Month: June 2018

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MARK AND CATHY ARE WINNERS AT WELWYN

 

Spartans MARK GOODWIN and CATHY CRAIG were prizewinners at the Welwyn 10K on Sunday.  Mark was first man over 60 with 48 minutes 10 seconds and Cathy was third woman over 65 in 61 minutes 53 seconds.

MIKE GREEN was fastest of the twenty Spartans in 41 minutes 43 seconds and RUTH REILLY fastest female in 48:04.  She was chased in by Mark Goodwin who enjoyed what he said was a novel experience of being a prize winner.

JIM BROWN said, “It was emphatically a race of two halves with a ‘mountain’ to climb between 2 and 4 kilometres.  It took me 26 minutes 47 seconds to get to 5K but only 23 minutes 29 seconds from there to the finish.”

REECE McCULLAGH ran his FIRST race ever as a Spartan on Sunday at the Welwyn 10K.  He came in with a brilliant time of 47.11 which placed him in 101st position overall out of the 521 finishers.  Reece said he found the race quite challenging, especially with the two hills and hot weather.  He was joined by many fellow Spartans and appreciated the support throughout the day.  Reece totally enjoyed the race and found it to be very well organised.

TIM SABAN scored more than 70% on age standard.  VICTORIA BRETT and CLAIRE HYDE came in second and third women for the club with 58:55 and 58:56.  MONICA SMITHSON beat the hour with 59:51.

(All Spartan times at the end of this release).

 

Golds

There were two Southern Masters M45 Golds for Fairlands Valley Spartans at Battersea.  Grant RAMSAY with a scorching last lap in the 3K steeplechase to record 10.58, finally getting under his 11:00 goal.  He was first M45 and first overall.  Richard BRUCE won GOLD running 54.81 in the 400 metres.

In a well paced run in the heat, Ramsay was able to make his last lap the quickest (91 seconds) and get under the magic 11:00 minutes.  Grant said “This my quickest time for years and I am now looking forward to the British Masters Championships in August.”

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On Wednesday Grant WON the Cambridgeshire Open 3000 metres steeplechase in 11 minutes 16 seconds.

 

Hitchin Hard Half

Six Spartans ran the hilly Hitchin Hard Half Marathon.  This was a tough race in warm conditions.  It followed an out and back route from Hitchin up to Preston via Offley Holes hill (Charlton), down the Lilley Bottom Road then back up again.  KELLY EVANS ran a great 2 hours 5 minutes 36 seconds to be the first Spartan finisher.

SOPH GEORGIOU came in with 2:09:27; ROBERT WRIGHT and ERICA GRAYSON both with 2:14:11; VICKY COTTOM 2:34:09 and TRACY STILES 2:41:04.

SAM SIMMONS ran the Hitchin Hard 10K in 59 minutes 31 seconds.

 

Summer Solstice 10K

St. Albans Summer Solstice 10K.  JAMES KILROY ran this race organised by St. Albans Striders on Friday evening.  Almost identical route to the Mid Week League 10K but with a shorter start on the field and an added loop round a residential area at the end of the 4.5k run out.  Really well organised, chip timed, well marshalled, BBQ and music afterwards, highly recommend.  He was happy to take 42 seconds off his MWL effort with a chip time of 52.02, after a week off with throat infection.

 

Come And Cheer On The Spartans

Fairlands Valley Spartans racing in Fairlands Valley Park.  Wednesday evening’s Mid Week Road Race League fixture will be in Stevenage.  Starting on Gresley Way near Ridlins Track the race will go up the cycleway to the park through pass to the left of the large lake, the right of the middle lake, continue inside the park to the junction of Chells Way and Fairlands Way, the highest point, then swooping down alongside the long hedge back to Six Hills Way and the finish on Gresley Way.  The race starts at 7.45p.m.

 

Herts Hobble

PAUL HOLGATE said the Herts Hobble was run on ridiculously uneven paths on a very hot day through Buntingford, Ardeley, Walkern, Weston, Cottered and Throcking.

