This week’s Parish Notices were presented by Mark Lawes.

Introduction

  • Please give a warm TRR welcome to our newest guest, James Degiorgio.

Saturday Results – 03 October 2026

Burnham on Crouch parkrun

  • Edward Skinner, 00:28:20

 Chesterford Research Park parkrun

  • Tim Huxtable, 00:28:12, “Fastest for a while on nice new course on the edge of Essex”

 Great Notley parkrun

  • Stuart Collett, 00:21:38
  • Dave Cassin, 00:28:37, “Super run assisted by the awesome pacing of Caroline. Pushed hard but had enough for a strong finish”
  • Martin Holtham-Payne, 00:28:47
  • Annabel Marriott, 00:38:15, “Pacing 38 in a black, sparkly tutu”

 Lordship Recreation Ground parkrun

  • Aaron Graves, 00:17:48

 Maldon Prom parkrun

  • Rob King, 00:24:00, “So proud to run with my son and daughter and TRR family. My fastest time this year and first in age”
  • Martin Riley, 00:26:43, “Forgot my watch – nice to run with Claire, Stacey and Jackie”
  • Jason Murrell, 00:27:25
  • Stacy Hember, 00:28:14, “Lovely run with lovely Ruth 🥰🥰”

 Mersea Island parkrun

  • Mark Lawes, 00:24:41, “1st in age group. 100th park run, only took 15 years!”

 Chelmsford Brew Co – 10th Birthday 10k Trail Run

  • Martin Holtham-Payne, 01:01:43, “Lovely trail run with Stu and Andrew V finished with a pint at the end!”
  • Andrew Vickers, 01:01:43, “Great running with Martin & Stu. And nice to finish at a Brewery 🍻”
  • Stuart Collett, 01:01:43, “Great social run with Martin and Andrew”

Sunday Results – 04 October 2026

Abington Festival of Running 10k

  • Rob Hankey, 00:42:59, (PB, Silver Std), “Improved on my PB from 2022, bagged a Silver & 4th in age cat! Felt on top of the world after that!”
  • Michelle Edwards, 01:02:45, (Bronze Std), “So pleased with my time, didn’t think I could do it, but as always had the best support from Rob”

Photo: Rob and Michelle before the start of the Abington 10k.

Cardiff Half Marathon, 13.1 miles

  • Simon Peters, 01:36:05, “Great to see Katie and Sam at the start. My fourth superhalf race.”
  • Katie Rawlinson, 02:21:06, “Our 2nd Superhalf, lovely route, fantastic crowds. Would definitely recommend this one”

Saxons 5 Mile Road Race

  • Mandy Graves, 00:50:43, “Third in age category”
  • Paul Graves, 00:51:00, “Second in age category”

Southend 10k

  • Stuart Collett, 00:42:18, (PB), “45 second PB…great to see some other TRR’s running.”
  • Caroline Corney, 00:45:27, (PB), “I’m very pleased with this and the result of it! Such a great event.”
  • Martin Riley, 00:45:46, (PB, Silver Std), “Great course, all TRR runners smashed it. 3 min PB and silver standard!”
  • Martin Holtham-Payne, 00:48:19, (PB, Bronze Std), “Misty morning on a lovely flat course. Well chuffed with new PB and finally that bronze standard!”
  • Rob Still, 00:59:56, “Was a lovely run with Lauren, she wanted to get under an hour and just made it”

Photo: PB’s and shiny bling! Team TRR showing off their medals at the Southend 10k!

St Helena Hospice Half Marathon and 10k

  • Clare Haylock, 01:03:49 (10km), “Very hot, few cheeky hills too. Nice medal so worth the pain. Nice to see Julia and Stacy.”
  • Stacy Hember, 02:01:48 (Half Mara), “Great course, hoped to get a PB but my cold got the better of me. So will take that!”
  • Julia Bawden, 02:14:28 (Half Mara)

Photo: Julia Bawden at the St Helena Hospice Half Marathon.

 ETE – More Toppesfield Tens, 10 Miles

  • Tim Huxtable, 02:17:10, “Nice sunny day for October and a run in the countryside”

Training This Thursday

  • Training this Thursday is with Sally, starting from the Thurstable School.
  • After a warm up, the session will head to the Messing back straight.
  • Please see the WhatsApp message and poll in the Thursday Training group.

Upcoming Events

  • Race one of the Essex XC League takes place at Hylands Park this Saturday. Please check out our XC page on the TRR website for more details. There is a dedicated XC chat group within the TRR community – please join if you are planning to take part in XC.
  • The Tiptree 10 is this Sunday!
  • Our new Run Leader Bio page is now live on our website. Find out a little more about the people leading your training sessions and get to know your RLs better. Meet the team here.

Runner of the Month – September 2026

Female Winner

This lady has had a fabulous month of running with some great achievements. She ran a great time at the Pleshey Half Marathon to earn herself a Silver Standard.

She has also been chasing down a shorter-distance goal and has been trying to get back under the 25-minute for her Parkrun which she hasn’t done for 6 years. After a few close attempts earlier this month, she finally cracked it last weekend at Maldon Parkrun kindly paced, (or as she said, pushed 😉) by Chris G, and ran a fabulous 24:27 and achieved a well-deserved Gold Standard!

She is a valued member of our run leading team as a RL for Gp2, leads some Thursday sessions and this month she stepped up to lead the mixed session of “The Good, the Bad, and the Lovely.”

Our winner is Stacy Hember!

Male Winner

Some runners know when to pause and after a very sensible break to recover from a nasty dog bite, this man has returned beautifully.

First in his age category at Maldon parkrun on 5th, 19th and 26th September on his grandson’s birthday no less is impressive enough.

But the crowning moment came at Pleshey Half Marathon: a personal best, a silver standard and a county medal, all in a superb 01:53:33.

We all hope we’ll be lacing up at his age! Our inspiring Runner of the Month is Rob King!