Results 8/3/26

10 March 2026 - By Natalie Lilley

A busy weekend, with lots of races, and lots of lovely results submissions, thank you.

 

Colchester Half Marathon

This was a popular fixture, being a Club Champs race and also a race where WRC provides pacers. Well done to our pacers, and some fantastic performances from our racers, including club records for Rachel Rising (by 7 minutes!!) and Graham Eyre (breaking his own record), and a bunch of PBs.

 

POS	NAME	CHIP TIME	comments
50	Steven Wherrett	01:21:11
58	Chris Pugh	01:22:05
75	Jamie Davidson	01:23:26
93	Rachel Rising	01:25:03	2nd female & club record!
145	Harry Solomon	01:28:12
338	Ian Cuthbert	01:35:21	Pacing 1:35
376	Andy Notley	01:35:36
494	Georgia Blofeld	01:39:04	PB
517	Jamie Light	01:39:25
529	Dean Whittaker	01:39:33
530	Simon Scott	01:39:50	SB & Gold Standard
715	Adam Regan	01:43:58	Pacing 1:45
945	Graham Eyre	01:48:11	PB & club record!
1098	Glen Waller	01:50:44	PB
1165	Adam Hocken	01:51:49
	Claire Lucas	01:52:33
1272	Anne Radovcic	01:54:18	Pacing 1:55
1273	James Attenborough	01:54:21	Pacing 1:55
1469	Tanya Cregan	01:56:53
1630	James Montgomery	01:59:19
1994	Beth Pullen	02:08:28
2067	Liz Atkinson	02:10:07	Pacing 2:10
2102	David O’Brien	02:09:43
2262	Lisa Leader	02:14:39	Pacing 2:15
2263	Sian Tate	02:14:42	Pacing 2:15
	Samantha Kenny	02:17:05	PB
2406	Natasha Layley	02:18:50	PB
2561	Shane Ketteridge	02:23:19	Pacing 2:25
2562	Christine Israel-Jones	02:23:20	Pacing 2:25
2862	Craig Vernon	02:38:43	Pacing 2:30
2924	Jodee Mayer	02:44:53	Pacing 2:45

 

 

 

Cambridge Half Marathon

This fixture has attracted more runners in the past, but only 3 from WRC were there this weekend (possibly due to the clash with Colchester). Special mention to Angela Read, who beat her previous time on this course by 10 minutes!

Net Pos	Name	Chip Time	Comments
635	Samuel Hajder	01:24:14	PB
8410	Andrew Read	02:03:28
12031	Angela Read	02:26:01	Course PB, Bronze Standard

 

 

The Grizzly

Here’s the website description of this race: The Grizzly is a tough, mixed-terrain, springtime running race, which starts and finishes in the East Devon town of Seaton on a certain Sunday in March, and takes in the coast and hinterland of Beer and Branscombe. The near-20–mile course sends runners across pebble beaches and along lanes, roads, trails and tracks that cross cliffs and fields, go over some heartbreaking hills and pass through woods, thigh-deep bogs, at least one river and a pub garden

If you want the short version, I watched a FB video of part of it and felt my calves cramping up and wanted to cry.

Terry Alabaster decided that this looked like fun, and completed the course in 4:32:56. Terry’s whereabouts are still unknown

 

Lisbon Half Marathon

Lee Tooey was representing WRC in the Lisbon Half, where he finished in 1:45:19, just a few places behind the new world record holder Jacob Kiplimo, who finished in 57:20!

 

Athens Half Marathon

Stamatios Katsimis travelled to the hopefully warmer Athens HM where he landed a PB of 1:35:20 – well done Stam!

 

Great Welsh Marathon

Michael Higgins travelled to the Llanelli coastline, where he bagged a marathon PB in the impressive time of 3:12:05. Well done!