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April 2022

Oxon 20 – 30 April20M

  Tracey Cox 7:00:00
  Kelly Parker 7:00:00
  Mark Parker 7:00:00

KELLY PARKER

Big Bear Events Bluebell Challenge – 26 AprilOTH

  Tony Hughes 4:19:12
  Anne Hughes 4:19:12

A multi-lap multi-terrain circuit at Hartshill Hayes Country Park. We both completed 5 laps, equating to 14.8 miles.

Longhorn Ultra 50k, Thorseby Park – 24 AprilOTH

CAROLINE HUGHES

  Caroline Hughes 6:10:29

Leicester 10k – 24 April10K

129 Spencer Davies 0:50:44  
181 Claudie Combelas 0:53:54 3rd FV55
183 Allison Smith 0:53:55  
430 Chris Archer 1:09:32  
444 Tracey Cox 1:11:37  

Spencer and I enjoyed our trip to Leicester on Thursday so much we thought we’d have another trip down the M69 on Sunday for the Tempo Events Leicester 10k. A looped, almost entirely flat course around the Abbey Park on a lovely day for running. Mark Smith provided excellent encouragement as we passed him a few times, as did the swans, geese and the odd heron. I think we may well return to this one in future; a big medal and a welcome bottle of water at the finish.

Claudie’s time is subject to confirmation as for the second time in a week her chip failed to register at the start – Chris

Lake Dorney Half-Marathon – 24 AprilHM

  Tom Mitchell 1:24:16 PB

Tissington Trail Marathon – 24 AprilM

20 Matthew Hathrell 3:51:43

Terrible race for me; legs were dead from the start and it was obvious from about mile 3 that I wasn’t going to get a good time. Held it together, through a strong headwind, for about 8 miles, (at which point I was somehow in 3rd; weak field, I guess), but then decided to save my legs to try and have some fun on the return. Unfortunately, the wind disappeared at about mile 14, so no fun was to be had. Weirdly, I actually enjoyed the last few miles the most, as I’d completely stopped caring and was just out for a nice Sunday jog.

Still a very nice route, with potential to be quick, but I think I may just have to accept that the Marathon distance is not for me. I finished as 2nd Senior Male, but that was maybe due to most runners being 40-plus.

Shakespeare Half-Marathon – 24 AprilHM

59 Craig Holmes 1:29:44  
642 Rich Cawley 2:05:41  
648 Joanne Evans 2:04:27 PB
942 Tracy Jefferson 2:24:06  

JOANNE EVANS

Flying feet, literally, at the end of the run when the pathway changed. Few cuts & bruises but pleased that I carried on to finish the run – Tracy

Started off cold while we were waiting to start but soon warmed up as we got running and the sun came out. Lovely countryside route with a couple of hills. Pleased to get a course PB taking 15 and half minutes from my time in 2019 with a overall PB of 2.04.27 – Joanne

Shakespeare Marathon – 24 AprilM

155 Mark Baker 3:58:12
235 Dave Halford 4:16:41

Leicester 5k Winter Series – 21 April5K

21 Spencer Davies 0:24:18 2nd MV45
35 Chris Archer 0:29:29 1st MV60

Boston (USA) Marathon – 18 AprilM

18056 Lisa Bragg 4:04:39
18671 Tim Ottley 4:09:02
20362 Claudie Combelas 4:17:17*

*time subject to dispute

The temperature was only around 2C when Claudie and I set off from our home from home to the bag drop area in downtown Boston, Massachusetts (‘MA’) but the sky was blue. We were about to run the legendary Boston Marathon course. The point to point format of the race, which starts on Main Street in the rural New England Town of Hopkinton, MA, meant bag drop followed by a convoy of iconic yellow school buses to the Athletes’ Village at the start. It was a little disconcerting when the convoy disappeared and there was one lone bus in the distance, but our driver knew what he was doing and we arrived safely and on time.

