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SPARTANS WIN AT HITCHIN 

Fairlands Valley Spartans WON the team prize at Sunday’s Hitchin 10K road race plus ANDREW PATTERSON was second man and ASHLEY JOHNSON second woman overall. 

Only a week after an outstanding run in the London Marathon Andrew was second in the race with 34 minutes 26 seconds, a new season’s best by 1 minute 22 seconds. 

Ashley was second woman overall, first in her age category and ran a new 10K personal best (PB) by 38 seconds with 41 minutes 59 seconds (41:59). 

The other Spartan team counters were DAN HUKIN 13th overall in 38:05, his best this year, and fourth in age category, and DANNY SCANLON 41st in 41:05, a season’s best by 2 seconds.  The FVS team won by 1 minute and 1 second. 

PENNY SCHENKEL expected she was going to take 70 minutes but took 1 minute 48 seconds off her season’s best time when she finished in 1:00:27. 

JIM BROWN said he was pleased to finish the Hitchin 10K only 28 seconds outside his best time of the year with 56:06. 

MICHAEL O’KEEFE was another Spartan who ran at London.  He maintained a sensible 10 minutes per mile pace and finished the 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) in 1:00:06. 

JANE WADEY said she was pleased with her results.  65:40 was just 38 seconds short of her PB despite running with a sore ankle. 

(Photo Credit, Main Photo – Marie Colucci)

County Track and Field Championships 

There were eight members of the club at the County Track and Field Championships for veterans at Ridlins on bank holiday Monday. 

In the 1500 metres MO WARILLOW won GOLD in the women 45 plus race with 6 minutes 57.56 seconds (6:57.56); SHARON CROWLEY won GOLD in the women 55 plus event with 8:06.10; PAUL HOLGATE won GOLD in the men’s 60 plus category with 8:23.88 and JIM BROWN won GOLD in the 70 plus race with 7:47.26. 

DAVID PATTMAN won 1500 metre SILVER in the MV40 category race with 5:37.81 and STEVEN DOBNER MV40 BRONZE with 5:43.94.  THOMAS SAUKA just missed out on the medals with 5:50.56. 

In the sprints DAVE STEPHENSON won the men 60 plus 100 metres in 14.2 seconds and the men 60 plus 200 metres in 29.45 seconds. 

SHARON CROWLEY took SILVER in the hammer with 16.32 metres. 

Photo Credit -Dave Stephenson

Serpentine 

Jim Brown ran Friday’s Serpentine 5K in 27 minutes 54 seconds (27:54).  He was second MV70. 

Parkrun Highlights Saturday 29th April 2023 

For the Consolidated Results from last Saturdays Parkrun please click the link.

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SPARTANS RUN AT TRENT PARK

Trent Park Cross Country – Three Top Tens for Spartans and Women Move Up 

Despite trees being blown down by strong winds a few days ago the cross country league fixture in Trent Park, near Cockfosters went ahead.  This was the second race in this season’s series and Fairlands Valley Spartans increased their turnout compared with race one.  This time 34 Spartans, 19 men and 15 women, enjoyed the mud.  A total of 492 including 212 women from 21 clubs competed. 

Three Spartans achieved three top ten positions.  SIMON JACKSON 10th overall for the five miles in 28:23 – he was also second man 40 plus; CHRISTINE LATHWELL second woman in 30:34 – and first woman 45 plus and MICHELLE REEVES eighth in 32:16.  YUKO GORDON was first woman 65 plus and 48th woman in 38:16. 

A stronger turnout this time meant the Spartan women moved up from 11th to sixth place.  Their “A” team was completed by GEORGIE HOOPER 49th woman in 38:18 and TRACEY JACKSON 60th in 39:42.  The “B” team was led in by KELLY McHALE, 61st in 39:47 with HARRIET SMITH 82nd in 41:19 and PAULA DUNNE 85th in 41:25 not far behind. 

The men were 12th this time.  Next in after Simon were GRANT RAMSAY 66th overall in 31:49; DANNY SCANLON 115th in 33:53; PETE SMITH 167th in 36:11 and NICK GILL 168th in 36:15.

Full results can be downloaded here:  Trent Park XC results

Snowdon Marathon 

2022 was the 37th running of the popular Snowdon Marathon, considered to be one of the best marathons in the UK despite the difficulty of the course with three BIG climbs and a very technical off-road section between 22 – 25 miles that sees many runners lose their footing and cross the finish line covered in mud.  Heavy rain at the beginning and finish together with strong winds ensured this year’s race was as tricky as usual if not trickier but that did not prevent the two Spartans taking part continuing to add to their long runs of consecutive finishes in the years that the race has gone ahead.  SHARON CROWLEY who has run more Snowdon marathons than any other female finished her 29th Snowdon marathon in 6 hours 32 minutes 25 seconds (6:32:25) for 1520th position while PAUL HOLGATE finished 1591st with 7:17:44 in his 32nd Snowdon marathon.  (He’s run every year that the race has taken place since 1988). 

There were 1,601 finishers from the 2,500 runners that entered. 

Sharon with her 29th medal for Snowdon Marathon!

John Harris Selected for England 

On the strength of his performance in the recent York Marathon Spartan JOHN HARRIS has been selected for England. 

Next year he will be running in the England Masters Marathon Team based on his recent marathon qualifying time and top three placing.  He has trained all year for this and is so pleased to make the team.  The representative race will be at the Chester Marathon next October. 

Well done John!!

Serpentine Thirtieth Anniversary 5K 

There have been lunch-time 5Ks in Hyde Park, London since October 1992 and the thirtieth anniversary fell on Friday.  Spartan PENNY SCHENKEL was delighted to improve her 5K time to 27 minutes 52 seconds (27:52).  JIM BROWN went round in 27:10.  

Well done on your PB Penny!

Cockbain’s Track 100 

ADRIAN BUSOLINI ran the Cockbain’s Track 100.  He said he was running in circles for no particular reason.  Due to lack of fitness, he had planned to DNS (not start), but at the last minute decided to show up to ‘run for a few hours’.  A few turned into 23. 

Adrian ran 100 miles, that’s 403 laps of the 400 metre track, in 23 hours 8 minutes 59 seconds.  He was 14th out of the 21 that finished, 51 started. 

Adrian back out doing what he does best… long distances, although in circles this time!

Hertfordshire Half and 10K 

Spartan JOHN NELMS ran the Hertfordshire Half Marathon, starting and finishing at Knebworth House, in 2 hours 8 minutes 54 seconds.  He was 538th out of 900 finishers. 

