Featured events this month:
- London Marathon
- Sheffield Half-Marathon
- Shakespeare Marathon
- Shakespeare Half-Marathon
- Yorkshire 3 Peaks Race
- Coventry Way 40 Mile Off Road
- Northbrook 10k
- ERRA National 12-Stage Road Relays
- ERRA National 6-Stage Road Relays
- Paris Marathon
- Regency 10k
- Blackpool Marathon
- Belvoir Half-Marathon
- Centurion 5m
- Maidenhead Easter 10
London Marathon - 25 April
Richard Hodge, Clive Horton, James Joyce & Tony Mackness
| 2434 | Tony Mackness | 3:15:14 | ||
| 3576 | Jon Guest | 3:25:10 | ||
| 4244 | James Joyce | 3:29:12 | PB | |
| 4854 | Richard Hodge | 3:32:56 | ||
| 5099 | Clive Horton | 3:34:20 | ||
| 5502 | Mark Baker | 3:36:50 | ||
| 9346 | Paul Stead | 3:54:41 | ||
| 9666 | Craig Robinson | 3:55:45 | PB | |
| 10456 | Allan Walsh | 3:58:34 | PB | |
| 10795 | Jack Langman | 3:59:22 | 10th 70+ | |
| 11429 | Cath Fenn | 4:01:53 | ||
| 12341 | Leanne Trerise | 4:05:37 | PB | |
| 15220 | Corinna O'Connor | 4:16:52 | ||
| 22777 | Roy Pye | 4:45:17 | ||
| 25424 | Paul McKeeney | 4:55:47 | ||
| 26436 | Samantha Randall | 5:00:12 | PB | |
| 28881 | Tony French | 5:14:10 |
Sheffield Half-Marathon - 25 April
| Claudie Combelas | 1:57:19 | PB |
Shakespeare Marathon - 25 April
| 84 | Dave Halford | 3:21:07 | ||
| 541 | Helen Elizabeth | 4:24:17 | PB | |
| 601 | Alan Beeby | 4:29:52 | ||
| 715 | Neil Lynch | 4:52:26 | ||
| 744 | Andy Kelsall | 5:00:28 | PB |
My first Marathon – very pleased with my time and looking forward to Dublin Marathon in October - Helen
This was my first full-Marathon and therefore a PB!!! I was a little disappointed not to break the 5 hours mark but, given the heat and hills, I was very pleased. Sub-5 next time! - Andy
Shakespeare Half-Marathon - 25 April
| 15 | Howard Andersen | 1:23:13 | 1st M45 Vet | |
| 315 | Lisa Bragg | 1:46:40 | ||
| 452 | Jacqui Chislett | 1:51:07 | ||
| 538 | Andrew Pitt | 1:52:16 |
The veterans categories in this race were 35-44, 45-54, 55-64 and so on. So, by a quirk of the category divisions Howard made into the 45-54 category, slipping down from being an M50 to an M45! Howard's not complaining.
Yorkshire 3 Peaks Race - 24 April
| Paul Stead | 5:00:07 |
Coventry Way - 40 mile Off Road - 19 April
| Paul Stead | 9:36:00 | ||
| Alix Critchley | 9:36:00 |
Northbrook 10k - 18 April
| 40 | Stuart Keen | 41:12 | ||
| 49 | Nigel Bassnett | 42:07 | ||
| 54 | Dave Halford | 42:18 | ||
| 64 | Anthony Williams | 43:10 | ||
| 70 | Tony Hughes | 43:53 | PB | |
| 93 | Charles Jones | 45:52 | ||
| 183 | Sharon Thompson | 51:38 | ||
| 220 | Brian Hewetson | 54:33 | ||
| 236 | Linda Richards | 56:51 | ||
| 253 | Priya Thakker | 58:53 |
ERRA National Road Relays, Men's 12-stage - Sutton Park - 17 April
Men's A Team: total time 5:24:27, 62nd position
| 67 | Paul Andrew | 32:06 | ||
| 71 | Anthony Williams | 20:00 | ||
| 68 | Nathan Holmes | 31:37 | ||
| 69 | Robert Pool | 21:30 | ||
| 69 | Jason Nicholson | 33:40 | ||
| 69 | Andrew Ralph | 20:17 | ||
| 67 | Howard Andersen | 32:48 | ||
| 67 | Stuart Keen | 19:46 | ||
| 35 | Richard French | 37:01 | ||
| 35 | John Wilson | 19:43 | ||
| 59 | Steve Bottomely | 36:29 | ||
| 58 | Peter Fellows | 19:30 |
Figure in 1st column is team position at end of corresponding stage
ERRA National Road Relays, Women's 6-Stage - Sutton Park - 17 April
Incomplete Team
| 28 | Rebecca Smith | 18:15 |
Full results at www.race-results.co.uk
Paris Marathon - 11 April
| Clive Horton | 3:15:11 | PB | ||
| John Wilson | 3:31:14 | PB | ||
| Dave Fawkner | 3:35:54 | PB | ||
| Joe Kelly | 3:42:13 | PB | ||
| Craig McNaney | 3:42:14 | PB | ||
| Sarah McNaney | 3:47:54 | |||
| Tony Hughes | 3:49:12 | |||
| Corinna O'Connor | 3:54:07 | PB | ||
