A sunny summer’s evening brought perfect conditions for the Resolution 5K event at Ridlins track in Stevenage and nine Spartans were there to enjoy it.
For those keen to judge their pace there was a timing mat and clock after two hundred metres and then every 400 metres for the 12 full laps.
NICK GILL was first in for the club at third overall and first male senior with 18 minutes 3 seconds (18:03). MIKE JEFFS was second male senior with 18:26.
ASHLEY JOHNSON was first woman in the race with 19:31. Not only did YUKO GORDON win her category but she did it in 22 minutes 22 seconds achieving an amazing age graded score of 96.8%.
JIM BROWN won his category with 27 minutes 13 seconds (27:13).
Spartan times at the Resolution 5K:
| Pos | MF | CatPos | Bib | Name | Cat | Time | Age Gd |
| 3. | 3 | 1 | 286 | Nick GILL | MS | 18:03 | 72.3 % |
| 6. | 6 | 2 | 1299 | Mike JEFFS | MS | 18:26 | 72.9 % |
| 14. | 1 | 1 | 1286 | Ashley JOHNSON | FV35 | 19:31 | 79.0 % |
| 33. | 4 | 1 | 5559 | Yuko GORDON | FV65 | 22:22 | 96.8 % |
| 39. | 32 | 3 | 5889 | Nick KLEANTHOUS | MV60 | 26:02 | 61.4 % |
| 43. | 33 | 1 | 5780 | Jim BROWN | MV70+ | 27:13 | 64.8 % |
| 49. | 16 | 5 | 212 | Sharon CROWLEY | FV65 | 29:59 | 65.6 % |
| 50. | 34 | 4 | 5943 | Paul HOLGATE | MV60 | 30:38 | 54.6 % |
| 52. | 35 | 2 | 5742 | Roger BIGGS | MV70+ | 41:23 | 45.2 % |
England Masters Inter Area Track & Field Challenge
Spartan YUKO GORDON was in Nuneaton to run the 1500 metre at the England Masters Inter Area Track & Field Challenge. Representing the East of England she won the women 70 plus race in 6 minutes 18.26 seconds (6:18.26).
Summer 10K
MATT TUTTON ran the London Summer 10k. The three laps of the outer path of Regents Park. Running conditions were great and the course was flat. Perfect for a PB which he achieved with a new personal best of 54 minutes 25 seconds (54:25).
Stopsley 10 Miles
Fairlands Valley Spartan DANNY SCANLON ran the Stopsley 10 Mile Trail race recently.
He finished with a chip time of 1 hour 14 minutes 11 seconds for an 11th place finish. The course was a tough two laps with a very steep hill in each lap!
DAVE PATTMAN and MO WARRILOW ran the Stopsley 5 Mile Trail Run. The chip times were 35:41 for Dave, and 47:00 for Mo.
Burnham Beeches Half Marathon
WENDY THARANI took on the Burnham Beeches Half Marathon and completed it in 2:13:15. She said that the course was rather undulating but lovely through the beechy woodland. There were lots of ridiculously expenses houses including Dorney Wood which is traditionally the Chancellor of the Exchequers country residence. The race was well organised with lots of friendly marshals.
Schierker Sommerlauf Trail Run
JIM BROWN and PENNY SCHENKEL took part in the Schierker Sommerlauf trail run in the Harz area of Germany.
They tackled the hauptlauf which consisted of two 4.2 kilometre laps so giving a total of just over five miles. Each lap started with a 1.2 kilometre tough climb into the countryside, a real lung buster. There were 350 metres of climbing in the race.
Jim and Penny finished together in 56 minutes 36.4 seconds.
Parkrun Saturday 19th August 2023
KIRK NDUGU won Stevenage Parkrun in a new parkrun personal best of 17 minutes 20 seconds.
For the Consolidate Results please click the link.