The organisation was incredible. From mile 2, water, Gatorade, toilets AND medical teams were available at EVERY mile marker! On top of this there were gel stations at miles 12, 17 and 22. I’ve never used gels, and this was not the time to start. By the time we’d waited for our start wave the temperature had risen to around 12C. A bit nippy sitting around but once we started it was pleasant. Not hot, there was a breeze, which of course meant we didn’t know we’d both caught the sun. We walked to the start and realised that there was no more waiting around, it was a rolling start, that was fine, we were chipped so did it matter. Actually yes, as Claudie’s chip didn’t register her starting, which led to a timing discrepancy of around 8 minutes! After a correction it’s still not right.

The course follows Route 135 through Ashland, Framingham, Natick, and Wellesley, continuing on Route 16 through Newton Lower Falls to Commonwealth Avenue, where it joins Route 30. Through the suburbs of Boston (including Brookline, where we were staying) to downtown Boston, finishing on Boylston Street. It was a pleasant semi-rural route, but although net downhill it felt like it was continually up, basically it was hilly all the way. The famous Heartbreak Hill at mile 20 wasn’t too bad, just a long long drag. I was ‘Jeffing’ the full distance and guess what, I hit this hill at the start of a walk interval. Claudie the machine ran it, obviously. The supporters were absolutely fantastic as were the volunteers. There were around 9500 volunteers to 25000 runners, what a ratio. Chris turned out to support, I missed him but Claudie spotted him in his Northbrook bobble hat.

Boston is the world’s oldest annual marathon, first held in 1897, on Patriots’ Day (commemorating the Battles of Lexington and Concord in the American Revolutionary War). In 1966 Roberta Gibb became the first woman to complete the race, albeit unofficially. In 1967 Kathy Switzer entered officially (using her initials) but once this was discovered, the race director tried (unsuccessfully) to have her removed from the course. In 1972 the Boston Marathon became the first marathon race officially to admit women runners. Three years later it became the first major marathon to hold a wheelchair race. In 2013 two bombs exploded near the finish line of the marathon approximately five hours after the race started, resulting in three deaths and more than 260 injured spectators and participants.

This race truly is iconic and although it’s not a distance I enjoy, nor a race I could run without very regular walk intervals, I am so glad I had the opportunity to take part – Lisa

Boston (UK) Marathon – 18 AprilM

47 Natasha White 2:59:07 1st female, Club record

MFRC Tractor 10k – 18 April10K

21 Daniel Stevens 0:36:49  
33 Matthew Hathrell 0:38:40  
40 Terry Moynihan 0:39:07  
46 Tony Forde 0:40:01  
49 Damian Pharoah 0:40:07  
66 Amanda Deavy 0:41:53 1st FV45
69 Tom Cox 0:42:17  
88 Tom Miller 0:43:59  
99 David Giles 0:44:40  
109 Rob Cox 0:45:17  
111 Anthony Hughes 0:45:30  
116 Craig Slyde 0:45:44  
126 Peter Kirkhope 0:46:23  
146 Debbie Campbell 0:47:45  
159 Craig Murray 0:48:15  
168 Spencer Davies 0:48:31  
169 Phil Hyde 0:48:46  
170 Gavin Crockwell 0:48:52  
173 Sarah Mcnaney 0:49:10  
175 Adrian Lowe 0:49:14  
176 David Mills 0:49:18  
178 David Hadley 0:49:28  
180 Enya Tabram 0:49:34  
186 David Tittle 0:49:59  
187 Tori Boyle 0:50:11 1st FU20
189 Mark Dalton 0:50:18  
191 Simon Aldridge 0:50:26  
193 Adrian Powell 0:50:34  
201 Kirstie Murray 0:50:59  
215 Tony Mackness 0:52:01  
216 Cliff Evans 0:52:02  
221 Tim Hughes 0:52:47  
224 Lee Miller 0:52:56  
226 Rich Arnold 0:53:04  
227 Gemma Nash 0:53:05  
230 Katy Davies 0:53:09  
263 Joanne Evans 0:56:02  
267 Julie Cozens 0:56:36  
271 Caroline Parkinson 0:57:09  
278 Ellie Aldridge 0:57:52  
289 Carolyn Hadley 0:59:24  
291 Tracy Jefferson 0:59:28  
300 Melissa Murray 1:01:11  
312 Anne Hughes 1:03:24  
315 Richard Hands 1:05:33  
329 Tracey Williams 1:10:31  
339 Tracey Cox 1:13:11  
352 Yvonne Boyle 1:32:14  

