RUNNING
Parkrun 5K (1st January)
Very windy conditions across most of the country forced many Parkrun venues to cancel their New Year’s Day event. In this area, Ferry Meadows & Huntingdon were the among the only survivors. Annette Newton was the sole BRJ’er at Ferry Meadows. Huntingdon saw Parkrun Milestones for Nicki McMahon (#50), Mike Gullis & Karen Pye (#100), Helen Richardson (#250), Claire Ashton (#300) & Sue Yendley (#500).
Cogwell Canter New Years Eve 5K
Just 1 BRJ’er participated in this Girton based event. Of the 126 finishers, Junior Stanley Coe completed the distance in position 20 in a time of 00:24:13, just short of his existing BRJ 5K PB. Stanley secured the Gold Medal in his Age Category.
New Years Eve 10K’s
“Any” 10K undertaken on New Years Eve was the final “Nominated” event in the 2024 Senior Running Championships. A total of 36 BRJ members participated in 4 local events. Despite the significant wind conditions, all of the races produced some great individual performances including a number of Club PB’s, all of which counted towards the final day of the Most Running PB’s competition. The various results, which include the Age / Gender graded scores counting towards the Senior Champs, were:-
| Race: St Albans New Years Eve 10K Date: 31/12/24 Nos of Finishers: 802 | ||||
| Position | Name | Time | Age-Grade % | Notes |
| 48 | Alex Mitton | 00:40:07 | 66.60% | |
| 49 | Paul Mitton | 00:40:10 | 76.06% | |
| 287 | Kerry Surkitt | 00:51:15 | 67.67% | |
| 338 | Ian Wilson | 00:53:25 | 57.19% | |
| 378 | Sue Ray | 00:54:54 | 75.96% | |
| 658 | Phil Pearsons | 01:05:38 | 51.88% | |
| 681 | Rachael Dent | 01:06:48 | 45.73% | |
Cogwheel Canter New Years Eve 10K – 8 members were among the 296 finishers producing 2 new Club 10K PB’s & 1 Age Category podium. Simon Mayes lead home the BRJ 8 with Felicity Baillie 1 place behind. Felicity was the 2nd lady overall & gold medallist in her Age Category. The 2 PB’ers were:-
i). Robin Cooper – PB (#20 of 2024) by 35 Secs compared to September 2024’s Bedford 10K.
ii). Emily Miller (PB #13) by a 1 Min 26 Sec margin compared to the same Bedford event as Robin.
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Race: Cogwheel Canter New Years Eve 10K Date: 31/12/24 Nos of Finishers: 296 |
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Position |
Name |
Time |
Age-Grade % |
Notes |
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31 |
Simon Mayes |
00:42:18 |
63.99% |
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32 |
Felicity Baillie |
00:42:28 |
72.45% |
2nd Lady & 1st F18-39 |
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45 |
Robin Cooper |
00:43:56 |
62.25% |
PB |
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60 |
Emily Miller |
00:44:57 |
67.48% |
PB |
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152 |
Alice Edwards |
00:53:06 |
66.92% |
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207 |
Kate Ruddock |
00:57:41 |
60.85% |
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217 |
Claire Few |
00:58:39 |
65.42% |
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295 |
Sue Yendley |
01:14:14 |
51.68% |
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Ely New Years Eve 10K – 20 members represented the Club among the 519 finishers. The gusting headwind between 6-8K was somewhat challenging although the weather conditions were actually better than in some previous years. Jonathan Harding again led home the BRJ squad. Despite the challenging conditions, 2 BRJ’ers secured Club 10K PB’s which were:
i). Neil Whitaker (PB #3) by 21 Secs compared to 2019’s Peterborough NYE event.
ii). Cameron Taylor-Hall (PB #3) by 1 Min 2 Secs compared to March 2018’s Thorney 10K.
New member, Michael Keen, made his Club 10K Debut in an excellent time & beating his pre-race estimate by nearly 4 minutes. Amie Taylor-Hall improved on the time she set here in 2023. Annette Newton again secured the gold medal in her Age Category.
| Race: Ely New Years Eve 10K Date: 31/12/24 Nos of Finishers: 519 | ||||
| Position | Name | Time | Age-Grade % | Notes |
| 53 | Jonathan Harding | 00:40:08 | 73.01% | |
| 59 | Neil Whitaker | 00:40:42 | 70.27% | PB |
| 92 | Cameron Taylor-Hall | 00:43:24 | 61.56% | PB |
| 136 | Jon Daulton | 00:46:32 | 58.17% | |
| 190 | Mark Jackman | 00:48:50 | 62.05% | |
| 229 | Richard Orrell | 00:51:00 | 64.31% | |
| 237 | Michael Keen | 00:51:21 | 52.03% | Debut Club 10K |
| 250 | Pippa Burns | 00:52:07 | 62.26% | |
| 280 | Paul Treadwell | 00:52:50 | 63.25% | |
| 284 | Annette Newton | 00:53:26 | 86.81% | 1st FV70+ |
| 285 | Alison Orrell | 00:53:40 | 72.45% | |
| 319 | Mike Gullis | 00:54:58 | 63.16% | |
| 327 | Kevin Ryan | 00:55:30 | 63.15% | |
| 349 | Fiona Green | 00:56:51 | 58.90% | |
| 376 | Tom Brand | 00:58:37 | 55.44% | |
| 389 | Michael Shaw | 00:59:59 | 56.24% | |
| 401 | Bo Mead | 01:00:47 | 49.90% | |
| 493 | Juliet Aungier | 01:10:56 | 44.62% | |
| 496 | Amie Taylor-Hall | 01:11:28 | 42.44% | |
| 497 | Sarah Taylor-Hall | 01:11:30 | 44.97% | |
RAF Marham New Years Eve 10K – Of the 441 finishers, Adam D’Souza was the sole BRJ participant. Adam finished in 61st position in a time of 00:42:3 representing a new Club 10K PB (#25 of 2024) by a 1 Min 16 Sec margin compared to his time set at Eye back in May 2024.
St Albans New Years Eve 10K – From the 802 finishers, Alex Mitton led home the 7 BRJ members followed, just 1 place & 3 secs behind by Paul Mitton. Kerry Surkitt was our lead lady. Despite a knee injury sustained during the race, Rachael Dent pressed on to complete the race. She is hoping this injury does not impair her training campaign for her next marathon.