1.6 km + 3.2km (4.8km)

Pos	Name	Club	Age Class	Prologue	Time	Chasing	Total
1	Stuart Thomson	FVO	M18	course 6	9:08	18:04	27:12
2	Thomas Honniball	NOC	M21	course 4	10:44	21:07	31:51
3	Mairead Rocke	LEI	W18	course 6	10:10	21:47	31:57
4	Carlos Fernandez Lence	SO	M21	course 3	11:12	21:53	33:05
5	Craig Thomson	FVO	M16	course 3	11:04	22:05	33:09
6	Dave Denness	LOG	M50	course 3	11:07	22:38	33:45
7	Mark Burley	NOC	M21	course 5	11:55	23:02	34:57
8	Mark Thomson	FVO	M40	course 1	11:21	23:39	35:00
8	Bruce Bryant	OD	M50	course 6	11:39	23:21	35:00
10	Adrian Bailey	HOC	M40	course 6	12:05	26:01	38:06
11	Ian Williamson	LEI	M50	course 3	15:25	22:44	38:09
12	James Hornsby	LEI	M21	course 2	11:58	26:16	38:14
12	Robert Haskins	LEI	M55	course 3	12:35	25:39	38:14
14	Alastair Paterson	LEI	M40	course 4	13:05	25:37	38:42
15	Iain Tebbutt	LEI	M40	course 3	12:25	26:14	38:49
16	Ian Wilson	LEI	M40	course 6	13:42	25:59	39:41
17	Mark Hardy	LEI	M40	course 5	13:24	27:34	40:58
18	Alison Hardy	LEI	W40	course 6	14:31	26:39	41:10
19	Simon Ford	LEI	M65	course 1	14:04	27:12	41:16
20	Liz Phillips	OD	W45	course 5	13:40	28:29	42:09
21	Mark Sherriff	LEI	M45	course 1	14:10	28:00	42:10
22	John Marriott	LEI	M60	course 3	14:05	29:40	43:45
23	Helen Chiswell	DVO	W21	course 2	14:26	30:12	44:38
24	Glynn Smith	LEI	M60	course 1	16:11	29:58	46:09
25	Faye Greaves	OD	W21	course 1	16:41	32:29	49:10
26	Peter Leake	LEI	M70	course 6	15:15	36:29	51:44
27	David Toach	LEI	M40	course 6	19:50	34:20	54:10
mp	Toby Greaves	OD	M40	course 3	16:28	26:40	43:08
mp	John Rocke	SHUOC	M21	course 5	8:41	18:04	26:45
mp	Chris Bosley	LEI	M60	course 6	19:06	34:26	53:32
	Paul Leake		M40	course 1	dnf	34:33

1.6 km + 2.2km (3.8km)

Pos	Name	Club	Age Class	Prologue	Time	Chasing	Total
1	Phil Clark	LEI	M40	course 6	11:42	16:24	28:06
2	Doug Dickinson	DVO	M60	course 5	14:29	21:06	35:35
3	Robert Titterington	LEI	M65	course 5	15:41	23:51	39:32
4	Karen Thomson	FVO	W35	course 5	18:14	28:40	46:54
5	Tricia Johnston		W45	course 1	23:52	26:49	49:41
6	David Toach	LEI	M40	course 6	19:50	34:20	54:10
7	Rachel Simonetti	LEI	W21	course 2	21:32	34:35	56:07
8	Heather Sherriff	LEI	W20	course 3	20:54	37:26	58:20
9	Euan Tebbutt	LEI	M12	course 5	21:25	38:31	59:56
	Kay Dickinson	DVO	W55	course 3	28:01	dns
	Hollie Clark	LEI	W8	course 2	31:28	dns
	Molly Smith	LEI	W65	course 5	dnf	dns
	Keith Willdig	OD	M60	course 5	dnf	30:29	mp

