Givaudan Ashford 10k
Ashford Striders put in a great team performance at this year’s Givaudan 10k, with a number of members setting new personal best times. Kath Atkinson was first home for the club, with an excellent new PB of 44:45, finishing as 11 th placed female runner and 5 th in the Senior Women category. Close behind were Cris Francis (45:21), Justin Burden (48:25) and Kyleigh Austen (49:19) all achieving new PBs. Linda Delport was next home in 50:11 and she was followed by Alison Waters (51:31) and Jamie Bartlett (51:42) who also set new PBs.
Nicola Crawley was next home in 52:33 with Corrie Shackle close behind in 52:54. Mark Archer (54:47) and Rebecca Hurley (56:00) followed and then Libby Matthews (1:05:37), Toyah Bicker (1:12:15 – new PB), Ruth Goddard (1:17:15) and Danielle Moss (1:28:37).
Bournemouth Marathon & Half
Striders Peter Lane and Clare Maxlow travelled to the South Coast to take part in this year’s marathon on a warm autumn morning. Lane finished the 26.2 mile course in a time of 4:25:53 and Maxlow in 6:31:26.
Meanwhile, Catherine Lane took on the Bournemouth half marathon, completing the 13.1 miles in a personal best of 3:16:39.
Tonbridge Half Marathon
Lee Standen was the lone Strider taking part in an undulating Tonbridge half marathon. His time of 2:07:36 was a new personal best, running 9 minutes faster than his previous time in 2017.
Brighton 10 mile
Jason Sanders and Tyree Spicer travelled to Brighton to compete in this year’s 10 mile run. Sanders set an excellent time of 1:25:12 and Spicer a new personal best of 1:39:19.
Parkrun
Justin Burden was first to finish for Striders setting a new PB of 22:38 and finishing in 26 th place overall. Jason Sanders in 41 st place completed the run in 24:40. He was followed by Mark Archer (27:15), Josh Whiten (27:18), Cris Francis (27:19) and Rebecca Hurley (27:22), with Rachel Brisley (28:13) and Steve Rumsey (28:43) also finishing well.
Ashford Striders’ Rachel Oliver took Parkrun tourism to another level, running the Cairns Pakrrun in Australia. Oliver finished the 5k course in hot conditions in a time of 33:09.