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EVENT REPORTNORTH DOWNS WAY 100PHOTOGRAPH | STUART MARCH - CENTURION RUNNINGNORTH DOWNS WAY 100BY JAMES ELSON, CENTURION RUNNINGBack in 2011 this was our first event, held alongsidemarathon and 50 mile options, on an out and backcourse to Knockholt Pound and return. Little haschanged in the interim with the exception of thecourse extending now as a point to point all theway to Wye in Kent, rather than returning toFarnham. And the fact that we had 37 finishers inthat first race. Three of them started again thisweekend. We also welcomed back 114 returningCenturion Runners and 89 volunteers, of which 57had either run or volunteered with us before,exemplifying the level of community we are luckyto have at our events.This route is a hard one. Probably our hardest. Thelong sweeping sections of faster flatter running areinterrupted all too frequently by sections of twistsand turns on rutted trail and various flights of stepsup and down steeper hills which can zap a runnersenergy at whatever stage they are reached.This year we would have 180 starters. At runnerbriefing 0530 on Saturday morning, we went throughthe course conditions but crucially also the likelyweather forecast. Much like the TP100 in 2012, it wasNorth Downs Way 100 ResultsMens Results1. Duncan Oakes 17hrs 4mins2. David Ross 17hrs 45mins3. Jeremy Isaac 18hrs 1minsWomens Results1. Jenni Ball 21hrs 54mins2. Kathatine Ganly 25hrs 50mins3. Rosie Williams 25hrs 37minsEntrants110 Finishers / 180 StartersRace Results: http://www.centurionrunning.com/results/2014/eventbrite-ndw100-2014-race-report/results/72 ULTRA TALES | OCTOBER 2014Sponsored by thehttp://