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FAST FAIRLANDS IN BEDFORD

Patrick Anyadi made it back-to-back Handicap 5k victories as he improved his personal best (PB) by 2 minutes 2 seconds (2:02) to finish in 25:33, closely followed by the first lady, Samantha Sutton in a Season’s Best time of 30:12, just two seconds slower than her PB record from 2017.  Becca Birt was second lady in her first 5k with a time of 37:25, while Peter Sach finished second man in 25:59 and Jane Wadey third lady with a Year’s Best of 37:38 despite having to stop briefly in the home straight.  Karl Shreeve was the third man in a year’s best (YB) 28:02.

Danny Scanlon was fastest runner of the night with a Year’s Best 22:19, Craig Bacon second quickest in 23:23 and John Nelms third fastest in a SB 23:24.  Megan Sutton was fastest female in 25:45, with Emily Grieves second quickest in 29:18 and Sam Gentry third fastest in 29:22.

There was also a Year’s Best time for Nichola Durent in 43:59.

Handicap races are won by the best improvers not the fastest runners.

22 Spartans ran.  The next handicap 5K will be on Thursday evening 21stAugust.

PositionFirst NameLast NameTimeRaceFem. Race
1PATRICKANYADI25:335 
2SAMANTHASUTTON30:12144
3BECCABIRT37:25188
4PETERSACH25:598 
5JANEWADEY37:38199
6EMILYGRIEVES29:18112
7KARLSHREEVE28:0210 
8JUDYKING30:26155
9DANNYSCANLON22:191 
10SAMGENTRY29:22123
11JOHNNELMS23:243 
12NICHOLADURENT43:592010
13SHARONCROWLEY43:592111
14LIZCARVELL31:51166
15TONYVICKERS25:144 
16TIMROBINSON30:0513 
17CRAIGBACON23:232 
18AMANDAVICKERS33:34177
19MEGANSUTTON25:4561
20MARTINDUDLEY25:577 
21CHRISWATLING26:399 
22EMMACHAPMAN46:362212

Doug Anderson 5K

Ten Fairlands Valley Spartans enjoyed a fast Wednesday evening in Bedford for the Doug Anderson 5K.  The race went so well for MIKE JEFFS that he improved his personal best (PB) by 24 seconds to 17:08 for second man 40 plus.  He was only beaten by one second!  He was eleventh overall out of the 405 finishers.

ADRIAN BUSOLINI finished with him for twelfth overall and another 17:08.

CHARLIE WHITE came in at 17:21 and NATHAN KIRLEY completed four Spartans under 18 minutes with 17:59.

ROSS GALLAGHER was third man 40 plus in 18:01 and PAUL SHELLEY won the 55 plus category with 18:05.  JAY PAPA made it seven Spartan under 20 minutes with his 18:43.

Meanwhile CHARLES ARNOLD was second man 65 plus with 21:54 and JESSICA CLARKE beat 24 with 23:49.  With MATT TUTTON finishing in 24:38 all ten were under 25 minutes.

PositionNameTime
11MIKE JEFFS17:08
12ADRIAN BUSOLINI17:08
19CHARLIE WHITE17:21
29NATHAN KIRLEY17:59
30ROSS GALLAGHER18:01
32PAUL SHELLEY18:05
44JAY PAPA18:43
120CHARLES ARNOLD21:54
164JESSICA CLARKE23:49
191MATT TUTTON24:38

Serpentine

Dry, bright, humid and 25 degrees for the Last Friday of the Month 5K in Hyde Park, London.  Spartan JIM BROWN completed a series of six this year with 28 minutes 54 seconds (28:54).  Now he’s got an opportunity to maybe improve on a couple of the times over the next few months.  The next race will be at 12.30p.m. on Friday 29th August.

Challenge Round Up

131 completed the recent Fairlands Valley Challenge multi-terrain event from Stevenage.  32 of them were Fairlands Valley Spartans.  Five distances were offered.  The most popular was the half marathon which was finished by 50 people including 14 Spartans.  27 finished the 50 kilometre Ultra event and 21 the marathon.

