Deng excels at Brighton Marathon

Brighton Marathon                           7 Apr

Probably the standout performance of the week came from Deng Akol at the Brighton marathon.

On a by all accounts very windy day, there was a big PB for Deng, who actually lead the race through 10k !, reached halfway in 1hr 17m, and despite slowing a little in the second half held on well to finish in 12th place overall

Peter Bacon Darwin reached halfway in 1hr 34m but unfortunately had to pull out after 25K due to a hip injury

12        Deng Akol       2hr 44m 30s    PB

Paris Marathon 7 Apr

Beth Shaw ran a PB at the Paris Marathon

4275    Beth Shaw                  3hr 10m 14s   PB

5557    Paul Jarman               3hr 16m 12s

11930  Ella Inwald                  3hr 39m 39s

There were also a couple of Half Marathon races with Heathside interest

Best Race Series,  Half Marathon      Battersea Park 6 Apr

a couple of good runs from Dan & Miyuki

22         Daniel Johns (V40)            1hr 26m 2s

32        Miyuki Okubo (VW40)        1hr 31m 51s

Berlin Half Marathon                         7 Apr

1987    Liam Hazelton              1hr 34m 10s

2237    Benjamin Hall              1hr 35m 23s

9227    Simon Weller              1hr 59m 32s

9775    Nick DeSausmarez       2hr 01m 04s

London Landmarks Half Marathon, Westminster   7 Apr

Tanya Potiyenko was a 2hr Pacemaker for the London Landmarks Half, and described conditions as ;        

“ beautiful sunshine but very windy on the course “

5105    Tatyana Potiyenko      1hr 59m 34s

Rob Jackson Championships

Thames Towpath 10, Chiswick         7 Apr

The third race in the Rob Jackson road race Champs was the Fullers Thames Towpath 10mile race, along a scenic multi terrain course, where Marianne Gibson and William Whitaker  earned maximum points.

 42        Will Whitaker              78m 47s

90        Marianne Gibson         89m 46s

Next races are the Stevenage Phoenix 5M on 12th May and the Ranelagh Harriers Richmond 10K on 23rd June

Rose of the Shires Ultra 54,    Northampton             7 Apr

Aaron Smith ( pictured ) completed the 54 mile Rose of the Shires Ultra around Northampton - his first ultra – in a race the website states to be “ the ultimate test of endurance and will require extensive training “ and to have a “ epic, picturesque route”

The winning times out of the 52 finishers were 8hr 35m for the men, and 9hr 7m for women

Aaron says he had a great experience, as he writes :

“ Found some nice people to chat with, ran too fast chatting with them through mud & wind, and ate loads of cake.  Then spent much of the rest of the day stumbling back through more mud and rolling hills, occasionally lost, whilst what felt like half the race cheerily overtook me until it got dark, and I finished !  “

 39        Aaron Smith                12hr 45m 38s

moving onto action from the Track ;

KACPH Disability Open, Weir Archer Track, Kingston          6 Apr

 Helena set a pb at the Surrey County Disability championships, and writes :

 “ Very happy to have started the season by setting a new 100m PB (& T63 club record) of 19.69 at the KACPH Disability Open on Saturday. Breaking the 20 second barrier and successfully starting off blocks for the first time bodes well for the rest of the season! “

 T01 100m Ambulant :

 Helena Stone (T63) 19.69 PB.

Lee Valley Open         Lee Valley       6 Apr

100m 

H4    5th  Mohamed Namara 12.47

H11  4th James Pothalingham 13.10

H9    4th Sophie Laplace 15.02

200m

H9   4th James Pothalingham 26.78

H1   2nd Sophie Laplace 30.16

H1  3rd Nevecia-Terrilee Pecco 31.05

H4  2nd Jeanne Vellard 28.03

800m

H1  6th Rachel McDonald 2:30.19

H1  5th David Baah-Okyere (U20M) 2:03.49

High Jump

12th Roderic Alonso Pascual (U15B) 1.30m

Parkruns

This week’s full results can be found here

Compiled by Mark George, with thanks to contributions from Aaron. Helena, and Simon