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TRENT PARK TRAILS

A huge thunderstorm and tremendous downpour confronted Fairlands Valley Spartans as they made their way to Trent Park, Cockfosters for the fourth Mid Week League event but 29 made it, enjoyed the rainbow and finished the event.  This was an evening largely off road 10K event. 

The fastest of the 18 men were ADRIAN BUSOLINI 25th in 37 minutes 59 seconds and SIMON FRASER 30th in 38:36.  PETE SMITH was the fastest 60 plus in the race with 45:53 and ROGER HARDMAN second 70 plus with 63:12. 

For the women SUZY HAWKINS was 16th in 44 minutes 40 seconds.  YUKO GORDON was the fastest 65 plus woman with 53:10. 

The speedy ones in action!

Altogether 306 runners finished the race.  The end of series celebration, the mob match, is at Welwyn Garden City on the 6th July. 

Happy stripes!

Ware Ten

There were two trophies for Fairlands Valley Spartans at Sunday’s testing Ware 10 mile race.  JIM BROWN won the male 70 plus award with 1 hour 34 minutes 32 seconds and JAN FRY won the women 65 plus category with 1:54:04. 

Jim and Jan with their medals.

ROB WRIGHT was the fastest Spartan with 1:19:52.  He was 67th out of the 260 finishers. 

STEVEN DOBNER said it was super weather for a scenic run around Ware and Hertford.  A few large lumps and some fast downhill sections on an enjoyable but tricky course.  A fantastic local event which deserves to be supported as they always put on a great race. 

He said he felt strong and happy to finish in 1:24:07 having spent most of the run alongside DAVID PATTMAN who finished a few seconds later in 1:24:11. 

Sunny Ware!

The fastest female from Fairlands was MO WARRILOW with 1:35:53.  CHRIS SAUNDERS ran his first ten mile race in 1:36:11 and NICOLA PATTMAN came in with 1:52:59. 

In the Ware 10K DZENANA TOPIC was 163rd in 1:11:45 and JONATHAN JONES 165th in 1:11:54. 

Roger on the River Thames Towpath  

On Friday ROGER BIGGS ran his longest race since September 21, with an event along the River Thames towpath in Walton-on-Thames. 

Eight out-and-back laps represented a total race distance equivalent to a half marathon (13.1 miles).  Roger completed the course 3:57:29 

The Legend that is Roger!

Parkrun Highlights Saturday 2nd July 

Stevenage parkrun was back above the 250 runner mark on Saturday. 

Stripey Saturday saw 24 Fairlands Valley Spartan members travelled to seven different Parkrun venues across the country. 

Jonathan PARR took first place at Exmouth finishing at 16:56, also taking the titles of fastest and the further travelled Spartan. 

Debbie BLANTERN was the fastest female Spartan finishing at 29:27 at Stevenage. 

Nikki NATION ran a personal best of 31:55, also at Stevenage. 

Three runners achieved year’s best times with Sam SIMMONS (20:04) and Hilary DAVIES (33:43) at Stevenage and Chris HOLLAND (24:50) at Rutland Waters. 

Unofficial milestones were achieved by Roger BIGGS completing 110th Parkruns, Michael O’KEEFE 140th and Danik BATES 220th  this weekend. 

Stevenage celebrates its 250th parkrun on Saturday 16th July.  Make sure you have your free parkrun barcode and that your parkrun profile includes Fairlands Valley Spartans. 

Tables 

Spartan Men 

Race Men Pos Cat Vet Time Name Surname Cat. M/F Comments 
25 25     37:59 Adrian Busolini A team 
30 30     38:36 Simon Fraser A team 
67 64     41:52 Ross Gallagher A team 
78 73 27 32 42:49 Adrian Donnelly V 40 A team 
121 100     45:49 Nick Gill A team 
124 102 57 45:53 Pete Smith V 60 1st MV60 and A team 
135 108 43 63 46:57 Grant Ramsay V 40 A team 
156 121 23 73 48:17 Craig Bacon V 50 A team 
166 127 26 79 49:13 Martin Wood V 50 A team 
168 129 51 81 49:26 David Pattman V 40 A team 
174 134 86 49:46 Mark Goodwin V 60 A team 
200 153 63 102 52:08 Steven Dobner V 40 A team 
249 180 49 127 58:14 Tim Robinson V 50   
267 185 14 132 1:00:43 Jim Brown V 60   
275 188 135 1:03:12 Roger Hardman V 70 2nd MV70 
286 191 55 138 1:05:01 Michael O’Keefe V 50   
296 193 57 140 1:07:35 Andy Jay V 50   
306 194 16 141 1:27:31 Paul Holgate V 60   

