RUNNING
The unexpectedly warm weather brought out the best in BRJ’ers as numerous members secured Personal Bests over distances ranging from 2K up to the Full Marathon. At the Peterborough 1/2 Marathon, 1 member was attempting a Guinness World Record.
Parkrun Junior 2K
Katie Lasseter again led home the entire field at Jubilee Park securing a 2 Sec Club 2K PB, her 7th PB of 2022.
Parkrun 5K
BRJ’ers returned to East Coast Park (Singapore), Humber Bridge, Mildenhall Hub, Storeys Field, University Parks, Whittlesey & York. At Huntingdon, Nick Harris earned a 25 Sec Club PB. Our unluckiest athlete was Richard Braddick who missed out on a PB by 2 Secs.
Cambridge Town & Gown 10K
8 BRJ’ers were among the 1,823 finishers. The squad was led home by Jonathan Harding in his first sub-40 Min run & which represented a new Club PB by 4 mins dead when compared to his run in 2021’s Peterborough New Years Eve 10K. This was his 13th Club PB of 2022 & currently leads the Men’s “Most Road Run PB’s of 2022” competition.
The full list of Club results are:
| Race: Cambridge Town & Gown 10K Date: 16/10/22 Nos of Finishers: 1,823 | ||||
| Position | Name | Time | Age-Grade % | Notes |
| 75 | Jonathan Harding | 00:38:08 | N/A | PB |
| 365 | Ulf Maske | 00:46:43 | N/A | |
| 944 | Clive Best | 00:55:53 | N/A | |
| 1005 | Richard Stevens | 00:56:40 | N/A | |
| 1006 | Kevin Ryan | 00:56:40 | N/A | |
| 1194 | Thomas Brand | 00:59:25 | N/A | |
| 1280 | Anna Best | 01:01:09 | N/A | |
| 1705 | Emma Stevens | 01:15:37 | N/A | |
Great Eastern Run 5K & 1/2 Marathon
The 2 events return to Peterborough after a 3 year absence. The runners appreciated the unexpectedly warm conditions, which was very much welcomed with the delays to the start of both races. The longer delay was to the start of the 1/2 Marathon which as it turns out was a result of an ambulance on an emergency call running over & destroying the timing mats on the start line. For your diary, the date of next years GER event has been announced as the 15th October 2023.
5K – Just 2 BRJ’ers, Matthew & Rebecca Ainscow, were among the 474 participants finishing in positions 176 in a time of 00:30:17 (Matthew) & 178 / 00:30:18 (Rebecca).
1/2 Marathon – 15 BRJ’ers successfully completed the race among the 2,304 finishers, resulting in 2 successful Debut Club 1/2 Marathons & 4 new Club 1/2 Marathon PB’s. Our debutants were Kerry Surkitt & Sam Hathaway who turned 17 just days before race day.
Keelan Duffy was our lead man and alongside his Mother, Shelley, was attempting to break the Guinness World Record for “The Fastest Combined 1/2 Marathon by a Mother & Son”. They actually broke the World Record that was in place when they registered to undertake the attempt, but just 2 days before the GER the World Record was lowered down to 2:44:00 & sadly they just missed out on breaking the record.
Marcela Gracova was again our leading lady & secured a new Club PB by 41 Secs over the time she set at Cambridge in 2021. Her new time reduced the margin to 1 Min 14 Secs behind that set by the current Club Women’s 1/2 Marathon Champion (former member Sabrina Crothall) & was her 7th Club PB of 2022.
Stuart Hathaway, Tim Legge & Richard Orrell were our other PB’ers by margins of 4 Mins 25 Secs (PB #5 of 2022), 6 Mins 1 Sec (PB #9) & 16 Secs (PB #4) respectively.
Our runners certainly welcomed the Club support around the course. The full list of Club results are
| Race: Great Eastern Run 1/2 Marathon Date: 16/10/22 Nos of Finishers: 2,304 | ||||
| Position | Name | Time | Age-Grade % | Notes |
| 75 | Keelan Duffy | 01:21:50 | N/A | |
| 117 | Marcela Gracova | 01:24:21 | N/A | PB |
| 185 | Stuart Hathaway | 01:27:37 | N/A | PB |
| 194 | Tim Legge | 01:27:52 | N/A | PB |
| 511 | Sam Hathaway | 01:40:29 | N/A | Debut Club 1/2 Marathon |
| 742 | Kerry Surkitt | 01:46:46 | N/A | Debut Club 1/2 Marathon |
| 766 | Simon Lumley | 01:47:19 | N/A | |
| 851 | Richard Orrell | 01:49:43 | N/A | PB |
| 878 | Paul Treadwell | 01:50:30 | N/A | |
| 1143 | Mike Gullis | 01:56:21 | N/A | |
| 1315 | Jacqui Moore | 02:01:11 | N/A | |
| 1752 | Peter Jackson | 02:15:24 | N/A | |
| 1862 | Dan Ainscow | 02:19:18 | N/A | |
| 2136 | Phil Pearsons | 02:39:53 | N/A | |
| 2168 | Jane Ainscow | 02:42:58 | N/A | |
Chelmsford Marathon
In very favourable weather conditions, Paul Mitton was the sole BRJ entrant among the 449 finishers. Despite a cramp issue in the latter stages, Paul pressed on to finish in position 52 (4th in Age Category) in a time of 3:18:14 & bettering his previous Club Marathon PB by 5 Mins 17 Secs when compared with the time set at Shakespeare Marathon (Stratford-on-Avon) back in April 2022. This was PB #9 of 2022. An Age Graded score of 69.21% counted towards the Senior Running Championships.
Yorkshire Marathon
Heledd Marshall-Roberts was amongst a large field of 3,525 participants tackling this scenic, but undulating course. Heledd finished in position 987 in a time of 3:48:27. This bettered her previous Club Marathon PB by a 4 Mins 59 Secs margin when compared with the time set at London in October 2021. This was PB #6 of 2022. An Age Graded score of 60.44% counted towards the Senior Running Championships.