Month: June 2017

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Scott’s Travel Midweek League – Race 4 (NHRR)

 

Results from Race 4 in Stevenage, hosted by NHRR, are now available on the following link:

Race 4 results

Fairlands Valley Spartans finished second on the night as both men’s and women’s teams managed to finish in front of Bishops Stortford. The result moved the Spartans up to second spot after the final scoring race of the season to secure promotion back to Division 1 for next season.

Both teams finished third after the four races, but crucially the women were three points ahead of Bishops Stortford in fourth, while the men were two points behind Stortford.

Congratulations to the 76 Spartans that ran on the night for a massive effort. Also to NHRR who again won the men’s and women’s races on the night and are confirmed as Division 2 champions.

Congratulations too to Harpenden Arrows and Stevenage Striders who are promoted from Division 3 to Division 2 for next season.

Spartans’ individual results and rankings across the four counting races can be found in the file below:

FVS Individual Results

With the 1st and 2nd placed V40 men over the four races both picking up ‘Open’ medals, Grant Ramsay and Simon Jackson will be collecting 1st and 2nd V40 awards, Brian White wins 1st V60 and Carol Paul 2nd V55, whilst just outside of the winners were Claire Emmerson 4th V45, Sharon Crowley 4th V55 and Paul Holgate 4th V60. Nuala Robinson would have picked up an award had she not had to miss a race for her honeymoon!

Well done to all those who have picked up individual awards or gone close, and indeed to all Spartans who ran, helped or supported across the four races, all contributing to the promotion on the last day.

 

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DOUBLE PODIUM FOR SPARTANS

 

BRIAN WHITE and JIM BROWN were on the podium together after Sunday’s Welwyn 10K which included the county championships for veteran runners.  They won the SILVER and BRONZE medals in the male 60 plus category and won the second and third place trophies for the same category in the open race.  CLAIRE PULLEN took SILVER in the women’s 45 plus county championship.

In addition Brian White, STEVE GREEN, TIM SABAN and MARK GOODWIN won silver in the county men’s team competition.

This was a morning for negative splits – running the second half faster than the first.  A tough kilometre around the four kilometre mark added to the net climb from the start meant many runners were about two minutes quicker in the second 5K.

MIKE GREEN was the quickest Spartan finishing 18th out of about 600 runners in a great time for such an undulating course, a sub forty 39 minutes 10 seconds.  Next came BRIAN WHITE’s medal winning performance 40:30, 24th overall and a good for age score over 80%.  STEVE GREEN came in with 41:09 at 28th and TIM SABAN with 43:53 at 48th.

CLAIRE PULLEN was the club’s fastest woman with 45 minutes 58 seconds to score over 75%.  She was 72nd with JOHN NELMS just ahead with the same time and MARK GOODWIN three seconds behind at 73rd with 46:01.  HANNAH NEALE made into the top hundred with a very useful 46:47 at 85th.  She was the fifth senior woman (18-34).

JIM BROWN beat the fifty with 49:01.   Next came CHRIS HOLLAND in 51:30; KEN JUDE in 52:43; HAYLEY BIRONNEAU in 53:17; LISA GRAY in 53:37; ALICE BURLEIGH in 55:54; and ALEXANDRA WHITEHOUSE in 1:01:38.

CAREN THAIN and KELLY CHAPMAN looked like they were thoroughly enjoying themselves as they finished their 10K in 1:22:35.

 

