Spartan Women Win At Region
Fairlands Valley Spartans women’s team won the four fixture EMAC track and field series for the Central Division and will proceed to the East of England final in Milton Keynes on 22nd September.
The successful team included KAREN BROOM, MONICA BROWN, CALLIE CHAPMAN, CATHY CRAIG, SHARON CROWLEY, YUKO GORDON, SUZY HAWKINS, TESSA STEPHENSON, ANDREA WESTCOTT and ALISON WOOD.
EMAC organise events for veteran men and women aged 35 and over in the East of England. The Spartan men’s team were fourth.
St Albans Summer 10K
It was surprisingly warm and humid for Sunday morning’s 10K race in St Albans. It was mostly on a surfaced former railway line with the potential for some very fast times.
LEE PIROTH had a great run with a new personal best (PB) of 55:39. He was surprised as it was a very hot race! Lee said it was a great little race with a super cool medal
After recent mishaps JIM BROWN was very happy to finish a 10K without too much twanging and yonging. Negative split but sensible enough not to try to chase down a few in the last 400 metres. He was third man 60 plus in 52 minutes 9 seconds.
ASHLEY KING was fastest of the ten Spartans. She was sixth senior woman in 42 minutes 23 seconds. Ashley was 46th out of nearly 500 finishers.
At 72nd DANNY SCANLON was the fastest Spartan man in 44:13 and JOHN ROXBOROUGH made the top 100 at 93rd in 45:21.
| Position | Number | Name | Time | Category | Cat Pos | Gender | Gen Pos | Comments | ||
| 46 | 480 | Ashley King | 42:23 | Lady U40 | 6 | Female | 9 | |||
| 72 | 478 | Danny Scanlon | 44:13 | Senior U40 | 34 | Male | 57 | |||
| 93 | 467 | John Roxborough | 45:21 | Senior U40 | 42 | Male | 73 | |||
| 184 | 60 | Jim Brown | 52:09 | M60 | 3 | Male | 137 | 3rd Vet 60 | ||
| 230 | 413 | Alice Poole | 55:01 | W40 | 24 | Female | 72 | |||
| 262 | 408 | Lee Piroth | 55:39 | Senior U40 | 78 | Male | 178 | PB | ||
| 301 | 299 | Malcolm Macgregor | 58:13 | M40 | 54 | Male | 200 | |||
| 331 | 138 | Steven Dobner | 60:27 | M40 | 57 | Male | 210 | |||
| 344 | 472 | Rowena Rutledge | 60:40 | W40 | 48 | Female | 130 | |||
| 477 | 217 | Paul Holgate | 83:30 | M60 | 15 | Male | 253 |
Marie Wins Handicap 5K
Showing that her running mojo has definitely returned MARIE COLUCCI won the Spartans Handicap 5K event on Thursday evening. She finished in 23 minutes 35 seconds, 3:40 ahead of handicap. Debbie Blantern was second woman (third overall) in a new PB time of 27:53, and Grace Brown was third woman (5th overall) in 25:07, 1:38 better than handicap.
Winning man, second overall was Ciaran McAneny in a new PB time of 17:24, with Craig Bacon second man (4th overall) in a year best (YB) time of 22:55, and with Nick Kleanthous 3rd man (7th) in a new PB time of 25:25.
Fastest runner was Ciaran in 17:24, with Paul Shelley second quickest in 19:25 and Grant Ramsay third fastest with 19:49.
Fastest female was Marie in 23:35, with Susan McAneny second quickest in a new PB time of 23:43, and Grace’s 25:07 third fastest.
There were also PBs for Peter Jennings and John Harding, a year best time for Steve Pike, and Matt Clarke improved on his July Handicap 5k time by 28 seconds.
92% of finishers were within two minutes of their handicap set and the time difference between 3rd – 23rd position was just 3:14. There were 25 finishers.
The final Handicap 5K of 2019 will be on Thursday evening 12th September.
In handicap events the slower runners start first with others following at intervals determined by their recent times.
Doug Anderson 5K
It was a perfect evening for running the Doug Anderson 5K. On a fast flat course in Bedford ROGER BIGGS was 245th in 31:21 and PAUL HOLGATE 267th in 33:23. There were 306 finishers.
