| The Southern Area 20km Race Walking Championships were once again held on the sea-front Parade at Littlehampton on Saturday with a field of almost 30 despite a clash with a major race in the Isle of Man. The venue offers a straight, fast and naturally flat out-and-back lap of 2.5 kilometres but is subject o strong winds. The competitors who braved a cold day with the threat of snow were in fact favoured with little wind and enough sunshine to keep them cool but not frozen. Nothing could prevent 2 hours of flat road becoming a hard competitive event with every competitor fighting to hold or catch those nearest.
2nd claim member Chris Flint put his 100 mile experience to complete a determined outing more strongly than those around him while the Surrey team’s efforts to finish a complete team in spite of somewhat not performing at their best was rewarded with
3rd place. |