JANE McFARLANE was encouraging a friend to a new personal best in the Hertfordshire 10K and was 333rd out of the 501 finishers in 61 minutes 42 seconds. 

Parkrun Highlights 29th October 2022 

Alison SHELLEY and Jim BROWN reached their 100 Parkrun milestones on the Stevenage course in 32 minutes and 46 seconds and 32 minutes and 47 seconds respectively.  They enjoyed running around in their “100” capes on what was the nearest Saturday to Halloween.  At the same location, Matt TUTTON ran a PB time of 27 minutes and 23 seconds. 

For the full consolidated results for the 29th October please click this link – Consolidated Results for 29th October 2022. 

Spooky Stevenage Parkrunners.

Tables 

Spartans at Trent Park Cross Country – Combined Results 

Pos Name Last Name Age Group Time Comments 
10 Simon Jackson V40 28:23 10th overall.  MA 
37 Christine Lathwell FV45 30:34 2nd woman.  FA 
66 Grant Ramsay V50 31:49 MA 
75 Michelle Reeves FV35 32:16 8th woman.  FA 
115 Danny Scanlon V40 33:53 MA (men’s “A” team) 
167 Pete Smith V60 36:11 MA 
168 Nick Gill SM 36:15 MA 
192 Steve Mayfield V50 36:50 MA 
199 David Pattman V40 37:05 MA 
216 Steven Dobner V40 37:47 MA 
220 Thomas Sauka V40 37:54  
235 Yuko Gordon FV65 38:16 1st VW65.  FA 
236 Georgie Hooper SL 38:18 FA (women’s “A” team) 
262 Luke Gurney SM 39:17  
267 Tracey Jackson FV45 39:42 FA 
268 Darren Emmerson V50 39:46  
269 Kelly Mchale FV35 39:47  
313 Harriet Smith SL 41:19  
318 Paula Dunne FV35 41:25  
336 Rob Wright V40 42:07  
355 Nick Kleanthous V60 43:08  
363 Mark Freeman V60 43:18  
377 Claire Emmerson FV45 44:15  
378 Tim Robinson V50 44:17  
401 Tony Vickers V50 46:01  
407 Andy Jay V50 46:12  
411 Michael O’Keefe V50 46:25  
440 Grant Murphy V50 48:37  
446 Mo Warrillow FV45 49:01  
474 Cathy Craig FV65 53:53  
476 Carolyn Linsell FV65 54:07  
481 Jane Wadey FV55 56:39  
490 Callie Chapman FV35 01:00:44  
491 Hazel Smith FV45 01:00:44  
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SPARTAN EMAC WOMEN WIN AGAIN!

The FVS Ladies continued their winning streak in the Eastern Masters Athletics league meeting in perfect conditions at Cambridge on Wednesday evening.  The team of 14 greatly outnumbered the opposition, allowing everyone to focus on one or two events instead of having to cope with multiple shoe changes!  FVS had a clean sweep in the high jump competition, with Nikki Wilby (W35), Monica Brown (W50 – also second place shot put), and Karen Dodsworth (W60) all winning maximum points for the team.  Karen also claimed first place in W50 400 metres and placed second in W50 triple jump.  Other wins on the night came from Andrea Westcott in the W50 100m (also second place hammer throw with a PB!), Tessa Stephenson W60 100m, and Wendy Tharani W50 1500m.  Having such a large contingent ensured every event was covered. Important points were scored by Callie Chapman (fourth place in both W35 100m and 400m), Carolyn Linsell (second place W60 400m), Fiona Clarke (second place in both W35 1500m and her first ever triple jump competition!), Cathy Craig (third place W60 1500m), Sharon Crowley (fourth place 2k walk ‘A’ and second place W60 hammer), Yuko Gordon (third place 2k walk ‘B’), Stephanie Biggar (third place W35 hammer and fourth place shot put), and Joylyn Saunders-Mullins finished in second place in a hotly contested W60 shot put.  As always, the relays rounded off the evening with W35 team of Monica Brown, Callie Chapman, Fiona Clarke, and Nikki Wilby finishing in third place.  The W50 team of Carolyn Linsell, Andrea Westcott, Tessa Stephenson, and Wendy Tharani were unopposed, finishing in first place. 

A selection of our fab ladies at EMAC!

The men’s team had fewer competitors, seven, available but TIM SAUNDERS-MULLINS, STEVE MAYFIELD, DAVE STEPHENSON, NICK KLEANTHOUS, CHRIS WESTCOTT, GRANT RAMSAY and PETE SMITH still managed a credible fourth place finish.  Tim Saunders-Mullins won the M60 hammer throw by a huge margin, with other points from Steve Mayfield (4th place in M35 100m, shot put, triple jump, and high jump then moving to his own age group to finish 4th in M50 hammer!), Dave Stephenson (3rd place in both M50 100m and 400m), Nick Kleanthous (5th place M60 100m, 2nd place 2k walk ‘A’, and 4th place M60 shot put), Chris Westcott (3rd place in both M35 400m and 1500m), Grant Ramsay (2nd place in his new age group M50 1500m), and Pete Smith (2nd place M60 1500m, 5th place M50 triple jump, 2nd place M60 high jump).  The relay team finished in 4th place, just pipped to the line by 0.3 seconds! 

Not forgetting our amazing men!

The ladies team have now secured their place in the final but will still be aiming for another victory in Bedford net month on Wednesday 20th July! 

Two Wins At Welwyn  

There were eleven Spartans and two wins at the Welwyn 10K. 

MARK GOODWIN was really pleased and surprised by achieving first place in his age category.  He managed a negative split, rare for him, due to the challenging hill in the first half of the race.  Mark WON the Vet 60 competition with 48 minutes 1 second. 

JIM BROWN’s second half was 1 minute 39 seconds faster than his first, so another negative split, and he WON the 70 plus category by three minutes with 56 minutes 56 seconds. 

VISH SHAH came in with 53 minutes 53 seconds and new member HARRIET SMITH raced round in an excellent 54 minutes 27 seconds.  She was in the top half of the field, 160th out of 355. 

Smiles at Welwyn!

There was a new personal best (PB) for MICHAEL O’KEEFE – 61:42. 

JANE WADEY said it was tough but pleased to complete her first ever measured and chip timed 10K race in 67:09. 

It was a very hot run at the Welwyn 10K said CHRISTINE ZVEREV.  Sadly not the sub 60 she was hoping for but Christine said it was beautiful nonetheless.  She came in with 67:47. 

JANE WATT, 68:26, thought it was a lovely course.  Bit hot in places but it is June. 

