RUNNING
Parkrun Junior 2K
Again, Alexander Eason with sole BRJ Junior in action which was at Jubilee Park.
Parkrun 5K
BRJ’ers returned to Bedford, Great Denham, Groe (Wales), Irchester Country, Littleport (4th place for Sam Hathaway), Pocket, Sixfields Upton & Storey’s Field (3rd place for Keelan Duffy & Course PB for Claire Ashton).
Mount Gambier near Melbourne, Australia saw a BRJ debut for Chloe Wilson.
At a Huntingdon Parkrun over a course that is rapidly disappearing below the waters of Alconbury Brook, another course deviation faced the 126 finishers which saw Birthday boys Henry Reeve take 6th position & a debut run in the 65-69 Age Category for Mike Gullis.
Sandy 10M
This race was the “Nominated” event in the 2023 Senior Running Champs. Only 2 BRJ’er, Annette & David Newton, were among the 369 finishers. Both secured Age Category podium podium. The results below include the scores counting towards the Club Champs competition.
For your diaries, the next Senior Running Champs events is the flat & fast Eye 10K being held on the 14 May.
| NAME | TIME | POSITION | STATS | AGE GRADED SCORE | |
| David Newton | 01:21:48 | 106 | 2nd MV70+ | 76.55% | |
| Annette Newton | 01:25:03 | 126 | 2nd FV65+ | 88.09% | |
London Landmarks 1/2 Marathon
Jim Greenley, Jacqui Moore & Lisa Shacklock were among the 17,248 finishers. In his second 1/2 of 2023, Jim secured a 1 Min 31 Sec Club PB compared to March’s Cambridge 1/2. The full set of our results were:-
| NAME | TIME | POSITION | STATS |
| Jim Greenley | 01:37:21 | 724 | PB |
| Jacqui Moore | 02:11:16 | 6,218 | |
| Lisa Shacklock | 02:23:23 | 6,690 |
Brighton Marathon
The new course, introduced since the London Marathon Company took over the organisation of the event last year, saw performance successes for all 3 BRJ participants. Although the route changed, it still included hilly elements & the enemy of all Marathon runners, strong wind, were much in evidence.
Both the 2 newly appointed Club Captains, Felicity Baillie & Paul Mitton were joined by John Clark & were among the 8,466 finishers. Paul was the lead BRJ’er & although suffering from a niggling injury over the final 10K, still pressed home to finish with a 4 Min 34 Sec Club PB (#5 of 2023) based on the time he set back in October 2022 in Chelmsford. His new time should qualify him for a GFA selection at the 2024 London Marathon.
Felicity Baillie, having secured a Club 20M PB just 7 days before, had the added stress of having to travel to Brighton very early on race morning & collect her race number from the Mitton’s. Hardly, the best prep for any Marathon. Despite this, she secured a Club PB (#4 of 2023) by 3 Mins 12 Secs since her rain soaked run in Malaga in December 2022. Felicity is the 4th fastest BRJ woman over the Marathon distance & will be participating shortly in the Manchester Marathon on 16th April.
Last, but not least, John Clark dipped at the finish line to secure himself a 2 Sec Club PB compared to his run in 2019’s Manchester Marathon.
The results include the Age Graded scores counting towards the 2023 Club Championships.
| NAME | TIME | POSITION | STATS | AGE GRADED SCORE | |
| Paul Mitton | 03:13:40 | 528 | PB | 70.84% | |
| Felicity Baillie | 03:21:51 | 778 | PB | 67.59% | |
| John Clark | 03:57:31 | 2,851 | PB | 55.82% | |
