BRJ Annual General Meeting
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The BRJ AGM took place on Wednesday 21st March, Brampton Community
Centre, High Street, Brampton 7.30pm. We made some important decisions
- to change the name to BRJ Run and Tri, to keep the membership fees
the same.
Click here to read the Minutes
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Week Commencing May 14th
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Bedford Parkrun Esther Cotton again slightly improved her finish
time over the Bedford 5k course and along with Tony, secured
1st place in their respective age groups.
Cambridge Parkrun There was some great performances in this event by
our Junior & Senior athletes. For the junior's, Charlie's Barlow's
finish time was an improvement by 20 Secs since the 5k PB he set at
Bedford Parkrun # 38 in February 2012. He also topped his Age Category.
By virtue of beating the time (00:20:54) set by Martin Brown in the
October 2007 Great Eastern 5K, Charlie is now the new club Boys 5k Champion.
Well done to you! Another junior athlete beating records today was Noah
Bradford, who smashed the club 5k PB set just last week over this
course by 30 seconds. For the seniors, there were 3 5K PB runs:- Jon
Barlow, Cheryl Jenner, Julie Holmes Whilst this was no overall
5k PB, Ian Wilson slightly improved his finish time over the
Cambridge Parkrun course. Andy Barber, Sarah Hall and Sue Yendley
(having a rare weekend away from marathon running) all secured Age Category
placings.
Kenilworth 10K Claire Ashton competed over a hilly, wet and and
muddy 10K course.
Wimpole 10K Following on from the theme of the Kenilworth 10k, this
scenic course around the grounds of Wimpole Hall was also hilly, wet
& muddy! 3 of our newer members participated in their debut club runs.
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Week Commencing May 7th
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Breckland 10K Julie Holmes was the solitary BRJ entrant in
this event.
Thornborough 5m & 10M Tony & Esther Cotton ventured into the
Northamptonshire countryside to compete in this Bank Holiday event (it
rained .. a lot!).
Silverstone 10k Due to injury, Sam Brown did not compete in any
Road Runs for nearly 2 years but now she has completed 3 10K's in respective
weeks as she led home the 3 person BRJ team. Tony & Esther collected
further Age Category honours. Additionally, Esther's finish time puts
her as the 4th fastest scorer in the FV65 Age Category since this event
started back in 1992.
Cambridge Parkrun 5k (#117) Jon Barlow led home the 10 person
BRJ squad. Despite a recent run of injuries, Jon secured a new PB. Julie
Holmes improved on her club 5k PB, by 5 mins 29 secs. Noah Bradford,
in only his second club run, was our only junior athlete in action.
Both Sarah Hall & Deborah Rostant secured Age Category placings.
Eye 3k(Fun Run) Junior athlete Lauren Elliott, in her club debut
3k, earned 1st Girl U10 award as well as becoming the new Club Junior
Girls 3k Champion by beating the time set by Jesicca Drylie at the St
Neots 3k in November 2008 by 14 seconds.
Eye 10k BRJ had the second highest number of finishers at the event
(23). For this achievement, Lucy Moore collected a prize, on your behalf,
of a large tin of Quality Street, which will be used in some form of
fundraising later this year. As previous years, the Eye 10K attracted
several members for which this was either their debut club 10k (Annie
Avondoglio & Cheryl Jenner), or debut club run (Michael Shaw
& Annette Newton). Our first runner home was Lee Brooks,
Roger Holliday gained a new PB, was runner-up in his Age Group
and also achieved his highest ever Age Graded %age score. Patty Doss
ran very strongly and pulled well ahead of Rachel Real over the
closing stages to become the first BRJ lady home and claimed a 10k PB.
New member Annette Newton was 3rd in her category and secured
a 70%+ Age Graded Score. This was a great achievement given that this
was her first ever race. The conditions were obviously to the liking
of 10 BRJ finishers as they achieved club PBs, as follows:- John
King, David Dunkerley, Patty Doss,- Rachel Real,
Tim Neals-Hope, Alice Noyes, Gilles Corby, Sharon Saunders,
Andy Barber.
Grendon Lake European Championship Sprint Andy Matson was
the sole BRJ Tri'er in this Sprint event. The event was being used as
selection for the European Championships and included a particularly
undulating bike section.
