Weekend Race Results – just another average WRC weekend

9 September 2018 - By Steve Hennings

12 PBs, 1 Mens 1st MV40 Cat, 1 Mens 1st MV45 Cat and a Club Record thrown in for good measure.

Next Week is the Pleshey & Essex Half Marathon – based on some current form it is going to be a very exciting day out.

Saturday

Essex Cross Country Series – Weald Country Park

The last of the Essex Cross Country series was held in Weald Country Park, with Ross Silverton the only club member there finishing in 0:57:08 for his 1st race of the weekend.

Sunday

Tom’s Cairn 10k Trail Race

“What news from Scotland?” I hear you ask. Well according to David Stevens it is still raining, but that just made the Tom’s Cairn 10k Trail Race all the more exciting.

In essence there is a big hill called Tom’s Cairn above Finzean village (standing at around 300m – so a mere pimple in Scotland terms, but would be a monster in Essex) that a bunch of people run up and back down in a circular race. David came in 7th in 0:45:27, out of 92 finishers (and a long list of DNF’s)

Colchester Stampede Half Marathon

We had 4 members on the lookout for a cheeky monkey or 2, at this inaugural event. Sandy Karl got herself a PB for good measure.

Name	Time	Comment
Sandy Karl	01:57:49	PB
Liz Prior	02:16:38
Dawn Shilling	02:45:46
Penny Clarke	02:46:14

Harlow 10 miles

This can’t really be described as a flat course, but it is a good event which thankfully stays well away from the uglier parts of town. A  few people still came up and asked me if I knew Heydon Mizon, who apparently grew up there and was a bit of a tearaway in his time! 3 club members were running today:-

Name	Time	Comment
Steve Hennings	01:19:38
Martina Hennings	01:46:55
Kayleigh Karr	01:49:46

Palmer & Partners Langham 5k & 10k (Club Champs)

5K

Owen Dare, AKA The Terminator, who will just not be stopped until he achieves his goal finally broke the club 5k record for the 55-60 male age group smashing his PB to come home in 0:18:33

10k – Club Champs

Langham is the final 10k in the Club Champs calendar and is always competitive with plenty of PBs. I’ll let you scroll down through the long list of PB’s – some amazing running today folks. David Hunt and Pete Riley also first in their age groups.

Name	Time	Comment
David Hunt	00:36:14	PB & 1st MV40
Scott Darney	00:37:14	PB
Pete Riley	00:37:36	PB & 1st MV45
Giles Sowerby	00:39:27
Gavin Moore	00:40:59	PB
Simon Scott	00:41:51	SB
Kevin Harper	00:43:43
Paul English	00:44:00	SB
Mark Lynch	00:48:24
Graham Eyre	00:49:15
Thomas Ashley	00:49:31
Jason Lilley	00:50:18	PB
David Grainger	00:50:58	PB
Ben Miller	00:51:07	PB
Danny Connor	00:51:37
Colin Short	00:51:53
James Attenborough	00:52:41	PB
Ross Silverton	00:56:12
Sylvie Bullen-Bell	00:56:36
Sasha Rush	00:57:58
Sue Shippey	00:59:48
Aimee Brinzer	00:59:52
Julia Bacon	00:59:59
Karen Flowers	01:00:05
Beth Shippey	01:01:06	PB
Natalie Lilley	01:04:40	PB

The Green Man 7.5 & 4 mile Trail Race

Scott Darney, following his PB, thought he’d race again for his cool down! Go figure?

7.5 Mile	Time
Terry Alabaster	1:06:31
Jo Smythe	1:25:27
Bill Smythe	1:25:27
4 Mile	Time
Scott Darney	0:36:42

Welwyn Garden Half Marathon

Anthony Smith was in Welwyn today finishing in a time of 2:13:20