LUKE GURNEY 63:01; NICOLA HATHERLY 74:00 and JUDY KING 74:55 completed the Spartan eleven. 

Hitchin Hard Half 

ROBERT WRIGHT took the Hitchin Hard Half Marathon at an easy pace and finished in 2.06.10.  There were 149 finishers. 

Race To The Tower  

SHARON CROWLEY ran a 52 mile Ultra, the Race to the Tower, which she finished in 19 hours 57 minutes 7 seconds at 4:30am.  It’s a tough and very hilly event in the Cotswolds, some of it quite steep.  She kept a good pace throughout and only slowed down a little near the end when it was dark.  She said she needed her poles for both up and down the hills.  She was supported by Mike, who was a great help, especially close to the end. An amazing achievement.  

Sharon said it was one of the hardest things she’s ever done! 

Amazing Sharon has done it again!

Serpentine 

It was bright dry and windy for the Serpentine Last Friday of the Month 5K in Hyde Park where runners were entertained by the warm up for the BST festival.  Jim Brown was 105th and second in his category with 27:20.  He is twelfth in the year long series. 

Windy maybe but it was quite neat as it was headwind where there was shelter but tailwind out in the open on the back straight.  The race was won in an eye watering 14 minutes 58 seconds!  The Serpentine 5K is now in its 30th year with a celebration to come in October. 

Run Orwell 

DAVE SCOTT took part in the Run Orwell event near Royston today, and although he’d planned for the 10k, because of the heat he made the decision to do the 5k distance instead. 

It was a small event, with around 120 participants across both distances.  It was mixed terrain, including some sections across private farm land which were scenic but tough!  It was very much a social run for Dave, so he took it relatively easy and finished in 34:17. 
 

Parkrun Highlights  

The purple start and finish signs made a welcome return to Stevenage parkrun for the first time since March 2020.  There were 238 runners including 14 Spartans. 

It was a busy week for Spartans participating across 11 different venues including home base at Stevenage.  JONATHAN PARR was first at Stevenage (17:16).  He was exactly one minute ahead of his nearest rival. 

JIM BROWN won the category by three seconds with a little scamper to the line ahead of a Garden City Runner with the two of them 105th and 107th out of 238 in the race.  Jim’s time was 27:14, slightly faster than the Serpentine 5K the day before. 

Lots of “First timers” this week: ROGER BIGGS at Eastbourne (44:51), the Pattmans ran in Lowestoft (David 23:04 and Nicola 35:03), MO WARRILOW and STEVE DOBNER ran together at Jersey Farm (Mo 29:27) (Steve 29:28) and YUKO GORDON was at Henlow Bridge Lakes (25:11). 

There were new parkrun course PBs for PAUL MAGUIRE at Exmouth (23:48), MICHAEL O’KEEFE at Henlow Bridge Lakes (28:35) and NIKKI NATION at Stevenage (32:29), 

ANDY JAY was at Westmill (28:32), JAMES MCSWEENEY at Littleport (25:04) and DARRYL STEVENS at Brockenhurst (35:46). 

CATHY CRAIG ran a virtual parkrun in 31:51 to help celebrate her son’s 100th

Tables 

Spartans at the Welwyn 10K 

Pos Gender Cat Pos Name Category Chip Age Grade Comments 
82. 74 Mark GOODWIN MV60 48:01 70.1% 1st V60 
157. 137 44 Vishal SHAH MS 53:53 49.7 %  
160. 21 Harriet SMITH FS 54:27 54.4% New 
197. 164 Jim BROWN MV70 56:56 62.4 % 1st V70 
255. 197 56 Michael O’KEEFE MV50 1:01:42 51.5 % PB 
266. 203 62 Luke GURNEY MS 1:03:01 41.7 %  
299. 88 17 Jane WADEY FV55 1:07:09 52.9 % First 10K race 
304. 93 35 Christine ZVEREV FV35 1:07:47 44.8 %  
313. 100 37 Jane MCFARLANE FV35 1:08:26 45.5 %  
338. 117 30 Nicola HATHERLY FV45 1:14:00 43.9 %  
342. 120 23 Judy KING FV55 1:14:55 49.2 %  

Number of records: 355 

The full Spartan result for Stevenage parkrun is below: 

Position   Gender Position   parkrunner   Run Time   
Jonathan PARR 00:17:16 
42 39 Sam SIMMONS 00:23:29 
53 48 Toby ECCLESHALL 00:24:09 
57 51 Matt CLARKE 00:24:13 
62 54 Brian WHITE 00:24:32 
105 87 Jim BROWN 00:27:14 
116 22 Ashley SCHOENWETTER 00:27:49 
132 28 Fiona CLARKE 00:28:45 
139 31 Debbie BLANTERN 00:29:04 
153 41 Monica SMITHSON 00:30:20 
180 60 Nikki Katherine NATION 00:32:29 
197 67 Samantha SUTTON 00:33:37 
203 133 Stephen SMITHSON 00:34:56 
230 138 Paul HOLGATE 00:42:04 
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SPARTANS MIDWEEK IN ST ALBANS

Sixty seven Spartans made the trip to St Albans on Wednesday evening for the second Mid Week League race of the season.  There were 447 finishers with 25 women and 42 men from FVS. 

Some of the notable performances included TONY RANDFIELD first man 60 plus (MV60) in 43:01; PETE SMITH second MV60 in 43:07.  CAROLYN LINSELL second FV65 in 61:37 and SUZY HAWKINS in a fantastic 40:58, a personal best (PB) by 18 seconds, for third woman 45 plus. 

Suzy was the fastest female from Fairlands at 13th out of 176 women with GABRIELLE O’BRIEN second from the club and 28th in 43:20 and MICHELLE REEVES third and 33rd woman in 44:06. 

Happy chatting Spartans before the race.

ABBIE (daughter) and TRACY (mother) came in together with 48:31. 

KELLY McHALE continues to improve.  She made it into the “A” team with a sub fifty 49 minutes 16 seconds cutting 1:41 off her personal best.  GEORGIE HOOPER also beat fifty with 49:56. 

The quickest Spartan was SIMON JACKSON in 34:08 for 16th out of 271 men with SIMON FRASER not far behind at 23rd in 34:58 and ANDREW PATTERSON 31st in 35:48. 

Seventeen Spartans smashed their personal bests (PB) for 10K and ten were running their first ever 10K race.  The personal bests included ADRIAN BUSOLINI taking his 10K down to 36:05; KELVIN BEYIOKU down to 36:23; DANNY HUKIN down to 37:08; ROSS GALLAGHER down to 39:07 and STUART ARCHER down below 40 for the first time with 39:29. The table at the end of the release notes all the PB details along with everyone else’s results.  