Splits

3.2 km

Pos	Name	Club	Age Class	Time
1	John Rocke	SHUOC	M21	18:04
2	Stuart Thomson	FVO	M18	19:31
3	Thomas Honniball	NOC	M21	21:07
4	Mairead Rocke	LEI	W18	21:47
5	Carlos Fernandez Lence	SO	M21	21:53
6	Craig Thomson	FVO	M16	22:05
7	Dave Denness	LOG	M50	22:38
8	Ian Williamson	LEI	M50	22:44
9	Mark Burley	NOC	M21	23:02
10	Bruce Bryant	OD	M50	23:21
11	Mark Thomson	FVO	M40	23:39
12	Ian Wilson	LEI	M40	24:59
13	Alastair Paterson	LEI	M40	25:37
14	Robert Haskins	LEI	M55	25:39
15	Adrian Bailey	HOC	M40	26:01
16	Iain Tebbutt	LEI	M40	26:14
17	James Hornsby	LEI	M21	26:16
18	Alison Hardy	LEI	W40	26:39
19	Simon Ford	LEI	M65	27:12
20	Mark Hardy	LEI	M40	27:24
21	Mark Sherriff	LEI	M45	28:00
22	Liz Phillips	OD	W45	28:29
23	John Marriott	LEI	M60	29:40
24	Glynn Smith	LEI	M60	29:58
25	Helen Chiswell	DVO	W21	30:12
26	Faye Greaves	OD	W21	32:29
27	David Toach	LEI	M40	34:20
28	Chris Bosley	LEI	M60	34:26
29	Paul Leake		M40	34:33
30	Peter Leake	LEI	M70	36:09
mp	Toby Greaves	OD	M40	26:40
mp	Keith Willdig	OD	M60	30:29

Splits

2.3 km

Pos	Name	Club	Age Class	Time
1	Phil Clark	LEI	M40	16:24
2	Doug Dickinson	DVO	M60	21:06
3	Robert Titterington	LEI	M65	23:51
4	Tricia Johnston		W45	26:49
5	Karen Thomson	FVO	W35	28:40
6	Rachel Simonetti	LEI	W21	34:35
7	Heather Sherriff	LEI	W20	37:26
8	Euan Tebbutt	LEI	M12	38:31

Splits

1.6 km

Pos	Name	Club	Age Class	Course	Time
1	Stuart Thomson	FVO	M18	course 6	9:08
2	Mairead Rocke	LEI	W18	course 6	10:10
3	Thomas Honniball	NOC	M21	course 4	10:44
4	Craig Thomson	FVO	M16	course 3	11:04
5	Dave Denness	LOG	M50	course 3	11:07
6	Carlos Fernandez Lence	SO	M21	course 3	11:12
7	Mark Thomson	FVO	M40	course 1	11:21
8	Bruce Bryant	OD	M50	course 6	11:39
9	Phil Clark	LEI	M40	course 6	11:42
10	Mark Burley	NOC	M21	course 5	11:55
11	James Hornsby	LEI	M21	course 2	11:58
12	Adrian Bailey	HOC	M40	course 6	12:05
13	Iain Tebbutt	LEI	M40	course 3	12:25
14	Robert Haskins	LEI	M55	course 3	12:35
15	Alastair Paterson	LEI	M40	course 4	13:05
16	Mark Hardy	LEI	M40	course 5	13:24
17	Liz Phillips	OD	W45	course 5	13:40
18	Ian Wilson	LEI	M40	course 6	13:42
19	Simon Ford	LEI	M65	course 1	14:04
20	John Marriott	LEI	M60	course 3	14:05
21	Mark Sherriff	LEI	M45	course 1	14:10
22	Helen Chiswell	DVO	W21	course 2	14:26
23	Doug Dickinson	DVO	M60	course 5	14:29
24	Alison Hardy	LEI	W40	course 6	14:31
25	Peter Leake	LEI	M70	course 6	15:15
26	Ian Williamson	LEI	M50	course 3	15:25
27	Robert Titterington	LEI	M65	course 5	15:41
28	Glynn Smith	LEI	M60	course 1	16:11
29	Toby Greaves	OD	M40	course 3	16:28
30	Faye Greaves	OD	W21	course 1	16:41
31	Karen Thomson	FVO	W35	course 5	18:14
32	David Toach	LEI	M40	course 6	19:50
33	Heather Sherriff	LEI	W20	course 3	20:54
34	Euan Tebbutt	LEI	M12	course 5	21:25
35	Rachel Simonetti	LEI	W21	course 2	21:32
36	Tricia Johnston		W45	course 1	23:52
37	Kay Dickinson	DVO	W55	course 3	28:01
38	Hollie Clark	LEI	W8	course 2	31:28
mp	John Rocke	SHUOC	M21	course 5	8:41
mp	Chris Bosley	LEI	M60	course 6	19:06
dnf	Molly Smith	LEI	W65	course 5
dnf	Keith Willdig	OD	M60	course 5
dnf	Paul Leake		M40	course 1

