Fairlands Valley SpartansPlease note that due to an open evening at Marriotts school on Thursday 4th October we will be meeting at a different venue. Please meet in the large car park at Fairlands Valley park (off of Six Hills Way) at 6:50pm ready for announcements and the start of training at 7pm.
This applies to ALL the evening sessions.
As part of the Paul Maguire 5 mile race on Sunday 23rd September, there was a competiton for the Paul Maguire trophy.
The trophy is awarded to the Spartan who beats their 5 mile target time by the largest margin. Only those eligible for the trophy can compete for it (eligibility is based on those Spartans who have competed in at least 2 of the MWL scoring fixtures earlier in the year).
I am pleased to announce that Adrian Donnelly is the winner of the tropy, beating his target time by a massive 4 minutes!! Well done Adrian.
A summary of the results are attached here.
GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE FOR SPARTANS AT PM5
There were gold, silver and bronze medals for Fairlands Valley Spartans in the Paul Maguire Memorial Five Mile Road Race which included the county championships for seniors and veterans.
JO LAING was fastest woman and won the county senior and veterans championships with a time of 32 minutes 34 seconds. She led the GOLD winning women’s team which included ANN TRYSSESOONE, bronze medal in the women’s 45 plus category in 38 minutes 9 seconds — a PB (personal best) by 2 minutes 40 seconds, and NICKY LORIMER with a time of 39 minutes 52 seconds.
JIM BROWN won an individual silver medal in the Vet 60 category with his time of 36 minutes 2 seconds and contributed to a silver medal winning performance by the Spartan veterans with DAVID BOWKER, bronze in the men’s 50 plus category in 31:20); PETER SMITH (34:59) and MARK GOODWIN with a new personal best of 35:43.
David Bowker, TODD GRAY (31:33), ADRIAN DONNELLY (33:00) and Pete Smith also won silver in the senior team category.
Showing strength in depth among the Spartan women KAREN ELLIS (40:57); MARIA THORNE (44:42) and LORRAINE THOMAS (47:29) took team bronze medals for female runners aged 35 plus.
SIMON BELL was the fastest Spartan, seventh overall in 29 minutes 52 seconds, but he is not eligible for Hertfordshire awards.
The race was organised by Fairlands Valley Spartans with LISA JERROM doing a superb job as race director. The course included the cycleways on Fairlands Way, Grace Way, Martins Way and a loop within Fairlands Valley Park.
|
Position |
Name |
Time |
Comments |
|
7 |
SIMON BELL |
29.52 |
(Not Herts) |
|
19 |
DAVID BOWKER |
31.20 |
V50 County Bronze. Team Silver. Vets Team Silver. |
|
20 |
TODD GRAY |
31.33 |
Team Silver. |
|
23 |
JO LAING (F) |
32.34 |
1st Woman. County Gold. Team Gold. |
|
25 |
ADRIAN DONNELLY |
33.00 |
Team Silver. |
|
37 |
PETER SMITH |
34.59 |
Team Silver. Vets Team Silver. |
|
41 |
KIERAN FEETHAM |
35.22 |
|
|
45 |
MARK GOODWIN |
35.43 |
Vets Team Silver (PB) |
|
48 |
JIM BROWN |
36.02 |
V60 County Silver. Vets Team Silver. |
|
57 |
JON SYPULA |
37.21 |
|
|
58 |
VISHAL SHAH |
37.26 |
|
|
60 |
PAUL FORDE |
38.08 |
|
|
62 |
ANN TRYSSESOONE (F) |
38.11 |
FV45 Bronze. Team Gold (PB) |
|
67 |
IAN SIMPSON |
39.11 |
|
|
68 |
ANDREW PRIOR |
39.43 |
|
|
70 |
NICKY LORIMER (F) |
39.52 |
Team Gold |
|
71 |
ANTHONY WHITE |
40.07 |
|
|
72 |
STEPHEN PIKE |
40.09 |
|
|
77 |
RACHEL PAYNE (F) |
40.54 |
|
|
79 |
KAREN ELLIS (F) |
40.57 |
Vets Team Bronze |
|
82 |
PAUL MARSHALL |
41.17 |
|
|
93 |
KHILAN SHAH |
43.39 |
|
|
95 |
MARIA THORNE (F) |
44.42 |
Vets Team Bronze |
|
106 |
LORRAINE THOMAS (F) |
47.29 |
Vets Team Bronze |
|
110 |
SARAH HUKIN (F) |
49.20 |
|
|
112 |
KERRY SETTERFIELD (F) |
50.48 |
Stockholm
BEV HARLOW says the Stockholm Half Marathon was a very well organised and run in a beautiful city. She finished in 1 hour 56 minutes exactly.