Getting ready for our group photo!

The Spartans had more than enough for three men’s teams of 12 runners and three women’s teams of eight runners.  Everyone of the 67 Spartans contributed. 

The next mid week race will be in Epping Forest, near Chingford on Wednesday evening 8th June. 

Smiling on the start line – Always time for a quick photo!

Edinburgh Marathon and Half Marathon 

What an emotional rollercoaster the past few months have been said Spartan MIKE JEFFS.  What started out as a way just to keep fit grew legs quite rapidly with him entering his first race doing the Hertfordshire 10K 18 months ago all the way to doing his first ever marathon at Edinburgh in 3:24:02. 

DAVID HARRIS-CHERGUIT got a great result in the Edinburgh Half Marathon with a new personal best (PB) of 1 hour 16 minutes 25 seconds for 51st overall and 8th in the 40 to 44 age group. 

There was also a PB for CRAIG MARTIN who ran the Edinburgh Half in 1:36:29.  His previous PB was 1 hour 43 minutes. 

MARIE COLUCCI smashed the Half in 1 hour 43 minutes 03 seconds! After what she admitted was a grumpy start to the day this was a much better run than she was expecting and came in the top 5% of her age group! 

Amazing Eddie runners!

Buxton Half 

Eighth place in 1:23:58 was SIMON FRASER’s reward for battling some really tough hills, up and down, in the Buxton Half Marathon.  He said there were lots of beautiful running miles. 

Simon in action and still smiling!

Serpentine 

JIM BROWN ran the Last Friday of the Month 5K in Hyde Park (Serpentine) for the last time before going up an age group.  He was delighted to finish in his best time (YB) this year – 26 minutes 26 seconds. 

Once again the top end standard was very high.  Jim was 165th out of 194.  It was dry, sunny, mild, with a medium breeze and the race followed with a lunch-time ice cream by the lake. 

The Coaching Team Gets Even Stronger 

Another boost to an already fantastic Fairlands coaching team.  After six months of studying, JOHN HARRIS has qualified as a UKA Endurance Level 4 Coach.  That’s the highest possible UKA Coach qualification. Well done John!!

Super Coach John!

Parkrun Highlights Saturday 28th May 

Stevenage parkrun’s sixth birthday brought out several Spartans in fancy dress.  There was a total of 253 runners.  The 21 Spartans included GRANT RAMSAY fifth in 18 minutes 21 seconds and ALISON SHELLEY ninth woman in 25:52.

Stevenage Parkrun including the standard active wear of Where’s Wally and a Chicken!

PAUL MAGUIRE said he had a great run in Liverpool.  He ran the Princes parkrun, appropriately alongside many Penny Lane Striders, in 24 minutes 22 seconds and was 140th out of 451.  He said it was a lovely route around the park and by the lake and that he kept it steady and felt strong. 

ANY JAY was 62nd out of 99 at Westmill, Ware in 30:55. 

Away day Parkrun fun for the Evolve team!

Tables 

Midweek Road Race League Race 2.  St Albans 10km.  Wednesday 25th May 2022 

Race Pos Cat Vet No. Time Name Surname Cat. M/F Own Time PB Impr 
16 16 1055 34:08 Simon Jackson V 40 34:08 YB 0:32 
23 23   1065 34:58 Simon Fraser 34:56 SB 2:15 
31 31 11 12 1053 35:48 Andrew Patterson V 40 35:48 YB  
36 36   1084 36:05 Adrian Busolini 36:05 PB 0:19 
39 39   1067 36:25 Kelvin Beyioku 36:23 PB 0:18 
52 52 20 26 1073 37:09 Danny Hukin V 40 37:08 PB 0:50 
67 63 27 33 1074 38:24 Grant Ramsay V 40 38:23 YB  
80 74   1057 39:08 Ross Gallagher 39:07 PB 0:19 
90 82   1071 39:29 Stuart Archer 39:29 PB 0:35 
101 93 37 48 1092 40:01 Adrian Donnelly V 40 40:00  
106 97   1066 40:21 Mark Williams 40:19 PB New 
115 13 1159 40:59 Suzy Hawkins V 45 40:58 PB 0:18 
117 104   1046 41:08 Nick Gill 41:06 PB 0:22 
127 110 15 55 1078 41:26 Paul Shelley V 50 41:21 YB 7:01 
134 117   1081 41:36 Robert Wright 41:21 PB 5:47 
157 134 73 1051 43:03 Tony Randfield V 60 43:01 PB New 
159 136 75 1042 43:08 Pete Smith V 60 43:07 SB 1:08 
168 141 54 80 1085 43:26 Mark Collins V 40 43:17 SB  
169 142 55 81 1089 43:32 Stuart Haycroft V 40 43:25 SB  
170 28   1183 43:30 Gabrielle O’Brien 43:20 PB New 
184 33 13 24 1156 44:11 Michelle Reeves V 35 44:06 SB 0:34 
226 176 34 107 1083 46:03 Martin Wood V 50 46:03 SB  
237 183 36 113 1061 46:25 Matt Clarke V 50 46:24 PB 0:27 
238 184 37 114 1059 46:29 Craig Bacon V 50 46:26  
242 187 74 117 1079 46:53 David Pattman V 40 46:53 YB 3:02 
265 204   1091 47:43 Marcus Ridley 47:41 PB New 
269 207 135 1044 48:01 Mark Goodwin V 60 47:49 YB 0:04 
272 208   1075 48:29 Luke Gurney 48:17 PB 1:55 
275 67  1186 48:31 Abbie Pez U 20 48:24  
278 68 21 44 1187 48:31 Tracy Pez V 45 48:24  
280 211 47 138 1093 48:39 Derek Cornelius V 50 48:32 PB New 
281 212   1090 48:53 David Kennedy 48:59  
283 213 48 139 1043 49:12 Paul Maguire V 50 49:00 SB  
285 72 21 46 1157 49:20 Kelly McHale V 35 49:16 PB 1:41 
290 217 83 142 1076 49:36 Steven Dobner V 40 49:37 YB 5:14 
292 218 49 143 1064 49:47 Darren Emmerson V 50 49:45 SB  
303 82 27 56 1185 50:09 Georgie Hooper V 35 49:56  
305 222 53 147 1082 50:34 Tim Robinson V 50 50:33 SB 0:46 
320 229   1088 51:45 Vishal Shah 51:26  
327 96 27 66 1162 52:14 Karen Ellis V 45 51:42 SB 1:49 
333 99 29 69 1167 52:31 Wendy Tharani V 45 52:07 PB 0:06 
334 100 32 70 1177 52:46 Vicky Archer V 35 52:27 PB 7:28 
340 238 15 159 1062 53:11 Nick Kleanthous V 60 52:58 SB 0:23 
345 241 59 162 1063 53:23 Mark MacDonald V 50 53:07 PB New 
349 243 61 164 1058 53:52 Karl Shreeve V 50 53:21 SB 1:25 
355 109 31 78 1178 54:17 Mo Warrillow V 45 54:08 SB 2:31 
362 115 33 83 1171 55:02 Nicola Andersson V 45 54:59 YB 1:46 
363 116   1155 55:04 Chloe Chapman 54:50 PB New 
366 248   1068 55:19 Chris Saunders 54:52 PB 1:08 
373 250   1080 56:22 Steve Tinsley 55:51 PB New 
383 255 17 173 1054 57:41 Steve Pike V 60 57:08  
389 132 39 97 1160 58:00 Debbie Blantern V 45 57:44 PB 0:28 
392 259 88 176 1060 58:09 Simon Sypula V 40 57:54 SB 2:06 
412 262 69 179 1070 1:01:46 Taher Tharani V 50 1:01:28 PB 0:15 
414 152 117 1152 1:01:37 Carolyn Linsell V 65 1:01:37 YB  
419 155 46 120 1176 1:03:12 Christine Zverev V 35 1:02:52 PB 0:35 
420 156 49 121 1181 1:03:12 Claire Emmerson V 45 1:02:53 SB 1:59 
421 157 50 122 1153 1:03:12 Jenny Garrett V 45 1:02:52 SB  
429 267 71 184 1087 1:05:54 Michael O’Keefe V 50 1:05:45 YB  
432 268 72 185 1069 1:06:49 Jonathan Jones V 50 1:06:39 YB 0:36 
434 166 29 129 1182 1:07:03 Jane Wadey V 55 1:06:56 PB New 
436 167 51 130 1170 1:07:04 Tracy Haygarth V 45 1:06:44 SB 3:47 
437 168 47 131 1188 1:07:13 Callie Chapman V 35 1:06:46 SB  
443 172 53 135 1172 1:14:28 Nicola Hatherly V 45 1:14:26 SB  
444 173 31 136 1180 1:14:32 Jane Whitrow V 55 1:14:36 PB New 
446 175 55 138 1154 1:19:05 Hazel Smith V 45 1:18:59 SB  
447 176 32 139 1189 1:19:05 Sharon Crowley V 55 1:18:38  

