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GOLD AND BRONZE SPARTANS

Fairlands Valley Spartans brought home GOLD and BRONZE medals from Sunday’s County 20 mile championships.

SIMON JACKSON flew around the four lap Hillingdon course in 2 hours 2 minutes 8 seconds for the Hertfordshire County Bronze for men 40 plus.

JIM BROWN had a hard time of it in the second half with the trippy pavements, kerbs and generally not being in a good place but persisted getting a terrible time of 4:04:58 but holding on to win County Gold for men 70 plus.  He said seventy smiling marshals helped get home round and certainly, in minutes per pound, he got good value for his entry fee.

Barcelona Marathon

Kristian ATANASOV ran a fantastic sub three race at the Barcelona Marathon.  He finished in 2 hours 51 minutes 57 seconds (2:51:57).

Wymondham

Today Carol Paul ran the Wymondham 20 in Norfolk, just to the south/west of Norwich.
The race started in the Town and went 2 miles out of town through the country lanes where the competitors completed a 8 mile loop twice and then back to Wymondham. The course was undulating with a big hill in the last mile. Conditions were quite humid and Carol finished in 3:28:26, 5th in her age group F60-64 and 382nd out of 462. The race was really well organised with loads of marshals.

Twin Lakes

BRIAN WHITE ran the Twin Lakes 20 in 2 hours 42 minutes 1 second (2:42:01).  He was 87th out of the 572 finishers in the multi-terrain event.

Ashridge Sam

It was a first time for SAM TOPHILL at the Ashridge Boundary Run.  She said it was not her usual running terrain !! – but she went round the 17.5 miles in 3:09:06. 

TIM ROBINSON finished in 3:54:31.  The off road course with 1600ft of ascent took in Ivinghoe Beacon and a section of stairs through the woods!  Was a tough run with most of the trails dried out, exposed tree roots, and heavily rutted tracks.  The prize for completion was the traditional Beanie.

Classic Cross Country

Spartan MATTHEW NEWTON ran the classic cross country Orion 15 in the Epping Forest near Chingford.  He finished in 2 hours 33 minutes 38 seconds.

Lee Valley PB Matt

On Sunday morning, MATT TUTTON ran the 10K at the Lee Valley Run Fest with a few other Spartans.  It was a flat course starting and finishing at the Olympic White-Water centre venturing through the Lee Valley Country Park.  Conditions were decent and he managed a chip time of 51:37 which is now is new 10k PB.  He was very happy to take a chunk of time off my personal best!

DANNY SCANLON ran the same race in 44:57.Two Spartans ran the ATW Run Fest Half Marathon.  SIMON HAIGH with 1:43:30 and MARTIN HAIGH with 2:09:28.

Preparing for Spring Events

42 Spartans took part in the FVS club 5, 10, 15 and 20 mile training runs on Sunday.

Parkrun Highlights Saturday 22nd March

A total of 498 parkrunners were at the 393rd Stevenage parkrun and despite it being the start of a very busy weekend 23 were Spartans.  SIMON JACKSON was third in 18 minutes 30 seconds (18:30).  He was running his 60th parkrun.

Altogether 40 Spartans were at parkruns across the country.

PositionGender PositionFVS parkrunnerTime
33Simon JACKSON18:30
1110Grant RAMSAY19:46
2723Tony RANDFIELD21:34
3729Matthew COOKE22:21
6753Martin JACOB23:33
8566Daniel VILJOEN24:15
161118Darren EMMERSON26:46
172125Matt CLARKE26:56
177128Ryan DUNNING27:05
184132Mark BEASLEY27:14
217150Jim BROWN28:26
23748Fiona CLARKE28:56
241163Peter SACH29:01
25253Claire EMMERSON29:17
254168Paul JENNINGS29:19
313193Steve PLATT30:41
33691Debbie BLANTERN31:36
368224Kartik SHARMA33:18
392109Pamela VILJOEN34:48
420125Chloe CHAPMAN36:12
421126Nicola HATHERLY36:16
451143Hannah MANTON38:49
488261Roger BIGGS47:05
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NICK AND GEORGIE BESTS IN STAFFORD

Stafford Half Marathon 

There were perfect conditions for NICK GILL and GEORGIE HOOPER at the Stafford Half Marathon.  They made the most of a fast course and both achieved substantial personal bests.  Nick ran a 1:34:01 PB.  His previous best was 1:37:50 at the Stevenage Half Marathon in 2017.  Georgie ran a 1:48:58 PB.  Her previous PB was 1:54:22 at the Richmond Half in 2019. 

