Road Results 2011

Garden City Xmas 5m Race Welwyn Garden City 4 December 2011

A chilly morning in Welwyn Garden saw a select band of runners out for a new event hosted by Garden City Runners. This was a well organised event with plenty of marshalls on a course which has historically seen some very quick times ( sub 23mins in the 1980's by some of the lead Kenyans of the time).
Full results are here

Poppy Run Trent Park 30 October 2011

I would like to thank all those who supported the Poppy Run yesterday. We totalled 114 entries in this first year. I hope you all enjoyed yourselves and I congratulate everyone for doing an extremely good deed on this, the 90th year of the Royal British Legion.
There are some fantastic photos of you all on http://sportsnaps.com/   (NB: You don’t need race number to view photos)
Full report to follow - but full results are here.
Martyn

Bexley Winter Race Walk League Race 1 5k Road 23 October 2011

Here's a result from the weekend - I still seem to be grinding out a bit of an improvement technically and am as fit as I have been for some time (body behaving well!) - probably training as hard as I ever have and getting away with it at present.
4 Steve Allen 1st O/55 25:48 (PB - previous best 26:15 road and 26:09 track) AGE-GRADED 82.97% (that's a PB, too) 22 finished

Club Road Senior Handicaps Victoria Park 16 October 2011

Not quite as many competitors as might have been desired for this event, one of the Club’s oldest competitions, taking place on its traditional date in October. Sarah Boxer was first home in a time just over a minute faster than her winning time last year. I believe this is the first time that anyone has won this event in consecutive years. A fast finishing Jerry Bryan in coming second, expressed his delight at , “at last getting a medal”. John Clarke put in a workman like performance to come third. Fastest on the day was the evergreen Dave Wilcock. - Results here
Thanks to Ted & José for officiating; the two Steves, Sandra and Tom for marshalling, Bob for providing the refreshments and Martyn for coordinating.
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Club Road YA Handicaps Trent Park 15 October 2011

A lovely sunny, Saturday morning saw many a surprised face as the Clubs Young Athletes were informed that their usual Saturday Session was being substituted for the YA Club Road Handicap race. This was the second year that this annual race was held in its new format. Steve Harris lead the 38 strong field in a gentle and fun warm up before the serious business could begin. Mel’s organisational skills ensured that the competitors set off in the correct order in times allotted to them by the big bad handicapper; James Taylor!
Dexter Kelly put in a awesome and gutsy performance to lead the field home by a big margin with a relaxed looking Stephanie Allen, having time to smile as she crossed the finish line, in second place - this despite a hard battle to chase down those who set off in front of her. A surprised looking Inglian Hasani came home in third – however, there was no need to be taken aback as he should expect to reap the rewards from such a terrific effort. Sophie Parker had a fantastic run, posting the fastest girls time (and fourth fastest overall !)and a slick performance from Oliver Formby saw him post the fastest Boys time, some 29 seconds quicker than last year’s best time.
Well done to all who took part and to those who helped on the day. - Full results here

Bucharest Half Marathon 9 October 2011

63 Jerry Bryan M50(5th) 91.40 89 Laurence Scheyvens M40(10th) 96.30 (PB)
69 Rob Scott M40(8th) 94.08 (PB) The half marathon had a total of 766 finishers.

Liverpool Marathon 9 October 2011

81st Will Morris 3:10:52 First half in 1:34:12
 

Standalone 10k Letchworth 2 October 2011

A big turnout from club members at this popular local road race where over 1000 finishers battled against the un-seasonal heat. I hope I have picked out all our results - here

Garden City 10 Road Race Welwyn Garden City 25 September 2011

Unfortunately as the date for this race was moved back a couple of weeks it ended up clasing with the relays. As I understand it the idea was to see if by moving the date more entries would be received, but I believe numbers were down by 100. Our results are here

SEAA Masters Road Relays Aldershot 25 September 2011

3 reasonably strong teams made their way to Aldershot for the relays and it was the V60's who came back with a bronze medal, with our V50's just getting pipped and having to settle for 4th. Good runs all round. Special mentions to Tim Butler, recruited only the day before & to Nick Bingham who just got back from Greece late the night before & was reserve until Sat a.m.
Des
M40 results here - M50 results here - M60 results here

100km Road Race Winshoten Netherlands 11 September 2011

188. John Owen 11.34.24

Middlesex & Open 10k Victoria Park 4 September 2011

A flat fast course (first man 30.25; first woman 36.07). Full results at www.serpentine.org.uk
68 Nicola Froud - 41.42 - FV45 (1st)
73 Mel Davies - 42.19 - V55 (1st) (and Second Middlesex V50)
97 John Clarke - 45.36 - V60 (1st) (and First Middlesex V60)
110 Andy Welsh - 48.19 - V55 (4th)
157 Julian Tovey - 69.28 - V55 (6th)
161 completed
No prizes were given in the Open category, other than to the first 3 men, and first 3 women. John Clarke

Fairlands Valley 5k Road Race 3 1 September 2011

Results and some of the overall positions from Race 3 are here. Looks as if Alex did an excellent job of pacing our leading ladies - all of whom had faster times then previous races and led the team to 1st place on the night in both Seniors and Vets and Overall 2nd in both categories, with Kath March 3rd and Karen Murphy 4th Overall and 1st V35.

Fairlands Valley 5k Road Race 2 18 August 2011

Results from Race 2 here

Oak Hill Park Run 5k Pilot Road Race 17 August 2011

A big thank you to everyone who dodged rain (and conkers) to take part in the pilot for Oak Hill parkrun. Hope to see some more BDAC athletes taking part once we get started for real. Will and Rob.  Results

Fairlands Valley 5k Road Race 1 4 August 2011

Results from Race 1 here

Worstead 5m 29 July 2011

Another trip to Norfolk and another race, this one was a fast, certified course one lap around the lanes of Worsted – famous for its weavers and church, which was built as a result of the success and subsequent wealth of the cloth trade. The race was followed by a free music and beer festival after the prize giving, although after 20 minutes we gave up on the queue for food – next time we will take our own! There is a nice pub “The White Lady”. The festival continued over the rest of the weekend.
Des 28th 1st M60 in 30:43 (86%)
Kirsty 183rd 2nd W50 in 39:32 (69%) 322 finishers

Fairlands Valley 3k Road Relays Stevenage 22 July 2011

Some good racing on a damp night - well done to Jo for organising the teams. Our Mens A team came a credible 5th and Vets were pipped on the last lap, whilst our strong Ladys vets were 3rd overall and 1st Vets team. Full results are at this link

MWRRL Race Mob Match Trent Park 13 July 2011

Full results are at this link
Well done to all that run last night & throughout the series, also a big thank-you to all the helpers & food providers. An excellent event once again.
Good result with Barnet joint 3rd overall. Men Vets 2nd & Our brilliant Lady Vets 1st (as they have been all season).
Well done everyone - any comments please let us know. Maureen & David

MWRRL Race 4 St Albans 30 June 2011

Well done to all those who ran last night, brilliant result - Men 3rd, Ladies 4th, overall 3rd, Both Vet teams 1st.
Overall after 4 races we finished 3rd, our target for the season, so we stay in Div 1 next year. Overall our Lady vets were a very dominant 1st & Men Vets a very close 2nd to GCR. Our results are here
Well done to all those who ran or helped with team managaement over the season. I think we can be proud of our performance. Maureen & Dave

MWRRL Race 3 Welwyn Garden City 7 June 2011

Well done to all those that ran at WGC, we had a much better turn out from both men & ladies, full results at this link - our results are here
Our men finished 3rd, ladies 4th making us overall 3rd after 3 races, on the same points as FVS & N Herts only 2 points behind.
We need another strong turnout at St Albans on 30th June to maintain our position.
Lady vets were 1st again & men vets 2nd - well done to all. Mo

British Masters Relays Sutton Coldfied 21 May 2011

Regrettably due to injuries and other commitments - we only had 2 teams competing in these new age group Masters relays - however our O55 Ladies came back with Bronze Medals finishing 3rd.
Our results are here.

MWRRL Race 2 Bishops Stortford 18 May 2011

Unfortunately we didn't have such a good turnout as at the 1st race as a number of athletes were down with illness or injury, especially in the ladies team.
Men 4th Team, Ladies 6th, Overall 5th.
After 2 races we are now overall in 4th position - so need a really good turnout at the next race on Tues 7th June at WGC
Well done to both Men & Lady Vets as both teams were FIRST ...
Full results are at this link

MWRRL Race 1 Stevenage 5 May 2011

An excellent turn out on a pleasant evening - 36 men and 18 ladies - 54 members in all - saw us complete 3 Mens team's and 2 Ladies - even if some of us were somewhat late in arriving... As impressive was the fact that some 333 runners completed the race from the 6 clubs, highlighting the success of this league. I am sure that Maureen & Dave were delighted with our overall 3rd position - a solid performance on return to Division 1, and our Lady Vets winning - with Jo Kent 2nd overall lady and 1st Vet the standout performance. There is no room for complacency and we do need to keep the turnout high for the remaining fixtures - with the next coming up on Wednesday 18th May in Bishops Stortford. - Full results are at this link

Keswick Half Marathon 1st May 2011

31st Will Morris 1:29:52.
Its a really scenic race, a loop around the Newlands Valley before following the road alongside Derwentwater back into Keswick. Aside from great views the course offered some very challenging hills, with one at 6 miles up the side of Cat Bells being particulary painful - It might not match the Coniston 14 for difficulty but there can be few half marathons this tough - even the 'flat' bits seemed pretty bumpy! Would definitely recommend this one for next year. Will M.

Downham Market 30k Walk 17 April 2011

I travelled to Downham Market on London Marathon day (at Stevenage station at 7am most of the athletes were heading in the opposite direction!) to compete in a new event round this quiet (but not flat) Norfolk town. The idea was to do a tempo walk at fast training pace which meant that I went sensibly early on and got a lovely rhythm going. Net result a PB - I've not previously done a 30k where I haven't blown up horribly. Having walked all the way with Redcar's Martin Fisher (who was under a minute behind me in the National 50k last year) we agreed to walk in together rather than sprint it out.

=1 Steve Allen 3:15:32 (M50) (PB)

London Marathon 17 April 2011

A great day out - the weather was perfect - perhaps a bit too hot at the end - but generally good, the crowds were very enthusiastic. Well done to Mike Walker for being first home & getting his pacing exactly right and a huge 10 minute PB as a result. Many thanks from us all who ran, to those who cheered on round the course and for the friendly welcome at the Barnet baggage lorries - especially John Shirley - and his chairs in the shade - much appreciated by all. Our results as per the official site are attached - if anyone else ran, please let me know and I will add you on. Adrian .

Southern 6 & 12 Stage Relays Milton Keynes 27 March 2011

A big thanks to the 2 team managers Des & Steve for encouraging a good turn out ( and nearly 2 ladies teams). An excellent team performance by the Ladies A team saw them home in a fantastic13th position. The men faired less well - but resilience saw them climb to 27th by the end. Good support was received around the course from and it was also great to see former member Richard Pownall (now with Milton Keynes) out marshalling & running a later leg. Our results and times are at this link 

Victoria Park 5 Road Race 26 March 2011

 21st Edward Blake SM 26-27 2nd claim
 57th Yitzhak Ben-Aroya 3rd M50 29-37
  62nd Des Michael 1st M60 30-01
172nd Ted Kimber M70 41-13
205th Simon Cooper M50 45-29
207th Clare Boutle F40 45-39
215th Julian Tovey M55 47-53
225 finished All the times are the chip times, which seems the most sensible option. Grant Ramsay was there at the start, but does not appear in the results - perhaps he forgot his chip!?

Lugano Trophy Veterans Walk Switzerland 20 March 2011

Steve Allen was in Switzerland at the Lugano Trophy - the main 20k events were dominated by the Chinese (1-2-3 in the men's and 1-3 in the women's). 30 men under 90 minutes demonstrated the strength of the fields. I will do a bit for the magazine but here are the bare bones:
(5 x 2k laps beside Lake Lugano in the Spring sunshine)
7 Steve Allen 54:49.9 (2nd M50) behind 2 Germans, a Croatian, a Swiss, an Italian and Viktor Ginkgo from Belarus 30 started, 25 finished
Just outside my PB (54:37) but the wonders of chip timing reveal how ridiculously conservatively I walked - the first 9ks were all in the range 5:27.5 to 5:32.1 (the fastest being the 9th) and I then sped up to 5:22.6 in the last. I must be more aggressive in Slovakia next week at 20k and hopefully go through halfway in sub 57 mins and see what happens!

Finchley 20 Hillingdon  13 March 2011

132 Will Morris 2:26:40 273 John Clarke 2:50:12
142 Jerry Bryan 2:28:59 339 Tony Hamilton 2:59:11 (1st Vet 70)
200 Chris Violet 2:37:13 390 Sandra O’Connor 3:08:05
235 John Murphy 2:43:15

UK National 10 miles Racewalk Champs - University of Warwick  6 March 2011

12 Steve Allen 93:08 38 started - 34 finished
The race incorporated the Herts County championship which I won by 39 seconds from Arthur Thomson.
My next two serious races are in the Grand Prix meetings in Lugano (Switzerland) on 20th March - in the 10k Masters invitation which has it's usual strong field - and then Dudince (Slovakia) on 26th when I race in the supporting 20k to the main 50k event.
STEVE ALLEN

Berkhamsted Half Marathon 6 March 2011

Race also incorporated our Club Half Marathon Champs - congrats to Jerry on his title.
  64 Jerry Bryan V50 88.32 248 John Murphy V40 98.57 696 Linda Dworowski V50 1-54.25
  92 Michale Martin V45 90.18 436 John Clarke V55 1-46.11 783 Sandra O'Connor 1-57.14
  97 Mel Davies V55 90.39 502 Tony Hamilton V70 1-48.25 1038 John Dugdale V55 2-10.48
185 Nick Bingham V65 96.04 532 Karen Murphy (aka Karen Denham/Levy) 1-49.32

Roding Valley Half Marathon 27 February 2011

Not as hilly as the Watford Half, but still a bit of a roller-coaster course - also rather too many road crossings for my liking...
10 Adrian Mason 78.01 (1st Vet)

Last Friday in the month 5k Hyde Park 25 February 2011

40th Jane Laws(FV50) 19-12 91.8% age-graded
41st Keith Turner(V50) 19-12 77.4%
136th Ted Kimber(V70) 24-27 72.1% 201 finished
Highly suspicious - I suspect that Jane was pacing Keith! Ted K

Watford Half Marathon 6 February 2011

20 Alex Horton 77.10 876 John Murphy V40 1.48.17
27 Mike Walker 79.00 1342 Sarah Boxer W45 1.58.20

Fred Huges 10m Road Race ( and Club Champs), St Albans 23 January 2011