Folks,

Don't forget the the PWR Christmas Party is being held on Saturday 23rd November in the Daylight Inn from 7.30pm.

A chance to hydrate with a pint or glass or two and perform some stretching whilst dancing 'Gangnam' style.

£10 entrance, pay on the door.  You will receive a glass of fizz and a raffle ticket on entry.

We would like to gauge interest if a group of volunteers would like to help put together a cold buffet. You will of course be re-imbursed for any costs. (No Smoked Salmon or Quails eggs required) 

If interested, please let Jonathan know by the end of this week.

Also, if anybody has any photos of any PWR's taken this year, please can you e-mail them to me

Cheers

Ray

Bromley parkrun continues to be the location of choice for most of the club runners on a Saturday morning- I suspect because most PWR's are chasing their fastest parkrun time at any event as part of the October Grand Prix. Some runners ventured to Dulwich, known for its very flat and fast 3 lap course, and we had representation at Orpington, Brockenhurst, Bexley, Greenwich and Orpington also. Look out for the updated Grand Prix standings later on in the week where you can work out who to trip up on the start line. I mean, who to beat.  PB's this week for Jane Branch, Neil Baynes and Yolanda Martinez. 

Bexley parkrun
14 Jane BRANCH 00:22:16    PB

Brockenhurst parkrun
8 Matt JONES 00:21:01    
 
Bromley parkrun
16 Alan NIBLOCK 00:19:42    
22 Oliver HITCH 00:19:59    
31 Stuart J SCOTT 00:20:26    
33 Andrew BREESE 00:20:32    
48 Neil BAYNES 00:21:10 PB 
54 Mark BURGESS 00:21:21    
64 Christian TURNER 00:21:33    
68 Jenny LENG 00:21:45    
104 Daniel BUGDEN 00:22:40    
187 Chris SUMMERS 00:25:12    
194 Yolanda ARIAS MARTINEZ 00:25:40    PB
 201 Ellen CHARMAN 00:25:50    
 205 Fiona ABIOLA-MUSA 00:25:56    
 209 Jon AITKEN DYTE 00:26:01    
 226 Toni CROW 00:26:30    
 229 Julia GLASS 00:26:33    
 236 Della HARRIS 00:26:56    
 237 Ruth OSATCH 00:26:57    
 257 Louise NORRIS 00:28:04    
 272 David ALLISON 00:28:43    
 281 Robyn STUBBS 00:29:01    
 282 Helen HART 00:29:04    
 296 Jonathan DEAN 00:29:27    
 303 Moy MCGOWAN 00:29:40    
 347 Dawn DREWETT 00:33:04    
 365 Donna CARROLL 00:35:09    
 367 Joanna GAMBELL 00:35:56    
 369 Janet VINCENT 00:35:57    
 
Dulwich parkrun
34 Paula DIMOND 00:22:34    
44 Sigrid ROBSON 00:23:13    
52 Alison MACOWAN 00:23:48    
 
Greenwich parkrun
92 Debbie MCKENZIE 00:32:39    
 
 Orpington parkrun
18 Karen BARRITT 00:24:02    
33 Ka Sing TUNG 00:25:55    
 60 Janet LITTLEJOHN 00:28:36    
 69 Wendy TUNG 00:29:55

Only a few races to report for Sunday, many of us decided to attend the first race of the Kent Fitness League in Knole Park in Sevenoaks. This was a tough 5.6 mile course and many of us were reminded of the difference cross country running makes to your fitness- I certainly found muscles that hadn't ached before!
5 members decided to venture over to Twickenham to run the Cabbage Patch 10 miler, Johnny Gill managed a new PB and set a new club record. All without a functioning Garmin! Phil Morley broke his own club record in the Amsterdam marathon and Steve Jeffrey took part in the first running of the York Marathon despite injury and lack of training in the run up to the event did a time that he describes as a personal worst but the rest of us think is still brilliant!

