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JONATHAN WINS HATFIELD SERIES

Post author By Vicky Archer
Post date September 17, 2023
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JONATHAN PARR WON the Hatfield 5K series of Wednesday evening races with an average of 16 minutes 20 seconds, that’s ten seconds quicker than his nearest rival. There were three races on consecutive weeks.

Jonathan with his trophy! – Photo Credit Sharon Crowly

NICK GILL ran another fantastic personal best (PB). This time it was 17 minutes 25 seconds which got him in the top twenty in Wednesday’s race. ALISON WOOD was first woman 55 plus with 21 minutes 3 seconds.

Ten Spartans finished the race. The others in the club’s first four were SIMON JACKSON 12^th in 16:39 and MIKE JEFFS 25^th in 17:37.

SHARON CROWLEY was fourth in the series for her category and ran the final race in 28 minutes 53 seconds.

The other Spartans were NICK KLEANTHOUS 25:04; JIM BROWN 26:37; MICHAEL O’KEEFE 26:56 and ROGER BIGGS 46:50.

Pos	Bib	Name	Time	Cat	M/F	Cat Pos	Age Gd	Comments
2	5692	Jonathan PARR	16:21	MS	2	2	82.1 %	Series winner
12	5959	Simon JACKSON	16:39	MV40	12	5	85.6 %
19	5353	Nick GILL	17:25	MS	19	14	74.8 %	PB
25	5542	Mike JEFFS	17:37	MS	25	18	76.0 %
106	2944	Alison WOOD	21:03	FV55	17	1	84.3 %	1^st FV55
173	5636	Nick KLEANTHOUS	25:04	MV60	127	17	63.2 %
187	2909	Jim BROWN	26:37	MV70	135	5	65.7 %
192	5504	Michael O’KEEFE	26:56	MV50	136	35	57.9 %
198	3015	Sharon CROWLEY	28:53	FV65	58	4	67.4 %
215	1844	Roger BIGGS	46:50	MV70	148	8	39.6 %

Stevenage 10k

In the Stevenage 10K Spartan SIMON JACKSON was second overall and first man 40 plus with 35 minutes 33 seconds. KIM JURY was seventh in her category with 54:36 and JIM BROWN third in his with 56:44.

DAVE ACKERY said “I really pushed hard for a sub 60 but the hills were proving a bit of a hard slog in the heat especially the final big push!” He finished with 60:57.

Seven Spartans ran and there were 273 finishers. The other Spartans were GRANT RAMSAY 40:35; ROBERT WRIGHT 53:53 and ROGER BIGGS 1:38:52.

Pos	MF	Cat Pos	Bib	Name	Cat	5K	Gun	Chip	Age Gd
2.	2	1	7031	Simon JACKSON	MV40	17:03	35:34	35:33	81.4 %
15	15	4	7040	Grant RAMSAY	MV50	19:21	40:37	40:35	73.7%
104.	91	28	7183	Robert WRIGHT	MV40	26:58	54:01	53:53	51.1 %
110.	15	7	7002	Kim JURY	FV35	26:08	54:47	54:36	55.5 %
146.	120	3	6914	Jim BROWN	MV70+	28:44	57:44	56:54	62.5 %
172.	136	57	7166	David ACKERY	MS	28:32	1:01:06	1:00:57	43.2 %
273.	176	5	6971	Roger BIGGS	MV70+		1:39:24	1:38:52	38.3 %

Parkrun Saturday 16^th September 2023

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HATFIELD 5K SERIES RACE TWO

Post author By Vicky Archer
Post date September 10, 2023
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Spartan ANDREW PATTERSON won Wednesday’s Hatfield 5K race in a new personal best (PB) of just 15 minutes 55 seconds AND took GOLD in the County Championships.

Samantha and Andrew with their County medals!

SAMANTHA PRETTY-CONNORS won BRONZE with 19 minutes 25 seconds, a PB by 5 seconds, and YUKO GORDON won GOLD in the women 65 plus race with 22 minutes 25 seconds (22:25).

JONATHAN PARR was third senior in 16:35.

There was a year’s best time for SIMON JACKSON improving by 30 seconds to 16:50.

MATT TUTTON ran another PB this week this time trimming another five seconds off to 24:32 and JIM BROWN improved his time for the year by one second to 26:34.

Position	First Name	Last Name	Time	PB	Imp	Race 1	Comp
1	Andrew	Patterson	15:55	PB	0:03	15:59	0:04
4	Jonathan	Parr	16:35	x		16:18	(0:17)
10	Simon	Jackson	16:50	YB	0:30
33	Mike	Jeffs	18:09	x		18:02	(0:07)
65	Samantha	Pretty-Connors	19:25	PB	0:05
71	Grant	Ramsay	19:40	x		19:34	0:09
105	Peter	Orton	21:07	23
127	Yuko	Gordon	22:25	x
166	Matt	Tutton	24:32	PB	0:05	24:37	0:05
189	Andy	Jay	25:41	x		24:49	(0:52)
193	Nick	Kleanthous	25:52	x		24:49	(1:03)
202	Jim	Brown	26:34	YB	0:01	27:09	0:35
203	Michael	O’Keefe	26:38	x		26:35	(0:03)
216	Sharon	Crowley	30:00	x		28:59	(1:01)
235	Paul	Holgate	36:29	x		39:29	3:00
238	Roger	Biggs	42:44	x		42:37	(0:07)

Parkrun Saturday 9^th September 2023

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HATFIELD 5K SERIES, RUNNING RATS AND DASHING DUCKS!