Rank Name Cat Chip Time AG% Comments
18. Mike GREEN MS 0:39:10 68.7%
24. Brian WHITE MV60 0:40:30 82.4% County & Team Silver
28. Steve GREEN MV40 0:41:09 71.0% Team Silver
48. Tim SABAN MV50 0:43:53 68.3% Team Silver
71. John NELMS MV40 0:45:58 63.6% (Not Herts)
72. Claire PULLEN FV45 0:45:58 75.3% County Silver
73. Mark GOODWIN MV50 0:46:01 70.4% Team Silver
85. Hannah NEALE FS 0:46:47 64.5%
116. Jim BROWN MV60 0:49:01 69.8% County Bronze
162. Chris HOLLAND MS 0:51:30 52.9%
192. Ken JUDE MV50 0:52:43 58.2%
205. Hayley BIRONNEAU FS 0:53:17 56.7%
211. Lisa GRAY FV45 0:53:37 61.5%
260. Alice BURLEIGH FS 0:55:54 53.9%
406. Alexandra WHITEHOUSE FS 1:01:38 48.9%
578. Caren THAIN FV45 1:22:35 40.3%
579. Kelly CHAPMAN FV35 1:22:35 37.5%

 

Now scores of Spartans are looking forward to running 10K in the Mid Week League race around Stevenage this Wednesday evening.

 

Bronze in Birmingham

GRANT RAMSAY was in Birmingham for the British Masters Track and Field Championships .  In the 3000 metres steeplechase he won BRONZE in the 45 plus category with 11 minutes 40 seconds.

 

Trent Triffic Trail

The Trent Triffic Trail is a tough trail run with steep long uphill grinds through the woods and parkland of Trent Park.   Spartan TIM ROBINSON was 148th in 50 minutes 49 seconds.

 

Pleshey Five Miles

On a lovely Friday evening in the small Essex village of Pleshey, ROGER BIGGS completed the Springfield Friday 5 miles in a time of 49:14.

 

Herts Hobble

A cool breeze made for good running conditions at Sunday’s Herts Hobble off-road marathon which this year took in the villages of Bramfield, Chapmore End, Westmill, Thundridge, Sacombe, Dane End, Little Munden, Ardeley, Benington, Watton-at-Stone and Tewin, along with large sections of the Woodhall Estate and Hanbury Manor.

Trudy Molloy (in her first off road marathon), Tricia Hopper, Karen Liddle and Barry King all finished together in 6:41:42; Mike Newbitt and Paul Holgate were not far behind in 6:42:55 while Sharon and Mike Crowley both walked the event in 7:10:55.

Parkrun Reports

It was a humid Saturday morning with not many Spartans taking the parkrun option this week.

At Stevenage, KEITH COUGHLIN was first across the line in 18:37.  NICK GILL was next Spartan, finishing 19th in 22:05 and STEVE SMITHSON was 39th in 23:40.  The other men running were JOHN MCCALL (27:45), ROGER BIGGS (28:33), TREVOR BROOM (a new course PB of 37:05) and SELVAN NAICKER (43:39).

For the women VERITY FISHER was sixth in 24:38 and TRACY PEZ continues to progress after injury, finishing seventh in 24:44.  SARAH RUSHWORTH ran her first ever parkrun and squeezed just inside the 30 minutes mark in 29:59 to finish 36th, while Sally Phillips finished 50th in 31:04.

Elsewhere BARRY OSBORNE was 13th at Ellenbrook Fields in a time of 21:02, while DARYL STEVENS was 81st at Upton House near Poole in 43:20.

 

Coming Events

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

  • Fourth Mid Week Road Race League from Ridlins on Wednesday 28th June.
  • Serpentine 5K on Friday 30th June.
  • Bassingbourn Mixed Terrain Half Marathon on Sunday 2nd July.
  • EMAC Track and Field at Milton Keynes on Wednesday 5th July.
  • Mob Match at Welwyn Garden City on Thursday 13th July.
  • Fairlands Valley Challenge from Stevenage on 15th and 16th July
  • EMAC Track and Field at Stevenage on Wednesday 26th July.
  • Fairlands Valley Relays in Stevenage on Thursday 27th July.
  • Herts Senior 5K Championships at Hatfield on Wednesday 30th August.
  • Herts Veteran 5K Championships at Hatfield on Wednesday 13th September.
  • Herts Senior 10K Championships at Standalone on Sunday 1st October.
  • Peterborough Half Marathon on Sunday 8th October.
  • Stevenage Half Marathon on Sunday 22nd October.
  • St Neots Half Marathon on Sunday 19th November.  Enter fast.
  • Hertfordshire Five Mile Championship for Veterans at Hatfield on Sunday 26th Nov.
  • Bass Belle 10 near Royston on Sunday 26th November.
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PROMOTION ON A KNIFE EDGE

 

It’s on a knife edge in the Mid Week League.  A much improved performance by Fairlands Valley Spartans including their women taking second place on the night on Wednesday means the club are now only one point short of the promotion zone from division two to one.  Bishops Stortford are on 25 and the Spartans on 24.  Critical to their success was the women taking second by only seven race places 108 to 115 squeezing Harlow into third.

