Parkrun Junior 2K<\/strong> Parkrun 5K<\/strong> 4 Members secured new Club 5K PB’s this week, namely, Douglas Rowan at Hastings High School by 26 Secs (#4 of 2024), Simon Mayes at Storeys Field by 6 Secs (PB #3) & at Irchester Country, both Debra & Neil Parker by 25 Secs.<\/p>\n BRJ’ers made Venue Debuts at Millhouses (Kate Ruddock) & mid-week at Delft (The Netherlands) by Alice Noyes on the occasion of the countries National Day.<\/p>\n At Huntingdon, Parkrunners & Volunteers were asked to compete in yellow as a mark of respect to celebrate the all too short life of the late Anne Kirk, a keen Parkrunner & a member of Ramsey Runners.<\/p>\n 3 BRJ’ers, Will Dales, Joe Harding & Alex Mitton finished within the top 9. New member Robin Cooper, achieved a new Club 5K PB by an 18 Sec margin..<\/p>\n Weather permitting, the “Summer” course will be used next weekend.<\/p>\n Northampton 5K & 10K<\/strong> 10K – New member, Christine Irvine, made her Club Debut among the 919 finishers & completing the course in 416th position in 00:54:18.<\/p>\n Edinburgh Marathon<\/strong> As with the remainder of the country on that day, the participants faced pouring rain & windy conditions. This was her 32nd Marathon overall, but her 3rd fastest, no doubt helped in some part by the BRJ Track & Strength & Conditioning sessions. Of the 9,966 finishers, Karen completed the course in position 5,143 in a time of 4:19:42. An Age \/ Gender Graded score of 58.55% counts towards the 2024 Senior Running Champs.<\/p>\n Ride London Essex 100M Sportive<\/strong> The closed roads course, which had an overall elevation gain of 4,190 feet, started in Victoria Embankment heading due East & then North Eastwards until the Olympic Stadium & then following a figure of 8, climaxing at halfway near Gt Dunmow before heading back to the finish at Tower Bridge. Despite the mixed weather conditions, some traffic congestion & a puncture for Paul Fullalove, their respective finish times were:<\/p>\n Paul Fullalove – 5:47:02 (Average of 16.55 MPH)
\n3 BRJ Juniors, Keira Coverdale, her brother Rhys & Alexander Eason were in action at Jubilee Park. Keira, finishing in 7th place & 1 place ahead of Rhys, secured a new Club 2K PB (#4 of 2024) by a significant 1 Min 22 Sec margin.<\/p>\n
\nBRJ’ers returned to Exmouth, Ferry Meadows, Harwich, Holkham, Jesmond Dene (Course PB for Dan Ainscow), Krakow (Poland), Linford Woods, North Walsham, Thornham Walks, University of Northampton & Wimpole (Course PB for Nick Harris).<\/p>\n
\n5K – Felicity Baillie had a great run to finish in 8th place overall & as lead Women of the 143 finishers. Her finish time, just shy of her existing Club 5K PB of 00:19:13, was 00:20:02.<\/p>\n
\nIn her Debut Run in a BRJ vest, Karen Childerley became the 118th Woman to join the BRJ Marathon Club by virtue of her successful completion of the undulating Edinburgh Marathon.<\/p>\nBIKING<\/h3>\n
\n2 BRJ’ers, Paul Fullalove & Paul Treadwell were amongst the thousands setting off in waves to tackle this annual 100 mile event, albeit the route officially measured 103.4 Miles.<\/p>\n
\nPaul Treadwell – 7:18:42 (Average of 11.91 MPH)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"