Fairlands Valley Spartans tried something new on Saturday. A one hour time trial at Ridlins Track. How far can you run in 60 minutes? Well for KRISTIAN ATANASOV it was 15.68 kilometres!
Ten kilometres was a neat target for many people but even that represented 25 laps of the track.
There was another stand out performance by YUKO GORDON. Her 12.21 kilometres represented an age grade performance of 104.65%. If it had been an official session that would have been a new British record.
The whole event was organised by BRIAN WHITE who was second overall with 12.58 kilometres (85.65%). The others in the top ten were MATT CLARKE 11.05 kms (65.62%); JIM BROWN 10.82 kms (75.44%); JOHN NELMS 10.63kms (65.62%); MARK FREEMAN 10.55 kms (75.19%); FIONA CLARKE 10.27kms (70.73%); ANDY JAY 10.27kms (67.93%) and JUDY KING 10.01 kms (83.03%). There were 17 runners for this first running of the event.
Position
Name
Total Distance (K)
% Age Grading
1
KRISTIAN ATANASOV
15.68
–
2
BRIAN WHITE
12.58
85.65%
3
YUKO GORDON
12.21
104.65%!
4
MATT CLARKE
11.05
65.62%
5
JIM BROWN
10.82
75.44%
6
JOHN NELMS
10.63
65.62%
7
MARK FREEMAN
10.55
75.19%
8
FIONA CLARKE
10.27
70.73%
9
ANDY JAY
10.11
67.93%
10
JUDY KING
10.01
83.03%
11
LIZ CROWLEY
9.36
57.2%
12
CALLIE CHAPMAN
8.67
55.25%
13
SALLY PHILLIPS
8.6
71.3%
14
PAUL HOLGATE
8.44
61.73%
15
SAM SUTTON
7.72
54.75%
16
SHARON CROWLEY
7.57
69.5%
Vitality London 10K
Spartan CHARLES ARNOLD ran the Vitality London 10K in 46 minutes 51 seconds and BECKY RAYNER finished in 1:23:21.
Charles said, “I took my stripes to the Vitality London 10000 today. Travelling down I encountered torrential rain which had me wondering what to expect on the all road course. Fortunately when I emerged at Green Park the rain had stopped, and, although damp, there were no issues with standing water. We were ushered in our waves onto the Mall and had to wait as the elites and faster waves ahead took off. My target was sub 48 minutes and to achieve a negative split, which was helped as we set off and approached the first pinch point under Admiralty Arch. The course is fairly flat with a small climb up to Holborn Viaduct and from a personal point of view is my PB course from many moons ago. I was running for 48 but saw myself on target for sub 47 so kept pushing to hold that during the final km from Parliament Square up Birdcage Walk to the finish in front of Buckingham Palace, finishing in 46:51, a season’s best.
It is a good event and a good course, well organised (as you would expect from a London Marathon event) and well attended, if a tad expensive (the cost of closed roads in the centre of London!)”
Handicap 5K
Very well done all 22 runners in this month’s Handicap 5k. Paul Holgate organised and thank you to Sharon Crowley, Keith Fenwick and Samantha Sutton for their assistance, support and photography.
Winners were Sally Pickles, 1:16 quicker than last months 5k in 35:49, and David Ackery, 1:31 faster than his previous handicap 5k in 24:56, closely followed by pacing assistants Annabelle White and Amanda & Tony Vickers. Steve Tinsley finished second man, 8 seconds quicker than August in 28:13 and Tim Robinson third man in 27:43 despite starting 1:30 later than handicap! Marleen Van Zwieten was second lady in 40:25 – almost identical to her previous time and Liz Carvell 3rd lady in 31:46, just behind another pacer on the night (Nikki Nation).
The fastest runner on the night was Charles Arnold in 22:59, with Yuko Gordon (23:17) second quickest (fastest lady). Marie Colucci (24:07) was third quickest (2nd fastest lady) and Chris Watling 2nd fastest man in 24:17. David Ackery was third fastest man and Jo Cooksley (25:16) third fastest woman.
Three Peaks Challenge
Barry and Trudie King, Karen Liddle and Tricia Hopper took on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge on Sat 21 September 2024. The challenge is to complete the three very different, but all tough peaks in a time of 12 hours. Trudie King came in at 9 hours 42 minutes, Barry King in 9 hrs 47 mins, with Karen Liddle and Tricia Hopper in 9 hrs 53 mins. All were very pleased to complete in under 10 hours and enjoyed a well earned pint at the end.
