This weekend was a hive of running and racing activity for most PWR’s in some way or another. Many PWR’s chose to attend parkrun but numbers were down slightly due to the number of races this Sunday. Bromley parkrun is now back for the foreseeable future, the park has dried out and while there is no catering this seemed to be a popular choice. PWR’s also ventured to Orpington and Greenwich and Rachelle Grant held the PWR flag high in Australia at her new home parkrun in Brisbane. Clearly the break from running at Bromley has had an impact on our fitness, as Nicholas Philpot, John O’Toole, Lucy Coe, Clare Fisher and Viral Tanna all set new PB’s in the glorious sunshine. This was the 2nd week in a row for PB's for Viral Tanna and John O Toole. Will they both make it three in a row?? Bromley parkrun 13 Oliver HITCH 00:19:21 20 Tim SPRINGETT 00:19:52 23 Gary VAUGHAN 00:20:01 30 David MASON 00:20:56 50 Kathryn SUCKLING 00:21:47 56 Murat ASKIN 00:21:56 70 Viral TANNA 00:22:32 NEW PB 76 Stephen FAULKNER 00:22:49 80 Sian VAUGHAN 00:22:57 94 Robert Scott WHITE 00:23:26 100 Jon AITKEN DYTE 00:23:44 108 James ROBERTS 00:23:56 144 Alex NEOCLEOUS 00:25:34 149 Vera SIMMS 00:25:48 156 David ALLISON 00:25:57 165 Chris SUMMERS 00:26:21 188 Matt JONES 00:27:14 193 John O'TOOLE 00:27:23 NEW PB 195 Jonathan BOTTOMER 00:27:29 199 Clare FISHER 00:27:56 NEW PB 205 Emma HAY 00:28:05 213 Nicholas PHILPOT 00:28:43 NEW PB 214 Robyn STUBBS 00:28:51 220 Susan HANNEY 00:29:15 221 Helena BROADWAY 00:29:15 236 Lucy COE 00:30:05 NEW PB 258 Victoria SIMPSON 00:32:04 264 Dawn DREWETT 00:32:29 281 Joanne ADAMS 00:34:44 Greenwich parkrun 11 Rob LAING 00:20:36 50 Sonja LAING 00:24:49 94 Richard LAING 00:31:18 Orpington Parkrun 11 Andrew BREESE 00:21:16 15 George HOWELL 00:22:40 35 Ka Sing TUNG 00:26:00 46 Fiona ABIOLA-MUSA 00:28:20 61 Wendy TUNG 00:30:54 Bunyaville parkrun 73 Rachelle GRANT 00:35:14 There was a choice of events for Sunday, either the Spitfire 20 for those of you in marathon training mode, or the lesser distance Swanley KFL or Grand Prix Knole Park 10k. David Mason travelled to WImbledon to run the Wimbledon Common half marathon and Adele Murrell, John O'Toole and Richard Allen sped round the hills of the Crystal Palace 10k. The sun came out for all events and there were club records smashed, brilliant team results for KFL and lots of friendly competition at the Grand Prix. Well done to everyone who ran on Sunday. Wimbledon Common Half Marathon 86 David Mason Msen 01:37:35 Crystal Palace Wrap up and Run 10k Adele Murrell 59:18 John O'Toole 59:02 Richard Allen 1:02:33 Spitfire 20 63 Oliver Hitch MenV40 2:23:10 NEW CLUB RECORD 68 Johnny Gill MenV50 02:24:04 NEW CLUB RECORD 182 Steve Jeffrey Men V40 02:39:40 198 Geraldine Schaer LadiesV45 02:40:41 NEW CLUB RECORD 218 Bill Middleton MenV40 02:43:10 234 Jane Branch Ladies V35 02:44:27 NEW CLUB RECORD 249 Jenny Leng Ladies V45 02:46:38 289 Robert Fisher Senior Men 02:50:03 320 James Gibson MenV40 02:54:03 443 David Fordyce Senior Men 03:04:44 462 Justin Laurence Men V40 03:06:53 614 Max Haycocks Men V50 03:25:00 631 Emma Atkins Ladies V35 03:26:54 632 Yolanda Arias Martinez Ladies V35 03:26:53 699 Helena Broadway Ladies V45 03:26:53 711 Michael Maxted Senior Men 03:44:11 Sevenoaks Rotary 10k 36 John Perkins M50 00:44:39 63 Andrew Breese M40 00:47:00 78 Stephen Faulkner M40 00:47:28 105 Daniel Budgen SM 00:49:14 120 Anthony Bevan M50 :00:50:15 228 David Berry SM 00:55:25 249 Della Harris W35 00:56:40 252 Victoria Clifford SW 00:57:34 257 David Allison M40 00:57:03 269 Matt Jones M40 00:58:04 291 Helen Hart W45 00:58:37 313 Clare Fisher W35 00:59:46 317 Ruth Osatch W45 01:00:00 353 Richard Dunstan 01:02:06 406 Debbie McKenzie 01:09:11 Kent Fitness League Swanley
