Huge congratulations to Pawel Langer for turning his sub-3hr marathon dream into a reality, clocking in at 02:59:53! Results: http://www.stuweb.co.uk/race/1vZ Pos Name Category Cat Pos Chip Time Gun Time 13 Pawel Langer V45 2 02:59:53 02:59:53
4 Sphinx runners covered the 15.84 miles and enjoyed the post-challenge hospitality (see photos below). Thanks to Jackie Timms for the following photos: Results: http://results.d3racetec.co.uk/results.aspx?CId=17077&RId=63 Pos Name Time 141 Steve Colbourne 02:30:41 144 Kevin Naughton 02:31:42 398 Jackie Timms 03:34:16 399 Mitch Timms 03:34:16
12 Sphinx men made the trip to Gloucester to compete in the 1st league race of the cross-country season, aka Barry Allen’s birthday run! The team did well, finishing in 6th place overall with some great individual performances. Our thanks for driving go to Garry, Wayne and those that met us there, and thanks to Wayne for organising us. As has become tradition, we made time for a recovery pint afterwards :) Thanks to Imran Ali for the following before and after photos: Results: http://www.
12 Sphinx ladies competed in (and co-hosted) the 1st cross-country league race of the season and did well, finishing in 12th place. Thanks to Ellie Davies for the following group photo: Thanks to Craig Robinson for the following photos: Results: http://www.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=16418&RId=408 Pos Name Time Category Cat Pos Team Pos 11 Kathryn Stuart 00:27:44 Senior 6 12 38 Catherine Gough 00:30:31 Senior 14 12 65 Sue Gough 00:32:51 Masters 40
Well done and congratulations to Jasmine James on a PB at Coventry. Elsewhere, Vicky Brewin was a first-timer at Bushy parkrun. With the first cross-country league race int he afternoon, a few regulars decided to rest their legs…and a few others didn’t… Bushy 1 Sphinx AC runners/family/friends ran this weekend, with 1 first-timer and no PBs. Official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/bushy/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=706 502 Vicky Brewin 27:34 SW30-34 54.05% 92 First Timer!
6 Sphinx runners took part in the third race in the Services XC season. The next race is Weds 15-Nov at Newbold Revel. Results: POSITION NAME TIME 33 K.NAUGHTON 41m 03s 43 M.TIMMS 44m 09s 51 L.ABBOTT 46m 59s 56 C.O’KEEFE 48m 43s 59 R.ALLEN 50m 20s 64 T.MARCHI 57m31s
Lacey Abbott, Paul Carberry, Kev Dick and Vickie Hand all took part in the Poppy Run at Sutton Park on Saturday, running 5km in aid of a worthy cause. Pictures courtesy of Paul Carberry and Vickie Hand:
Well done and congratulations to Ellie Davies on her PB at Coventry and Jack Edwards on his PB at Arrow Valley! Also at Coventry, congratulations to Craig Robinson on his 100th parkrun and to friend of the club, Ian Wilkinson on his 250th. Elsewhere, there was plenty of parkrun tourism with The Carvers travelling to Bushy parkrun, Sue Gough debuting at Southampton, Imran Ali and Vicky Brewin making a first appearance at Milton Keynes, The Edwards’s Andy Mc and Mitch Timms running Arrow Valley for the first time, and Kev Dick and Vickie Hand being first-timers at Perry Park.
Thanks to Kev Naughton for the following report: The first running of this event from the village hall in Harby, northeast Leicestershire. Finish 37th of 173 in a time 47.01 A gently undulating course incorporation a mixture of terrain…track, trail, field margins, ploughed fields a disused railway and some tarmac Weather was fine with a stiff northerly breeze. Results: http://www.harbyvillage.org.uk/2017_final_clockback_results/ First Name Surname Gender Time Overall Position Male Position
7 Sphinx runners completed this popular and challenging (see the route profile!) Welsh marathon. Well done to all. Entries for the 2018 event open on 1st December. Coverage of the race by S4C can be found at the following link (including the odd familiar face!): http://beta.s4c.cymru/clic/e_level2.shtml?programme_id=542129506 Pictures by Jackie Timms: Results: http://tdleventservices.co.uk/race-results.php?event=2784 First Name Surname Gender Gender Position Category Category Position Pen-y-Pass Stage Position 14Miles Stage Position 23Miles
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