Twenty two Spartans raced in the County 5K open road championships at Hatfield on Wednesday evening. Eight were rewarded with new personal bests (PBs) so well worth the trip. ASHLEY JOHNSON was eighth woman in the county and first in her category in the open race with a new PB of 19 minutes 10 seconds (19:10). ALISON WOOD was also a Spartan category winner with 21:10 and YUKO GORDON was second in hers with 22:39.
VICKY ARCHER took a huge chunk, three minutes, off her 5K personal best when she finished in 23:38. Meanwhile MEGAN SUTTON wanted to get under 28 minutes and did it with something to spare with her new 27:10 PB, an improvement by 1:19.
The fastest Spartan was MIKE JEFFS 57th out of the 258 finishers in 18:29 with ROSS GALLAGHER close behind in 18:31, a PB by three seconds, and PAUL SHELLEY chasing in with 18:42, a new PB by 21 seconds.
TERRY SAWYER improved by 2:20 to 19:44; ANDY PRIOR by five seconds to 22:42; and MATT TUTTON by 19 to 23:40.
The next Hatfield 5K race is this Wednesday evening 4th September.
Pos.
Gen
Cat Pos
Name
Category
Time
Grade
Comments
57
52
14
Mike JEFFS
MV40
18:29
72.9 %
59
54
16
Ross GALLAGHER
MV40
18:31
73.3 %
PB 0:03
66
60
9
Paul SHELLEY
MV50
18:42
81.0 %
PB 0:21
79
9
1
Ashley JOHNSON
FV35
19:10
80.8 %
1st FV35. PB 0:08
92
81
30
Terry SAWYER
MV40
19:44
69.3 %
PB 2:20
102
87
32
Mark COLLINS
MV40
19:53
70.6 %
120
21
1
Alison WOOD
FV55
21:10
84.8 %
1st FV55
150
33
2
Yuko GORDON
FV65
22:39
96.3 %
2nd FV65
158
122
25
Andy PRIOR
MV50
22:42
66.7 %
PB 0:05
159
123
11
Brian WHITE
MV60
22:54
74.6 %
173
45
11
Vicky ARCHER
FV35
23:38
64.9 %
PB 2:58
174
129
47
Matt TUTTON
MV40
23:40
56.4 %
PB 0:19
191
54
12
Kerstin PRIOR
FV45
25:19
67.2 %
SB 1:07
209
63
15
Andrea WESTCOTT
FV45
27:03
62.2 %
SB ?
212
65
21
Megan SUTTON
FS
27:10
53.5 %
PB 1:19
213
66
16
Hazel SMITH
FV45
27:10
59.9 %
YB 10:45
232
152
6
Jim BROWN
MV70
28:55
61.1 %
242
87
9
Sharon CROWLEY
FV65
30:29
64.6 %
248
160
23
Paul HOLGATE
MV60
33:49
49.5 %
249
89
18
Samantha SUTTON
FV45
34:32
46.6 %
SB 0:19
254
92
26
Jane WADEY
FV55
36:33
48.8 %
256
94
27
Jane WHITROW
FV55
37:35
47.5 %
SB 2:05
FVS Handicap 5K 29th August
The next evening, Thursday, the club held a 5K handicap race and 17 Spartans took part.
The winners were new members Sam & Perry Gentry, six and a half minutes ahead of handicap in 38:28 followed by Marleen Van Zwieten, beating her handicap by 4:36 in 40:24. Steve Tinsley finished second man in a year best time of 28:21 with Rose Sutton third lady in a new personal best time of 29:53 and Peter Sach third man in 29:54.
The fastest runner on the night was Nathan Kirley in a new personal best of 19:22, 1:53 quicker than his previous handicap 5k, with new member Michael Fisher second quickest in 21:03 and Craig Bacon third fastest in 22:41. Judy King was quickest woman in 29:27, 42 seconds faster than her previous handicap 5k, with Rose Sutton second quickest and Liz Carvell third fastest in a year best time of 31:23.
Handicap races are won by the best improvers. The slower runners, based on previous recent performances, start first and others at intervals based on their results try to catch them before the finish.
Next month’s final evening Handicap 5k of the year will be on Thursday 19th September.
