The Thirty First
GRAND UNION CANAL 145 MILE RACE
(GUCR 2026)
Birmingham - London
"The Long Run"
Saturday 23rd May 2026 06:00 at Gas Street Basin, Birmingham, UK
2017 GUCR Results
| Pos. | M/F Pos. | Name | M/F | Time | min/mile | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sergey Ionov | M | 24:54:00 | 10:18 | |
| 2 | 2 | Paul Beechey | M | 26:20:00 | 10:53 | |
| 3 | 1 | Cat Simpson | F | 27:26:00 | 11:21 | 1st Lady |
| 4 | 3 | John Stocker | M | 28:43:00 | 11:52 | |
| 5 | 4 | Gordon Mead | M | 30:23:00 | 12:34 | |
| 6 | 5 | Marcel McKinley | M | 31:18:00 | 12:57 | |
| 7 | 6 | Pete Summers | M | 31:34:00 | 13:03 | |
| 8 | 7 | Paul Ali | M | 31:43:00 | 13:07 | |
| 9 | 8 | Javier Rio Rodriguez | M | 32:42:00 | 13:31 | |
| 10 | 2 | Wendy Shaw | F | 32:46:00 | 13:33 | 2nd Lady |
| 11 | 9 | Stephen McAllister | M | 33:24:00 | 13:49 | |
| 11 | 9 | Simon Prytherch | M | 33:24:00 | 13:49 | |
| 13 | 11 | Thomas Steenberg | M | 34:01:00 | 14:04 | |
| 14 | 12 | Ian Kittle | M | 34:22:00 | 14:13 | |
| 15 | 13 | Paul Mason | M | 34:50:00 | 14:24 | |
| 16 | 14 | Tom Sawyer | M | 35:23:00 | 14:38 | |
| 17 | 15 | Mikkel Birch Gormsen | M | 35:39:00 | 14:45 | |
| 18 | 3 | Dawn Gardner | F | 35:40:00 | 14:45 | 3rd Lady |
| 19 | 16 | Thomas Kokholm | M | 35:59:00 | 14:53 | |
| 20 | 17 | Alan Myles | M | 36:08:00 | 14:57 | |
| 21 | 18 | Paul Adams | M | 36:14:00 | 14:59 | |
| 22 | 19 | David Allan | M | 36:40:00 | 15:10 | |
| 22 | 19 | Nathan Taylor | M | 36:40:00 | 15:10 | |
| 22 | 19 | Ian Thomas | M | 36:40:00 | 15:10 | |
| 25 | 22 | Ian Brazier | M | 36:44:00 | 15:12 | |
| 26 | 23 | Nic Huntley-Welsenaer | M | 36:49:00 | 15:14 | |
| 27 | 24 | Martin Ilott | M | 37:13:00 | 15:24 | |
| 28 | 25 | Steve Cory | M | 37:14:00 | 15:24 | |
| 29 | 25 | Steve Braithwaite | M | 37:14:00 | 15:24 | |
| 30 | 25 | Andy Ives | M | 37:14:00 | 15:24 | |
| 31 | 28 | Tom Boother | M | 37:27:00 | 15:29 | |
| 32 | 29 | Colin Barnes | M | 37:34:00 | 15:32 | |
| 33 | 4 | Michelle Payne | F | 37:34:00 | 15:32 | |
| 34 | 5 | Izzy Cairns | F | 37:45:00 | 15:37 | |
| 35 | 6 | Charlotte Smith | F | 38:17:00 | 15:50 | |
| 36 | 30 | Kevin Shelton-Smith | M | 38:38:00 | 15:59 | |
| 37 | 30 | Pete Chandler | M | 38:38:00 | 15:59 | |
| 38 | 32 | Rudi Vanden Berghe | M | 38:45:00 | 16:02 | |
| 39 | 33 | Simon Brown | M | 39:23:00 | 16:17 | |
| 40 | 33 | Eric Grant | M | 39:23:00 | 16:17 | |
| 41 | 35 | Grant Nixon | M | 39:52:00 | 16:29 | |
| 42 | 36 | Mike Blamires | M | 39:54:00 | 16:30 | |
| 43 | 37 | Andy Horsley | M | 39:59:00 | 16:32 | |
| 44 | 38 | Stuart Smith | M | 40:05:00 | 16:35 | |
| 45 | 39 | Peter Johnson | M | 40:08:00 | 16:36 | |
| 46 | 40 | Paul Pickford | M | 40:16:00 | 16:39 | |
| 47 | 7 | Debbie Jewson | F | 40:17:00 | 16:40 | |
| 48 | 41 | Chris Ross | M | 40:34:00 | 16:47 | |
| 49 | 42 | Christopher Giles | M | 40:58:00 | 16:57 | |
| 50 | 43 | Ronny Jansen | M | 41:01:00 | 16:58 | |
| 51 | 44 | Ozgur Gulec | M | 41:05:00 | 17:00 | |
| 52 | 45 | Raymond Parks | M | 41:06:00 | 17:00 | |
| 53 | 8 | Emily Plummer | F | 41:07:00 | 17:00 | |
| 54 | 46 | Baz Taylor | M | 41:48:00 | 17:17 | |
| 55 | 47 | Bernd Rohrmann | M | 42:19:00 | 17:30 | |
| 56 | 48 | Chris Marti | M | 42:49:00 | 17:43 | |
| 57 | 49 | Derren Peters | M | 43:06:00 | 17:50 | |
| 58 | 50 | Andrew Miles | M | 43:15:00 | 17:53 | |
| 59 | 9 | Kate Hayden | F | 43:31:00 | 18:00 | |
| 60 | 51 | Patrick Simpson | M | 43:41:00 | 18:04 | |
| 61 | 51 | Stuart Brewer | M | 43:41:00 | 18:04 | |
| 62 | 10 | Christine Schroeder | F | 43:41:00 | 18:04 | |
| 63 | 53 | Jon Aston | M | 43:50:00 | 18:08 | |
| 64 | 54 | David Giles | M | 43:57:00 | 18:11 | |
| 65 | 55 | Matthew Button | M | 44:19:00 | 18:20 | |
| 66 | 56 | Chris Edmonds | M | 44:21:00 | 18:21 |
Entry Information
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