Fairlands Valley Spartans women’s team, GEORGIE HOOPER 45:08; SUZY HAWKINS 46:43 and CLAIRE PULLEN 47:17 were second, SILVER medals, in the county championships at the Standalone 10K on Sunday morning.
In the open race they were third with MARIE COLUCCI 48:08 joining them to make up the team of four in that event. Claire was also first woman 55 plus in the race.
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23 Spartans ran. The fastest was SIMON FRASER who finished ninth out of more than 1100 finishers. Next came NICK GILL 36th in 38:38; MIKE JEFFS 48th in 39:36 and GRANT RAMSAY 51st in 39:47.
PENNY SCHENKEL wanted to beat one hour which she did by four seconds (59:56). An excellently paced run.
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The other Spartans enjoying the 6.2 miles road event in Letchworth; Stotfold and Fairfield Park were MARTIN DUDLEY 51:24; MATT TUTTON 54:23: WENDY THARANI 55:17; ANDY JAY 56:55; NICK KLEANTHOUS 57:49; JO COOKSLEY 58:26; TRICIA HOPPER 59:01; CLAIRE EMMERSON 59:02; JIM BROWN 59:37; KAREN LIDDLE 1:00:04; SHARON CROWLEY 1:02:58; MONICA SMITHSON 1:07:11; SAMANTHA SUTTON 1:18:26 and ROGER BIGGS 1:32:58.
Pos | Cat | Gen | Name | Cat | 5K Split | Gun | Chip | Age Gd | Com |
9 | 7 | 9 | Simon FRASER | MS | 17:50 | 35:27 | 35:27 | 76.7% | |
36 | 22 | 35 | Nick GILL | MS | 18:58 | 38:40 | 38:38 | 69.7% | |
48 | 26 | 47 | Mike JEFFS | MS | 18:58 | 39:36 | 39:33 | 69.5% | |
51 | 3 | 50 | Grant RAMSAY | MV50 | 19:25 | 39:47 | 39:46 | 76.1% | |
130 | 5 | 11 | Georgie HOOPER | FV35 | 22:02 | 45:18 | 45:08 | 67.9% | ST |
179 | 5 | 20 | Suzy HAWKINS | FV45 | 23:15 | 47:00 | 46:43 | 70.4% | ST |
199 | 1 | 27 | Claire PULLEN | FV55 | 23:53 | 47:32 | 47:17 | 78.6% | ST |
239 | 10 | 32 | Marie COLUCCI | FV45 | 23:21 | 48:23 | 48:08 | 67.7% | OT |
363 | 20 | 299 | Martin DUDLEY | MV60 | 26:02 | 51:55 | 51:24 | 63.1% | |
497 | 144 | 384 | Matt TUTTON | MS | 27:29 | 55:12 | 54:23 | 49.8% | |
548 | 35 | 138 | Wendy THARANI | FV45 | 28:47 | 56:05 | 55:17 | 61.8% | |
598 | 81 | 432 | Andy JAY | MV50 | 27:56 | 57:22 | 56:55 | 56.6% | |
646 | 47 | 462 | Nick KLEANTHOUS | MV60 | 29:34 | 58:35 | 57:49 | 56.5% | |
675 | 71 | 205 | Jo COOKSLEY | FV35 | 31:36 | 59:22 | 58:26 | 51.8% | |
695 | 30 | 219 | Tricia HOPPER | FV55 | 29:40 | 59:43 | 59:01 | 61.7% | |
701 | 61 | 225 | Claire EMMERSON | FV45 | 30:17 | 59:50 | 59:02 | 58.6% | |
726 | 9 | 486 | Jim BROWN | MV70+ | 30:17 | 1:00:44 | 59:37 | 60.2% | |
727 | 65 | 241 | Penny SCHENKEL | FV45 | 30:17 | 1:00:44 | 59:56 | 58.5% | |
730 | 7 | 243 | Karen LIDDLE | FV65+ | 29:58 | 1:00:52 | 1:00:04 | 68.5& | |
822 | 11 | 308 | Sharon CROWLEY | FV65+ | 33:00 | 1:04:14 | 1:02:58 | 64.9% | |
920 | 50 | 376 | Monica SMITHSON | FV55 | 31:31 | 1:07:59 | 1:07:11 | 55.7% | |
1071 | 135 | 493 | Samantha SUTTON | FV45 | 39:25 | 1:19:43 | 1:18:26 | 42.0% | |
1099 | 17 | 585 | Roger BIGGS | MV70+ | 45:43 | 1:34:29 | 1:32:58 | 41.0% |
Serpentine 5K
JIM BROWN enjoyed wonderful sun and a tailwind on the back straight for Friday’s Serpentine 5K in Hyde Park. He finished in 28:45.
Parkrun – Saturday 30th September
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