Roger and Phil in Shetland Marathon
ROGER BIGGS and PHIL GALE travelled to the Island of Shetland for the UK’s most Northerly Marathon at a little over 60 degrees north.
The race was an out and back from Scallaway, north to the hamlet of Nestling, and back again, while the half marathon finished at the turnaround point in Nestling. The islands were certainly getting better weather than the south, although the hilly course and cold easterly winds made for a tough day out.
Roger completed the marathon in 4 hours 9 minutes and Phil the half in 1 hour 33.
Wet and Windy Swansea
Robert Evans completed a very wet & windy Swansea Bay 10K in 45min 42 secs narrowly missing his PB (personal best) time by 2 seconds.
Green Chain Trail Marathon
Recently ROGER BIGGS and CLAIRE WHITTLE ran the Green Chain Trail Marathon from New Eltham in SE London. The course followed the ‘Green Chain Way”, which links parks & wooded areas in the Capital, including four miles on the South Bank of the Thames. It was not flat and had 600 metres of climb. They finished together in 5 hours 20 minutes 34 seconds.
Many Spartans helped organised the Stevenage “Race for Life” on Saturday which was won by RHIANNON GRIFFIN in 42 minutes 40 seconds.
Enter Now!
The club host the County Championship Half Marathon on Sunday 4th November. The race is in Stevenage and is for seniors and veterans. The championships are within an open race — everyone can have a go. Enter now. There are details on www.fvspartans.org.uk
Coming Events
Many Spartans will be enjoying a busy programme of races, social and training events over the next few weeks including the:
Join The Spartans
Live in or near Stevenage? Like running? Fairlands Valley Spartans is your local running club and is on the up! The club was voted the UK’s Best Running Club in 2010. It now has over 400 members and encourages participation by all. The Spartans have a varied training programme to suit those who want to run 5 kilometres through to full marathons.
The Spartans weekday training sessions are on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Go along to drama studio next to the gymnastics centre at Marriotts School — a Sports College, Telford Avenue, Stevenage (SG2 0AN) at 7p.m. Up to five running groups go out on training nights — there will be one to suit you!
The Spartan Starter group starts from Marriotts at 7.30p.m. every Monday (except public holidays) and 7p.m. every Thursday.
Most long Sunday morning training sessions start 9.30a.m. sharp. Spartan track training sessions are held at Ridlins Athletics Track, Woodcock Road, Stevenage most Saturdays from 9.15a.m. There are events to enter every Sunday. Newcomers are very welcome — those who have not done very much running yet might prefer to start with a Thursday, Saturday or Monday session.
Try a few sessions before joining. Membership is only £27 per year. Concessions are available. Membership forms are available on the Spartans website www.fvspartans.org.uk Please ask if you would like a paper copy.
If you want to know more about the Spartans please contact Jim Brown (01438 354505 or 0793 968 7509), Stephanie Mayfield 01438 815859 or visit their website www.fvspartans.org.uk
Well done to everyone who ran the 2012 Paul Maguire 5 mile race: the final results, including Herts County Champs, are detailed in the spreadsheet (linked below).
Paul Maguire 5m 2012 results (final)
Please contact pm5@fvspartans.org.uk if you spot any errors or omissions.
