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FANTASTIC FAIRLANDS DOUBLE

Stevenage running club Fairlands Valley Spartans organised two enjoyable and very different running events in four days.   The Relays in the Park attracted 580 in 145 teams and the Fairlands Valley Challenge off road events 173 participants.

A fantastic Thursday evening attracted 580 runners, 145 teams, to the Relays in the Park.  Organised by Fairlands Valley Spartans in Fairlands Valley Park every runner ran a three kilometre stage with four runners in each team.

As well as organising the Spartans enjoyed some success in the County Championships which were incorporated in the relays.  The club’s veteran men won GOLD by 17 seconds with SIMON FRASER (9:59); ROSS GALLAGHER (10:10); ANDREW PATTERSON (9:45); and JASON ANDERSON (11:01) and the FVS women won SILVER with ALICE WELCH (13:17); GEORGIE HOOPER (12:20); GAIL MACKIE (12:00) and SUZY HAWKINS (13:22).

44 Spartans in eleven teams ran.  The fastest round the 3K was Andrew Patterson in 9 minutes 45 seconds, 16th out of the 580, with SAMUEL PAUL just behind at 9:46 for 17th.  SIMON FRASER squeaked under ten with 9:59.  The Spartans silver women’s team consisted of the club’s four fastest females.

The Fairlands Valley Challenge offered the chance to run or walk some classic trail routes from Stevenage.  The choices were 10 kilometres, half marathon, 18 miles, full marathon (26.2 miles) or a 50 kilometre ultra.

The first runners left Marriotts School at 8.15a.m. and everyone had to be back by 5.30p.m.  The check points were at Watton-at-Stone, Chapmore End, Stapleford, Tewin, Datchworth and Aston Ford. 

A huge number of volunteers including route checkers, marshals, time keepers, entry processors, food and water providers, checkpoint staff, all held together by the two race directors made it all possible.

The next big event organised by Fairlands Valley Spartans will be the Stevenage Half Marathon on Sunday 18th October.  Entries are open.

PosFVS 3k Relays – Thursday evening 16/7/26TimeTeam
16AndrewPatterson9:451st MV
17SamuelPaul9:46
29SimonFraser9:591st MV
43RossGallagher10:101st MV
52KristianAtanasov10:18
55CharlieWhite10:20
64JayPapa10:25
80NickGill10:44
84MichaelFisher10:49
99PeterGentle10:56
102JasonAnderson11:011st MV
138StefanFord11:37
139TerrySawyer11:38
169StuartArcher11:59
172GailMackie12:002nd F
178SteveWells12:04
206GeorgieHooper12:202nd F
224MikeJeffs12:32
232DannyScanlon12:37
234KeithHooker12:37
279RalphDadswell13:15
284AliceWelch13:172nd F
287MatthewCooke13:19
290SuzyHawkins13:222nd F
293RichardMoore13:24
305LeePickersgill13:32
372TonyVickers14:28
373CharlieArnold14:29 
399MeganSutton14:49 
427PeteCook15:24 
450LindaNolan15:52 
453CaroleSheldrick15:53 
456LucyPaul15:54 
488SallyPickles16:36 
489NickKleanthous16:38 
492VishShah16:41 
511KarlShreeve17:07 
520JulieShadbolt17:24 
532JudyKing17:58 
541CallieChapman18:21 
549KarenPalmer18:53 
569PaulHolgate20:47 
571CarolineAuckland21:12 
580EmmaChapman27:40 

St Albans Summer 10K

Six Spartans enjoyed the St Albans Summer 10K.  A good mostly flat route largely along a former railway line.

Being “sensible” JIM BROWN beat the hour with 59:03 and was third in his category.  VISH SHAH came in soon afterwards with 60:16 then KATE ILES in 63:32.  The other three Spartans finished more or less together – ANDY FENWICK in 1:23:53; JULIE BUDDEN in 1:24:01 and LEE POTTER in 1:24:02.

PosNameChipCatGun
335Jim BROWN59:0331:00:52
356Vishal SHAH60:16371:02:04
411Kate ILES63:32211:06:21
553Andy FENWICK83:53351:27:43
557Julie BUDDEN84:01321:27:50
558Lee POTTER84:02451:27:51

Elmbridge 10K

Spartans Stuart Archer and Danny Scanlon took a trip to Elmbridge Surrey for a lovely 10K along the Thames towpath.  The race was on a fast, flat and scenic from Walton-on-Thames to Molesey and back.  Nice and flat.

Danny managed to just sneak under 45 minutes with a chip time of 44:58.  Stu finished in 42:32.  About 500 finished.

Parkrun Highlights – Any Sport, Any Country

Stevenage parkrun had an any sport, any country theme on Saturday.  Several of the 533 runners dressed accordingly from Aussie Rules Football through the London Olympics and Tour de France to the Zanzibar football team.

44 Spartans ran at Stevenage and ANDREW PATTERSON was the fastest overall in 16:42.  CHARLIE WHITE and STEVE WELLS were both sub 20 with 19:40 and 19:59.

There were new parkrun personal bests for LEWIS GREEN and BRONYA BROWN with 22:05 and 25:07 for the five kilometres.  This week GEORGIE HOOPER was the fastest female from Fairlands with 24:48.

There were 65 Spartans at various parkruns on Saturday.MARTYN DOWLING ran the Great Dunmow Park Run in 24 minutes 26 seconds and came 24th overall.

PositionGender PositionFVS parkrunnerTime
11Andrew PATTERSON16:42
1513Charlie WHITE19:40
1816Steve WELLS19:59
4139Lewis GREEN22:05
4340Toby ECCLESHALL22:06
4845Graham HOARE22:13
5349Ralph DADSWELL22:28
6258Lee PICKERSGILL23:10
8376Matt CLARKE24:07
9184Martin JACOB24:33
9890Daniel VILJOEN24:45
997Georgie HOOPER24:48
10091Nick GILL24:49
10898Matthew COOKE25:01
11510Bronya BROWN25:07
11912Marie COLUCCI25:13
122108Martin DUDLEY25:17
157137Brian WHITE26:26
162141Paul SHELLEY26:38
210173Stuart ARCHER27:47
21937Fiona CLARKE28:03
220180Keith HOOKER28:06
23040Alison SHELLEY28:43
23341Sally PICKLES28:51
23442Alice WELCH28:54
236191Jay PAPA28:59
243196Tim ROBINSON29:19
25250Julie SHADBOLT29:43
254201Nick KLEANTHOUS29:45
259204Vishal SHAH29:53
26856Lindsay PATEMAN30:09
269210Jim BROWN30:13
27157Samantha SUTTON30:22
30074Linda GEORGE31:37
31280Debbie BLANTERN32:21
32085Sam GENTRY32:34
363110Carole SHELDRICK34:09
366111Caroline CROFT34:24
377116Pamela VILJOEN34:53
389121Nikki NATION35:31
398264Paul HOLGATE35:41
442279Michael O’KEEFE38:31
450157Niki PLUMB38:59
516304Lloyd DIAS51:43