Spartans ASHLEY JOHNSON and ALISON WOOD were series winners in the Hatfield 5K races. Ashley won the women 35 plus category with a total time of exactly 57 minutes for the three 5K races. Her third 5K was her fastest. A new personal best of 18 minutes 46 seconds, an improvement of ten seconds. Alison won the women 55 plus with a total of 1:03:29. Her third race took 20:56.
21 Fairlands Valley Spartans ran in the final event and despite some great runs in race two they achieved four new personal bests. MIKE JEFFS by 3 seconds to 17:34; ANDREA WESTCOTT by 10 seconds to 25:43; and MEGAN SUTTON by another 6 seconds to 26:42, and Ashley.
CALLIE CHAPMAN ran her best 5K this season by 2:19 with her 31:50; SAMANTHA SUTTON by 12 seconds to 33:03. SHARON CROWLEY was delighted to get under 29 minutes with 28:53, her fastest this year by 15 seconds and JANE WADEY dipped under 35 minutes with 34:57, her fastest this year by 9 seconds.
ANDREW PATTERSON was the fastest Spartan in the race with his 16 minutes 18 seconds (16:18) which got him sixth overall in the race and second in his age group.
7 Spartan men and 8 women completed the whole series. All three had to be completed to count.
| Pos | Name | Cat | Total | Race 1 | Race 2 | R ace 3 | Best 2 | Comments |
| 5. | Ashley JOHNSON | FV35 | 57:00 | 19:14 | 18:59 | 18:48 | 37:46 | Winner FV35 |
| 12. | Alison WOOD | FV55 | 1:03:29 | 21:17 | 21:08 | 21:04 | 42:12 | Winner FV55 |
| 35. | Andrea WESTCOTT | FV45 | 1:19:32 | 27:22 | 26:16 | 25:55 | 52:10 | 9th FV45 |
| 37. | Hazel SMITH | FV45 | 1:25:09 | 27:32 | 25:25 | 32:13 | 52:56 | 10th FV45 |
| 39. | Megan SUTTON | FS | 1:21:39 | 27:31 | 27:11 | 26:58 | 54:08 | 8th senior |
| 47. | Sharon CROWLEY | FV65 | 1:29:40 | 30:54 | 29:33 | 29:14 | 58:46 | 7th FV65 |
| 51. | Samantha SUTTON | FV45 | 1:42:02 | 34:56 | 33:41 | 33:26 | 1:07:06 | |
| 54. | Jane WADEY | FV55 | 1:47:43 | 36:57 | 35:32 | 35:14 | 1:10:46 |
| Pos | Name | Cat | Total | Race 1 | Race 2 | R ace 3 | Best 2 | Comments |
| 15. | Mike JEFFS | MV40 | 53:58 | 18:34 | 17:51 | 17:35 | 35:25 | 6th MV40 |
| 22. | Ross GALLAGHER | MV40 | 56:09 | 18:36 | 17:59 | 19:35 | 36:34 | 10th MV40 |
| 30. | Paul SHELLEY | MV50 | 57:04 | 18:46 | 18:37 | 19:42 | 37:22 | 6th MV 50 |
| 43. | Mark COLLINS | MV40 | 59:17 | 20:03 | 19:37 | 19:37 | 39:14 | |
| 61. | Matt TUTTON | MV40 | 1:12:00 | 23:59 | 23:10 | 24:52 | 47:09 | |
| 74. | Jim BROWN | MV70 | 1:24:10 | 29:15 | 27:17 | 27:39 | 54:55 | 4th MV70 |
Stevenage 10K on 15th September
Eleven Spartans kept it local on Sunday and ran the Stevenage 10K.
MIKE JEFFS stormed round the undulating course in 37 minutes 28 seconds which WON his age group and got him fourth overall out of the 305 finishers. BRIAN WHITE was second MV60 in 46:43 while JAY PAPA was ninth senior in 40:23.
Brian said there were ideal cool, sunny and still conditions for a picturesque run around some Stevenage cycle tracks.
Several other Spartans volunteered as marshals.
Runaway Racing
Spartans Ciaran and Su McAneny ran the Runaway Racing Suffolk Coastal 50km on Saturday. Running from Lowestoft to Aldeburgh on the coastal pathway, it was a beautiful, scenic route passing by all the summer beach hotspots! It was Su’s first Ultra and she hit the wall sooner than expected, but dug herself out of it with Ciaran’s support. They Crossed the line together to receive a medal from the mayoress!
Win For Yuko
YUKO GORDON ran the picturesque Pleshey Half Marathon on Sunday in 1:42:02. She won the women 70 plus category. With around 380 finishers the course was mostly on quiet village roads.