A big thank you to everyone involved, who either organised or who helped us out at the event in any small way. Another big thank you to everyone who made donations to our nominated charity, Garden House Hospice, Letchworth, in memory of Paul Maguire. Your generosity and support is much appreciated.
Spartan runners: the winner of the FVS Paul Maguire Trophy will be revealed in due course.
GREAT NORTH SPARTANS
In his last race representing Fairlands Valley Spartans, ANDREW HULL completed the Great North Run in 1 hour 37 minutes 57 seconds improving his personal best (PB) by 55 seconds. NIKKI COLLINS was happy to report a great race for her and a brilliant day running in the rain. She finished in a new PB of 1:55:36.
St. Paul’s 10K
In near perfect conditions STEVE GREEN ran the charity organised hilly, off road St. Paul’s Walden 10K in 46 minutes 43 seconds. GEORGINA (6) and DANIEL GREEN (4) completed the 2K fun run in 18:45.
Ponton Plod
On Sunday CAROL and DAVE PAUL, and MIKE NEWBITT travelled to Great Ponton nr Grantham for the Ponton Plod. This was an off road event with scenic views of the Lincolnshire and Leicestershire countryside near the Vale of Bevoir. Carol and Mike did the 27.5 mile route in 5:44:27. Dave did the 17.1 mile route in 4:01:19 on a very windy day
Memorial Five This Sunday
The Paul Maguire Memorial Five Mile Race is in Stevenage this Sunday 23rd September. It will include the Hertfordshire County Championships for men and women, senior and veteran but everyone can have a go. Based at Moss Bury School (Webb Rise) the race starts on the Fairlands Way cycleway, opposite Bedwell Crescent, at 10.30a.m. with a course via Grace Way, Martins Way, Verity Way, Fairlands Way, around the lakes in Fairlands Valley Park to the finish near the school.
For more information and how to enter please go to www.fvspartans.org.uk
Enter Now!
The club host the County Championship Half Marathon on Sunday 4th November. The race is in Stevenage and is for seniors and veterans. The championships are within an open race — everyone can have a go. Enter now. There are details on www.fvspartans.org.uk
Coming Events
Many Spartans will be enjoying a busy programme of races, social and training events over the next few weeks including the:
Join The Spartans
Live in or near Stevenage? Like running? Fairlands Valley Spartans is your local running club and is on the up! The club was voted the UK’s Best Running Club in 2010. It now has over 400 members and encourages participation by all. The Spartans have a varied training programme to suit those who want to run 5 kilometres through to full marathons.
The Spartans weekday training sessions are on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Go along to drama studio next to the gymnastics centre at Marriotts School — a Sports College, Telford Avenue, Stevenage (SG2 0AN) at 7p.m. Up to five running groups go out on training nights — there will be one to suit you!
The Spartan Starter group starts from Marriotts at 7.30p.m. every Monday (except public holidays) and 7p.m. every Thursday.
Most long Sunday morning training sessions start 9.30a.m. sharp. Spartan track training sessions are held at Ridlins Athletics Track, Woodcock Road, Stevenage most Saturdays from 9.15a.m. There are events to enter every Sunday. Newcomers are very welcome — those who have not done very much running yet might prefer to start with a Thursday, Saturday or Monday session.
Try a few sessions before joining. Membership is only £27 per year. Concessions are available. Membership forms are available on the Spartans website www.fvspartans.org.uk Please ask if you would like a paper copy.
If you want to know more about the Spartans please contact Jim Brown (01438 354505 or 0793 968 7509), Stephanie Mayfield 01438 815859 or visit their website www.fvspartans.org.uk
On the 23rd September the club are hosting the Paul Maguire 5. The race is in memory of Paul, a very popular and inspirational Spartan who passed away following a long battle with cancer. The race is also the County 5 mile and all proceeds will be going to the Garden House hospice. At the moment we do not have enough help to put the race on safely, in particular we are short of some 30 marshals. If we do not get additional volunteers to cover these vital roles then we will have little choice but to cancel the race.
