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MULTI-MEDALLIST INTERNATIONAL IRIS

 

Spartan IRIS HORNSEY was a multi-GOLD medallist at the European Masters Indoor Athletics Championships in Madrid.

On Tuesday she won GOLD in the womenā€™s 75 plus 400 metres with 1 minute 41.35 seconds; on Thursday GOLD in the womenā€™s 75 plus 800 metres in 3:52.46 seconds; on Friday GOLD in the womenā€™s 75 plus 1500 metres in 7:51.4; and on Saturday she was second leg in the GOLD medal winning Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4 x 200 metres women 75 plus relay team.

At the same championships RICHARD BRUCE was fourth in the 800 metres final for men 45 plus.Ā  He had qualified with 2:05.46 in his semi-final.Ā  CHRIS WESTCOTT just missed out finishing fourth in his semi final in 2:07.10.

 

Gold and Silver at Veterans Cross Country

YUKO GORDON took GOLD for women 65 plus in the Hertfordshire county veterans cross country championship on Therfield Heath, at Royston in 25 minutes 47 seconds.Ā  She helped the Spartans to team SILVER for all over 55 with SHARON CROWLEY 33:18 and CATHY CRAIG who was second FV65 in 34:08.Ā  The women ran about five kilometres.

For the men, Tim Saban and Andy Jay represented FVS,Ā  over approximately 9km.Ā Ā  Tim was first Spartan home in 42.44, 37th place overall and 16th place in the V50 category.Ā Ā  Andy finished in 51.36,Ā  in 54th place overall, and 29th place in the V50 category.

 

Inaugural Bedford 20

After the weather disappointments of the last few weeks there were another ten Spartan twenties on Sunday as a team competed in the inaugural Bedford 20.Ā  It was billed as an incredibly scenic, superfast and traffic free two-lap course through stunning Bedfordshire countryside, and two of the three were true. Ā But the 40% of the route on grass and gravel turned out to be very boggy, and often muddy in places, resulting in the route sapping the energy from the legs.

Nevertheless, the Spartans still performed well with STUART HAYCROFT fastest Spartan home in 40th position in a time of 2:23:29 with KAREN ELLIS wasnā€™t complaining as she was the first female Spartan home with a new personal best of 3:13:01. The following table represents all the results of the Spartans out at this event.

KAREN BROOM wanted a sub 4 hour so she was happy with her new PB of 3:46:39.

It was JO BOWDERYā€™s first 20 mile race and the furthest she has run so far in her preparations for the London Marathon.Ā  She finished in 3:14:36.

ADRIAN BUSOLINE was a top 100 finisher with 2:27:37.Ā  PETE SMITH came in with 2:43:03 and WENDY THARANI with 3:27:41.

GERRY ROSEN finished in 3 hours 56 minutes 31 seconds; LIZ CARVELL in 3:59:00 exactly and ELLA GOWER in 4:15:16.

 

London Landmarks Half Marathon

Nine Spartans ran the inaugural London Landmarks Half Marathon on Sunday.Ā  They say it was really well organised with bands and lots of support along the way.Ā  It was flat if a bit twisty and turny.

DUNCAN FLOUNDERS came in with 1 hour 34 minutes 19 seconds; NICK GILL in 1:38:39; ERICA GRAYSON in 1:57:48 and KAREN PALMER in 1:57:49.Ā  DAVID SCOTT improved his PB (personal best) by five minutes with 2:00:08. Ā VICKY COTTOM finished in 2:10:42 and IAN ALEXANDER in 3:39:51.

Erica said ā€œOon Sunday I replaced her Spartan stripes with a Tommyā€™s charity shirt and ran the inaugural London Landmarks Half Marathon. Ā What an amazing day. Ā Very well organised and supported. Ā Then to top it all off Dr Ian Fergusson the co-founder and the original chairman of Tommyā€™s stopped me and thanked me for my support raising money for Tommyā€™s.ā€ Ā Tommyā€™s funds research into stillbirth, premature birth and miscarriage.

 

Lee Valley Half

At the Lee Valley Half DANNY SCANLON finished his first ever half marathon in 1 hour 33 minutes and 41 seconds.Ā  ANGIE KEELING improved her PB by just under 10 minutes with 2:14:42.

In the Lee Valley 10K ROWENA RUTLEDGE finished in 59 minutes 1 second and KELLY CHAPMAN in 1:21:50.