Simon Dahdi 31:46 Simon Bryant 31:49 Oliver Porritt 32:50 Grant Fripp 33:06 Simon Fox 33:24 Alan Niblock 33:54 Jamie Fernandes 34:51 Hannah Roberts 36:10 Tim Springett 36:19 Kieran Turner 36:27 Matt Sellwood 36:52 John Gurney 37:05 Rob White 39:40 Helen Neocleous 41:59 Laura Stables 43:44 Shawn Ward 44:36 Orla Weston 57:06
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There was a massive jump in parkrun activity this weekend with the return of Bromley parkrun after months of cancellations due to flooding. We were represented also at Cambridge, Dulwich, Orpington, Hilly Fields and Shorne Woods. There were PB’s for Jonathan Bottomer, Viral Tanna, John O’ Toole, Sacha Townsend, Steven Faulkner, Johnny Gill, Alan Niblock, Ka Sing Tung and Richard Laing.
Bromley parkrun 14 Gary VAUGHAN 00:20:24 17 Stuart J SCOTT 00:20:43 18 David MASON 00:20:46 21 Hannah ROBERTS 00:20:58 28 Jonathan BOTTOMER 00:21:35 NEW PB 33 Murat ASKIN 00:21:43 39 Kieran Richard TURNER 00:21:59 43 Kathryn SUCKLING 00:22:09 48 George HOWELL 00:22:26 56 Viral TANNA 00:22:44 NEW PB 64 Martin CUNNINGHAM 00:23:05 69 Jenny LENG 00:23:16 96 Christian TURNER 00:24:25 115 Jon AITKEN DYTE 00:24:57 116 Presheena HOWELL 00:24:58 132 Emily BARBER 00:25:54 136 Chris SUMMERS 00:26:05 144 David ALLISON 00:26:33 167 John O'TOOLE 00:27:42 NEW PB 171 Mark DOYLE 00:27:54 183 Emma HAY 00:28:31 190 Sacha TOWNSEND 00:28:57 NEW PB 214 Fiona ABIOLA-MUSA 00:30:37 231 Dawn DREWETT 00:33:12 240 Joanne ADAMS 00:35:39 247 Donna CARROLL 00:38:32 Cambridge parkrun 3 Brian O'CONNOR 00:17:46 142 Ray SIEVEY 00:26:23 Dulwich parkrun 40 Stephen FAULKNER 00:20:10 NEW PB 74 Robert Scott WHITE 00:22:27 Hilly Fields parkrun 45 Sigrid ROBSON 00:24:18 78 Matthew SELLWOOD 00:28:18 Orpington parkrun 6 Johnny GILL 00:19:49 NEW PB 7 Alan NIBLOCK 00:19:58 NEW PB 17 Andrew BREESE 00:21:41 39 Ka Sing TUNG 00:25:28 NEW PB 83 Paul MARSHALL 00:30:30 87 Wendy TUNG 00:31:04 99 Kemal BABAOGLU 00:33:27 Shorne Woods parkrun 7 Rob LAING 00:21:14 27 Sonja LAING 00:25:04 47 Richard LAING 00:29:11 NEW PB The main Sunday race was the Sidcup 10 which is known for a slightly boring, but flat and fairly fast route. 8 PWRs chose to take this on and some even included it in their marathon training. Simon Bryant took the new club record for M Senior 10 mile, breaking Brian O’Connor’s previous time of 01:00:39. Well done Simon! Brian meanwhile took on the Cambridge half marathon, this is a 2 lap super flat course through the city of Cambridge and finished well although he states he ‘has a lot of work to do before London!’ Sidcup 10 11 Simon Bryant MSen 60:13 NEW CLUB RECORD 38 Simon Dahdi Msen 64:57 49 Alan Niblock MVet 66:35 50 Martin Cunningham MV50 66:39 81 Mike Reeves MV 70:17 109 Lee Sweetlove Msen 73:57 133 Joanna Barton FV 76:26 310 Jonathan Bottomer MV 105:22 Cambridge Half Marathon Brian O’Connor Senior M 1:25:13 Spring and Spring Hill…
After the wettest winter on record, it seems that spring has finally sprung and the last couple of Tuesday club-runs have been rain-free. The road-running season has well and truly started with the first few half-marathons last weekend, conveniently nestling into the training plan of many PWRs preparing for the various spring marathons. More about those later… Parkrun Bromley parkrun has remained cancelled while Norman Park slowly recovers from the intense flooding it was subjected to, but the good news is that it may resume again this weekend – keep an eye on the Bromley parkrun Facebook page and Twitter account for updates. Fewer PWRs than usual did a parkrun last weekend. This may have something to do with a certain PWR Grand Prix half-marathon last Sunday. There were several new PBs this week, with Martin Cunningham and Helena Broadway having great runs at Dulwich. At Greenwich, it appears that Rob and Sonja Laing