Pos
First NAME
Last NAME
Time
R
F
PB
Impr
H’CAP
Adj
Time
H’Cap
1
SAM
GENTRY
38:28
15
New
0:00
38:28
6:32
2
PERRY
GENTRY
38:29
16
7
New
0:00
38:29
6:31
3
MARLEEN
VAN ZWIETEN
40:24
17
8
0:00
(0:01)
40:23
4:36
4
STEVE
TINSLEY
28:21
7
YB
1:44
12:45
0:03
41:09
3:54
5
ROSE
SUTTON
29:53
9
2
PB
1:09
12:15
0:09
42:17
2:52
6
JUDY
KING
29:27
8
1
0:42
13:00
0:01
42:28
2:33
7
PETER
SACH
29:54
10
0:53
12:45
(0:02)
42:37
2:21
8
SALLY
PHILLIPS
37:57
14
6
YB
4:45
42:42
2:18
9
LIZ
CARVELL
31:23
11
3
YB
0:06
11:30
(0:02)
42:51
2:07
10
NATHAN
KIRLEY
19:22
1
PB
0:15
23:45
(0:05)
43:02
1:53
11
MICHAEL
FISHER
21:03
2
New
22:00
0:05
43:08
1:57
12
CHARLES
ARNOLD
22:55
4
20:15
43:10
1:50
13
SALLY
PICKLES
37:05
12
4
6:45
43:50
1:10
14
PETE
COOK
26:54
6
0:08
17:00
0:01
43:55
1:06
15
CRAIG
BACON
22:41
3
21:15
0:01
43:57
1:04
16
JANE
WADEY
37:24
13
5
7:45
(0:01)
45:08
(0:09)
17
DANNY
SCANLON
22:59
5
22:15
0:01
45:15
(0:14)
Fairlands Five at Big Half
The heat in London made the race that bit harder but a famous five from Fairlands made a really good job of Sunday’s “Big Half.” STUART MEAD was 958th out of nearly 17,000 runners in 1:30:09; TERRY SAWYER 1,650th in 1:36:26, ROBERT WRIGHT 8,453rd in 2:07:53 and running her first half marathon race MEGAN SUTTON was 10,537th in 2:17:53. SAMANTHA SUTTON came in with 3:03:41.
Serpentine 30th August
It was warm, sunny with a light breeze and excellent visibility in Hyde Park on Friday. That enabled JIM BROWN to run his fastest road 5K this year. 27 minutes 23 seconds (27:23) in the Last Friday of the Month event.
Dorney for Alison and Paul
On a warm day ALISON and PAUL SHELLEY ran Sunday’s Dorney Lake Half Marathon and both won their age groups. Paul in 1:30:46 and Alison in 2 hours 5 minutes 52 seconds.
Speeding Up
MIKE JEFFS is getting his speed back. He finished the hot sweaty and gruelling Cambridge Biomedical Centre 10K in 39:28.
Parkrun Highlights 31st August Hawaii Five – O
In case of adversity go with the flow, or maybe the wave. Stevenage parkrun had a hacking attack and found themselves temporarily named Hawaii 5 – O. They decided to own it and had a theme of Hawaiian wear. Lots of Spartans joined in with that fun and dug out those shirts, shorts and Hawaiian leis.
24 Spartans ran and three of the top five females were from FVS. ASHLEY KING first in 20:52; SUZY HAWKINS third in 21:28 and GAIL MACKIE fifth in 22:26.
GRANT RAMSAY maintains his record as a top ten finisher. This time he was fifth in 18:49. There were 439 finishers at Stevenage including 174 women. Local event #362. Up considerably on the previous week.
Parkrun started at Bushy Park in 2004. That event ran for the 1,000th time on Saturday and there were thousands of runners. The 20th anniversary of parkruns will be in October.
Spartans elsewhere included YUKO GORDON with a season’s best 22:18 – that’s 105.01% – at Storeys Field; JOHN HARRIS 23:15; RYAN RIDELL 29:34; GEORGIE HOOPER 30:19 and NICK GILL 30:29 at Letchworth; MATTHEW NEWTON 26:18 at Pymmes; PETE SMITH 26:37 at North Yorkshire Water; DANIEL SUTTON 27:22 at Rutland Water; ANDY JAY 27:42 at Hunstanton Promenade; ANNABELLE WHITE 35:11 and CHLOE CHAPMAN 35:12 at Aldenham; NICOLA PATTMAN 33:25 at Gorleston Cliffs; JONATHAN JONES 37:24 and DZENANA TOPIC 37:25 at Wimpole Estate; and DARRYL STEVENS 44:44 at Banstead Woods.