Kent Fitness League- Knole Park, Sevenoaks

Simon Bryant  36:40  
Stephen Robson 39:05 
Jamie Fernandes  39:25 
Grant Fripp   39:33 
Stuart Scott  39:51 
David Moon  40:16 
John  Gurney   40:45  
Martin Cunningham 41:04 
Chris Turner 41:47 
David Latimer 43:05 
Emma Crawford  43:06 
Kieran Turner 43:15 
Jenny  Leng 44:53 
Kevin  Castle 45:24 
Rob White 45:41 
Shawn Ward 48:24 
Mike Reeves 48:52 
Sigrid Robson 49:00 
Karien Esterhuyse 51:23 
David Allison  52:14 
Ray Sievey 52:31 
Emma Graham  58:31 
Sherry Bevan 1:05:52 
Jo Gambell 1:07:45 

Cabbage Patch 10 Miler
139  01:04:58 John Gill Petts Wood Runners Men 50-59 PB & New Club Record
663  01:21:21  Wendy Everest  Petts Wood Runners Ladies 45-54
 664 01:21:25 Jackie York Petts Wood Runners Ladies 45-54
1139  01:33:00  Vera Simms  Petts Wood Runners  Ladies 45-54
1174  01:34:01 Tim Wilcox  Petts Wood Runners  Men 50-59  
   
York Marathon
3:48:24  Steve Jeffrey (M) 45-54
 
Amsterdam Marathon
Philip Morley  Petts Wood 3:32:29 New PB and New Club Record

Jerry Smallwood donned the union jack shorts for another ultra run- this time at the Caesars Camp Endurance run where he did an amazing 30miles in 7hours 41 mins. Respect!

Link to the results can now be found via here

Thankfully for this report writer, this week was much easier to summarise the running and racing activities of PWR given things were much quieter. Autumn is definitely now here, and this marks the end of a summer of long distance racing for many of our club members. I think it is brilliant to look back and see all that we have achieved over the last few months, with many members breaking club records, getting new PB's and of course completing new distances for the first time. Well done everyone, you should be very proud of yourselves. Now with Autumn upon us, cross country season starts with the Kent Fitness League this weekend. And I'm sure Bromley parkrun will turn into a mudbath before long, perhaps making it necessary to return to the 'widdershins' winter route!

Talking of parkruns, we still had a fair few members turn up to get their 9am running fix. Clearly, the rest of us need to get hold of whatever Andrew Breese is eating for breakfast- he has set 6 new PB's over his last 7 parkruns and is almost sub 20 mins. Well done Andrew. There were also PB's for James Macdonald, Debbie MacKenzie and Paula Dimond. Paula is up to 25 parkruns- starting out at a time of 30 minutes and she is now  on her way to sub 22. There's hope for the rest of us then! Johnny Gill took a trip to Dulwich for the first time and the Laing family returned to Shorne Woods to try out the run there for a second time.

Bromley parkrun
4 Grant FRIPP 00:19:10    
5 Stuart J SCOTT 00:19:12    
10 Alan NIBLOCK 00:19:31    
13 Gary VAUGHAN 00:19:42    
23 Andrew BREESE 00:20:13    PB
36 Matt JONES 00:21:02    
37 Martin Andrew CUNNINGHAM 00:21:02    
39 Rebecca CAWLEY 00:21:14    
46 Mark BURGESS 00:21:36    
51 Kathryn Louise SUCKLING 00:21:44    
64 James MACDONALD 00:22:17    PB
66 Paula DIMOND 00:22:26    PB
71 Jenny LENG 00:22:31    
137 Ray SIEVEY 00:24:41    
155 Natalie COMPTON 00:25:30    
160 Fiona ABIOLA-MUSA 00:25:39    
184 Emily BARBER 00:26:29    
193 David SIMPSON 00:26:43    
194 Mark DOYLE 00:26:44    
195 Della HARRIS 00:26:44    
196 David ALLISON 00:26:45    
199 Kenny SHARP 00:26:50    
230 Helen HART 00:28:42    
241 Susan Louise HANNEY 00:29:00    
246 Robyn STUBBS 00:29:15    
267 Debbie MCKENZIE 00:30:55 PB 
303 Helen NEOCLEOUS 00:35:51