Stowe Olympic Both Gillian Peck & Jackie Wren achieved first
place in their respective age category in the Olympic distance Tri.
The venue was good with a challenging bike course, but course signage
was not particularly good. As a result, Phil Pearsons sent somebody
on a second lap (when they only needed to do one) .............. great
team tactics Phil!
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Week Commencing April 30
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Cambridge Parkrun 5k (#116)The BRJ has a new Junior Athlete, namely
Noah Bradford, who took part in his debut club run & debut Cambs
Parkrun, with a great time. Welcome to him! Cheryl Jenner achieved
a PB that was some 52 secs faster than her inaugural 5k,l as did Julie
Holmes who bettered her club 5k PB set by 10 mins 11 secs, but even
this improved time is well short of her "Unattached PB" of 26:20.
Roger Holliday, Frank Holmes & Sue Yendley, all of whom were in
action at last weekend's MK Marathon, secured Age Category Places.
Bedford Parkrun 5k (#50) Esther Cotton was able to improve on
her best time over the Bedford Course, but did not improve on her club
5k PB of 26:24 from the year 2000. Both Esther & Tony Cotton
secured Age Category Places.
Fen Drayton 10K This run takes place across the course used some years
ago by Hunts AC as their Frostbite event. Part of the course follows
the guided busway. The first home for the BRJ was Tim Neals-Hope
who was one of 2 new BRJ members taking part in their debut club run.
The other being Caroline Smurthwaite. Jackie Wren put
in another strong performance to become 3rd lady home and winning her
Age Grouping. There were 10K PB's for both Mia Mead (by 4 mins
35 Secs) and Amanda Roland ( 2 min 49 sec improvement) against
the times they both achieved at the Ely 10k In December 2011. Amanda
also achieved 3rd in her Age Category. Lisa Braybrook, on her
first outing over the roads since the GER Half Marathon in October 2010,
also achieved a PB (by 14 secs) and a Age Category placing. Fen Drayton
5K New BRJ member, Louise Neals-Hope registered for this event, but
for whatever reason, the organisers decided not to record finish times!
Bedford Duathlon Simon Moore was the sole BRJ participant over
this undulating course. Simon achieved an event PB even though the bike
course may have been nearly 1k over the advertised distance.
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Week Commencing April 23
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Cambridge Parkrun Given the foul weather it was not suprising that
only 3 BRJ runners competed in the Parkrun. One of those was Sue
Yendley, who clearly was in a need of a quick "run fix" before the
Milton Keynes Marathon on the next day (her 3rd marathon in 3 weeks).
This was Linda Crook's 50th appearance at the Cambridge Parkrun.
Well done Linda!
Shakespeare (Half) Marathon Sadly, after all his marathon training over
the past 6 months, just 2 minutes before the start of the Shakespeare
FULL Marathon, the organisers deemed that the lashing rain and strong
winds made the conditions underfoot potentially unsafe. Therefore, Simon
Lumley and the 700 or so other runners had no choice but to run
the Half Marathon course instead. What a disappointment that is!
Hamburg Marathon In conditions that were significantly better than those
being experienced by their BRJ team mates in Milton Keynes & Stratford-Upon-Avon,
Karl & Sarah completed their first overseas marathon, Sarah's second
marathon in 2 weeks.
Milton Keynes Marathon The inaugural Milton Keynes marathon took place
in arguably the worst weather conditions of 2012 so far. The foul weather
had a significant impact on the starting field and as many as 1,000
of the 4,000 registered competitors did not start the race. (I was one
of them, but my decision not to run was non-weather related - honest!).
All of the BRJ starters put in great performances. Frank Holmes
was the only BRJ runner to achieve a club PB on the day, improving by
21 mins 16 Secs the time he set at Snowdonia in October 2011. Phil
Latin was making his debut club run and there were debut club marathons
for Richard Clarke, Sarah Louise Hall & Roger Holliday. Although
this was Roger's marathon debut in a BRJ vest, he beat his "Unattached"
runner PB from the May 2011 "Halstead & Essex" by a massive 33 mins
37 secs. His run @ MK also gives him a "Good for Age" qualifying time
for the 2013 London Marathon. The strong gusting wind significantly
contributed to Sarah Louise "Lashes" Hall missing her target
of a sub-4 hour finish in her marathon debut by just 12 seconds. With
kinder conditions she would almost certainly broken the 4 hour time.