 

Hyde Park Sunshine

It was a lovely day in Hyde Park on Friday and having enjoyed a great training session with Fairlands Valley Spartans on Thursday evening JIM BROWN went round the Serpentine 5K in 25 minutes 26 seconds.Ā  MADDIE PRITCHARD did rather better with 23:27.Ā  Cool, dry and breezy.

A couple of days later MEGAN TAYLOR and CHRISTOPHER JOHANNSEN ran the Hyde Park 10K in 1:01:35 and 1:28:21 respectively.

 

Eton Dorney 16

NATALIE LAWRENCE was second female senior in the Eton Dorney 16 mile race in a time of 1 hour 56 minutes 27 seconds.Ā  She was 10th out of the 108 finishers.

 

Sandy Track

DAVID BOWKER went to Sandy on Saturday for Biggleswade ACā€™s open meeting.Ā  He ran the 3,000 metres in 11 minutes 38 seconds.

 

Ashridge Boundary Run

Karen Liddle, Tricia Hopper and Barry King completed the Ashridge Boundary Run on Saturday 17th March in 3 hours 55 minutes and 8 seconds.

On a day that snowed all day and with a wind chill of -10 and ankle deep mud it was a relief just to finish.

 

Parkrun Highlights 24th March 2018

The first parkruns of SpringĀ (24th March)

The weekend parkrunā€™s action saw Spartans taking part across 5 different locations.

Craig Halsey came in second place on his second visit to Hove on the South coast in a new course PB of 16:28.

Meanwhile at Stevenage 14 Spartans ran. Ā  Danny Scanlan was 6th in a new PB of 19:22.Ā  Claire EMMERSON was first ladyĀ in a new PB of 22:53.

Other Spartans running at Stevenage were Mark BEASLEY 23:04,Ā Jonathan JONES 24:41 in a new PB of 24:41, Jo BOWDERY 25:31, Verity FISHER 25:57, Steven DOBNER in new PB of 27:38, Paul HOLGATE 27:46, Monica SMITHSON 28:07, James SOUTH 29:29 , Callum BEASLEY 30:42, Sally PHILLIPS 32.16, Peter CARPENTER 32.17 and Nicola PLUMB 36:21.

Darryl STEVENS completed his 34th run at Brockenhurst in the New Forest in 41:37.

Back in Herts at Ellenbrook Fields, John ROXBOROUGH ran a new course PB of 21:20.

Tim SABAN made his second visit to Finsbury Park and ran a time of 21:15.

Some other Spartans rode the Stevenage Start of Summertime cycle rides from Fairlands Valley Park.

 

Tables

London Landmarks Half Marathon

Position Name Time Comments
326 DUNCAN FLOUNDERS 1:34:19  
  NICK GILL 1:38:39  
2729 ERICA GRAYSON 1:57:48  
  KAREN PALMER 1:57:49  
  DAVID SCOTT 2:00:08 PB (5:00)
  VICKY COTTOM 2:10:42  
4715 EMMA MARTIN 2:10:59  
8948 MARGARET MONTGOMERY 2:58:04  
  IAN ALEXANDER 3:39:51  

 

Lee Valley Half Marathon

Position Name Time Comments
55 DANNY SCANLON 1:33:41 First Half
157 CARLA HOWELL 1:49:08  
169 NEIL ROBINSON 1:49:50  
361 ANGIE KEELING 2:14:42 PB (10:00)

 

Parkruns Saturday 24th March

 

Finsbury parkrun

 

PositionĀ Ā  Gender PositionĀ Ā  parkrunnerĀ Ā  ClubĀ Ā  Run TimeĀ Ā 
35 35 Tim SABAN Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:21:15

 

Stevenage

 

PositionĀ Ā  Gender PositionĀ Ā  parkrunnerĀ Ā  ClubĀ Ā  Run TimeĀ Ā 
6 6 Danny SCANLON Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:19:22
31 1 Claire EMMERSON Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:22:53
33 32 Mark BEASLEY Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:23:04
51 47 Jonathan JONES Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:24:41
66 9 Jo BOWDERY Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:25:31
76 12 Verity FISHER Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:25:57
115 93 Steven DOBNER Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:27:38
118 94 Paul HOLGATE Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:27:46
124 26 Monica SMITHSON Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:28:07
154 118 James SOUTH Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:29:29
181 130 Callum BEASLEY Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:30:42
194 61 Sally PHILLIPS Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:32:16
195 134 Peter CARPENTER Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:32:17
235 86 Nicola PLUMB Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:36:21

