A lovely sunny day and 29 Spartans ran the sell out Cambridge Half Marathon. A few found it a bit warm but many got new personal bests or otherwise ran some really good times.
First in for FVS was ANDREW PATTERSON, 83rd out of 14,000 runners in just 1 hour 14 minutes 19 seconds (1:14:19). Next in was SIMON JACKSON, 132nd in 1:16:06. SIMON FRASER was also under 80 minutes at 245th with 1:19:09.
ASHLEY JOHNSON was Fairlands fastest female and she ran a fantastic 1:25:37. She was second female 45 plus in the race.
This season, said MARTIN JACOB, I started doing some strength workouts. Turns out it’s doing the trick. On Sunday he ran the Cambridge Half marathon in 1:44:29. This a PB by 1 minute 27 seconds. He is super happy with the results.
LINDA GEORGE also ran in Cambridge. She finished in 02:00:23. This was her second fastest half marathon. She is very pleased with results considering it was a hot day.
Woo! JESSICA CLARKE ran a new personal best of 1:49:24 and JAY PAPA cut his PB by nearly three minutes to 1:24:59.
Spartan MIKE JEFFS ran the Cambridge Half Marathon for the third year in a row and it was another PB (personal best) 1:20:22 shaving 2 minutes 50 seconds off his previous best.
PAUL SHELLEY went around in an impressive 1:24:13 with ALISON SHELLEY finishing in 2:09:37.
1:25:57 for NICK GILL on Sunday. He was hoping to sneak under 1:25, but the warm weather took it out of him in the second half. But still, his second fastest half marathon and the comeback from injury continues! It was great to run with fellow Spartans Jay and Michael who both smashed their PBs (personal bests), and so much brilliant running all round.
Brian WHITE said it was great to be part of a large FVS team running the Cambridge Half marathon in some very nice sunshine. A great tour of a few of the colleges and the surrounding countryside. He finished in 1:44:49
SHARON CROWLEY said it was far too hot for her. She finished in 2:51:32.
Seven Spartans averaged under 4 minutes per kilometre for all 21.1kilometres.
| Position | Name | Time | Category |
| 83 | Andrew Patterson | 1:14:19 | M40-44 |
| 132 | Simon Jackson | 1:16:06 | M45-49 |
| 245 | Simon Fraser | 1:19:09 | M35-39 |
| 293 | Mike Jeffs | 1:20:22 | M40-44 |
| 414 | Anthony Cahill | 1:22:19 | M40-44 |
| 503 | Stuart Mead | 1:23:40 | M40-44 |
| 540 | Paul Shelley | 1:24:13 | M55-59 |
| 573 | Michael Fisher | 1:24:48 | M35-39 |
| 592 | Jay Papa | 1:24:59 | M25-29 |
| 643 | Ashley Johnson | 1:25:37 | F45-49 |
| 670 | Nick Gill | 1:25:57 | M35-39 |
| 1188 | Ross Gallagher | 1:31:35 | M40-44 |
| 1389 | Mark Collins | 1:33:29 | M45-49 |
| 1893 | Matthew Newton | 1:37:20 | M40-44 |
| 2034 | Terry Sawyer | 1:38:31 | M40-44 |
| 2545 | Robert Wright | 1:41:56 | M40-44 |
| 2992 | Martin Jacob | 1:44:29 | M40-44 |
| 3057 | Brian White | 1:44:48 | M65-69 |
| 3968 | Jessica Clarke | 1:49:24 | F20-24 |
| 4024 | Andy Prior | 1:49:41 | M55-59 |
| 4559 | Keith Hooker | 1:52:34 | M45-49 |
| 6368 | Linda George | 2:00:23 | F40-44 |
| 8178 | Alison Shelley | 2:09:37 | F55-59 |
| 8737 | Megan Sutton | 2:12:43 | F25-29 |
| 11864 | Rose Sutton | 2:37:10 | F20-24 |
| 12269 | Samantha Sutton | 2:42:50 | F50-54 |
| 12362 | Emma Southerington | 2:44:10 | F50-54 |
| 12784 | Sharon Crowley | 2:51:32 | F65-69 |
| 13355 | Rebecca Rayner | 3:11:11 | F40-44 |
Parkrun Highlights Saturday 8th March
Many stayed away or kept the pace down in preparation for Sunday’s Cambridge Half Marathon but there were still over 500 runners, 504, at Stevenage parkrun and 29 were Spartans. Altogether 42 from FVS ran parkruns on Saturday.
It was the special red cape for NIKI PLUMB who ran her 50 parkruns milestone in 38:14. This week LORRAINE HILL was the fastest female from Fairlands with 26:43. JIM BROWN ran his fastest parkrun this year with 27:52 and NICOLA HATHERLY ran her 60th with 38:12.
| Position | Gender Position | FVS parkrunner | Time |
| 9 | 9 | Grant RAMSAY | 19:26 |
| 33 | 31 | Tony RANDFIELD | 22:02 |
| 81 | 71 | Martin JACOB | 23:57 |
| 93 | 82 | Martin DUDLEY | 24:33 |
| 144 | 120 | Steve TINSLEY | 26:38 |
| 151 | 18 | Lorraine HILL | 26:43 |
| 170 | 23 | Sophie PARSONS | 27:18 |
| 172 | 24 | Suzy HAWKINS | 27:22 |
| 176 | 143 | Matt CLARKE | 27:29 |
| 190 | 153 | Jim BROWN | 27:52 |
| 219 | 168 | Darren EMMERSON | 28:27 |
| 233 | 176 | Jay PAPA | 28:47 |
| 247 | 49 | Fiona CLARKE | 29:21 |
| 292 | 213 | Paul JENNINGS | 31:04 |
| 298 | 66 | Claire EMMERSON | 31:10 |
| 303 | 218 | Ryan DUNNING | 31:20 |
| 329 | 229 | Nick KLEANTHOUS | 32:20 |
| 348 | 93 | Linda GEORGE | 32:54 |
| 376 | 242 | Stephen SMITHSON | 34:15 |
| 379 | 244 | Paul HOLGATE | 34:28 |
| 397 | 124 | Chloe CHAPMAN | 35:10 |
| 418 | 136 | Hannah MANTON | 36:20 |
| 434 | 146 | Karen PALMER | 37:08 |
| 443 | 154 | Tracy HAYGARTH | 38:04 |
| 444 | 155 | Nicola HATHERLY | 38:12 |
| 445 | 156 | Niki PLUMB | 38:14 |
| 493 | 187 | Rebecca RAYNER | 48:05 |
| 492 | 186 | Nichola DURENT | 48:05 |
| 503 | 194 | Callie CHAPMAN | 72:17 |