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Here is a a report from the 2008 Swanage Half Marathon. Click here to go back to our main index page.

Moore Motors In Swanage
*1/8/08 Swanage Half Marathon - Charlotte Moore's transition from track runner to long distance athlete took a seamless shift at the weekend with a victory in the notoriously tough Swanage Half Marathon. It was her first ever road race of that distance and the 2002 Commonwealth Games 800m finalist was featured in the Bournemouth Daily Echo earlier this week with the following article:

  • The Wimborne Ten on Sunday November 16th will not be taking entries on the day. The PB potential race has limited entry to 500 from 600 due to construction work at QE school limiting available space. The race has also unsurprisingly increased in popularity in recent years with 487 finishing the 2007 race despite treacherous conditions. See the Entry Forms page for details on how to enter the penultimate Dorset League event of 2008.

Charlotte Moore made an easy transition from track to road after becoming the Swanage half-marathon's first lady on Saturday.

Moore, who reached the 800m final in Manchester in 2002, finished the Purbeck road race in just over 1:23.52 after more than two years plagued by injury.

The Bournemouth 23-year-old, who also donned the Team GB vest during the Paris world championships in 2003, made a low-key return to the track just over a year ago after recovering from persistent thigh problems, clocking 2:12.6 for 800m in the Southern Women's League.

But Saturday was Moore's first competitive outing in a half-marathon, as the former Bournemouth AC star looks to maintain her fitness following her injury nightmare.

As well as being the first female to cross the line, Moore finished the race in 11th position overall.

Moore, who now lives in Birmingham, told the Echo: "I've taken the intensity out of my training and I've been able to do a lot more running. I was really surprised by the win - it was lovely!

"I wasn't in any distress and I just enjoyed it. It was really hot and really hilly and I've only been doing it since Christmas so I didn't really think I'd be any good at it."

Magna Mazda-sponsored Moore admitted a top-class track return was unlikely, with the 800 and 1,500-metre events packed full of quality British athletes, but she did hint that her future may now lie in the longer distances.

Moore added: "These days all I do is run for an hour every day. There's no weights or anything and I'm not getting injured like I was. I'm quite naturally fit and my body can cope with the running.

"I moved to Birmingham to go to the university which is near one of the high-performance centres and I was hoping I could sort the injury problems out, but I think my body just couldn't cope with the demands and training with the track sessions and weights.

"The 800 and 1,500 is so competitive now. I would have to not only be at my best but doing better than I was before to have a chance. It was incredibly demoralising so I've changed my focus a little bit.

"I don't want to put any pressure on myself so I'll just see how things go, but I'm certainly enjoying everything now and I'm happy with the way things are going."

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