Tag: Fred Hughes 10

FRED HUGHES SIX

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A super six Spartans took on the Fred Hughes 10 mile race on the outskirts of St Albans.

They were MIKE JEFFS 1:07:44; LUCY PAUL 1:31:54; KARL SHREEVE 1:33:12; SHARON CROWLEY 1:37:47; REBECCA RAYNER 1:44:41 and NICHOLA DURENT 2:20:43. There were 981 finishers.

Sharon achieved the highest age score of the Spartans with 69.61%. She was fourth woman 65 plus. Becky beat her Buntingford time, set only three weeks ago, by more than three minutes for a new personal best (PB) of 1:44:41. An improvement of 3 minutes 2 seconds.

Lucy Paul said the weather conditions were perfect and she didn’t even mind the hills!

Nichola Durent was a bit nervous before the start after having a bad run at Buntingford a few weeks before but she finished in 2:20:43 gaining a 1 minute 24 seconds PB. The course was nice with some hills as expected. Everyone was so supportive. Nichola said she would definitely do this event again.

Meanwhile large numbers of Spartans enjoyed one of three club training sessions on Sunday morning.

Hatfield

Recently Spartans LEANNE and JODIE WILSON ran the Hatfield 10K. Leanne was 174^th in 55:29 and Jodie 176^th in 55:31. There were 350 finishers.

Update – Panshanger Cross Country

Last weekend’s turnout of 22 men and 16 women Spartans for the fourth cross country league race was fantastic. That’s more than two complete men’s and women’s teams.

DAVID HARRIS-CHERGUIT was third man 40 plus in the race and the fastest for Fairlands Valley with 31 minutes 36 seconds (31:36) for the 8.6 kilometres. That gave him tenth overall.

There were 411 finishers. The FVS combined team were fifth out of 18 clubs at this race.

GEORGIE HOOPER was the club’s quickest women with 40:27 giving her 22^nd place out of 159 female finishers. New member SHAUNA LAWLESS was next at 28^th with 42:19.

There will be an opportunity to move up one or two places at the fifth and final league race this season which will be in Watford on 15^th February.

Pos	Name	Official
10	DAVID HARRIS-CHERGUIT	31:36
18	ADRIAN BUSOLINI	32:24
71	NICK GILL	35:57
79	ADRIAN DONNELLY	36:36
82	DECLAN TRAYNER	36:48
86	MIKE JEFFS	37:00
141	GEORGIE HOOPER	40:27
143	STUART ARCHER	40:29
163	STEVE MAYFIELD	41:51
168	DANNY SCANLON	42:08
171	CHARLIE ARNOLD	42:16
172	SHAUNA LAWLESS	42:19
249	DAVID RIDDELL	45:37
250	MATT COOKE	45:41
259	TONY VICKERS	46:12
270	JAY PAPA	46:44
271	ANDY PRIOR	46:44
275	STEPHEN MASSEY	47:06
311	ALICE WELCH	49:51
318	PETE COOK	50:12
319	JAYNE RIDDELL	50:16
328	MARK FREEMAN	51:37
339	LINDA GEORGE	52:35
344	SIMON SYPULA	53:24
349	JIM BROWN	53:58
353	CLAIRE EMMERSON	54:08
354	PENNY SCHENKEL	54:14
358	LUCY PAUL	54:43
363	SHARON CROWLEY	55:21
370	STEVE TINGLEY	56:16
381	BECKY RAYNER	57:49
384	CALLIE CHAPMAN	58:54
389	SAMANTHA SUTTON	59:17
390	SAM GENTRY	59:17
391	HAZEL SMITH	59:18
402	PAUL HOLGATE	65:40
404	LIZ CROWLEY	65:41
405	AMANDA VICKERS	66:48

Parkrun Highlights

56 Spartans ran parkruns on Saturday and 32 were in Stevenage. Overall numbers are recovering well after the bad weather cancellation two weeks ago. This week 586 finishers which would have been considered exceptional not long ago.

Amongst the Spartans KIRK NDUGU was third overall 18:38. SIMON JACKSON has just one to go to his century milestone. He ran his 99^th parkrun in 19:34 for tenth place. It was good to see GRANT RAMSAY back in Stevenage. Grant was 12^th in 19:38.