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Week Commencing April 16th
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Cambridge Parkrun 5k (#114) Junior athlete Alice Holmes, in
just her 2nd 5k as a BRJ member, improved her club 5k PB time by 2 mins
and in doing so, became the new Junior Girl 5k Champion overtaking the
time set by Charlotte Orugboh (of 33 Mins 34 Secs). Well done Alice!
For the seniors, Daniel Avondoglio set a PB, shaving 20secs.
Annie Avondoglio & Julie Holmes were making their debut Club
5k's, although Julie is a veteran Parkrunner with an "Unattached" 5k
PB of 26:20 set in Jan 2012. There were Age Category awards for Daniel
Avondoglio, Frank Holmes & Tony Cotton
London Marathon Some familiar, & less familiar names, made up the 14
club marathon finishers in 2012. There were 4 PBs, 3 Club Marathon Debuts
(David Dunkerley, Tony Goldsmith & Simon Titmus), 2 Club Debut
Runs ( Ricardo Miller & Joanne Totman) & 1 TV Star (Sue Yendley). The
performance of the day came from Karen Charman, whose new sub-5
hour finish time represented a 1 minute per mile improvement when compared
with her 2011 Brighton Marathon time. An impressive feat, particularly
taking into account her continuing ITB "Issues". Runners who broke their
BRJ Marathon PB's were:- Karen Charman - Improved PB by 26 Mins
8 Secs since Brighton 2011 Paula Elliott - Improved PB by 20
Mins 23 Secs since Limerick 2011 Sarah Hall - Improved PB by
12 Mins 28 Secs since Shakespeare 2011 Nykki Webber - Improved
PB by 6 Mins 36 Secs since Brighton 2010. Runners who broke their Non-BRJ
Marathon PB's were:- Ricardo Miller - Improved PB by 2 Hrs 54
Mins 35 Secs since New York 2008 Joanne Totman - Improved PB
by 29 Mins 06 Secs since London 2011
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Week Commencing April 9th
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Cambridge Parkrun 5K (#113) There was a Debut Club Run for new Junior
member, Alice Holmes. Alice has already completed 30+ trips over
the Cambridge 5k course and her PB as an "Unattached" runner is an impressive
31 Mins 44 Secs, set back in November 2011 (The current club Junior
record for 5k is 33:34). For the Seniors, there was Debut Club 5k's
for Patty Doss, Cheryl Jenner, Nykki Webber & also Mia Mead.
Mia's time represented an improvement of nearly 3 Mins over the PB she
set in January 2011 as an "Unattached" runner. Both Patty Doss & Esther
Cotton achieved places in their respective Age Categories.
Cambourne 1M (Fun Run) Junior Alice Holmes, was our sole runner
in the 1 mile Fun Run, her club debut over the distance.
Cambourne 10K Despite the windy conditions on this "undulating" & multi-terrain
course, both of our leading men achieved PBs today. Lee Brooks
improved his PB by 19 Secs and Roger Holliday improved his PB
by 1 Min 27 Secs since the Ely 10K in December 2011. Roger also took
2nd place in his Age Category The BRJ men did not have it all their
own way today because, for the ladies, Alice Noyes cut 16 Secs
off her 10K PB she set at the Huntingdon 10k in June 2010. There was
a Debut Club Run for new lady member Julie Holmes.
Brighton Marathon Despite the windy conditions all of the BRJ runners
finished the race in great times. We had 4 "virgin" marathon runners
who were:- Amanda Roland, Mairi Thelwall, Sharon Saunders and Simon
Moore PB s were achieved by Nicky Barlow - Improved by an
impressive 22 mins 14 Secs since the 2010 Brighton Marathon. Rachel
Brown - Improved by 4 Mins 53 Secs since the London Marathon in
April 2011 Alex Tindall - Improved by 37 Secs since the Limerick
Marathon in May 2011. A great effort all round.
Paris Marathon Meanwhile, on the over side of the English Channel, 3
BRJ members were tackling the Paris Marathon course. Although Gilles
has been somewhat hampered by varied injuries over the past few months,
he had a solid run and improved his marathon PB by 2 mins 31 Secs set
in the Toulouse Marathon in October 2011. Both Chris & Claire Schmidt
completed their first marathons. A great day all round, well done everyone!