Boston (USA) 5k – 16 April5K

1565 Lisa Bragg 0:24:32
2521 Claudie Combelas 0:26:24
4585 Chris Archer 0:30:23

A cool spring morning in Boston saw the 8,200 participants gather on Boston Common, many of them (including Claudie and Lisa) for a warm-up 5k prior to the marathon on Monday. Number pick-up and bag drop were efficient and we made our way to the start corrals to await the wave starts. The whole crowd was silent and respectful as the US national anthem was sung prior to the off.

CHRIS ARCHER

The route took us along Commonwealth Avenue, which 150 years ago was under water before being reclaimed in the late 19th century. Boston is awash with yellow daffodils in pots this time of year, in memory of the marathon bombing in 2013. Despite being entirely urban, the race is along the “Emerald Necklace” of green space forming a wide boulevard including the dual carriageway of the race route. Lisa gave me a wave as she came back down Commonwealth while I was still heading out to the turnaround and the statue of Leif Erickson (commissioned by the inventor of baking powder, fact fans). At 3k we passed the marathon finish line where some people paused for photos.

We regrouped and went off to sight-see around the city before going back to our apartment in an area so posh it has pea-hens wandering the streets. A great start to the weekend in a lovely city – Chris

Draycote Water Running Festival Half-Marathon – 16 AprilHM

5 Terry Moynihan 1:26:30 1st MV50

TERRY MOYNIHAN

An unexpected opportunity to run a half-marathon after winning a Facebook ‘like and share’ competition a week before the race from Runthrough events and Coventry Runner. The weather was beautiful for a spin round an out and back section followed by two full laps of the reservoir.

There was excellent support and organisation from the marshals supporting the 100 or so runners, and it was encouraging to run alongside the 5k and 10k participants towards the end as they finished. The undulations did seem to have doubled in size on the final lap as I tired, but I was happy with the overall time.

SVN Cakeathon – 16 AprilM

  Duncan Gordon 6:46:53

DUNCAN GORDON

Isle of Man Festival of Running 10k – 15 April10K

  Rory Anderson 0:38:25

Enigma Good Friday – 15 AprilM

  Duncan Gordon 6:10:55

DUNCAN GORDON

Maidenhead Easter 10 Mile – 15 April10M

  Craig Holmes 1:08:04
  Kirstie Murray 1:30:22

CRAIG HOLMES

Run in the Forest 5 Miles – 10 April5M

  Gavin Crockwell 0:38:30

Brighton Marathon – 10 AprilM

  Martina McConville 4:10:46
  Francis Mason 4:15:45

Derby 10k – 10 April10k

  Jill Pittard 0:44:44
  Lisa Abbott 0:47:47

Regency 10k – 10 April10k

21 Natasha White 0:38:09 2nd female, 1st FV35
150 Colin Piper 0:45:06  
154 Peter Kirkhope 0:45:27  
203 Ian Paterson 0:46:49  
221 Debbie Campbell 0:47:16 3rd FV55
268 Simon Aldridge 0:48:32  
270 Malc Copeland 0:48:02  
322 Charles Jones 0:49:34 3rd MV70
362 Mark Dalton 0:50:15  
386 Richard Arnold 0:51:46  
410 Spencer Davies 0:50:31  
425 Phil Hyde 0:52:07  
439 Cliff Evans 0:52:01  
471 Adrian Powell 0:52:53  
534 Julie Cozens 0:54:48  
576 Julie Liggett 0:55:42  
583 Claudie Combelas 0:55:37  
610 Joanne Evans 0:55:50  
772 Andrew Scruton 0:59:20  
810 Tracy Jefferson 0:59:41  
874 Michelle Edwards 1:00:26  
899 Steve Mackie 1:02:13  
938 Marianne Rutter 1:03:08  
949 Daren Timbrell 1:02:42  
1029 Liane Powell 1:04:58  
1055 Graeme Brannen 1:05:58  
1103 Chris Archer 1:08:12  
1143 Janet Steele 1:09:52  

