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PBs AT BEDFORD 10

A lot of water had fallen from the sky but 15 from Fairlands Valley Spartans made the trip to Bedford on Sunday morning.

ALICE WELCH ran a brilliant new personal best (PB) in the 10 miles event.  She improved by more than ten minutes to 1:24:12.  That bodes well for a sub two hour half marathon in the Spring.  The quickest Spartans were NICK GILL 22nd out of the 455 finishers with 1:05:17 and JAY PAPA 39th with 1:09:23.

The second female from Spartans was SAM TOPHILL with 1:29:49 while SOPHIE PARSONS was third with 1:32:15.  SIMON HAIGH beat 90 minutes with 1:29:41.

JIM BROWN had been under the weather, to put it mildly, for two weeks and having decided to start decided the best plan was to try to stick to an average of six minutes for every kilometre.  Mission accomplished with 1 hour 35 minutes 34 seconds despite a slip on a muddy hairpin bend at about 11.3 kilometres.  He was second in his age category.

JACOB and JOHN NELMS ran together with Jacob coming in at 1:37:29 and John at 1:37:43.  Jacob was second male under 23.  There were 455 finishers.

One or two tricky bits on the amended 10 mile course but basically flat and fast and great on the sections when you could see other Spartans going in the opposite direction.

Unfortunately getting around the floods meant the Bedford five mile event was shortened to 7.5 kilometres.

There were 317 finishers including six Spartans in the 7.5 kilometres event with GRANT RAMSAY coming in 20th with 29 minutes 44 seconds (29:44).  Grant was second man 50 plus.  ROSS GALLAGHER was 23rd with 30:33.

BECKY RAYNER was on for a very good five mile time but finished in 46:13.  Great potential for another attempt.

MARTIN HAIGH came in with 42:34; DAVID ACKERY with 44:27 and PENNY SCHENKEL with 47:33.

Linda Shield

LINDA GEORGE won Fairlands Valley Spartans handicap ten event and was recently presented with the Bryan Moore Sheild.

Parkrun Highlights

54 Spartans ran parkruns on Saturday and 32 were in Stevenage for the 438th event.  There was another high overall turnout with 576 finishers including 227 women.

LEE PICKERGILL ran his 120th parkrun in 24:52.  LEE POTTER a new parkrun personal best (PPB) of 36:53.  JAMES SOUTH has one to go to his century milestone.  He ran his 99th in 30:21.

JAY PAPA and JESSICA CLARKE ran the very first Holywell King George V playing fields parkrun.  It’s in West Watford.  Jay finished in 25:42 and Jessica in 28:41.  There were 206 finishers.

Altogether 54 Spartans ran parkruns on Saturday.

PositionGender PositionFVS parkrunnerTime
3731Elliott WHITE21:56
6456Toby ECCLESHALL22:58
8272Tony RANDFIELD23:58
9886Matthew COOKE24:24
10995Lee PICKERSGILL24:52
136114Peter SACH25:56
156132Darren EMMERSON26:39
17123Lorraine HILL27:18
175144Matt CLARKE27:24
201 Fiona CLARKE28:06
25245Annabelle WHITE29:13
25746Claire EMMERSON29:16
267208Jim BROWN29:32
268209Daniel VILJOEN29:33
294224James SOUTH30:21
296226Nick KLEANTHOUS30:22
30768Monica SMITHSON30:55
33183Sarah ILLINGWORTH31:44
35196Debbie BLANTERN32:26
386115Hannah MANTON33:21
397264Kartik SHARMA34:00
396263Ahaan SHARMA34:00
407127Julie SHADBOLT34:23
418137Nicola PATTMAN34:54
457162Jayne DYMOKE36:25
469289Lee Francis POTTER36:53
470166Sally PICKLES36:54
471167Rebecca RAYNER36:55
475291Keith MANTON37:28
489176Penny SCHENKEL38:25
505188Julie MANTON40:05
519196Stephanie GAJIC41:08
521198Tracy HAYGARTH41:38
572327Roger BIGGS56:22
576227Sharon CROWLEY62:21
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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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BEDFORD TEN 

There was a win for Jim at the Bedford ten mile race on Sunday morning.  Chilly and just a bit slippery in places but sunny, calm and JIM BROWN won the male veteran 70 plus race in 1:31:32 finishing 1 minute 6 seconds ahead of his nearest rival.   

The fastest Spartan was ANDY PRIOR with 1:19:08.  SOPHIE PARSONS was fastest female from Fairlands with 1:31:20.  DAVID ACKERY came in with 1:36:09 and CHLOE CHAPMAN with 1:36:34. 

Hyde Park 5k 

Runners enjoyed a wonderful tail breeze on the back straight of the two lap course at the Last Friday of the Month 5K in Hyde Park.  These are great friendly lunch-time events with a cafe nearby but the front end can be very sharp.  This month 16 finishers beat 17 minutes and the range of times was from  15:37 to 41:18. 

Sunny, mild and a light breeze in January.  Spartan JIM BROWN improved by 1 minute 20 seconds to finish in 27:20. 

Run The Sun 

MICHAEL O’KEEFE “Ran the Sun” race based at Weston near Hitchin on Sunday 21st January.  He covered a distance of 33 miles over 8 hours, on a very muddy and hilly course. 

Parkrun 27th January 

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