GAIL MACKIE was the fastest female from Fairlands this week with 24:35. ANDREW JORDAN ran a new parkrun personal best (PPB) of 27:34 and LINDAY PATEMAN a new PPB of 32:16. Others achieving mini-milestones included SARAH ILLINGWORTH 230^th parkrun in 29:31; SIMON FRASER 40^th parkrun in 29:51; MONICA SMITHSON 130^th with 31:08; STEVE SMITHSON 120^th in 34:15; NICK KLEANTHOUS 270^th in 35:19; MEL BROWN 30^th in 48:53 and ROGER BIGGS 230^th in 60:42. ROGER HEAD was first man 80 plus in 38:54!

Away Spartans included STEVE WELLS 22:06 at Milton Keynes; CHARLES ARNOLD 23:42 at Panshanger; MATTHEW COOKE 24:01 at Frank’s Farm (Elsworth near Cambridge); LEWIS GREEN 24:33 at Coldham’s Common (Cambridge); MARTIN WOOD 25:37 at Endcliffe (Sheffield) 25:37; SUZY HAWKINS 27:16 and CRAIG BACON 28:33 at Letchworth; JAY PAPA 30:18 and JESSICA CLARKE 30:19 at Milton Keynes.

Altogether 56 Spartans ran parkruns on Saturday.

Position	Gender Position	FVS parkrunner	Time
3	3	Kirk NDUGU	18:38
10	10	Simon JACKSON	19:34
12	12	Grant RAMSAY	19:38
28	27	Mike JEFFS	21:37
54	51	Tony RANDFIELD	23:09
98	7	Gail MACKIE	24:35
110	97	Daniel VILJOEN	24:49
111	98	Lee PICKERSGILL	24:50
151	130	Martin DUDLEY	26:39
182	26	Lorraine HILL	27:15
193	160	Andrew JORDAN	27:34
199	165	Ryan DUNNING	27:52
224	181	Keith HOOKER	28:36
233	185	James SOUTH	28:50
241	188	Nick GILL	28:59
259	52	Sarah ILLINGWORTH	29:31
263	55	Claire EMMERSON	29:34
266	202	David ACKERY	29:40
272	205	Simon FRASER	29:51
278	208	Jim BROWN	29:59
306	220	Steve PLATT	31:01
311	80	Monica SMITHSON	31:08
333	88	Debbie BLANTERN	31:50
342	92	Lindsay PATEMAN	32:16
352	97	Caroline CROFT	32:39
399	263	Stephen SMITHSON	34:15
401	125	Linda GEORGE	34:22
426	145	Angie KEELING	35:16
428	270	Nick KLEANTHOUS	35:19
434	149	Hannah MANTON	35:25
493	296	Keith MANTON	38:09
503	305	Roger HEAD	38:54
518	310	Lee Francis POTTER	40:38
528	201	Julie MANTON	41:07
531	204	Tracy HAYGARTH	41:41
554	217	Penny SCHENKEL	48:52
555	218	Melody BROWN	48:53
583	330	Roger BIGGS	60:42

Tags Fred Hughes 10, hatfield 10k, panshanger, parkrun

Club News Race Results

AMAZING ADRIAN

Amazing ADRIAN BUSOLINI from Fairlands Valley Spartans has completed one of the toughest running events anywhere. He ran 268 miles of the Pennine Way in 120 hours 45 minutes 46 seconds in the Montane Spine Winter Race. This was a non-stop expedition style race from Edale in Derbyshire to Kirk Yetholm in the Scottish Borders. The time limit was 168 hours.

Gold, Silver and Bronze for Spartans in the 30^th Aniversary Fred Hughes 10

There were gold, silver and bronze medals for Fairlands Valley Spartans at the 30^th Anniversary Fred Hughes 10 (miles) race from St. Albans on Sunday. The race included the county championships for veterans.

SIMON JACKSON said it was very windy and hilly. He took SILVER in the men 40 plus category in 57 minutes 48 seconds (57:48) which was also a 40 second personal best from 13 years ago!

JOHN HARRIS is the new county champion for men 60 plus. He won with 1 hour 12 minutes 5 seconds (1:12:05).