paced young Richard Laing to a new PB. At Orpington, Chris Summers and Paul Marshall also achieved PBs. Well done to all of you! Burgess parkrun: 12 Matt Jones 00:21:23 17 Jonathan Bottomer 00:21:53 48 David Allison 00:25:53 69 John O’Toole 00:27:30 Cambridge parkrun: 4 Brian O’Connor 00:17:49 Dulwich parkrun: 18 Martin Andrew Cunningham 00:19:07 – New PB! 77 Viral Tanna 00:22:51 164 Helena Broadway 00:28:25 – New PB! Greenwich parkrun: 97 Richard Laing 00:29:19 – New PB! 98 Sonja Laing 00:29:21 99 Rob Laing 00:29:22 Orpington parkrun: 5 Johnny Gill 00:20:10 21 Alan Niblock 00:22:59 50 Jeremy Benson 00:27:07 51 Chris Summers 00:27:13 – New PB! 67 Lizzie Howells 00:29:53 69 Paul Marshall 00:30:16 – New PB! Half Marathon Bonanza! The main event for many PWRs this weekend was Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon on Sunday, 2nd March. It has been a popular race for several years and this year’s event did not disappoint. Organisation, marshalling and support were all excellent, and apart from a stiff breeze greeting you at the top of Spring Hill, the weather played ball, too. Every runner was given a luminously yellow long-sleeved technical shirt before the start, something that will ensure you are spotted on the road day and night. Over 1,600 runners completed the race, including 48 PWRs, for many of whom the race formed part of the club’s Grand Prix competition. Now, the Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon course could for most part be described as gently undulating. However, there is one infamous hill plonked right in the middle, around mile 6. It has a gentle-sounding name of Spring Hill but it’s anything but gentle with over a mile of continuous steep-ish to steep incline. Every runner has their own way of tackling the hill but one good sign that you’re near the top is the sound of the drum-beat from the percussion band stationed there. It’s a very welcome sound! Apart from this, many spectators helped to keep runners’ sugar levels up with jelly-babies and orange slices. The beat of a percussion band that initially got the runners into a rhythm at the start and later near the end also helped to keep spirits up. The results at the top are a little confusing but the first 3 male finishers were Simon Fox, who hadn’t officially entered as a PWR but definitely is one now, with a time of 1:19:28, Simon Bryant with 1:25:54 and Stephen Robson with 1:28:33. The first 3 female finishers were Geraldine Shaer with a time of 1:34:26, Rebecca Cawley with 1:36:28 followed closely by Jenny Leng with 1:36:30. Rebecca and Jenny ran the race together but their competitive sides got the better of them at the end… Geraldine, Rebecca and Jenny won 3rd prize in the female team competition, and Geraldine won a prize for being the 3rd lady in her age group. Geraldine equalled her finishing time from last year’s half marathon to the second, and she won exactly the same prizes as she did last year, too. That’s consistency for you! Both Rebecca and Jenny achieved half marathon PBs, which is impressive given the challenging nature of the course. A big well done to everyone who completed the race, particularly to the leading male and female finishers and prize winners. A great result for the club! A list of all 48! PWRs and their results can be found here Two other PWRs travelled west to complete the Reading Half Marathon on Sunday – another popular and well-attended event. Tim Springett and his son, Mike, both achieved half marathon PBs of 1:32:22 and 1:40:13 respectively, so well done guys! Hopefully everyone will have recovered from post-race muscle soreness and fatigue by time this round-up is posted. It has been a great weekend for PWR. Onwards and upwards! |
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