An impressive 73 Spartans, 29 women and 44 women, ran in the third race of the series which was on an undulating course based on Preston and including Ley Green, the Lilley Bottom Road and Kings Walden.

On a warm evening GRANT RAMSAY led in the “A” team in 36 minutes 37 seconds for 12th overall.  SIMON JACKSON was just ten seconds behind, thirteenth in 36:47.  STEFFAN FORD was 17th in 37:04; BRIAN BRACKSTONE 21st in 37:24 and RICHARD SPRINGALL was also sub 40 at 21st in 39:31.  MIKE GREEN, 40:08; BRIAN WHITE, winning the veteran 60 plus category in 40:10; RICHARD BATE, 41:07; STUART HAYCROFT, 41:20; new member CHRIS TILLBROOK, 41:27 and DAVID RIDDELL, 41:28 and STEVE GREEN, 42:13 completed the team.  There were three complete twelve man teams.

SUZY HAWKINS was Fairlands fastest female coming in with 44 minutes 43 seconds; CLAIRE PULLEN was next in 47:51; HANNAH NEALE in 48:07; ISABEL GREEN in 48:12; RUTH REILLY in 49:55 and HAZEL SMITH completing the women’s “A” team in 50:32.  Women’s teams consist of six runners in division two but the Spartans would have done well with teams of eight as VERITY FISHER came in with 50:41 and ROSIE INGRAM in 51:16.  As it was the Spartans had FOUR complete women’s teams.

Birthday Boy JIM BROWN celebrated by also finishing in 51 minutes 16 seconds.  JULIE SIMMONS won the women’s 55 plus category with 53:49.  There’s everything to run for in the fourth and final race of the series which will be back in Stevenage on Wednesday evening 28th June.

 