Successfully defending a BRONZE medal he won only three weeks ago at the very end of 2023 JIM BROWN finished in 1:30:57 for third in the county championship for men 70 plus. That was 57 seconds quicker than on the same course twelve months ago and 46 seconds quicker than the last county championship.

In the open race GABBIE O’BRIEN finished in 1:17:14 and MARIE COLUCCI in 1:22:36. It was great to see 15 Spartans in the open race which had 1,003 finishers.

Pos	Name	Time	Category	Cat	Gender	Gender	Grade	Pace	Comments
16	Simon JACKSON	00:57:47	Ages 40 – 49	2	Male	16	78.23	5:46 min/m	County Silver
138	Mike JEFFS	01:09:23	Ages 20 – 39	60	Male	127	64.30	6:59 min/m
187	John HARRIS	01:12:05	Ages 60 – 69	2	Male	160	74.93	7:14 min/m	County Gold
207	Matt GIFFORD	01:12:45	Ages 50 – 59	29	Male	175	68.64	7:20 min/m
208	Matthew NEWTON	01:12:37	Ages 40 – 49	74	Male	176	62.52	7:20 min/m
294	Gabrielle OÆBRIEN	01:17:14	Ages 20 – 34	18	Female	53	62.56	7:49 min/m
412	Marie COLUCCI	01:22:36	Ages 45 – 54	38	Female	102	63.50	8:22 min/m
596	Jim BROWN	01:30:57	Ages 70 – 99	4	Male	402	64.61	9:17 min/m	County Bronze
809	Wendy THARANI	01:41:11	Ages 45 – 54	116	Female	316	54.09	10:22 min/m
816	Alison SHELLEY	01:41:08	Ages 45 – 54	119	Female	321	55.73	10:26 min/m
824	Nick KLEANTHOUS	01:42:31	Ages 60 – 69	47	Male	498	51.25	10:29 min/m
833	Nicola PATTMAN	01:42:13	Ages 45-54	122	Female	332	55.17	10:32 min/m
862	Sue HAMER	01:44:53	Ages 45 – 54	131	Female	356	53.18	10:48 min/m
891	Sharon CROWLEY	01:46:47	Ages 65 – 99	7	Female	377	60.52	11:05 min/m
962	Rebecca RAYNER	01:59:59	Ages 35 – 44	111	Female	432	41.40	12:25 min/m

Yuko Wins At Farnborough

YUKO GORDON was the fastest woman aged 70 plus in the Farnborough Half Marathon. She finished in 1:44:34 and was 86^th out of 732 women.

Parkrun 20^th January

For the Consolidated Results please click the link

Tags Farnborough Half Marathon, Fred Hughes 10, Montane Spine

Club News Race Results

ABI WINS AT FRED HUGHES

Fairlands Valley Spartans sent men’s and women’s teams to the county road 10 mile championships for veterans in St Albans on Sunday. Veterans start at age 35 for women and 40 for men with age category breaks every ten years. The championships were incorporated into the open Fred Hughes 10 race.

There were 415 women and 410 men in the race.

Clearly ABIGAIL PEZ could not count towards a veterans’ team but she did WIN the race for women under 20 with a new personal best (PB) of 1 hours 18 minutes 53 seconds. That’s seven and a half minutes faster than her previous ten miles PB!

The fastest Spartan was ADRIAN DONNELLY in the first 100 of the 825 finishers with 67 minutes 16 seconds. At 99^th he led in the Spartan men’s team with JOHN HARRIS 135^th in 1:09:49; PETE SMITH 193^rd in 1:13:01; and MARK GOODWIN 293^rd in 1:18:32.

It was teams of three in the women’s race and YUKO GORDON and ASHLEY JOHNSON were well up there at 54^th and 62^nd out of 415 women. Yuko, running against people several years younger than her, was second in the 65 plus category in 1 hour 15 minutes 35 seconds and took SILVER in the County Championships. She had a higher age related score which was 95.00%! MARIE COLUCCI impressed at 83^rd woman and was the Spartans third counter with 1:18:45.

A selection of our 10 milers with Abi winning in the first square!

