Graham MacDonald has kindly drawn up some statistical tables for individual performances, who has run most and other categories: they make interesting reading and they are reproduced here.

Frequent Competitors (1968-2003)	Club	Run In	Finished
Ken Shaw	Aldbourne RRC	30	28
Peter Hart	Leamington C & AC	26	26
Derek A Walton	Altrincham AC	24	24
Bob Emmerson	Leamington C & AC	22	22
Graham Smith	Tipton Harriers	20	20
Bill Humphries	South London Harriers	20	19
David N Adams	Hamilton Harriers	19	19
Bill Carr	Tipton Harriers	19	17
Colin Hunt	Tipton Harriers	18	17
Don Turner	Pitreavie H/Epsom & Ewell H	16	16

Best Performances: Original Distance of 36 miles 365 yards (1968 – 1995)

MEN

Andy Holden	Tipton H	3:21:46	1st	1980
Alex Wight	Edinburgh AC	3:24:07	1st	1972
Cavin Woodward	Leamington C & AC	3:24:45	1st	1978
Jim Wight	Edinburgh AC	3:24:49	2nd	1972
Alastair Wood	Aberdeen AAC	3:25:49	3rd	1972
Mark Pickard	Epson & Ewell AC	3:26:01	1st	1981

WOMEN

Trudi Thomson	Pitreavie AAC	4:06:45	11th	1994
Hilary Walker	Serpentine RC	4:15:23	15th	1990
Ann Franklin	Mynyddwyr  de Cymru Fell RC	4:17:59	22nd	1985

Best Performances: 35 miles 485 yards (1996 – 2003)

MEN

Simon Pride	Keith & District	3:27:40	1st	1998
Simon Lund	Wigan Phoenix	3:34:12	1st	1996
Lee Harris	Wigan Phoenix	3:36:36	2nd	1996
Brian Cole	Royal Marines	3:39:48	1st	2003
Colin Hunt	Bo’ness RR	3:40:14	3rd	1996
Renier Steyn	Mr Price South Africa	3:41:13	2nd	1998

WOMEN

Kath Charnock	Wigan Phoenix	V35	4:08:21	7th	2001
Eleanor Robinson	Border Harriers	V35	4:17:05	12th	1997
Hilary Walker	Serpentine RC	V35	4:21:16	13th	1997

 

Fascinating stuff – and there’s a new trivia question for the next club quiz night – who is the only person to appear in the top three on both courses of the Two Bridges Race?    The range of the geographical spread is also indicated – Scotland, England, Wales, South Africa are all represented in the top performances.    All I can say is thanks, Graham, for the trouble taken!