RUNNING
Parkrun Junior 2K
BRJ Juniors were in action at 3 very wet venues:
Cambourne #145 – Finley Harrison finished in 3rd position overall improving his Club 2K PB by 18 Secs that he set at Cambourne #142. This was Club PB #6 of 2024, making him joint leader of the “Most Running PB’s” competition alongside Stanley Coe & Rhys Coverdale.
Cambridge #412 – Jack Scott took the overall race win but finishing just 2 Secs shy of setting a new Club 2K PB.
Jubilee Park #298 – Alexander Eason finished in position 37 / 49.
Parkrun 5K
BRJ’ers returned to Aviemore, Harwich (7th place for Seb Burley), Hunstanton Promenade, Ketteing (Course Best for Mica Covell), Long Eaton, Melton Mowbray, Sedgefield (1st place for Keelan Duffy), Milton Country, Snowden Field & The Plens.
At Bug Hunter Waters, Emily Miller achieved a new Club 5K PB by a 24 Sec margin compared to Huntingdon #512 the previous week. Her 11th PB of 2024 places her as the leading Senior Woman in the “Most Running PB’s” competition. Junior’s Sophie & Stanley Coe both secured Course Best times.
There were Club Venue Debuts at Epworth Equestrian by Alice Edwards & Mel Gearing & by Sue Ray at Old Deer Park.
At a dry, but very humid Huntingdon #513, Neil Whitaker & Paul Harris reached Parkrun Milestones, namely #175 & 250 respectively.
Corby 10K
Paul Treadwell was the only BRJ’er among the 142 finishers, completing the course in position 79 in 1 hour dead.
Grantchester 10K
Kags Alexander-Cahill, the sole BRJ’er among the 138 finishers, completing the distance in position 94 in a time of 00:59:27.
Ouse Valley Way Events
The event offered 3 different races, 1/2 Marathon, Marathon Relay & the Full Marathon distance. Sadly, all of the events were ran in possibly the wettest conditions of the year so far.
1/2 Marathon – There were 12 BRJ’ers out of the 70 finishers, being led home by Andrew Stevenson. Eszter Gulacsy was our leading lady.
Darren Butler was the sole Club PB’er (#3 of 2024) compared to his previous best at September’s Huntingdon’s Zig Zag event by a 10 Min 6 Sec margin. There were 4 members making their Club Debut at the distance.
Richard Braddick, Anthony Charters, Karen Gilchrist , Andrew Stevenson
& David Thomas all secured Age Category podium positions. The set of club results are:
| Race: Ouse Valley Way 1/2 Marathon Date: 22/09/24 Nos of Finishers: 70 | ||||
| Position | Name | Time | Age-Grade % | Notes |
| 6 | Andrew Stevenson | 01:49:45 | N/A | 3rd SM |
| 7 | Anthony Charters | 01:49:52 | N/A | Debut Club 1/2 Marathon & 1st MV50-59 |
| 8 | Cameron Taylor-Hall | 01:50:40 | N/A | Debut Club 1/2 Marathon |
| 12 | Richard Braddick | 01:56:10 | N/A | 2nd MV50-59 |
| 18 | David Thomas | 01:58:40 | N/A | 1st MV60-64 |
| 19 | Eszter Gulacsy | 01:58:49 | N/A | |
| 21 | Heledd Marshall-Roberts | 02:02:53 | N/A | |
| 27 | Bryn Jones | 02:09:30 | N/A | Debut Club 1/2 Marathon |
| 38 | Karen Gilchrist | 02:19:15 | N/A | 2nd FV50-59 |
| 43 | Darren Butler | 02:21:09 | N/A | PB |
| 60 | Ashley Benningfield | 02:42:39 | N/A | Debut Club 1/2 Marathon |
| 69 | Kathy Unwin | 03:33:57 | N/A | |
Marathon Relay – Of the finishing teams, 2 comprised BRJ Members. Their finish times were:-
POSITION FINISH TIME LEG / RUNNER / TIME (INFO)
2. 3:41:32 Leg 1 / Robin Cooper / 1:48:49 (PB)
Leg 2 / Felicity Baillie / 1:52:43
3. 4:18:46 Leg 1 / Gerry Pye / 2:07:05
Leg 2 / Karen Pye / 2:11:41 (PB)
Marathon – 7 BRJ’ers were among the 70 finishers in the Marathon being led home by Douglas Rowan in a new Club PB by a margin of 1 Min 4 Secs compared to his time set at May 2024’s Windermere Marathon. For the remainder of the BRJ team, all but Sarah Taylor-Hall made their Club Marathon Debuts.
