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2010 Isle of Man Parish Walk

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2010 Isle of Man Parish Walk was held on 26–27 June 2010 starting at 08:00 hours at the National Sports Centre, King George V Park, Douglas, Isle of Man. The race a racewalking event held under IAAF Category B Event rules follows an 85.00 miles (136.79 km) traditional route visiting each of the islands 17 parish churches with a time-limit of 24 hours to complete the course.

The 2010 Parish Walk was won by Jock Waddington in 15 hours, 18 minutes and 6 seconds to complete a hat-trick of wins on the event. The first female finisher was Susan Moore in 12th place in a time of 17 hours, 44 minutes and 13 seconds. The total number of classified finishers for the 85-mile course was 133 walkers from a record total of 1,710 entries.[1]

Results

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Rank Athlete Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jock Waddington 15:18:06 Finish
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vinny Lynch 15:57:42 Finish
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Michael George 16:04:07 Finish
4 Richard Gerrard 16:13:27 Finish
5 Terry Moffat 16:24:52 Finish
6 Richard Spenceley 16:51:34 Finish
7 Tony Okley 16:53:50 Finish
8 Michael Readshaw 17:00:55 Finish
9 Andy Green 17:12:37 Finish
10 Ray Pitts 17:16:51 Finish

PB – Personal Best / SB – Season Best / NR – National Record / DNF – Did Not Finish / DQ – Disqualified / DNS – Did Not Start

Sources

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  1. ^ Isle of Man Examiner pages 1 & 17 dated 29 June 2010 Isle of Man Newspapers Ltd Johnson Press Publishing ISSN 1358-4383