 

Brockenhurst parkrun

 

PositionĀ Ā  Gender PositionĀ Ā  parkrunnerĀ Ā  ClubĀ Ā  Run TimeĀ Ā 
197 106 Darryl STEVENS Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:41:37

 

Hove Promenade parkrun

 

PositionĀ Ā  Gender PositionĀ Ā  parkrunnerĀ Ā  ClubĀ Ā  Run TimeĀ Ā 
2 2 Craig HALSEY Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:16:28

 

Ellenbrook Fields parkrun

 

PositionĀ Ā  Gender PositionĀ Ā  parkrunnerĀ Ā  ClubĀ Ā  Run TimeĀ Ā 
13 11 John ROXBOROUGH Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:21:20

 

Bedford 20

Bedford

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CHASING THE MOON

 

The Finchley 20, Oakley 20 and Reading Half were all cancelled by snow and ice on Sunday but the Hampton Court Palace Half Marathon went ahead and JENNY GARRETT, JULIE SHADBOLT and NICOLA TOUT headed down to take part.Ā  Conditions were tough with the cold, some ice and the last two miles on slippery mud but Jenny ran a new PB (personal best) of 1 hour 54 minutes 54 seconds.Ā  Julie finished in 2:00:22 and Nicola in 2:11:23.

 

Chase The Moon

Chase the Moon was a midweek 10K event consisting of four laps of the Olympic Park.Ā  Spartan JONATHAN FOSTER finished in 47 minutes 7 seconds with LEE PICKERSGILL in 51:05 and SIMON SYPULA in 52:39.

 

Lee Valley Indoors

DAVE BOWKER was immune from the cold as he competed in the multi-county 1K race walk championship at Lee Valley indoor track.Ā  Although he was ninth out of the twelve finishers those ahead of him were from Kent and Middlesex so he won the Hertfordshire event with a time of 6 minutes 5 seconds.

 

Ashridge Boundary Run

Karen Liddle, Tricia Hopper and Barry King completed the Ashridge Boundary Run on Saturday 17th March in 3 hours 55 minutes and 8 seconds.

On a day that snowed all day and with a wind chill of -10 and ankle deep mud it was a relief just to finish.

 

parkrun Highlights 17th March 2018

Eight Spartans braved the freezing temperatures on St. Patrickā€™s Day to participate in Stevenage parkrun this weekend.Ā  First male Spartan to finish was Danny Scanlon who came 9th in an impressive 19 mins and 52 secs, followed by Neil Robinson 24 mins and 32 secs, David Scott 24 mins and 54 secs, Jonathan Jones 25 mins and 50 secs, James South 28 mins and 20 secs and Steven Dobner 28 mins and 59 secs. 10th female was Karen Palmer in 27 mins and 26 secs, followed by Liz Guemache in 29 mins and 37 secs.

Further afield, three female Spartans completed with top 10 gender positions. Ā Ashley Schoenwetter was first female at Barclay parkrun in 23 mins and 20 secs, 9th place overall.Ā  Hannah Neale completed in 22 mins and 10 secs as 3rd female in Southwick Country and Verity Fisher finished 5th female at Henley-on-Thames in 29 mins and 42 secs.Ā  Others to complete outside Stevenage were John Roxborough at Luton Wardown in 21 mins and 53 secs, Nick Gill at Wanstead Flats in 24 mins and 47 secs, Michel Oā€™Keefe at Dartford in 28 mins and 49 secs and Darryl Stevens at Brockenhurst in 40 mins and 40 secs.

