By Richard Honeyman
One of the first road races of the year is the ever-popular Chichester 10K, which for years, has been based in the city centre. This year the race took place on 5 February and saw a new start/finish outside the famous Goodwood Motor Circuit.
The race consisted of approximately 6k on the roads outside the track with the final 4K being one complete lap of the circuit, finishing alongside the Pits – see photo.
Five Seaford Striders competed among a large field of over 1,700 finishers with three finishing in under 40 minutes: Simon Fletcher in 36:32, Gareth Hutchinson 37:46 and Luke Borland 38:39. Richard Honeyman completed in 50:59 and Chris Le Beau came home under the hour in 54:18.
Overall, it was a good race and well organised. There were however, a few issues with access to the site, which delayed the start by over 30mins – apart from that I look forward to the 2018 edition.