Alex Whearity has crossed the Finish line at Little Venice in a time of 25 hours and 8 minutes and becomes the fourth fastest finisher in the 25 year history of the GUCR. Official results can be found here and the updated Hall of Fame here. 97 Starters. 52 Finishers.
Unfortunately, the following had to cut short their planned journey along the Grand Union Canal:
GUCR 2019 Retirements
| Name | Retired on | Retired at | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Mills | Sat @ 11:46 | CP2 | Missed cutoff | |
| Nathan Taylor | Sat @ 12:15 | CP3 | ||
| Stephen Bignell | Sat @ 14:25 | CP3 | Had enough | |
| Andy O'Grady | Sat @ 15:00 | Just after CP3 | Too hot | |
| Ian Thomas | Sat @ 15:35 | Between CP2 and CP3 | Fall and tight hamstring | |
| Jim Burn | Sat @ 17:50 | CP5 | Not feeling it | |
| Steven Burch | Sat @ 18:00 | CP4 | ||
| Matt Clements | Sat @ 18:19 | Just North of Stoke Bruerne | Knee injury | |
| Ollie Goulden | Sat @ 19:09 | Bridge 47 | Injured foot | |
| John Poole | Sat @ 19:15 | CP4 | Had enough | |
| Nikola Coutts | Sat @ 19:25 | CP4 | Dehydration | |
| David Rose | Sat @ 19:37 | CP4 | ||
| Niall Dinwoodie | Sat @ 19:40 | CP4 | Missed cutoff | |
| Peter Kronester | Sat @ 21:35 | Between CP6 and CP7 | The body and mind says no | |
| Nathan Flear | Sat @ 21:36 | CP6 | Had a long day | |
| John MacDougall | Sat @ 22:30 | CP6 | Hips won’t go any further | |
| Pete Chandler | Sat @ 22:39 | CP5 | Hurt calf | |
| Mark Fox | Sat @ 22:45 | Pulled groin | ||
| Jeremy Hunter | Sat @ 23:03 | CP5 | Ankle locked up | |
| Hasan Ocakli | Sat @ 23:09 | CP5 | No energy left | |
| Alan Myles | Sat @ 23:50 | Shell Garage | Wrong turn up Northampton arm, out of time to get to CP5 | |
| Ettienne De Beer | Sun @ 00:09 | CP6 | Sickness | |
| Melissa Venables | Sun @ 00:44 | CP6 | Not my day | |
| Thomas Herbert Kokholm | Sun @ 01:00 | 1 mile from CP5 | missed cutoff | |
| Marc Vervoort | Sun @ 01:05 | CP5 | ||
| Jennifer Sangster | Sun @ 01:24 | Just before CP7 | Shin splints | |
| Derren Peters | Sun @ 01:26 | 74 miles | Knee injured | |
| Helen Pike | Sun @ 02:20 | Tesco Leighton Buzzard | Dizzy | |
| Vincent O'Brien | Sun @ 03:09 | 76 miles | ||
| Paul Adams | Sun @ 03:40 | Nothing left | ||
| David Gillespie | Sun @ 03:42 | CP7 | Had enough | |
| Rhys Glide | Sun @ 04:05 | Sickness | ||
| Daniel Del Piccolo | Sun @ 05:20 | CP7 | ||
| David Barker | Sun @ 05:20 | CP7 | Injury | |
| Otto Karhunen | Sun @ 05:29 | CP7 | Had enough for today | |
| Keith Burge | Sun @ 08:50 | Hemel Hempstead | ||
| David Liddall | Sun @ 09:10 | CP7 | Legs had enough | |
| Laura Watts | Sun @ 09:15 | 108 miles | Battered | |
| Alistair Potter | Sun @ 09:35 | Ivinghoe | Injured ankle | |
| Mark Haynes | Sun @ 10:35 | CP7 | Done | |
| Deborah Jewson | Sun @ 12:36 | CP7 | Missed cutoff | |
| Dawn Gardner | Sun @ 13:29 | Cowley Lock | Legs | |
| Edward Blakey | Sun @ 16:05 | Kings Langley | Feet are terrible | |
| Ian Shelley | Sun @ 16:41 | Coxley Green | In pieces | |
| Tim Royall | Sun @ 16:56 | Bridge 180 | Hurt knee |