STUART HAYCROFT led the Spartan contingent in the 10 mile race at the Lee Valley Ten Fest and was 6th overall and second M40 finisher in 1:02:49, a new Personal Best. DEAN CARPENTER finished in 1:05:23 which smashed his previous PB, set in 2013, by over two minutes and ensured he finished 4th in the M40 category. JAMES KAY reported that he didn’t have the fitness to really push on but nonetheless finished in a creditable 1:09:12 for a PB by well over two minutes.
KAREN ELLIS said that it was a wet start but still very warm in running and she enjoyed the lovely two lap course round the park in finishing in 1:23:46 to be second in the W50 category. MARIA THORNE completed the ten miler in 1:44:59.
Three Spartans took part in the 10k race option. ROWENA RUTLEDGE completed in 1:04:57 and KAREN BROOM in 1:06:19. For the men JONATHAN JONES finished in 1:05:24.
Chiltern Challenge 100k
ADRIAN BUSOLINI ran the Chiltern Challenge 100k on Saturday in a time of 13:06:33, coming home in 11th place.
After finishing Adrian said “We were all happy to take the incessant rain over Thursday’s 38 degree record temperature. There were plenty of highs and lows, mainly in the form of hills; but, as ever, the greatest high from running an ultra comes in the form of the post-race meal: satisfaction on a plate!”
Last Friday of the Month
After failing to finish the last race he started JIM BROWN took the first mile of Friday’s 5K very steadily then joined up with a couple of friends to cruise to the finish in a time of 26 mins 32 secs.
Parkrun Highlights 27th July 2019
Heatwave gave way to a cooler and wetter Saturday morning but that didn’t deter 39 Fairland Valley Spartans heading out to run at 11 different Parkrun venues.
The quickest Spartan and quickest female Spartan both ran at Stevenage with Dean CARPENTER finishing with a time of 19:41 and Gail MACKIE finishing with a time of 20:54.
Two new PBs were both recorded at Stevenage with Eva RAMSEY finishing at 22:07 and Ada JANUSIENE finishing at 29:25.
John ROXBOROUGH tried out a new venue at Gadebridge and Matt CLARKE completed his 30th Parkrun at Stevenage.
There were 6 top ten gender position finishers this week including Dean CARPENTER (6th male), Gail MACKIE (3rd female), Eva RAMSEY (5th female), John ROXBOROUGH (9th male), Grace BROWN (26:36, 4th female at Aldenham) and Kelly MCHALE (24:06, 10th at Ellenbrooks)
(All the Spartan Parkrun results can be found in a table near the end of this release)
Tables
Lee Valley Ten Fest 28th July
10 Mile Option
Pos | Race No | Name | Time | Net Time | Category | Cat Pos | Gender | Gen Pos | Notes |
6 | 97 | Stuart Haycroft | 01:03:08 | 01:03:07 | M40 | 2 | Male | 6 | |
8 | 32 | Dean Carpenter | 01:05:42 | 01:05:39 | M40 | 4 | Male | 8 | PB |
11 | 111 | jonathan jones | 01:06:36 | 01:05:50 | M50 | 1 | Male | 10 | |
20 | 114 | James Kay | 01:09:33 | 01:09:31 | Senior U40 | 6 | Male | 19 | PB |
73 | 59 | Karen Ellis | 01:24:27 | 01:24:11 | W50 | 2 | Female | 13 | |
163 | 221 | Maria Thorne | 01:45:40 | 01:45:23 | W50 | 18 | Female | 64 |
10k Option
Pos | Race No | Name | Time | Net Time | Category | Cat Pos | Gender | Gen Pos | Notes |
160 | 474 | Rowena Rutledge | 01:05:22 | 01:04:57 | W40 | 18 | Female | 58 | |
171 | 522 | Karen Broom | 01:06:35 | 01:06:19 | W50 | 12 | Female | 66 |
parkrun Results 27th July
Parkrun | Position | Gender | Parkrunner | Time | Notes |
St Albans | 174 | 43 | Jo BOWDERY | 00:27:40 | |
Milton Keynes | 517 | 332 | Graham HILL | 00:39:18 | |
Westmill | 113 | 39 | Tracy STILES | 00:36:10 | |
Stevenage | 7 | 6 | Dean CARPENTER | 00:19:41 | |
Stevenage | 13 | 12 | Paul SHELLEY | 00:20:08 | |
Stevenage | 21 | 19 | Nick GILL | 00:20:44 | |
Stevenage | 23 | 3 | Gail MACKIE | 00:20:54 | |
Stevenage | 28 | 25 | Danny SCANLON | 00:21:31 | |
Stevenage | 33 | 29 | Richard KENNEDY | 00:21:56 | |
Stevenage | 36 | 5 | Eva RAMSEY | 00:22:07 | PB |
Stevenage | 37 | 32 | Luke VINCENT | 00:22:18 | |
Stevenage | 41 | 36 | Toby ECCLESHALL | 00:22:36 | |
Stevenage | 50 | 44 | Martin DUDLEY | 00:23:32 | |
Stevenage | 52 | 46 | Daniel SUTTON | 00:23:38 | |
Stevenage | 61 | 55 | Barry OSBORNE | 00:24:17 | |
Stevenage | 73 | 66 | Tim ROBINSON | 00:24:51 | |
Stevenage | 78 | 71 | Steven DOBNER | 00:25:12 | |
Stevenage | 97 | 12 | Alison SHELLEY | 00:25:59 | |
Stevenage | 115 | 96 | Jonathan JONES | 00:26:49 | |
Stevenage | 125 | 103 | Kartik SHARMA | 00:27:09 | |
Stevenage | 128 | 106 | Matt CLARKE | 00:27:20 | 30th |
Stevenage | 141 | 114 | David SCOTT | 00:28:19 | |
Stevenage | 149 | 28 | Fiona CLARKE | 00:28:48 | |
Stevenage | 157 | 33 | Debbie BLANTERN | 00:29:19 | |
Stevenage | 159 | 34 | Ada JANUSIENE | 00:29:25 | PB |
Stevenage | 171 | 39 | Verity FISHER | 00:29:56 | |
Stevenage | 174 | 133 | David ACKERY | 00:30:34 | |
Stevenage | 210 | 61 | Beverley HARLOW | 00:32:50 | |
Stevenage | 211 | 62 | Jan FRY | 00:32:51 | |
Gadebridge | 10 | 9 | John ROXBOROUGH | 00:23:03 | new venue |
Brockenhurst | 157 | 95 | Darryl STEVENS | 00:51:54 | |
Wimpole Estate | 123 | 108 | Barry KING | 00:27:01 | |
Wimpole Estate | 244 | 177 | Nick WITCOMBE | 00:33:08 | |
Haverfordwest | 61 | 16 | Sheryl HANN | 00:28:49 | |
Aldenham | 33 | 4 | Grace BROWN | 00:26:36 | |
Holkham | 233 | 140 | David PATTMAN | 00:34:15 | |
Holkham | 234 | 141 | Matthew PATTMAN | 00:34:23 | |
Holkham | 279 | 115 | Nicola PATTMAN | 00:39:52 | |
Ellenbrook Fields | 69 | 10 | Kelly MCHALE | 00:24:06 |