\nAlexander Eason was the sole Junior BRJ’er braving the very wet conditions at the Jubilee Park venue.<\/p>\n
Parkrun 5K<\/strong> Anna & Clive Best made a BRJ debut at Kawana Parkrun (Brisbane, Australia).<\/p>\n At Huntingdon, Adam D’Souza made a Course PB & Emily Miller a new Club 5K PB by a 11 Sec margin (#2 of 2024). Bryn Jones completed Parkrun #50.<\/p>\n Mid-Cheshire Spring 5K<\/strong> Quayside 5K<\/strong> Of the 168 finishers, he finished in 37th position in a chip time of 00:16:19 securing a huge new Club PB by a 33 Sec margin.<\/p>\n This great result sees him become the 6th fastest BRJ Man over the distance, up from 10th place, & now just 14 Secs short the time set by former member, John Uff, in 5th place. This result should be a great confidence builder for the Marathon & all being well & he does not try to replicate this 5:15 Min\/Mile pace (i.e. equal to a 2:17:39 Marathon), his existing Club Marathon PB of 3:17:12 set at London in 2021 could be challenged.<\/p>\n Longhorn 10K<\/strong> Moneteau 1\/2 Marathon (France)<\/strong> Boston (UK) Marathon<\/strong> Norfolk Marathon<\/strong> Jonathan Harding put in a very strong performance leading home our 4 person squad to15th position overall from the 946 finishers. This was his first sub-3 time & securing a new Club Distance PB (#3 of 2024) by a margin of 3 Mins 45 Secs compared to 2023’s Chelmsford Marathon. Jonathan was 2nd in his Age Category & is now the 12th fastest BRJ man over the Marathon distance. It is likely that in more favourable weather conditions & over a flatter course, such as October’s Abingdon Marathon, Jonathan could significantly improve on this new PB.<\/p>\n Just 5 weeks after competing the Rome Marathon, John Clark was our next finisher in position 413. Although John has completed 2 Full Marathons in 2024, the rules of the Senior Running Championships state that only 1 Marathon counts towards the competition. Given the Rome Marathon was run in more favourable conditions & he finished 15 minutes faster his Age \/ Gender Graded Score for Norfolk Marathon will be discounted in favour of his time at Rome (56.16%).<\/p>\n Our leading lady in position 511 was Kerry Surkitt followed by Alexandra Smart in position 852. Alex clearly entered into the spirit of the occasion by wearing a Crab costume & perhaps coincidentally, the Finishers Medal featured a Cromer Crab.<\/p>\n The full set of Club results, including the Age \/ Gender Graded Scores counting towards the 2024 Senior Running Championships, are detailed below. As it currently stands, Jon Daulton, Jonathan Harding & Paul Mitton have all now completed the 4 events necessary to qualify for a finish position in the Champs although they still have opportunities to improve on their current scores from the remaining Qualifying events. As a reminder, the next “Nominated” Championships event is the Eye 10K taking place on 12th May.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nBRJ’ers returned to Brockenhurst, Brockwell (Herne Hill), Centennial (Sydney, Australia), Ferry Meadows (Course PBs for Paul Mitton & Andrew Stevenson), Hove Promenade, Jersey Farm, Linford Wood (Course PB’s for Annette & David Newton), Pocket, Sandringham, Sixfields, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Storeys Field (new member Simon Mayes made his Club 5K Debut) & Zamek Malborku (Poland).<\/p>\n
\nKeelan Duffy was among the 907 finishers in this village based event. Keelan finished just 8 Secs shy of his existing Club 5K PB in a time of 00:16:12. The fact that such a fast finish time only warranted position 169 was testament to the quality of the field.<\/p>\n
\nAs part of his final speed session ahead of the Leeds Marathon on 12 May, William Dales ventured to Gateshead to compete over a 5K course running alongside the River Tyne. Will participated in Race A, which was restricted to sub-20 Min competitors. Will’s PB was 00:16:52 which was set at Media City (Manchester) in May 2022.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/brjrunandtri.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/original-831D128F-2F04-4F38-9594-FF349E45E8A2-300x200.jpeg\")
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\nThe event was based in & around Sherwood Forest. The recent heavy rainfall made the course very wet & muddy, ankle deep in places. Sue Ray completed the course in a time of 00:59:46 in position 114 \/ 464. Sue took the Gold Medal position in her Age Category.<\/p>\n
\nJohn Abbey, formerly the Landlord of The Elm Pub in Abbots Ripton, is our only French based Club Member having purchased and then refurbished a Restaurant & Guest House in the lovely Chablis region some years ago. The extensive building work, establishing the business & a few injuries saw John take an enforced break from running. His long awaited return was his Debut Club 1\/2 Marathon. In windy conditions, John finished in position 94 \/ 429 in a very impressive time of 1:38:16. John was 1st in the MV65+ Age Group.<\/p>\n
\nA total of 661 finishers overcame the very wet & windy conditions in this Lincolnshire based event. Sebastian Burley was the sole BRJ’er, finishing in position 162 in a time of 3:23:14, about 4 Mins shy of his existing Club PB. An Age \/ Gender Graded score of 60.66% counts towards the Senior Running Championships.<\/p>\n
\nThis was the inaugural staging of this event based in Cromer. The closed roads route started in North Lodge Park & headed through the surrounding villages such as Mundesley & Bradfield & finishing in Cromer adjacent to the famous pier. As with much of the country, the conditions on the day were very wet & windy & alongside the weather conditions the participants faced a very undulating course. In light of these challenges it was unlikely to be a day for setting PB’s.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n Race: Norfolk Marathon\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Date: 28\/04\/24\u00a0\u00a0 Nos of Finishers: 946<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Position<\/strong><\/td>\n Name<\/strong><\/td>\n Time<\/strong><\/td>\n Age-Grade %<\/strong><\/td>\n Notes<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 15<\/td>\n Jonathan Harding<\/td>\n 02:59:49<\/td>\n 73.73%<\/td>\n PB & 2nd MV45-49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 413<\/td>\n John Clark<\/td>\n 04:13:57<\/td>\n 52.65%<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 511<\/td>\n Kerry Surkitt<\/td>\n 04:26:36<\/td>\n 58.48%<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 852<\/td>\n Alexandra Smart<\/td>\n 05:19:53<\/td>\n 45.01%<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n