Please welcome tonight’s guest, Jodee joining us from Witham running club.
Welcome our 2 newest members, Fin and Gi.
Thank Julia for monthly club standards report.
Parkrun result,
Maldon
Chris Newenham, 20th overall and 1st in age, a 26 second PB 00:22:08
Rob Still, 00:24:07
Stephen Hargreaves, I didn’t know it was an XC parkrun, PB 00:26:13
Helen Potter, 00:30:03
Great Notley parkrun
Rob Hankey, 00:23:57
Annabel Marriott, Pacing 38. Don’t think the weather helped the GPS, 00:38:12
Michelle Edwards, Got round this week after a fail last week. Very muddy but I did it! 00:40:19
Mersea parkrun
Bob Bardell, Finished 3rd in 00:21:39
Clare Howard, 00:31:30
Zoe Bardell, 2nd in age group. Ha ha in 00:36:22
Mole Valley parkrun
Edward Skinner, 00:30:40
Osterley parkrun
Len Marten, Grt catching up with old friends and introducing one or two to parkrun. Great event. Here 40yrs ago! 00:32:26
Thornham Walks Parkrun
Aaron Graves, Some great surface paths and some very very mud fest good balance training and didnt full over bonus. 00:20:40
Paul Graves, 00:32:33
Chelmsford Park run, double points for chairman’s challenge 2025.
Simon Gill, 00:25:49
Lynda Rayner, 00:29:09
Tim Huxtable, 00:31:32
Kath Moore, 00:32:14
Stacy Hember, 1st time @ Chelmsford. V busy with lots of runners and more muddy than thought. TRR girl power 00:32:49
Sharon Hardwicke, Double points for the ladies, 00:33:00
Jayne vernon, Not a PB or a standard but to see Lee Kerrison’s face when you read out the CC result is the best win! 00:33:30
Simon Gallagher, Slow and painful due to injury, but hopefully worth it for the double chairmans challenge points. 00:39:43
Chairmans challenge 2025, event 2
Yes, the ladies had a lot of double points at Chelmsford, but with 2 x men’s PB’s earning an extra 10 points each.
The boys won again!
Lavenham Old Railway 10k Trail
David Watson, Lovely muddy trail, enjoyed every minute with the girls, beat my last week’s 10k by 4 minutes.
Lisa Allum, Frosty, very muddy and wet run but beautiful scenery, fab company and loads of fun.
Stacy Hember, Lovely frosty, muddy, wet route. Lovely to run with Alex, Lisa, Julia, Annabel & David Watson
Annabel Marriott, Great being out running with TRR. The water feature on the railway also put a smile on my face.
Julia Bawden, Alex Hadley, all finished together around the 1hr 8min mark.
Great Bentley Half marathon.
| 635 runners completed the Great Bentley half in perfect running conditions. | ||||
| pos | Name | Time | age group | Comment |
| 14 | Aaron Graves | 01:16:26 | 6 / 119 | Good first half marathon of the year happy with that better than last year |
| 72 | Simon Gill | 01:26:41 | 15 / 59 | PB |
| 105 | Phil Nicholls | 01:29:22 | 8/68 | PB and Gold std |
| 187 | Marcus Peters | 01:37:46 | 65 / 119 | Set out to do 1:39 so very happy with the 1:37 an a 12min PB, Bronze std |
| 204 | Simon Peters | 01:39:35 | 22 / 51 | Very happy with the result especially with the run backs and holding “grumpy” Marcus’s gels. |
| 209 | Mark Lawes | 01:39:50 | 14 / 41 | 1st road race in 18 months, it went OK. Silver std |
| 215 | Glen Head | 01:40:15 | 25 / 51 | PB and silver std |
| 226 | Rowena | 01:40:42 | 9/49 | Marked as a pb because i don’t have a TRR pb recorded for half marathon. 1st TRR F |
| 321 | Sally Banyard | 01:49:31 | 4/28 | 22 seconds off CR so that was a bit ‘pissy’ (or annoying if I’m to be a lady). |
| 355 | Emma Hodson | 01:52:49 | 12/37 | Running a PB best half marathon time since 2014. |
| 423 | Jayne Stacey | 01:57:40 | 28 / 49 | |
| 581 | Mandy Graves | 02:19:52 | 6/10 | |
Howard Williams trophy for best road race 2024.
Ingatestone 5 won, T10 2nd.
Training Thursday
At Blackwater leisure centre in Maldon. Cat and mouse session with Sharon. 6.45 for 7 start.
Upcoming events.
Essex league final race at Apex corner in Hockley, this Saturday. Ladies race 4 miles, starts at 12.00. Mens race 5 miles starts at 12.45. Must have register with Roster athletics.
TRR track session Friday 14th Feb, Romantic night out 6.45 warm up, on track at 7. Details on WhatsApp group.
Mercury 10, Saturday 15th Feb, £3.00 to enter 1.30pm start. 10 mile xc in Epping forest.
Lots of events on fb page, thank you Jayne.
Rom for Jan
Men,
This chap, omg, what can i say……he entertained us all at TRR this month as he prepared to tackle his first Benfleet 15 trail run.
As a coach We are always keen to encourage adequate fuelling on endurance runs.. this chap took that on board, posting up in his group chat his huge stack of snacks he had ready for the event. He referred to this as a picnic, lol.
His determination and enthusiasm got him through mud hills and tough terrain, and his final words. “I loved every bloody minute of it” said it all.
Loving every minute even the zig zag hills. He embarked on the final hill to the finish line. With his two club mates, holding hands to cross the finish line and smiling..
We all have highs and lows and this chap continues to bounce back with determination….but love for his club and his running buddies…
January’s Nomination goes to, Ben Hall
Ladies,
This lady has been a regular supportive member of her group since her move from gp 1… committed to her training and representing the club at various trail events, attending XC events. She continues to inspire us all.
Taking on her 2nd Benfleet 15 during January, she crossed the finish line supported by her team mates Sharon and Ben. To knock a fantastic and amazing 20 mins of her previous time…whoop.whoop..
We are super proud of this lady who always gives back, marshals and supports at club events, our Gp 2 nomination goes to ….
Mandy Graves