194 men in the race.  18 Spartans. 

Spartan Women 

Race Pos Cat Vet Time Name Surname Cat. M/F Comments 
103 16 12 44:40 Suzy Hawkins V 45 4th FV45 
204 48 13 33 52:29 Tracy Pez V 45   
205 49 34 53:10 Yuko Gordon V 65 1st FV65 
231 63 21 45 56:17 Karen Ellis V 45   
250 70 24 51 58:29 Wendy Tharani V 45   
261 77 23 58 59:52 Georgie Hooper V 35   
290 99 38 79 1:06:14 Jenny Garrett V 45   
291 100 39 80 1:06:31 Mo Warrillow V 45   
301 108 20 87 1:11:51 Jane Wadey V 55   
303 110 27 89 1:14:50 Callie Chapman V 35   
305 112 21 91 1:27:30 Sharon Crowley V 55   

11 Spartan women.  112 in race. 

Spartan at the Ware Ten 

Pos Name Chip Category Cat Pos Gender Age Grade Pace Comments 
67 Robert WRIGHT 1:19:52 Ages 20 – 39 21 Male 55.98 4:59 min/km  
91 Steven DOBNER 1:24:07 Ages 40 – 49 21 Male 57.21 5:14 min/km  
93 David PATTMAN 1:24:11 Ages 40 – 49 23 Male 55.28 5:14 min/km  
171 Jim BROWN 1:34:32 Ages 70+ Male 62.56 5:53 min/km Winner MV70 
182 Mo WARRILLOW 1:35:53 Ages 45 – 54 18 Female 57.05 5:58 min/km  
185 Chris SAUNDERS 1:36:11 Ages 20 – 39 42 Male 46.23 5:59 min/km First 10 mile race 
242 Nicola PATTMAN 1:52:59 Ages 35 – 44 33 Female 45.73 7:02 min/km  
243 Jan FRY 1:53:04 Ages 65+ Female 64.62 7:03 min/km Winner FV65 

There were 260 finishers. 

Spartans at Parkruns on Saturday 2nd July 

Position   Gender Position   parkrunner   Run Time     
Westmill parkrun         
43 34 Nick KLEANTHOUS 29:37   
Stevenage parkrun         
Grant RAMSAY 18:31   
18 16 Sam SIMMONS 22:04 YB 
63 54 James MCSWEENEY 25:20   
68 57 Matt CLARKE 25:31   
77 66 David PATTMAN 26:13   
78 67 Danik BATES 26:21 220th 
104 87 Steven DOBNER 27:41   
112 90 Jim BROWN 27:58   
138 28 Debbie BLANTERN 29:27   
167 39 Nikki Katherine NATION 31:55 PB 
173 42 Jane WADEY 32:34   
184 49 Hilary DAVIES 33:43 YB 
201 57 Mo WARRILLOW 35:07   
202 58 Erica GRAYSON 35:07   
233 79 Sharon CROWLEY 40:02   
234 141 Paul HOLGATE 40:03   
242 145 Tony RANDFIELD 43:22   
243 146 Roger BIGGS 44:16 110th 
Rutland Water parkrun         
55 47 Chris HOLLAND 24:50 YB 
Exmouth parkrun         
Jonathan PARR 16:56   
Great Dunmow parkrun         
70 47 Darryl STEVENS 38:18   
Hunstanton Promenade parkrun         
12 Nicola KENNEDY 26:45   
Henlow Bridge Lakes parkrun         
49 41 Michael O’KEEFE 28:52 140th 

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