Durham Cathedral Summer Relays, 21st August 2019
After some years further along the River Wear at Maiden Castle, cancellation last year and a trip to Birtley for the winter version of this relay race, it was a welcome return to a venue where you could actually see the Cathedral! This is an interesting course with 2 laps, of approximately 1500m each, entirely on grass fields. About a third of the way around there is a short, steep climb, the reward for which is a nice view of the Durham skyline – the Cathedral and Castle. We were also lucky in that the weather was kind and it was a pleasant evening for running and spectating.
The two races are mixed – the first race was for Senior teams where we had just the one ladies team. The second race was for teams of male and female veterans or mixed gender teams – here we had two male teams, one female and one mixed team.
| Position | Runners | Time |
| Seniors | ||
| 33 | Rose Hawkswood Tara McCully Nina Jentl Team Time | 14:42 14:56 14:37 44:15 |
| Veteran/Mixed | ||
| 13 | Roberto Marzo Sumanth Nayak Stephen Huntley Team Time | 11:17 11:51 13:08 36:16 |
| 30 | Richard Slack David Lydall Tom Tinsley Team Time | 14:21 12:55 12:10 39:26 |
| 55 | Rob Newton Nina Jensen Howard MacLennan Team Time | 17:59 14:59 13:25 46:23 |
| 64 | Hazel Juggins Marie Slack Cath Robson Team Time | 15:42 16:47 17:34 50:03 |
Photos are now on Flickr, courtesy of Howard, Tara and myself.