Splits

1.6 km

Pos	Name	Club	Age Class	Time
1	Mark Thomson	FVO	M40	11:21
2	Simon Ford	LEI	M65	14:04
3	Mark Sherriff	LEI	M45	14:10
4	Glynn Smith	LEI	M60	16:11
5	Faye Greaves	OD	W21	16:41
6	Tricia Johnston		W45	23:52
dnf	Paul Leake		M40

Splits

1.6 km

Pos	Name	Club	Age Class	Time
1	James Hornsby	LEI	M21	11:58
2	Helen Chiswell	DVO	W21	14:26
3	Rachel Simonetti	LEI	W21	21:32
4	Hollie Clark	LEI	W8	31:28

Splits

1.6 km

Pos	Name	Club	Age Class	Time
1	Craig Thomson	FVO	M16	11:04
2	Dave Denness	LOG	M50	11:07
3	Carlos Fernandez Lence	SO	M21	11:12
4	Iain Tebbutt	LEI	M40	12:25
5	Robert Haskins	LEI	M55	12:35
6	John Marriott	LEI	M60	14:05
7	Ian Williamson	LEI	M50	15:25
8	Toby Greaves	OD	M40	16:28
9	Heather Sherriff	LEI	W20	20:54
10	Kay Dickinson	DVO	W55	28:01

Splits

1.6 km

Pos	Name	Club	Age Class	Time
1	Thomas Honniball	NOC	M21	10:44
2	Alastair Paterson	LEI	M40	13:05

Splits

1.6 km

Pos	Name	Club	Age Class	Time
1	Mark Burley	NOC	M21	11:55
2	Mark Hardy	LEI	M40	13:24
3	Liz Phillips	OD	W45	13:40
4	Doug Dickinson	DVO	M60	14:29
5	Robert Titterington	LEI	M65	15:41
6	Karen Thomson	FVO	W35	18:14
7	Euan Tebbutt	LEI	M12	21:25
dnf	Molly Smith	LEI	W65
dnf	Keith Willdig	OD	M60
mp	John Rocke	SHUOC	M21	8:41

Splits

1.6 km

Pos	Name	Club	Age Class	Time
1	Stuart Thomson	FVO	M18	9:08
2	Mairead Rocke	LEI	W18	10:10
3	Bruce Bryant	OD	M50	11:39
4	Phil Clark	LEI	M40	11:42
5	Adrian Bailey	HOC	M40	12:05
6	Ian Wilson	LEI	M40	13:42
7	Alison Hardy	LEI	W40	14:31
8	Peter Leake	LEI	M70	15:15
9	David Toach	LEI	M40	19:50
mp	Chris Bosley	LEI	M60	19:06

Whenever the subject of sprint mapping the Loughborough campus has come up in the last few years- everyone I'd spoken was unanimous in thinking it would make a great event. The area around the towers was mapped by Graham Gristwood a few years ago (at 1:1000), but we needed to get a larger area mapped for this event. As often happens, putting the event into the Summer League was the first step in bringing this about, and Peter has put together a great map, you can get a long way with aerial photos and other plans but that's the easy part, the drawing time and the follow up ground work to check the large amount of detail takes the time. 

There is a tradition of trying something a bit different, particularly for the opening event of the Summer League. Lots of people made suggestions (mostly Peter!) and the main influences were Roger Edward's three part sprint at Guthlaxton last year, a trend for prologue and chasing start sprints over the last year or so and a personal interest in trying a mass start one man relay type event (I think this format is a Hagaby loop). (As the Summer League scorer, I'd like to add that it would be a good format for the last event as it has the advantage of first across the line being the winner.) 

