RUNNING
PARKRUN JUNIOR 2K
Jubilee Parkrun – Katie Lasseter completed 2K Parkrun #50. This 2K Parkrun was the “Nominated” event for February 2022 in the Junior Running Championships. The finish times & Age / Gender Graded scores achieved by our 2 Junior participants were:-
Katie Lasseter – 00:09:15 – 65.14%
Tom Sheldon – 00:09:39 – 59.86%
PARKRUN 5K
BRJ’ers returned to Alice Holt, Belvoir Castle, Conyngham, Hove Promenade, Lota, Sandringham & Whittlesey. No PB were secured at these venues. At Gt Denham, the in-form Felicity Baillie secured an 8 Sec Club 5K PB closing the gap to 3 Secs to BRJ’s 3rd fastest Woman over 5K, Shelley Duffy.
Going into the weekend, Marcela Gracova was already BRJ’s fastest Woman over 5K, but her time of 00:18:15 run at Storeys Field represented a significant 24 Sec Club 5K PB thus reinforcing her position as Champion,
BRJ Parkrun debuts were made at Armley (Keelan Duffy), Harleston Magpies (Alice Edwards) & Rendlesham Forest (Colin West)
At Huntingdon , William Dales took 1st overall with new 2 Club 5k PBs for Matthew Ainscow by 33 Secs & Katie Lassetter by 5 Secs. Alex Mitton secured a Course PB
This Parkrun was a “Nominated” event in the 2022 Junior Running Champs. The scores achieved by our 3 Junior participants were:-
Katie Lasseter – 00:25:32 – 66.19%
Matthew Ainscow – 00:27:14 – 48.65%
Rebecca Ainscow – 00:31:47 – 49.66%
BRIGHTON 1/2 MARATHON
Race day offered significantly improved running conditions from those just a few days earlier. Of the 6,570 finishers our athletes stats were:-
Ian Wilson, Position 1,356 in 1:43:26
Alan Hannibal, Position 2,765 in 1:56:53
Nigel Maggs, Position 3,336 in 2:02:09
LEICESTERSHIRE 1/2 MARATHON
Lisa Shacklock was the sole BRJ entry of the 999 finishers. Lisa finished in position 671 in a time of 2:01:38 & securing a 2 Min 41 Sec Club 1/2 Marathon PB over the time Lisa set at Cambridge in 2021.
TARPLEY 20M
The Tarpley 10M & 20M were “Nominated” events in the 2022 Senior Running Champs. There were no BRJ entrants in the 10 Mile event meaning just 4 of our athletes competed in the undulating 20 Miler which attracted 299 finishers (David Hudson a former BRJ Member is the course record holder). Thomas Brand made his Club 20M debut, with Age Category podium places for Annette Newton (1st FV65) & David Newton (2nd MV70).
The finish times & Age Graded scores counting towards the Championships achieved by our Senior participants were:-
David Newton – Position 128 – 2:45:25 – 77.84%
Amanda Roland-Convey – Position 179 – 2:57:37 – 63.38%
Annette Newton – Position 196 – 3:03:29 – 81.92%
Thomas Brand – Position 259 – 3:29:27 – 51.68%
1 MILE TO GO ULTRA MARATHON
Kerry Surkitt was the 1st home of the 4 finishers in this Trail Ultra Marathon taking place at Brandon Country Park. Kerry completed 9 laps (29.7 Miles) in a time of 6:08:35.