Race Name Time Comments
12 Grant Ramsay 36:37 5MV40.  “A” team.
13 Simon Jackson 36:47 6MV40.  “A” team.
17 Steffan Ford 37:04 7MV40.  “A” team.
21 Brian Brackstone 37:24 8MV40.  “A” team.
40 Richard Springall 39:31 “A” team.
49 Mike Green 40:08 “A” team.
50 Brian White 40:10 2MV60.  “A” team.
61 Richard Bate 41:07 “A” team.
66 Stuart Haycroft 41:20 “A” team.
69 Chris Tillbrook 41:27 New Spartan.  “A” team.
70 David Riddell 41:28 5MV50. “A” team.
77 Steve Green 42:13 “A” team.
86 Mark Collins 43:06 “B” team.
90 Barry Osborne 43:20 3MV60.  “B” team.
93 Dean Carpenter 43:30 “B” team.
101 Thomas Sauka 44:20 “B” team.
102 Pete Smith 44:21 “B” team
108 Suzy Hawkins (F) 44:43 5FV35.  “FA” team
122 Darren Emmerson 46:21 “B” team.
124 Gareth Cowell 46:28 “B” team
126 Mark Goodwin 46:31 “B” team
134 Adrian Busolini 46:46 “B” team
141 Paul Maguire 47:03 “B” team
158 Claire Pullen (F) 47:51 4FV45. “FA” team.
162 John Nelms 48:00 “B” team
164 Hannah Neale (F) 48:07 “FA” team.
166 Isabel Green (F) 48:12 “FA” team
185 Mark Beasley 49:05 “B” team
188 Paul Batterbee 49:24 “C” team
189 Martin Dudley 49:24 “C” team
198 Greg Kelly 49:55 “C” team
199 Ruth Reilly (F) 49:55 “FA” team
213 Hazel Smith (F) 50:32 “FA” team.
216 Verity Fisher (F) 50:41 “FB” team.
217 James Kilroy 50:42 “C” team.
225 Jim Brown 51:16 8MV60. “C” team.  B.  Boy.
226 Ros Ingram (F) 51:16 “FB” team.
230 Tim Robinson 51:40 “C” team.
231 Neil Robinson 51:44 “C” team.
232 Claire Emmerson (F) 51:46 7FV45. “FB” team.
237 Lauren Deighton (F) 51:56 “FB” team.
246 Ken Jude 52:45 “C” team.
249 Vishal Shah 52:55 “C” team.
250 Andy Jay 52:58 “C” team.
256 Juliet Fullwood (F) 53:11 “FB” team.
262 Lee Pickersgill 53:36 “C” team.
265 Callum Beasley 53:40 “C” team.
267 Julie Simmons (F) 53:49 First FV55.  “FB” team.
268 Hazel Clark (F) 53:52 “FC” team
272 Lisa Gray (F) 54:01 “FC” team
273 Karen Ellis (F) 54:01 “FC” team
285 Hayley Bironneau (F) 55:05 “FC” team
289 Jon Sypula 55:21
293 Jenny Garrett (F) 55:34 “FC” team
294 Alice Burleigh (F) 55:37 “FC” team
295 Elliott Thompson 55:44
300 Callie Chapman (F) 56:18 “FD” team
301 Carol Paul (F) 56:19 5FV55.  “FD” team
302 Sarah Pike (F) 56:21 “FD” team
303 Kelly McHale (F) 56:23 “FD” team
311 Steve Pike 57:15
312 Paul Holgate 57:18 9MV60
313 Andy Smith 57:38
319 Simon Sypula 57:57
322 Karl Shreeve 58:17
325 Sue Hamer (F) 58:26 “FD” team
326 Erica Grayson (F) 58:30 “FD” team
329 Julie Shadbolt (F) 58:47
330 Rob Shaw 58:53
350 Victoria Brett (F) 1:01:03
351 Caroline Croft (F) 1:01:10
360 Alexandra Whitehouse (F) 1:03:08
363 Sharon Crowley (F) 1:03:24

 

Marston Podium

CRAIG HALSEY did the Marston 5km Friday evening and finished third overall in 16.39.

 

Poppyline Marathon

On Saturday Carol Paul ran the poppyline off road marathon in Norfolk. Starting in Sheringham and going down the coast to Cromer and then inland to Fulbrigg, west Beckham, Baconsthorpe and Holt and heading back to coast via Weybourne and back along the cliff tops in to Sheringham. On a very hot day carol completed the off road marathon in 5:40

 

Great Lakes for Thomas

THOMAS SAUKA did the Great Lakes fell race which also incorporated the long course fell racing British championships.  He finished in 5 hours 36 minutes.

 

Manitoba Marathon

Roger Biggs travelled to Winnipeg, the Capital city of Manitoba, to complete the Manitoba Marathon.  The temperature perhaps got up 15C – cool compared with Stevenage – with grey skies and an early rain shower, not to forget the almost perfectly flat course.

Despite what seemed a lot of reasons for a good time, Roger completed  the marathon in 5 hours 3 minutes 47 seconds.

 

Parkrun Reports

NATALIE LAWRENCE was the fastest Spartan in parkrun action at the weekend, finishing as first woman in a time of 19 minutes 31 seconds at Gorleston Cliffs.

VERITY FISHER also finished as first woman, running a time of 24:10 at Millom parkrun. DANNY SUTTON was third man to finish at the same event, in a time of 23:18.

Stevenage saw a handful of Spartans running. BARRY OSBORNE ran a new course PB to finish 15th in 20:28 while MARTIN DUDLEY was 41st in 22:26. JAMES SOUTH continues his comeback from injury, pushing a buggy round in 35:27. For the woman VICTORIA BRETT was 18th in 28:29 and MONICA SMITHSON 45th in 30:50.

