Subject: road relays birmingham
From: "Peter Young" <[email-masked]>
To: "Peter Young" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:52:34 +0100

Senior Women's Road Relays - Sutton Park 2007

Charlene Thomas, who was swamped at the start & was not visible on the line, used her experience to fight her way through the field to end the first leg in 4th place (14-17) handing over to experienced Helen Singleton, who even though suffering from a severe cough, ran an inspired 2nd leg to make the changeover in 5th (15-11) to young Chloe Patchett, making her debut on the senior national scene.  Not surprisingly she had to relinquish some places against this very strong field, but was able to make the change over in 13th (15-48) to fellow debutante at this level, Katie McHale, who ran her leg right to the limit and crossed the line still in 13th place (16-18) and a total time of 1hr 1min 34secs.
This was a great result out of a field of 93 teams, both Chloe & Katie said they had learned a lot through listening to the advice & encouragement of both Charlene & Helen, and can't wait for the next race.

Report and photos from Howard Miller