Weekend update
Top quality racing took place over the weekend with Dewi Griffiths returning to winning ways in South Wales over 21k and Dan Jarvis making his 10k debut, a winning one, at the Aldi Chester 10k where Gemma Steel took the accolades for first female.
1600 runners finished the Llanelli Half Marathon where Dewi Griffiths (handicap -4.5) was back to winning ways in a rather modest 66:52 by his own standards. He was followed three minutes later by Luke Williams (handicap -3.4) in 69:53 PB. Matthew Rees (handicap -3.3) of Swansea was third in 71:04.
Natasha Cockram (handicap 0.2) set a new personal best of 75:27 to win the women's race. Carys Hughes (handicap 2.3) and Rachel Davies (handicap 3.4) completed the podium in 8035 and 83:36 respectively.
At the Aldi Chester 10k, Dan Jarvis (handicap -5.4) made his 10k debut with an impressive 29:45 to take the win from in-form Omar Ahmed (handicap -6.1) of Birchfield Harriers in 30:15.
The winner of the women’s race was Charnwood stalwart, Gemma Steel (handicap 0.6) in 36:22 ahead of Tessa McCormick (handicap 2.5) who ran 36:45 ahead of Joanna Marsden (handicap 2.4) in 37:09.
In the Saucony Cambridge Half Marathon, Cambridge and Coleridge dominated over the fast flat course that goes through University city. Jonathan Escalante-Phillips (handicap -5.3) took a comfortable victory in a PB of 65:36. Club mate, Chris Darling (handicap -4.1), was second in a PB of 67:10. Close behind was Alex Milne (handicap -4.6) in 67:25.
Victoria Knight (handicap 2.2) won the women's race in 74:45 ahead of Emma Hodson (handicap 3.4), of Cambridge University Hare and Hounds in a time of 77:16.
M60 legend, Tommy Hughes (handicap -2.2) took another World Best over 3000m at the Athletics Ireland Indoor Championships with a mesmerising 9:41.24 as a 60 year old!
Some of the other big events over the weekend were:
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- 11,248 finishers * |
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- 3,931* |
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- 2,928* |
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- 2,577 |
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- 2,129 |
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- 1,600* |
* Provisional
Other results from the weekend are on the following links: