Monthly archives: October 2015

Romsey Runner, Richard Vie with his daughter Charlotte finished a sunny, dry Great South Run in Southsea on Sunday. ‘It was a great day out with perfect weather and we both did better than our respective target times which was nice!’ said Richard after the event.  Richard finished in 1:37:31 and, just a little behind Charlotte who managed 1:12:36.

Great South Run Results

• Jackie Bailey 1:32:47
• Richard Vie in 1:37:31
• Lindsay Dunford 1:40:33

The week before had seen a number of RRRs heading to Oxfordshire to complete the Abingdon Marathon. The event has a tradition for fast times, as the course is one of the flatter courses. The weather assisted runners and the many finishers were rewarded with good times. Becky Tovey managed a ‘good for age’ time, guaranteeing a place in the London Marathon 2016.

Abingdon Marathon Results

• Toby Burrows 3:09:25
• Becky Tovey 3:43:16 – AG spot for London accomplished
• Tam Ryan 3:43:19
• Alice Lane 4:20:01

Elsewhere, Angela Burnikell completed the Thruxton Duathlon and was first lady home in 1:06:02, coming 10^th overall. This event used the race circuit in Thruxton, north Hampshire for both the run and cycle, making it traffic free and ideal for those wanting to try a duathlon for the first time.

8 RRRs took part in the New Forest (formerly Minstead) Stinger organised by local club, Totton Runners. The Stinger offers a variety, views and mixed terrain.

Runners have a choice of distances, 5 or 10 miles which consist of a mix of trails, gravel tracks and paths in a looped course through undulating open forest. Runners are afforded in places, long views of open heath land with dense forest in the background.  This is a tough route, as the name suggests, challenging runners with several steep ‘stinger’ inclines.

The weather was perfect on the day and with firm and dry ground underfoot, conditions were good.

RRR results

5 Miles:

Anna Duignan 3^rd in age category in a time of 51:41

Wendy Couper 6^th in age category in a time of 63:48

10 Miles:

Mark Stileman 1:06:08 – 6^th overall

Mark Adams 1:13:44

Jim Wright 1:14:54

Daniel Lurcock 1:18:38

Lynda Brown 1:20:43

Penny Jennings 1:32:36

Last weekend was just perfect for running and enjoying the outdoors; many RRRs did just that.

The Clarendon Marathon, stretching from Salisbury to Winchester, using as the name suggests, the off road Clarendon Way to transverse across from Wiltshire to Hampshire. Runners were afforded some stunning long views as they negotiate the undulating route. The half way point is Broughton in Test Valley, Where the half marathon starts. There is also the option of a marathon relay.

Marathon results:
Mark Adams 3:32:18
Sue Sleath 3:42:38
Both Mark and Sue took a wrong turn at Broughton and had to cover an extra
0.4 of a mile.

Half Marathon results:
Mike Roberts  1.48.50
Becca Lurcock  2.05.19
Penny Jennings 2.05.41
Hannah Richardson 2.12.15
Lindsey Friedman 2.20.27
Marion Kelly    2.31.28

On the South Coast participating in the Bournemouth Runfest 10km were:

Trevor Band, finishing in 51:18 – 6th in his age group and Elaine Band,  finishing in 1:10:36 and 7th in her age group.

At the longer marathon distance were Dave and Sue Gardener, who finished in 4:24:16 and 4:51:07 respectively.

And finally, Anna Duignan ran the Great Scottish Run half marathon on Sunday in Glasgow. Anna got a massive PB with a finish time of 1:59:51, breaking the magical 2 hour mark. Anna came 2nd in her age (F65-69) and 1095th female out of 3520. Her family were very proud.