Southend Half and Felsted 10k report

11 July 2017 - By Steve Hennings

Sunday saw two regular races in the WRC calendar, but perhaps the hot & humid weather along with the close proximity to the Great Bentley 5 on Friday night kept overall club numbers down.

The Southend Half Marathon was a club champs race, but only 3 club members raced in the sticky conditions. Giles Sowerby continues to channel Forrest Gump and just keep on running – despite having just completed 4 back to back marathons just a week or so ago he was back out there!!

Place	First Name	Last Name	Chip Time	Age Group
50	Giles	Sowerby	01:28:17	MSEN
657	Nik	Bainbridge	01:57:17	M45
1312	Haydeh	Safavi	02:18:18	F50

Also on Sunday was the Felsted 10k – described by some as a possible PB course, personally I’ve always found it hot, sticky and hellish – this year was no exception but the humidity was thankfully a little lower.

Following on from his recent Silver Medal at the county 10k, Mark Austin managed to trim another minute off his time of last year to come in 2nd place in his age category again. Angela Manley also put in a great effort on her road to running recovery, also posting a great 2nd place for her age group. The rest us? We were just glad when it was over, but we did get a nice mug!!

Place	First Name	Last Name	Chip Time	Age Group Place
45	Mark	Austin	42:34:00	2 M 60-69
106	Steve	Hennings	48:26:00	17 M 50-59
112	Thomas	Ashley	48:34:00	35 M 1-39
120	Angela	Manley	49:30:00	2 F 45-54
144	Nick	Manley	51:47:00	21 M 50-59
163	Anthony	Smith	52:55:00	25 M 50-59
223	Emma	Sweeney	58:42:00	30 F 35-44
268	Martina	Byrne	01:03:01	18 F 45-54