RUNNING
Parkrun Junior 2K
3 BRJ’ers competed at Jubilee Park where Hannah Lasseter achieved a new Club 2K PB by a 17 Sec margin.
Parkrun 5K
BRJ’ers returned to Congleton, Irchester Country, Jesmond Dene, Kettering (3rd place for Keelan Duffy), Preston Park Brighton (1st place for Alex Mitton), Quakers Walk (Parkrun #300 for Ian Wilson), Sheringham, Sizewell, Storeys Field & Winchester.
The newly opened summer course at Huntingdon, delivered new Club 5K PB’s for the following members:
Junior Stanley Coe by 1 Min 10 Secs (Club 5K PB #3 of 2024)
Emily Miller by 45 Secs (PB #3)
Robin Cooper by 33 Secs (PB #7)
Chloe Barker-Rudd by 20 Secs (PB #1)
Adam D’Souza completed Parkrun #75 & Claire Ashton #275.
Flaming June 10K
A total of 303 individuals took part in the inaugural running of a 10K event alongside the usual 1/2 Marathon.
The in-form Simon Mayes leading home our squad. Emily Miller, in her Debut Club 10K, was our lead lady. 2 members secured new Club 10K PB’s which were Simon Mayes by 39 Secs (Club PB #4 of 2024) & Robin Cooper by 36 Secs (PB #8). Our squads results were:
| Race: Flaming June 10K Date: 9/06/24 Nos of Finishers: 303 |
|
| Position |
Name |
Time |
Age-Grade % |
Notes |
| 13 |
Simon Mayes |
00:40:38 |
N/A |
PB |
| 33 |
Neil Whitaker |
00:43:36 |
N/A |
|
| 59 |
Robin Cooper |
00:46:34 |
N/A |
PB |
| 63 |
Emily Miller |
00:46:58 |
N/A |
Debut Club 10k |
| 133 |
Paul Treadwell |
00:53:23 |
N/A |
|
| 210 |
Clare Few |
00:59:23 |
N/A |
|
Isle of Skye Running Festival
BRJ’ers competed in 2 different events:
10K – Sara Graham-Clare was amongst the 119 finishers in 93rd position. Her time represented a new Club 10K PB by a significant 9 Min 39 Sec margin compared to her run back in February 2022 in the Valentines Challenge.
1/2 Marathon – Philip Graham-Clare headed back to the land of his ancestors & competing the event as a means of raising funds for the Prostate Charity, via his Justgiving page. Of the 579 finishers, Philip completed the distance in position 341 in a time of 2:08:29.
St Albans 1/2 Marathon
Kerry Surkitt & Kate Bement were among the 2,012 finishers. Kate, in her Club Debut 1/2 Marathon, finished in position 351 in 1:41:09 & Kerry in position 859 in 1:54:26.
Pathfinder 46 Mile March
The annual event organised by RAF Wyton, comprises a circular course visiting 4 of the 8 East Anglian airfields where the RAF’s elite Pathfinder Force (PFF) were based during WWII, namely Graveley, Oakington Warboys & Wyton. Participants can choose to run the 46 miles of walk as an individual or as a team. The events start from Wyton at 04:00 hours & require the participants to self navigate the course through 8 checkpoints & complete the distance in under 20 hours.
Jonathan Harding elected to participate alongside the other 30+ individuals in the solo running event. In the walk, a team consisting of BRJ members Nigel Maggs, Belinda Parker & Sue Yendley were joined by non-member Matt Healey.
The official results list has yet to be published for either events but our walkers completed the distance in just under 17 hours.
MULTI-SPORTS
Rob McClean Junior Triathlon
The event is organised by the Cambridge Triathlon Club in which BRJ were represented in the Tristar 1 & Youth races.
Tristar 1 – Ada Skea, in her Debut Tri, finished in a total time of 00:27:46. Her individual stats were:
Swim (150M) – 00:03:32
T1 – 00:02:12
Bike (2K) – 00:05:37
T2 – 00:00:46
Run (1200M)- 00:15:36
Youth – Henry Reeve completed the 3 disciplines in position 17 from the 21 finishers with a total finish time of 00:36:13. His stats were:-
Swim (300M) – 00:36:13
T1 – 00:04:31
Bike (6K) – 00:18:17
T2 – 00:00:54
Run (2.4K) – 0:11:14
Dorney Lakes Triathlon Festival
BRJ’ers successfully competed in 2 different distance events:
Sprint – Chloe Wilson, in her Debut Tri, finished in position 162 / 192 in a total time of 1:42:34. Her individual stats were:
Swim (750M) – 00:19:46
T1 – 00:02:08
Bike (20K) – 00:49:34
T2 – 00:01:06
Run (5K ) – 00:29:57
Standard – Andrew Stevenson finished in position 133 / 281 in a total time of 2:35:54. Andrew’s individual stats were:
Swim (1500M) – 00:25:28
T1 – 00:03:00
Bike (40K) – 1:14:12
T2 – 00:02:26
Run (10K ) – 00:50:45
