RUNNING
Parkrun Junior 2K
At a sunny Jubilee Park, Ethan Ward finished in 3rd place overall & leading home the remaining 2 BRJ’ers, namely Alexander Eason & Amelie Ward.
Parkrun 5K
BRJ’ers returned to Bury St Edmunds, Doddington Hall, Kettering, Pocket, Preston Park (Course PB for Alex Mitton), Snowden Field & York (Course PB for Heledd Marshall-Roberts). 3 BRJ’ers (Claire Few, Kate Ruddock & Sue Yendley) made a Parkrun debut at East Park (Wolverhampton).
At Huntingdon, William Dales finished in the runner-up position & Parkrun milestones were achieved by Adam Covell (#50), Samantha Healey (#150) & Clive Best (#200).
York 5K
Keelan Duffy finished in 5th place of the 73 finishers in a time of 00:16:41 representing a 4 Sec Club PB (#7 of 2022) compared to the time he set at January 2022’s Great Denham Parkrun.
Hampton Court Palace 10K
William Dales completed this picturesque course involving a 5K run alongside the River Thames & the remainder on a muddy route with some slippery sections. Will was 6th of the 1,578 finishers in a time of 00:35:42, representing a significant 1 Min 35 Sec Club PB (#3 of 2022) compared to the time he set way back at September 2017’s Great Cambridge 10K.
St Neots 1/2 Marathon
The wet weather in the days preceding the event moved away 2 hours before the start meaning that the race was held in near perfect long distance running conditions, aside for a slight headwind from Mile 10 to the finish & so slightly offsetting the time benefits of the overall downhill gradient of this final section. Historically, this event produces numerous PBs and 2022 was no exception with 6 new Club PB’s, 5 Distance debuts & an Age Category podium.
The in-form Jonathan Harding led home the BRJ squad in a Club PB time. This was his 14th PB of the year & maintaining his position as the current leader of the Senior Men’s Running PB competition, ahead of Paul Mitton. “Coach” Paul Mitton was the next home, again in a PB time, which importantly meant he has now PB’d during 2022 in distances at 5K, 10K, 1/2 Marathon, 30K, 20M & Full Marathon. For our Women, Marcela Gracova was our lead Woman home & closely followed again by Felicity Baillie.
The 6 Club PB’ers were David Barrett-Hague (by 1 Min 41 Secs / PB #2 of 2022), Anna Best (by 25 Secs / PB #2), Richard Braddick (by 7 Min 56 Secs / PB #8), Jonathon Harding (by 1 Min 50 Secs / PB #14), Paul Mitton (by 29 Secs / PB #10 of 2022) & Andrew Skea (by 3 Mins 30 Secs).
| Race: St Neots Half Marathon Date: 20/11/22 Nos of Finishers: 844 | ||||
| Position | Name | Time | Age-Grade % | Notes |
| 70 | Jonathan Harding | 01:23:46 | 74.55% | PB |
| 102 | Paul Mitton | 01:26:30 | 75.32% | PB |
| 109 | Marcela Gracova | 01:27:14 | 76.86% | |
| 154 | Felicity Baillie | 01:31:13 | 72.19% | |
| 179 | Simon Moore | 01:33:09 | 68.74% | |
| 203 | Lawrence Raven | 01:34:39 | 63.04% | Debut Club 1/2 Marathon |
| 216 | Andrea Skea | 01:35:13 | 65.04% | PB |
| 271 | Chris Brown | 01:39:29 | 70.38% | |
| 308 | David Barrett-Hague | 01:41:53 | 66.86% | PB |
| 352 | Ian Wilson | 01:44:35 | 62.29% | |
| 353 | Tim Phillips | 01:44:54 | 63.78% | Debut Club 1/2 Marathon |
| 357 | Richard Braddick | 01:45:24 | 65.81% | PB |
| 387 | Ulf Maske | 01:47:10 | 60.26% | |
| 431 | John Parker | 01:50:10 | 58.12% | |
| 445 | Annette Newton | 01:50:20 | 88.29% | 2nd FV65+ |
| 459 | Jon Daulton | 01:51:36 | 52.45% | Debut Club 1/2 Marathon |
| 465 | Amanda Roland-Convey | 01:51:29 | 65.72% | |
| 467 | Maria Meyer | 01:51:59 | 63.95% | Debut Club 1/2 Marathon |
| 566 | Francesca Lasman | 01:57:19 | 75.89% | |
| 585 | Mike Gullis | 01:58:05 | 62.81% | |
| 594 | Caroline Tiller | 01:58:53 | 60.91% | Debut Club 1/2 Marathon |
| 783 | Anna Best | 02:20:10 | 68.43% | PB |
| 801 | Juliet Aungier | 02:24:36 | 46.65% | |
| 840 | Iain Drylie | 02:59:59 | 40.80% | |
The race was the “Nominated” event for November in the 2022 Senior Running Champs, the final event being the Ely New Years Eve 10K. Entries are still OPEN for this race. The individual results detail the Age Graded Scores that count towards the Running Champs. As a reminder, the rules of this competition require members to complete 4 of the 12 “Nominated” events, although 1 Full Marathon can be included within the 4. The following is a list of those Senior members that have completed just 3 events to date.
MEN
Tom Brand
Tim Legge
John Parker
Paul Treadwell
WOMEN
Melanie Gearing
Nicki McMahon
Kerry Surkitt
Alice Synge
Melanie Wiffin
Chloe Wilson
Sue Yendley
LDWA Sundown Saunter
Our long distance specialist, Kerry Surkitt, completed this advertised 27 mile event in a time of 6 Hours 41 Mins. Unfortunately, the self navigation feature of the event meant that Kerry actually did 28.33 Miles & to get back “on track” after a navigation oversight, had to scramble over a barbed wire fence & traverse through a forest of brambles.