Cambridge Duathlon (15 April 2012 ) - Run 7.5 km / Bike 40km / Run 7.5
KM John, Gareth & Ryan were 3 of the 247 finishers in this local
Duathlon event.
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Week Commencing April 2nd
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Bedford Parkrun 5K Tony Cotton was again the sole BRJ participant
in this event.
Cambridge Parkrun 5K A 5k PB for Phil Pearsons saw an improvement
of 17 secs on his previous PB set over this course in February 2012.
Ian Wilson ran his fastest time over this particular course but
this is over 1 minute slower that his 5K PB set at Ferry Meadows in
2011. Unluckiest BRJ Runner of the Day was .............. Andy Matson
by missing out on a PB by just 2 seconds. Hard luck Andy! Hose Half
Marathon "Rachel Reels in Hose PB" As the headline says, Rachel Real
has now achieved her aim of running a sub 1 hour 40 min Half Marathon
with a PB time that was 2 Mins 10 Secs faster than that set at St Neots
back in November 2011.
Stanwick 10K A welcome return to competitive road running for Sam
Brown after a long enforced lay-off due to injury. Esther Cotton
won another VW65 Age Category to add to her collection. Adam Brown
competed in the 2k Stanwick run, but times are not recorded
Victoria Park 5M Darren Preston obliterated his previous 5 mile
PB set in Stevenage in August 2010, by a massive 2 mins 30 secs. His
new 5m PB is now just 15 seconds short of the Club Mens 5 Mile Champion
(Pete Galpin) set at Thorney 5M in 2000.
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Week Commencing March 26th
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OAKLEY 20 The race saw 5 PB's and a total of 7 making their 20m debuts,
all in preparation for Marathons next month. Gareth Holsgrove
represented the club in a road event for the first time. The PB's were:-
Sarah Hall, Roger Holliday, Stuart Hill , Sarah Louise Hall, Andy Barber
Pat Furey 5 Mile Race Walk Tony Cotton secured a Racewalk 5
mile PB
Cambridge Parkrun 5K 6 Senior & 2 Junior runners participated this
week. Esther Cotton was the first home in her Age Category.
Glasgow to Edinburgh (G2E) 56 Mile Ultra Marathon Due to a late injury
to Brendan Vaughan that forced his withdrawal from the event, Steve
Burton was the sole BRJ participant in his first ultra marathon,
a 56 MILE event run between Glasgow & Edinburgh. His finish time was
an sensational 8 hrs 40 Mins & 40 Secs. To put this into some sort of
perspective, Steve finished this race with an Age Graded Percentage
of 60.36%. Had this race been of a traditional marathon distance (26.2
miles), a 60.36% Age Grading would have given him a marathon finish
time of 3 hours 26 Mins 57 Secs. A fantastic achievement! I also note
that Esther Cotton's brother, Ken Fancett, a long established Ultra
distance runner, completed the race about the same time as Steve.
Leeds Parkrun 5K Linda Crook popped in for a 5k race whilst
on a trip to Leeds.
London Olympic Park 5M Dave Carlton joined 5,000 others in a
5 mile event around the London Olympic Park. His club debut 5 mile road
race.
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Week Commencing March 19th
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Bedford Parkrun 5k The Cotton's were again the only BRJ participants
and both secured top Age Category placings. Esther's time was her fastest
over this course, but nearly 5 minutes from her 5K PB.
Cambridge Parkrun 5k There were 9 BRJ participants in action today.
Tim O'Connor achieved a superb 4th place and was top in his Age
Category, whilst Daniel Grant earned an improved PB of 41 seconds
since competing in the Cambs Parkrun of 26 Feb 2012.
Hastings Half Marathon David Kinch-James was the sole BRJ participant
in this long standing half marathon event.
Orion 15m XC (Epping Forest) Mike Gullis made his annual trip
into Epping Forest to run this infamous 15 Mile Cross Country event.
Sandy 10m The Sandy event proved to be an excellent choice with all
9 BRJ runners achieving some great perfomances and securing a total
of 5 PB's and 3 debut runs. Leading home the team was James Lunn
in a PB time. Gilles Corby had an exceptional run also setting
a new PB and just failing to secure a 70% Age Graded Score. In form
Paula Elliott pulled out another sensational PB performance that
was just 18 secs short of equalling the current club ladies 10m time
set by Treena Gilbert at Nene Valley 10M back in December 1997. Sarah
Louise Hall & Amanda Roland also both cut their previous 10m PB's
to shreds today. New member Helen Silvester made her Club Road
Run debut, whilst Rachel Real & Richard Clarke were making club
debuts over the 10m distance. For Ian Wilson, this was his first
run in the Male Veteran Category (not sure if Ian is celebrating this
though!)
