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TRENT PARK – MIDWEEK LEAGUE

There was a lot on in the world on Thursday 4th July but 30 Spartans – 19 men and 11 women made it to the final counting event in this summer’s Mid Week League race. 

Run in Trent Park, Cockfosters this was a largely off tarmac event with some grinding climbs in the woods.  It was dry!

On the night the fastest from Fairlands was KIRK NDUGU with 36:47 for 25th place out of the 194 male finishers.  ADRIAN BUSOLINI 38th in 37:56; JONATHAN PARR 41st in 38:02; BRIAN BRACKSTONE 43rd in 38:14 and third man over 50 were also under 40 minutes on the tough course.

108 women finished.  SUZY HAWKINS was the fastest female from Fairlands, 26th woman in 46:56.  YUKO GORDON won her age group with 51:14.  She was 47th woman overall.

The “Mob Match” will be in Welwyn Garden City on Wednesday 10th July.

RaceCatVetNo.TimeNameSurnameCat.M/FFemale Pos.
1431017102046:56SuzyHawkinsV 45F26
193134110051:14YukoGordonV 65F47
2171844107353:19JoCooksleyV 35F59
248109056:55SophieParsonsSF77
2592864107558:37WendyTharaniV 45F82
275327210911:02:36ClaireEmmersonV 45F92
280167610851:03:36JudyKingV 55F96
293208410781:08:06LizCarvellV 55F104
295218610991:10:32MonicaSmithsonV 55F106
299248710861:13:19CallieChapmanV 35F107
301228810791:17:08JaneWadeyV 55F108
RaceCatVetNo.TimeFirst NameLast NameCat.M/FMale Pos
25101436:47KirkNduguSM25
38102837:56AdrianBusoliniSM38
41161898838:02JonathanParrV 40M41
43319102738:14BrianBrackstoneV 50M43
74100241:16JayPapaSM72
127226499645:51MattGiffordV 50M107
131436899746:19AlexeyZherdevV 40M111
1364671101046:41RobertWrightV 40M114
14547598747:11BrianWhiteV 60M119
18089499050:25CharlieArnoldV 60M140
2113811099252:42SimonHaighV 50M156
22663115101154:31MattTuttonV 40M162
249102256:55RyanRiddellSM172
26245130101658:58PeteCookV 50M178
26961329991:00:20JimBrownV 70M180
2714613310241:01:05TimRobinsonV 50M182
2741813410211:02:14NickKleanthousV 60M183
29110261:07:37PeterSachSM188
298201429861:11:37PaulHolgateV 60M192

A Win For Yuko at the Newport Pagnell Carnival 5K

YUKO GORDON won her age group F70 (and 60 & 65 as well) at Newport Pagnell Carnival 5K, near Milton Keynes in 22:20 on Saturday 6th July.  It was a flat fast course over traffic free main road with 500 plus runners.  Crowds were surprisingly big along the course.

After Mount Chingford and the Trent Park Woods recently, she felt this was too good to be true.  However, a fast course is one thing but she said my legs had a problem adjusting to the speed this time.  Still, she was happy with the season’s best.

The Carnival 5K is a uniquely fast and flat 5k road race through the historic market town of Newport Pagnell.  On closed roads in front of thousands, it’s run ahead of the annual town Carnival Parade.  The race finishes on the carnival meadow in the show arena where there’s a day of entertainment and fun.  For the 4th consecutive year, there were two different runs.  One to suit all abilities:  The ‘Serious’ 5K and the family fun 5K.

Ware 10 + 10 – PB for Paul

GERRY ROSEN took part in the Ware 10 (miles).  It was a two lap affair with a nasty uphill first mile.  A tough little cookie.  Gerry was hoping to beat 2hrs and well and truly did it, his time was 1 hour 52 minutes 10 seconds.

The fastest of the eight Spartans was PAUL SHELLEY 20th of the 269 finishers with 1:07:25; third in his age group and a new personal best (PB) by eight seconds.  ALISON SHELLEY was first female from Fairlands at 190th with 1:33:06; ANNABELLE WHITE was 198th with 1:35:09 and FIONA CLARKE 212th with 37:47.

MATT DUTTON took part in the 10 mile race at the Ware festival of running with a chip time of 1:32:56.  His first ever 10 mile race.  Matt said he managed to miss the heavy rain showers but large puddles were an obstacle at mile 1 and 6 guaranteeing wet feet!!

CHRIS WATLING was 112th in 1:21:51 and ROBERT WRIGHT 65th with 1:15:30.

269 finishers.

JANE WHITROW ran the Ware 10K.  She said the event was really well organised with lots of water stations and friendly marshals.  Jane finished 239th in 1:21:17.

