What a weekend this has been. I was exhausted just reading through some of your amazing feats over the last couple of days. Marathon Training is nearing its peak for Brighton, Paris, London, Kent Spring etc and there have been Striders smashing out long runs up to 22 miles as well as fundraising and parkrunning and of course the infamous Lydd 20.
The support that we give to each other in this great club is second to none. You are all amazing people 🥰
I am going to start the roundup with the three heroes who took on the Lydd 20 race today. It’s an absolute beast of a challenge especially when the weather is bad. The countless sheep and telegraph poles make up most of the scenery and being Mothers Day it meant that support on the route was going to be limited. Just getting to the end is an achievement in itself but to get a twenty mile PB is something else but this was achieved by not just one of our heroes but by ALL THREE !! Keith Haynes was the first Red over the line in 2:28:11 followed by Fabio Baiardo in 2:43:04 and Scott Hawkins in 3:46:06. Congratulations to all three of you and now enjoy your Taper 😉.
Onto the Park Run section then and a total of 37 Striders attended a Parkrun on 09/03/24 , 30 at Ashford, and 7 on tour.
At Ashford Park Run George Phillips smashed his PB to take the Pole Strider Position with 23:48 (Great running George !!). He was followed by Kevan Strand with a time of 24:23, and Richard Randle third strider, with a time of 26:08
Josh Stephens did a great Job of pacing Harry Lockhart to a sub 27 and a shiny new PB with Josh finishing in 26:40 and Harry in 26:44 (Sub 25 next week Harry !!).
The remaining Striders at Ashford finished as follows: Daniel Schwartz 27:32, Don Dewar 27:40, Jamie Bartlett 28:12.
Amanda James took the First Lady Strider Title this week with 29:04 then came Sharni Copham 29:15, Terry Sellen 29:16, Mark Niles 29:38, Catherine Wall 31:21, Robert Harris 32:21, Amanda Cooper 32:43, Rita Cooke 32:48, Justine Wearn 33:01, Jason Wearn 33:05, Dave Warner 33:22, Lisa Gribbin 33:44, Michelle Bryant 33:49, Martin Whittingham 34:56, Lisa Fulcher 35:11, Raechel King 35:17, Mathew Norman 35:31, Jennifer Watts 35:56, Sonette Schwartz 36:06, Rachel York 37:25, Kevin York 37:27, Carole Thomas (Tail Walking) 1:01:54. Great to see you back Carole and thankyou to the other Strider volunteers Don Dewar, Sarah Dewar, Peter Heckel, Simon Jackson, Lee Standen and Hazel Turner.
PARKRUN TOURISM
Justin Burden (25:33) and Laura Clark (37:50) completed the Brockwell parkrun, Herne Hill. Tamsin Ritchie Was back in Canterbury and finished in 30:49, Emma Matthews completed the Folkestone parkrun in 1:00:15 and Dermot Carr completed the Northala Fields parkrun in 30:07. Nicola Crawley and Sarah Martins were at the Sutcliffe Park Run and completed in 27:05 and 31:46 respectively.
Well done to everyone who ran, supported and volunteered over the weekend and I hope you all have a great week 😘
