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2026 Mota-vation Race4 - Combe II

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2026 Mota-vation Race 4 - Combe II

Race 4 of the Mota-vation Series takes place from Combe, a village that is about 3K W of Blenheim Palace. It's a road race that is "4 miles 370 yards" long. It starts at Combe's Recreation Ground and first goes SW and then SE to pass Combe railway station and then NE up and up and up Bolton's Lane before returning W to the Recreation Ground. The race does this route twice. The route is shown in this map
map of the route

Male runners who did well

Here are some details of the male Oxfordshire club runners who were in the top 4 of their age category.

Matthew Lock (359, Witney_Road_Runners) was 1st and the 1st SM finishing in a time of 00:21:50.

Duncan Lawrence (339, Oxford_City_AC) was 2nd and the 2nd SM finishing in a time of 00:22:06.

Thomas Styles (569, Radley_AC) was 3rd and the 1st MU19 finishing in a time of 00:22:19.

Craig Jardine (295, Abingdon_AC/Cambuslang_Harriers) was 4th and the 3rd SM finishing in a time of 00:22:27.

Jack Dugan (147, Abingdon_AC) was 5th and the 4th SM finishing in a time of 00:22:42.

Angus Grant (218, Headington_RoadRunners) was 6th and the 1st MV40 finishing in a time of 00:22:43.

Josh Steel (561, Abingdon_AC) was the 2nd MU19 finishing in a time of 00:23:33.

Joshua Moran (406, Bicester_AC) was the 3rd MU19 finishing in a time of 00:23:33.

James Bolton (41, Woodstock_Harriers) was the 1st MV50 finishing in a time of 00:23:49.

Colin Hornby (284, Alchester_RC) was the 2nd MV40 finishing in a time of 00:24:03.

Paul Taylor (580, Witney_Road_Runners) was the 3rd MV40 finishing in a time of 00:24:40.

Les Newell (428, Abingdon_AC) was the 2nd MV50 finishing in a time of 00:24:46.

Nick Coupe (98, Oxford_City_AC) was the 4th MV40 finishing in a time of 00:24:50.

Edward Styles (862, Radley_AC) was the 4th MU19 finishing in a time of 00:24:57.

Richard Gould (217, Alchester_RC) was the 3rd MV50 finishing in a time of 00:24:59.

James Eve (168, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 4th MV50 finishing in a time of 00:24:58.

Ian Thomas (584, Cherwell_Runners_and_Joggers) was the 1st MV60 finishing in a time of 00:28:06.

Martin Slevin (545, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 2nd MV60 finishing in a time of 00:28:59.

Nick Macey (372, Cherwell_Runners_and_Joggers) was the 3rd MV60 finishing in a time of 00:29:59.

Graham Bridges (50, Eynsham_Roadrunners) was the 4th MV60 finishing in a time of 00:30:19.

Richard Grant (219, Tidewater_Striders/Oxford_City_AC) was the 1st MV70 finishing in a time of 00:32:22.

Stewart Thorp (589, Oxford_City_AC) was the 2nd MV70 finishing in a time of 00:32:54.

Graham Le-Good (352, Witney_Road_Runners) was the 3rd MV70 finishing in a time of 00:34:36.

David Coates (84, Cherwell_Runners_and_Joggers) was the 4th MV70 finishing in a time of 00:36:12.

Phil Kimber (321, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 1st MV80 finishing in a time of 00:42:46.

Nigel Lambert (330, Alchester_RC) was the 2nd MV80 finishing in a time of 00:50:10.

Female runners who did well

Here are some details of the female Oxfordshire club runners who were in the top 4 of their age category.

Melissa Hawtin (258, Oxford_City_AC) was the 1st female and the 1st SL finishing in a time of 00:24:54.

Natasha Roebuck (503, Witney_Road_Runners) was the 2nd female and the 2nd SL finishing in a time of 00:25:27.

Sarah Taylor (579, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 3rd female and the 3rd SL finishing in a time of 00:25:44.

Stephanie Giles (208, Alchester_RC) was the 4th female and the 4th SL finishing in a time of 00:26:17.

Lizzie Kelly (313, Woodstock_Harriers) was the 1st FV50 finishing in a time of 00:29:11.

Sarah Davies (120, Oxford_City_AC) was the 2nd FV50 finishing in a time of 00:29:35.

Krystina Reynolds (485, Oxford_City_AC) was the 1st FV40 finishing in a time of 00:30:08.

Lisa Kay (310, Witney_Road_Runners) was the 2nd FV40 finishing in a time of 00:30:02.

Sally Howard (286, Witney_Road_Runners) was the 3rd FV50 finishing in a time of 00:30:14.

Louise Cullen (110, Witney_Road_Runners) was the 3rd FV40 finishing in a time of 00:30:28.

Isabella Haines-Gray (236, Oxford_City_AC) was the 1st FU19 finishing in a time of 00:30:27.

Lucy Brandon (45, Abbey_RC) was the 4th FV40 finishing in a time of 00:31:09.

Leila Denne (135, Banbury_Harriers) was the 2nd FU19 finishing in a time of 00:30:58.

Sarah Kerswell (319, Woodstock_Harriers) was the 1st FV60 finishing in a time of 00:31:35.

Vanessa Woodward (681, Abbey_RC) was the 2nd FV60 finishing in a time of 00:31:55.

Rachel Shaw (530, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 4th FV50 finishing in a time of 00:32:12.

Nadine Hunter (292, Eynsham_Roadrunners) was the 3rd FV60 finishing in a time of 00:32:51.

Michele Hustler (293, Witney_Road_Runners) was the 4th FV60 finishing in a time of 00:33:15.

Charlotte Freer (191, Witney_Road_Runners) was the 3rd FU19 finishing in a time of 00:33:56.

Emelie Stocker (564, Bicester_AC) was the 4th FU19 finishing in a time of 00:40:53.

Jackie Duvall (150, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 1st FV70 finishing in a time of 00:42:08.

Judith Le-Good (214, Witney_Road_Runners) was the 2nd FV70 finishing in a time of 00:44:24.

Elizabeth Begley (29, White_Horse_Harriers) was the 3rd FV70 finishing in a time of 00:44:20.

Postscript

Here's a link to the web page giving the results of the event.