Ten women were running for the Spartans. The others were TRACY PEZ, 90^th woman in 1:19:26; WENDY THARANI 1:31:37; CAROL PAUL 1:35:45; SUE HAMER and ERICA GRAYSON both in 1:42:37 and SHARON CROWLEY 1:51:10.

The other three men were ANDY JAY 1:31:40; JIM BROWN happy to get round “steady state” in 1:33:48 and recovering after recent mishaps and PAUL HOLGATE 1:49:26.

In addition ANN TRYSSESOONE was not eligible for the Spartan teams but finished in 1 hour 26 minutes 40 seconds.

All this on the undulating roads and lanes to the south west of St. Albans including Potters Crouch, Chiswell Green and a favourite climb up past mile six to the edge of Bedmond. So good to see this classic club organised race back.

These were the mildest conditions many veterans of the Fred Hughes Ten could remember. It’s usually notorious for icy patches, snowing during the event, freezing winds or just chucking down large amounts of very cold rain.

The next county road championships will be at the Watford Half Marathon on Sunday 6^th February.

(The Spartans results table can be found near the end of this release).

Spartan Women Jump In Cross Country

Much greater participation helped boost the Fairlands Valley Spartans women’s team to fourth out of nineteen clubs in the latest cross country league race which was at Watford. They won the veteran women’s team race.

This time there were five Spartan women in the top fifty and eighteen running. They were twelfth, eleventh and eleventh in the first three races so this is a tremendous improvement. The women’s “A” team were CHRIS LATHWELL, SUZY HAWKINS, TRACEY JACKSON, YUKO GORDON and HAZEL SMITH.

The Spartan men were seventh at Watford with JONATHAN PARR in the top ten out of 405 finishers. In the combined scores over the series so far the Spartans are seventh. The final event will be on Therfield Heath, Royston on Sunday 13^th February.

A WIN for Jonathan – RunThrough Olympic Park 5k

On Saturday morning Spartan JONATHAN PARR WON the Olympic Park 5K with a time of 16 minutes 9 seconds.

Ciaran At Peddars

CIARAN MCANENY got fifth place overall at the 48 mile Peddars Way Ultra in a time of 6 hours 52 minutes.

The race follows the Peddars Way Trail from Knettishall Heath, just north of Bury St Edmunds, to Holme-next-the-Sea on the North Norfolk coast; on a mix of forest path, bridleways and road.

Beautiful, crisp, sunny weather kept the trails firm and the late morning sun was just warm enough to make for comfortable running temperatures.

All went to plan in terms of pacing and nutrition with Ciaran finishing 24 minutes faster than his previous outing on the course.

Ciaran was very happy and, after missing most of last year’s racing due to niggling injuries, it was great to be back on such a nice course and in a really well run and friendly event 

Ciaran still smiling after an impressive 48 miles!

Fast Five for Feetham

Three laps 33:40 52^nd out of 680.

KIERAN FEETHAM did the Romsey 5 mile race on Sunday. Although it’s classed as multi-terrain with a 700 metres non-tarmac section for each of the three laps it’s flat and fast.

The race was delayed by 15 minutes and Kieran had to warm up again as it was cold. He said he found a good group to stay with for the first three miles but then unfortunately got held up trying to pick his way through some back markers and lost that group. So he ended up on his own into a headwind. The last mile marker was in the wrong place so Kieran was slightly panicking why it was taking so long to complete it but he was happy to hold on for a new PB (personal best) of 33 minutes 40 seconds. An improvement of 1 minute 42 seconds. He was 52^nd out of the 680 finishers.

Speedy Kieran with his well earned medal!

Parkrun Highlights 22^nd January 2022

Yet another record was set at Saturday’s Stevenage parkrun. This was the 27^th since parkrun restarted for the 200^th local run and this time there were 365 finishers. The highest number since lock down. Despite some holding back for a ten mile championship race on Sunday twenty five Spartans completed a Parkrun this week, on a cold, crisp, sunny morning.

GRACE COVENTRY ran a parkrun personal best (PB) of 24 minutes 22 seconds at Stevenage, also taking the title of fastest Spartan lady this week. GRANT RAMSAY was the fastest Spartan crossing the line at 19:24 at Stevenage.

DARRYL STEVENS ran at Great Salterns Parkrun, Portsmouth, for the first time finishing with a time of 40:00. Astonishingly, this was the 94^th venue he has tried out!