 

Tables

 

parkruns Saturday 17th March

 

parkrun Pos Gen parkrunner Time Notes
Stevenage 9 9 Danny SCANLON 00:19:52
Stevenage 42 39 Neil ROBINSON 00:24:32
Stevenage 44 40 David SCOTT 00:24:54 60th parkrun
Stevenage 55 49 Jonathan JONES 00:25:50
Stevenage 77 10 Karen PALMER 00:27:26
Stevenage 91 74 James SOUTH 00:28:20
Stevenage 97 78 Steven DOBNER 00:28:59
Stevenage 107 23 Liz GUEMACHE 00:29:37
Barclay 9 1 Ashley SCHOENWETTER 00:23:20
Brockenhurst 159 96 Darryl STEVENS 00:40:40
Dartford 62 50 Michael O’KEEFE 00:28:49
Henley-on-Thames 21 5 Verity FISHER 00:29:42
Luton Wardown 17 16 John ROXBOROUGH 00:21:53
Southwick Country 26 3 Hannah NEALE 00:22:10
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SPARTANS AT MK FESTIVAL OF RUNNING

 

Twelve Spartans took part in the Milton Keynes Festival of Running.Ā  In the twenty miles event RUTH REILLY improved her personal best (PB) by an amazing 42 minutes when she finished in 2 hours 37 minutes 3 seconds.Ā  ERICA GRAYSON ran her first ever 20 miler in 3:11:37.

As training starts to hit maximum mileages before the spring marathon season TOM SAUKA was fastest Spartan with 2 hours 27 minutes 40 minutes.

BARRY KING also completed the 20 mile race option. Ā He was very happy to finish in 3 hours 35 minutes and 10 seconds (chip time). Ā This after being injured for the last two months with a bad back.Ā  He was just behind ROBERT WRIGHT, 3:35:51 but just ahead on start line to finish line time (chip time).Ā  VICKY COTTOM came in with 3:43:53.

In the MK Half TODD GRAY ran a great sub 90 minutes 13.1 miles with 1:26:39 and a top 50 position of 47th.Ā  Five other Spartans ran the half.Ā  They were DAVE SMITH 1:37:59; TIM SABAN 1:45:52; JO BOWDERY 1:56:23; WENDY THARANI 2:00:33 and NICOLA KUKLYS 2:51:34.

 

Paris Half Marathon

KAREN ELLIS ran the Paris Half Marathon in 2:23:39 and MARIA THORNE completed in 2:30:53

 

Coach to London

Last call for the coaches to the London Marathon on 22nd April 2018. Ā Runners and spectators can travel there and back for just Ā£10 but you must contact Roger Biggs on roger@thebiggs.net quickly.Ā  The runnersā€™ bus leaves Stevenage Old Town at 6.30a.m.Ā  The helpersā€™ coach goes at 7.30.

 

British Masters Indoor Championships

In a tactical contest for second, third and fourth GRANT RAMSAY won the SILVER medal in the British Masters 3000 metres Indoor Championship for men 45 plus in 9 minutes 55 seconds. Ā Time of 9:55 not quick, but more of a tactical contest (between 2nd, 3rd & 4th). Marathon training affecting raw speed, but happy with overall result.

Also in the 3000 metres 15 laps race for men but for those aged 55 plus DAVID BOWKER was eighth in 11 minutes 51 seconds.

TESSA STEPHENSON won BRONZE in the womenā€™s (55 plus) 400 metres championships on Saturday then was fifth in the 200 metres on Sunday in a seasonā€™s best time of 32.31secs

 

Harpenden Half Marathon

STEVE GREEN ran the Harpenden Half Marathon finishing seventeenth in 1 hour 32 minutes 29 seconds.Ā  A multi terrain, very twisty course that had cross country style muddy sections. Ā Not a PB course but great informal fun.

 

parkrun Round Up 10th March 2018

With Stevenage parkrun cancelled for this week, as a charity event took over the park, 17 Spartans ventured further afield to run on Saturday morning.

Locally, NATALIE LAWRENCE, 1st female in a time of 22 mins and 40 secs, was joined by JAMES SOUTH, in a time of 31 mins and 21 secs, to make up the 140 runners in Letchworth. Ā Three Spartans braved the rain at the Panshanger course, with MARK GOODWIN finishing in 23 mins and 35 secs, RUTH REILLY finishing as 4th female in 25 mins and 34 secs, and SIMON SYPULA finishing in 27 mins and 34 secs in his first run at this course. Ā At Luton Wardown, LINDA GREENE finished in a time of 40 mins and 36 secs.

Seventh male and female rankings fell to SIMON and ANNETTE BELL, both achieving their fastest times of 2018 in 19 mins and 6 secs and 24 mins and 17 secs respectively, in Peterborough. Ā ANDY JAY was the 6th male and 8th overall, in a time of 25 mins and 22 secs at the Westmill course, while Cassiobury, Barclay and Rutland Water saw top 20 finishes for TIM SABAN (20 mins and 36 secs), ASHLEY SCHOENWETTER (22 mins and 37 secs; 2nd female), and VERITY FISHER (27 mins and 5 secs).

