RUNNING
Parkrun Junior 2K
At Jubilee Park, Alexander Eason was again the sole BRJ Junior in Parkrun 2K action. this weekend
Parkrun 5K
BRJ’ers returned to Bedford, Great Denham, Jersey Farm (Parkrun #275 for Kate Ruddock), Milton Country (Course PB for Keelan Duffy & Parkrun #175 for Helen Richardson), Monsal Trail, Newtown (Wales), Panshangar (Course PB for Mark Jackman), Pocket, Rendlesham Forest, Storey’s Field, Victoria Dock & Wimpole Estate (Parkrun #375 for Tom Brand).
Huntingdon Parkrun was dedicated to recognise the 75th year of the forming of the NHS meaning that the number of finishers was somewhat higher than in most weeks. Will Dales, after his self admitted below par race at the Eye Charity 5M, secured 3rd place. Club President, Alan Hannibal completed Parkrun #250.
Godmanchester Exhibition 4M Fun Run
2 Junior athletes, Elishka Bennett & Jack Reeve both ran their longest ever running distances by competing in this annual charity event that started & finished at this pub & involved 1 full circuit of Portholme, No results are published for this charity but Elishka was fastest Girl U16.
Eye Charity 5M
The event featured as the “Nominated” event for July in the 2023 Senior Running Champs. BRJ’ers were in fine form taking 1st place (Mark Sampson), 2nd place (Keelan Duffy) & 7th place (William Dales).
Mark Sampson, with a recent 3rd place in the Fen Gallop 10K was the overall winner in what was his Debut Club 5M. His quick time of 00:27:44 (PB #4 of 2023) places him as 3rd fastest BRJ Senior Man over the distance, but still some 1 Min & 1 Sec shy of the time set by 2nd placed BRJ Legend, Pete Galpin.
Keelan Duffy was outpaced in the final stages by Mark but still achieved a significant Club PB by a 5 Min 40 Sec margin over his previous Club 5M best set at Huntingdon back in May 2019. Keelan’s 5th Running PB of 2023 puts him as joint leader of the “2023 Most Running PB’s Competition” for Senior Men alongside Coach Paul Mitton & Andrew Stevenson.
Will Dales took 7th position in a time that represented a new Club 5M PB by 1 Min 35 Secs compared to his Huntingdon time of May 2017. David Spurle also made his Club 5M Debut.
Our 9 athletes of the 131 finishers were rewarded with a bottle of Beer for their efforts. The next “Nominated” event in the Senior Champs takes place on Wednesday 9th August at the Peterborough Grand Prix 5K at Ferry Meadows.
The full suite of results, including the Age Graded Scores counting towards the 2023 Club Champs, are:-
| Race: Eye 10K Date: 14/05/23 Nos of Finishers: 420 | ||||
| Position | Name | Time | Age-Grade % | Notes |
| 10 | Mark Sampson | 00:34:27 | 78.28% | Debut Club 10K |
| 51 | Paul Mitton | 00:39:45 | 75.60% | |
| 57 | Simon Moore | 00:40:36 | 73.36% | |
| 72 | Neil Whitaker | 00:42:00 | 67.02% | |
| 76 | Sam Hathaway | 00:42:13 | 63.84% | PB |
| 155 | Richard Orrell | 00:48:08 | 67.52% | |
| 175 | David Newton | 00:49:15 | 77.43% | 1st MV70-74 |
| 188 | Kerry Surkitt | 00:50:06 | 68.40% | |
| 191 | Heledd Marshall-Roberts | 00:50:12 | 61.55% | 3rd FV35-39 |
| 198 | Amanda Roland-Convey | 00:50:26 | 67.15% | |
| 199 | Annette Newton | 00:50:35 | 90.25% | 1st FV70+ |
| 214 | Anthony Foster | 00:51:30 | 66.12% | |
| 222 | Alison Orrell | 00:52:00 | 72.82% | |
| 255 | Harriet Dolby | 00:54:35 | 56.95% | Debut Club 10K |
| 261 | Mike Gullis | 00:55:16 | 62.21% | |
| 286 | Clive Best | 00:56:32 | 64.68% | |
| 291 | Michael Shaw | 00:56:47 | 58.29% | |
| 294 | Rachael Dent | 00:57:10 | 53.29% | Debut Club 10K |
| 359 | Anna Best | 01:04:05 | 69.05% | 3rd FV65-69 |
| 362 | Phil Pearsons | 01:04:11 | 52.06% | |
ASICS London 10K
A squad of 5 BRJ’ers hit the streets of Central London to take part in this mass participation closed roads 10K starting in Green Park & taking in some of London’s famous Landmarks. There were 13,420 finishers. The full suite of members finish times are:
| Race: ASICS London 10K Date: 9/07/23 Nos of Finishers: 13,420 | ||||
| Position | Name | Time | Age-Grade % | Notes |
| 7603 | Sue Yendley | 01:00:13 | N/A | |
| 8277 | Kate Ruddock | 01:01:56 | N/A | |
| 8340 | Belinda Parker | 01:02:06 | N/A | |
| 12197 | Melanie Gearing | 01:17:26 | N/A | |
| 12200 | Alice Noyes | 01:17:26 | N/A | |
Fen Gallop 10K
A late result from 2nd July saw 2 BRJ’ers in action. Mark Sampson finished in the bronze medal position of the 209 finishers in a time of 00:34:58 & just short of his current Club 10K PB. Tom Brand finished in position 149 in 00:59:39.