26 Spartans ran this month’s Handicap 5K. Paul Holgate, Mike & Sharon Crowley and Mark Freeman made it possible.
Winner was Steve Platt in 27:55, 2 minutes 35 seconds (2:35) better than handicap, with Adrian Busolini second, 2:22 ahead of handicap in 17:38 and Simon Jackson third, 2:09 better than handicap in 17:36.
Rose Sutton was first lady, first woman across the line and 1:46 better than handicap in 31:14, with Samantha Sutton second, 1:15 ahead of handicap in 36:09 and new member Megan Coates third, 1:23 better than handicap in 36:22.
Simon Jackson was the fastest runner on the night with his 17:36, with Adrian Busolini second quickest (17:38) and Nathan Kirley 3rd fastest with 19:39.
Samantha Tophill was quickest woman, 25:45, with Megan Sutton second quickest, 28:46 and Rose Sutton (31:14) 3rd fastest.
19 of the finishers were within two minutes of their calculated handicap and the time difference between 1st and 21st position was just 2:26.
In handicap races the slower runners start first at intervals determined by recent performances. If everyone runs to form they will all finish together so the winners are the best improvers.
The last handicap 5k of the year will be on Thursday 19th September.
Pos
F
FIRST NAME
SURNAME
TIME
R
F
H’CAP
ADJ
FINISH TIME
IMPR
COMP. H’CAP
1
STEVE
PLATT
27:55
16
14:30
42:25
0:03
2:35
2
ADRIAN
BUSOLINI
17:38
2
25:00
(0:01)
42:37
2:22
3
SIMON
JACKSON
17:36
1
25:15
42:51
2:09
4
CHRIS
WATLING
23:19
6
19:30
0:21
43:10
0:46
2:11
5
1
ROSE
SUTTON
31:14
20
3
12:00
43:14
New
1:46
6
PETE
COOK
26:47
15
16:30
(0:01)
43:16
0:15
1:43
7
2
SAMANTHA
SUTTON
36:09
23
6
7:15
(0:02)
43:22
1:36
8
NATHAN
KIRLEY
19:39
3
23:45
43:24
1:36
9
3
MEGAN
COATES
36:22
24
7
7:15
43:37
New
1:23
10
MELVIN
AUBURN
24:01
8
19:45
(0:03)
43:43
1:14
11
4
SAMANTHA
TOPHILL
25:45
12
1
18:00
(0:01)
43:44
1:15
12
5
MEGAN
SUTTON
28:46
17
2
15:00
0:01
43:47
1:14
13
CRAIG
BACON
22:35
5
21:15
(0:02)
43:48
1:10
14
MATT
TUTTON
25:11
11
18:45
43:56
1:04
15
CHARLES
ARNOLD
23:43
7
20:15
0:01
43:59
1:02
16
6
GILLIAN
KNOWLES
32:11
22
5
12:00
0:01
44:12
0:49
17
7
LIZ
CARVELL
32:01
21
4
12:15
(0:03)
44:13
0:02
0:44
18
PETER
SACH
30:47
19
13:30
(0:03)
44:14
0:43
19
ROBERT
WRIGHT
22:15
4
22:30
(0:01)
44:44
1:40
0:15
20
LLOYD
DIAS
26:20
13
18:15
0:11
44:46
0:25
21
TIM
ROBINSON
29:06
18
15:45
44:51
0:09
22
DAVID
ACKERY
26:27
14
19:00
(0:03)
45:24
(0:27)
23
BRIAN
WHITE
24:32
10
22:00
(0:02)
46:30
(1:32)
24
8
SHERYL
HOTT
47:53
25
8
0:30
48:23
New
(3:23)
25
9
ROSEMARY
ONABAWORIN
47:57
26
9
0:30
48:27
(3:27)
26
KRISTIAN
ATANSOV
24:11
9
24:30
48:41
New
(3:41)
Spartans Handicap 5k Results
Serpentine
JIM BROWN enjoyed the sunshine in Hyde Park running 28:36 in the Last Friday of the Month 5K. He reports pleasant and sunny conditions and that he’s completed a series of six with an average of 64.0%. The next race will be at lunch-time on Friday 30th August.
