Watford Half and several 10K's
This main focus of attention this weekend moved back to road racing with plenty of good competition, and PB’s aplenty despite the incidence of hills and / or non ideal weather
Watford Half Marathon, 4 February
Gavin writes :
“ Andy Barnes was once again the first Heathsider home on a cold, blustery but dry Sunday. The hills on this one seem to get steeper by the year, but, surprising for Watford, the countryside makes up for it. At least 40 Heathsiders turned up (I say, ‘at least’ because I counted six who, for reasons unknown, were not listed as Heathsiders, and there may have been more I missed).
Andy cruised it in 1:19:15 to put him in 35th place out of 1,875 finishers. He was followed by Joe Garrood and Michael Cockings, who surged, lagged, and surged again to pass first me and then Jake for a PB. Jake also ran a PB.
Sara Black was the first Heathside woman in 1:32:20, followed by Liz Drake and Louisa Pointon. Between those two was Nick Dodd, who was the second V60. I was the third V50, Dominic Jackson was the sixth V50 and Sara was the seventh V35 woman. By the way, Dan Johns, in peak marathon training, did a six mile training run before Watford and then jogged it in 1:25:01.”
Results – 1,875 finishers ( pb’s assigned as per Power of 10 )
35 Andy Barnes 79.15
47 Joe Garrood 80.42
67 Michael Cockings 82.32 PB
69 Jake Spencer 82.52 PB
73 Gavin Evans 83.13 ( 3rd V50)
75 Paul Beale 83.21 PB
107 Daniel Johns 85.01
117 Natan Doron 85.32
120 Dominic Jackson 85.37
127 Alan Smith 86.06
131 Michael Tant 86.10
212 Mark Anderson 89.11
280 Liam Hazleton 91.46 PB
295 Sara Black 92.20 ( 7th FV35 )
296 William Whitaker 92.24
332 Marcus Tillotson 94.08
339 Jonathan Parker 94.00
349 Jonathan Powell 94.42
356 Matthew Beard 94.46
362 Pete Crockford 94.54
369 Tom Haworth 95.06 PB
392 Elizabeth Drake 96.16
394 Nick Dodd 96.15 PB ( 2nd V60 )
395 Louisa Pointon 96.18
435 Luka Melon 97.26 PB
489 Daniel Wrapson 99.01
490 Leo Pemberton 99.03
522 James Felstead 99.33
526 Hannah Stanforth 99.43
541 Tim Sander 1.40.24 PB
545 Edward Parker 1.40.31
614 Cathy Jeremiah 1.42.06
618 James Jeremiah 1.42.06
698 James Nicholls 1.44.09
731 Toby Eccleshall 1.44.53
777 Tom Hosking 1.46.00
791 Nilesh Goswami 1.46.36 PB
1345 Samantha Chapman 2.00.28 PB
1369 Rachel Scott Halls 2.00.11
1566 Claire Sliwerski 2.09.41
Regent’s Park 10K, 4 February
There were a smaller group of Heathsiders at the Regent’s Park 10K
Gabi writes : “ First Heathsider in was Chris Burke in 37:46 and first female Heathsider in was Karina Kaufmann in her Heathside debut (43:53) and an age group win for Emilia Vynnycky”.
8 Chris Burke 37.46
34 Peter Ward 40.08
67 Karina Kauffman 43.53 ( 6th F )
77 Emilia Vynnycky 44.25 ( 1st FV 45 )
86 David Hallam 44.40
112 Tammela Platt 47.35
127 Gabrielle Johnson 49.00
158 Jo Irwin 51.55
Cancer Research UK London Winter Run, 4 February
A number of Heathsiders participated in the Cancer Research London Winter 10K, Josie Hinton and Jonathan Shipley both sent in reports ( and ran PB’s )
Josie writes : “It was a flat and fast course through central London, starting from Trafalgar Square and finishing on Whitehall (complete with high fiving polar bears and fake snow). I was really pleased with a new pb of 37:56 and third lady”.
Jonathan added : “very wintery Winter Run . Very pleased with my PB, which is definitely attributable to Jacob’s Tuesday night track sessions"
42nd Jonathan Shipley 36.39 PB
72nd Josie Hinton 37.56 PB ( 3rd F )
86th Sam Duke 38.14
536th Lucie Mauger 42.57
Emily Reichert 44.43
Claire Thornhill 45.54
Katie Belkin 47.10
Elizabeth Roberts 48.54
Romilly Greenhill 54.46
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 10K, 3 February
“ very slick race organising” posted Jacob
15th Henry Turner 37.44
24th Jacob Howe 39.07
Herefordshire Cross Country League, Presteigne, 4 February
Louise Le Ray won the medal for the first V50 woman in the Herefordshire Cross Country League
12th Louise Le Ray 34.30
Parkruns 3 February
There were the usual wide group of venues and large numbers of runners,highlights include a 1- 2 for Charles Hardy and Richard Macaulay at Grovelands, 1st place finishes for Olivia Desborough and Rebecca Bunting at Highbury and Worthing respectively, 2nd for Rose Garrett at Oak Hill, 3rd for Joe McKeown at Finsbury Park, and a 100th Park run for Henry Hamilton Gould
http://www.parkrun.com/results/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=2017