Highway racing round-up from across the UK in current days
FARNBOROUGH HALF-MARATHON, Surrey, February 9
Adam Clarke, who gained the Manchester Marathon final yr in 2:16:29, races sparingly however added the Brighton 10km in November in 29:47 and right here posted a routing win after breaking away from Max Milarvie, in 63:46, as prime veteran Kevin Quinn ran 66:54 in third spot.
The ladies’s race was gained by Ellie Monks in 75:56, a time that will have ranked fourth on the 2024 W40 age group listings.
Additionally having an affect on the rating lists was Studying Highway Runners’ Sarah Gee, who went third on the all-time W60 tables with an 86:36 effort and this after the two-time London Marathon W45 age group winner returned to the game after 14 years away.
Gee mentioned: “I began cautiously because it was my first Half-marathon in a few years and I used to be somewhat nervous in regards to the final 3 miles. However, as I warmed up, I used to be in a position to decide up the tempo and maintain kind of a 4min/ km tempo nevertheless it does take me a number of miles to loosen up.”
Additionally in type, among the many older runners, was W70 rankings topper Dot Kesterton who raced to 1:45:05.
Total: 1 A Clark (AFD) 63:46; 2 M Milarvie (Dulw R) 66:14; 3 Okay Quinn (S Lon, M45) 66:54; 4 A Pointon 67:36; 5 N Bester (Finest A) 69:00; 6 B Tyler 69:16
M40: 1 B Stephenson 70:02
M50: 1 C Compton 75:04
M60: 1 O Dare 82:10; 2 S Townsend 82:15; 3 Okay Murray 82:40
Ladies: 1 E Monks (Soton, W40) 75:56; 2 C Cain 76:02; 3 L Bailey (Strag, W40) 78:32
W50: 1 A Granger (B&W) 83:21; 2 Okay Streams 83:54
W60: 1 S Gee (Learn RR) 86:36; 2 S Ridley 95:27
W70: 1 D Kesterton (Metal) 1:45:05
Sarah Gee
BOLSOVER 10km, Derbyshire, February 9
Total: Okay Watson (Mansf) 32:37
M45: 1 D Hawley (Lengthy E) 33;19
M60: 1 J Lowe (Mansf) 38:35
M70: 1 T Barrable (Mat) 44:23
Ladies: 1 H Gill (Mansf, W45) 36:34
W50: 1 S Eadsforth (Der) 40:43
W60: 1 B Coomber (Denby D) 42:39
GOODWOOD GRAND PRIX, West Sussex, February 9
Veteran James Baker stored up his long-standing successful streak with one more victory, this time his 1168th in all competitions and it was his fourth win within the marathon collection right here, in 2:31:54, his quickest since 2022.
Total (26.2M): 1 J Baker (Chich R, M45) 2:31:54; 2 A Hudson (S Lon) 2:41:38
M55: 1 R Dixon (Bide) 2:58:49
Ladies: 1 L Robbins (Clap) 2:54:12
Total (20M): 1 D Elam (B&W) 1:58:48
Ladies: 1 L Leakey 2:27:52
Total (13.1M): 1 C Riley (Clap) 72:02
Ladies: 1 E proto (Lewes, W35) 84:12
W55: 1 L Albrecht (Arun) 96:47
Total (10km): 1 Okay Heeley (Amaz Ft, M40) 32:35
Ladies: 1 C Firth (WSEH), W40) 38:02
LYTCHETT 10, Dorset, February 9
Total: 1 F Harris (Poole) 54:15; 2 C Peck (Eg H, M40) 54:24
M60: 1 J Critchlow (Purb) 62:13
M70: 1 H Murray (Purb) 73:51
Ladies: 1 N Lawrence (Eg H, W35) 63:23
W45: 1 S Hill 67:46
W50: 1 D Pearce (Lytch) 71:48
W60: 1 T Harrold (Ed H) 74:13
MAD DOG 10km, Southport, Lancashire, February 9
Total: 1 I Lawton (M40) 31:52
Ladies: 1 R Taylor 39:01
RUN TATTON 10km, Knutsford, Cheshire, February 9
Total: 1 C Holdsworth (CleM) 31:47
Ladies: 1 M Partitions (W40) 40:22
VALENTINE’S 10km, Easton School, Norwich, Norfolk, February 9
Total: 1 N Mapperley (C&C) 30:26; 2 L Smith (Norw) 30:36; 3 L Alden (Norw) 31:39
M40: 1 M Eccles (Bure) 32:29
M45: 1 J O’Brien (St Ed) 32:47
M60: 1 J Cordle (Norw RR) 38:42