| Anne Hughes | 4:12:37 | |||
| Paul Costain | 4:33:42 | |||
| Rebbecca McCleod | 4:39:06 | |||
| Helen Morris | 4:39:07 | |||
| Sean O'Connor | 5:15:29 | PB |
I have been to Paris before and I didn't like it. A big lump of rusty scaffolding (Eiffel Tower), 16 euro a pint beer and an abundance of thieves and beggars did nothing to impress me this time either. However a well organised race, good company and a shiny new PB made this a fantastic weekend. Northbrookers were out in force with times ranging from 3:15:11 (Clive) to 5:15:29 (Sean), and even a planned non-finish.
The course was relatively flat with the worst sections being the underpasses. Apparently it was a scenic route but I didn't notice any of it. The water stations were a bit hectic and strangely only on one side of the road. Paul Costain came off badly as he was knocked over a water table, however he still managed to complete the race despite pains in his back.
There was a pretty spectacular PB from Dave Fawkner who knocked 34 minutes off his time for the event last year.
I know I am biased but special mention has to go to Sean. He started running only 6 months ago on a run 3 minute walk 1 minute programme, with weight to lose and a selection of old football injuries. When he finished he didn't even say "never again" just "Next time I will do it under 5 hours." - Corinna O'Connor
Regency 10k - 11 April
| Martyn Brunt | 36:23 | PB | ||
| Richard Hodge | 38:34 | PB | ||
| Alix Critchley | 40:16 | PB | ||
| Stuart Keen | 42:24 | |||
| Charles Jones | 46:11 | |||
| Catherine Warne | 46:44 | |||
| Diane Keen | 58:58 | |||
| Julie Nunn | 1:00:01 | |||
| Jo-Anne Hancock | 1:02:25 |
A beautiful day for running on Sunday - a reasonably big race with 1,863 runners through Newbold Comyn and Leamington Spa in the earlyish morning. An undulating first half to the course on trails around the golf course and then along paths through several of Leamington's parks with some tight-ish corners, but it does have PB potential, as the cracking runs from Martin and Richard show. I'm quite pleased with my time too - 37 odd seconds off my PB!!! A reasonable turn out of runners from the club considering lots were in Paris, and some good support from clubmates too - especially Cath - Alix Critchley
While a lot of Northbrookers were charging round Paris (and well done to them all) A few of us trotted over to Leamington for the 6th Regency 10k. Perfect conditions for this lovely race of 5k off road and 5k round the parks of Leamington. Stuart did not 'race' this as he had hurt his back on Easter Monday (doing something unmanly, but if you ask me I will tell you) so was very pleased with his time although a tad slow for him. I really enjoyed this race and although not a PB for me when I compare it to my first attempt at this 1.08.38 I was pleased too and Julie was just pleased to finish as she has not done too much running this year. - Diane Keen
Blackpool Marathon - 11 April
| 68 | Dave Halford | 3:18:26 |
Belvoir Half-Marathon - 11 April
| 141 | Stephen Mason | 1:32:55 | |
| 226 | Mark Baker | 1:38:59 |
Rebecca Smith receives the winning lady award from Centurion Grand Prix race organiser Paul Bingham
Centurion 5m - 11 April
| 19 | Rebecca Smith | 31:14 | PB, 1st lady |
Photo: Louis Satterthwaite
Maidenhead Easter 10 - 2 April
| 150 | Paul Stead | 66:28 | PB | |
| 184 | Alix Critchley | 67:06 | PB |
As far as organisation goes, races don’t come much better than this; parking, toilets, marshalling, the flat course. Everything lends itself to a good race experience and gives you every chance of setting a pb should you wish to try. As it happens we did wish to try and most delightfully we succeeded. - Paul Stead