Fairlands Valley Challenge
Results from the Fairlands Valley Challenge the previous weekend show that 118 people finished the off road event.
16 completed the 10 kilometres with Spartan MIKE JEFFS first in with 1 hour 7 minutes 18 seconds (1:07:18); 21 finished the 13 miles with Will Mitchell, Gemma Smith, Phil Gover, Jess Clark and Caitlin Evans coming in together with 2:50:46; Alex Statham led in the 25 people in the 18 miles option with 2:45:04; 41 went round 26 miles with Alistair Flowers first with 3:55:43.
15 finished the 50 kilometres with Mark O’Dell first back in 4:53:18. Spartan JAY PAPA completed his first ever ultra in 6:00:17.
KARL SHREEVE and JANE WADEY won Thursday evening’s Fairlands Valley Spartans club handicap 5K race in Stevenage. 28 Spartans took part.
The winner was Karl Shreeve showing a much improved return to form in 29 minutes 15 seconds (29:15), six minutes ahead of handicap with Jane Wadey second (1st female) in 34:06, four seconds ahead of Sally Pickles with a 2:22 Season Best (SB) time of 34:10. New member Lee Burton was second man in 28:48 and Steve Platt third in a Year Best time of 26:17.
Photo Credit Tony Randfield (Sharon Crowley for the headline photo)
The fastest runner on the night was Adrian Busolini with a SB 17:41 with Nick Gill second quickest in 20:01 and Matt Gifford third fastest in a new Personal Best (PB) time of 20:41.
Ashley Johnson was quickest female in 20:45 with Jackie Perry second quickest in 26:10 and Nicola Andersson third fastest in 28:56. 19 of the 28 finishers finished within two minutes of their handicap time.
Photo credit Tony Randfield
St Albans Summer 10k
Spartan JIM BROWN ran the St Albans Summer 10K on Sunday in 54 minutes 49 seconds. He was the first finisher over 70 years of age by more than ten minutes and won GOLD in the Hertfordshire 10K Championship for veteran runners. The county championships were incorporated in the open race in which there were 294 finishers.
Jim says he went through 5K seven seconds late and had doubts whether he could do it but a substantial negative split in the second half of the race meant he beat his target by a few seconds.
ROBERT WRIGHT completed his 10K in 42 minutes 55 seconds and was well placed in the 40 plus category.
28 Spartans took part in Thursday evening’s Handicap 5K around Stevenage.
Winner on the night was DAVID PRICE in a time of 24 minutes 34 seconds 3:26 better than handicap with FIONA CLARKE firstfemale in 26:14, 2:46 better than handicap. NICOLA HATHERLY was second female in 34:44 and CAROLYN LINSELL third female in 26:24, while CHLOE CHAPMAN was fourth female in 26:58. MATT CLARKE was 2nd male in 23:02 with DANNY HUKIN 3rd male in 18:34 and STUART ARCHER 4th male in 19:27.
The winners are, in effect, the best improvers. In a handicap event the slowest go off first with the faster ones following according to recent performances. In theory if everyone runs to form they will all finish together. In practice the first ones over the finish line will be those that have improved the most, or those that have slowed down the least.
DANNY HUKIN was fastest on the night with his 18:34 and STUART ARCHER second quickest with his 19:27, while BRIAN WHITE was third quickest in 21:15 and PETE SMITH fourth fastest in 21:40. MARIE COLUCCI was quickest female in 22:56, with TRACEY JACKSON & TRACY PEZ second and third fastest in 23:32 and FIONA CLARKE fourth quickest with her 26:14.
There were Season Best times for Chloe Chapman, Matt Clarke, Danny Hukin, Andy Jay, Marie Colucci, Jane McFarlane, Tracey Jackson, Tracy Pez, Peter Smith, Nigel Strongitharm and Sharon Crowley, and Year Best times for Fiona Clarke, Nicola Hatherly, Stuart Archer, Dean Carpenter, Mark Beasley, Sally Pickles, Nick Kleanthous, Kelly Evans and Dzenana Topic.
The race was in Stevenage on the Fairlands, Verity, Martins, Grace and back to Fairlands Way course with the start near Webb Rise and the finish under Douglas Drive.