Arty Spart

The FVS Daylight running group enjoyed a running tour of some of the new underpass art in Stevenage.  They run for about an hour at 10a.m. on Wednesdays.

Parkrun Highlights, Saturday 26th July

There were 460 parkrunners at Stevenage, up 115 on the previous week.  28 Spartans ran the 5K in Fairlands Valley Park.

On his way to second place DAVID HARRIS-CHERGUIT ran a new parkrun personal best (PPB) of 17:09.  TONY VICKERS also ran a new parkrun PB (PPB).  His was 24:38.

DANIEL VILJOEN ran his 300th parkrun in 24:40 and ADA JANUSIENE her 20th in 30:28. 

LINDSAY PATEMAN was a first timer with 44:20.

Altogether 50 Spartans ran parkruns those elsewhere included SALLY PICKLES whop ran a new park run PB (PPB) of 32:15 at Panshanger.  In addition ADRIAN BUSOLINI ran 17:55 at Endcliffe, Sheffield and SUSAN McANENY ran the Harleston Magpies, Diss event in 25:44.SUZY HAWKINS was in Bude for the Tamar Lakes parkrun which she ran in 23:39.

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SPARTANS KEEP THE RUNNERS RUNNING

Fairlands Valley Spartans organised events for hundreds of runners over the last few days.

There was a beautiful evening for the Relays in the Park on Thursday with 431 running.  No so great on Sunday but many enjoyed the Fairlands Valley Challenge.  

Each team in the relay had to run four 3K legs.  48 Spartans ran.  Some quick individual runs by Spartans included SIMON FRASER 09:56; DAVID HARRIS-CHERGUIT 10:09; NICK GILL 10:21; GEORGIE HOOPER 12:29; MARIE COLUCCI 13:16 and JESSICA CLARKE 14:04.

Entrants could choose one of five different distances – 10K, Half Marathon, 18 miles, Marathon or 50K Ultra – in the Fairlands Valley Challenge.  All were multi-terrain and self-guided.

RankBiBNameTimeCatTeam
20.54/ASimon FRASER09:56MSFVS {One of}
30.55/DDavid HARRIS-CHERGUIT10:09MV40Callies Sprint ish Sisters + 2
43.2/BNick GILL10:21MSMagic Mike & Friends
56.2/DMike JEFFS10:28MV40Magic Mike & Friends
65.54/CRoss GALLAGHER10:36MV40FVS {One of}
67.2/AMichael FISHER10:38MSMagic Mike & Friends
69.54/BNathan KIRLEY10:42MSFVS {One of}
70.15/CPerri GENTRY10:43MSFVS Pioneers
90.15/APaul SHELLEY11:00MV50FVS Pioneers
91.54/DJason ANDERSON11:01MV40FVS {One of}
103.15/BPete GENTLE11:07MV40FVS Pioneers
108.2/CJay PAPA11:10MSMagic Mike & Friends
137.29/CTerry SAWYER11:40MV40Mankini Boys
142.29/ARalph DADSWELL11:46MV60Mankini Boys
144.110/DGrant RAMSEY11:49MV50M,N,P,G
148.15/DKris WESTCOTT11:53MV40FVS Pioneers
173.8/AKeith HOOKER12:21MV40Whizzy Rascals
179.33/BGeorgie HOOPER12:29FV35Blister Sisters
182.55/CMatt COOKE12:33MSCallies Sprint ish Sisters + 2
209.29/BDanny SCANLAN13:05MV40Mankini Boys
213.110/AMatt GIFFORD13:13MV50M,N,P,G
217.33/DMarie COLUCCI13:16FV45Blister Sisters
232.3/DCharlie ARNOLD13:30MV60Supercallis….
236.8/CLee PICKERSGILL13:33MV40Whizzy Rascals
267.33/AJessica CLARKE14:04FSBlister Sisters
277.29/DRichard MOORE14:11MV40Mankini Boys
293.3/AChris WAITING14:30MSSupercallis….
295.28/BMegan SUTTON14:32FSThe Fairlands Four
298.110/CPatrick ANYADI14:37MSM,N,P,G
299.55/BJo COOKSLEY14:40FV35Callies Sprint ish Sisters + 2
304.8/BPete COOK14:42MV50Whizzy Rascals
307.8/DTony VICKERS14:44MV50Whizzy Rascals
309.33/CYuko GORDON14:45FV65Blister Sisters
319.28/APeter SACH15:01MSThe Fairlands Four
355.110/BNick KLEANTHOUS16:12MV60M,N,P,G
359.4/CCarole SHELDRICK16:18FV452 fast 2 furious
362.28/CRose SUTTON16:26FSThe Fairlands Four
364.28/DKarl SHREEVE16:28MV50The Fairlands Four
366.3/CLinda NOLAN16:33FV55Supercallis….
370.4/DLiz CROWLEY16:55FV352 fast 2 furious
380.55/AHannah MANTON17:15FSCallies Sprint ish Sisters + 2
387.91/CSam GENTRY17:34FV45JuSSSt runners
390.91/DJudy KING17:35FV55JuSSSt runners
402.3/BCallie CHAPMAN18:16FV35Supercallis….
404.91/ASally PICKLES18:19FV55JuSSSt runners
413.4/ALiz CARVELL19:25FV652 fast 2 furious
415.91/BSally PHILLIPS19:37FV55JuSSSt runners
431.4/BNichola DURENT26:44FV452 fast 2 furious

