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SIMON WINS ESSENDON

Spartan SIMON FRASER won the Essendon Country Club 10K on Sunday with an amazing 36 minutes 42 seconds (36:42) on what was a tough course, icy, muddy, lumpy paths and hilly.  He said it was fun.

Birthday Best in Bedford

MIKE JEFFS celebrated his birthday in his new shorts with a 25 seconds improvement to his personal best (PB) for ten miles at the Bedford 10.  His 1:00:05 was not quite the outcome he was after but he was over the moon with his time and seventh place overall.  Just six seconds to go.

Spartan DAVE COOK did beat the hour.  He was fourth with 58:48.

Nick GILL finished in 1:05:41.  He was aiming for more like 1:05 flat, but still pleased with nearly a minute improvement compared to the Buntingford 10 four weeks ago.  He said it was great to see a good lot of Spartans.

Third in his age group BRIAN WHITE finished in 1:19:34.  He said it was his first time doing a race alongside the Bedford Embankment.  He thoroughly enjoyed the whole race and the bonus was a very flat route.

JIM BROWN and SOPHIE PARSONS finished in 1:36:07 and 1:36:34.

Nine Spartans ran the race.  The others were CRAIG BACON 1:17:32; SIMON HAIGH 1:19:57; MARTIN HAIGH 1:25:57.

There were 437 finishers.

PosBiBNameChip TimeCategoryAge Grade
4252Dave COOK58:48Ages 20-3474.35
7277Mike JEFFS1:00:05Ages 40 – 4475.79
1958Nick GILL1:05:41Ages 35 – 3967.16
9241Craig BACON1:17:32Ages 50 – 5465.31
10647Brian WHITE1:19:34Ages 65 – 6973.69
1184Simon HAIGH1:19:57Ages 55 – 5964.82
17024Martin HAIGH1:25:57Ages 35 – 3950.85
28112Jim BROWN1:36:07Ages 70 – 7461.65
29865Sophie PARSONS1:36:34Ages 20 – 3448.78

Parkrun Highlights – Saturday 25th January

There were three Spartans in the top ten at Saturday’s Stevenage parkrun.

Over 500 again with 523 runners 27 of whom were from Fairlands Valley Spartans.

ANDREW PATTERSON was first with a new parkrun personal best (PPB) of 16 minutes 25 seconds; SIMON JACKSON fifth in 17:46 and GRANT RAMSAY eighth in 18:54.

On Robert Burns birthday JIM BROWN was first kilt with 29:52 and MAURICE BALLARD ran a new PPB of 27:58.

NICK KLEANTHOUS was running his 230th parkrun and finished in 31:58; PAMELA VILJOEN her 260th which she completed in 31:37.

Elsewhere JOHN NELMS ran Henlow Bridge Lakes parkrun in 24:55; SUZY HAWKINS Wendover in 25:32; MARIA SWIFT Bug Hunter Waters (Northstowe, Cambridgeshire) in 28:39; MICHAEL O’KEEFE Harlow in 32:38; NICK GILL Letchworth in 32:50; PAUL JENNINGS Panshanger in 34:09; Jonathan JONES 38:45 and DZENANA TOPIC 38:45 at the Wimpole Estate; NICOLA HATHERLY 41:01 at Jersey Farm (St Albans) and DARRYL STEVENS 57:58 in Brockenhurst.

PositionFVS parkrunnerTime
1Andrew PATTERSON16:25
5Simon JACKSON17:46
8Grant RAMSAY18:54
31Tony RANDFIELD22:41
75Daniel VILJOEN24:26
97Martin DUDLEY25:12
138Darren EMMERSON26:37
166Matt TUTTON27:16
179Karen ELLIS27:45
196Maurice BALLARD27:58
204Matt CLARKE28:11
214Fiona CLARKE28:12
220Mark BEASLEY28:34
231Claire EMMERSON28:57
257Steve TINSLEY29:36
269Jim BROWN29:52
324Pamela VILJOEN31:37
337Nick KLEANTHOUS31:58
356Monica SMITHSON32:56
372Stephen SMITHSON33:45
398Peter SACH34:36
416Jo MANSFIELD36:25
423Chloe CHAPMAN36:40
457Tracy HAYGARTH39:19
470Rebecca RAYNER40:37
471Sharon CROWLEY40:45
502Roger BIGGS47:06

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