Latest Results 24/11/20 – Mike Gullis

RUNNING

Parkrun Junior 2K
Junior BRJ’ers were in action at the Cambourne & Jubilee venues.

Cambourne #152 – Finley Harrison finished in 6th position just outside his existing Club 2k PB.

Jubilee #305- Jack Hutchinson, who competed in the Huntingdon Parkrun 5K the previous day, finished in 5th position in a time of 00:09:38 & securing a new Club 2K PB (#2 of 2024) by a 1 Sec margin compared to his run at Cambourne #121 back in mid-March. Olivia Caruana made her Club 2K Debut.

Parkrun 5K
BRJ’ers returned to Kettering (Course Best for Mica Covell), Milton Country (Course Best by William Dales), Parke, Shipley Country, Storeys Field, University of Northampton & Yarborough Leisure Centre (Parkrun #200 for Sue Ray).

Since it start nearly 6 months ago, the Bug Hunter Waters Parkrun in Northstowe has proven to be “the place” to achieve a faster 5K time. Event #22 saw a Course Best for Stuart Hathaway & a new Club PB (#9 of 2024) for Junior Stanley Coe which was by a 42 Sec margin compared to Bug Hunter #20.

There were BRJ Parkrun Venue Debuts at Tamworth Castle Grounds by Gareth Thomas & by Melanie Gearing at Zielony (Krakow, Poland).

At Huntingdon, Jim Greenley & Slawomir Dziamaga both finished in the top 10 with Junior, Katie Lasseter, the 1st female home. Finally, it was great to see the Parkrun return of Donna Whitaker after a short(ish) break!

St Neots Junior 3K
The course was run over 4 laps. Of the 5 BRJ Juniors, George Jenner in 29th position secured a new 3K Club PB (#2 of 2024) by a 4 Min 59 Sec margin over his time at May’s Eye 3K.

The remaining 4 Juniors all made their Club 3K Debut but with new member, Tim McMahon, securing an Bronze medal in his Age Category.

Race: St Neots Junior 3K. Date: 17/11/24 Nos of Finishers: 89
Position	Name	Time	Age-Grade %	Notes
20	George Jenner	00:10:45	N/A	PB
38	Tim McMahon	00:12:02	N/A	Debut Club 3K & 3rd Boy U9
41	Liv Coleman-Bragg	00:12:22	N/A	Debut Club 3K
61	Alexander Eason	00:14:48	N/A	Debut Club 3K
62	Eliose Eason	00:14:53	N/A	Debut Club 3K

Brighton 10K

The very much in-form Alex Mitton achieved his 8th Club PB of 2024. Of the 2,432 finishers in this high quality field, Alex completed the course in 139th position in a time of 00:35:45 bettering his previous best 10K time set at Lancing a few weeks earlier by 54 Secs.

Larnaca 10K

Whilst in Cyprus, Lee Watkins successfully completed the Larnaca 10K. Of the 1,018 finishers, Lee completed the distance in position 947 in a time of 1:16:23. This represented a new Club 10K PB (#6 of 2024) by a 12 Sec margin compared to the Debden 10K the previous week.

Alton Towers 1/2 Marathon

Anthony Charters ventured to Alton Towers & was one of the 1,642 finishers that completed a course consisting of 2 laps of the site. His finish time of 1:45:23 in position 274 represented a new Club PB (#6 of 2024) by a margin of 4 Mins 29 Secs based on his time set at September’s BRJ Ouse Valley Way 1/2. Post race, the entry fee also gave free use of the various on-site rides,

St Neots 1/2 Marathon

A total of 28 BRJ’ers were among the 1,111 finishers. The weather conditions were better than many previous years despite the low temperatures early on.

The course, despite 2 ascents of the hill at Abbotsley & other undulating sections in the earlier stages, has historically produced many PB’s possibly because the final 4 miles of the course are downhill. This year there were 7 Club PB’s, some 25% of the club members.

The BRJ squad was again led home by Jonathan Harding (80th) just 1 minute ahead of both Simon Mayes (92nd) & Paul Mitton (96th). Club Captain, Felicity Baillie (218th), again led home our ladies, but Emily Miller (275th) is gradually decreasing Felicity’s time advantages race by race..

The stats for the 7 PB’ers are:-

i). Adam D’Souza by 2 Mins 39 Secs (PB #23 of 2024)

ii). Cameron Taylor-Hall by 11 Mins 28 Secs (PB #2)

iii). Jon Daulton by 56 Secs (PB #5)

iv). Tim Phillips by 44 Secs (PB #1)

v). Eszter Gulacsy by 2 Mins 54 Secs (PB #11)

vi). David Spurle by 10 Mins 47 Secs (PB #1)

vii). Kathy Unwin by 3 Mins 51 Secs (PB #7)

The full set of club results, including the Age / Gender Graded scores counting towards the 2024 Senior Running Championships are:

Race: St Neots 1/2 Marathon Date: 17/11/24 Nos of Finishers: 1,111
Position	Name	Time	Age-Grade %	Notes
80	Jonathan Harding	01:26:44	73.21%
92	Simon Mayes	01:27:45	67.07%
96	Paul Mitton	01:27:54	75.43%
119	Simon Moore	01:28:53	73.30%
156	Aaron Ball	01:31:51	64.07%
163	Neil Whitaker	01:32:20	67.08%
185	Adam D’Souza	01:34:26	61.90%	PB
213	Marco Wassersleben	01:36:32	67.49%
218	Felicity Baillie	01:36:54	68.49%
268	Cameron Taylor-Hall	01:39:12	58.85%	PB
275	Emily Miller	01:39:31	65.52%
299	Jon Daulton	01:41:07	58.20%	PB
304	Robin Cooper	01:41:18	58.59%
390	Tim Phillips	01:44:10	65.39%	PB
393	Chris Brown	01:45:43	67.49%
443	Richard Braddick	01:47:28	65.76%
447	Amanda Roland-Convey	01:47:53	69.57%
477	Nicki McMahon	01:49:05	61.47%
538	Eszter Gulacsy	01:51:02	63.82%	PB
540	Kerry Surkitt	01:51:20	67.41%
551	Simon Pascoe	01:51:29	54.64%
561	David Spurle	01:52:13	54.73%	PB
562	Jim Hopkins	01:52:03	53.58%
675	Annette Newton	01:57:37	85.50%
845	Nick Harris	02:06:06	57.11%
915	Rachael Dent	02:10:18	50.54%
1085	Kathy Unwin	02:35:25	50.73%	PB
1110	Iain Drylie	03:20:47	37.30%

As a reminder, the next & final “Nominated” event in the 2024 Senior Running Championships is “Any” New Years Eve 10K.

Chiltern Ridge Winter Trail 50K (31 Miles)

Tom Brand was among the 215 finishers. The race started at the Berkhamsted Cricket Club. The course, which had an overall ascent of 800 metres, followed a loop that ran along large sections of the Ridgeway footpath & ending back at the Cricket Club. Tom finished in position 173 in a time of 6:36:23 representing a PB by around 29 mins.