The club thanked Paul Holgate, Cathy Craig, Mark Freeman, Angie Keeling and Adrian Busolini for their much appreciated support, assistance and photos which made the event a success.
Spartans at the Stevenage 10K
After months of cancellations and postponements it was great to enjoy the company of others at a “real” race in Stevenage. Twenty Spartans ran the Stevenage 10K on Sunday.
The Spartan men’s team of four consisted of BRIAN WHITE in 42 minutes 21 seconds; LUKE GURNEY 50:12; JAMES McSWEENEY 51:19 and, to his surprise, JIM BROWN in 55:21.
Brian was third runner aged 60 plus and 23rd out of the 393 finishers. Luke said it was hilly but worth it for the cake and was 100th. James was 118th and Jim 171st.
NICOLA ANDERSSON was the fastest female from Fairlands. She was 168th in 55 minutes 11 seconds. CAROLYN LINSELL was second woman aged 65 plus and 177th with her 56 minutes 8 seconds. SARAH ILLINGWORTH was third Spartan woman and 188th overall with 56:59. Sarah said “It was certainly not a PB (personal best) but given the lack of races over the last 17 months and sporadic training not too bad. Great race, well organised, friendly and only five minutes from my front door. Post race cake is always a bonus!” PENNY SCHENKEL was fourth female from Spartans in 1:02:15. Penny, SUE HAMER and ERICA GRAYSON were 262nd, 263rd and 264th.
CHRISTINE ZVEREV recorded a chip time of 1 hour 8 minutes 40 seconds for the Stevenage 10K. She said, “The course was a bit hilly in places but I still kept the time under 1 hour 10minutes and I did manage a 5K PB of 29 minutes 5 seconds on the way round. That’s a win in my book.”
The County Championships for veteran runners (those aged 35 and over will be in the Standalone 10K this Sunday.
(All the Spartan results from the Stevenage 10K can be found near the end of this release.
Adrian’s Century Run
ADRIAN BUSOLINI ran the Cotswold Way Century, finishing in 25 hours, in ninth place. The Cotswold Way Century is a 102 miler along the Cotswold Way walking path, which runs north to south through the hills and villages of the Cotswolds, finishing outside the Abbey in Bath. It’s incessantly hilly, and navigation requires constant vigilance; however, weather conditions were favourable, there was great camaraderie out on the course, and the vegan chili at Painswick aid station was awesome.
Swansea 10K
Spartan ROBERT EVANS had a good run in the Swansea 10K with 52 minutes 54 seconds.
Parkrun Highlights 18th September 2021
In this week’s roundup of Spartans on the Parkrun circuit, there was a first finisher (event winner) at Exmouth in Devon where Jonathan Parr powered home in a time of 16-46 whilst Steve Wells took on the Great Notley course near Braintree, Essex and tackled the ‘big hill’ twice to finish in third with a time of 20-11
Stevenage Parkrun Results: SAM SIMMONS 21-50 (31st) – Parkrun PB, EVA RAMSEY 23-02 (49th), PAUL SHELLEY 23-14 (56th), ASHLEY KING 23-16 (57th), CLIVE CANNON 23-40 (65th), DARREN EMMERSON 24-44 (83rd), GAIL MACKIE 25-23 (98th), JULIE SIMMONS 26-10 (117th), DAVID PATTMAN 26-52 (137th), STEVE DOBNER 26-52 (138th), JIM BROWN 27-41 (157th), MATT CLARKE 29-00 (183rd), CHLOE CHAPMAN 29-05 (187th), NICOLA ANDERSSON 29-07 (192nd), DEBBIE BLANTERN 29-31 (202nd), STEPHEN SMITHSON 31-51 (254th), FIONA CLARKE 33-28 (281st) and BETH FOLEY 33-34 (286th). In its ninth week back Stevenage parkrun was up to 358 runners.
The Spartans on parkrun away days were:
Brockenhurst (Dorset): DARRYL STEVENS 53-47 (156th out of 156 runners).
Canons Park (North London): TIM SABAN 24-46 (37th out of 192 runners).
Exmouth (Devon): JONATHAN PARR 16-46 (1st out of 313 runners).
Great Notley (Essex): STEVE WELLS 20-11 (3rd out of 221 runners).
Lee-on-the Solent (Hampshire): ED HARE 27-39 (175th out of 418 runners).