If you can spare a couple of hours next Sunday please add your name to the list of helpers either on this message, on the Forum or by adding your name on the list at training.
Thank you.
The Cooper Fitness Test ( VO2max Test)
Objective
The Cooper Test (Cooper 1968)[1] is used to monitor the development of the athlete’s aerobic endurance and to obtain an estimate of their VO2max. VO2max is the maximum amount of oxygen in millilitres an athlete can use in one minute per kilogram of body weight. Those who are fit have higher VO2max values and can exercise more intensely than those who are not as well conditioned. Numerous studies show that you can increase your VO2max by working out at an intensity that raises your heart rate to between 65 and 85% of its maximum for at least 20 minutes three to five times a week.
Whilst we have been using the ‘bleep multistage fitness stage within the club to assess aerobic fitness and VO2 max levels this can only be completed safely in dry conditions. The Cooper test does not necessarily have that restriction and simply requires access to a running track.
The Test
This test requires the athlete to run as far as possible in 12 minutes.
Normative data for the Cooper Test
Male Athletes
|
Age |
Excellent |
Above Average |
Average |
Below Average |
Poor |
| 13-14 |
>2700m |
2400-2700m |
2200-2399m |
2100-2199m |
<2100m |
| 15-16 |
>2800m |
2500-2800m |
2300-2499m |
2200-2299m |
<2200m |
| 17-19 |
>3000m |
2700-3000m |
2500-2699m |
2300-2499m |
<2300m |
| 20-29 |
>2800m |
2400-2800m |
2200-2399m |
1600-2199m |
<1600m |
| 30-39 |
>2700m |
2300-2700m |
1900-2299m |
1500-1999m |
<1500m |
| 40-49 |
>2500m |
2100-2500m |
1700-2099m |
1400-1699m |
<1400m |
| >50 |
>2400m |
2000-2400m |
1600-1999m |
1300-1599m |
<1300m |
Female Athletes
|
Age |
Excellent |
Above Average |
Average |
Below Average |
Poor |
| 13-14 |
>2000m |
1900-2000m |
1600-1899m |
1500-1599m |
<1500m |
| 15-16 |
>2100m |
2000-2100m |
1700-1999m |
1600-1699m |
<1600m |
| 17-20 |
>2300m |
2100-2300m |
1800-2099m |
1700-1799m |
<1700m |
| 20-29 |
>2700m |
2200-2700m |
1800-2199m |
1500-1799m |
<1500m |
| 30-39 |
>2500m |
2000-2500m |
1700-1999m |
1400-1699m |
<1400m |
| 40-49 |
>2300m |
1900-2300m |
1500-1899m |
1200-1499m |
<1200m |
| >50 |
>2200m |
1700-2200m |
1400-1699m |
1100-1399m |
<1100m |
VO2max
An estimate of your VO2max can be calculated as follows:
(Distance covered in metres – 504.9) ÷ 44.73
We will use a Vo2 max calaculator to give each athlete their VO2 max result.
Analysis
Analysis of the test result is by comparing it with the athlete’s previous results for this test. It is expected that, with appropriate training between each test, the analysis would indicate an improvement in the athlete’s VO2max. We will maintain a full history of the results of each test so that athletes can easily compare their results.
Referenced Material
A massive thank you to everyone who took part in our 5K race, and especially to all our volunteers who helped us to stage a good, safe and successful race.
The full results are attached here: FVS 5K Results 09.09.2012
MEDALS GALORE IN COUNTY 5K
There were medals galore for Fairlands Valley Spartans in the County Five Kilometres Championships which the club hosted in Stevenage in the heat on Sunday morning.
RHIANNON GRIFFIN won SILVER in the senior championships in a superb new sub 20 personal best of 19 minutes 59 seconds. ALISON WOOD took BRONZE in the seniors and GOLD in the women veterans (45 plus) with 20 minutes 12 seconds.
BARRY OSBORNE won GOLD in the male veterans (60 plus) competition in 19 minutes 52 seconds with JIM BROWN taking BRONZE with an amazing improvement to 21 minutes 24 seconds.
