RUNNING
Junior Parkrun 2K
3 BRJ’ers participated at Jubilee Park where Amelie Ward earned herself Club PB #2 of 2022 by 24 Secs.
Parkrun 5K
There were BRJ returns to Banbury, Ferry Meadows, Millennium Country Park, Victoria Dock & Whittlesey. There were no Club PB’s secured at any of these venues.
BRJ’ers made Parkrun Venue Debuts at Bryn Bach (South Wales) by Claire Few, Kate Ruddock & David/Jane Thomas, Cafarella (Rome) for Kags Alexander-Cahill & at Seaton by Karen James.
Huntingdon #399 was reported as the 4th fastest Parkrun finish time in the UK. The time of 00:15:20 achieved by Jamie Hall took the Course Record bettering the time set by former BRJ member, David Hudson, by 18 Secs.
At Huntingdon #400, both Robert Farrant & Marcela Gracova secured Course PB’s & there was significant Parkrun Milestones secured by Frank Holmes (#300), Peter Jackson (#400 & 100 Huntingdon Parkruns) & #400 for Phil Pearsons.
Peterborough Midsummer 10K
11 BRJ’ers competed in this race which was the “Nominated” event for June in the 2022 Senior Running Championships. The next Senior “Nominated” Champs event is the Peterborough Grand Prix Series 5K being held on 20th July at Ferry Meadows.
Keelan Duffy, in 6th place of the 458 finishers, achieved Club PB #3 of 2022 by a margin of 13 Secs since 2018’s Peterborough NYE 10K. Nicki McMahon earned a 2 Min 59 Sec PB (#3 of 2022) when compared with her time from this race in 2021. 4 of the squad secured Age Category podium positions.
The individual stats, including the Age Graded Scores counting towards the Running Champs, are:-
| Race: Peterborough Midsummer 10K Date: 12/06/22 Nos of Finishers: 458 | ||||
| Position | Name | Time | Age-Grade % | Notes |
| 6 | Keelan Duffy | 00:35:35 | 75.08% | PB & 3rd SM |
| 58 | Neil Whitaker | 00:43:44 | 63.87% | |
| 76 | Nicki McMahon | 00:45:49 | 67.15% | PB & 2nd FV35-39 |
| 114 | David Newton | 00:49:09 | 76.43% | 1st MV70-74 |
| 115 | Ruth Foster | 00:49:12 | 76.96% | 2nd FV55-59 |
| 147 | Simon Lumley | 00:52:15 | 65.17% | |
| 149 | Annette Newton | 00:52:29 | 85.61% | 1st FV70-74 |
| 155 | Anthony Foster | 00:52:34 | 64.17% | |
| 178 | Mike Gullis | 00:54:06 | 62.94% | |
| 283 | Karen Charman | 01:01:04 | 62.01% | |
| 383 | Chris Brown | 01:10:39 | 45.18% | |
Nene Valley Trail 10M
Ian Wilson & Kathryn Heath were among the 103 individuals that successfully tackled this local trail event that started & finished at Fotheringhay Castle. The route included Ancient Woodlands, Fields & along the banks of the River Nene. Ian finished in position 13 in 1:33:21 & Kat in position 98 in 2:36:40.
St Albans 1/2 Marathon
An all Ladies BRJ squad were amongst the 1,600 finishers in this hilly 1/2 Marathon. Their individual results were:-
NAME POSITION TIME
Fiona Greig 1,507 2:38:41
Melanie Gearing 1,510 2:38:44
Sue Yendley 1,511 2:38:44
Belinda Parker 1,512 2:38:44
MULTI-SPORTS
World Triathlon Champs Series
2 BRJ’ers successfully completed in 2 different events in Leeds. Thankfully, & unlike Jonny Brownlee, both managed to stay attached to their bikes.
Junior Tristar 3 – Henry Reeve was in position 91 of the 118 finishers in a time of 00:37:47. His stats were:
Swim (0.3K) – 00:04:26
T1 – 00:06:16
Bike (5K) – 00:12:37
T2 – 00:03:00
Run (2.5K) – 00:11:30
Senior Sprint – Jess Barrett-Drylie was in position 139 of the 333 finishers in a time of 1:40:34 securing 4th in her Age Category. Her stats were:
Swim (0.75K) – 00:15:38
T1 – 00:06:56
Bike (18.4K) – 00:47:11 (Course included 11 Dead Turns)
T2 – 00:02:00
Run (5K) – 00:27:12
Royal Windsor Triathlon (Olympic Distance)
Tim Legge secured position 115 of the 1,260 finishers in a total time of 2:34:48 securing 4th in her Age Category. His stats were:
Swim (1.5K) – 00:28:59
T1 – 00:05:06
Bike (40K) – 1:13:14
T2 – 00:01:00
Run (10K) – 00: 44:53