RUNNING
PARKRUN JUNIOR 2K
3 Junior BRJ’ers competed at Jubilee Park our squad being led home by Emily Marshall-Roberts who just missed her Club 2K PB by 6 Secs.
PARKRUN 5K
BRJ’ers made returns to Armley (another 1st place for Keelan Duffy), Brandon Country Park, Brixworth Country, Doddington, Fareham, Newark, Pocket, Preston Park (4th place & Course PB for Alex Mitton), Sandringham, Tapijn (Maastricht, The Netherlands), Whittlesey & Wolverhampton. At Storey’s Field, Mark Sampson secured 5th place & a 14 Sec Club 5K PB (#2 of 2023) compared with his time set at Chelmsford Central in January 2023. His time of 00:16:36 places him as 4th fastest BRJ’er over the 5K distance.
2 BRJ’ers made Club Debuts namely Kate Ruddock at Dreilandergarten (Basle, Switzerland) & by Stuart Turner at Yarborough Leisure Centre.
At Huntingdon, Raechel Dent secured PB #3 of 2023 by a 14 Sec margin since 4th February’s Huntingdon Parkrun. Maureen Wickson completed Parkrun #100 & Gilles Corby #125.
Exeter 1/2 Marathon
A late result from last weekend saw Tom Brand among the 181 finishers in a time of 2:00:12 in position 159, his time being just shy of his current Club 1/2 Marathon PB time.