Manchester and Rotterdam Marathons and Reading Half
As many Heathsiders are tapering now in preparation for the London Marathon this weekend, it was quietish on the race front, but some excellent results from the Manchester and Rochester Marathons and the Reading Half. There were four sub 3 hour results at Manchester and one at Rotterdam. There was also a 10K in Little Bromley, and some late results from the Thames Towpath 10, and the Folkestone 10 where Jackie and Martin both came first in their age groups, and Martin broke the V55 club record for the distance.
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Manchester Marathon, Manchester, 14th April 2024
209th Greg Whiteley 02:46:21
568th Robert Selway 02:54:49
542th Alex Sweet 02:54:20
538th Joe Pennington 02:54:18
1312nd Matthew Beard 03:03:09
Reading Half Marathon, Reading, 14th April 2024
67th James Barnard 364 M MSEN 01:19:06
102nd Alex Darbost 4436 M MSEN 01:21:06
178th Joseph Starkey 3627 M M35 01:27:54
Rotterdam Marathon, Rotterdam, 14th April 2024
166th Conor Brown M V35 2:36:28
2578 Patrick Curry M SEN 3:19:10
Little Bromley 10k, Little Bromley 14th April 2024
Fiona Holland reported that this was her first 10K race since 2008 and she was pleased to come in only about 10 minutes slower than her time then! And she also came in second WV65
346th Fiona Holland 54.03.51 (2nd WV65)
Folkstone 10, Folkstone, 29th March 2024
A late result for this race from Martin Potter: “Just two Heathsiders completed the Folkestone 10 miler on Good Friday. On a blustery morning both Martin and Jackie were chuffed to come home with their age group prizes. The trophies were presented by Mike Gratton, the winner of the London marathon in 1983 in a time of 2.09 (this still ranks as 14 best of all time in the UK marathon times). Martin also managed to squeak in under the current club V55 record by just 6 seconds.”
26th Martin Potter 1.01.21
286th Jackie Wastell 1.24.28
Thames Towpath 10, Richmond, 7th April 2024
Another late result - Sandra Buckton reported: “The Thames Towpath 10 was back after a 4 year hiatus, with a new start location. One of the Rob Jackson Championship races.
42nd Will Whitaker V40M 78.47
90th Marianne Gibson V55W 89.46
Parkruns
94 Heathsiders took part in parkruns on Saturday. Congratulations on first places for Sarah Swinhoe (Finsbury Park), Jonny Forsyth (Highbury Fields), Fran Owen (FaelledParken), Peter Gould (Ally Pally), Annabel Litchfield (The Old Showfield), and Louisa Pointon and Graham Wilkinson (Edgbaston). Full results can be found here .