DAVE BOWKER was the SILVER medalist in 50 plus category with 18 minutes 50 seconds.
JULIE SIMMONS won GOLD in the women’s (55 plus) category in 22:24 and ANN TRYSSESOONE took BRONZE in the women’s (45 plus) with 23:08.
Fairlands Valley Spartans WON the senior women’s team GOLD with RHIANNON GRIFFIN (19:59); ALISON WOOD (20:12); JULIE SIMMONS (22:24) and ANN TRYSSESOONE (23:08) and the veteran only women’s team GOLD with Alison Wood, Julie Simmons and Ann Tryssesoone. Rhiannon, Alison, Julie and Ann also won the team contest for the whole race.
In the senior team competition the Spartans men’s team consisting of LIAM HERBERT (18:32); DAVID BOWKER (18:50); BARRY OSBORNE (19:52) and MARTIN WOOD (19:56) won SILVER with veterans David Bowker, Barry Osborne, Martin Wood and JIM BROWN (21:24) taking BRONZE in the contest for those 40 and over only.
SIMON BELL was the fastest of the 21 Spartans, eleventh overall in the race with a time of 18 minutes 7 seconds. (Simon lives outside Hertfordshire).
Spartan times:
| Pos | Time | Name | Cat. | Comments |
|
11 |
18.07 |
Simon Bell | M40 | |
|
17 |
18.32 |
Liam Herbert | MS | Team Silver |
|
22 |
18.50 |
David Bowker | M50 | County Silver, Team Silver |
|
27 |
19.52 |
Barry Osborne | M60 | County Gold, Team Silver |
|
28 |
19.56 |
Martin Wood | M40 | Team Silver |
|
29 |
19.59 |
Rhiannon Griffin | FS | County Silver, Team Gold |
|
30 |
20.12 |
Alison Wood | W45 | County Gold, Team Gold |
|
35 |
21.00 |
Adrian Donnelly | MS | |
|
37 |
21.25 |
Jim Brown | M60 | County Bronze, Team Bronze |
|
39 |
22.10 |
Kevin Smyth | M50 | |
|
41 |
22.24 |
Julie Simonns | W55 | County Gold, Team Gold |
|
47 |
23.00 |
Tony Argyrou | M40 | |
|
50 |
23.08 |
Ann Tryssesoone | W45 | County Bronze, Team Gold |
|
53 |
23.56 |
Andy Prior | M40 | |
|
54 |
24.13 |
Claire Coker | W35 | |
|
57 |
24.26 |
Nicola Lorimer | W35 | |
|
58 |
24.41 |
Robert Shaw | M60 | |
|
66 |
27.49 |
Melissa Tyler | FS | |
|
67 |
27.55 |
Karen Palmer | W45 | |
|
69 |
28.59 |
Peter Carpenter | M60 | |
|
71 |
30.17 |
Mark Stephens | M50 |
(Lots of images from the race are available in our gallery here: http://fvspartans.org.uk/gallery/).
Chiltern Off Road Marathon
On a very warm day and an exceptionally tough course, seven Spartans took part in this year’s Chiltern Off Road Marathon.
In off road marathons competitors are given route instructions that they follow to navigate their way around the course, with a key to abbreviations used at the top of the instructions, and the key at the top of the Chiltern Marathon are the only instructions that identify that up means UP!
CAROL PAUL completed the full marathon course in 6 hours 31 minutes 38 seconds and MIKE NEWBITT in 6:50:40. Karen Liddle, Tricia Hopper & Sharon Crowley followed in 7:24:24.
DAVE PAUL completed the shorter, 21.3 miles option in a time of 7:04:30
PAUL HOLGATE retired at the last checkpoint having already completed 25.3 miles in 7:02:13 after not following the instructions properly, instead putting in a three detours of his own!
