With distance runners centered primarily on the English Nationwide Cross Nation Champs, many others nonetheless took to the roads over the weekend
CANCER RESEARCH LONDON WINTER RUN 10km, Trafalgar Sq., March 23
Kristian Jones gained in a private better of 29:22 in a subject of 20,000 runners.
The Swansea Harrier, whose time is unlikely to be recognised by Energy of 10 because of the occasion not having a UKA licence, took the title by almost a minute from Liverpool’s Matt Jackson.
The ladies’s race noticed former Aldershot team-mates Emma Pallant-Browne and Louise Small come out on high with duathlon and triathlon champion Pallant-Browne getting the win in 34:32.
The previous European under-23 cross-country champion and world under-20 1500m bronze medallist switched to multi-sports following knee surgical procedure in 2012. World titles in duathlon and aquathon adopted in addition to race wins at half-iroman distance.
Total: 1 Okay Jones (Swan) 29:22; 2 M Jackson (Liv) 30:13; 3 O Hind (Kent) 30:31; 4 J Wilkinson (Linc W) 30:43; 5 J Fielding (ESM) 31:47; 6 A Bhatti 32:05
M40: 1 Okay Heeley 32:55
M50: 1 B Paviour (Herne H) 34:31
M55: 1 G Judges (L Metropolis) 37:28
Ladies: 1 E Pallant-Browne (D Peak, W35) 34:32; 2 L Small (AFD) 34;48; 3 A Culling 35:34; 4 S Glanfield 35:45
BOURTON 10km, Gloucestershire, February 23
Total: 1 H Wells (VP&TH) 31:46; 2 J Bellward (Chipp) 31:57; 3 R De Camps (Glouc) 31:58
M50: 1 M Thomas (B Pear) 34:53
M55: 1 H Bampton (Chelt) 37:15
M60: 1 D Esposito (Mid M) 39:55
M65: 1 G Payne (Nun) 39:14
Ladies: 1 C Baker (B&W) 35:12
W45: 1 Okay Jacobs (Ciren) 38:38
W50: 1 T Hinxman (Glouc) 39:18
W55: 1 F Mayock (W Tempo) 40:19
W60: 1 Okay Wright (Strat Tri) 39:23
LEICESTER HALF-MARATHON, Prestwold Corridor, Loughborough, February 23
Total: 1 J Pickering 70:23; 2 H Robinson (Hinck) 72:51
M60: 1 J Barnett 87:18
Ladies: 1 R Gibson (Off Sofa, W35) 84:23
W50: 1 C Hay (Mansf) 87:56
W55: 1 C Knobbs 98:22
ROYAL NORWICH HALF-MARATHON, Norfolk, February 23
Total: 1 C Bowen-Jones (NEB) 69:26; 2 M Eccles (Bure, M40) 71:39
Ladies: 1 R Moore 83:53
W55: 1 C McCormick (Norw) 99:05
SNAKE LANE 10, Pocklington, East Yorkshire, February 23
Total: 1 J Cummings (Ilk) 52:04; 2 L Gamble-Thompson (N Marske) 53:23; 3 A Theaker (Loftus & W) 54:00; 4 S Spencer (Match Mums) 54:06
M45: 1 R Saether (E Hull) 56:54; 2 M Kearney (Elvet) 57:18
M50: 1 D Thompson 58:39
M60: 1 A Pearson (Peni) 64:01
M65: 1 P Cartwright (CoH) 67:07
Ladies: 1 H Townsend (Leeds) 57:37; 2 E Soanes (Bev) 59:51; 3 A Bourne (R&N) 60:33; 4 L Thompson (VP&TH, W35) 60:36
W45: 1 N Curgenven 63:46
W55: 1 Okay Neesam N Marske) 67:32
TUNBRIDGE WELLS HALF-MARATHON, Kent, February 23
Total: 1 D Hobbs (Tun W) 69:34; 2 A Reid (Tun W) 69:49; 3 S Unusual (Ton) 70:33
Ladies: 1 C Johnstone (M’stone) 84:33
W45: 1 H Gaunt (Ton) 84:59
W50: 1 A Farrell (Tun W) 92:21; 2 N Gaudillat (beck) 92:32
W55: 1 Okay Marhant (Beck) 97:34
W60: 1 T Taylor (Tun W) 97:20
WOKINGHAM HALF-MARATHON, Berkshire, February 23
Josh Grace prevailed in a good race for particular person superiority and Annabel Gummow took the ladies’s part as a wind made the 10C temperature really feel moderately chillier.