In teams (official result)- Spartan women (25) 

Race Pos Cat Vet No. Time Name Surname Cat. M/F Team (8) 
115 13 1159 40:59 Suzy Hawkins V 45 
170 28   1183 43:30 Gabrielle O’Brien 
184 33 13 24 1156 44:11 Michelle Reeves V 35 
275 67  1186 48:31 Abbie Pez U 20 
278 68 21 44 1187 48:31 Tracy Pez V 45 
285 72 21 46 1157 49:20 Kelly McHale V 35 
303 82 27 56 1185 50:09 Georgie Hooper V 35 
327 96 27 66 1162 52:14 Karen Ellis V 45 
333 99 29 69 1167 52:31 Wendy Tharani V 45 
334 100 32 70 1177 52:46 Vicky Archer V 35 
355 109 31 78 1178 54:17 Mo Warrillow V 45 
362 115 33 83 1171 55:02 Nicola Andersson V 45 
363 116   1155 55:04 Chloe Chapman 
389 132 39 97 1160 58:00 Debbie Blantern V 45 
414 152 117 1152 1:01:37 Carolyn Linsell V 65 
419 155 46 120 1176 1:03:12 Christine Zverev V 35 
420 156 49 121 1181 1:03:12 Claire Emmerson V 45 
421 157 50 122 1153 1:03:12 Jenny Garrett V 45 
434 166 29 129 1182 1:07:03 Jane Wadey V 55 
436 167 51 130 1170 1:07:04 Tracy Haygarth V 45 
437 168 47 131 1188 1:07:13 Callie Chapman V 35 
443 172 53 135 1172 1:14:28 Nicola Hatherly V 45 
444 173 31 136 1180 1:14:32 Jane Whitrow V 55 
446 175 55 138 1154 1:19:05 Hazel Smith V 45 
447 176 32 139 1189 1:19:05 Sharon Crowley V 55  

In teams (official result) – Spartan men (42) 

Race Pos Cat Vet No. Time Name Surname Cat. M/F Team (12) 
16 16 1055 34:08 Simon Jackson V 40 
23 23   1065 34:58 Simon Fraser 
31 31 11 12 1053 35:48 Andrew Patterson V 40 
36 36   1084 36:05 Adrian Busolini 
39 39   1067 36:25 Kelvin Beyioku 
52 52 20 26 1073 37:09 Danny Hukin V 40 
67 63 26 32 1074 38:24 Grant Ramsay V 40 
80 74   1057 39:08 Ross Gallagher 
90 82   1071 39:29 Stuart Archer 
101 93 36 47 1092 40:01 Adrian Donnelly V 40 
106 97   1066 40:21 Mark Williams 
117 104   1046 41:08 Nick Gill 
127 110 15 54 1078 41:26 Paul Shelley V 50 
134 117   1081 41:36 Robert Wright 
157 134 72 1051 43:03 Tony Randfield V 60 
159 136 74 1042 43:08 Pete Smith V 60 
168 141 53 79 1085 43:26 Mark Collins V 40 
169 142 54 80 1089 43:32 Stuart Haycroft V 40 
226 176 34 104 1083 46:03 Martin Wood V 50 
237 183 36 110 1061 46:25 Matt Clarke V 50 
238 184 37 111 1059 46:29 Craig Bacon V 50 
242 187 71 114 1079 46:53 David Pattman V 40 
265 204   1091 47:43 Marcus Ridley 
269 207 132 1044 48:01 Mark Goodwin V 60 
272 208   1075 48:29 Luke Gurney 
280 211 47 135 1093 48:39 Derek Cornelius V 50 
281 212   1090 48:53 David Kennedy 
283 213 48 136 1043 49:12 Paul Maguire V 50 
290 217 79 139 1076 49:36 Steven Dobner V 40 
292 218 49 140 1064 49:47 Darren Emmerson V 50 
305 222 53 144 1082 50:34 Tim Robinson V 50 
320 229   1088 51:45 Vishal Shah 
340 238 15 156 1062 53:11 Nick Kleanthous V 60 
345 241 59 159 1063 53:23 Mark MacDonald V 50 
349 243 61 161 1058 53:52 Karl Shreeve V 50 
366 248   1068 55:19 Chris Saunders 
373 250   1080 56:22 Steve Tinsley  
383 255 17 170 1054 57:41 Steve Pike V 60  
392 259 84 173 1060 58:09 Simon Sypula V 40  
412 262 70 176 1070 1:01:46 Taher Tharani V 50  
429 267 72 181 1087 1:05:54 Michael O’Keefe V 50  
432 268 73 182 1069 1:06:49 Jonathan Jones V 50  
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Club News Race Results

TEAM WINNERS AT HITCHIN 10K

Fairlands Valley Spartans WON the team award at Sunday’s Hitchin 10K.  They had 25 out of the 518 finishers with several top twenty positions. 

JONATHAN PARR was second overall and first in his category with a fantastic 34 minutes 24 seconds.  KELVIN BEYIOKU was fifth in 36:42. 

In her first ever 10K race ASHLEY JOHNSON won her category and was fourth woman overall in 42 minutes 37 seconds. 

NICK GILL took eight seconds off his 10K personal best finishing in 41 minutes 28 seconds and he was 18 seconds quicker than the same race last year. 

ADRIAN DONNELLY was 13th man in 39:33; MARIE COLUCCI 18th woman in 47:51 and GEORGIE HOOPER was twentieth woman in 48:28. 

Hitchin 10K speedy’s

SHARON CROWLEY ran her first official 10k in a very long time!  She finished in 1 hour 5 minutes 21 seconds.  JIM BROWN improved his St Albans 10K time by exactly one minute when he finished in 56:29.  He said it was great seeing so many Spartans at an event again. 

The 25 Spartans were JONATHAN PARR 34:23; KELVIN BEYIOKU 36:41; ADRIAN DONNELLY 39:33; ROSS GALLACHER 40:19; NICK GILL 41:28; ASHLEY JOHNSON (F) 42:37; MARIE COLUCCI (F) 47:51; GEORGIE HOOPER (F) 48:28; ANDY JAY 50:28; VISH SHAH 50:49; LUKE GURNEY 51:29; ZOE JACKSON (F) 51:43; NIKKI WILBY (F) 51:51; KARK SHREEVE 54:46; SARAH ILLINGWORTH (F) 55:52; STEVE PIKE 55:54; JIM BROWN 56:29; MONICA SMITHSON (F) 1:02:01; CHRISTINE ZVEREV (F) 1:03:27; NICOLA PATTMAN (F) 1:04:13; STEVEN DOBNER 1:04:14; SHARON CROWLEY (F) 1:05:21; JONATHAN JONES 1:09:38; DZENANA TOPIC (F) 1:10:10 and SAMANTHA SUTTON (F) 1:12:40. 

Lots of stripes at the Hitchin 10K

Milton Keynes Sub Four and PBs (Personal Bests for Hazel and Rob) 

TIM ROBINSON and HAZEL SMITH ran the Milton Keynes marathon which was hotter than expected and had some sneaky hills towards the end. 
Both were very pleased with their times, Tim 4:35:22 and Hazel 3 hours 59 minutes 40 seconds.  It was a massive PB (personal best) of around 24 minutes from Hazel’s last marathon in October.  Hazel says that joining the Spartans peak performance group and following the training plan from Steffan Ford has improved her overall fitness and pace.  Hazel was over the moon to dip under 4 hours for the first time ever. 

Our amazing Hazel and superb Tim!

Also TRICIA HOPPER, KAREN LIDDLE and BARRY KING ran and completed the Milton Keynes Marathon.  As with many people/runners this was their first marathon since Covid. 

Tricia Hopper ran the 26.2 miles in 4:28:30, this was her 87th marathon. 

Karen and Barry ran together in 5.55.34.  Karen has now completed 76 marathons and Barry 56. 

Happy Spartans pleased to be back racing again.

Spartan ROB WRIGHT ran a new personal best (PB) of 1:35:31 at the Milton Keynes Half Marathon 2022. 

Rob being very cool with his medal.

Belfast 

CATHY CRAIG ran the Belfast Marathon on a cold dull day. 
All went well until around mile 17 when she was a bit sick and the queasiness never really left her.  Still, she managed a watch time of 5:29:47, which was just within her second target time of 5:30. 

This lady never ceases to amaze us!

Vitality London 10k 

DEBBIE BLANTERN ran the Vitality London 10K, her first race since December 2019. She was super happy with her time of 58 minutes 41 seconds. 

She said this will give her a big confidence boost to get more races booked this year. 

Having run the Hitchin 10K in 1:12:40 on Sunday SAMANTHA SUTTON ran the Vitality 10000 in a time of 1 hour 11 minutes 55 seconds. 

Also in the London 10000 CHARLIE WHITE ran a new personal best (PB) of 38 minutes 46 seconds and ANNABELLE WHITE a “pregnant best” of 55:41. 

A well earned medal by Debbie!

Serpentine 

JIM BROWN was at the Serpentine Last Friday of the Month 5K.  Some amazing runners show up for these lunch-time races.  Jim was 146th out of 166 with 27 minutes 46 seconds.  Slowly knocking off a few seconds since coming back from illness.  It was dry but cold and breezy. 

Good News for YUKO 

YUKO GORDON is out of action at the moment but received some good news from British Masters last week.  Her half marathon record has been ratified as a new British record for women over 70. 

She ran a gun time of 1:40:02 (chip time 1:39:58) at Bedford on 27th March this year.  Yuko did run 1:37:50 last summer but it was a chip time (and not ratified) as a gun time was not available with Covid restrictions.  The previous record was 1:40:43 (chip time 1:40:33) held by Angela Copson. 

Parkrun Highlights 30th April 

First Spartan home at Stevenage parkrun was TONY RANDFIELD on his 98th parkrun in 20.59.  

SAM SIMMONS took a trip to Bedford and ran 25:51 on his first outing there.  Sam may have clocked the longest “parkrun” this week running just over 16 miles with parkrun included. 

A parkrun “first timer” event for JAMES MCSWEENEY at Letchworth (25:55)   

MIKE REYNOLDS was at Panshanger (25:12) and ED HARE was at Lee on the Solent (23:25).  DARRYL STEVENS was at Brockenhurst running 45.34. 