Ladies: 1 H Archer (C&C) 34:12; 2 E Grubb (Norw) 35:56
W50: 1 J Andrews (Bungay) 37:23
W60: 1 C Brown (Wym) 45:09
VALENTINE’S 10km, Chessington, Surrey, February 9
Total: 1 O Garrod (Belg) 32:34
M55: 1 C Allen (Strag) 36:50
M60: 1 S Mills (Uck) 38:23
Ladies: 1 T McCormick (Vale R) 34:23
W60: 1 P Ronksley (Strag) 46:34
W75: 1 J Davies (E&E) 55:04
WILTSHIRE 10, Melksham, February 9
Total: 1 P Grist (T Tub, M40) 54:57
M60: 1 P Reddaway (Ware) 63:17
Ladies: 1 A Halton-Hanley (Chipp, W40) 62:28
W50: 1 J Carter (T Tub) 64:38
W60: 1 L Porter (Bitt) 69:06
NEIL McCOVER HALF MARATHON, Kirkintilloch, February 9
Total: 1 S Paterson (RTCW) 71:29; 2 C Drummond (Giff N) 73:58
M50: C Hunter (VPCG) 82:50
Ladies: Joanna Petterson 90:41
KIRKINTILLOCH 12.5km, Kirkintilloch, February 9
Total: B Kinninmonth (Fife) 43:52
Ladies: A Paton (C’nauld) 48:54
Multi-terrain
FALKIRK ULTRA 7-HOUR RACE, Falkirk, February 9
Total: 1 Aaron Partridge 86.276km (6:58:26); 2 J Logan (G’nock) 85.015km (6:57:50); 3 Richard Goldsworthy (M40) 83.814km (6:57:59); 4 Grant McDonald (M40) 80.833km (6:57:46); 5 S Craighead (C’thy, M40) 80.351km (6:57:17); 6 S Walker (Pit) 79.903km (6:59:34)
M50: A Brown (Cripp C) 75.354km (6:57:18)
M60: D Hill (RTCW) 69.092km (6:56:59)
M70: A Robertson (Loth) 58.166km (6:59:02)
Ladies: 1 Heather Imrie (W50) 72.902km (6:57:05); 2 S Farquharson (Forfar) 72.302km (6:57:05); 3 Elsbeth McStay (W40) 69.671km (6:57:20); 4 Catherine Brown (W40) 6:58:20
W60: F Rennie (C’gie) 55.281km (6:58:09)
W70: J Binnie (Wee C) 49.005km (6:58:25)
FOXTRAIL SERIES HALF-MARATHON, Tyninghame
Total: R Kitton (NBR) 81:35
Ladies: Sally Barr (W35) 95:55
Fell operating
WINDY HILL, Oldham, February 9
Total (19km/640m): 1 N Lawson (Darkish Pk) 76:25; 2 J Williams (G’dale) 86:38; 3 A Bundy (Salf, U21) 26:53; 4 L Hinhchliffe (Sadd) 87:46; 5 B Coop (Bury) 94:01; 6 J Freke (P&B) 94:46
M45: P Skuse (G’dale) 99:11
M50: T Wing (TTGuru) 1:40:42
M55: A Wassington (G&Falc) 1:48:47
M60: G Mitchell (Slaith) 2:04:35
M65: Peter Fleming 2:09:32
M70: Mick Bull 2:29:19
Ladies: 1 J Badger (P’wich) 1:48:24; 2 G Hockin (Slaith) 1:50:12; 3 A Mcqueen (Radc) 1:54:24; 4 T Williams (Roch TC) 1:56:28
W50: E Ball (Roch) 2:03:00
W55: E Bowen (Penn) 2:09:28
W60: G Middlemas (R’backside) 2:23:08
BARBONDALE, Kirkby Lonsdale, February 9
Total (2.3M/1200ft): 1 M Barron (Amble) 22:54; 2 M Fretwell (Sett) 23:06; 3 S Burnstone (Helm, H) 24:02; 4 4 A Perry (Helm H) 24:30; 5 A Dunn (Helm H, M50) 24:34; 6 P Mather (Lons, M40) 24:53
M60: B Procter (Helm H) 27:55
M70: N Hewitt (Bowl) 33:01
U21: A Speight ((Helm H) 25:39
Ladies: 1 C Rawstron (Skyrac, U21) 26:27; 2 E Mather (Lons) 29:20; 3 B Dyer (Helm H, W50) 29:24; 4 J Hayes (Sett, U21) 31:01
W70: W Dodds (Dallam) 38:24
LONG MYND VALLEYS, Church Stretton, February 9
Total (11.5M/450ft): 1 O Perratt (Mercia) 1:45:01; 2 B Tetler (G’dale, M45) 1:52:42; 3 J Agnew (Mercia) 1:54:03; 4 B Fanshawe (Mercia) 1:54:05; 5 J Stuart (Mercia, M50) 1:54:54; 6 H Holmes (Mat) 1:57:15
M55: J Hunt (Darkish Pk) 2:09:07
M65: J Langton (Mercia) 2:22:24
Ladies: 1 S Willhoit (Mercia) 2:05:25; 2 Lauren Woodwiss 2:11:17; 3 J Mosley (Penn) 2:11:41; 4 M Jones-Walters (Mercia) 2:21:38
W40: H Stokes (Mercia) 2:34:49
W45: C Shelley (Tring) 2:38:04
W55: D Millington (Mercia) 2:38:34
W60: Celia Mills 2:56:11
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