Eight Spartans tamed the Beast. ADRIAN BUSOLINI got a podium position with third place and a fantastic time of 1 hour 20 minutes 20 seconds on the tough course.
The Baldock Beast is an undulating multi-terrain half marathon. THOMAS SAUKA 1:51:12 and JOHN NELMS 1:56:21 also beat two hours.
Spartan PENNY SCHENKEL ran her first half marathon in 22 years. She finished in 2:24:20.
| Position | Name | Chip Time | Comments |
| 3 | ADRIAN BUSOLINI | 1:20:20 | Podium |
| 93 | THOMAS SAUKA | 1:51:12 | |
| 120 | JOHN NELMS | 1:56:21 | |
| 162 | TIM ROBINSON | 2:03:43 | |
| 183 | CHLOE CHAPMAN | 2:07:12 | |
| 225 | MICHAEL O’KEEFE | 2:21:41 | |
| 232 | JIM BROWN | 2:21:24 | Final starter |
| 233 | PENNY SCHENKEL | 2:24:20 |
London Winter 10K
YUKO GORDON ran the London Winter 10K and was first woman 70 plus with 46 minutes 16 seconds. Yuko said there were nearly 20,000 participants but it was very well organised, even down to avoiding the chaos of long toilet queues. The course was interesting passing many London landmarks and easy to run with no traffic. The 5 degrees start was cold and it took her a couple of kilometres until she felt slightly less frozen.
In the same race MATTHEW NEWTON finished in 43:53; KEITH HOOKER in 44:42 which was a new PB for him, DANIELLA PETRIANNI in 56:44; PAUL SHELLEY in 57:49 and ALISON SHELLEY in 57:50.
Brighton Half Marathon
Despite a brutal headwind in the last 5 kilometres ANN TRYSSESOONE finished the Brighton Half Marathon in 2 hours 2 minutes 33 seconds.
Serpentine 5K
Sunny but chilly with a medium breeze at Friday’s Serpentine 5K in Hyde Park. Spartan JIM BROWN was 197th in 27:20. The next Serpie 5K will be on Friday 22nd March, a week earlier than might be expected to avoid Good Friday.
Parkrun 24th February
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