Thorney 10k 4 BRJ travelled to Thorney. 2 members achieved PB's and
are particularly noteworthy as some of the course is "Multi-Terrain".
Both athletes should hope to better these new times on a road 10k course.
Darren Preston - Improved 10k PB by 58 Secs since St Ives 10k
in July 2010 Melanie Fowler - Improved 10k PB by 30 Secs since
Ely 10k in December 2009
Tri A number of BRK "Tri" members headed off to Nottingham on Saturday
to participate in a number of different events:-
Clumber Park Classic (Nottingham) Peter Galpin came 2nd overall
and 1st in his age groupm in a time of 1.57.45 (Peter is well and truly
getting back to form now and was flying today!) Chris Schmidt's
finish time was 2.14.50 and was 40th position overall. Claire Schmidt's
time was 2.33.39 and was 119th overall. Gillian Peck time of
2.35.51 was 123rd overall and 3rd in her age category. It is clear that
Gillian's training programme for the forthcoming Bolton Ironman is paying
off with some great Tri (and Road Running) results along the way.
Clumber Park Sprint (Nottingham) Dan & Annie Avondoglio participated
in the team sprint in a time of 1.09.48 and in 23rd place. Andy Matson's
time of 1.12.25 secured 43rd place overall and 7th in his age category.
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Week Commencing March 12th
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Bedford Parkrun 5k Tony Cotton was the sole BRJ participant
and won the first of 2 Age Category positions over this weekend (See
Hurden 9M below)
Cambridge Parkrun 5k Today's event was a Qualifying event for the 2012
Club Championships and 3 of our 13 runners secured PB's today, John
O'Callaghan, Roger Holliday and Keith Simmons.. After her
club half marathon debut (in Bath) last weekend, Rosalind Innes
made her 5k debut. Both Roger Holliday & Frank Holmes achieved
Age Category placings. Jez Bottley improved his best time over
the Cambridge course and is gradually closing on his best ever 5k time
(00:26:22) set @ Ferry Meadows in June 2009.
Hurden 9M & 18M Hurden 9M - 3 BRJ men (Steve McNicoll, Daniel Grant
and Tony Cotton) competed in the 9 mile event, but were unable
to retain the Men's Team Prize won list yea. This was a debut over the
distance for all 3 and Tony Cotton secured his second Category
award of the weekend. Hurden 18M - 2 BRJ (David Dunkerley & Rachel
Brown) completed the 18 mile event. This was a debut over the distance
for both participants.
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Week Commencing March 5th
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Dambuster Duathlon - 7 members of the BRJ went to Rutland Water for this Run-Bike-Run event.
Bedford Parkrun 5k Andy Barber ran his best time over the Bedford course but this time was some 25 Secs short of his club 5k PB set at Cambridge. All 3 BRJ participants were top in their respective age groups.
Cambridge Parkrun 5k David Dunkerley improved his club 5k PB by 39 secs since the Wimbledon Parkrun 5k of August 2011.
Bath, Cambridge, Mick N' Phil & Silverstone Half Marathons Await the results to be posted on the websites.
Bath Half Marathon, Debut half marathons from Annie Avondoglio and Roz Innes at Bath
Mick n' Phil Half, debut from Juliet Corby
Camridge Half Marathon - first time out for this half marathon and well attended. A twisty course around the town, I have heard mixed reports. Toilets definitely left something to be desired! Richard Clarke and Linda Crook made their debut at this distance, and Roger Holliday, Sarah (Longlegs) Hall and Karl Taylor got PBs.
Silverstone half - another good contingent for BRJ, with Karen Charman and Andy Barber getting PBs
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Week Commencing February 27th
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Cambridge Boundary Marathon Sue Yendley completed the third of her "12 Marathons in 2012 Challenge". The weather was not exactly conducive to Marathon running but this turned out to be her fastest of the 3 completed so far!
Mens 10m Race Walking Championships Tony Cotton ventured to Coventry to participate in the Mens 10 mile Race Walking Championships.