ANTON McCALLA (27:46 at Market Harborough) and PETER CARPENTER (44:29, Squerryes Winery) completed their first parkruns of the year.

JIM BROWN (28:45) won his category and KARL SHREEVE (28:47) achieved a year best at Stevenage.

Although there were no official milestones achieved by members this week, three Spartans have reached 70 runs at Stevenage with LEE PICKERSGILL finishing at 24:23, TRACY HAYGARTH at 31:51 and HELEN HARRIS finishing at 52:44.

It’s stripy Saturday on Saturday, 5^th February.

Tables

Spartans at the Fred Hughes 10 (including a county championship).

Pos	Name	Time	Category	Cat Pos	Gender	Gen Pos	%	Comments
99	Adrian DONNELLY	1:07:16	40 – 49	28	Male	86	68.68
135	John HARRIS	1:09:46	50 – 59	13	Male	117	76.11
193	Peter SMITH	1:13:01	50 – 59	28	Male	159	72.29
235	Yuko GORDON	1:15:35	65 +	2	Female	54	95.00	Second in category
252	Ashley JOHNSON	1:16:37	35 – 44	22	Female	62	66.71
293	Mark GOODWIN	1:18:32	60 – 69	9	Male	214	70.55
299	Marie COLUCCI	1:18:45	35 – 44	33	Female	83	65.76
303	Abigail PEZ	1:18:53	Under 20	1	Female	85	62.91	PB (7:30). Under 20 winner.
313	Tracy PEZ	1:19:26	45 – 54	26	Female	90	67.76
547	Andy JAY	1:31:40	50 – 59	97	Male	340	56.29
555	Wendy THARANI	1:31:37	45 – 54	67	Female	211	58.79
586	Jim BROWN	1:33:48	60 – 69	19	Male	353	61.71
610	Carol PAUL	1:35:45	55 – 64	32	Female	252	64.76
702	Sue HAMER	1:42:37	45 – 54	109	Female	318	53.99
703	Erica GRAYSON	1:42:37	45 – 54	110	Female	319	54.63
762	Paul HOLGATE	1:49:26	60 – 69	35	Male	400	50.75
776	Sharon CROWLEY	1:51:10	55 – 64	64	Female	374	57.51	First ten mile race in 3 years.

These are chip times, the time from when the runner crosses the start line to when they cross the finish line. Gun times are “bang” to finish line and it can take those at the back several minutes to start.

Spartans at parkruns Saturday 22^nd January

Stevenage parkrun
Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
9	9	Grant RAMSAY	19:24
78	72	Lee PICKERSGILL	24:22	70th
79	7	Grace COVENTRY	24:23	PB
152	125	Wills JENNINGS	27:47
166	136	David PATTMAN	28:17
168	137	Nick KLEANTHOUS	28:20
180	141	Jim BROWN	28:45	1^st in category
182	142	Matt CLARKE	28:46
183	143	Karl SHREEVE	28:47	YB
228	57	Caroline CROFT	30:37
232	59	Fiona CLARKE	30:53
234	60	Chloe CHAPMAN	30:58
235	165	Stephen SMITHSON	31:00
239	63	Claire EMMERSON	31:06
256	73	Tracy HAYGARTH	31:51	70th
344	196	Steven DOBNER	41:15
345	137	Mo WARRILLOW	41:15
362	202	Roger BIGGS	49:42
364	149	Helen HARRIS	52:44	70th
Gunpowder parkrun
Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
175	67	Karen BROOM	39:54	First parkrun since 2019
Letchworth parkrun
Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
10	9	Nick GILL	22:40
32	4	Georgie HOOPER	26:55
Squerryes Winery parkrun
Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
89	49	Peter CARPENTER	44:29	First parkrun in 2022
Great Salterns parkrun
Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
212	127	Darryl STEVENS	40:00	New venue (of 94)
Westmill parkrun
Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time	Comments
7	7	Danny SCANLON	22:01
Market Harborough parkrun
Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
117	86	Anton MCCALLA	27:47	First parkrun in 2022

Tags Cross Country, Fred Hughes 10, Olympic park 5K, parkrun, Peddars Way Ultra, Romsey 5 mile