rose for pacing Ian to the 12 mile mark before he was left in his slipstream and secondly Scott Beasley who had completed a 23 mile run just 48 hours before as part of his Leicester Marathon training!
The weekend was rounded off with a nice carvery, a few beers, a traditional post-race meat feast, a few more beers and a morning recovery run before heading home.
Luke Smith
Wreake Runners Great Bristol Half Marathon Race Results:
| Name | Race Number | Overall Position | Age Group Position | Gender Position | Age Group and Gender Position | Finish Time |
| Matthew Franklin | 377 | 165 | 17 | 156 | 16 | 01:24:10 |
| Luke Smith | 386 | 197 | 41 | 186 | 41 | 01:25:10 |
| Ian Hillier | 379 | 379 | 27 | 358 | 26 | 01:29:21 |
| Dave Rose | 381 | 404 | 83 | 380 | 80 | 01:29:42 |
| Gavin Speed | 380 | 543 | 114 | 509 | 108 | 01:32:06 |
| Phillip Wilson | 1579 | 590 | 13 | 554 | 13 | 01:32:58 |
| Scott Beasley | 378 | 663 | 52 | 617 | 49 | 01:33:55 |
| Jon Finnemore | 1551 | 774 | 23 | 719 | 22 | 01:35:24 |