Junior Frostbite: There were a total of 132 finishers with BRJ fielding 7 Junior athletes. For all the Juniors, except Adam Brown who achieved a PB, this was their venue debut. For the 5th time this season, Charlie Barlow led the team home, followed by Katie Lawrence, Lauren Elliott & Scott Rudd. Paul Homewood held off the challenges in the closing stages of both Adam Brown & Clare Doss to snatch the last scoring spot, his first of the season. Katie's run made her the fastest BRJ Junior Girl over this course, beating the time set by Alys Moore back in March 2007 by 55 seconds.
Congratulations to Charlie Barlow, Katie Lawrence and Lauren Elliot for winning 'Junior Runners of the Season'.
There were a total of 366 competitors in the senior event, with 47 BRJ finishers. The senior stats were:- Debut Club Runs - 3 (Richard Clarke, Richard Davis & Syed Islam) PB's at the Venue- 12 (Andy Barber, Nicky Barlow, Gilles Corby, Paula Elliott, Melanie Fowler, Tony Goldsmith, Stuart Hill, Simon Lumley, Andy Matson, Rachel Real, Deborah Rostant & Alex Tindall) Debut Senior Frostbites - 3 (Daniel Grant, Cheryl Jenner & Anthony Richardson) Debut at Venue - 17
Leading home the Senior squad was Darren Preston ahead of Pete Galpin. Tim O'Connor was close behind meaning that BRJ had 3 men finishers in the top 16. The remaining scorers were Phil Rudd, Roger Holliday, Alex Tindall & John Wright. For the ladies, Paula Elliott was the first lady and her PB run made her the fastest Senior Lady over this course, beating the time set by Treena Gilbert back in March 1998 by just 3 seconds. Rachel Real had another strong run to again take the runner-up spot, with Patty Doss securing a scoring position for the first time this season.
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Week Commencing February 20th
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Brighton Half Marathon A bit of drama for Mairi as it was later discovered that the Marshall whose job it was to indicate the halfway point had moved slightly from his allotted position (watch out you Frostbite Marshals this weekend) and as a result, the actual course was .24 kilometres too long.
Despite this, Mairi secured a Half Marathon PB by 10 Mins 51 Secs over the PB she secured at the same (properly measured) course last year.
Monster Duathlon Simon Moore advised that he set a PB today
Cambridge Parkrun 5k (#106) Andy Barber set a 5k PB by 9 Secs since Cambridge Parkrun 5k # 57 in March 2011 Daniel Grant competed in his debut club run whilst in the same race Sarah Hall completed her 50th Cambs Parkrun
Belvoir Challenge Marathon Sue Yendley completes her 2nd of the 12 marathons she aims to complete in 2012. Sue was 4th lady home.
Tarpley 20M Paula Elliott - a great new 20m PB by 18 Mins 36 Secs (was 2:59:23 set @ Oakley in March 2010) Club 20 mile debuts for Roger Holliday & Sarah (Louise) Hall. Club debut road runs for Chris & Claire Schmidt (Their debut was to have been the cancelled Stamford 30K!)
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Week Commencing February 13th
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Cambridge Parkrun 5K (#105) An increase in temperature from last weekend by about 20 degrees, saw our runners achieve 2 PB's (Deborah Rostant & Richard Stevens) and secure the top 3 places in the VW45-49 Age Category (Jackie Wren, Gillian Peck & Deborah Rostant). Deborah Rostant run her socks off today and improved her 5k PB by an impressive 1 min 41 secs since Cambs Parkrun (#74) of July 2011. Richard Stevens improved his 5k PB by 17 secs from 2 weeks ago at Cambs Parkrun (#103). Unluckiest BRJ runner today was Gillian Peck, who missed out on a new 5k PB by a mere 4 seconds ........ if it hadn't been so windy today!
Eastbourne Parkrun 5k: Esther Cotton took park in her debut over the Eastbourne Parkrun 5K course on a very windy day. Esther was top place in her age group
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Week Commencing February 6th
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Cambridge Parkrun 5k (#104) Unsurprisingly, the minus 11 degree temperature meant that the number of participants was significantly decreased from the average, however, amongst these were 9 of the more hardy members of BRJ. Pete Galpin secured a fantastic 3rd place in his debut at a Parkrun event. Likewise, for Ian Wilson (let off from Football refereeing duties for the day) it was his debut Parkrun event. Pete, Phil Pearsons and Keith Simmons all achieved Age Category gradings. The Bedford Parkrun and Stamford 30km were cancelled.