Dulwich parkrun
13 Johnny GILL 00:19:04    
37 Stephen FAULKNER 00:21:00 PB

Hilly Fields parkrun
33 Sigrid ROBSON 00:24:08

Orpington parkrun
23 Ka Sing TUNG 00:25:57    
39 Janet LITTLEJOHN 00:29:15

Shorne Woods parkrun
4 Rob LAING 00:21:28    
20 Sonja LAING 00:24:42    
48 Richard LAING 00:35:38

Sunday's racing was very quiet. Most probably because almost all of us were having a great time standing in the torrential rain in and around Petts Wood for our 10k. Despite the terrible weather, I think a great time was had by runners and volunteers alike. It certainly showed the true sprit of our club and I'm looking forward to next year already.

Just one lone racer to report- Emma Hay took on the half marathon distance for the first time at the Maidstone Half marathon. Despite saying to me on Saturday that she would be lucky to get round in 2 and a half hours, she finished in a great time. Well done Emma!

Maidstone Half Marathon
332  Emma Hay   2:17:02

This week’s instalment of the weekly results round up is much longer than usual.  Lots of PWRs had decided to race this weekend and our facebook page was a hive of activity. This results reporter would like to request a much quieter weekend next week. Or my brain might explode.

To start with Saturday, a huge amount of us turned up at Bromley parkrun. It was pacer week and clearly the thought of a new PB, in addition to the start of the parkrun Grand Prix month, got lots of us out of bed. Petts Wood Runners accounted for just fewer than 10% of the total runners on Saturday and it is great to see
month on month our runners donning the pacer vests to help other runners.  Andrew Breese, John Aitken Dyte got PB’s at Bromley, Jane Branch at Bexley, Wendy Tung at Orpington and Stu Mackenzie at Greenwich. There was also a bit  of parkrun tourism by the Laing family at Shorne Woods, Toni Crow at Brighton and Emma Coakley at Preston Park.

Bexley parkrun
14 Jane BRANCH 00:22:19 PB 
 
 Brighton & Hove parkrun
230 Toni CROW 00:26:50 
 
Bromley parkrun
1 Brian O'CONNOR 00:17:19 
3 Simon BRYANT 00:18:43
13 Michael REEVES 00:19:50
14 Grant FRIPP 00:19:52 
16 Oliver HITCH 00:19:53
19 Stuart J SCOTT 00:20:16
21 Michael ROUGHTON 00:20:22
30 Andrew BREESE 00:20:53 PB
32 Rebecca CAWLEY 00:21:00
41 Martin Andrew CUNNINGHAM 00:21:26
48 Jenny LENG 00:21:40
93 James MACDONALD 00:23:05 
 101 Karen BARRITT 00:23:16
137 Alison MACOWAN 00:24:29
139 Jon AITKEN DYTE 00:24:31 PB
157 Ray SIEVEY 00:25:01 
178 Natalie COMPTON 00:25:35
192 Della HARRIS 00:26:25
203 David SIMPSON 00:26:49
213 Emma HAY 00:27:02
246 Fiona ABIOLA-MUSA 00:28:24
247 Susan Louise HANNEY 00:28:26
275 Anne DUNSTAN 00:29:23 
293 Matthew William SELLWOOD 00:29:56  
307 Joanna GAMBELL 00:30:42 
313 Katherine WALKER 00:31:06
340 Matt JONES 00:33:22
351 Dawn DREWETT 00:34:36  
 355 Donna CARROLL 00:35:00
365 Jayne JONES 00:36:12
366 Janet VINCENT 00:36:18

Greenwich parkrun
12 Stu MCKENZIE 00:21:25 PB

Hilly Fields parkrun
6 Stephen ROBSON 00:20:29
26 Sigrid ROBSON 00:24:05 
 
 Orpington parkrun
31 Ka Sing TUNG 00:26:07
52 Wendy TUNG 00:28:49 PB

Preston Park parkrun
142 Emma COAKLEY 00:27:46 

Shorne Woods parkrun
5 Rob LAING 00:21:12 
22 Sonja LAING 00:24:51 
45 Richard LAING 00:34:08

Grand Prix standings after 1 parkrun:
If you didn't already know, October's Grand Prix is your best time at any parkrun during the month. Natalie Compton has calculated the standings so far- the people above you are the people to beat. 