The Spartan finishers were Thomas Sauka 5:50:00; Paul Holgate 6:44:30; Tricia Hopper 6:49:52; Barry King 6:49:52; Karen Liddle 6:49:52 and Mike Newbitt 7:25:30

The walkers were Sharon Crowley and Mike Crowley in 7:45:30.

 

Parkrun Highlights 23rd June 18

Well done to Dean and Sofia CARPENTER who both ran their first parkrun this weekend.  Keeping it local, they both ran Stevenage.  Dean was 13th finisher in 20:04 and Sofia was 21st lady in 27:43.   Others running in Stevenage included Danny SCANLON 6th male in 19:10 (PB), Jo BOWDERY 7th lady in 25:10, Verity FISHER 11th lady in 25:31 and Alison SHELLEY 18th lady in 27:06.  Melody BROWN achieved a new PB of 33:11.

Other top 20 finishers included Kelly McHALE 10th lady in Panshanger 25:03, Thomas SAUKA 10th male in Rushmere 22:22, and Sheryl HANN, 12th lady in Letchworth 27:51 (PB).

 

Tables

 

Spartans at Welwyn 10K

 

Position Name Time Comments
33. MIKE GREEN 41:43
46. TIM SABAN 43:12 70.1%
59. JAMES KAY 44:06
101. REECE McCULLAGH 47:11
102. MATTHEW GILL 46:46
115. RUTH REILLY 48:04
119 MARK GOODWIN 48:10 1st MV60.
165. JIM BROWN 50:16 68.8%
218. NEAL MUGGLETON 53:01
283. JONATHAN JONES 55:58
349. VICTORIA BRETT 58:55
350. CLAIRE HYDE 58:56
365. MONICA SMITHSON 59:51
401. CATHY CRAIG 1:01:53 3rd FV65.  66.5%
427. KAREN BROOM 1:04:22
428. TREVOR BROOM 1:04:21
441 ANNEMARIE NEATHAM 1:05:30
444. STEPHANIE MAYFIELD 1:05:47
462. SHELBE MOONBEAM 1:07:30
463. SALLY McBRIDE 1:07:30

 

Saturday’s Parkruns

 

Parkrun Pos Gen Parkrunner Time Notes
Bedford 331 209 Graham HILL 00:35:39
Cirencester 172 112 Darryl STEVENS 00:40:32
Letchworth 69 12 Sheryl HANN 00:27:51 PB
Letchworth 124 41 Ella GOWER 00:34:03
Panshanger 61 53 Andy JAY 00:23:42
Panshanger 80 10 Kelly MCHALE 00:25:03
Rushmere 10 10 Thomas SAUKA 00:22:22
Stevenage 6 6 Danny SCANLON 00:19:10 PB
Stevenage 13 13 Dean CARPENTER 00:20:04 First Parkrun
Stevenage 41 40 Ryan DUNNING 00:23:14
Stevenage 51 47 Daniel SUTTON 00:24:03
Stevenage 57 52 Lee PICKERSGILL 00:24:25
Stevenage 65 60 Jonathan JONES 00:24:49
Stevenage 71 7 Jo BOWDERY 00:25:10
Stevenage 79 70 David SCOTT 00:25:26
Stevenage 84 11 Verity FISHER 00:25:31
Stevenage 111 18 Alison SHELLEY 00:27:06
Stevenage 117 21 Sofia CARPENTER 00:27:43 First Parkrun
Stevenage 123 100 Ken JUDE 00:28:15
Stevenage 151 117 Steven DOBNER 00:29:52
Stevenage 155 35 Claire EMMERSON 00:29:58
Stevenage 156 121 Nick WITCOMBE 00:29:59
Stevenage 176 47 Chloe EMMERSON 00:31:14
Stevenage 184 134 Peter CARPENTER 00:31:48
Stevenage 197 59 Melanie BUTT 00:32:42
Stevenage 211 69 Melody BROWN 00:33:11 PB
Stevenage 212 143 Jim BROWN 00:33:17
Stevenage 213 70 Penny SCHENKEL 00:33:19
Stevenage 230 150 Stephen SMITHSON 00:34:50
Stevenage 250 158 Roger BIGGS 00:36:25
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GARDEN BESTS

 

Several Spartans ran the Run Around the Garden 5K in Letchworth.

