I hope you are all fit and well after the Summer Social. Fair play to all those that got up and ran this morning with or without a hangover.
This weekends action started on Friday with a few Striders visiting Rye for the Summer 10K series. Justin Burden led the way with a 52:54 finish followed by Richard Randle in 55:51. Dermot Carr was next through in 57:53 then Dee Millen with 1:10:30. Well done to you all !
Saturday saw Simon Pharoah take on the Whitstable/Herne Bay 10K and despite a few technical hitches along the way still managed a respectable 1:00:33 finish. Well done Simon !
Justin Burden was in action again on Sunday. This time he tackled the Asics 10K in London and a superb 49:18 finish rounded off a great weekend of running for him.
Sunday also saw a more local event as Woodchurch staged its annual 5 & 10 mile races. Steve Greatorex had the race of his life as he completed the tough, hilly 10 mile route in an astonishing time of 1:19:41 to bag himself a new 10 mile PB. An outstanding performance Steve, well done . Nigel Hills was first through in the 5 mile race with an impressive 41:48 followed by Karen Edwards in 51:39 and Holly Forrest in 1:05:55. Lisa Fulcher also took part as the tail runner but due to the ten milers overtaking the last of the 5 milers she didn’t have to complete the course and finished in style in the Nice Work van. Well done guys !!
Parkrun was busy as usual on Saturday but stifling heat and humidity obviously slowed everyone down a tad and PBs were hard to come by. At Ashford Keith Haynes took his usual pole position with 20:01 followed by Jason Caldwell with 20:55 and Adam Booth in 21:22. Cherith Wright put in the performance of the day to take the first Strider lady place and a new PB with a very creditable 23:40 finish, congratulations Cherith, group 1 awaits you on Thursday. Terry Sellen was next through in 25:45 followed by Vicky Stevenson in 29:06. Andy Found came through in 29:07 just ahead of Scott Hawkins who completed the sub 30 line up in 29:50. Mandy Cooper was bang on the 30 min mark with David Gadsby next in 30:39. Catherine Wall and Amanda James were the next two Striders with 30:59 and 31:01 respectively followed by Jason Brice and Rita Cooke with 31:36 and 32:40. Peter Broom recorded a 32:50 time less than a minute ahead of Rachel Forrester in 33:47. Michelle Brice celebrated her London Ballot success with a time of 33:48 just ahead of Martin Whittingham in 35:05. Rachel Oliver got round in 35:19 followed by Don Dewar and Brian Forrester in 35:45 and 36:48. Lisa Fulcher finished in 37:38 closely followed by Jennifer Watts with 37:41. Hazel Forrester and Julie Foster completed the Strider lineup with times of 42:22 and 54:26 respectively.
Strider Volunteers at Ashford this week who always deserve our thanks were Jason Caldwell, Julie Foster, Lee Standen and Kevan Strand.
Parkrun Tourists were out and about once again this weekend with Tamsin Ritchie completing the Canterbury course in 30:51. Great Lines in Medway welcomed Mark Niles who went round that in 25:56 while Kate Stroud took on the Folkestone course and completed in 26:51. Leigh Freeman travelled to Malling and recorded a 37:23 time whilst Nicola Crawley and Justine Wearn chose Uckfield with Justine completing in 33:31 and Nicola going round as Tail Walker in 54:18. Squerries Winery saw the biggest influx of Striders and Justin Burden was the first of them in 24:34 followed by Hazel Turner in 25:51. Siobhan Hagan and Dermot Carr were next through with 30:35 and 31:34 respectively followed by Lisa Gribbin in 32:20. Two more lucky London ballot place winners Rachel Tomsett and Michelle Bryant completed the Strider field with 34:32 and 38:19.
Well done to everyone who ran, volunteered or supported this weekend and I hope you all have a great week.
Report by Andy Found.
