Weekly UK-wide highway racing round-up contains the Nice Japanese, Royal Parks and Oxford half-marathons
AGE UK LEEDS ABBEY DASH, October 13
Regardless of being held on the identical day because the half-marathon throughout the Pennines in Manchester, this common Leeds race, with its propensity to provide quick instances, once more attracted a major discipline.
James McMurray took benefit of the course and circumstances to win general by a couple of yards, in 28:58, after a detailed race with Charlie Brisley, Dylan Evans and Lewis Jagger as all 4 completed inside six seconds.
Solely tenth right here final 12 months in 29:42, the St Albans runner took benefit of the aggressive race to enhance his four-year-old greatest by 39 seconds. Minor placers Brisley and Australian Evans additionally improved their earlier greatest instances to point out why it’s that runners flock to Leeds in October.
Within the girls’s part, Georgie Grgec adopted up her quickest leg within the English Street Relay Championships the earlier weekend, with a 60m victory over Hannah Irwin in 31:39.
This was one other massive enchancment, by 46 seconds, from for the New Zealander who was second right here final 12 months.
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Irwin improved her earlier greatest by much more together with her 31:53 clocking and there have been additionally good performances down the sector.
Treena Johnson the British masters all-time W60 quickest, over 10 miles, half and full marathon, was high over-60 right here in 38:38 to substantiate her place on the head of the 2024 rankings, which was her 38:10 at Lincoln again in Might.
James McMurray (Leeds Abbey Sprint)
Total: 1 J McMurray (St Albans) 28;58; 2 C Brisley 29:02; 3 D Evans (SB) 29:02; 4 L Jagger 29:04; 5 D James (W Tempo) 29:12; 6 C Avery (Morp) 29:12; 7 C McLean 29:16; 8 O Lockley (Leeds) 29:20; 9 J Sagar 29:27; 10 F Brodie (Morp) 29:28; 11 C Mills (Leeds) 29:29; 12 C Moody (Serp) 29:42; 13 S Moakes 29:45; 14 A Pointon (AFD) 29:48; 15 T MacCambridge 29;50; 16 C Thomas (TVH) 29:50; 17 E Bovington (Leeds) 29:54; 18 N Edmondson (Ilk) 29:58; 19 C Coulson (Hought) 29:58; 20 C Jones (W Tempo) 30:03; 21 M Clowes (Wrex) 30:09; 22 J Corridor (Leeds) 30:10; 23 G Taylor (Leeds) 30:18; 24 J Noblett (Lut) 30:19; 25 J Blevins (Gate) 30:21; 26 R Owen (Mer’ydd) 30:24; 27 J Dutton 30:30; 28 O Roberts (Merr’ydd) 30:31; 29 P Wylie (W Tempo, W45) 30:32; 30 J Johnson 30:37
M40: 1 J McKenna (Tyne Br) 30:40; 2 R Bentley (Merr’ydd) 30:54; 3 J Anderson (NSP) 31:42
M45: 2 J Arnold (Stoke) 32:10
M50: 1 J Prest (Traff) 33:02; 2 A O’Brien (Mersey Tri) 33:06
M55: 1 J Walton (Leeds) 33:07
M60: 1 J Convery (Bing) 35:37
M75: 1 P Younger (Ryde) 49:30
Georgie Grgec (Leeds Abbey Sprint)
Ladies: 1 G Grgec (Herne H) 31:39; 2 H Irwin IC&C) 31:53; 3 A Bell (P&B) 32:29; 4 E Davies (Bord) 32:42; 5 V Hopkins (Ton) 33:02; 6 B Gunn Bir) 33:32; 7 S Potter (Leeds) 33:40; 8 S Pennycook (Leeds) 33:46; 9 D Corradi (S&D) 34:48; 10 Okay Ballantyne-Chalmers (Leeds) 34:56; 11 S Hicks 34:58; 12 A Pearse 35:06; 13 M McKnespiey (Leeds) 35:07; 14 E Revitt (Carn) 35:08; 15 E Soanes (Bev) 35:09; 16 L Cooper (W Tempo) 35:30; 17 D Hatfield (Bev, W40) 35:33; 18 Okay Hawkins (Salf) 35:34; 19 M Corden-Lloyd (Belg) 36:20; 20 N Sutton (Prest, W35) 36:30
W50: 1 D Jepson 38:27
W60: 1 T Johnson Dews) 38:38
W70: 1 J Houses (H’gate) 51:59
W75: 1 C Gale NYM) 57:21
AEPG GREAT EASTERN HALF-MARATHON, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, October 13
Jonathan Escalante-Phillips took the race by almost two minutes in a private greatest 63:58, some 27 seconds to the nice of his earlier greatest set when successful the Bathtub occasion final 12 months.
