RUNNING
PARKRUN
A plea from our Results Officer. Mike notes that a number of BRJ Junior & Senior members are participating in both 2K & 5K Parkruns but their results do not identify them as being BRJ members. This means these results & achievements are not being recorded in club records. Would you spend a few minutes to double-check that your Parkrun profile is linked to the BRJ club? Thank you!
Parkrun Junior 2K
No results to report.
Parkrun 5K
There were BRJ returns to Aviemore (Scotland), Coldham’s Common (Parkrun #125 for Simon Mayes), Downham Market Academy, Eastleigh, Llanerchaeron (Wales), Milton Country (Course Best for Megan Wilson), Pokkinen (Oulu, Finland), Preston Park Brighton (Course Best for Alex Mitton), The Plens (Course Best for Anthony Charters & Parkrun #175 for Emma Rigby), Winchester & Zuiderpark (The Hague, The Netherlands).
At Bug Hunter Waters, both Juniors Stanley & Sophie Coe secured new Club 5K PB’s. For Stanley, this PB (#8 of 2024) was by a 24 Sec margin compared to Huntingdon #511 of 7 September. Stanley has reinforced his position as the Junior Boys leader in the “Most Run PB’s” competition.
For Sophie, PB #3 of 2024 was an improvement by 56 Secs compared to Huntingdon Parkrun #486 of 3 February. Sophie has moved into 3rd place in the Junior Girls “Most PB’s” Competition.
There were BRJ Parkrun Debut Venues at Holbrooks by Melanie Gearing & at Stadtpark (Chemnitz, Germany) by Nicki McMahon.
At Huntingdon, our Women’s Club Captain, Felicity Baillie was 1st female finisher with Stefan Grandjean-Thomsen making his Club 5K Debut. There were Parkrun Milestones for Joe Jordan & Ian Percy, both on #25 & #125 for our Welfare Officer, Emma Stevens.
Bonfire Burn 10K
6 BRJ’ers completed this local event at nearby Impington which saw 684 finishers. The race produced 2 new Club 10K PB’s, 1 Distance Venue (Gemma Myers) & 1 Age Category podium (Felicity Baillie). The 2 PB’ers were:
i). Simon Mayes – By a margin of 1 Min 43 Secs compared to his time set at the 2024 Flaming June race. This was Simon’s 9th PB of 2024 & is currently sitting in 3rd place in the Men’s “Most Run PB’s” competition.
ii). Fiona Green – By a huge 10 Mins 8 Secs margin compared to Septembers Bedford Twilight 10K. This was Fiona’s 2nd PB of 2024.
| Race: Bonfire Burn 10K Date: 3/11/24 Nos of Finishers: 684 | ||||
| Position | Name | Time | Age-Grade % | Notes |
| 24 | Simon Mayes | 00:38:55 | N/A | PB |
| 52 | Felicity Baillie | 00:41:06 | N/A | 2nd F18-39 |
| 279 | Paul Treadwell | 00:53:03 | N/A | |
| 311 | Gemma Myers | 00:54:10 | N/A | Debut Club 10K |
| 344 | Fiona Green | 00:55:22 | N/A | PB |
| 400 | Bo Mead | 00:57:07 | N/A | |
Bedford 1/2 Marathon
Kerry Surkitt was the only BRJ’er participating in this event. Of the 173 finishers, Kerry completed the course in position 110 in a time of 1:59:35.
Hertfordshire 1/2 Marathon
David Thomas was the sole BRJ’er participating in this Knebworth House based event. Of the 1,365 finishers, David completed the course in position 774 in a time of 2:02:23.
New York Marathon
Both Annette & David Newton previously competed at New York back in November 2023. Although both met the qualifying standard for the 2024 event, David was unable to compete as a result of injury that had also forced a withdrawal from Chicago Marathon a few weeks earlier.
The New York course is recognised as being quite tough as it includes many twists & turns & has 1,000 feet of elevation across the distance. Weather conditions at the start were a chilly 8 Degrees with a 14 mph wind. From the 55,646 finishers, Annette completed the course in position 25,002 in 4:16:29, securing 4th in the 70-74 Age Group, just 2 Mins behind the 3rd placer which would have matched her placing in the 2023 race. Annette’s Age / Gender graded score counting towards the Senior Running Champs is 82.81%.