Stevenage Parkrunners.

Other parkrun results are below. 

Stevenage parkrun 

A total of 225 runners took part. 

Position   Gender Position   parkrunner   Run Time   
12 11 Tony RANDFIELD 00:20:59 
16 15 Thomas SAUKA 00:21:15 
33 29 Matt CLARKE 00:23:14 
92 75 Nick KLEANTHOUS 00:27:06 
106 20 Claire EMMERSON 00:27:57 
110 87 Jim BROWN 00:28:05 
111 22 Debbie BLANTERN 00:28:08 
112 88 Steven DOBNER 00:28:08 
116 24 Mo WARRILLOW 00:28:21 
117 91 David PATTMAN 00:28:22 
131 34 Fiona CLARKE 00:29:37 
165 49 Caroline CROFT 00:32:01 
182 56 Samantha SUTTON 00:35:06 

Tables. 

Spartans at the Hitchin 10K. 

Pos Cat MF BiB Name Category Time Chip Grade Comments 
435 Jonathan PARR MV30 34:24 34:23 79.5% 2nd overall.  1st M30. 
48 Kelvin BEYIOKU M20 36:42 36:41 72.8% 5th overall.  2nd M20. 
13 12 159 Adrian DONNELLY MV40 39:38 39:33 71.5%  
23 11 22 228 Ross GALLAGHER MV30 40:23 40:19 67.7%  
35 17 34 204 Nick GILL MV30 41:33 41:28 64.5% PB 
42 203 Ashley JOHNSON FV40 42:42 42:37 74.1% Winner F40.  4th woman. 
117 18 116 Marie COLUCCI FV40 48:05 47:51 66.8%  
125 20 270 Georgie HOOPER FV30 48:35 48:28 62.8%  
167 16 139 629 Andy JAY MV50 50:43 50:28 63.5%  
172 66 143 579 Vishal SHAH MV30 51:03 50:49 53.2%  
187 68 156 221 Luke GURNEY MV30 51:57 51:29 51.4%  
191 14 33 284 Zoe JACKSON FV30 52:12 51:43 59.5%  
195 15 36 603 Nikki WILBY FV30 52:20 51:51 58.7%  
259 34 201 524 Karl SHREEVE MV50 55:26 54:46 56.0%  
283 70 281 Sarah ILLINGWORTH FV50 56:33 55:52 61.3%  
286 215 448 Stephen PIKE MV60 56:35 55:54 59.6%  
303 224 70 Jim BROWN MV60 57:03 56:29 62.6% PCPB 
401 16 132 541 Monica SMITHSON FV50 1:02:46 1:02:01 58.7%  
413 52 140 625 Christine ZVEREV FV30 1:03:55 1:03:27 48.3%  
432 56 155 436 Nicola PATTMAN FV40 1:05:02 1:04:13 49.0%  
433 86 278 157 Steven DOBNER MV40 1:05:03 1:04:14 45.4%  
446 167 128 Sharon CROWLEY FV60 1:06:06 1:05:21 61.3%  
471 52 287 294 Jonathan JONES MV50 1:10:23 1:09:38 45.3%  
476 32 186 573 Dzenana TOPIC FV50 1:10:55 1:10:10 51.3%  
488 69 193 560 Samantha SUTTON FV40 1:13:28 1:12:40 45.0%  

518 finishers.  25 Spartans. 

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CELEBRATIONS AT THE PRESENTATION EVENING

There was clapping, eating and dancing on Friday evening as 88 Spartans enjoyed their presentation evening the first that’s been possible for two years. 

This was a fantastic celebration of two years of achievements and an opportunity to enjoy each others’ company after so long. 

Happy, Chatty Spartans

YUKO GORDON’s achievements at national and international level are well known and she is the club’s overall champion for 2021.  She scored 96.7% in the short distance championship and 98.9% in the long.  She was also voted Spartan of the Year. 

SIMON JACKSON won the men’s championship. 

Runners aren’t always clad in lycra!

As well as 27 awards based on the long and short distance championships the evening recognised the most improved Spartans – SAM SIMMONS and FIONA CLARKE; the Lisa Potter Starter of the Year SUSAN MURPHY and many of the club members whose voluntary efforts have made the club possible over a difficult period.  They included WENDY THARANI (Chair’s Award); MARK FREEMAN (President’s Award; PETE SMITH (Head Coach’s Award) and SHARON and MIKE CROWLEY (Captains’ Awards). 

Everyone had a lovely evening

A great night at the Cromwell Hotel, Old Stevenage which finished with some very energetic dancing. 

(All the presentation evening winners can be found near the end of this release). 

Welwyn Half 

The Welwyn Half Marathon is a bit of a hybrid with 1.5 miles of trail including some quite slippery sections and narrow footpath and pavement which caused some delays in the busy middle third of the field.  However the cold start turned into a pleasant sunny morning with a tailwind finish and there were some massive efforts from the thirteen Spartans. 

For a flattish course SUZY HAWKINS was surprised how hard the Welwyn Half Marathon felt with off road sections and narrow bumpy pavements that seemed busy with non runners.  She said she was disappointed with her time, but collecting third placed female was nice.  Suzy finished in 1 hour 32 minutes 46 seconds (1:32:46). 

Smiling Spartans with their medals!

DAVID HARRIS – CHERGUIT said it was great to see so many smiling Spartans out Sunday morning.  He was sixth overall out of the 387 finishers in the race and third man 40 plus with 1 hour 21 minutes 35 seconds. 

ANDREW VAUGHAN was second male 50 plus in 1:31:38.  ASHLEY KING took a third place in the women 35 plus contest with 1:45:40. 

There was a personal best (PB) of 1 hour 37 minutes 59 seconds for ROBERT WRIGHT.  A great achievement on a tricky course. 

JIM BROWN said it was a good quality Sunday 13 mile training run and although a little disappointed he improved his 2022 half marathon time by ten minutes to 2:02:51. 

Thirteen Spartans ran.  Others were MIKE JEFFS 1:34:39; JOHN NELMS 1:46:21; MARK GOODWIN 1:47:10; LUKE SILVER 1:54:45; NEIL ROBINSON 2:07:31; SIMON SYPULA 2:17:08 and ELLIE McDERMOTT 2:43:04 

A few Spartans in action.

(Detailed results for all the Spartans can be found near the end of this release). 

Baldock Beast 

The Spartans that tamed the Baldock Beast

Six Spartans raced the Baldock Beast Multi-Terrain and Spartan JOHN HARRIS excelled by winning the male 50 plus category with 1 hour 34 minutes 53 seconds.  He was 13th out of the 154 finishers. 