Greenwich Parkrun: Linda Crook ventured to Greenwich to do a Parkrun and David Dunkerley ran his club debut 10mile at Sidcup
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Week Commencing January 30th
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Cambridge Parkrun 5k (#103) With the significantly colder weather, it was not surprising that the numbers participating in today's 5K were significantly lower than compared against recent races. New member, Richard Stevens, completed his debut Club Run whilst Phil Pearsons achieved a 5k PB by just 1 second over the time he secured in Cambs Parkrun #57 back in March 2011.
Bedford Parkrun 5k (#38) 3 members of the Barlow family made their debut run over the Bedford Parkrun course and all achieved Age Category placings. Additionally, Charlie earned a new 5K PB which was 34 secs quicker than at Cambridge Parkrun 5k (#95) of 3 December 2011
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Week Commencing January 23rd
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Bedford Parkrun: Tony Cotton, again using this event to perfect his Race-Walking skills, achieved another Age Category win. I gather Tony may have been running the "Brass Monkey 10K" today @ Rockingham Race Circuit.
Cambridge Parkrun 5k #102 Our 19 finishers achieved a number of personal bests and Age Category places between them. For our Junior athletes, Charlie Barlow, who was pipped to the finish line by the evergreen David Smith, was 1st Junior Man 14 today. A debut club run for Charlotte Orugboh saw her take over from Amie Smith as the Fastest BRJ Girl over 5k. The senior event saw a PB at this venue for Darren Preston (but 53 secs shy of his overall club 5k PB). There were PBs, by 20 & 5 secs respectively, for Roger Holliday & Frank Holmes and Jez Bottley was making his debut over the Cambridge Parkrun course. There were Age Category placings for Roger, Frank and also for Lorna Higgins.
Rockingham Brass Monkey 10k Sarah Hall, Karl Taylor and Tony Cotton took part in this event.
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Week Commencing January 16th
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Folksworth 15M: 29 BRJ runners tackled the Folksworth 15, in very windy conditions, despite that achieving 8 PB's and 8 Club 15 Mile Debuts. Thanks must also go to the "static" and "mobile" BRJ supporters & photographers that braved the windy conditions to encourage their fellow club mates or capture their pain on camera!
Cambridge Parkrun 12 seniors & 2 juniors took part today. Andy Matson ran to his best form and exactly equalled his 5k PB set at this course at Race #85 on 1st October 2010. Had it not been so windy, Andy would have surely attained a PB. Both Deborah Rostant & Esther Cotton achieved age catogory positions.
Enfield Race Walking League 5M Tony Cotton participated in another Race Walking event.
Triathlon race diary now on the race diary page
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Week Commencing January 9th
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Bedford Parkrun 5k (#35) Esther Cotton improved her best time over this course, that she set last week.
Cambridge Parkrun 5k (#100) 9 members braved the icy conditions. John O'Callaghan broke the 5k PB he set last weekend by 8 secs.
March Frostbite A great club turnout with 7 Junior and 52 Senior members braving the frosty conditions. The course around Whitemoor Prison, near March, was used for the first time since December 2006 and as a result, a large number were making debuts. 5 Seniors achieved PBs for the March Frostbite.
JUNIORS - The 7 BRJ Juniors achieved 10th place on the day with 400 Race Points earning 5 League Points, which equalled the 10th place achieved at Hinchingbrooke Park in December (Now 10th place overall with a total of 18 League Points, up by 1 place from Race #3).
SENIORS - The 52 BRJ Seniors achieved 4th place on the day with 732 Race Points earning 13 League Points. The previous best placing for this season was 6th at both the St Neots & Hinchingbrooke Park Venues (Still remain at 6th place overall with a total of 44 League Points).
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Week Commencing January 2nd
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Happy New Year to all BRJ Members past, present and future. May 2012 bring you all the successes that you wish for.
Cold Christmas to Good Easter Marathon Sue Yendley's New Years Resolution was to run 12 marathons during 2012. The first of these was completed last weekend. Well done Sue!
There was a good turnout at the Cambridge Parkrun and at Bedford
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