PosMFCatPosBibNameCatGunChip
20.1938901Paul SHELLEYMV501:07:271:07:25
65.55232178Robert WRIGHTMV401:15:481:15:30
112.91362127Chris WATLINGMS1:22:091:21:51
188.134458942Matt TUTTONMV401:33:191:32:56
190.5598902Alison SHELLEYFV551:33:281:33:06
198.60158896Annabelle WHITEFS1:35:301:35:09
212.67208906Fiona CLARKEFV451:38:091:37:47
254.160438829Gerry ROSENMV501:52:321:52:10

Race for Life

Some Spartans including JIM BROWN and PENNY SCHENKEL ran the Stevenage Race for Life.  Jim’s event was lucky but Penny’s finished in a downpour.

EMAC – Spartans 2 and 3.

Fairlands Valley Spartans were second and third in the latest Eastern Masters track and field league event.

The FVS women including SHARON CROWLEY, CHRISTINE LATHWELL; MARIAN MORLEY; JOYLYN SAUNDERS-MULLINS; TESSA STEPHENSON and ANDREA WESTCOTT were second with 118 points, just 19 behind the winners.

The men were third in their match with 86.  Their team included CHARLES ARNOLD; MARK FREEMAN; NICK KLEANTHOUS; STEVE MAYFIELD; TIMOTHY SAUNDERS-MULLINS and DAVID STEPHENSON.  

The event included running from 100 metres to one mile (1609 metres); walking 2 kilometres; throwing and jumping.  The league is for male and female veteran athletes aged from 35 upwards divided in various age categories.

The next EMAC track and field fixture is in Sandy on Wednesday evening 31st July.

Parkrun Highlights 6th July

DANIEL VILJOEN achieved a major parkrun milestone on Saturday morning.  His run at Stevenage was his 250th which he finished in 24 minutes 4 seconds (24:04).  There were 19 Spartans among the 363 finishers of the very wet 354th Stevenage parkrun including SIMON JACKSON second in 17:40 and GRANT RAMSAY sixth in 18:57.

ANNABELLE WHITE ran her 150th parkrun in 31:32.

19 of the 363 finishers at a very wet Stevenage parkrun were Spartans.

Spartans elsewhere included SUZY HAWKINS 25:03 at Henlow Bridge Lakes; NICK KLEANTHOUS 33:11 at Tamar Lakes near Bude and CHLOE CHAPMAN 34:05 at Lanhydrock, Bodmin.

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TRENT PARK TREMENDOUS

A big increase in Fairlands Valley Spartans participation meant the club did much better in race two of the Sunday Cross Country League which was in Trent Park, north London. 

This time five of the first seven Spartans were seniors, the 18 to 34 age category, and there were eight Spartans in the first 100 finishers in the race.  There were about 400 finishers from nineteen clubs and 37 of the 400 were Spartans. 

Two complete Spartan men’s teams, teams of eight, and three complete women’s teams, teams of five, finished having survived Trent Park’s traditional helpings of liquid mud. 

Muddy Spartan feet after the run – We wonder if they all clean their own shoes…

SIMON JACKSON led in the Spartan men’s “A” team.  He was 16th taking 28 minutes 24 seconds for the 7.5 kilometres event.  It was tight between JONATHAN PARR and ADRIAN BUSOLINI but Jonathan got it by nine seconds at 25th in 29:19 while Adrian was 26th in 29:28.  New member KELVIN BEYOKU and PAUL HEWETT were racing round together.  Kelvin was 52nd in 31:22 and Paul 54th in 31:25. 

STUART ARCHER came in with 32:29 and 79th and STEVE WELLS was 88th with 33:08.  DANNY SCANLON made it count in the “A” team at 123rd in 34:33. 

CHRISTINE LATHWELL was the fastest female from Fairlands at 32 minutes 8 seconds and 74th.  Christine was the sixth woman out of 154 in the race. TRACEY JACKSON came in next, 203rd at 38:10, with YUKO GORDON close up behind her, 206th at 38:14.  WENDY THARANI came in at 306th with 45:19 and FIONA CLARKE completed the women’s “A” team at 320th with 46:08. 

CHLOE CHAPMAN and VICKY ARCHER have improved hugely recently.  Chloe was 339th in 47:49 and Vicky 340th also in 47:49.  The last time Vicky ran this course, it was before the first lock down, she took over 50 minutes.  They were the first two in the women’s “B” team. 

(The team results are not yet available from the league organisers). 

The next cross country league race will be this Sunday (!) and it’s in Stevenage.  It will be three laps of Fairlands Valley south park (the showground end) and starts at 10.30a.m. 

Happy smiling Spartans despite the lovely mud!

Harriet Chases The Moon 

Wednesday evening new Spartan HARRIET PACE ran the Chase the Moon 5km at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, finishing in 29 minutes and 12 seconds – a 35 second PB (personal best). 

Massive congratulations on your PB Harriet!

Yuko Won In Spain! 

It’s been confirmed that Spartan YUKO GORDON won her age category at the Valencia Marathon with her 3 hours 29 minutes 2 seconds.  That’s a big boost to her chances of qualifying for next year’s Age Group World Championships. 

Apparently the woman originally declared the winner in the 70 plus category did not complete the full 26.2 miles. 

A Track Half 

53 laps of Wodson Park running track in Ware saw PAUL HOLGATE complete the Ware Track Half Marathon in 2:24:16. 