After a 29:07 10km in Valencia in January, Grace regained the title that he gained right here in 2022 and 65:31 was the Aldershot man’s quickest in almost three years.
Alex Lawrence chased onerous to the road however his 65:35 was almost a minute down on the 2024 London Marathon 2:17:41 runner’s finest from 2023.
Herts Phoenix’s Gummow, who gained the Fred Hughes 10 in January, improved her private finest by almost a minute with a 72:59 clocking that noticed Aldershot’s Lauren Corridor nicely over a minute adrift on the line regardless of her personal PB of 74:32.
In sixth within the males’s race, high veteran James Connor continued his development this winter. Following half-marathon efforts of 67:27 and 66:52, the London Marathon masters hopeful improved additional to 66:07 in his quest for a sub 2:18 efficiency within the capital in a few months.
Total: 1 J Grace (AFD) 65:31, 2 A Lawrence (VP&TH) 65:35; 3 J Reader (T Bathtub) 65:51; 4 F Proffitt (Traff) 65:53; 5 D Mulryan (TVH) 66:06; 6 J Connor (Hav’g, M40) 66:07; 7 P Whitaker (RRC) 66:13; 8 D Smale (S’finish) 67:19; 9 R Western (Guern) 68:59; 10 T Holliday (VP&TH) 69:08; 11 C Craik (Newb) 69:11; 12 B Stephenson (Dart, M40) 69:16; 13 J Hutchins (Wok, M40) 69:25; 14 C Newnham (Ryde) 69:35; 15 T Evetts (W Tempo) 69:46; 16 L Stopford (Stroud, M40) 69:51; 17 N Kevern (Brack) 70:00; 18 R Lovejoy (AFD) 70:07; 19 J Ellis (TVH) 70:34; 20 N Coyle (Stroud) 70:36
M40: 5 D Blake (Wit) 71:11
M50: 1 N Grinnell (76:16; 2 T Holmes (S’finish) 76:30
M60: 1 S Mobbs 81:15; 2 A Blair (Les C) 82:16; 3 A Jordan (St Alb) 83;56
Ladies: 1 A Gummow (Herts P) 72:59; 2 L Corridor (AFD) 74:32; 3 C Taylor (B&W) 75:00; 4 R Hamilton-James (W’bury) 75:07; 5 L Reed (Hav’g, W40) 76:06; 6 G Kersey (Bas) 76;14; 7 L Cooper (P Bryn) 76:35; 8 P Legislation (Okay&P) 76:58; 9 N Frith (Chelt) 77:43; 10 G Carnwath (Herne H, W40) 77:53; 11 S McCall (Clap) 78:08; 12 S Holt (Strag, W40) 78:34; 13 A Braham (Ealing E, W40) 78:41; 14 N Douglas (Strag, W40) 78:59; 15 E Howsham (Learn) 79:03
W50: 1 Okay Streams (Learn RR) 83:43; 2 S Gurney (Win RC) 84:18
WESTON PROM RUN 5, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, February 20
Total: 1 J Williamson (S’burn) 25:59
M50: 1 Okay Summers (Weston) 28:20
M65: 1 P Dodd (Chep) 32:13
Ladies: 1 E Wallace (N Som) 27:13
W40: 1 A Smith (Weston) 31:51
W45: 1 V Ratcliffe (T Bathtub) 31:21
W60: 1 S Castick (R F’ever) 38:07
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