Parkrun Highlights 3rd August 2019
It was Stripy Saturday (first PR of the month in Stevenage wear your stripes!) and Gail Mackie was first lady in 22:34 in her 51st parkrun. There was a PB for James Kay (19:29) and he finished in 6th place. Steve Pike and Sarah Pike ran their first parkrun together.
Barry Osborne got a PB (22:50) at Panshanger. Not a Spartan but Annabel Gummow, the Stevenage ladies record holder, was first overall missing the course record by 2 secs!
Dean Carpenter was seventh (19:03) at Ellenbrook and Eva Ramsay was first lady (21:20).
In North Wales Nicola Hatherley ran in Plas Heli Cyf in Pwllheli with the course being run entirely on sand.
Furthest afield was John Holmes running in Warsaw joining only 40 others. He finished in 23:21.
(All the Spartan Parkrun results can be found in a table near the end of this release)
Tables
Parkrun Results Saturday 3rd August
A full list of the results is below.
Torbay Velopark parkrun
A total of 352 runners took part.
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Run Time |
| 147 | 121 | Luke GURNEY | 00:26:38 |
Westmill parkrun
A total of 65 runners took part.
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Run Time |
| 35 | 28 | Andy JAY | 00:29:30 |
Stevenage parkrun
A total of 376 runners took part.
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Run Time |
| 6 | 6 | James KAY | 00:19:29 |
| 13 | 13 | Martin BLACKBURN | 00:20:12 |
| 22 | 22 | Stuart ARCHER | 00:21:17 |
| 40 | 40 | Toby ECCLESHALL | 00:22:33 |
| 41 | 1 | Gail MACKIE | 00:22:34 |
| 45 | 43 | Matt CLARKE | 00:22:59 |
| 49 | 47 | Graham BLACKBURN | 00:23:23 |
| 60 | 57 | Jonathan JONES | 00:24:03 |
| 66 | 62 | Darren EMMERSON | 00:24:25 |
| 80 | 76 | Nigel STRONGITHARM | 00:25:10 |
| 126 | 113 | Stephen PIKE | 00:27:07 |
| 132 | 16 | Verity FISHER | 00:27:22 |
| 133 | 117 | Daniel SUTTON | 00:27:23 |
| 139 | 19 | Sarah PIKE | 00:27:28 |
| 155 | 25 | Debbie BLANTERN | 00:28:16 |
| 185 | 148 | David ACKERY | 00:29:43 |
| 221 | 52 | Jan FRY | 00:31:57 |
| 225 | 55 | Beverley HARLOW | 00:32:20 |
| 253 | 68 | Karen BROOM | 00:33:50 |
| 319 | 212 | Roger BIGGS | 00:38:24 |
| 353 | 132 | Shelbe MOONBEAM | 00:43:41 |
| 356 | 222 | James MCSWEENEY | 00:45:21 |
| 357 | 135 | Caren THAIN | 00:47:13 |
Brockenhurst parkrun
A total of 112 runners took part.
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Run Time |
| 111 | 65 | Darryl STEVENS | 00:47:46 |
Wimpole Estate parkrun
A total of 408 runners took part.
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Run Time |
| 207 | 49 | Kelly MCHALE | 00:30:01 |
| 257 | 181 | Steven DOBNER | 00:32:31 |
| 310 | 205 | David PATTMAN | 00:34:58 |
Canons Park parkrun
A total of 191 runners took part.
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Run Time |
| 16 | 16 | Tim SABAN | 00:21:45 |
Panshanger parkrun
A total of 366 runners took part.
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Run Time |
| 37 | 33 | Luke VINCENT | 00:22:45 |
| 38 | 34 | Barry OSBORNE | 00:22:50 |
| 87 | 75 | Tim ROBINSON | 00:25:23 |
Ellenbrook Fields parkrun
A total of 264 runners took part.
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Run Time |
| 7 | 7 | Dean CARPENTER | 00:19:03 |
| 22 | 1 | Eva RAMSEY | 00:21:20 |
| 50 | 6 | Grace BROWN | 00:24:10 |
| 83 | 67 | Nick KLEANTHOUS | 00:25:52 |
parkrun Pole Mokotowskie
A total of 41 runners took part.
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Run Time |
| 15 | 14 | John HOLMES | 00:23:21 |
Hafan Pwllheli parkrun
A total of 119 runners took part.
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Run Time |
| 96 | 25 | Nicola HATHERLY | 00:39:13 |