SALLY McBRIDE said “I was only into my second week with Fairlands Valley Spartans but I managed to pick up a new personal best.  My second in nine days which is amazing but I also managed to run a sub 30 for the first time.”  She ran the Round the Garden 5K in 29:06 compared with her previous best of 30:43 at the Stevenage Parkrun.

28 minutes 18 seconds ANGIE KEELING improved her PB by 21 seconds.  This was her first 5K in an event affiliated to England Athletics.

JOHN HARRIS ran a season’s best 20:09 and came 20th overall.  He said it was a nice, well organised event.

On the come back trail ROGER BIGGS 37:22 was better than his park run the previous day.  He said, “A little bit at a time and I’ll be taking chunks off that.”.

ERICA GRAYSON enjoyed a weekend of personal bests.  On Saturday she ran the Harpenden Five in 44:13, a PB by 91 seconds and on Sunday the Run Round The Gardens 5K in Letchworth in 26:14, a PB by 20 seconds.

Erica said, “I had a fantastic weekend with my Spartan family.  I was very happy with a PB on Saturday.  It was a lovely race with a beaut of a hill thrown in and then to PB the next day in Letchworth was fantastic.  But the highlight of my weekend though was my 15 year old coming second in Letchworth and achieving his goal of a sub 18 minute 5k by 2 seconds.

CAROLE SHELDRICK totally enjoyed the run and came in with a time of 25:49.  She said she will definitely run again next year.

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Words Up

John Nelms ran the Enigma “Word Up” Marathon 2 on Sunday morning.  This consisted of 7.5 scenic laps of Caldecotte Lake in Milton Keynes.  He finished in 4 hours 15 minutes.

That’s John’s 9th marathon of the year so far ….

 

Cross Training

And several Spartans took part in the Stevenage Circular Cycle organised by Cycling UK.

 

Parkrun Round up 16 June 2018

This week’s Parkrun events were the scene for various personal achievements for the 33 Spartan’s who ran.  PB runs were recorded for VERITY FISHER at Belton House in 25 mins and 10 secs, KELLY McHALE at Wimpole Estate in 26 mins and 12 secs, PAUL JENNINGS in Stevenage at 28 mins and 37 secs, and ELLA GOWER in Letchworth at 34 mins and 4 secs.  The Stevenage event saw milestone races for KAREN PALMER who completed her 50th Parkrun in 25 mins and 58 secs and DAVID SCOTT who finished his 70th Parkrun in 27 mins and 40 secs.

Another bumper week at the Stevenage event saw DANNY SCANLON and STUART ARCHER finish in under 20 mins with times of 19 mins and 26 secs and 19 mins and 54 secs, respectively. Coming in under 30 mins were LEE PICKERSGILL finishing as the 50th male at 23 mins and 52 secs and CALLIE CHAPMAN as the 30th female at 28 mins and 41 secs. With MARTIN DUDLEY at 22 mins and 28 secs, JONATHAN JONES at 24 mins and 41 secs, SUSAN MCANENY at 25 mins and 56 secs, ALISON SHELLEY at 27 mins and 22 secs, and LIZ CARVELL at 29 mins and 11 secs in the same time bracket. Under 45 mins was achieved by KERSTIN WEINER at 31 mins and 10 secs, STEPHEN SMITHSON at 33 mins and 54 secs, MELODY BROWN with a new parkrun PB at 34 mins and 18 secs, JIM BROWN at 34 mins and 18 secs, PENNY SCHENKEL at 34 mins and 21 secs, ROGER BIGGS at 38 mins and 34 secs, and HAZEL JONES at 40 mins and 22 secs.

Finishing within two minutes of each other, ANDY JAY, KEN JUDE and TIM ROBINSON completed the Panshanger course in 25 mins 6 secs, 26 mins and 13 secs, and 27 mins and 15 sec, respectively. While first time runs at new venues saw MICHAEL O’KEEFE run the Brockenhurst event in 26 mins and 29 secs, DANIEL SUTTON complete the Belton house course in 24 mins and 43 secs, and PAUL WHYTE finish the Stevenage course in 35 mins and 27 secs.