The results, including the Age / Gender graded scores counting towards the Senior Running Championships are:
| Race: Ouse Valley Way Marathon Date: 22/09/24 Nos of Finishers: 70 | ||||
| Position | Name | Time | Age-Grade % | Notes |
| 19 | Douglas Rowan | 04:14:35 | 48.54% | PB |
| 20 | Adam D’Souza | 04:14:35 | 48.30% | Debut Club Marathon |
| 28 | Slawomir Dziarmaga | 04:25:27 | 49.95% | Debut Club Marathon |
| 42 | Stefan Grandjean-Thompson | 04:39:02 | 46.35% | Debut Club Marathon |
| 53 | Annoushka Lingham | 05:11:33 | 45.81% | Debut Club Marathon |
| 67 | Amie Taylor-Hall | 07:10:42 | 31.44% | Debut Club Marathon |
| 70 | Sarah Taylor-Hall | 07:14:48 | 32.82% | |
SENIOR RUNNING CHAMPS – CURRENT POSITIONS UPDATE
Based on the Age / Gender graded scores achieved in Huntingdon Parkrun 5K #412 the current positions in the 2024 Senior Running Champs are detailed below.
In order to secure a finish position in the 2024 Running Championships, members must complete 4 of the 12 “Nominated” events. In addition, 1 Full Marathon can also count as one of the 4 events. The list of names below does NOT include those members that have just completed the BRJ’s Ouse Valley Way Marathon.
For the avoidance of doubt, there are just 3 “Nominated” events remaining in the 2024 competition. These are:-
October (27th) – Fenland 10M
November (17th) – St Neots 1/2 Marathon
December (31st) – ANY New Years Eve 10K
4 EVENTS COMPLETED
NAME (MINIMUM FINAL SCORE POSSIBLE)
MEN
Jonathan Harding 220.15)
Paul Mitton (218.68)
Simon Mayes (203.80)
Richard Orrell (202.11)
Richard Braddick (201.64)
John Clark (192.10)
Robin Cooper (190.92)
Adam D’Souza (184.84)
Jon Daulton (175.33)
WOMEN
Annette Newton (251.42)
Felicity Baillie (217.30)
Amanda Roland-Convey (205.01)
Kerry Surkitt (197.75)
Emily Miller (196.02)
Rachael Dent (162.05)
3 EVENTS COMPLETED
Mica Covell, Mike Gullis, David Newton, Alison Orrell, Ian Percy, Sarah Taylor-Hall, Paul Treadwell, Lee Watkins, Melanie Wiffin, Chloe Wilson & Megan Wilson
2 EVENTS COMPLETED
Claire Ashton, Juliet Aungier, Clive Best, Tom Brand, Harriet Dolby, Ian Lasseter, Alex Mitton, Alice Noyes, Gerry Pye, Henry Reeve, Douglas Rowan, Kate Ruddock, Michael Shaw, David Spurle, Richard Stevens, Andrew Stevenson, Cameron Taylor-Hall, Kathy Unwin, David Ward, Neil Whitaker & Ian Wilson
1 EVENT COMPLETED
Dan Ainscow, Jane Ainscow, Paul Beeson, Anna Best, Phillipa Burns, Darren Butler, Seb Burley, Karen Childerley, Gilles Corby, Keelan Duffy, Slawomir Dziamaga, Ruth Foster, Tony Foster, Jim Greenley, Eszter Gulacsy, Paul Harris, Peter Jackson, Francesca Lasman, Ruth Lasseter, Tim Legge, Simon Lumley, Nigel Maggs, Nicki McMahon, Steve McNicoll, Simon Moore, Gemma Myers, Sarah Noble, Neil Parker, Simon Pascoe, Helen Richardson, Diane Shutt, Alexandra Smart, Paul Sowter, Nicola Sparkes, Amie Taylor-Hall, Marco Wassersleben, Sarah Watts, Donna Whitaker & Sue Yendley.
Should any member have any question about the Senior Running Champs you should contact the Competition Manager (Mike Gullis) via his Club e-mail address which is email hidden; JavaScript is required
MULTI-SPORTS
European Triathlon Age Group Championships
The event, which represented a qualifier for the World Championship later in the year, took place in Vichy, Central France with Gilles Corby representing both BRJ & France in the M60-64 Age Group in the Sprint distance race. The swim took place in the Allier River & the bike route consisted of 3 laps of the local villages.
Close to the finish line, Gilles experienced an issue with his Hamstring so lost 1 place in the final stages to finish in 19th position from 46 in a total time of 1:11:55 qualifying for the World Champs. Given the medical concerns, Gilles opted not to compete in the next day’s Standard distance race so as to concentrate on the Sprint in the finals. His individual race stats in the Sprint were:-
Swim (750M) – 00:14:20
T1 00:2:30
Bike (20K) – 00:31:06
T2 00:01:10
Run (5K) – 00:22:46
Ironman Triathlon (Wales)
Paul Fullalove successfully beat the 17 hour target & officially became an IRONMAN at Tenby. The sea swim started on North Beach & comprised 2 laps. The bike phase, undertaken in very poor weather conditions, was staged over 2 laps of the scenic countryside of the Pembroke Coast National Path, that included 2 ascents of the notorious Saundersfoot “Heartbreak Hill” which was then followed by an equally tough 4 lap Marathon run.
With the course & weather conditions there were a significant number of DNF’s but Paul overcame all of these challenges to finish in position 1,509 / 2,165 in a total time of 16:08:17. His individual race stats were:
Swim (2.4M) – 1:22:23
T1 – 00:24:38
Bike (112M) – 7:50:28
T2 – 00:14:08
Run (26.2M) – 6:16:40