St Albans Summer 10K

So different to some recent weekends it was a bit damp at St Albans for the Summer 10K.

Two Spartans were there.  JIM BROWN and HANNAH MANTON.  Raining at the start and some signs of Saturday’s deluge but no great problems.  Jim finished in 57:06 and Hannah in 1:16:05.  There were 456 finishers.

Parkrun Highlights, Saturday 19th July – a wet one

The heavens opened and it poured on Saturday morning but there were still 345 at Stevenage parkrun and 18 of them were Spartans.  NICK KLEANTHOUS achieved a major milestone, his 250th parkrun and got to wear a very wet green cape to celebrate his achievement.  Nick said “250th Park Run completed.  Started park running in January 2018.  Joined FVS 2019.  No parkruns during Lockdown, continued July 2021.  Milestone T-shirt now ordered.  Not the best day for it today and cape got a little heavy.”

CHARLIE WHITE was third in 18 minutes 47 seconds (18:47).

Spartans elsewhere included PAUL MOULD 22:04 and MATT GIFFORD 22:47 at Henlow Bridge Lakes; SUZY HAWKINS first woman 24:55; MARIE COLUCCI 30:19; GEORGIE HOOPER 31:26; and NICK GILL 34:13 at Letchworth; ALISON SHELLEY 26:32 and PAUL SHELLEY 26:33 at Great Denham; JESSICA CLARKE 29:12 at Tewkesbury and SAMANTHA SUTTON 31:25 at Jersey Farm.

PositionGender PositionFVS parkrunnerTime
33Charlie WHITE18:47
88Perri GENTRY19:21
5952Tony RANDFIELD23:25
6861Lee PICKERSGILL24:06
7063Matthew COOKE24:09
8775Martin DUDLEY24:56
9381Daniel VILJOEN25:10
9884Tony VICKERS25:29
126104Martin JACOB26:42
129107Ryan DUNNING26:47
148123Jay PAPA27:33
155127Toby ECCLESHALL27:41
15619Gail MACKIE27:42
23747Pamela VILJOEN31:07
241180Steve PLATT31:28
255185Nick KLEANTHOUS32:32
28270Caroline CROFT34:47
28371Carole SHELDRICK34:48
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MARIE AND GEORGIE ARE WINNERS

Marie, Georgie, Olivia, Sharon, Simon, Paul and Ralph from Fairlands Valley Spartans were all major award winners in the four race Mid Week League series.

On Wednesday evening all the clubs in all three divisions gathered in Welwyn Garden City for the traditional “mob match” and prize presentations.

