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Top three in the Castletown Health Store 20 miles. Left to right: Mark Clague (runner up); Paul Curphey (winner for the fourth time) and Stephen Brown (3rd). Photo by Michael George

Results (thanks to Mike Gellion)

POSN.	NAME	CLUB	AGE GROUP	TIME

1	PAUL CURPHEY	Manx Harriers	M40	2hrs 14mins 45secs
2	MARK CLAGUE	Unattached		2. 19. 25
3	STEPHEN BROWN	IOMVAC	M45	2. 22. 50
4	ALAN POSTLETHWAITE	Northern AC	M55	2. 29. 15
5	NEIL McGREGOR	Unattached	M50	2. 39. 31
6	LES BROWN	Manx Harriers	M50	2. 43. 55
7	ALAN PILLING	IOMVAC	M55	3. 07. 13
8	JASON COCHRANE	Western AC		3. 09. 40

Paul Curphey (pictured above in the 2003 Castletown Health Store 20 Miles) has an amazing record of finishing in the top three for each of the last 13 years, covering 520 laps of the NSC in the process! Here are the statistics.

Position	Time	Year
2	2:01:02	1994
1	1:59:00	1995
2	1:58:31	1996
2	1:58:38	1997
3	2:02:57	1998
1	2:02:14	1999
3	2:07:19	2000
3	2:02:27	2001
1	2:04:49	2002
2	2:06:11	2003
2	2:04:35	2004
3	2:08:48	2005
1	2:14:45	2006

20 mile databases by Murray Lambden (up to 2005)
Results by year	By name	Fastest times	Men & women

Here are some pictures (imported from video) from the 1997 event, the only time that three athletes beat the 2 hour barrier. The winner was Bernie Cannan (1.57.08) followed by Paul Curphey (1.58.38) and Peter Costley (1.59.02). They are pictured together in the picture on the left and again in the centre picture where they are lapping Peter Cooper and Simon Cox. The third (very blurred) shot is of Terry Bates, Ian Crawford, ?, Alan Postlethwaite, current race organiser Mike Gellion and Len Carr.

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