John said six Spartans tamed the beast, which included 14 hills and 856 feet of ascent.  It was definitely a run of two halves with negative splits, on a cold but sunny morning that warmed up during the race.  He said he faded over the last mile and was passed by three quicker runners but very happy with a trophy at the end. 

NICK GILL came in 25th with 1:40:38 and SUSAN McANENY comfortably beat the two hour barrier with 1:57:45.  GEORGIE HOOPER and SUE HAMER came in with 2:04:49 and 2:11:47. 

Despite running the National Cross Country the previous day TIM ROBINSON went round in 2 hours 11 minutes 47 seconds. 

National Cross Country 

Four Spartans went to Parliament Hill Fields, London for the National Cross Country Championships on Saturday.  In the ladies race SHARON CROWLEY covered the eight kilometres (8K) in 59 minutes 18 seconds. 

The men ran 12K with CIARAN McANENY taking 59 minutes 47 seconds; ANDY JAY 1:25:42 and TIM ROBINSON 1:28:05. 

The usual generous helpings of liquid mud on that course. 

Mud, glorious mud!

Battersea Park Chase the Sun 

JONATHAN PARR came third overall and first man 35 plus in the RunThrough Battersea Park Chase The Moon 5K event on Wednesday.  His time was 16 minutes 26 seconds. 

Sunny Serpentine 

It was mild, dry and sunny for Friday lunch-time’s Serpentine 5K run in Hyde Park and thinking about Sunday Spartan JIM BROWN was happy going round the two lap course in about nine minutes per mile to finish in 27 minutes 17 seconds.  The winner took 15:27! 

Parkrun Highlights 26th February 

Eunice cancelled last Saturday’s race but there were 320 runners at this week’s Stevenage parkrun.  Spartan GRANT RAMSAY was sub 20 and in the Top Ten again with 19 minutes 18 seconds and 6th Place. 

Stevenage Parkrun

The Paignton parkrun was right next to where YUKO GORDON was staying for the weekend so she popped out to join.  This was her first ever park run outside Hertfordshire.  The course was supposed to be a mixture of velo park and the adjacent grass field which was boggy and swampy.  So, Yuko was surprised to see many of the runners come in squeaky clean Nike alphafly.  She was in Inova8 Mudcrow XC shoes.  They changed the course just to three laps of the velo park and gravel path, no field.  Yuko was first woman 70 plus, eighth woman and 61st overall out of 258 in 23 minutes 49 seconds. 

Tables 

All the winners at the FVS Presentation Evening: 

Female Open Short – 1st, 2nd and 3rd 
1st Suzy Hawkins 73.0% 
2nd Tracy Pez 61.4% 
3rd Hazel Smith 59.0% 
 
Female Age Graded Short – 1st, 2nd and 3rd 
1st Yuko Gordon 96.7% 
2nd Cathy Craig 70.5% 
3rd Alison Shelley 68.6% 
 
Female Open Long – 1st, 2nd and 3rd 
1st Suzy Hawkins 72.3% 
2nd Marie Colucci 62.1% 
3rd Fiona Clarke 56.0% 
 
Female Age Graded Long – 1st, 2nd and 3rd 
1st Yuko Gordon 98.9% 
2nd Cathy Craig 65.1% 
3rd Alison Shelley 63.8% 
 
Male Open Short – 1st, 2nd and 3rd 
1st Andrew Patterson 80.3% 
2nd Adrian Busolini72.8% 
3rd Grant Ramsay 71.6% 
 
Male Age Graded Short – 1st, 2nd and 3rd 
1st Simon Jackson 84.1% 
2nd Brian White 82.2% 
3rd Barry Osbourne 81.5% 
 
Male Open Long – 1st, 2nd and 3rd 
1st Andrew Patterson 79.4% 
2nd Danny Scanlon 66.6% 
3rd Paul Shelley 63.5% 
 
Male Age Graded Long – 1st, 2nd and 3rd 
1st Simon Jackson 82.2% 
2nd Grant Ramsay 75.0% 
3rd Pete Smith 72.2% 
 

Overall Champion – Male 
Simon Jackson 
 
Overall Champion – Female 
Yuko Gordon 
 
Overall Club Champion 
Yuko Gordon 
 
Most Improved Spartan – Male – Sam Simmons 
Most Improved Spartan – Female – Fiona Clarke 
Lisa Potter Starter of the Year Award- Susan Murphy 
Chairs Award – Wendy Tharani 
Presidents Award – Mark Freeman 
Head Coaches Award – Pete Smith 
Captains Awards – Sharon Crowley and Mike Crowley 
Spartan of the Year – Yuko Gordon 

Spartans at the Welwyn Half Marathon (27th February): 

Position Name Time Category Cat Pos Gender Comments 
David HARRIS-CHERGUIT 1:21:35 Ages 40 – 49 Male 75.58 3rd MV40 
30 Andrew VAUGHAN 1:31:48 Ages 50 – 59 Male 70.68 2nd MV50 
33 Suzy HAWKINS 1:32:46 Ages 45 – 54 Female 75.73 2nd and 3rd woman 
42 Mike JEFFS 1:34:39 Ages 20 – 39 22 Male 62.26  
67 Robert WRIGHT 1:37:59 Ages 20 – 39 27 Male 60.33 PB 
120 Ashley KING 1:45:40 Ages 35 – 44 Female 61.83 3rd FV35 
123 John NELMS 1:46:21 Ages 50 – 59 12 Male 62.05  
130 Mark GOODWIN 1:47:10 Ages 60 – 69 Male 68.91  
193 Luke SILVER 1:54:45 Ages 20 – 39 69 Male 50.36  
249 Jim BROWN 2:02:51 Ages 60 – 69 10 Male 63.13  
273 Neil ROBINSON 2:07:31 Ages 40 – 49 72 Male 47.52  
322 Simon SYPULA 2:17:08 Ages 40 – 49 82 Male 46.30  
380 Eleanor MCDERMOTT 2:43:04 Ages 20 – 34 36 Female 39.72  

Spartans at the Baldock Beast 

Position Name Time Category Comments 
13 JOHN HARRIS 1:34:53 MV50 First MV50 
25 NICK GILL 1:40:38 Senior man  
88 SUSAN McANENY 1:57:45 Woman 35 plus  
111 GEORGIE HOOPER 2:04:49 Senior woman  
130 SUE HAMER 2:11:47 Woman 45 plus  
132 TIM ROBINSON 2:12:41 MV50