RUNNING
PARKRUN JUNIOR 2K – No BRJ participation recorded.
PARKRUN 5K – BRJ’ers made returns to Irchester Country (1st place for Keelan Duffy), Luton Wardown, Moors Valley, Rushmoor, Storeys Field, Torbay Velopark, Wimpole & Wythenshaw. No Club 5K PB’s secured at these venue
At Montrose, Juniors Henry & Jack Reeve made a BRJ debut. Henry, undoubtedly aided by the Cross Training from his recent Junior Tri’s, secured a new Club 5K PB by a margin of 2 Mins 17 Secs (PB #2 of 2022). Brother Jack made his Club 5K debut.
Huntingdon was the venue for August’s “Nominated” event in both the BRJ Junior & Senior Running Championships. Marcela Gracova was 3rd overall, 1st Woman & 1st BRJ finisher in a Course PB followed home by Tim Legge who earned himself an 11 Sec Club PB, his 6th PB of 2022 to date. For the Junior’s, the in-form Tom Sheldon in his 25th Parkrun, secured a 12 Sec Club PB (#7 of 2022) whilst Eliza Woodcock made her Club 5K debut.
Claire Ashton completed Parkrun #200 & Sue Yendley completed an impressive 250 runs at Huntingdon as part of her 370 total Parkruns!
The complete list of BRJ results, including the scores counting towards these Championships, are:
| Race: Huntingdon Parkrun 5K #409 Date: 13/08/22 Nos of Finishers: 244 | ||||
| Position | Name | Time | Age-Grade % | Notes |
| 3 | Marcela Gracova | 00:18:48 | 80.23% | |
| 10 | Tim Legge | 00:19:45 | 71.98% | PB |
| 30 | Richard Orrell | 00:22:53 | 68.68% | |
| 33 | Marco Wassersleben | 00:22:57 | 63.33% | |
| 37 | Ian Lasseter | 00:23:14 | 66.00% | |
| 41 | David Newton | 00:24:00 | 75.69% | |
| 44 | Richard Braddick | 00:24:16 | 64.22% | |
| 52 | Tom Sheldon | 00:24:36 | 60.64% | PB (Junior) |
| 54 | Alison Orrell | 00:24:42 | 72.40% | |
| 62 | Tony Foster | 00:25:14 | 64.86% | |
| 77 | Annette Newton | 00:25:59 | 81.27% | |
| 89 | Richard Stevens | 00:26:43 | 53.96% | |
| 92 | Ian Wilson | 00:26:53 | 54.87% | |
| 93 | Alan Hannibal | 00:26:56 | 61.32% | |
| 95 | Sue Ray | 00:26:57 | 70.50% | |
| 96 | Mike Gullis | 00:26:58 | 61.25% | |
| 106 | Kerry Surkitt | 00:27:39 | 59.13% | |
| 112 | Peter Jackson | 00:27:54 | 58.18% | |
| 121 | Sue Yendley | 00:28:25 | 62.23% | |
| 124 | Chloe Wilson | 00:28:31 | 51.90% | |
| 127 | Melanie Wiffin | 00:28:36 | 53.67% | |
| 129 | David Thomas | 00:28:45 | 54.67% | |
| 149 | Adam Covell | 00:30:02 | 52.33% | |
| 157 | Juliet Aungier | 00:30:45 | 49.32% | |
| 160 | Claire Ashton | 00:30:47 | 53.65% | |
| 167 | Jane Thomas | 00:31:16 | 55.86% | |
| 169 | Claire Few | 00:31:19 | 57.10% | |
| 186 | Dianne Shutt | 00:35:45 | 53.85% | |
| 204 | Sarah Taylor-Hall | 00:35:45 | 42.66% | |
| 205 | Kathryn Heath | 00:35:47 | 44.29% | |
| 217 | Alice Noyes | 00:39:36 | 49.20% | |
| 218 | Melanie Gearing | 00:39:36 | 41.29% | |
| 221 | Eliza Woodcock | 00:40:16 | 43.17% | Debut Club 5k (Junior) |
| 231 | Emma Stevens | 00:45:02 | 35.90% | |
| 232 | Samantha Healey | 00:45:04 | 36.65% | |
As a reminder, the “Nominated” events for September in the Running Championships are:-
Junior – 28th September (Track 3K)
Senior – 4th September (Bedford Oakley 20M)
Great Yarmouth 1/2 Marathon
A late result for Heledd Marshall-Roberts who completed this event in very hot conditions finishing in position 122 / 293 in a time of 1:51:01.
MULTI-SPORTS
Thames Marathon Swim
Just 1 week after being part of a team that successfully completed a Cross Channel Swim, Sophie Etheridge participated in the Annual Thames Marathon Swim event, opting for the Full Marathon distance of 14KM. The course started in Henley-on-Thames & ending at Marlow. The swim came with additional challenges for the competitors such as having to exit & re-exit the water at the various locks. To enable Sophie to acheive this she towed a small raft that contained her crutches. Despite all of these challenges, Sophie completed the distance in a time of 5:27:28.