Letchworth (Hertfordshire): NICK GILL 21-49 (14th out of 128 runners), GEORGIE HOOPER 25-11 (33rd), CAREN THAIN 38-31 (113th).
Luton Wardown (Bedfordshire): MICHAEL O’KEEFE 28-18 (94th out of 280 runners).
Medina (Isle of Wight), NICK KLEANTHOUS 28-29 (83rd out of 199 runners).
University of Stirling (Stirlingshire, Scotland): STUART STABLES 22-31 (18th out of 131 runners).
The 71st Fly 5K – Saturday 18th September.
Four regular Spartans competed in the 71st run anywhere Fly 5K on Saturday. JIM BROWN was 70th in 27 minutes 41 seconds; NICK KLEANTHOUS 79th in 28:23; NICOLA ANDERSSON 86th in 29:05 and PAUL HOLGATE 97th in 30:55.
Fly 5K was one of the stars of lockdown keeping runners moving and in touch during the restrictions. The first of the free virtual races was in June 2020.
Entries Open for the Stevenage Half Marathon
With only two months to go to the Stevenage Half Marathon it’s time to start getting ready and entered. This year the race will be on Sunday 21st November (a couple of weeks later than usual).
Entries for the Stevenage Half Marathon are open and you can enter by clicking this link: Stevenage Half Marathon. This club and community event has a history going back 37 years and is organised by Fairlands Valley Spartans. With a break due to Covid 19 in 2020 it’s back for 2021.
Each Year the Spartans nominate a charity to support and the chosen charity for 2021 is Feed Up Warm Up.
Tables
Handicap 5K in Stevenage on Thursday 16th September
Pos
FIRST NAME
LAST NAME
OWN TIME
R
F
H’CAP
TIME
COMP H’CAP
PB
Impr
1
DAVID
PRICE
24:34
12
17:00
41:32
3:26
PB
2
FIONA
CLARKE
26:14
15
4
16:00
42:17
2:46
YB
1:52
3
NICOLA
HATHERLY
34:44
26
13
7:30
42:20
2:46
YB
4
CAROLYN
LINSELL
26:24
17
6
16:15
42:33
2:21
5
CHLOE
CHAPMAN
26:58
19
8
15:45
42:43
2:17
SB
0:33
6
MATT
CLARKE
23:02
7
19:45
42:45
2:13
SB
0:13
7
DANNY
HUKIN
18:34
1
24:15
42:51
2:11
SB
8
STUART
ARCHER
19:27
2
23:30
42:59
2:03
YB
0:22
9
ANDY
JAY
23:46
10
19:30
43:19
1:44
SB
1:40
10
DEAN
CARPENTER
21:53
5
21:30
43:23
1:37
YB
11
MARK
BEASLEY
25:39
13
18:00
43:41
1:21
YB
0:04
12
MARIE
COLUCCI
22:56
6
1
20:45
43:42
1:19
SB
13
SALLY
PICKLES
36:12
27
14
7:30
43:43
1:18
YB
14
JANE
McFARLANE
27:42
21
9
16:00
43:45
1:18
SB
15
TRACEY
JACKSON
23:32
8
2
20:15
43:47
1:13
SB
16
TRACY
PEZ
23:32
9
3
20:15
43:48
1:13
SB
1:09
17
PETER
SMITH
21:40
4
22:15
43:56
1:05
SB
0:54
18
NICK
KLEANTHOUS
25:58
14
18:00
43:58
1:02
YB
0:04
19
BRIAN
WHITE
21:15
3
22:45
44:00
1:00
20
VISHAL
SHAH
27:26
20
16:30
44:19
1:04
21
NICOLA
ANDERSSON
26:21
16
5
18:00
44:22
0:39
22
NIGEL
STRONGITHARM
24:07
11
20:15
44:22
0:38
SB
0:33
23
STEPHANIE
BIGGAR
36:45
28
7:45
44:30
0:30
24
JUDY
KING
33:29
25
12
11:30
45:05
0:01
25
KELLY
EVANS
26:54
18
7
18:30
45:24
(0:24)
YB
26
DZENANA
TOPIC
31:52
23
10
14:45
46:37
(1:37)
YB
27
SHARON
CROWLEY
32:20
24
11
14:45
46:53
(2:05)
SB
2:21
28
TIM
ROBINSON
28:29
22
18:45
47:13
(2:14)
Stevenage 10K – Sunday 19th September (394 finishers)