 

 

Tables

 

Parkruns

 

Parkrun Pos Gen Parkrunner Time Notes
Stevenage 7 7 Danny SCANLON 00:19:26
9 9 Stuart ARCHER 00:19:54
34 33 Martin DUDLEY 00:22:28
54 50 Lee PICKERSGILL 00:23:52
68 62 Jonathan JONES 00:24:41
93 13 Susan MCANENY 00:25:56
94 14 Karen PALMER 00:25:58 50th Partkrun
124 22 Alison SHELLEY 00:27:22
130 108 David SCOTT 00:27:40 70th Parkrun
152 123 Paul JENNINGS 00:28:37 new PB!
155 30 Callie CHAPMAN 00:28:41
159 33 Liz CARVELL 00:29:11
189 52 Kerstin WEINER 00:31:10
216 146 Stephen SMITHSON 00:33:54
221 74 Melody BROWN 00:34:18
222 148 Jim BROWN 00:34:18
223 75 Penny SCHENKEL 00:34:21
239 152 Paul WHYTE 00:35:27
260 156 Roger BIGGS 00:38:34
268 109 Hazel JONES 00:40:22
Brockenhurst 40 34 Michael O’KEEFE 00:26:29
Wimpole Estate 119 17 Kelly MCHALE 00:26:12 new PB
Panshanger 102 91 Andy JAY 00:25:06
131 115 Ken JUDE 00:26:13
164 138 Tim ROBINSON 00:27:15
Belton House 64 56 Daniel SUTTON 00:24:43
70 10 Verity FISHER 00:25:10 new PB
Letchworth 113 35 Ella GOWER 00:34:04 new PB
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COMRADES ULTRA

 

Stuart Haycroft ran the Gruelling Comrades Ultra Marathon in South Africa, the largest in the world with over 20000 runners covering a distance of 90km/57miles.  He said, “This marathon is a national institution in South Africa, with the whole country glued to the television sets all day to see the drama unfold, with time based medals and cruel cut-offs.  The worst being the 12 hour cut-off, if you run 12 hours and 1 second, you get no medal and are marked as did not finish.”

This year was the down run, from the City of Petermaritzburg to Durban, although that doesn’t mean it’s downhill, just that is more downhill than up, with the course having a total elevation gain of 1110m / 3642 feet  with a total descent of 1779 metres /5837 feet).

Stuart says he loved the incredible crowd support and excellent organisation of the event and absolutely recommends it to anybody silly enough to want to run 57miles.

Stuart completed the event in a time of 8 hours 25 minutes which is equivalent to running two sub four hour marathons with an extra 5 miles on top.  This time was 2 hours and 7 minutes faster than his previous attempt on the down run.

 

Fairlands Fifty

A fabulous fifty from Fairlands ran in Thursday’s Mid Week League race at Trent Park.  Low light in the woods made a tough race even trickier for some in what was essentially a cross country event.  As a consequence average times were slower than for a normal 10K but there were still some great Spartan performances.

CALLUM STEWART was second out of the 397 finishers in 35 minutes 25 seconds.  DAN McALPINE was also top ten at ninth in 36:48.  SIMON JACKSON was sixth in his category with 38:23 and STEFFAN FORD eighth forty flus 38:45.  RICHARD SPRINGALL was another highly placed Spartan with 41:04.

MICHELLE REEVES was the fastest of the sixteen Spartan women with 46 minutes 39 seconds.  ISABEL GREEN 49:13; CLAIRE EMMERSON 49:52 and MARIE COLUCCI 49:51 also all beat 50 minutes

The fourth Mid Week Road Race League fixture will be in Stevenage on Wednesday evening 27th June.  The start and finish will be near Ridlins Track with the course going into Fairlands Valley Park and back.

(The full Spartan result from Thursday can be found near the end of this release).

 

A First For Sally

On Saturday SALLY McBRIDE ran the Runthroughuk 10k at Dorney Lake, Windsor.  It was the first time she’d ever been there and her fourth 10k race I’ve entered but her first with Fairlands Valley Spartans.

