Spartan LINDA GEORGE was very pleased to beat the two hour barrier when she finished the Cambridge Half Marathon in 1 hour 59 minutes 34 seconds.
CRAIG BACON finished in 1:39:11. He said it was a bright crisp morning for the Cambridge Half Marathon. It was a picturesque and very flat course through the colleges, city centre and out to the villages of Grantchester and Trumpington before heading back into the city for the finish. Craig said mile 9 was tough, but even with a pit stop he was very pleased to finish with a 12 second PB (personal best).
Spartan VICKY ARCHER took more than four minutes off her PB with 1:51:58 and STUART ARCHER improved to 1:23:18.
NICK GILL said 1:23:21 at the Cambridge Half Marathon – a new PB and almost 4 minutes quicker than one year ago [1:27:16]. He ran with Mike Jeffs from start to finish and it went perfectly! They just couldn’t quite catch Stuart Archer. MIKE JEFFS 1:23:21 was also a PB.
CAROLE SHELDRICK and CAROLINE CROFT ran the Cambridge Half Marathon together. Carole said it has always been one of her favourite half marathons to run. They had to negotiate a lot of mud to get to the start line, but it was definitely worth it.
Carole continued “as always it was very well organised and the support throughout the route was amazing.”
Their official times: Carole Sheldrick 2hrs 31mins 23sec and Caroline Croft 2hrs 31mins 21sec (The seconds matter and Caroline was very pleased to beat Carole across the finish line).
ANDREW PATTERSON was very happy and in some shock at knocking 1 minute 26 seconds off his PB, he thought he could PB but wasn’t expecting a time of 1.11.03. He said conditions were ideal for me out there today. No wind or rain and a flat, fast course. His first time at doing Cambridge and he loved it.
Also MATTHEW NEWTON finished in 1:27:43; JOHN HARRIS in 1:32:59; MARTIN JACOB in 1:50:22 and DANIELA PETRIANNA in 2:10:55.
Well done all the Spartans some great times clocked by all!
| Position | Bib | Name | Chip | Cat | Cat Pos | Pace | Comments |
| 57 | 12258 | Andrew Patterson | 1:11:03 | M40-44 | 3 | 3:22 min/km | PB |
| 344 | 11769 | Kirk Ndugu | 1:19:31 | M35-39 | 60 | 3:46 min/km | |
| 565 | 5286 | Stuart Archer | 1:23:18 | M40-44 | 78 | 3:56 min/km | PB |
| 571 | 8584 | Nick Gill | 1:23:21 | M35-39 | 99 | 3:57 min/km | PB |
| 572 | 9862 | Mike Jeffs | 1:23:21 | M40-44 | 80 | 3:57 min/km | PB |
| 938 | 11829 | Matthew Newton | 1:27:43 | M40-44 | 137 | 4:09 min/km | |
| 1038 | 9910 | Ashley Johnson | 1:28:40 | F40-44 | 17 | 4:12 min/km | PB |
| 1129 | 8422 | Ross Gallagher | 1:29:20 | M40-44 | 170 | 4:14 min/km | |
| 1143 | 4512 | Stuart Haycroft | 1:29:26 | M45-49 | 105 | 4:14 min/km | |
| 1296 | 15667 | Mark Collins | 1:30:57 | M45-49 | 124 | 4:18 min/km | |
| 1515 | 9135 | John Harris | 1:32:59 | M60-64 | 12 | 4:24 min/km | |
| 2474 | 5418 | Craig Bacon | 1:39:11 | M50-54 | 175 | 4:42 min/km | PB |
| 2670 | 10848 | Gail Mackie | 1:40:17 | F30-34 | 73 | 4:45 min/km | |
| 4409 | 3021 | Robert Wright | 1:48:49 | M40-44 | 515 | 5:09 min/km | |
| 4755 | 9798 | Martin Jacob | 1:50:22 | M40-44 | 546 | 5:13 min/km | |
| 5079 | 4812 | Vicky Archer | 1:51:58 | F40-44 | 145 | 5:18 min/km | PB |
| 7032 | 8514 | Linda George | 1:59:34 | F35-39 | 217 | 5:40 min/km | PB |
| 9201 | 3459 | Daniela Petrianni | 2:10:55 | F40-44 | 405 | 6:12 min/km | |
| 11710 | 7222 | Caroline Croft | 2:31:21 | F50-54 | 384 | 7:10 min/km | |
| 11712 | 13482 | Carole Sheldrick | 2:31:23 | F50-54 | 385 | 7:10 min/km | PB |
| 12771 | 4752 | Samantha Sutton | 2:58:25 | F45-49 | 603 | 8:27 min/km |
Berkhampstead Half
The Berkhamsted Half Marathon was very different to Cambridge. Hilly rather than flat, rural rather than town and just over 900 runners rather than about 14,000. Spartan WENDY THARANI finished in 2 hours 12 minutes 47 seconds.
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