Parkrun Highlights for Saturday 11th December 2021 – centuries 

Three Spartans KEN JUDE, NICK KLEANTHOUS and KAREN PALMER ran their 100th parkruns on Saturday morning.  Ken was 101st in 27:25; despite a penguin outfit Nick was 111th in 28:03 while Karen was showing off the century cape and was 179th in 33:44. 

Our three Centenarians!

ASHLEY JOHNSON ran a new personal best (PB) of 22 minutes 10 seconds and was second woman in the race and 23rd out of the 224 runners.  She almost certainly would have got under 22 minutes for the first time if it were not for the intervention of a loose dog at a critical moment. 

BARRY OSBORNE won his age category with 22:22 and was 26th in the race.  JIM BROWN won his with 27 minutes exactly achieving a target to get in the first hundred with 85th

New member HARRIET PACE was first junior woman (15 to 17) in 31 minutes 16 seconds. 

VICKY ARCHER new parkrun PB of 27:24 and was 100th

The fastest Spartan was JOHN HARRIS with 21 minutes 2 seconds and 16th place.  This week there were 28 Spartans. 

A selection of our Stevenage Parkrunners.

Stevenage Parkrun Results where 224 runners took part.   

John Harris 21-02 (16th), Ashley Johnson 22-10 (23rd), Barry Osborne 22-22 (26th), Sam Simmons 23-40 (40th), Martin Dudley 23-58 (46th), James McSweeney 24-39 (56th), Lee Pickersgill 26-30 (76th), Jim Brown 27-00 (85th), Vicky Archer 27-24 (100th), Ken Jude 27-25 (101st), Claire Pullen 27-38 (104th), Gail Mackie 27-40 (105th), Nick Kleanthous 28-03 (111th), Fiona Clarke 28-33 (120th), Matt Clarke 28-34 (121st), Chloe Chapman 28-57 (124th), Nicola Andersson 29-41 (133rd), Debbie Blantern 30-05 (139th), Andy Prior 30-19 (145th), Harriet Pace 31-16 (156th), Caroline Croft 21-21 (157th), Tracy Haygarth 32-11 (171st), Karen Palmer 33-44 (179th), Kerstin Weiner 33-45 (181st), Claire Emmerson 33-46 (182nd), Jenny Garrett 33-46 (183rd), Tim Robinson 37-05 (198th) and Helen Harris 51-26 (219th).   

Cranbrook County (Devon): Darryl Stevens 37-19 (78th out of 86 runners). 

Tables 

Full results for all Spartans when there are a lot at an event will be listed below.   

All 37 Spartans at the Trent Park cross country: 

Position Name Time Official Gender Category Team 
16 SIMON JACKSON 28:23 28:24 40 MA 
25 JONATHAN PARR 29:24 29:19 MA 
26 ADRIAN BUSOLINI 29:27 29:28 MA 
52 KELVIN BEYOKU 31:21 31:22 MA 
54 PAUL HEWETT 31:22 31:25 MA 
74 CHRIS LATHWELL 32:07 32:08 45 FA 
79 STUART ARCHER 32:49 32:29 MA 
88 STEVE WELLS 33:10 33:08 60 MA 
123 DANNY SCANLON 34:32 34:33 40 MA 
138 PETE SMITH 35:16 35:16 50 MB 
142 THOMAS SAUKA 35:31 35:32 40 MB 
150 JOHN HARRIS 35:46 35:47 50 MB 
203 TRACEY JACKSON 38:07 38:10 45 FA 
206 YUKO GORDON 38:14 38:14 65 FA 
255 MATT CLARKE 41:15 41:16 40 MB 
266 LUKE GURNEY 41:20 41:31 MB 
292 ANDY JAY 43:20 43:27 50 MB 
298 TIM ROBINSON 44:29 44:30 50 MB 
306 WENDY THARANI 45:14 45:19 45 FA 
320 FIONA CLARKE 45:57 46:08 35 FA 
329 NICK KLEANTHOUS 46:52 46:56 50 MB 
338 MARK FREEMAN (47:31) 47:47 60  
339 CHLOE CHAPMAN 47:35 47:49 FB 
340 VICKY ARCHER 47:38 47:49 35 FB 
357 MARIAN MORLEY 49:51 49:53 55 FB 
358 TAHER THARANI 50:02 50:04 50  
366 JIM BROWN 51:07 51:11 60  
371 LIZ CROWLEY 52:06 52:40 FB 
375 MICHAEL O’KEEFE 53:41 53:45 50  
381 SHARON CROWLEY 55:45 56:00 55 FB 
385 JONATHAN JONES 56:21 56:29 50  
386 CATHY CRAIG 56:22 56:33 65 FC 
389 JUDY KING 57:48 57:55 55 FC 
390 MONICA SMITHSON (58:48) 58:48 55 FC 
391 JANE WHITROW 59:48 59:26 55 FC 
396 SALLY PHILLIPS 1:00:38 1:02:39 55 FC 
397 STEPH BIGGAR 1:02:30 1:02:50 35