Black & Gold – weekend race report

11 September 2017 - By Steve Hennings

If I’ve missed anyone or any PBs please let me know

Jungfrau (don’t ask me to pronounce it) Mountain Marathon

There always appears to be one WRC member off doing something a bit extreme. Ross Henderson was this week’s, taking on the Jungfrau Marathon in the Swiss Alps. I’ll leave you to Google it, but in essence you run a trail marathon up a mountain. With over 1800m of climbing this is a race for mountain goats, with Ross completing it in an impressive 04:42:38.

Essex Cross Country Series – Final Race

On flatter ground it was the last of the 5 race Cross Country series was held at Weald Park over a tough 10k on Saturday.
Gerry Greenwold finished in 00:52:01; and, Victoria Levine, having completed all 5 races in the series, finished in a time of 01:08:29
Great North Run

Up on Tyneside we had three members running.

If you stalk him on Strava, you’ll have noticed Mark Finbow’s strong form recently and that was shown with a time of 01:22:40, which we mortals only dream of achieving!

John Barrett completed the course in a time of 01:58:11; and, Louise Pascoe completed the 1^st of 3 back to back half-marathons, finishing in a time of 02:10:47. Tune in next week for the results of her trip to the Bristol half.

 

Sweat & Stour 8 mile trail race

It was couples day at the Sweat & Stour with Tony & Brigid Wallen; and, Andy White & Sue Smith representing the club

Place	Name	Time
20	Brigid Wallen	01:23:28
21	Tony Wallen	01:23:30
31	Andy White	01:37:19
32	Sue Smith	01:37:21

 

Langham 10k

And that just leaves Langham! Apparently the first recorded case of “Mass Hysteria Race Entry” within an Essex running club – we had over 40 club members running.

3^rd lady home was Liz Stuckey (who was downplaying her chances on the start line!) and defying the march of time was our own “Benjamin Button” Mark Austin who was 1^st male over 60, along with another PB!

There were a huge bunch of PBs across the runners as you can see below, and a special mention goes out to all the first timers for the club racing in their Witham vests for the first time. Black & Gold!

• denotes 1st time in a Witham RC vest!

Position	First	Surname	Cat	Actualtime
14	Chris	Martin	MO	00:36:50.10	PB
17	David	Hunt	MO	00:37:09.28	PB
19	Heydon	Mizon	M40	00:37:36.33	PB
24	Scott	Darney	MO	00:38:32.69	PB
29	Leo	Cole	M50	00:39:04.15
33	Giles	Sowerby	MO	00:39:24.98	PB
35	Pete	Riley	M45	00:39:27.75
37	Owen	Dare	M50	00:39:40.10	PB
55	Mark	Austin	M60	00:41:16.23	PB
72	Paul	English	MO	00:42:37.89	PB
78	Simon	Scott	M50	00:43:03.17
85	Steven	Watson	MO	00:43:17.89
88	Paul	Thomas	M40	00:43:27.54	PB
94	Liz	Stuckey	F40	00:43:43.27
116	Bill	Smythe	M45	00:44:42.05
137	Steve	Hennings	M50	00:45:49.91	PB
166	Gerry	Greenwold	M50	00:47:21.51
171	Shawn	Beckerleg	M40	00:47:28.58
187	Lee	Blake	M50	00:48:11.20	PB
196	Michelle	English	FO	00:48:17.80
204	Danny	Connor	MO	00:48:33.88	PB
209	Rebecca	Booty	FO	00:48:42.12	PB
230	Dave	Jobling	M60	00:49:24.86
248	Thomas	Ashley	MO	00:50:07.47
264	Tanya	Nash	FO	00:50:32.75
268	Carina	Taylor	F40	00:50:53.69
273	Colin	Short	M65	00:51:08.03
335	David	Grainger	M50	00:53:41.70	PB
340	John	Lloyd	M45	00:53:53.39	PB*
356	Becky	Grimwood	FO	00:54:56.60
385	Tracey	Denby	F50	00:56:17.63	PB
398	Sylvia	Bullen-Bell	F50	00:56:35.41	PB*
406	Fay	Hunt	FO	00:56:59.73	PB*
460	Sue	Shippey	F45	00:59:15.96
468	Karen	Flowers	F45	00:59:36.00
471	Emma	Sweeney	FO	00:59:48.94
472	Sasha	Rush	FO	00:59:54.39
529	Martina	Byrne	F50	01:02:35.62
549	Christine	Wager	FO	01:03:54.30	PB*
613	Hillary	Curtis	F55	01:08:04.14	PB*
638	JoJo	Lakin	F40	01:10:19.31	PB*
639	Charlotte	Moore	F45	01:10:19.37	PB*