Alex Whearity successfully executed his sub-24 hour race plan to defend his 2019 GUCR title, arriving at Little Venice in 23 hours and 25 minutes. Melissa Venables blessed us with her smile all the way to win on her second go in 29 hours and 17 minutes. The 2021 Steve Phillips’ annual “Run for Your Life” Trophy is awarded to Danny Hawkins the first “first-timer” to finish – 25 hours and 40 minutes (2nd place). Congratulations to all finishers.
Official results can be found here and the updated Hall of Fame here.
90 Starters. 44 Finishers.
GUCR 2021 Winners
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- Alexander Whearity – 23:25
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- Melissa Venables – 29:17
Unfortunately, the following had to cut short their planned journey from Birmingham to London:
GUCR 2021 Retirements
| Name | Retired on | Retired at | Notes | |
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| Horace Shuriah | Sat @ 11:57 | Hatton Locks | Missed the cutoff | |
| Sergey Ionov | Sat @ 12:23 | Bridge 17 | Not feeling well | |
| John Poole | Sat @ 14:22 | Bad knee | ||
| Peter Olliffe | Sat @ 15:17 | Bridge 17 | Injury | |
| Gareth Ludlow | Sat @ 16:02 | Bridge 91 | Hip playing up | |
| John MacDougall | Sat @ 16:03 | Checkpoint 4 | Hamstring injury | |
| Steve Phillips | Sat @ 16:49 | Braunston | Heat | |
| Abbi Naylor | Sat @ 17:29 | Buckby lock | Sickness | |
| Deborah Pitt | Sat @ 17:34 | Checkpoint 4 | Lots of niggles | |
| Mark Lutman | Sat @ 17:45 | Checkpoint 4 | Heat | |
| James Barnes | Sat @ 17:53 | 1 mile before checkpoint 4 | Legs done for | |
| Jason Jones | Sat @ 17:55 | Walking into checkpoint 4 | ||
| Mark Haynes | Sat @ 19:14 | CP4 | Bad back | |
| Ian Jarvis | Sat @ 19:16 | CP4 | Pulled hamstring | |
| Pete Summers | Sat @ 19:22 | 62 miles | ||
| Claire Bishop | Sat @ 19:29 | CP4 | Heat / sick | |
| Polly Wells | Sat @ 19:49 | CP4 | Missed cutoff | |
| Adam Armshaw | Sat @ 19:49 | CP4 | Missed cutoff | |
| Derren Peters | Sat @ 22:10 | Blisworth tunnel | Heat | |
| Phillip Kynaston | Sat @ 22:32 | Stoke Bruerne | Gastro problems | |
| Peter Hemmings | Sat @ 22:37 | CP5 | Heart not in it | |
| Alastair Gallichan | Sat @ 23:19 | CP5 | Sorry to be so flakey | |
| Stephen Worsley | Sat @ 23:25 | 79 miles | Pulled calf | |
| Allan Anderson | Sat @ 23:32 | CP6 | Not eating | |
| Andy Horsley | Sat @ 23:36 | CP5 | I’m bolloxed | |
| James Lewis | Sat @ 23:47 | CP5 | Walking for ages | |
| Gordon Richards | Sun @ 00:13 | CP5 | Sick | |
| Paul White | Sun @ 01:09 | CP5 | Missed cutoff | |
| Tim Rowe | Sun @ 02:29 | CP8 | Done | |
| Mark Swan | Sun @ 02:42 | CP6 | Sore ankle | |
| Karen Peck | Sun @ 02:51 | Black Horse pub | Not moving | |
| Daniel Mullin | Sun @ 03:42 | Pear tree bridge | ||
| David Howson | Sun @ 04:05 | Bad knee | ||
| Ulrich Becker | Sun @ 04:25 | CP6 | Bad knee | |
| Adam Marcinowicz | Sun @ 04:48 | CP6 | Not eating | |
| Joe Stephens | Sun @ 06:02 | Grove Lock pub, Leighton Buzzard | ||
| Sandra Tullett | Sun @ 06:21 | Cow roast lock | Had enough | |
| Mike Bisson | Sun @ 06:21 | Grand Junction Arms 100 miles | Feet are shredded | |
| Max Tomlinson | Sun @ 06:26 | 96 miles | Can’t get rid of cramp | |
| Benjamin Davies | Sun @ 06:46 | Tesco 93 miles | Feels unwell | |
| Paul Ali | Sun @ 07:19 | Tring | ||
| Louise Ballard | Sun @ 08:31 | Ivinghoe Bridge | Bad blisters | |
| John Cooper | Sun @ 08:48 | CP7 | Totally cramped up | |
| Vicky Yeomans | Sun @ 11:03 | CP7 | Mashed feet | |
| Liz Chamberlayne | Sun @ 12:34 | 114 miles | Don’t have 30 left in the tank | |
| Edward Blakey | Sun @ 23:18 | Hayes | 30 minute miles |