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Can Galpin add to his win tally?
Pete Galpin. Photo supplied
THE penultimate race of the Frostbite League takes place at Bourne on Sunday and the standard of the league is arguably better than ever.
England international Aaron Scott has won three of this winter’s races in the colours of second-claim club Nene Valley Harriers and with former Welsh steeplechase champion Sullivan Smith of Cambridge and Coleridge also now competing it is a lot harder to win these races than it has been in previous years.
Indeed, the league’s most successful ever runner - Pete Galpin of BRJ - admits he will be hard-pushed to add to his tally of 36 wins.
Galpin finished 14th in last month’s Frostbite League race at March, which was a fine comeback after nearly two years out with a career-threatening Achilles injury that required an operation.
He had won on his last Frostbite League outing on his home BRJ course in March 2009 when he led home Matt Grace (Bourne) and Nick Grimer (Nene Valley).
Galpin clocked 26.21 for the five-mile course that day but after two years out and having now turned 40, he admits: “It’s getting harder to win Frostbite League races now.
“The quality of the runners has improved and races are regularly being won in 25 or 26 minutes.”
Even if he never wins another Frostbite League race, Galpin has a record to be proud about.
The table of leading all-time Frostbite League runners (right) - based on three points for a win, two for a second and one for a third - sees the former British duathlon international 65 points clear of his nearest rival - Riverside Runner Alan Turnbull.
Leading all-time Frostbite League performers
Name Club Pts
Men
Pete Galpin BRJ 144
Alan Turnbull Riverside 79
Andy Phillips Riverside 40
Dave Connell Hunts 37
Neil Speaight Hunts 28
Stuart Bogg Werrington 21
Ian Lewis Ramsey 19
Alex Tate Ely 18
Chris Wright Nene V 17
Andy Wray Riverside 16
Paul Halford Werrington 14
Laurie Reilly Bourne 13
Ian Thompson Bourne 13
Steve Bradley Court Gym 12
Aaron Scott Nene V 12
Women
Wendy Reeson Court Gym/PACTRAC 83
Suzi Boast Riverside 56
Kim Masson Riverside 54
Sue Burnett Werrington 46
Carol Hargreaves Hunts 43
Diana Gipp Ely 24
Steph Gregory Eye 24
Rachel Sutcliffe Riverside 24
Sue Tandy PACTRAC 22
Ruth Jones Nene V 19
Tina Lazenby Eye/Nene V 19
Carolyn Potts Eye 19
Daisy Glover Ely 18
Margaret Thompson Bourne 15
Ann Wood Court Gym/Werrington 15
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