At Panshanger STEVE GREEN was eighth in 19:39, a new course PB, and ISABEL GREEN was 46th woman in 29:22, while NEIL ROBINSON went to Ellenbrook Fields and finished 45th in 23:59.

Further afield, DARRYL STEVENS ran at Brockenhurst in 40:31, and KAREN PALMER ran in Jersey, finishing in 28:43.

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Scott’s Travel Midweek League – Race 3 Hitchin

 

Final results from the 3rd race of Division 2 of the Scott’s Travel Midweek Road Race League are available at the following link (changes from the provisional results are to finishing times from position 296 onwards) :

Race 3 – Hitchin Results

North Herts Road Runners won both the men’s and women’s races. The Spartan men’s team were 3rd on the night behind Bishops Storford who were second, with the women being second ahead of Harlow Running Club in third with the Stortford women fourth. Overall Spartans finished second on the night with Bishops Stortford in third.

With one race to go NHRR have already sealed the top spot in the division. The battle for second is extremely tight with the Spartans lying in third place just one point behind Bishops Stortford.

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LINDA WINS 5K

 

Thankfully the rain stayed away just long enough for Thursday evening’s welcome return of the Fairlands Valley Spartans Handicap 5k.  There were 30 finishers.

The winner was Linda Nolan, a massive 8½ minutes ahead of handicap in a personal best (PB) time of 27 minutes 29 seconds.  Ryan Dunning finished first man in 23:50, just ahead of Ken Jude in a year best time of 23:25 and with newcomer Josh Massey third man in 23:53.  Alexandra Whitehouse finished second lady (fifth overall) in a new PB time of 29:19, with Lauren Deighton third lady in a PB time of 23:50.

Fastest runner on the night was Steve Green in 19:47, three seconds quicker than Stuart Haycroft 19:50, with Liam Herbert 20:08 third quickest.  The fastest woman was Hannah Neale in a new PB of 22:32, with Lauren Deighton (23:50) second quickest and Susan McAneny 24:57 PB third fastest.

There were also PBs for David Quicke, Mark Collins, Andy Reeve, Alice Burleigh, Emma Poulter and Julia White, a new Season Best time for Steve Gough and Year Bests for Vishal Shah, Lisa Gray, Bernadette Millwood, Simon Sypula, Jon Sypula, Andy Smith and Jordan Quicke.

The time between the 2nd and 29th finishers was just 3 minutes 52 seconds and 73% of finishers were within 1 minute of their adjusted handicap.  In handicap races the slowest runner starts first with the others at intervals based on their recent performances.  In theory if everyone ran to form they would all finish together.  In reality the winner will be the best improver.

 

Position Name Time Comments R F
1 LINDA NOLAN 27:29 PB 23 6
2 RYAN DUNNING 23:50 9
3 KEN JUDE 23:25 YB 8
4 JOSH MASSEY 23:53 PB 11
5 ALEXANDRA WHITEHOUSE 29:19 PB 24 7
6 LAUREN DEIGHTON 23:50 2nd fastest woman.  PB 10 2
7 LIAM HERBERT 20:08 3rd fastest runner.  YB 3
8 VISHAL SHAH 24:06 YB 12
9 DAVID QUICKE 25:10 PB 17
10 SUSAN McANENY 24:57 Third fastest woman.  PB 15 3
11 MARK COLLINS 20:15 PB 4
12 HANNAH NEALE 22:32 Fastest woman.  PB 6 1
13 ELLA GOWER 32:24 29 10
14 STUART HAYCROFT 19:50 Second fastest runner 2
15 LISA GRAY 25:12 YB 18 4
16 BERNADETTE MILLWOOD 30:58 YB 27 9
17 ANDY REEVE 31:00 PB 28
18 SIMON SYPULA 26:16 YB 22
19 JON SYPULA 24:47 YB 14
20 STEVE GREEN 19:47 Fastest runner 1
21 LEE PICKERSGILL 25:07 16
22 ALICE BURLEIGH 25:50 PB 20 5
23 DARREN EMMERSON 22:17 5
24 EMMA POULTER 34:44 PB 30 11
25 TIM ROBINSON 24:40 13
26 MARTIN DUDLEY 22:56 7
27 STEVE GOUGH 29:46 SB 25
28 JULIA WHITE 29:53 PB 26 8
29 ANDY SMITH 25:43 YB 19
30 JORDAN QUICKE 26:01 YB 21

 

The next handicap 5K will be on Thursday evening 6th July.