DEBBIE CAMPBELL

First 10k race for a while and I hoped to get under 50mins. I was delighted that I did it in 47:16. I didn’t expect that. A lovely day with great local support. It was so nice to be with so many Northbrookers which of course ended up in the pub – Debbie

South Downs Way 50 – 9 AprilOTH

  Pete Marshall 12:20:35

The South Downs Way 50 is a 50-mile foot race from Worthing to Eastbourne along the South Downs Way National trail. This is the first of 4 races in the Centurion Running 50 mile grand slam.

Hereford Couriers 5k – 6 April5K

  Natasha White 0:18:35

Phoenix Dragons Eye – Blue, Hurtwood Park – 3 AprilM

DUNCAN GORDON

  Duncan Gordon 6:53:49

A Coventry Way – 3 AprilOTH

  Sebastian Jones-Brain 6:24:00
  Matthew Hathrell 6:46:00
  Damien Dear 7:40:00
  Cliff Evans 8:25:00
  Claudie Combelas 9:11:00
  Lisa Bragg 9:24:00
  Sara Pick 9:24:00
  Lee Newark 9:34:00

This had been on my list for a few years and I finally got to run the A Coventry Way Ultra. A 40.6 mile loop along the A Coventry Way. A different route this year to accommodate HS2. A 7am start treated us to some magical views as the sun came up over the frozen fields and hedgerows around Meriden and some firm ground. I ran the first 20 with a couple of Kenilworth runners; Colin Bailey (record holder for fastest time for 2 consecutive loops) and Ian Baynes (who will be undertaking a record-breaking first-time attempt of 3 loops in May). I managed to hang on to them for the first 20 miles but then needed to let them go and focus on my own pace.

From mile 23 it started to get tough, as legs started to get sore and stiff but at 34 miles I worked out I had a chance of getting in under 8 hours 30 mins so I pushed on and managed an 8.25 finish. Very friendly and inclusive event with walkers, runners, relays and half-distance options. Plenty of checkpoints with a good range of foods and my first ever option of custard, jelly, and rice pudding at checkpoint 6, nice! 4 weeks to get myself fit for the Great Lakeland 3 dayer – Cliff

Manchester Marathon – 3 AprilM

1531 Terry Moynihan 3:04:34 PB
1943 Damian Pharoah 3:11:09 PB
2714 Tommy Dempsey 3:21:34  
3021 Tom Miller 3:25:11  
3783 Liam Mills 3:32:08  
3810 Mark Parker 3:32:22 PB
  Kathryn Adams 3:38:00 PB
5210 Richard Bruce 3:46:21  
8648 David Mills 4:16:52 PB*
9072 Kevin Coughlan 4:21:32  
9435 Michael Pearson 4:25:25 PB*
10735 David Giles 4:41:53  

*debut marathon

KATHRYN ADAMS

I successfully completed my second marathon at the Therme Manchester Marathon Race in 3:38hr – an impressive 17 minute pb on from London Marathon 2021.

Although originally registered with my old club Peel Road Runners, I’m now a fully fledged Northbrooker and I ran the race wearing the sunburst vest for the first time. It only seemed fitting after spending 3 months training with an experienced Sunday marathon training group. Although miles 23 onwards were probably the toughest 3.2 miles I have ever run, I am so happy and proud of my run on Sunday. I couldn’t have reached my potential without the help and support of the Long Sunday Runners – thankyou.

I am excited to see how my running will progress with Northbrook AC in the future – Kathryn

Bedworth Park 5k – 3 April5K

6 Spencer Davies 0:27:14

Rutland Water Half-Marathon – 3 AprilHM

140 Mark Baker 1:52:36

The 300th Phoenix Marathon, Walton-on-Thames – 2 AprilM

  Duncan Gordon 7:05:14