MARIE COLUCCI had a clear lead in the women 45 plus competition with 12 points compared with her nearest rivals 24 and 26.

GEORGIE HOOPER and OLIVIA LACIGOVA tied in first place for women 35 plus.  They were both on 12 well ahead of the third runner with 41.  SHARON CROWLEY was first woman 65 plus. 

In the men’s senior (20 -34) contest Spartan SIMON FRASER was equal second with 23 points.  PAUL SHELLEY was third man 50 plus with 21 and RALPH DADSWELL won the 60 plus with just 6 points (two first places and two seconds).

The Fairlands Valley veterans (i.e. 35 plus) were second in the division two team competition.

The “mob match” is perhaps a little less competitive and a bit more fun than the counting races but nevertheless 53 Spartans ran the race and many gave it a good go on another warm evening.

GEORGIE HOOPER 49:34 and MARIE COLUCCI 50:35 were the first Spartan women to finish.  Their “A” team of eight runners was completed by TRACY PEZ 53:35; MEGAN SUTTON 57:18; OLIVIA NATION 57:20; CLAIRE EMMERSON 59:28; JESSICA CLARKE 1:01:05 and JUDY KING 1:02:08.  PENNY SCHENKEL led in the “B” team with 1:03:27.

Six Spartan men beat 40 minutes for the nominal 10 kilometres.  They were ADRIAN BUSOLINI 36:50; NICK GILL 37:19: MIKE JEFFS 37:24; CHARLIE WHITE 37:39; DAVID HARRIS-CHERGUIT 39:11 and DANNY HUKIN 39:23.

The men’s “A” team of 12 runners was completed by PETE GENTLE 41:02; RALPH DADSWELL third man 60 plus in 41:04; PAUL MOULD 42:47; MICHAEL FISHER 43:04; PAUL SHELLEY 43:21 and TERRY SAWYER 43:25.  MARK COLLINS led in the men’s “B” team with 43:39.

Parts of the course were a bit congested for the 637 runners and there were some tricky kerbs but it was a great opportunity for members of 22 running clubs to meet up and enjoy each other’s company.

PositionFirst NameLast NameTimeCat.Cat Pos
33AdrianBusolini36:50S 
43NickGill37:19S 
46MikeJeffs37:24V 4013
49CharlieWhite37:39S 
77DavidHarris-Cherguit39:11V 4025
80DannyHukin39:23V 4026
122PeteGentle41:02V 4042
123RalphDadswell*41:04V 603
155PaulMould42:47V 4055
161MichaelFisher43:04S 
168PaulShelley43:21V 5026
169TerrySawyer43:25V 4059
176MarkCollins43:39V 4061
234AlexeyZherdev45:55V 4075
236MatthewCooke46:00S 
239CraigBacon46:09V 5037
248CharlieArnold46:30V 6014
259PeterOrton46:57V 6017
287KeithHooker48:16V 4080
288MelvinAuburn48:18S 
315DannyScanlon49:15V 4087
324GeorgieHooper49:34V 359
345MarieColucci50:35V 4512
346SimonHaigh50:35V 5066
371AndyPrior51:33V 5071
389MartinWood52:46V 6031
410JohnNelms53:35V 5078
411TracyPez53:35V 4525
430DarrenEmmerson54:16V 5082
431TonyVickers54:24V 5083
486MeganSutton57:18S 
487OliviaNation57:20S 
490JimBrown57:27V 706
500SimonSypula58:23V 5094
520ClaireEmmerson59:28V 4542
538KarlShreeve1:01:02V 5099
539JayPapa1:01:04S 
540JessicaClarke1:01:05S 
550JudyKing1:02:08V 5530
561PennySchenkel1:03:27V 5531
585RoseSutton1:05:48S 
587SamGentry1:05:57V 4551
590SharonCrowley1:06:12V 657
609TimRobinson1:08:12V 50107
613LizCarvell1:08:47V 658
614PaulHolgate1:08:50V 6054
615SamanthaSutton1:08:53V 4557
618AndyJay1:09:54V 6055
622NickKleanthous1:10:46V 6056
626CallieChapman1:12:20V 3550
627HazelSmith1:12:20V 4560
633SallyPhillips1:15:23V 5542
634AmandaVickers1:16:05V 4562

Saucony London 10K

Today MATT TUTTON took part in the Saucony London 10K starting outside The Ritz and finishing on Whitehall.  He swapped the FVS stripes (temporarily!) for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity white vest with multi coloured cells.  Despite a knee niggle he managed a time of 52:18. 

