ATHLETICS: Pals running into top form.KENILWORTH Runners duo Sam Kincaid and Isobel Partridge partridge, common name applied to various henlike birds of several families. The true partridges of the Old World are members of the pheasant family (Phasianidae); the common European or Hungarian species has been successfully introduced in parts of North America. share the same profession but will be in opposing camps in Sundays Anglo-Celtic Cup 100km race. Kincaid (left) makes his international debut for Ireland at the Home Countries ultra-distance challenge in Cardiff, while Isobel will be doing her best to help defending champions England retain their overall title. The two have been training together with a weekly mileage in excess of 100 and earned selection with a string of impressive performances. Kincaid, who was a policeman in Coventry before moving into teaching and who comes from Letterkenny, Donegal, achieved the highest-ever finishing position by an Irish runner in the 50-mile London to Brighton road race last year and followed up with fifth place in Kenilworth's own ultra-distance event at Draycote Water Draycote Water is a reservoir and country park near the village of Dunchurch, 6 km south of Rugby in Warwickshire, England, owned and operated by Severn Trent Water. It supplies drinking water to Rugby, via Barby Storage Reservoir, and is named after the nearby hamlet of Draycote. in February. He recently won the overall mens and veterans Warwickshire county titles at the Stratford Half-marathon. A converted rugby player, he joined Kenilworth Runners in 1998 with the aim of raising money for charity. Partridge, who was the first women finisher in the 35-mile event at Draycote Water, was selected by England after taking third place in a 50km race at Sutton Park Sutton Park, in Sutton Coldfield, England, is one of the largest urban parks in Europe and the largest outside a capital city; it is smaller than Richmond Park in London,[1] but larger than the Phoenix Park in Dublin which both claim to be the largest in the continent. last month. Both hope to stake a claim for selection for the world ultra-distance championships which take place in September in Holland. |
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