Results

A number of runners were out on the roads at the weekend. Clive Hackforth made up for the disappointment of missing out on the New York Marathon by running 3.09 at Luton.  This knocked six minutes off his PB and qualifies him as “good for age” for the London Marathon (the 12th runner at the club to have achieved this during 2012).  Ollie Harradence finished second in the Shakespeare Raceway Half Marathon running sub 1.15 for the 3rd time this year, whilst Paul Davey knocked 50 seconds off his PB running 1.23 at the St Neots Half Marathon. Well done all!

On Sunday our junior athletes travelled to Wolverhampton for the second league race of the season.  There were over 60 athletes competing and they all ran fantastically!

The top individual performance came from Elemena Saunders who led from start to finish to win the U15 girls race by 21 seconds.

The U11 girls won their team race with Beth Darrock 3rd, Georgia Platt 9th, Caitlin White 11th, Maisie Cain 12th and Rachel White 18th.  Harrison Batchelor (8th) and Alex Stapleton (12th) starred in the U11 boys race.

There were great performances in all the age groups with Molly Rees, Georgia Curry, Laura Richardson, Kieran Mullis, Shaun Evans and Jerome Austin all recording top 20 finishes.

The results are available here. Well done to everyone who took part!

The men’s and women’s senior XC teams were both in action for the 1st league race of the season at Newbold Comyn, Leamington.  On a gruelling course with thick mud, a short energy sapping hill, a stream crossing and more mud, both teams put in great performances.

The women continued their great form following their 6th place finish in the English XC Relays last weekend.  Katie Ingle was the first runner home in 9th place, with Megan McBrien 19th, Rebecca Robinson 39th, Miranda Stoddart 70th and Rachel Smith 73rd.  The team was 5th.  The results are all the more impressive given that all the athletes are running in their first year for the senior team.

The men’s race comprised all three divisons and more than 700 runners.  Ollie Haradence was first home for the club in 33rd place.  The other 1st team scorers were Nick Corker (72nd), Mark Bridges (126th), Dave Long (127th), Russell Simpson (136th) and Simon Corker (152nd).  Great performances from the other runners with 20 people competing.  In particular, well done to Paul Davey, Matt Stenson, Subudh Dave, and Richard Lewis who were making their XC debuts (always good to pick a nice easy race for your debut!).  The team was 15th on the day.

The next race is on 1 December, with the men at Cofton Park and the women at Burbage Common (Hinckley).

The men’s results are available here.  The women’s results are available here.

A 6th place finish for our Junior Women was the highlight from a great day of racing at Berry Hill Park, Mansfield.  Well done to the team of Megan McBrien, Katie Ingle and Rebecca Robinson, and also to Rachel Smith and Miranda Stoddart who recorded great times as B team runners.

There were great performances from our other teams:

• U13 girls – 52nd (Lois West, Melissa Adkins, Rebecca Evans)
• U15 girls – 19th (Elemena Saunders, Georgia Curry, Laura Richardson).
• U17 women – 46th (Molly Rees, Elizabeth Ward, Lydia Sergiew)
• Senior men – 110th (Nick Corker, Russell Simpson, John Fletcher, Simon Ralph)

Also, congratulatons to Elemena Saunders – her time was the 9th fastest in the U15 girls race.  The full results are available here.  There is also lots of coverage of the event on the athleticos website here.

A welcome return to action for Laura Whittle at the McCain UK Cross Challenge at Bristol on Sunday. 
In her first competitive run for over 12 months Laura finished in 11th place. 

Closer to home we had a number of runners in action at the Cinderpath Run in Sutton Park. 
Nick Corker won the race in a time of  34’32 with Chris Taylor finishing in a closely fought 8th place. 
Other runners competing included Mike Stanley and Bunny Kyd.
Full results are available here.

Well done to all our runners who competed in the Birmingham Half Marathon today.  The first runner home for the club was Russell Simpson who finished in in 1.17.56 (knocking 34 seconds off his PB and getting himself on TV in the process).  The results of all the runners are below:

• David Bowen – 1.25.28
• Stewart Deeming – 1.34.23
• Clive Hackforth – 1.25.50
• Jason Hughes – 2.04.09
• Chris Jennings – 1.57.57
• Matthew Lumley – 1.35.35
• John Mills – 2.16.27
• Mark Rickards – 1.26.33
• Tamara Savage – 3.19.54
• Kevin Sharkey – 1.28.52
• Russell Simpson – 1.17.56
• Shiran Yakobi – 1.55.32

A number of our U11s, U13s and U15s were in action at a “noisy” Stockland Green Community Leisure Centre last Friday.  Everyone ran, jumped, threw and bounced brilliantly.  The results are available here.  The next fixture takes place on 2 November.