Peter’s Duck ‘n’ Dash
Last Sunday PETER CARPENTER entered the Duck race in the Duck and Dash at Letchworth which consisted of a 400 metres swim & 6km run. His time was 51:09 – 27th out of 35 overall — but he is competing in the male over 60 age group.
Enter Now!
The club host the Paul Maguire Memorial Five on 23rd September which includes the County Championship Five and County Championship Half Marathon on Sunday 4th November. Both races are in Stevenage and all are for seniors and veterans. The championships are within open races — everyone can have a go. Enter now. There are details on www.fvspartans.org.uk
Coming Events
Many Spartans will be enjoying a busy programme of races, social and training events over the next few weeks including the:
Join The Spartans
Live in or near Stevenage? Like running? Fairlands Valley Spartans is your local running club and is on the up! The club was voted the UK’s Best Running Club in 2010. It now has over 400 members and encourages participation by all. The Spartans have a varied training programme to suit those who want to run 5 kilometres through to full marathons.
The Spartans weekday training sessions are on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Go along to drama studio next to the gymnastics centre at Marriotts School — a Sports College, Telford Avenue, Stevenage (SG2 0AN) at 7p.m. Up to five running groups go out on training nights — there will be one to suit you!
The Spartan Starter group starts from Marriotts at 7.30p.m. every Monday (except public holidays) and 7p.m. every Thursday.
Most long Sunday morning training sessions start 9.30a.m. sharp. Spartan track training sessions are held at Ridlins Athletics Track, Woodcock Road, Stevenage most Saturdays from 9.15a.m. There are events to enter every Sunday. Newcomers are very welcome — those who have not done very much running yet might prefer to start with a Thursday, Saturday or Monday session.
Try a few sessions before joining. Membership is only £27 per year. Concessions are available. Membership forms are available on the Spartans website www.fvspartans.org.uk Please ask if you would like a paper copy.
If you want to know more about the Spartans please contact Jim Brown (01438 354505 or 0793 968 7509), Stephanie Mayfield 01438 815859 or visit their website www.fvspartans.org.uk
With the darker nights beginning to move into our evening training sessions please remember to wear appropriate clothing and ensure that you are visible. Please have a read of our ‘Be safe, be seen, be a Spartan’ for further advice.
Fairlands Valley Spartans – be safe, be seen and be a Spartan v6 September 2011
Thanks
SIMON AND KAREN WIN 5K
Track and Tri Wins by Grant and Natalie
August Handicap 5K
There were many excellent times from the forty runners in Fairlands Valley Spartans’ Handicap 5K on Thursday night. They included seven new personal bests, four season’s bests and eight year best times for 2012. There were nine people running their first 5K.
SIMON HARRIS was first to finish, recording his third Handicap 5K victory. He ran a new year best time of 27 minutes 39 seconds (27:39), 41 seconds quicker than previously. Newcomer Khil Shah was second in 27:49, 3:26 quicker than handicap, and Ian Simpson 3rd just 10 seconds behind, in his first 5K in just 22:59.
KAREN ELLIS finished first female, 2:29 ahead of handicap, in 25;01, with Claire Coker 2nd in a new PB of 23:57, 43 seconds quicker than her previous PB, and Rhiannon Griffin 3rd in a PB time of her own of 21 minutes 2 seconds.
In handicap events the slower runners, on previous form, start first and if everyone runs to handicap everyone finishes together. However the fastest runner on the night was GRANT RAMSAY, overtaking 34 runners to finish 6th overall in 17 minutes 11 seconds. Christopher Westcott was second quickest in a new personal best (PB) time of 17:55, and Liam Herbert third fastest with 18:27, just 19 seconds outside his own PB time despite the increased difficulty of the Stevenage 5K course.
LISA BURGESS was the fastest female in a new PB of 20:29, with Rhiannon 2nd quickest (21:02) and Tracy Pez 3rd fastest in 22:51.