With improvements from the last time out saw JOHN ROXBOROUGH finish Cambridge parkrun in 23 mins and 4 secs, DANIEL SUTTON finish the Torbay Velopark course in 27 mins 23 secs, MICHAEL O’KEEFE run 28 mins and 15 secs at Houghton Hall, and TRACEY STILES complete the Ellenbrook Fields run in 33 mins and 36 secs. Ā Returning to the Brockenhurst course for the first time since January DARRYL STEVENS finished in 48 mins and 48 secs.

 

Coming Events

Many Spartans will be enjoying a busy programme of races, social and training events over the next few weeks including:

  • Club Run Finale in Stevenage on Thursday 15th March.
  • Finchley 20 miles (including Herts County Champs) on Sunday 18th March.
  • Oakley 20 miles on Sunday 18th March.
  • Serpentine 5K on Friday 23rd March (please note change of date).
  • Orion 15 classic cross country at Chingford (Epping Forest) on Saturday 24th March.
  • County Cross Country Championships for Veterans at Royston on Sunday 25th March.
  • Maidenhead Easter Ten on Good Friday 30th March.
  • Club training twenty from Marriotts on Friday 30th March.
  • Sandy Ten on Sunday 8th April.
  • London Marathon on Sunday 22nd April.
  • Flitwick 10K on Sunday 29th April.
  • Stirling Marathon on Sunday 29th April.
  • EMAC track and field event one at Stevenage on Wednesday 2nd May.
  • County open 1500 and veteran track and field championships on Monday 7th May.
  • Pednor Five including county championships for veterans on Monday 7th May.
  • Mid Week Road Race League race one 6 miles in Epping Forest on Thursday 10th May at 7.30p.m.
  • Mid Week Road Race League race two 10K in St. Albans on Thursday 24th May.
  • EMAC track and field event two at Bedford on Wednesday 6th June.
  • Mid Week League Race 3 8K in Trent Park on Thursday 7th June.
  • Welwyn 10K including senior county championships on Sunday 24th June.
  • Mid Week League Race 4 in Stevenage on Wednesday 27th June.
  • EMAC track and field event three at Cambridge on Wednesday 4th July.
  • Mid Week League Mob Match on 12th July.
  • Fairlands Valley Challenge off road on Sunday 15th July.
  • EMAC track and field event four at Milton Keynes on Wednesday 1st August.
  • Welwyn Half Marathon on Sunday 9th September (new date).
  • Standalone 10K on Sunday 7th October.
  • Peterborough Half Marathon (GER) on Sunday 14th October.
  • Stevenage Half Marathon on Sunday 4th November.
  • St Neots Half Marathon on Sunday 18th November.

 

Tables

MK20:

Position Name Chip Time Comments
113 THOMAS SAUKA 2:27:40  
174 RUTH REILLY 2:37:03 PB 42 minutes
560 ERICA GRAYSON 3:11:37 First ever 20
786 ROBERT WRIGHT 3:35:51  
787 BARRY KING 3:35:10  
839 VICKY COTTOM 3:43:53  

 

MK Half:

Position Name Chip Time Comments
47 TODD GRAY 1:26:39  
170 DAVE SMITH 1:37:59  
307 TIM SABAN 1:45:52  
570 JO BOWDERY (F) 1:56:23  
710 WENDY THARANI 2:00:33  
1392 NICOLA KUKLYS 2:51:34  

 

Parkruns on Saturday 10th March

parkrun Pos Gen parkrunner Time Notes
Luton Wardown 236 98 Linda GREENE 00:40:36  
           
Torbay Velopark 50 40 Daniel SUTTON 00:27:23  
           
Cambridge 48 42 John ROXBOROUGH 00:23:04  
           
Westmill 8 6 Andy JAY 00:25:22  
           
Peterborough 9 7 Simon BELL 00:19:06  
  89 7 Annette BELL 00:24:17  
           
Houghton Hall 63 51 Michael O’KEEFE 00:28:15  
           
Brockenhurst 196 112 Darryl STEVENS 00:48:48  
           
Panshanger 43 42 Mark GOODWIN 00:23:35  
  66 4 Ruth REILLY 00:25:34  
  102 91 Simon SYPULA 00:27:34  
           