This follows up a collection of three current highway race victories together with on the Windsor Half-Marathon.
The ladies’s part noticed Georgina Schwiening proceed her unbeaten stretch that goes again a few years and achieve this by taking effectively over a minute from her earlier greatest with a 70:46 clocking to maneuver into the highest 10 for the 12 months.
Total: 1 J Escalante-Phillips (C&C) 63:58; 2 J Arundel (B’mth) 66:43; 3 M Kallenberg (Swan) 66:54; 4 A Tovey (WSEH) 67:45; 5 M Waddington (Ware) 67:58; 6 C Pacey (Newark) 68:13; 7 G Phillips 68:32; 8 J Bell (SB) 68:54; 9 A Hill (R&N) 69:19; 10 B Kruze (Strat, M40) 69:26; 11 C Patterson (Mansf, M40) 69:28; 12 M Chaney-Baxter (Norw) 69:28; 13 L Mullen 69:38; 14 D Clarke (Cov) 69:41; 15 J Carr (C&C) 69:48
M40: 3 T Windley (Kesw) 70:05
M45: 1 J Bailey (Mansf) 70:07; 2 P Melling (R&N) 70:15
M50: 1 R Keal 70:27; 2 C Compton (Kent) 72:43
M55: 1 A Porter (Bramhall) 78:01; 2 M Allen Ips J) 78:16
M60: 1 M Cann 81:06
M65: 1 P Mingay (Col H) 80:06
Ladies: 1 G Schwiening (Camb R) 70:46; 2 E Grubb (Norw) 76:34; 3 H Davies (Ips J, W45) 76:42; 4 L Bailey (Strag, W40) 76:55; 5 C Thornton (Linc W) 77:05; 6 B Proctor (Kent) 77:55
W45: 1 S Semmens (L Eaton) 83:06
W50: 1 C Hay (Mansf) 84:09; 2 Okay Sung (M&M) 86:01; 3 S Eadsforth (Der) 88:16
W55: 1 J Holl (Thanet) 96:02
CHELMSFORD MARATHON & HALF, Essex, October 13
Hannah McGowan-Jones retained her half-marathon title and did so with a greater than three-minute enchancment to her earlier greatest with a 77:46 clocking.
Total (26.2M): 1 R Baronowski-West 2:35:07; 2 N Filer (Col H, M40) 2:35:40; 3 G Carey (S’discipline) 2:39:28
Ladies: 1 H Leggett 2:55:33
Total (13.1M): 1 B Adams 73:02
Ladies: 1 H McGowan-Jones 77:46
W50: 1 M Lynch (LoS) 96:58
GOOSE FAIR GALLOP, Nottingham, October 13
Total: 1 M Campion (Notts) 31:34
M55: 1 Okay Fitch 37:48
GIVAUDAN ASHFORD 10km, Kent, October 13
Total: 1 A Hasan-Ogato 30:09; 2 W Zerome 30;17; 3 M Smith 30:24
Ladies: 1 A Walsh 40:02
LIGHTNING BOLT 10km, Chippenham, Wiltshire, October 13
Total: 1 D Lengthy (P’pridd) 30:51
M50: 1 N Grinnell (Neath) 34:37
Ladies: 1 P Quinn (Torbay, U17) 34;40
W60: 1 A Graham (Corsh) 44:43
LOVE LUTON RUN FEST HALF-MARATHON, Bedfordshire, October 13
Total: 1 M Elbayan (Lut) 67:56
M50: 1 S Coombes (L Buzz) 79:02
M60: 1 R Michael 89:09
M70: 1 C Lamont (Stops) 1:42:35
Ladies: 1 S Cliffe 94:00
OXFORD HALF-MARATHON, October 13
European Championship steeplechaser Mark Pearce gained from Hugo Fry by precisely two minutes in a private greatest 65:18.
Within the girls’s part it was Clapham’s Harriet Freeman who gained in 74:35, two weeks after successful the Ealing occasion over the identical distance.
Additional down the sector, there was a British W55 fastest-ever time for newly turned 55-year-old Karima Harris with a chip time of 79:02.
“I’m assuming that the Oxford Half is a correct race as 30,000 runners took half and it had the timer issues it’s important to run throughout,” mentioned Harris. “Nonetheless, I’ve simply acquired a message from Mara Yamauchi, who I do know, she has simply advised me that Oxford isn’t licensed. I had no thought, so I’ll strive once more for the report at Fleet in March.”