Spartan Midland Super 10K
Matthew Pendlebury, recent winner of the Club’s 2023 Senior Guesstimate, participated in the Spartan Midlands Super 10K race that took place at the iconic Belvoir Castle. The very wet & muddy 10K course included 25 obstacles & saw Matthew finish in position 986 / 1050 in a time of 2:55:10.
Summer Ready 10K
Samantha Ahern made her Club 10K Debut at this lapped event taking place at Hinchingbrooke Country Park. Sam finished in position 26 in 1:35:20.
Race to the Stones Trail 100K Ultra-Marathon
Women’s Captain & keen Ultra Distance runner, Felicity Baillie, completed the Non-Stop 100K (62 Mile) Trail event. The other race option was a 2 day event covering 50K per day. The race started in Lewknor in Oxfordshire & finished at the historic Avebury stone circle in Wiltshire that includes an elevation of 3,740 feet. Of the 869 participants in the Non-Stop event, Felicity finished in position 243 in a time of 13:39:45.
MULTI-SPORTS
Norwich Standard Distance Tri
In preparation for the iconic Outlaw 1/2 Distance Tri at Holkham Estate next week, John Clark was among the 226 finishers in position 108 in a time of 2:51:57. His individual phase stats were:-
Swim – 00:40:07
T1 – 00:01:48
Bike – 1:12:08
T2 – 00:01:53
Run – 00:55:58
Centurion Metric Tri
Having unwittingly overlooking a result for Simon Moore in one of the Tri events that took place last weekend at Box End (Bedford), I have subsequently been provided with a most interesting race report, as follows:-
Before the start, something went “ping” with Simon’s front skewer and it’s wouldn’t fully tighten. He decided to give the bike leg a try…. He was out of the water in 3rd position but then after 3K in the bike phase the nut from the front skewer popped off & for the rest of the ride the skewer was going in and out of the front wheel, sadly resulting in Simon somersaulting over the handlebars resulting in grazes to his shoulder and arm. Thankfully the bike was unharmed! Then a descent with one leg unclipped using his foot to push the skewer back in place. He came in from the bike leg in 7th place (though first road bike) carrying his bike with the front wheel hanging off. Then came the challenging entirely grass based 20K run of 4 laps with some inclines. He managed to overtake 2 people and came in an incredible 5th place overall. An amazing result though completely crazy.
After all that drama, Simon’s finished in 5th position from the 23 finishers in a time of 5:02:57 & 2nd in his Age Category. His individual phase stats were:-
Swim (2.2K ) – 00:44:07
T1 – 00:03:08
Bike (77K) – 2:34:24
T2 – 00:01:00
Run (20K) – 1:40:17
Outlaw 1/2 Distance Triathlon (Holkham Hall)
3 BRJ’ers, John Clark, Andrew Skea & Ian Wibberley were amongst the 1,106 participants that successfully completed this event involving a 1.2M swim, 56KM bike & a 1/2 Marathon.
There respective finish positions / times were 265 for Andrew in 5:09:57. Position 635 for John in 5:52:54 & 702nd Place for Ian in 6:00:35.
Chelmsford Junior Discovery Triathlon
The Junior’s most prolific Triathlete, Henry Reeve, finished in 19th position of the 20 official finishers in the Youth competition. His overall time was 00:39:55
Cotswold Classic Middle Distance Triathlon
Camilla (Millie) Rhead successfully completed the event with “PB’s in both the Swim (by 5 Mins & Bike (by 20 Mins) phases. Millie finished in 39th position of the 177 Women & 5th in Age Category in a total time of 5:36:00. Her individual phase stats were:
Swim – 00:38:08
T1 – 00:03:33
Bike – 00:02:58
T2 – 00:01:54
Run- 00:05:36
Senior Running Champs 2023
As described above, the Eye Charity 5M was the 7th “Nominated” event (of 12) in the 2023 Senior Running Championships. To complete the Champs you must complete 4 “Nominated” events (as detailed in the Club Honours section of the BRJ Website). As of 7th July, 3 Senior Men & 2 Women have completed the minimum requirements of this competition although there are still 5 races available if you have yet to completed less than the 4 events required to secure a finish position.
The “Nominated” event for August (#8 of 12) takes place on the 9th August at Ferry Meadows which is the Peterborough Grand Prix 5K. The current leaders at as 7th July 2023 are as follows:-
4 Events Completed
NAME SCORE
Senior Men
1. David Newton 229.63
2. Paul Mitton 219.10
3. Neil Whitaker 192.04
Senior Women
1. Annette Newton 265.20
2. Amanda Roland-Convey 198.49
3 Events Completed (1 more event required)
NAME SCORE
Senior Men
Simon Moore 213.29
Richard Orrell 197.61
Michael Shaw 171.87
Senior Woman
Alison Orrell 217.94
Felicity Baillie 201.11
Kerry Surkitt 196.66
2 Events Completed (2 more events required)
NAME SCORE
Senior Men
Mark Sampson 156.10
Keelan Duffy 149.04
Jonathan Harding 137.77
Mike Gullis 122.39
Sebastian Burley 121.34
Ian Wilson 113.83
Senior Woman
Caroline Tiller 115.08
Claire Few 112.93
Kate Ruddock 102.49
Rachael Dent 101.34