Thinking she would need the whole 24 hours to complete the 100 miles, she did, in fact, finish in an amazing 20 hours and 14 minutes. 

The weather was forecast to be rather mixed over the weekend- varying from possible torrential downpour for Saturday morning to clear and sunny skies, climaxing in 81 degrees a severe storms on Sunday. Fortunately, not a drop of rain until after the finish - despite a thunder storm in the early hours of Sunday.

Marcelino Sobszak (winner of Battersea park 100 miles in 2007) dropped out with hip problems after 7 hours with  62.809km leaving Sandra to finish well ahead of the rest of the field.

Chris Flint (London Vids) finished strongly in 22:22:12 in 13th place. For Chris, this was his second 100 miles within 6 weeks, having competed in Bar le Duc in April.

The Dutch RWV club put on a very good mix of races during their "Wandelweekend". Distances of 50km, 50 English miles, 100km, 100 English miles and a 24 hour race give walkers a chance to try and move up the distances in a very structured way. It also ensures the race is well attended with an overall field of 99 walkers.  The 100 miles, 24 hour and 50km started at noon and with a generous 10 hour time limit for the 50km, it gave novices a taste of long distance racing.

The 100km race went off at 6pm - only three takers for this distance. Ad Leermakers, no stranger to our own 100 mile races, finished in 3rd place with 14.06.50.

The last race and second popular distance was the 50 miles which kicked off at 8pm. The sun had disappeared  behind the clouds by this time and the heat of the day was definitely fading. Kathy Crilley (SWC) was  testing the water with this race not having walked this distance for several years, A steady walk ensured a strong finish in 4th place (20th overall in) 12hours 48 minutes.

And not only all this - we get full results with individual splits at the presentation and then... all the results emailed out within 24 hours. Now that is organisation!