RANELAGH RICHMOND HALF MARATHON                                                                               14th  May 2006
                                                                                                                                                                                       
 PHIL KILLINGLEY,who prefers cross-country to road racing, had a comfortable victory in the Ranelagh
 half marathon reports Alastair Aitken.
                                                                                                                                                                                       
 Killingley, who had been on a diet of 50 miles a week for several years, beat the course record set     
 in 2005 of 73:04 with a time of 70:30. He remarked "I was hoping to be inside 70 minutes but I lost    
 about 30 seconds on the loose gravel on the towpath between 8 and 9 miles"                                           
 Paul Doyle went into a clear second place after 10miles.  In fourth place was Roy Reeder, the first       
 M40. He had run 2:31:55 in the London this year. The over 50 prize went to Tim Woods, who ran 49:18
 for 10 miles back in 1977. He started to run well as a veteran last year, before having an operation on
 his foot but, he has managed to train again since December.                                                                          
    The first woman and W35 was Angela Howe in 1:20:42. Howe was Middlesex Champion and the first
woman in the Finchley 20 where she did  2:06:07.  Howe was training for the Edinburgh Marathon on  
11th of June.                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                       
Men                                                                                                                                                                               
1 P Killingley (Rane) 70:30; 2 P Doyle (Rane) 73:15; 3 D Symons (THH) 73:50; 4 R Reeder (Strag, M40)
74:08; 5 G Brook (Strag)74:11; 6 K White (HW) 76:18; 7 P Sanger (HW) 77:04; 8 T Woods (Rane, M50)
77:09; 9 D Freeman (Tad) 77:23; 10 S Whitehead (Rane) 77:30; 11 C Coles (Sutt R) 77:36; 12 M Gohar
(Rane, M45) 77:43; 13 L Gomez (Sutt R, M40) 77:55.                                                                                         
M45 2 G Reid (Belg) 81:30                                                                                                                                        
M50 2 I Kitching (S Lon); 80:32; 3 D Kayum  (SoC) 83:57                                                                                  
Teams  1 Ranelagh Harriers (3 to score) 11; 2 Stragglers 46.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                       
Women                                                                                                                                                                         
1 A Howe (Lon Hth, W35); 80:42; 2 M Synnott-Wells (Rane, W40); 84:48; 3 A Weeds (S Lon) 87:55;     
4 S Lidbury (Strag, W35) 88:16; 5 C Imrie (Unatt, W35) 91:09; 6 L Curtis (Unatt,W35) 92:09; 7 J Black
(Unatt; W35) 92:09; 8 B Slavka (Unatt, W35) 92:13; 9 F Hopwood (W4H, W45) 92:34; 10 K Symons     
(THH, W35) 92:49.                                                                                                                                                     
Teams  Ranelagh Harriers 47; 2 West 4 Harriers 48                                  (725 finished)