Group 8  (Handicap applied)
 Simon Bryant 00:16:26
Oliver Hitch 00:17:01
Brian O'Connor 00:17:19
Stephen Robson 00:17:58
Grant Fripp 00:18:03

Group 7
Mike Reeves 00:19:50
Rob Laing 00:21:12
Matthew Sellwood 00:29:56
  
Group 6
Andrew Breese 00:20:53
Rebecca Cawley 00:21:00
Jenny Leng 00:21:40
Sigrid Robson 00:24:05
Matt Jones 00:33:22

Group 5
James McDonald 00:23:05
Karen
Barritt 00:23:16
Ray Sievey 0:25:01

Group 4
 Alison MacOwen 00:24:29
Sonja Laing
00:24:51

Group 3
Natalie Compton 00:25:35
David Simpson 00:26:49
Emma Hay 00:27:02

Group 2
Sue Hanney 00:28:26
Anne Dunstan 00:29:23
Joanna Gambell 00:30:42

Group 1
Jayne Jones 00:36:12
Janet Vincent 00:36:18
Donna  Carroll (-2mins 10k/-5 10  miles)
00:37:00

Right, so onto Sunday. PWR's were seen  racing far and wide, from Dulwich, to Chester, to Bournemouth and to Jersey. We  had members tackling the half marathon distance for the first time, new distance PB's, post injury PB's and a new addition to the ultra club. Here we go:

Titsey Trail 10k

32  45.00  ANDREW BREESE 
90  50.18  ROBERT WHITE

Dulwich 10k

125 50:42:00 Matt Jones
148 53:52:00 David Allison (Post injury PB)

Royal Parks Half Marathon
181  John Gill  1:27:47  New PB
607  Michael Roughton 1:34:01  New PB
6164   Natalie  Compton  1:56:09  New PB
9799   Mike Maxted 2:10:47  
10203  Julia  Glass  2:13:32  
10238  Fiona  Condron  2:04:08  
12503  Elizabeth  Romano  2:22:16  
 
Wimpole Half  Marathon
45 Paula Dimond  01:50

Jersey Marathon
249  4:27:25 Ellen Charman   
 
Bournemouth marathon 
1328  4:38:59   Andrew Stubbs

Chester Marathon 
2673  MATT SELLWOOD 03:32:45 New PB!
2275  PETER  EVES  04:28:42 New PB!

Royal Parks Ultra Marathon (50k)
Rob Blazye  5:24:00

As the title says, three new club records have been set

Johnny Gill now holds the 0/50 record for a Half Marathon with a time of 1:27:47 in the Royal Parks Half beating John Gurney’s 1:29:00 that he ran in Amsterdam last year

Brian O’Connor has lowered the Senior Marathon record with a time of 2:47:13 at Berlin beating his own (set in Derry only 3 months ago) record by a whopping 5 and a half minutes!

And to make amends for losing his Half Marathon record, John Gurney set a new O/50 record for the Marathon with a time of 3:14:49 also at Berlin beating Martin Cunningham’s Boston effort of 3:16:34

Tremendous times Gentlemen!

So Johnny Gill, I will happily celebrate with you and toast your achievement with that beer you still owe me ;-)

Ray

STOP PRESS - UPDATE

Sincere apologies to Geraldine Schaer who was omitted.  Geraldine managed to knock a couple of minutes of the club record she held for Half Marathon by completing the Ealing Half in 1:32:37.  Well done Geraldine!