Post author By Vicky Archer
Post date September 3, 2023
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Fairlands Valley Spartans won SILVER medals in the team competition at the Hertfordshire County 5K championships for senior men on Wednesday 30^th August.

The medal winning team was ANDREW PATTERSON (15:59); JONATHAN PARR (16:18); KIRK NDUGU (16:31) and NICK GILL (17:46). With 52 they were only four points behind the gold medal winners.

It was a season’s best (SB) for Andrew and Kirk, a year’s best (YB) for Jonathan and a personal best for Nick.

The championships were included in the Hatfield 5K which was completed by 14 Spartans.

MIKE JEFFS came in with a new PB of 18:02; MATT TUTTON with a new PB of 24:37; ANDY JAY with a season’s best 24:49 and SHARON CROWLEY with a season’s best of 28:59.

Jonathon and Nick receiving their County medals! – Photo credit Sharon Crowley

Place	Name	M/F	Cat Pos	Cat	Time	Age Grade	Comments
5.	Andrew PATTERSON	5	1	MV40	15:59	85.2 %	Team silver SB
8.	Jonathan PARR	8	7	MS	16:18	82.3 %	Team silver YB
11.	Kirk NDUGU	11	10	MS	16:31	80.0 %	Team silver SB
35.	Nick GILL	33	25	MS	17:46	73.3 %	Team silver PB
43.	Mike JEFFS	40	29	MS	18:02	74.2 %	PB
79.	Grant RAMSAY	69	12	MV50	19:34	75.1 %
174.	Matt TUTTON	130	51	MS	24:37	54.0 %	PB
177.	Andy JAY	131	34	MV50	24:49	62.7 %	SB
178.	Nick KLEANTHOUS	132	14	MV60	24:49	63.8 %
199.	Michael O’KEEFE	141	37	MV50	26:35	58.6 %
209.	Jim BROWN	145	5	MV70	27:09	64.4 %
226.	Sharon CROWLEY	78	7	FV65	28:59	67.0 %	SB
243.	Paul HOLGATE	155	22	MV60	39:29	42.1 %
244.	Roger BIGGS	156	10	MV70	42:37	43.4 %

Results for all Spartan finishers at the Hatfield 5k

Bedford Running Festival

In the half marathon JIM BROWN was 307^th out of the 684 finishers with 2 hours 1 minute 34 seconds. He was second in his category just 27 seconds behind the winner.

In the Bedford 20 DAVID HARRIS-CHERGUIT was ninth overall and seventh in the 40-49 category in 2 hours 8 minutes 13 seconds.

He said the weather was hot! Great support on route and it was good to see Stevenage being represented by Spartans, Striders and Phoenix running clubs.

Baldock Rat Run

Tim Robinson took part in the fifth Baldock 5k Rat Run, an off road fun run raising fund for Garden House Hospice. He finished 64th out of 88 finishers in a time of 29:21. He has run in all 5 events now and is a regular but difficult to spot.

UTMB (Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc)

ADRIAN BUSOLINI said “My journey to UTMB started in 2019 with my running a section of the UTMB course, and falling in love with the Chamonix Valley. In 2021, I ran the UTMB CCC, which is more or less the second half of the UTMB course. I finally obtained my UTMB spot in 2022 based on my category placing in Val d’Aran. 

For us based in Hertfordshire, training for something like UTMB is not easy, as we have no comparable terrain nearby. My lack of specific training is probably what held me back in this race.

Regardless of my result, the experience of participating in a race as famous and competitive as UTMB is extraordinary. Between bumping into many friends and acquaintances in Chamonix, experiencing the otherworldly level of support in St Gervais les Bains and Les Contamines, or just soaking up the sight of Mont Blanc from every angle. The UTMB is a tough, technical race, but one to savour.” Adrian took 30 hours 21 minutes 21 seconds for the 160 kilometres.

Duck and Dash

NICK KLEANTHOUS said it was a great weather for Sunday’s Duck n Dash involving 400 metres of Letchworth outdoor pool followed by a 5K hilly trail run around Norton Common. Tracy Haygarth found me before the start and we talked while waiting for our swim as swimmers went off at 15 second intervals. It was Tracy’s first event and without her Garmin on did amazing. It was very well organised and the support was fantastic. Hope to be back next year!

Summer Nuts Challenge

STEVE PLATT tackled the two muddy, wet and obstacle filled laps of the Summer Nuts Challenge on Saturday 2^nd September. The 15.69 kilometres OCR (British Obstacle Sports) event took 3 hours 39 minutes 21 seconds.

Steve looking as though he’s just completed a walk in the park and not muddy obstacles!

Parkrun Saturday 2^nd September 2023

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Tags Baldock Rat Run, Bedford Running Festival, Duck and Dash, Hatfield 5k Series, Summer Nuts Challenge, UTMB