She ran a time of 1:05:04 which was a PB as her previous best was 1:06:16 at the Finsbury Park Chase the Sun.

The weather was quite cloudy when we arrived but the sun soon came through and it ended up being a fairly hot sunny day.

 

Natalie Wins At Windsor

NATALIE LAWRENCE won the Dorney Lake Triathlon.  This was her first triathlon of 2018 & off no structured swim or bike training purely run (18:32 off bike)

She was first female and first in her age category.  In fact she was fifth overall including the men.  This was a sprint distance triathlon with 10:59 for the 750 metres swim; 33 minutes 28 seconds for the 20K bike and 18 minutes 32 seconds for the 5K run.

Natalie said she enjoyed the nice early start time too- 7am at Eton Dorney Olympic rowing lake and that she was pretty happy with the result having done no swimming or cycling preparation, just running, after having baby Louie in January.

 

Chased By Horses

manvhorseANDREW PATTERSON took on the epic Man v Horse Marathon in Wales.  Albeit 22 miles and not quite marathon distance it did include 4000 feet of elevation gain.  The race pitches 600 solo or team of three relay runners against 60 horses and their riders.  The start is in the smallest town in Britain, Llanwrtyd Wells, and after a mile you are ascending the mountain range.  After a 15 minute head start the horses are chasing you down!

Andy said, ”Unfortunately I went in to the race with a slight hamstring injury and wasn’t able to attack the downhill sections as much as I would have liked so the lead group got away and I found myself in fifth spot.  Annoyingly I took a wrong turn and ended up doing 0.8mile longer and dropped to 20th place.  I worked my way back up the field to tenth but at 18 miles the first horse came galloping past.  n the end I was beaten to the finish by three horses.  Gutted to have taken a wrong turn but overall I was pleased with my efforts, really enjoyed it and would absolutely recommend the event.”

He finished in a time of 2 hours 55 minutes.

 

St Albans Half

YUKO GORDON ran her fifth St. Albans Half Marathon on Sunday and it was her fifth win in the women over 55 category.  She said she was quite satisfied to dip under 100 minutes with 1:39:59.

DANNY SCANLON ran his second ever half marathon and managed a PB of 1 hour 32 minutes 6 seconds.!Southend

ADRIAN BUSOLINI was fastest Spartan in 1:27:15.  LIZ SMITH came in with 1:57:48; SUSAN McANENY with 1:59:50 and CLARE HOWELL with 2:20:15.

 

EMAC

Fairlands Valley Spartans were third of the seven men’s teams in Wednesday’s in the second match of the 2018 EMAC track and field league at Bedford.  They are third in the league on 194.5 compared with Bedford who are second on 202 and Milton Keynes first on 275.

The club’s women are in the lead.  Although they were second on the night they lead the league by 257 points to 235.

The third match will be in Cambridge on 4th July.  EMAC organise events for veteran athletes in the East of England.

 

Parkrun Highlights 9th June 2018

Saturday’s Parkruns saw a celebration of 70 years of the NHS with a rendition of happy birthday in Stevenage and some runners donning fancy dress.

At Barclay parkrun in Hoddesdon Ashley SCHOENWETTER was second overall and first female in a new PB of 20.18.

In Stevenage there was another big turnout of 330 people.  Todd GRAY was 9th overall in 19.43.  First Spartan lady was Caroline BARTER who was second female overall in a new PB of 23.02.

Other Spartan PBs to note were Danny SUTTON in 21.52 and Karl SHREEVE 27.47.

Wayne MCMILLAN ran his first parkrun with Chloe EMMERSON.  They both finished in 33.11.  New member Melody BROWN also completed her first Parkrun in 36.24.  It was great to see Roger BIGGS back.   He ran/walked to finish in 39.58.

In Orpington Michael O’KEEFE ran a new PB of 26.01.

Alexandra WHITEHOUSE ran for a second time in Market Harborough in a new PB of 33.49.

