Guests tonight, Dan and Sean( Nice to see him back at the club)
Welcome new member Denise, Ben and Rob.
Parkrun results from the weekend.
Maldon Parkrun
Rob King, 26 overall & 26 male out of 151 males…..First in age group 60-69 & 74.41 % age grade & fastest time this year.
Nicole Rayner, First in age category in 27:02
Anna Taylor, in 31:55
Anita Leaver, 1st in my age category in 36:20
Marks Hall Parkrun
Ann-Marie Bearne, another SB in 28:03.
Great Notley parkrun
Jayne Vernon, 35.37
Rob Hankey, I was guide runner for a regular park runner who has Parkinson’s. Also did my usual volunteering roles.
Michelle, was Run Director.
Hadleigh park run.
Sue Long, “Elevation 348ft, First time I had done this Parkrun. It’s a tough one but a good one if you love hills 🙂” in 37:02
Pegwell Bay parkrun
Jodie Wells, Lovely parkrun & 1st in age category. In 23:29
Sheringham Park Run
Julia Bawden, A lovely park run route through Sheringham Park in North Norfolk. The last mile is all up hill though. 1st in my age group. Chairman’s Challenge total ascent: 233ft. in 30:27
Haverfordwest parkrun
Simone Hilliard, 5th overall and 1st lady! Also don’t wear thermals and then race! 22:21
Final Essex xc league fixture at Ilford.
4 members running for the mens team.
Aaron Graves, 56th
Mark Lawes, 136th
Lee Kerrison, 163rd
Edward Skinner, 173rd completed the team.
Tiptree finished 17th out of 30 teams, with 2 missing runners.
Rayne-ing Medals Anniversary 2023
Anna Taylor, Only entered the 5km with some friends, but enjoyed it so much I ran in to complete the 10km. I supported my friend on the 5km … her first ever race!
Alex Hadley, 10km. Fabulous run, really relaxed and well organised run. Unbelievably came in 2nd female and Jayne was 3rd female. Pb for 10k trail run. 01:07:42
Jayne and Craig Vernon, 10km in 1:08:54
Annabel Marriott, doing her longest run to date, 16.5 miles in 3:33:37
Chairman challenge
Girls maintain they lead for Feb.
| Teams | ||||
| Boys | Girls | |||
| Date | Elevation. | Rank | Elevation. | Rank |
| Dec | 10875 | 1 | 6320 | 2 |
| Jan | 13317 | 1 | 10408 | 2 |
| Feb | 1629 | 2 | 2405 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 25821 | 1 | 19133 | 2 |
Training this Thursday,
From here 6.45 for 7.00 start, variable hill efforts at Messing.
Upcoming events.
This Sunday’s big event! Final round of NESS xc race 5, 19th Feb at Hadleigh in Suffolk. Details on fb.
Please come and support the club as we try and get promoted to league 1.
Runner of the month January.
Female: – This young lady has been getting stuck into training and recently bagged one of her long time racing goals, the Benfleet 15 which she completed in 3:36:16. As well as a regular at cross country events and park runs
She attending both Tuesday and Thursday running sessions, as well as joining Simon on a Wednesday evening.
Mandy Graves
Guests going forward.
We are getting lots of guest requests at the moment, Many thanks for referrals. It might take a few weeks before guest can attend given demand so please manages guest’s expectations.