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SPARTANS AT STANDALONE 10K

A good number of Fairlands Valley Spartans ran the 35th anniversary Standalone 10K in Letchworth on Sunday. 

GRANT RAMSAY was fastest of the 29 Spartans.  He was 35th out of the 820 finishers in 39 minutes 29 seconds.  ADRIAN DONNELLY also beat 40 with 39 minutes 41 seconds.  The third Spartan was DANNY SCANLON in 41:22 and fourth DEAN CARPENTER in 44:22. 

JOHN HARRIS was third man 60 plus in 44 minutes 58 seconds. 

Three Spartan women beat 50 minutes.  TRACY PEZ in 48:14; MARIE COLUCCI in 48:29 and PAULA DUNNE who improved by 55 seconds to 49:26. 

There were personal bests by STEVE DOBNER, by 20 seconds to 46:44, and LUKE GURNEY, by 1:07, to 47:10.  MARTIN DUDLEY improved his season’s best (SB) by a significant 2 minutes 12 seconds to 49 minutes 54 seconds. 

JIM BROWN was delighted to improve his 10K time by nearly five minutes in a week to 53 minutes 11 seconds.  His best 10K this year and good enough for second in his age group. 

MICHAEL O’KEEFE and NIKKI NATION improved their season’s best (SB) times to beat the hour with 58 minutes 10 seconds and 59 minutes 54 seconds respectively. 

Well done JON FILBY (47:17), MARK LACY (54:15) and ABIGAIL WHITROW (81:48) who were running their first 10K races. 

Spartans at Standalone 10K.
Position Name Time Comments Grade 
35 GRANT RAMSAY 39:29 5th MV50 77.59% 
39 ADRIAN DONNELLY 39:41  73.64% 
54 DANNY SCANLON 41:22 YB (1:35) 69.01% 
93 DEAN CARPENTER 44:22  67.88% 
113 JOHN HARRIS 44:58 3rd Vet 60 73.97% 
116 NICK GILL 45:10  60.21% 
152 STEVEN DOBNER 46:44 PB (0:20) ?? 
159 LUKE GURNEY 47:10 PB (1:07) 56.99% 
172 JON FILBY 47:17 1st 10K 60.77% 
188 TRACY PEZ 48:14 4th FV45.  YB (0:06) 69.97% 
197 MARIE COLUCCI 48:29 5th FV45 66.76% 
219 PAULA DUNNE 49:26 PB (0:55) 61.84% 
234 MARTIN DUDLEY 49:54 SB (2:12) 65.85% 
289 BEN SNOWDEN 51:41  55.40% 
333 JIM BROWN 53:11 2nd Vet 70.  YB (2:10) 68.50% 
370 MARK LACY 54:15 1st 10K 55.35% 
430 ANN TRYSSESOONE 56:04  65.64% 
489 MICHAEL O’KEEFE 58:10 SB (0:09) 56.05% 
495 ANDREA WESTCOTT 57:41 SB 59.36% 
507 ANDY JAY 58:13  55.36% 
534 NIKKI NATION 59:49 SB 62.50% 
611 MONICA SMITHSON 62:46  58.91% 
658 SHARON CROWLEY 64:59 YB (0:22) 62.50% 
660 JANE WADEY 65:03  55.80% 
759 MO WARRILOW 74:10  45.29% 
801 JANE WHITROW 81:28  44.68% 
802 ABIGAIL WHITROW 81:48 1st 10K 36.38% 
817 PAUL HOLGATE 86:34  39.65% 
819 ROGER BIGGS 94:08 YB (2:59) 40.74% 

Goodwood Marathon  

Spartan SIMON FRASER had a great run in the Goodwood Marathon.  He was second man 35 plus and eleventh overall in a fantastic sub three time of 2 hours 52 minutes 35 seconds. 

Simon celebrating his brilliant finish!

The Great Bristol Run 

JOHN NELMS travelled to his home city of Bristol to run the Big Bristol half marathon.  A really well organised event on a fantastic city course with big supporting crowds helped him finish in 1:53:51 

Norfolk Coastal Marathon 

THOMAS SAUKA did the Norfolk coastal marathon on Saturday, he found it tough as he did not had a great lead up to this.  Tom said he had a niggle with his left leg feeling tight which stopped him running properly in the last six miles but never the less he prevailed and finished 76th in 5:16:15 official time, that’s another great trail marathon ticked off.  It was flat but challenging as well 

Tom with his well earned medal!

Hatfield 5K – race three 

After the three races in the Hatfield 5K series Spartan TONY RANDFIELD was a trophy winner.  Third in the men 60 plus category.  He ran 20 minutes 9 seconds on Wednesday evening for a score of 81.3%.  The fastest Spartan was NICK GILL with a new personal best of 19 minutes 8 seconds – an improvement of 39 seconds. 

Tony looking very pleased with his trophy – well done Tony!

There were also PBs by PAULA DUNNE who improved by 22 seconds to 22:53 and was fourth in the series for her category; GEORGIE HOOPER by 11 seconds to 23:13 and JANE WADEY by 13 seconds to 31:15. 

