Road Runners Latest News 10/09/2010

05/09/2010  Bristol Half Marathon
Barry Wild ran today's Bristol half marathon, one of 10262 finishers on a hilly course, in the rain as well as a breeze.
The race was no breeze for Barry as he said 'it hurt lots'.
However, he recorded 1:28:00 to finish 350th. In such a large field, that's a very creditable placing.   Further Info


05/09/2010  Bedford 10k

2 club runners took part in the Bedford 10k which was being run for its 3rd year. The course was traffic free, following a cycle path from the Bedford International Athletic stadium out around Priory County Park.

The course was reported as quick and Sean Barker certainly proved that true with a new PB, smashing his previous time by 26 seconds and achieving his goal of getting under 39 minutes with a chip time of 38:56.

Wayne Gimblett was the second club member to compete with a time of 40:24.

Results:

19/293 Sean Barker 38:56 (PB)

42/293 Wayne Gimblett 40:24

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04/09/2010  Duathlon World Championships
Club member Paul Fullalove excelled in qualifying for the Duathlon World Championships which took place in Edinburgh today. His Triathlon Ironman training certainly helped to get him there.
Racing in a different class, Paul finished 410th overall out of 740 finishers (with several DNFs and DQs to add to that number). In his age category Paul finished 48th, recording 29:37 for the first run, 1:27:21 for the cycle and 26:03 in the second run for a total time of 2:36:22.   Further Info


04/09/2010  Cambridge Park Run 5k

Results:

2nd Hugo Hocknell 16:59 (PB)

3rd Dave Connell 17:01

9th Luke Scott 18:06 (PB)

12th Geoff Brewster 18:08

136th Louisa Sedgemore 26:57

(181 runners)

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30/08/2010  Peterborough City Games
As the season draws to a close, theres no let up by 17-year-old Jonathan Edwards in his pursuit of club records and athletics excellence. Jonathan won the Under 20 Mens discus and hammer throw events, the latter by a huge 13 metres. In the one event he didnt win, the shot putt, Jonathan rose to the occasion against the 3rd and 13th best Junior shot putters in the land by adding an impressive 31 cms to his own club record (his 19th this season) with a distance of 14.46m. Out on the track, and after running in a 3000m race the day before, 14-year-old James Downing held on for the win in the Under 15 Boys 1500m.

Under 15 Girls: Katie Scholey 300 46.27 (4), 800m 2:32.36 (3), Long Jump 4.05 (6); Faye McLellan 1500m 5:49.50 (4)
Under 17 Women: Lucy Readman 100m 13.52 (3); Lily Seach 200m 27.61 (4), 300m 44.28 (2)
Under 15 Boys: James Downing 1500m 4:44.04 (1)
Under 17 Men: Hakeem Duckworth-Porter 100m 11.64 (5), 200m 24.30 (6) 24.01ht; Tom Johnson 400m 55.78 (2); George Allen 2:13.87 (3)
Under 20 Men: Jonathan Edwards Shot Putt 14.46 (3) Club Record, Discus 42.05 (1), Hammer 54.89 (1)   Further Info


28/08/2010  Cambridge Park Run 5k

Results:

9th Geoff Brewster 18:29

17th Paul Fullalove 19:17

(152 runners)

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