 

Relay Record For Spartans

Fairlands Valley Spartans travelled to a wet and windy Cambridge University track for the second of four matches on Wednesday.  The ladies team finished in second place, just three points behind Marshall Milton Keynes AC, but remain top of the league.  The men’s team, depleted by other commitments, finished fourth.

Dave Bowker started off the evening well by breaking the male over 50 year 1500 Metre Walk record by over 4 seconds in a good standard race.

Chris Westcott returned from injury to race in the 1500 Metres coming second, then finishing third in the 200m.  Anton McCalla covered the discus throw and the Triple Jump. Mark Freeman covered the men’s over 60 years events and a busy Steve Mayfield covered events in both the 35 to 49 and the 50 to 59 year age groups.

The women’s over 50 years 4×200 Metres Relay team  of Monica Brown, Sharon Crowley, Alison Wood and Tessa Stephenson lead from the start to finish off the evening  with a record breaking win in an impressive time of 2 minutes 30.5 seconds beating their previous record time by three seconds.  This was backed up by individual wins for Alison Wood, Monica Brown and Tessa Stephenson.  Sharon Crowley did a personal best in the 1500 Metre Walk, beating her previous best by 29 seconds.  Irish Hornsey finished third in the javelin and also the 200m.  Yuko Gordon finished second in the 1500m.  The women’s 35 to 49 years relay of Steph Mayfield, Christine Lathwell, Peta Wilson and Andrea Westcott won achieving maximum points.  Peta Wilson also covered the 200m and discus events. Andrea Westcott did javelin, 80m hurdles, and equalled her personal best in the high jump to finish third. An injured Stephanie Mayfield bravely did the triple jump. Christine Lathwell covered two 1500m events, running one and walking the other.

 

St Albans Hilly Half

TIM ROBINSON, JULIE SHADBOLT, CAROLINE CROFT (pictured above), and KARTIK SHARMA ran the hot and very hilly St Albans Half Marathon on Sunday.  Tim and Julie crossed the line together and were given finishing times of 2:13:27 and 2:13:28.  Kartik was not far behind in 2:14:07 and Caroline clocked a time of 2:18:07.

 

Big Night Wednesday

Seventy six Spartans raced in the second Mid Week League on 24th May when the club was also providing event organisers and marshals.  Now Fairlands Valley are hoping that more than eighty will run this Wednesday evening’s event based on Preston near Hitchin (SG4 7RT).

 

Manitowoc Marathon

Manitowoc is a small town on the West Coast shore of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin, USA,

The marathon hugged the shoreline from the University of Manitowoc to the South, through Manitowoc and then Twin Rivers to the North, before turning back to a finish at the University.  Always known to be a windy area, which is just as well, as it helped keep temperatures to the bearable, but at times they still approaching 28C or more.

After a reasonable first half, ROGER BIGGS struggled in the heat to finish in 5:08:28

 

Coastal Carol

On Saturday 3rd June Carol Paul ran the Viking Coastal at Betteshanger Country park in Kent.  On a very warm day Carol completed the marathon (12.96 laps of the cyclopark) in 4:24:59 coming Inasmuch 4th lady and 18th over all

 

Open Track

CRAIG HALSEY ran the open 3000 metres on the track at Watford in 9.26 on 31st May.