MARK GOODWIN ran a season’s best of 22:33.  There were also season’s bests from ANDREA WESTCOTT 26:09 and NIKKI NATION 28 minutes exactly. 

Club Handicap 5K 

In a very busy week for racing 28 runners finished Thursday evening’s Handicap 5K. 

Winner on the night was Penny Schenkel, 2:03 quicker than her handicap in a year best time of 29:57, closely followed by the first man to finish, Chris Watling, 2:00 ahead of handicap in 24:15.  Amanda Vickers (aided by Sharon Crowley) was second lady 1:50 better than handicap in a season best time of 37:40, followed by Anna Swanepoel in a new personal best time of 27:27.  Andy Jay was second man 1:34 quicker than handicap in 26:56 and Matt Tutton was third man, 1:15 ahead of handicap in 29:45. 

Pete Smith was quickest runner in 21:48 with Luke Gurney 2nd fastest, 23:19 and Chris Watling 3rd fastest, 24:15.  Karen Ellis was quickest lady in 25:14 with Harriet Smith second fastest in 25:27, 20 seconds quicker than her previous season best and Tracy Pez third fastest in 26:57. 

Judy King and Sally Pickles both beat their previous fastest 5k of this year and there were also improvements by Monica Smithson, Michael O’Keefe and Roger Biggs. 

Total time difference between the 1st and last finisher was less than 3 minutes and all runners finished within 2:03 of their handicap.  Thanks to Paul Holgate and Mike Crowley for organising the event. 

Spartans at the start of the Club Handicap

Parkrun – 24th September

For all the Spartan Parkrun results please head to the following link – Spartan Parkruns 24th September

Tables 

Spartans at the Hatfield 5K race (race 3 in a series of 3). 

Pos Name Time Cat Cat Pos Grade Comments 
46 NICK GILL 19:08 MS 18th 67.6% PB (0:39) 
60 TONY RANDFIELD 20:09 MV60 3rd 81.3% 3rd category in series 
89 MARK GOODWIN 22:33 MV60 8th 72.6% SB (0:10) 
94 PAULA DUNNE 22:53 FV35 5th 64.5% 4th in series.  PB (0:22) 
97 GEORGIE HOOPER 23:13 FV35 6th 63.6% PB (0:11) 
117 NICK KLEANTHOUS 24:26 MV60 12th 64.6%  
132 ANDREA WESTCOTT 26:09 FV45 10th 63.2% SB (1:23) 
147 NIKKI NATION 28:00 FV55 10th 63.4% SB (0:02) 
148 MICHAEL O’KEEFE 28:07 MV50 24th 55.2%  
154 SHARON CROWLEY 30:09 FV55 13th 63.9%  
155 JANE WADEY 31:15 FV55 14th 56.1% PB (0:13) 
160 PAUL HOLGATE 35:52 MV60 18th 45.9%  
164 ROGER BIGGS 46:49 V70 4th 39.1% 4th category in series 

Spartans Handicap 5K 

Pos First Name Last Name Time Speed Pos Fem Comments Impr Time Com Hcap 
1 PENNY SCHENKEL 29:57  17 6 YB 1:55 42:57  2:03  
2 CHRIS WATLING 24:15  3    43:00  2:00  
3 AMANDA VICKERS 37:40  26 14 SB 1:54 43:10  1:50  
4 SHARON CROWLEY 37:41  27 15   43:11  1:49  
5 ANNA SWANEPOEL 27:27  11 4 PB 0:21 43:12  1:48  
6 ANDY JAY 26:56  9   2:00 43:26  1:34  
7 TRACY PEZ 26:57  10 3   43:27  1:33  
8 HARRIET SMITH 25:27  6 2 SB 0:20 43:42  1:18  
9 MATT TUTTON 29:45  16    43:45  1:15  
10 JUDY KING 35:37  22 10 YB 1:07 43:52  1:08  
11 LUKE GURNEY 23:19  2    44:04  0:56  
12 MARTIN DUDLEY 25:04  4    44:04  0:56  
13 MARK FREEMAN 25:54  7    44:09  0:51  
14 KAREN ELLIS 25:14  5 1   44:14  0:46  
15 PETER SMITH 21:48  1    44:18  0:42  
16 MONICA SMITHSON 30:41  18 7  0:37 44:26  0:34  
17 TONY VICKERS 27:58  13 5 SB  44:28  0:32  
18 MICHAEL O’KEEFE 28:03  14   0:14 44:33  0:27  
19 TIM ROBINSON 28:07  15    44:37  0:23  
20 SALLY PICKLES 36:32  24 12 YB 0:18 44:47  0:13  
21 VISHAL SHAH 26:38  8    45:08  (0:08) 
22 ELAINE LEDGER 35:14  21 9 New  45:14  (0:14) 
23 ROGER HEAD 34:50  20  YB  45:20  (0:20) 
24 JANE WADEY 31:54  19 8   45:24  (0:24) 
25 NICOLA HATHERLY 35:52  23 11 YB  45:37  (0:37) 
26 CRAIG BACON 27:55  12    45:40  (0:40) 
27 JANE WHITROW 36:42  25 13   45:42  (0:42) 
28 ROGER BIGGS 45:50  28   4:21 45:50  (0:50)