Other PBs included Sai Naidoo, +2:13 to 27:25, Peter Carpenter +1:12 to 29:28, Vishal Shah +0:32 to 22:54 and Maddie Pritchard + 0:11 to 23:08, while the Season’s Best times were by Steve Gough (+1:26), Mark Goodwin (+0:29), Dawn Easby (+0:28) and Mark Cheadle (+0:03), and the year best times included Nick Witcombe (+6:38), Adrian Donnelly (+2:42) and Selvan Naicker (+0:12).
A big thank you to Chris Leigh, Mark Beasley, Christine Sharman and Mike & Sharon Crowley gave excellent support and assistance on the night.
There is a perfect opportunity to compete again on the Handicap 5k course in the Stevenage 5k on Sunday 9th September and the first Autumn Handicap 5k of 2012 will be on the 25th October.
Full 5K Results:
|
Pos |
Name |
Time |
Time Position |
Female Position |
Comments |
|
1 |
SIMON HARRIS |
27:39 |
32 |
Event winner. Year’s best by 41 seconds. |
|
|
2 |
KHIL SHAH |
27:49 |
33 |
1st 5K |
|
|
3 |
IAN SIMPSON |
22:59 |
17 |
1st 5K |
|
|
4 |
ADRIAN DONNELLY |
19:53 |
6 |
YB |
|
|
5 |
SAI NAIDOO |
27:25 |
31 |
PB (2:13) |
|
|
6 |
GRANT RAMSAY |
17:11 |
1 |
||
|
7 |
DAVID BOWKER |
18:42 |
4 |
YB |
|
|
8 |
OLLY TEW |
22:44 |
12 |
1st 5K |
|
|
9 |
TODD GRAY |
18:47 |
5 |
||
|
10 |
VISHAL SHAH |
22:54 |
14 |
PB (0:32) |
|
|
11 |
CHRISTOPHER WESTCOTT |
17:55 |
2 |
PB (0:23) |
|
|
12 |
KAREN ELLIS |
25:01 |
27 |
9 |
First woman. |
|
13 |
STEVE GOUGH |
28:10 |
35 |
SB |
|
|
14 |
MARK CHEADLE |
24:38 |
24 |
SB |
|
|
15 |
CLAIRE COKER |
23:57 |
22 |
7 |
PB (0:43) |
|
16 |
RUSS ANDREWS |
27:58 |
34 |
1st 5K |
|
|
17 |
RHIANNON GRIFFIN |
21:02 |
9 |
2 |
1st 5K |
|
18 |
MARK GOODWIN |
21:31 |
10 |
SB |
|
|
19 |
ANDY JAY |
23:24 |
20 |
||
|
20 |
DEREK WOOD |
22:55 |
15 |
1st 5K |
|
|
21 |
LIAM HERBERT |
18:27 |
3 |
||
|
22 |
NICK WITCOMBE |
26:00 |
29 |
YB |
|
|
23 |
DAWN EASBY |
23:37 |
21 |
6 |
SB |
|
24 |
SELVAN NAICKER |
24:08 |
23 |
YB |
|
|
25 |
MADDIE PRITCHARD |
23:08 |
19 |
5 |
PB (0:11) |
|
26 |
LISA BURGESS |
20:29 |
7 |
1 |
PB (0:14) |
|
27 |
PETER CARPENTER |
29:28 |
37 |
PB (1:12) |
|
|
28 |
ROGER BIGGS |
22:58 |
16 |
||
|
29 |
JULIE SIMMONS |
23:03 |
18 |
4 |
1st 5K |
|
30 |
MARIA THORNE |
26:39 |
30 |
10 |
|
|
31 |
NICOLA LORIMER |
24:48 |
25 |
8 |
YB |
|
32 |
GRAHAM HILL |
29:29 |
38 |
1st 5K |
|
|
33 |
RYAN DUNNING |
22:33 |
11 |
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34 |
BARRY OSBORNE |
20:40 |
8 |
1st 5K |
|
|
35 |
ANDREA WESTCOTT |
28:26 |
36 |
11 |
YB |
|
36 |
PAUL HOLGATE |
25:40 |
28 |
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|
37 |
TRACY PEZ |
22:51 |
13 |
3 |
|
|
38 |
ROBERT SHAW |
25:01 |
26 |
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|
39 |
CHAS AVIS |
36:05 |
40 |
YB |
|
|
40 |
SARAH SAPSTEAD |
31:01 |
39 |
12 |
PB = personal best; SB = season’s best; YB = year best.