 

Parkrun Reports 10th June

At Stevenage parkrun Spartans filled three of the top ten finishers in the ladies’ division. CLAIRE PULLEN was first in 23:01, VERITY FISHER second in 24:24 and CAROL PAUL 6th in 26:08. TRACY PEZ ran her best time since injury, finishing in 26:46.  ERICA GRAYSON ran 27:07 in her first parkrun, a 5K best time. KAREN ELLIS (27:53) and KAREN PALMER (28:45) were the other Spartan ladies.

For the men BARRY OSBORNE was 8th in 20:58, ALLAN GARCIA was 19th in 22:26, a new course PB and RYAN DUNNING followed up his excellent run in the club’s handicap 5k with another fine run in 23:38. CALLUM BEASLEY in 25:24 was the third Spartan male finisher. TIM ROBINSON (27:24), JOHN MCCALL (27:59), JAMES SOUTH (29:51), SELVAN NAICKER (40:44) and IAN ALEXANDER (51:17, tail-runner) also ran.

Fastest Spartan parkrunner of the week was TIM SABAN who returned to Canons Park and was 8th in 20:39, a new course PB. Finally, JOHN ROXBOROUGH ran into a top 50 finish at Conwy parkrun in 25:45.

 

Parkrun Reports 3rd June

The fastest Spartan parkrunner of the weekend was CRAIG HALSEY, who ran a new course PB of 16 mins 41 secs at Panshanger to be first finisher, more than a minute and a half ahead of the second placed runner. CRAIG BACON was second Spartan finisher in 3th place in 22:57, also a new course PB, and KEN JUDE was next home in 23:51. ANDY JAY (25:00), TIM ROBINSON (27:35) and ANTHONY OSBORNE (38:09) completed the sextet of Spartans at the venue.

Twenty-one Spartans turned out at the home parkrun in Stevenage. For the men NICK GILL was 16th finisher in 21:03, a new course PB. PAUL MAGUIRE was 39th in 22:38 (also a course PB) and DANIEL SUTTON 44th in 23:05. MARK BEASLEY also made the top 50 in 23:07. The other men running were RYAN DUNNING (23:27, course PB), SIMON SYPULA (26:55), JAMES SOUTH (30:39), STEVEN DOBNER (31:14), ROBERT HARDY (39:06) and SELVAN NAICKER (39:28).

For the women HANNAH NEALE was second across the line in a new course PB time of 22:20. VERITY FISHER was fourth in 23:20, CALLIE CHAPMAN 12th in 25:46 and HAZEL SMITH 13th in 25:46. ALEXANDRA WHITEHOUSE (29:11) and SALLY PHILLIPS (29:47) also ran new course PBs to make the top 50. The other Spartan women were PAULINE FARNHAM (31:27, new course PB), EMMA POULTER (36:14), CAREN THAIN (36:15), EMMA MARTIN (39:52) and PAULINE HARDY (40:39).

Elsewhere BARRY OSBORNE was 10th male finisher at Oak Hill in 20:19, while TIM SABAN was also in North London, running 22:14 to finish 5th at Oak Hill. Finally ANOUSAKA GREENWAY was first woman to finish at Worthing parkrun in a new course PB of 19:26.

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Linda Nolan Wins The June Handicap 5k

 

Thankfully the rain stayed away just long enough for tonight’s welcome return of the Handicap 5k. 30 finishers from 31 starters. I hope that Lisa Smith’s hamstring recovers quickly. Many thanks to Cathy Craig for her assistance with the start and finish.

Winner was Linda Nolan, a massive 8½ minutes ahead of handicap in a PB time of 27:29. Ryan Dunning finished first man in 23:50, just ahead of Ken Jude in a year best time of 23:25 and with newcomer Josh Massey 3rd man in 23:53. Alexandra Whitehouse finished 2nd lady (5th overall) in a new PB time of 29:19, with Lauren Deighton 3rd lady in a PB time of 23:50.

Fastest runner on the night was Steve Green in 19:47, 3 seconds quicker than Stuart Haycroft 19:50, with Liam Herbert 20:08 3rd quickest. Fastest lady was Hannah Neale in a new PB of 22:32, with Lauren Deighton (23:50) 2nd quickest and Susan McAneny 24:57 PB 3rd fastest.