Parkrun Highlights, Saturday 12th July.

Another warm one with about 23 degrees at 9a.m. but there were 459 finishers in Saturday’s Stevenage parkrun.  26 of them were Fairlands Valley Spartans.

The fastest Spartan of the weekend was Pete GENTLE at Hastings with 18:09.  Altogether 42 ran parkruns.  Spartans elsewhere included Jay PAPA 22:42 and Jessica CLARKE 31:29 at Ferry Meadows (Peterborough); Charles ARNOLD (23:02), John NELMS (23:38); Caroline BARTER (26:44) and Peter SACH (31:44) at Henlow Bridge Lakes; Thomas SAUKA (26:19) at Panshanger (Hertford / WGC); Matt NEWTON (27:02) at Gunpowder (Waltham Abbey); Yuko GORDON (27:59) at Letchworth; Andy JAY (29:21) at Westmill; Hannah MANTON (29:56) at Gorleston Cliffs and Keith ABRAHAMS (36:08) at Lanhydrock (Bodmin).

Back in Stevenage SIMON JACKSON was third in 18 minutes 14 seconds (18:14)  MEGAN SUTTON was the fastest female from Spartans with 25:15.

JIM BROWN ran his 200th Stevenage parkrun in 27:59.

PositionGender PositionFVS parkrunnerTime
33Simon JACKSON18:14
1414Paul SHELLEY20:47
4746Tony RANDFIELD22:55
6260Matthew COOKE23:28
8380Martin DUDLEY24:36
8985Daniel VILJOEN24:50
977Megan SUTTON25:15
10394Lee PICKERSGILL25:32
11099Darren EMMERSON25:48
131119Ryan DUNNING26:44
169147Jim BROWN27:59
20631Claire EMMERSON29:15
260199Matt CLARKE31:11
26453Samantha SUTTON31:29
27056Fiona CLARKE31:36
27258Debbie BLANTERN31:40
28465Alison SHELLEY32:00
286209Nick KLEANTHOUS32:04
30577Penny SCHENKEL33:09
30980Monica SMITHSON33:13
337230Paul JENNINGS34:00
361239Lloyd DIAS35:01
375112Chloe CHAPMAN35:57
376113Caroline CROFT36:03
456271Roger BIGGS55:08
458162Sharon CROWLEY56:22
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SATURDAY STRIPES

Ware Tens

Spartans Alison and Paul Shelley ran the “Ware Running Festival” 10 mile race on Sunday.  They said it’s always a very well marshalled and well organised race.

Alison finished in 1:34:18 and Paul was pleased to finish 14th overall in 1:07:39.

They both found it quite a tough course as always with uneven and stony terrain in parts and undulating.  At least the pot holes didn’t have water in them this year though parts of the tow path quite difficult to run on as the surface is very uneven. They were grateful to complete before the massive thunderstorm and downpour.

It was Nick Gill’s first Ware 10 (mile) on Sunday.  He finished in 1:11:52 for 31st place.  Nick used the race as part of a 15-mile/24kilometre long run, and did a progression run -starting steady and getting faster every mile to the finish!  It was a lovely route with lots of support from fellow runners and marshals – and the sun shined for us!

ROBERT WRIGHT finished in 1:17:36 and MATT TUTTON in 1:32:58.  In addition CALLIE CHAPMAN ran the Ware 10K in 1:09:57.

Eastern Masters!

