Victory at NYD 10K, Medal at British Masters, & Club records at Lee Valley

Order

1/ Serpentine New Years Day 10K

2./ British Masters 10 mile road champs

3/ Last Friday 5K

4/ Other 10K’s

5/ Lee Valley New Years Day Open ( track )

6/ Parkruns

Serpentine New Years Day 10K Hyde Park 1 Jan

Seyfu recorded a sub 30 min 10K at the NYD 10K, taking victory by over 2 minutes in a course record for the race, and Heathside scored a 1-2 with Kader Seyed in second place in a PB . There was another 1st place, to Caroline, in the Female V65 category, Emily achieved a top 10 overall place among the Women, and Gregory took 3rd place in the U17 category. In addition Karina participated in her 2nd 10K in 2 days, having taken part in the St Albans 10K the previous day ! Clubs aren’t listed in the results so if I’ve missed anyone out let me know

1                Seyfu Jamaal          29m 39s Course record

2           Kader Seyed      31m 51s                     PB

21              Alex Sweet              35m 46s                      4th V40

46              Joseph McKeown     37m 48s

103            Emily Reichert        41m 15s                     10th F

104            Marcus Tillotson      41m 18s                     10th V50   

119             Amy Cook               42m 14s         

121         Gregory Berrisford Sweet     42m 15s     3rd U17

132            Mark George               43m 7s

145           Karina Kauffmann      43m 39s         

223            Steve Crowley             46m 30s

242             Caroline White           48m 30s                    1st FV65

320             Marianne Gibson      53m 2s                     7th FV55

358              Anthony Chin          54m 48s

British Masters 10mile road Championships            Buntingford    30 Dec

Damien reports :

“ A wet and windy Saturday morning saw the running of the Buntingford 10 mile race, incorporating the Hertfordshire Champs and the British Masters Championships for runners entering, enduring and exiting their dotage.

 On a hilly course, James Hurrell ran a terrific 54:14 to win a Bronze medal in the M35 section and fourth overall, completing an amazing year of racing for James, who also took Bronze in the equivalent 5K event a few weeks back following his 2:27 at the Berlin marathon in October. I ran 61:27 - enough for a new club M55 record, but not quite good enough for a podium finish, coming home in fourth in that age group.. The next British Masters Champs event is the 10K at Goodwood on 4 February.” 

and James reports from the same race, having secured that medal in the V35 age group :

“Damien Lane and I ran this today, final race of the year and a decent end to 2023. A little hilly and with some sharp twists and bends through a residential area initially but then it opened up across some nice country roads. “

 4th James Hurrell 54m 14s 3rd V35

44th                 Damian Lane              61m 25s                 4th V55 club V55 record

Last Friday 5K             Hyde Park                   29 Dec

There was a good turnout from our Juniors at the Last Friday 5K, and they produced a number of very strong performances..

14       George Saint   U17                    16m 38s         

15        Abel Woldegiorgis   U20               16m 45s

47        Lenny Martin                                18m 2s

54        Ennio Kaloukian   U15                  18m 15s

62        Rory Willis      U13                       18m 29s

110      Artie Feeny-Willings   U17           20m 37s

And some more results from other 10K’s taking place over the period :

Ribble Valley 10K                    Clitheroe                    31 Dec

 740      Rebecca Marshall             50m 45s         

 St Albans New Years Eve 10K                                    31 Dec

 49        Karina Kauffman                44m 48s          5th F

V Sao Silvestre Baía Seixal 10km, Portugal                23 Dec

 486 Fabio Espirito Santo            46m 14s

Moving on to the Track :

Lee Valley New Years Open, Lee Valley,                   1 Jan

report from Simon Baker

“ Indoor action on New Years Day saw loads of club records broken while Leon Seale was just 0.14s outside Cian O'Donnell's 200m club record, Rachel McDonald set a new Senior Woman's 400m record of 64.27s,  Adrian Essex and Adrian Day both setting new club masters records in the 300m,  David Baah Okyere also broke the U20M 800m record by 3s with a time of 2:04.73.”

Adrian Day adds that “ Helena Stone (electronic timing) and Ivor Wiggett (starter) did a great job officiating “

60m

H14 7th Michael Salousti 9.36

H16 4th Adrian Essex (V70) 9.18

H18 2nd Adrian Day (V65) 9.23

200m

H1 3rd Leon Seale 22.44

H19 4th Adrian Essex (V70) 30.57

300m

H6 5th Adrian Day (V65) 47.85 NCR by 0.36s

H7 4th Adrian Essex (V70) 51.06 NCR

400m

H9 5th Rachel McDonald 1:04.27 NCR

800m

H3 3rd David Baah-Okyere (U20M) 2:04.73 PB NCR by 3s

Park Runs

This week’s full results can be found here

compiled by Mark George, with thanks to reports from Damien Lane, James Hurrell, Simon Baker, & Adrian Day