Thanks to Craig Robinson for the following report: On an unusually warm Saturday the 14th October I took part in the 62nd Worcester Beacon race hosted by Worcester AC. It is a 6.6 mile multi terrain race with a friendly atmosphere held on the picturesque Malvern Hills. The course incorporates tarmac road, woodland paths and exposed tracks, grass and rocks. The run starts and finishes in the Rose Gardens which are fairly central in the town.
Thanks to Garry Barnes for the following report: Entered this half as a late entry and glad I did. The course is flat save a couple of slight drags, but PB potential all the way if you are hunting a fast half. Excellent organisation with race hq centered around Trafford cricket stadium. Good transport links using the metro with free parking at the stations outside the city. Overall a good event with that big city feel.
Well done and congratulations to Caroline O’Brien and Lacey Abbott on securing new PBs at Coventry parkrun. Congratulations also go to Catherine Gough on her 150th parkrun. Elsewhere, Alex Bartlett was a first-timer at Basingstoke and Imran Ali was a first-timer at Evesham. Basingstoke 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/basingstoke/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=502 17 Alex Bartlett 20:12 SM30-34 64.60% 17 First Timer!
Thanks to James Abrams for the following report: just completed my 3rd marathon at Chester which course wise turned out to be the toughest!my research told me different. Still a new challenge with a few lumpy bits thrown in after mile 20 (just what you want!). Lots of nice country lanes after the usual city start of a tour of the city. They run a metric marathon at the same time so they are sharing the back end of the course meaning a lot fresher runners seem to be flying pass me.
Well done and congratulations to Caroline O’Brien, Thomas Ementon and Helen King on PBs at Coventry and Rugby respectively. Elsewhere, Imran Ali was a first-timer at Rosliston, as was Vicky Brewin at Queen Elizabeth and Lisa Abbott at Hastings. Coventry 29 Sphinx AC runners/family/friends ran this weekend, with no first-timers and 2 PBs. Official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/coventry/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=387 24 Peter Fahy 19:47 VM40-44 71.10% 24 PB stays at 19:12
Mitch and Jackie Timms and Jackie Stuart completed the first race in the Midlands Police & Services League, with the venue being at Edgbaston. Results: http://www.csaa.org.uk/17midservxcleagueresults1.pdf Pos Time Name 61 49:16 J Timms 62 49:17 M Timms 71 56:50 Jackie Stuart
Thanks to Phil Wilson and Steve Court for the following reports: PW: Ston is a small town approximately 40 miles north of Dubrovnik in Croatia. Ston has the longest town walls in Europe, second only to the great wall of China, and it also holds a marathon which involves running along the walls. So a group of Sphinxies thought we would give it a go. Myself, Stuart, Bryan and Scourty ran the marathon and ex Sphinxie Garry Capell ran the 15K.
7 Sphinx runners completed this 10k race in Derby, completing a new course for 2017. Well done to Vicky Brewin on a 10k PB! Results: http://www.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=16418&RId=396 Pos Name Time Net Time Cat Pos Gender Gen Pos 62 Andrew Mcintosh 00:43:11 00:43:00 7 Male 58 115 Barrie Adams 00:46:31 00:46:07 45 Male 100 122 Narinder Bains 00:46:54 00:46:31 15 Male 104 130 Mitch Timms 00:47:38 00:47:25 12 Male 110 149 Jane Edwards
Congratulations and well done to Thomas Ementon on his PB at Coventry. Also at Coventry, whilst on a flying visit to Coventry, former Sphinx Quentin Henry and his wife Camille ran Quentin’s favourite parkrun course (see picture below)! To quote Laura P-D: They’ve just left for the airport after being stuffed full of typical British food - we had cream tea, curry at the Dhaka Dynasty and today, roast beef!
Well done to Garry Barnes and Al Harris on completing this 20-mile race, with it being Al’s first 20-mile race. Thanks to Garry Barnes for the following report: Organised by “the race organiser” this event includes a 10km and 10 mile option along with the 20 mile 4 lap race Warm conditions and a welcome breeze in places made for nice conditions although very tough psychologically being a lap event and going past the 19 mile board 4 times until it actually means only 1 mile to go does tend to grate a little.
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