Grant Wins In Southern League
GRANT RAMSAY won Sunday’s Southern League 5,000 metres track race in 16 minutes 25 seconds, his fastest time for over three years. He was also fourth in the 2,000 metres steeple chase in 7 minutes 28 seconds.
PB Ann At Bedford 10K
Ann Tryssesoone reduced her personal best by over a minute when she ran Sunday’s Bedford 10K in 50 minutes 26 seconds. It was a well organised race making use of the local cycle paths and taking in the local scenery and river.
Peter’s First Tri
PETER CARPENTER has completed his first triathlon and was second in his age group (65-69) at the Thames Turbo Triathlon 4.
He took 10 minutes 31 seconds for the 426 metres swim; 47 minutes 45 seconds for the 21.5 kilometres cycle and took 30 minutes 50 seconds for the 5K run. With transitions his total time was 1 hour 33 minutes 1 second.
There were 500 entries. Overall Peter was 347th out of the 418 who finished.
Barnard’s First Ever Podium At Ironman Debut
NATALIE BARNARD was third in the Galway 70.3 Triathlon. Her first podium placing at the ironman distance. She was the youngest pro by 5-9yrs!
It was her fastest swim by 5 minutes; had a strong but hard bike and ran 13.25miles in 1 hour 35 minutes exactly.
Kent Coastal Marathon.
On a hilly first half and a flat second half ROGER BIGGS and CAROL PAUL ran the Kent Coastal Marathon with its hilly first half and a flat second half. Roger completed the course in 3 hours 56 minutes 48 seconds and Carol in 4:43:24. DAVE PAUL did the supporting half marathon in 2:25:20
Enter Now!
The club host the County Championship 5K road race THIS Sunday 9th September. See www.fvspartans.org.uk
Then there is the Paul Maguire Memorial Five on 23rd September which includes the County Championship Five and Championship Half Marathon on Sunday 4th November. All three races are in Stevenage and all are for seniors and veterans. The championships are within open races — everyone can have a go. Enter now. There are details on www.fvspartans.org.uk
Coming Events
Many Spartans will be enjoying a busy programme of races, social and training events over the next few weeks including the:
Join The Spartans
Live in or near Stevenage? Like running? Fairlands Valley Spartans is your local running club and is on the up! The club was voted the UK’s Best Running Club in 2010. It now has over 400 members and encourages participation by all. The Spartans have a varied training programme to suit those who want to run 5 kilometres through to full marathons.
The Spartans weekday training sessions are on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Go along to drama studio next to the gymnastics centre at Marriotts School — a Sports College, Telford Avenue, Stevenage (SG2 0AN) at 7p.m. Up to five running groups go out on training nights — there will be one to suit you!
The Spartan Starter group starts from Marriotts at 7.30p.m. every Monday (except public holidays) and 7p.m. every Thursday.
Most long Sunday morning training sessions start 9.30a.m. sharp. Spartan track training sessions are held at Ridlins Athletics Track, Woodcock Road, Stevenage most Saturdays from 9.15a.m. There are events to enter every Sunday. Newcomers are very welcome — those who have not done very much running yet might prefer to start with a Thursday, Saturday or Monday session.
Try a few sessions before joining. Membership is only £27 per year. Concessions are available. Membership forms are available on the Spartans website www.fvspartans.org.uk Please ask if you would like a paper copy.
If you want to know more about the Spartans please contact Jim Brown (01438 354505 or 0793 968 7509), Stephanie Mayfield 01438 815859 or visit their website www.fvspartans.org.uk
This month’s edition of Catch a Coach is now out!!! You can read all of the details at: Catch a Coach newsletter September 2012 v0.1