Cassiobury 17 17 Tim SABAN 00:20:36  
           
Barclay 14 2 Ashley SCHOENWETTER 00:22:37  
           
Rutland Water 95 19 Verity FISHER 00:27:05  
           
Ellenbrook Fields 140 52 Tracy STILES 00:33:36  
           
Letchworth 6 1 Natalie LAWRENCE 00:22:40  
Letchworth 61 48 James SOUTH 00:31:21
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AFTER THE SNOW: INAUGURAL BIG HALF

 

Suddenly the snow cleared the sun came out and more than 11,000 runners raced round the inaugural Vitality Big Half which was won by Sir Mo Farah.Ā  Fifteen Spartans ran the half marathon which started at Tower Bridge, went round Docklands and finished by the Cutty Sark in Greenwich.

ERICA GRAYSON was delighted to run a new personal best (PB) of 1 hour 54 minutes 44 seconds knocking 2 minutes 53 seconds off her previous best.

She said she was also thinking that we should acknowledge that the running community is amazing – supportive, friendly, good training but most all acknowledge that some runners put others first before their own goals like EMMA MARTIN today stopping to help a runner who had fallen and sustained a nasty laceration to his head. Ā Erica added ā€œIā€™m proud to be a Spartan and part of the running community.ā€

TIM SABAN also ran a PB and is edging ever closer sub 90 minutes with his 1:30:23.

MARTIN BLACKBURN, 1:29:12 and STUART HAYCROFT, 1:29:16 were the fastest Spartans while MARK COLLINS also made it into the top 1,000 with his 1:31:30.

YUKO GORDON continues to inspire.Ā  She beat all the men as well as all the women in her age group with 1:37:55.Ā  ELLA GOWER reduced her PB to 2:30:07 and is determined to get rid of those seven seconds very soon.

PETE SMITH went round in 1:39:58; BRIAN WHITE in 1:40:42; JIM BROWN 1:50:11 had problems with an old injury on the long cobbled sections but is hopeful he can lose the 12 seconds needed for a good for age qualifying time later this year.Ā  JENNIFER NAISBITT ran 2:12:56.Ā  GERRY ROSEN admitted he went off too fast and came in at 2:20:22 with KAREN BROOM close behind at 2:20:38.Ā  Then came SARAH RUSHWORTH with 2:36:35 and EMMA MARTIN after helping another runner and collecting a great set of event pictures including steel bands, choirs and a competitor on stilts in 3 hours 17 minutes 1 second.

 

Position Name Time Comments
808 MARTIN BLACKBURN 1:29:12
813 STUART HAYCROFT 1:29:16
893 TIM SABAN 1:30:23 PB
975 MARK COLLINS 1:31:30
1544 YUKO GORDON 1:37:55 1st FV65 (1st all 65 by 2:03)
1758 PETE SMITH 1:39:58
1876 BRIAN WHITE 1:40:42
3303 JIM BROWN 1:50:11 6th MV65
4127 ERICA GRAYSON 1:54:44 PB (2:53)
7304 JENNIFER NAISBITT 2:12:56
8288 GERRY ROSEN 2:20:22
8294 KAREN BROOM 2:20:38
9326 ELLA GOWER 2:30:07 PB
9803 SARAH RUSHWORTH 2:36:35
11180 EMMA MARTIN 3:17:01

 

5716 of the 11504 finishers were women, 5788 were men.

 

Cambridge Half Marathon

Although the Welwyn Half Marathon was cancelled the thaw came soon enough for the Cambridge Half Marathon to go ahead and VERITY FISHER was smiling after her new personal best of 1 hour 51 minutes 49 seconds.

SIMON JACKSON came in fastest Spartan and well in the top hundred with 1 hour 17 minutes 26 seconds and ninth in his category.Ā  ASHLEY SCHOENWETTER was fastest female from Fairlands with 1:31:13 and tenth in hers.

STEFFAN FORD beat his personal best that was set in 2013 with an excellent 1:18:07 and club womenā€™s champion SUZY HAWKINS ran a new PB of 1:32:46.

Daniel Sutton came in with 1:50:45.Ā  Marie Colucci and Dawn Easby finished together in 1:55:39.

