Enschede Marathon & Half, Milan & Brighton Marathons, European Indoors and more

Enschede Marathon & Half       Netherlands            12 Apr

 

A large contingent of Heathsiders ( pic ) most of whom run on Wednesday night from the Royal Free, gathered for the weekend in the town of Enschede in the Netherlands to participate in the town’s running event featuring full and half marathon races, which took place in sunny but cool conditions ;


Marathon

410      Philip Hogg                    3hr 9m 25s

1192    Olivia Withers                3hr 42m 59s     PB      132nd F

1741    Maarten Offeringa          3hr 54m 14s    PB

1772    Rebecca Marshall          3hr 54m 50s             224th F

 

                                                4218  runners ;  [  3361 M,  857 F  ]

 

Liv and Maarten both posted PB’s to back up their training , while Phil, the chief organiser ot the trip, led the way home, and Rebecca put in a solid performance ; in fact Rebecca and Maarten ran almost identical times though setting off at different times

 

Half Marathon

 

134      Martin Potter              84m 42s

618      Leo Pemberton           95m 35s          PB

663      Mark George               96m 45s         

726      Trevor Wilson             97m 53s

1631    Valentin Valeanu        1hr 41m 02s

1633    Kinga Blaszkiewicz     1hr 41m 02s    PB          111th  F

1613    Magnus Hallin             1hr 44m 14s

2636    Jackie Wastell             1hr 54m 51s                   616th  F

           

    9263 runners ; [  5869 M, 3365 F ]

 

Martin led the way for the club in the Half Marathon, which featured particularly good runs from Leo and Kinga, while Jackie completed a successful return to competitive action after a leg injury.

 

Staying with Marathons there were PB’s for Oliver and Pete at Milan and Brighton respectively ;

 

Milano Marathon                   12 Apr

103      Oliver Murgian Hedger           2hr 35m 53s                PB       

 

Brighton Marathon                12 Apr

340      Pete Bacon Darwin                 3hr 6m 34s                  PB

Pete ( below ) reached half way on course to achieve a sub 3hr target, but still managed a big PB and a good for age goal

 

 

Other results , starting with Half Marathons ;

 

Epping Forest Wildwood Trail Half Marathon                       11 Apr

10th      Francisco Sanchez       94m 42s          4th V40

( 166 runners }

  

Run Dorney Half Marathon               Windsor                      13 Apr

13        Eliza Bond       82m 14s

 

Westonbirt House Easter Half Marathon      Tetbury           13 Apr

107      Harriet Tinker             1hr 53m 54s

 

 Isle of Man Eater Festival 10K            Port Erin                     15 Apr

39        Fred Beale                   33m 35s  PB

 

London Easter 10K                 Regents Park               13 Apr

4          Benn Thomas              38m 42s

 

 

& on the Track :

 

European Masters Indoor Championships    Torun  Poland           13 Apr

1500m  ( V40 )            

7   Richard Macaulay  4m 48.91s

 

Tonbridge AC Open Meeting             13 Apr

3000m

13                    Eliza Bond                   10m 31.24s   PB


Parkruns

103 club members participated in parkruns this week,  

 1st places to Lucy Browne at Mile End, Chloe Wilkinson ( Ingrebourne Hill ) both sub 20 mins,  &  Sandra Buckton ( Luton  ),  plus second places for Charlie Ogilvie ( Church Mead ) &  Conor Brown ( Letchworth ) ;

 fastest runners were  Ed Samuel 16m53s at Dulwich,  Andrew Robertson ( Oak Hill ) 17m 19s, and  Alan O’Shea ( Kingston ) 17m 20s

 

full results can be found here ; parkrun | Consolidated club




compiled by Mark George




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