There were also PB’s for David Quicke, Mark Collins, Andy Reeve, Alice Burleigh, Emma Poulter and Julia White, a new Season Best time for Steve Gough and Year Bests for Vishal Shah, Lisa Gray, Bernadette Millwood, Simon Sypula, Jon Sypula, Andy Smith and Jordan Quicke.

Time between 2nd-29th finishers was just 3:52 and 73% of finishers were within 1 minute of their adjusted handicap.

Full results table as follows:

HANDICAP 5K – THURS 8th JUNE 2017 Own Finish Comp Adj
Pos NAME SURNAME No. Time PB R F Adj H’cap Time Hcap comp
1 LINDA NOLAN 76 27:29 PB 23 6 0:07 6:00 33:36 8:31 6:48
2 RYAN DUNNING 77 23:50 9 0:01 14:30 38:21 3:40 2:21
3 KEN JUDE 78 23:25 YB 8 0:01 15:00 38:26 3:35 2:18
4 JOSH MASSEY 79 23:53 PB 11 15:00 38:53 3:07 1:50
5 ALEXANDRA WHITEHOUSE 80 29:19 PB 24 7 10:15 39:34 2:26 0:55
6 LAUREN DEIGHTON 81 23:50 PB 10 2 15:45 39:35 2:25 1:10
7 LIAM HERBERT 82 20:08 YB 3 19:30 39:38 2:22 1:18
8 VISHAL SHAH 83 24:06 YB 12 15:45 39:51 2:09 0:54
9 DAVID QUICKE 84 25:10 PB 17 0:01 14:45 39:56 2:05 0:47
10 SUSAN McANENY 85 24:57 PB 15 3 15:00 39:57 2:03 0:46
11 MARK COLLINS 86 20:15 PB 4 19:45 40:00 2:00 0:56
12 HANNAH NEALE 87 22:32 PB 6 1 17:30 40:02 1:58 0:48
13 ELLA GOWER 88 32:24 29 10 0:09 7:30 40:03 2:06 0:27
14 STUART HAYCROFT 89 19:50 2 20:30 40:20 1:40 0:39
15 LISA GRAY 90 25:12 YB 18 4 0:10 15:00 40:22 1:48 0:31
16 BERNADETTE MILLWOOD 91 30:58 YB 27 9 9:30 40:28 1:32 (0:01)
17 ANDY REEVE 92 31:00 PB 28 9:30 40:30 1:30 (0:03)
18 SIMON SYPULA 93 26:16 YB 22 14:15 40:31 1:29 0:10
19 JON SYPULA 94 24:47 YB 14 15:45 40:32 1:28 0:13
20 STEVE GREEN 95 19:47 1 21:00 40:47 1:13 0:13
21 LEE PICKERSGILL 96 25:07 16 15:45 40:52 1:08 (0:07)
22 ALICE BURLEIGH 97 25:50 PB 20 5 15:15 41:05 1:10 (0:07)
23 DARREN EMMERSON 98 22:17 5 19:00 41:17 0:43 (0:23)
24 EMMA POULTER 99 34:44 PB 30 11 0:04 6:30 41:18 0:46 (0:55)
25 TIM ROBINSON 100 24:40 13 16:45 41:25 0:35 (0:37)
26 MARTIN DUDLEY 101 22:56 7 18:30 41:26 0:34 (0:33)
27 STEVE GOUGH 102 29:46 SB 25 12:00 41:46 0:14 (1:12)
28 JULIA WHITE 103 29:53 PB 26 8 12:00 41:53 0:07 (1:19)
29 ANDY SMITH 104 25:43 YB 19 16:30 42:13 (0:13) (1:26)
30 JORDAN QUICKE 105 26:01 YB 21 17:30 43:31 (1:31) (2:41)

Excel downloadable version is HERE

The next handicap will be in 4 weeks time on the 6th July.

Best regards

Paul

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