In April 2020, deep in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, as the lockdown took hold and parkruns and racing competitions were cancelled, a couple of members of the club decided that once we were allowed back outside again, we should take full advantage of the countryside surrounding Leighton Buzzard.

A circular route of Leighton Buzzard was devised and split into 4 routes and a plan to turn it into a virtual (and in the future, potentially real!) relay competition.

Teams of 4, with two men and two women each, were put forward and were given a window of May to August to record their fastest time on their nominated leg. Some went straight out and did a few tester runs that day, some dilly-dallied and did nothing for nearly 4 months, but at the end of it all we had a set of results and winnings teams and individuals.

The biggest positive from the event was that so many of us discovered new trails almost in our own back gardens, but also to actually have an aim or a target to work towards in a time when it was much needed.

Well done to all those who ran and those who picked up a prize.

Full results (and prize winners) can be found here with a summary below.

 

Team

Fastest Team
	Team	Overall Time
1st	The Marmite Scrolls	01:49:51
2nd	Grim Reading	01:57:53
3rd	Team Paul	02:05:22

Fastest Team (age graded adjusted)
	Team	Overall (adjusted) Time
1st	The Marmite Scrolls	01:49:30
1st	Grim Reading	01:51:22
2nd	Legs Miserables	01:57:05
3rd	The Liz Miller Band	01:59:01

 

Individual

	Fastest		Age Graded Fastest
Leg 1	Jo Sharples	00:21:24	Warren Rose	00:19:58
Leg 2	Paul Andrew	00:24:12	Paul Andrew	00:23:22
Leg 3	Will Eastman	00:25:30	James Bell	00:24:18
Leg 4	Ian Grimshaw	00:33:00	Ian Grimshaw	00:30:11

 

Long John Silver Award (most times one leg)	Valentina Ferrari	6 times	Leg 2
The Chris Dimmock Round	Paul Griffiths		02:05:48
Last Chance Saloon	Steve Sharples	31/08/2020 – 1.30pm	10.5 hours before deadline!