 

Position Participant Chip time Category Cat Pos
53 SIMON JACKSON 01:17:26 (M) 40-44 9
61 STEFFAN FORD 01:18:07 (M) 40-44 13 PB
526 ASHLEY SCHOENWETTER 01:31:13 (F) 30-34 10
612 SUZY HAWKINS 01:32:46 (F) 40-44 10 PB
2501 DANIEL SUTTON 01:50:45 (M) 25-29 246
2624 VERITY FISHER 01:51:49 (F) 30-34 86
3138 MARIE COLUCCI 01:55:30 (F) 40-44 135
3139 DAWN EASBY 01:55:30 (F) 35-39 138

 

Paris Half Marathon

Karen Ellis ran the Paris Half Marathon in 2:23:39 and Maria Thorne completed in 2:30:53

 

EMAC

DAVID BOWKER competed for EMAC in the Inter Area Indoor Match at Lee Valley on Sunday.Ā  He was fourth in the male 35 plus 2K walk and ran the third leg of the male 50 plus relay team who finished third.Ā  EMAC is the Eastern Masters Athletic Club.Ā  Several Spartans are members so they can take part in competitions for veterans.

 

Coach to London

Do you have an entry to the London Marathon on 22nd April 2018? Ā Have you thought how you will get to London from Stevenage on the big day? Fairlands Valley Spartans have a coach from Stevenage and there are spare places. Ā The cost is just Ā£10. Ā If you would like to join us, please contact Roger Biggs on roger@thebiggs.net.

 

Parkrun Highlights 3rd March

With most local parkruns cancelled due to the recent weather conditions only two Spartans made it out to participate in a parkrun this weekend.

JOHN ROXBOROUGH and MARK BEASLEY both went to Panshanger, with John finishing 39th male in 23 mins 11 secs and Mark 40th male in 23:16.

 

Coming Events

Many Spartans will be enjoying a busy programme of races, social and training events over the next few weeks including:

 

  • Milton Keynes 5K, 10K, Half and 20 miles on Sunday 11th March.
  • Finchley 20 miles (including Herts County Champs) on Sunday 18th March.
  • Oakley 20 miles on Sunday 18th March.
  • Serpentine 5K on Friday 23rd March (please note change of date).
  • Orion 15 classic cross country at Chingford (Epping Forest) on Saturday 24th March.
  • County Cross Country Championships for Veterans at Royston on Sunday 25th March.
  • Maidenhead Easter Ten on Good Friday 30th March.
  • Club training twenty from Marriotts on Friday 30th March.
  • Sandy Ten on Sunday 8th April.
  • London Marathon on Sunday 22nd April.
  • Flitwick 10K on Sunday 29th April.
  • Stirling Marathon on Sunday 29th April.
  • EMAC track and field event one at Stevenage on Wednesday 2nd May.
  • County open 1500 and veteran track and field championships on Monday 7th May.
  • Pednor Five including county championships for veterans on Monday 7th May.
  • Mid Week Road Race League race one 6 miles in Epping Forest on Thursday 10th May at 7.30p.m.
  • Mid Week Road Race League race two 10K in St. Albans on Thursday 24th May.
  • EMAC track and field event two at Bedford on Wednesday 6th June.
  • Mid Week League Race 3 8K in Trent Park on Thursday 7th June.
  • Welwyn 10K including senior county championships on Sunday 24th June.
  • Mid Week League Race 4 in Stevenage on Wednesday 27th June.
  • EMAC track and field event three at Cambridge on Wednesday 4th July.
  • Mid Week League Mob Match on 12th July.
  • Fairlands Valley Challenge off road on Sunday 15th July.
  • EMAC track and field event four at Milton Keynes on Wednesday 1st August.
  • Welwyn Half Marathon on Sunday 9th September (new date).
  • Standalone 10K on Sunday 7th October.
  • Peterborough Half Marathon (GER) on Sunday 14th October.
  • Stevenage Half Marathon on Sunday 4th November.
  • St Neots Half Marathon on Sunday 18th November.

 

Tables

 

parkrun Pos Gen parkrunner Time Notes
Panshanger 44 39 John ROXBOROUGH 00:23:11
Panshanger 45 40 Mark BEASLEY 00:23:16
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February 2018 – stretch of the month

February sees the start of a new series of stretches from the Club Head coach Kieran.