Great Yarmouth Endurance Weekend 

Several Spartans enjoyed a weekend of running at Great Yarmouth.  

After several disappointing runs this year JIM BROWN was a bit happier with his half marathon at Great Yarmouth managing to get under two hours with 1 hour 57 minutes 3 seconds, a year’s best by 5 minutes 22 seconds. 

ELLIE McDERMOTT ran the half in 2 hours 28 minutes 18 seconds.  A bit of a cold north easterly breeze but it stayed dry. 

In the Great Yarmouth 10K CHRISTINE ZVEREV raced up and down the seafront and finished in 64 minutes 29 seconds. 

Happy campers at Great Yarmouth!

Ashridge Boundary Run 

SUSAN McANENY and ZOE JACKSON had a beautiful spring day to enjoy the scenic and very undulating course of the Ashridge Boundary trail run. 

They thoroughly enjoyed the run, taking it at a casual pace and walking some of the bigger hills.  They enjoyed reaching Ivinghoe beacon and the views that rewarded them with.  

They finished the 16.5 miles in 3 hour 10 minutes and enjoyed the homemade cake at the finish! 

THOMAS SAUKA finished in 2:42:39 and WENDY THARANI in 3:42:36. 

Blue skies and sunshine at Ashridge!

Parkrun Highlights 19th March 

Twenty-four Fairlands Valley Spartans ran in the Spring sunshine at Parkrun events this weekend, making it a Saturday morning of milestones. 

TOBY ECCLESHALL ran his 100th event on the Stevenage course in a time of 23 minutes and 26 seconds while DARRYL STEVENS ran for the 190th time at the Brockenhurst event in 45 minutes and 48 seconds.  

At Woodhouse Moor, Leeds PAUL MAGUIRE ran a parkrun PB times of 23 minutes and 9 seconds.  Paul said, “This was a three lap run around the park with a hill climb at the end of each lap and the end.  It was a big field of 450 runners and I was very pleased with my time of 23:09.  I was 97th overall and third in my age category.” 

NICK KLEANTHOUS ran a parkrun PB at Preston Park with 25 minutes and 25 seconds. 

In addition, STEVE WELLS was third overall in Thetford running a time of 20 minutes and 24 seconds. 

Stevenage parkrunners

Tables 

Spartans at Parkrun on Saturday 19th March 

Parkrun Position Gender Position Parkrunner Time 
Stevenage 24 22 Matt CLARKE 00:22:24 
  26 24 Craig BACON 00:22:30 
  32 30 Toby ECCLESHALL 00:23:26 
  36 34 Andrew MCGUINNESS 00:23:46 
  59 55 Steven DOBNER 00:24:52 
  110 99 Darren EMMERSON 00:27:49 
  123 18 Claire EMMERSON 00:28:07 
  127 106 David PATTMAN 00:28:27 
  128 22 Mo WARRILLOW 00:28:28 
  132 25 Debbie BLANTERN 00:28:42 
  137 27 Fiona CLARKE 00:28:57 
  166 42 Sharon CROWLEY 00:30:38 
  178 51 Caroline CROFT 00:31:41 
  268 150 Roger BIGGS 00:47:54 
  271 109 Hazel SMITH 00:56:34 
  272 110 Callie CHAPMAN 00:56:38 
          
Woodhouse Moor 97 78 Paul MAGUIRE 00:23:09 
          
Gunpowder 118 64 Paul JENNINGS 00:33:51 
          
Brockenhurst 124 68 Darryl STEVENS 00:45:48 
          
Thetford Steve WELLS 00:20:24 
          
Preston Park 147 111 Nick KLEANTHOUS 00:25:25 

272 finishers at Stevenage.