This weekend lots of the usual faces were missing from their respective 'home' parkruns due to the club mass exodus to Berlin for the weekend. In spite of this, PWR still managed a pretty good showing of members in the results with Wendy Tung, Dan Budgen and Andrew Breese all getting new PBs. Andrew managed a PB at Bromley a fortnight ago and this weekend dipped under 21 minutes for the first time at Orpington- great parkrunning, Andrew!

Bromley parkrun
6  Stuart J SCOTT 19:06
11 Paul LENG 19:39
21 Matthew William SELLWOOD 20:08
45 Stu MCKENZIE 21:12
 57 Murat ASKIN 21:34
 72 Robert Scott WHITE 22:19
 74 Matt JONES 22:26
 80 Jenny LENG 22:37
 93 Martin Andrew CUNNINGHAM 22:59
 159 Jon AITKEN DYTE 25:08
 166 Natalie COMPTON 25:17
 186 Alison MACOWAN 26:03
 188 Paula DIMOND 26:04
 203 Fiona ABIOLA-MUSA 26:30
 217 Emma HAY 26:56
 233 Katherine WALKER 27:49
234  Robert BLAZYE 27:50
263  Jonathan DEAN 28:52
265  Wendy TUNG 28:53 PB
270  Helen HART 28:59
279  Susan Louise HANNEY 29:18
305  David ALLISON  30:10

Bexley parkrun
22 Jane BRANCH 00:22:43

Dulwich parkrun 
38 Daniel BUGDEN 00:20:02  PB
 
Orpington parkrun 
19 Andrew BREESE 00:20:58 PB
68 Janet LITTLEJOHN 00:28:37

The big event and the culmination of months and months of training in the hotter than usual weather for 13 club members was Sunday's Berlin Marathon. Lots of PBs to be had and a couple of club records broken I think... It was a real shame to hear that Laura Stables was poorly and didn't manage to finish. Luckily she had Karen Barritt to look after her en route. Next time Laura! 

Berlin Marathon
» O'Connor, Brian    02:47:13 PB
 » Gurney, John       03:14:49
 » Robson, Stephen  03:14:51
 » Niblock, Alan        03:18:18
 » Vaughan, Gary       03:18:47 PB
 » Roberts, Hannah 03:30:35
 » Robson, Sigrid 03:49:29
» Barritt, Christopher 03:54:42
 » Vaughan, Sian 04:01:12 PB
 » Esterhuyse, Karien 04:03:50
 » Graham, Emma 04:54:48

Dan Palmer took a trip in a different direction and went all the way to Bonnie Scotland for the Loch Ness Marathon. Despite a recent injury he still managed a very respectable marathon time. Hope that knee is ok Dan! Did you see Nessie?

Loch Ness Marathon
2144 Daniel Palmer 04:50:32

Geraldine Schaer and Pete Eves decided to take on the Ealing half marathon on its second year running. This race has pretty good reviews and might be one to consider for the future. Geraldine loved it so much she got herself a shiny new PB!

Ealing Half Marathon
287  Geraldine Schaer   01:32:37 PB
1693  Peter Eves        01:54:49

Three PWRs decided to take on the Dartford Bridge 10k, a fast and flat 2 lap course on the outskirts of Dartford. Although this race doesn't have the best sounding scenery, reviews are actually pretty good especially if you are after a new 10k PB

Dartford Bridge 10k
35  Sam  Perry 146  00:43:11 
55  Stephen  Faulkner  0:45:07
118 Richard  Dunstan  00:52:33

And to end this weeks report on a slightly different result, Michael Maxted took on the Cancer Research UK SHINE walking marathon where he finished in an incredible 15th place (out of 16,000 people) in a brilliant time of 6 hours 13 minutes. That is some FAST walking!

Until next week.....happy running everyone.

Folks, apologies for the delay, but the latest Grand Prix, Tables and results are now uploaded on the Grand Prix page under the Members sections.

Cheers

Ray