 

Tables

Spartans at Mid Week League

SCOTT’s TRAVEL MIDWEEK ROAD RACE LEAGUE – DIVISION 1
RACE 3 – Trent Park 10k – Thursday 7th June 2018
Race Pos Cat Vet No. Time Name Surname Cat. M/F
2 2 2 433 35:25 Callum Stewart S MA
9 9 9 428 36:48 Dan McAlpine S MA
27 27 6 6 427 38:23 Simon Jackson V 40 MA
33 33 8 8 429 38:46 Steffan Ford V 40 MA
64 63 37 430 41:04 Richard Springall S MA
65 64 38 401 41:16 Todd Gray S MA
78 76 45 434 42:09 Adrian Busolini S MA
91 87 51 440 42:57 Paul Robertson S MA
96 92 54 419 43:14 Stuart Archer S MA
108 104 28 45 448 43:43 Steve Green V 40 MA
116 111 64 406 44:02 Danny Scanlon S MA
125 116 33 52 404 44:31 Dean Carpenter V 40 MA
136 122 21 56 345 45:00 Andy Neatham* V 50 M*
142 127 36 60 412 45:20 Thomas Sauka V 40 MB
149 131 26 63 436 45:48 John Harris V 50 MB
156 136 69 420 46:25 Adrian Donnelly S MB
160 22 10 511 46:39 Michelle Reeves S FA
196 35 17 25 527 49:13 Isabel Green V 35 FA
203 40 8 28 529 49:32 Claire Emmerson V 45 FA
211 42 20 29 501 49:51 Marie Colucci V 35 FA
217 172 79 450 50:05 Daniel Sutton S MB
219 173 42 94 400 50:11 Martin Dudley V 50 MB
222 176 80 441 50:24 Andrew Smith S MB
242 190 52 107 437 51:51 Darren Emmerson V 50 MB
267 64 13 42 509 53:13 Ann Tryssesoone V 45 FA
275 207 89 446 53:43 Chris Holland S MB
277 208 90 413 53:59 Mick Andrews S MB
281 210 59 119 414 54:15 Andy Jay V 50 MB
292 217 55 125 445 55:11 James Kilroy V 40 MB
300 80 29 54 508 55:34 Tanya Brazier V 35 FA
301 221 93 411 55:38 David Scott S MB
309 84 28 499 56:03 Verity Fisher S FA
312 86 22 58 510 56:25 Wendy Tharani V 45 FA
313 87 23 59 496 56:26 Liz Smith V 45 FB
321 229 56 135 424 57:03 Tim Robinson V 40 M
322 230 57 136 417 57:04 Simon Sypula V 40 M
328 95 34 67 530 57:26 Sophie Cowan V 35 FB
331 236 11 142 410 57:44 Jim Brown V 60 M
356 247 73 153 407 59:39 Michael O’Keefe V 50 M
370 251 8 157 409 1:02:00 Rob Shaw V 70 M
373 121 42 90 498 1:02:22 Hayley Yendell V 35 FB
379 126 43 94 507 1:05:00 Angie Keeling V 35 FB
384 131 34 98 500 1:06:34 Debbie Blantern V 45 FB
385 132 34 517 1:06:42 Elizabeth Crowley S FB
386 133 20 99 516 1:06:42 Sharon Crowley V 55 FB
387 254 78 160 442 1:07:05 Karl Shreeve V 50 M
389 135 3 101 497 1:08:13 Cathy Craig V 65 FB
391 255 59 161 418 1:09:04 Paul Jennings* V 40 M
392 256 95 453 1:09:10 Nick Witcombe S M
396 257 9 162 416 1:11:38 Peter Carpenter V 70 M

 

Parkruns

 

Market Harborough parkrun

A total of 272 runners took part.

 

Position   Gender Position   parkrunner   Run Time  
219 80 Alexandra WHITEHOUSE 00:33:49

 

Stevenage parkrun

A total of 330 runners took part.