Frostbite Friendly League 2024 (Race 2 of 6)
Race 2 has been hosted by Bushfield Joggers at Ferry Meadows since 2016. For 2024, the weather was kind to the runners & there were 149 Junior & 468 Senior finishers. Thanks again goes to BRJ Frostbite Team Manager, Claire Few & also to Sarah Taylor-Hall who was Claire’s self appointed deputy & team photographer!
The full set of results can be found on the Frostbite Friendly League website. The next event in the 6 race series, hosted by March AC, takes place on the 8th December at the March AC HQ adjacent to Whitemoor Prison.
Junior
BRJ had 6 starters in the race but sadly there were only only 5 finishers as Jack Reeve was forced to retire during the 1st lap with a “turned” ankle. Thankfully nothing serious.
Other than Katie Lasseter, who was running, but nursing a broken arm, the remainder of our Junior team were making a Debut at this Venue. All 5 of our team in race finish order, Joey Phillips (22nd), Katie Lasseter (43rd), Hannah Lasseter (92nd), Florence Stevenson (111th) & Alexander Eason (130th) were the Team Scorers in Race 2.
Our Juniors finished in 12th position from the 14 teams earning 3 Race Points & when added to the 11 Points achieved in Race 1 now sit in 8th position overall going in to Race 3..
Senior
The BRJ Senior squad consisted of 24 members.
Our Seniors finished in 6th position from the 16 teams (8th in Race 1) earning 11 Race Points & when added to the 9 Points achieved in Race 1 the Seniors now sit in 8th position overall. The Senior stats for Race 2 are:
10 Team Scorers (in Finish Order)
Wiliam Dales (8th), James Porter (42nd), Seb Burley 47th), Cameron Taylor-Hal (93rd), Andrew Stevenson (99th), Jim Greenley (105th), Mark Sheldon (113th), Christine Howard (181st), Ella Wakeley (200th) & Nicki McMahon (239th).
PB at Venue
William Dales
Jon Daulton
Jim Greenley
Bryn Jones
Mark Sheldon
Debut at Venue
Seb Burley
Anthony Charters
Ben Cross
Christine Howard
James Porter
Henry Reeve
Karen Shurlock
Andrew Stevenson
Cameron Taylor-Hal
Ella Wakeley
2024 Cambridgeshire AA Champions
With the recent conclusion of the Fenland 10M, Cambs AA have announced the full list of those individuals that have won Cambridgeshire County Championship medals for 2024. The BRJ winners are:-
DISTANCE AGE CATEGORY POSITION NAME
5K FV35 3rd Felicity Baillie
5M FV35 1st Felicity Baillie
5M FV45 2nd Kerry Surkitt
5M FV45 3rd Amanda Roland-Convey
5M FV55 3rd Annette Newton
10M MV50 3rd Paul Mitton
Congratulations to all of our medal winners. The medals were passed to Mike Gullis at the last Frostbite. Mike will ensure these medals are passed onto the recipients.
Cambridgeshire AA 2024 Road Run League Competition *RESULTS UPDATE*
The Fenland 10M was the final “Nominated” event in the 2024 competition.
The competition results are based on an individuals best top 4 scores from the 8 “Nominated” events in the programme. The results for BRJ Individuals (Top 3) & Teams are:-
INDIVIDUAL
Women 45-54 Age Category – 3rd place – Amanda Roland-Convey (26 points – Missed 2nd place by 1 Point)
TEAM
Men – 6th / 22 (31 points)
Women – 4th / 22 (46 Points – Missed 3rd place by 1 point)
Ty Farrer, the Competition Manager, has indicated that the 8 qualifying events in the 2025 competition will be very similar to those for 2024, starting with January’s Folksworth 15M. The competition rules will also change to align the Men & Women’s Age Groups & include a separate 60+ group. The programme of “Nominated” events & revised rules of the 2025 competition will be circulated shortly.
MULTI-SPORTS
Grafham Duathlon
Both the Sprint & Standard Distances were qualifying races for the 2025 World Championships. Stuart Hathaway was amongst the 201 finishers in the Standard event completing the distance in 90th position in a total time of 2:19:02. His race stats were:-
Run 1 (10K) – 00:44:39
T1 – 00:00:54
Bike (20K) – 1:10:03
T2 00:01:05
Run 2 (5K) – 00:22:18