The idea of the prologue (difficult to explain until you've done one) was that everyone does the same three loops in a different order. This gives 6 course combinations in all. An additional point is that half of the people that do the same first loop as you will have a loops 2 and 3 the other way round, so following is riskier than you might think! The small area helped pack the area with runners and up the pressure. Oddly enough it may have disadvantaged the few who started earlier (to help out later) as they will not have been under as much pressure during the race. 

Other than that the important thing was to get the sprint planning right. I'd originally thought of 2 * 2k, but once I'd remembered that the first part had to have a way of splitting up competitors, the shorter distance prologue almost suggested itself, and meant that the second part could be longer. In the end, I think it was a good idea in that I think sprint is about finishing time to some extent and I think that once this extends much beyond 20 minutes, the event starts to change from a sprint to an urban race. So my theory is that the mix of distances gave everyone an event at sprint pace. 

I haven't done a chasing start for a while (day 3 of JK 81 at Beaudesert), so was a bit rusty on the format. That JK used a chasing start as I used it - fastest first - which again means that the first across the line is the winner (if you think that combining times of two very different length events has any validity!).

I had considered running the chasing start 'last first' to give more head to head racing, but I also wanted to give everyone a similar and reasonable rest time between courses and didn't think that would be possible to fit in before dusk. In the end that was the weakest part of the organisation, and its success was in no small part down to you working out your own start times! I think that the format still produced head to head racing for some ( there were some close finishes), and I'd be interested in your thoughts on how this went and if would be worth doing again. A further advantage of the different lengths was that it meant that most of the area could be removed from the prologue map- giving a few more surprises in the chasing sprint. 

One of my main aims in planning the sprints was to try and give as much route choice as possible and I think that a few legs worked in that respect and I can also see places where small changes in control locations might have given better legs. However I was also reminded after the event that it's probably time taken in decision making (rather than the legs themselves). that matters. In other words, a complicated route (or two or more unequal route choices) can be good. On a longer race, you have time to work out the route, but at sprint pace, you may already have gone too far in the wrong direction before you realise- so speed of thinking as well as over the ground becomes important. Well that's the theory! The other thing was change in direction forcing a need for constant reorientation, and that at least a couple of people admitted to running the wrong way out of number 4 on the chasing sprint might demonstrate this idea. 

Having said all that, I had some good feedback on the night and I'm hopeful that we can run a few more similar events on this map in the next few years. You may also know that we only used about a third of the campus and the western part is more complex and detailed. It bodes well for use in a level 2 or 1 event in the future. 

As to the results- a few mispunches and a few forgot the finish on the prologue! The mispunches may have been exacerbated by the cable ties which make punching more difficult. (And in hindsight, I overestimated the amount of secuity needed.) John Rocke actually only missed one punch (but that threw the results software). It was the first return to 219, and given that he must have run past it to get from 2 to 4, a sub 9 minute winning time would have been on the cards. However the winner of the prologue (and combined) on the night was Stuart Thomson- so well done! And also to John for winning the chasing sprint by well over a minute.

I'd also like to mention our youngest competitors- Euan and Hollie. I did plan a junior course, but it wasn't needed. You both looked to have coped well with the prologue and Euan with the medium chasing sprint. 

Lots of little things to get right in future! Next time I do a 6.30 mass start, it will be at 6.30 (not 6:27:02) . It would have meant that 3 people didn't miss the start and made calculating times much easier when the printstation failed to cope with some types of dibbers. For Sprint events synchronising the box times is even more important than usual. I programmed control 200 after the others and it was about 30 seconds slow; looks like I was lucky that Stuart and Tom Honniball were not a second faster. One of the mapping challenges was the amount of detail and it would be good to look at better quality printing to take advantage of this. 

Final mentions are to those that helped to make the event work. Peter for the map and running registration and Bob Haskins working with the university and permissions. On the night thanks to several from LEI who helped but I'll name Dave Toach and Ian Wilson whose help in getting in the controls was very much welcomed. 

Mark Foxwell

Lost property: One blue hooded top which will be at Castle Hill and Graythwaite next week.