 

Position   Gender Position   parkrunner   Run Time  
9 9 Todd GRAY 00:19:43
24 24 Liam ERRINGTON 00:21:30
30 30 Daniel SUTTON 00:21:52
46 45 David SCOTT 00:22:51
49 2 Caroline BARTER 00:23:02
78 68 Lee PICKERSGILL 00:24:38
79 69 Neil ROBINSON 00:24:41
105 17 Susan MCANENY 00:25:56
114 20 Karen PALMER 00:26:20
125 23 Alison SHELLEY 00:26:44
140 28 Verity FISHER 00:27:27
149 121 Karl SHREEVE 00:27:47
151 122 James SOUTH 00:27:55
243 172 Kartik SHARMA 00:32:27
251 76 Chloe EMMERSON 00:33:11
252 176 Wayne MCMILLAN 00:33:11
255 78 Judy KING 00:33:15
280 95 Melody BROWN 00:36:24
281 186 Jim BROWN 00:36:24
308 190 Roger BIGGS 00:39:58
319 129 Sally PHILLIPS 00:43:28

 

Abingdon parkrun

A total of 400 runners took part.

 

Position   Gender Position   parkrunner   Run Time  
215 59 Lucy May FIELD 00:28:33

 

Orpington parkrun

A total of 256 runners took part.

 

Position   Gender Position   parkrunner   Run Time  
92 85 Michael O’KEEFE 00:26:01

 

Tring parkrun

A total of 251 runners took part.

 

Position   Gender Position   parkrunner   Run Time  
27 27 Thomas SAUKA 00:23:12

 

Barclay parkrun

A total of 110 runners took part.

 

Position   Gender Position   parkrunner   Run Time  
2 1 Ashley SCHOENWETTER 00:20:18
73 50 Paul JENNINGS 00:31:14

 

Letchworth parkrun

A total of 114 runners took part.

 

Position   Gender Position   parkrunner   Run Time  
47 6 Sheryl HANN 00:28:02
88 30 Ella GOWER 00:34:35
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RACING FOR PLACES IN SPARTAN CHAMPS

 

The incredible 45 Spartans are back from their Edinburgh Marathon and Half Marathon trip to Scotland and ready for this Thursday evening’s Mid Week League race.  63 Fairlands Valley Spartans raced in the second fixture in St. Albans and the club are hoping for seventy plus in the third race which will be in Trent Park, North London.

 

Championships Update

With seven months of the Spartan championships still to go there are already 173 participants in the short championships (85 female + 88 male) and 119 in the long championships (61 female + 58 male), with 462 percentages scored already, and no less than 1,187 personal bests (PBs) across the eight distances.

The early leaders in the club championships are:

Female Open Short (1500; 5000; 5 miles; 10K): 1st  Yuko Gordon 65.3%; 2nd Claire Emmerson 59.5%; 3rd Penny Schenkel 54.1%.

Female Age-Graded Short: 1st Sharon Crowley 66.1%; 2nd Monica Smithson 63.4%; 3rd none yet.

Female Open Long (10 miles; half marathon; 20 miles; marathon): 1st Yuko Gordon 65.6%; 2nd Ruth Reilly 64.9%; 3rd Joanne Bowdery 56.7%.

Female Age-Graded Long: 1st Karen Ellis 63.6%; 2nd Karen Palmer 62.9%; 3rd Erica Grayson 60.5%.

Male Open Short (1500, 5000, 5 miles, 10K):  1st Stuart Haycroft 70.0%; 2nd Craig Bacon 61.5%; 3rd Michael Andrews 53.1%.

Male Age-Graded Short: 1st Jim Brown 68.3%; 2nd Andy Jay 64.5%; 3rd Paul Holgate 59.9%.

Male Open Long (10 miles, half marathon, 20 miles, marathon): 1st Todd Gray 68.2%; 2nd Steve Green 62.7%; 3rd Stuart Haycroft 62.1%.

Male Age-Graded Long; 1st Jim Brown 70.2%; 2nd Pete Smith 68.0%; 3rd Thomas Sauka 60.4%.

Leader in two competitions JIM BROWN said, “It’s great to get my nose in front briefly but I’m sure many of the faster runners will sweep past as they complete the various qualifying distances in the next few weeks.”

How does it work?  There are four qualifying distances for men and women in the short and long distance championships.  They are 1500 metres; 5K; 5 miles and 10K for the short and 10 miles; half marathon; 20 miles and marathon (26.2 miles) for the long.

