Race Result from the North

Race Result from the North - British Milers Club 800M Mens A Result

Hi Sports Fan,

Up&Running Darlingtons very own Andy Wiles took part in the latest BMC 800m Mens A race at Trafford on Tuesday 12th July in the early evening.

Facing a first class field of athletes Andrew had come down from his normal 1500m distance with the idea of trying to break his 800m PB of 1.51.37 -
New Marske Harriers team mate Ricky Stevenson {1:49.09} and Warren Fay {1:49.43} from Birchfield Harriers were in attendance and were sure to make the race competative, with 4 other athletes all holding 1:51's as 800 PB's, so Andrew knew that he had to keep in the first 3 to give himself any chance of PB'ing and finishing well.

BANG! and their off... holding the inside line for the 1st 200m Andrew quickly established his position on Ricky's shoulder with Warren in contention and the other athletes all tightly bunched behind, 400m came and went in a 55 secs as planned and still in 3rd position and within 2 steps of the leader , the pace dropped slightly from 400, to 550m , breathing hard but feeling very comfortable Andrew changed gears to start his run for him, sensing this Stevenson and Fay also picked the pace up; running in lane 1 , Andy made the decision that coming off the last bend if he was blocked in lane two he would go thru on the inside... ...........70m to go and Stevenson is making his last effort with Fay just ahead, the gap opens and Wiles pushes through on the inside... 20meters to go and Fay cant hold onto the last kick of Wiles.. ............ and thru the line in... 1:50.61!! and new PB by nearly a second.. and 1st place.. happy days!!

Speaking after the race Andrew commented that he had never raced feeling so good, running a far better tactical race than his mile performance at Sunderland in June, Andrew was happy with the time and of course 1st position.

Andrew feels that his target of a sub 3:40.0 1500m is definataly on the cards this summer, the ankle injury that has been plagueing his training this spring/summer also seems to have settled down , making for more consistant training.

We look forward to watching Andrews progress over the next two months.

Thanks for watching and stay tuned to Darlington Up&Running Sports report with this intrepid reporter for more Road , Track, Trail, Fell and TRI racing action.

Kind regards,

Mic

Mic Doughty
Darlington Up&Running