STORMY DARRAGH BUT SPARTANS KEEP ON RUNNING

Festive Five

Despite Stormy Darragh 30 Fairlands Valley Spartans ran the Festive Five in Welwyn Garden City and ANDREW PATTERSON won it!  His 27 minutes 5 seconds (27:05) was more than two minutes quicker than the next runner.

SAM GENTRY said despite it being harder with the rain and wind, she still really enjoyed it and was pleased with her time.  She finished in 51:35.

Spartan MIKE JEFFS was third man 40 plus and fourth overall with 30:12; ANNABELLE WHITE third senior woman (i.e. 18 plus) with 39:54 and VICKY ARCHER third woman 35 plus with 41:56.

BRIAN WHITE commented on the stormy conditions but still finished in exactly 38 minutes.

Fantastic to see so many Fairlands on a trip to a race.

Pos	Cat Pos	MF	BiB	Name	Category	Time	Comments
1	1	1	462	Andrew PATTERSON	MV40	27:05	Winner
4	3	4	41	Mike JEFFS	MV40	30:12	3rd MV40
14	8	14	213	Terry SAWYER	MV40	35:35
32	4	28	523	Brian WHITE	MV60	38:00
45	3	10	120	Annabelle WHITE	FS	39:54	3rd FS
47	8	37	245	Dave STEPHENSON	MV60	40:13
64	3	17	529	Vicky ARCHER	FV35	41:56	3rd FV35
65	7	18	241	Marie COLUCCI	FV45	41:56
81	15	60	497	Pete COOK	MV50	44:47
91	14	27	505	Tracy PEZ	FV45	45:58
92	15	28	548	Hazel SMITH	FV45	45:58
95	6	30	164	Megan SUTTON	FS	46:12
109	14	72	447	Andy JAY	MV60	48:53
121	15	44	11	Judy KING	FV55	50:36
122	16	45	98	Nikki NATION	FV55	50:38
125	17	47	525	Monica SMITHSON	FV55	51:18
128	21	49	451	Sam GENTRY	FV45	51:35
129	18	50	149	Tessa STEPHENSON	FV55	52:06
133	6	53	445	Liz CROWLEY	FV35	53:02
136	18	81	36	Michael O’KEEFE	MV60	54:20
137	24	56	513	Samantha SUTTON	FV45	54:24
141	7	60	254	Callie CHAPMAN	FV35	55:07
143	21	62	506	Liz CARVELL	FV55	55:19
155	26	87	553	Peter SACH	MS	57:22
171	27	84	446	Marleen VAN ZWIETEN	FV55	1:02:56
172	36	85	516	Donna SEALY-BELL	FV45	1:02:57
173	12	86	452	Jo COOK	FV35	1:02:56
183	39	96	508	Nichola DURENT	FV45	1:11:56
184	5	97	448	Sharon CROWLEY	FV65	1:11:56
185	15	98	184	Rebecca RAYNER	FV35	1:11:55

Winter Half

Four Spartans ran the Stevenage Winter Half.  SIMON JACKSON was fifth out of the 312 finishers and first man 40 plus in 1:20:23.  JAY PAPA was 27^th in 1:32:15; MATT GIFFORD finished in 1:39:33 and LLOYD DIAS in 2:29:08.

Simon said “After many months of minimal training, Kieran somehow got me out racing.  Conditions were horrendous, with rain, wind and hills.”  There were 312 finishers.

Cross Country Coming Up

The next Sunday cross country league race will be in Fairlands Valley Park, Stevenage on Sunday morning 15^th December.

Parkrun Highlights 7^th December

Stormy Darragh did its worst and participation at the 376^th Stevenage Parkrun was half many recent totals.  Windy, raining and generally unpleasant but there were still 234 who ran the Saturday morning 5K including ten Spartans including CAROLYN LINSELL and SHARON CROWLEY who were there as volunteer tailwalkers.

GRANT RAMSAY was top ten again with his 19 minutes 30 seconds. 

Altogether 14 Spartans ran parkruns which reflects the conditions and the cancellation of some events due to the conditions.  That didn’t stop NICK GILL who ran Letchworth in 24:58.

Position	Gender Position	FVS parkrunner	Time	Comments
9	9	Grant RAMSAY	19:30	Top Ten
29	27	Jay PAPA	22:32
63	58	Martin JACOB	25:03
87	75	Ryan DUNNING	27:00
158	115	Paul JENNINGS	31:50
165	118	Nick KLEANTHOUS	32:40
213	68	Tracy HAYGARTH	41:17
232	147	Tony RANDFIELD	55:32
233	82	Carolyn LINSELL	55:34	Tail walker
234	83	Sharon CROWLEY	55:35	Tail walker