It’s your best performances in three out of the four distances that are counted and averaged.  A runner can race as many 10Ks as they like in a year and the fastest one will count but they must also run at least two out of 1500, 5K or 5 miles to be eligible for the short distance championships.  As well as the open competitions there are age related competitions to give targets for veteran runners.  For example a 25 year old running a marathon in three hours is equivalent to a 65 year old running the same distance in 3:52:08.  International (WAVA) tables are published to do the calculations.

 

Parkrun Highlights 2nd June 2018

22 Spartans donned their stripes for the first Saturday of the month in Stevenage with 10 achieving top 30 gender placings, and 5 with new personal bests.  Woman top 30 included Nikki WILBY 24:07 (PB) 8th lady, Caroline BARTER 24:26 11th lady, Kelly EVANS 24:58 13th lady, Jo BOWDERY her tenth parkrun in 25:47 for 17th lady, Alison SHELLEY 26:30 24th lady and Julie SHADBOLT 27:21 28th lady.  Men top finishers included Stuart HAYCROFT 18:22 (PB) 5th male, Todd GRAY 18:40 (PB) 9th male, Danny SCANLON 19:23 16th male, Luke VINCENT (PB) 21:16 28th male.  Sharon CROWLEY achieved a new PB of 28:17.

Claire WHITCHURCH and Paul WHYTE complete their first parkrun with son Albert today, Paul was second buggy home in 26:50 with Claire completing in 30:26 just 11 weeks after giving birth.

JIM BROWN completed his tenth parkrun in 27:25.

Further afield, the EMMERSON family supported each other around Canterbury parkrun –  Claire EMMERSON 37:16, Chloe EMMERSON 38:18 and Darren EMMERSON 38:18.  Thomas SAUKA achieved 12th male placing at Heartwood Forest in 20:30.

 

Parkrun Pos Gen Parkrunner Time Notes
Newcastle 334 256 Roger HARDMAN 00:27:04  
Heartwood Forest 12 12 Thomas SAUKA 00:20:30  
Bath Skyline 290 98 Alexandra WHITEHOUSE 00:35:53  
Bath Skyline 307 107 Hannah NEALE 00:37:22  
Canterbury 120 51 Claire EMMERSON 00:37:16  
Canterbury 121 52 Chloe EMMERSON 00:37:18  
Canterbury 122 70 Darren EMMERSON 00:37:18  
Stevenage 5 5 Stuart HAYCROFT 00:18:22 PB
Stevenage 9 9 Todd GRAY 00:18:40 PB
Stevenage 16 16 Danny SCANLON 00:19:23  
Stevenage 28 28 Luke VINCENT 00:21:16 PB
Stevenage 35 33 Martin DUDLEY 00:22:13  
Stevenage 70 8 Nikki WILBY 00:24:07 PB
Stevenage 71 63 David SCOTT 00:24:15  
Stevenage 78 11 Caroline BARTER 00:24:26  
Stevenage 91 13 Kelly EVANS 00:24:58  
Stevenage 104 88 Lee PICKERSGILL 00:25:39  
Stevenage 106 17 Jo BOWDERY 00:25:47  
Stevenage 123 24 Alison SHELLEY 00:26:30  
Stevenage 130 106 Paul WHYTE 00:26:50  
Stevenage 140 28 Julie SHADBOLT 00:27:21  
Stevenage 142 114 Jim BROWN 00:27:25  
Stevenage 152 35 Zoe JACKSON 00:27:35  
Stevenage 154 119 Paul HOLGATE 00:27:45  
Stevenage 166 40 Sharon CROWLEY 00:28:17 PB
Stevenage 168 128 Andy JAY 00:28:18  
Stevenage 176 134 Karl SHREEVE 00:28:46  
Stevenage 187 142 James SOUTH 00:29:27  
Stevenage 205 52 Claire WHITCHURCH 00:30:26  
Brokenhurst 135 86 Darryl STEVENS 00:38:43  
Cheltenham 219 188 Paul BOICHAT 00:25:19  
Cheltenham 386 100 Liz CARVELL 00:29:35  
Scunthorpe 78 68 Andy PRIOR 00:24:04