Total: 1 M Pearce (SB) 65:18; 2 H Fry (Belg) 67:18; 3 C Davies (RAF) ^7:21; 4 A Miell-Ingram (Radley) 68:24; 5 S Symmington 68:36; 6 M Kunov (Learn) 69:19; 7 A Hill (BRAT, M40) 69:39; 8 D Rigby 70:09; 9 T Humphries (Bord) 70:12; 10 O Knowles (Petts W) 70:15
M50: 1 S Winder (E&E) 74:10
M55: 1 J Richardson (Oxf C) 79:46
M60: 1 J Crew 83:46
M65: 1 B Whitehead (W’boro) 86:11
M70: 1 G Allen (Head RR) 83:39
Ladies: 1 H Freeman (Clap) 74:35; 2 A Eykelbosch (Dac) 75:11; 3 G Baker (Hast) 77:57; 4 B Pembroke 78:55; 5 Okay Harris (QPH, W55) 79:02; 6 A Rai (Fulham) 79:47
W50: 1 E Hines (Swin) 83:40; 2 C Pettigrew (Harwell) 90:45
W55: 2 J Johnson (Launc) 87:26; 3 Okay Allred (Abing) 89;11
W60: 1 M Williamson Leam) 90:39; 2 R Martin 94:00
W75: 1 Okay Williams (Eynsh) 2:06:56
ROYAL PARKS HALF-MARATHON, London, October 13
Oscar Bell improved his earlier greatest by almost two minutes when successful in 65:12.
Total: 1 O Bell (Herts P) 65:12; 2 A Soffienti (St Mungo’s) 69:04; 3 G Grassly (Merch T) 69:14; 4 P Bailey 69:36; 5 I Farnworth 69:58; 6 J Davies 71:24
M45: 1 C Braisher 72:06
Ladies: 1 N Jackson 78:15; 2 B McGreevy 79:35; 3 S Bowles (W35) 79:44
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RUN BOURNEMOUTH HALF-MARATHON, Dorset, October 13
Total: 1 S Cousins (S’discipline) 67:54; 2 J Dominey (Salis) 67:58; 3 C Newnham (Ryde) 70:46
M45: 1 J Baker (Chich R) 73:26
Ladies: 1 L Williamson (Mynnyd) 79:47
W45: 1 M James (S Lon) 83:59
W50: 1 T Thornewill 92:35
W60: 1 L Geyer (TROTS) 93:47
RUN LEICESTER HALF-MARATHON &10km, October 13
Total (13.1m): 1 M Hussein (R’hoggs) 67:28; 2 DV Hallam (Wreake) 69:52; 3 D Brewer (Excessive) 71:33
M70: 1 P Whelpton (Charn) 99:11
Ladies: 1 E Types (W40) 80;29
W50: 1 H James (100Mara) 92:01
W60: 1 E Whittlestone (Birst) 96:34
Total (10km): 1 M Scarsbrook (Badgers) 31:22
M60: 1 P Makepiece (Leic C) 35:58
Ladies: 1 G Metal (Charn, W35) 35:20
SHELTON STRIDERS 10km, October 13
Total: 1 R Weir 31:51
M55: 1 C Nicholl 34:09
M75: 1 M Weir (Mid M) 43:09
Ladies: 1 A Van Dijk 36:53; 2 J Potter Charn, W40) 37:09
TIPTREE 10, Essex, October 13
After a few years within the sport, 35-year-old Paul Whittaker broke 50 minutes for the primary time with 49:54, regardless of repeatedly competing over the gap for the previous 10 years.
Total: 1 P Whittaker (RRC) 49:54; 2 B Jenkins (Orion) 55:14; 3 C Bloomfield (Invoice’cay) 55:17
M40: 1 M McTernan (Orion) 57:25
M50: 1 H Mizon (Orion) 57:46
M60: 1 C Ridley (Col H) 62:14
Ladies: 1 N Stretton (S’discipline) 61:25; 2 R Rising (Halstead) 62:31
W40: 1 J Bolton ( Invoice’cay) 65:01
W50: 1 V Simpson-Thomas (B Stort) 69:00
W60: 1 C Kennedy (Orion) 73:58
W70: 1 D Wooller (Col H) 86:29
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WEYMOUTH 10, Dorset, October 13
Total: 1 C Peck (Eg H, M40) 54:49
M50: 1 D Hicks (Poole) 57:49
Ladies: 1 I Davis (Purb) 66:08
W50: 1 Okay Perrett (Wey) 69:53
York 5km Collection, October 11
Total: 1 D McKinnon (Goole) 15:04; 2 J Johnson (Durh U) 15:16
M55: 1 A Holliday (York Tri) 17:58
Ladies: 1 E Whitworth (Linc W, U17) 16:48
W40: 1 L Race (Barns) 18:20
W55: 1 J Mastrolonardo (York) 21:12
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