Fairlands Valley Spartans women’s team won the Eastern Masters Athletic Outdoor Track & Field fixture at Corby on Wednesday evening.  Their winning margin was a huge 48 points.  Between them MONICA BROWN, SHARON CROWLEY, KAREN DODSWORTH, YUKO GORDON, TESSA STEPHENSON and JOYLYN SAUNDERS-MULLINS scored 93 points compared with 45 for second placed Milton Keynes AC.  After three matches FVS lead the Central West Division with 204 points ahead of Bedford and County on 156 and Milton Keynes with 136.

The events included 100 metres, 400 metres, one mile, 2 kilometre walk, hammer, shot, long jump, high jump and relays with age groups from 35 plus to 70 plus.  EMAC organise events for athletes aged 35 plus.

Chiltern Ridge Half Marathon

The Chiltern Ridge Half Marathon started in Wendover and Spartan SUZY HAWLINS was there.  The event is a scenic trail run taking over 500 metres of elevation.  Some of the climbs were more of a scramble than a run.

Suzy said she made the mistake of starting too far back and was held up on single track for the first couple of miles.

She finished in 2:03:07 for eighth women and said it was a lovely event and will return next year.

Race for Life

Dozens of Spartans were volunteer marshals for Sunday’s Race for Life in Stevenage.

Parkrun Highlights, Stripes Day Saturday 5th July.

Saturday’s Stevenage parkrun with 553 taking part.  Forty of them were Fairlands Valley Spartans.  They included RICHARD MOORE with a new parkrun personal best (PPB) of 22:58; WAYNE SIMMONS with a new PPB of 24:17; TONY VICKERS with a new PPB of 24:48; MEGAN SUTTON fastest female from Fairlands, fourth woman and a new PPB of 25:07 and EMMA CHAPMAN with a new PPB of 45:33.

It was the quickest parkrun of the year for JIM BROWN who ran his 199th Stevenage parkrun in 27:25.  He was first 70 plus and ROGER BIGGS first 75 plus with 49:24.

CLAIRE EMMERSON ran her 190th parkrun in 27:55 and RYAN DUNNING his 120th in 28:02.

The first in from FVS was PERRI GENTRY under 20 minutes with 19:35.  MIKE JEFFS was next Spartan with 22:01.

Altogether 49 Spartans ran parkruns.  Some others included SALLY PICKLES and NIKI PLUMB who visited Westmill parkrun.  Sally finished in 34:16 and Niki in 41:25.

CHARLIE WHITE was second in the New Earswick (York) parkrun with a new PPB of 17 minutes 33 seconds (17:33).

PositionGender PositionFVS parkrunnerTime
1211Perri GENTRY19:35
4541Mike JEFFS22:01
5751Tony RANDFIELD22:24
6861Toby ECCLESHALL22:52
6962Matthew COOKE22:53
7568Richard MOORE22:58
7669Jay PAPA22:59
8981Charles ARNOLD23:36
9586Craig BACON23:50
10495Wayne SIMMONS24:17
111101Martin DUDLEY24:24
120110Daniel VILJOEN24:37
125115Tony VICKERS24:48
1344Megan SUTTON25:07
141129Darren EMMERSON25:24
18213Sophie PARSONS26:44
19919Jackie PERRY27:18
204175Jim BROWN27:25
211182Simon SYPULA27:38
22127Claire EMMERSON27:55
226189Ryan DUNNING28:02
247202Peter SACH28:21
25540Penny SCHENKEL28:36
25941Carole SHELDRICK28:49
26142Hannah MANTON28:53
277220Lee PICKERSGILL29:20
280223Keith ABRAHAMS29:24
33169Debbie BLANTERN30:54
35479Samantha SUTTON31:44
356262Paul JENNINGS31:52
36183Pamela VILJOEN32:01
363266Steve PLATT32:06
410110Caroline CROFT33:55
508172Jane WADEY40:06
519316Lloyd DIAS43:03
523182Nichola DURENT44:33
524183Sharon CROWLEY44:34
526185Rebecca RAYNER45:26
527186Emma CHAPMAN45:33
538322Roger BIGGS49:24