Chasing Romans at Chedworth and Coursing around Cheltenham

Chedworth Roman Trail Race

A 10 mile(ish) single lap, and ,new to 2025, 5 mile lap of scenic Cotswold countryside through Stowell Park, the Coln Valley, and close to the famous Chedworth Roman Villa. It is a challenging multi-terrain race that uses a variety of undulating tracks, footpaths, fields, and features a river crossing. Having been voted one of the best trail races in Gloucestershire, 97% of entrants would do the race again (Runnersworld.co.uk).

This year, the 5 mile race was a RSE Club Championship race, so there was a great turnout by RSE.

5 mile race –

Position	Name	Club	Gender	Age	Time
5	Nia Glover	Running Somewhere Else	F	31	00:39:54
7	Jon Campbell	Running Somewhere Else	M	62	00:40:45
9	Oliver Hazel	Running Somewhere Else	M	45	00:42:25
10	Mark Garrett	Running Somewhere Else	M	56	00:43:12
11	Jennifer Glass	Running Somewhere Else	F	57	00:43:37
12	Rebecca Southerington	Running Somewhere Else	F	41	00:43:42
13	Ben Mutlow	Running Somewhere Else	M	41	00:44:24
15	Paul Robertson	Running Somewhere Else	M	40	00:45:27
16	Alan Powderhill	Running Somewhere Else	M	45	00:46:10
19	Michael James Bagot	Running Somewhere Else	M	67	00:47:54
21	Steve Sandercock	Running Somewhere Else	M	69	00:49:50
22	Ben Chapman	Running Somewhere Else	M	45	00:50:19
26	Jade Beaumont	Running Somewhere Else	F	31	00:54:17
27	Sue Navin	Running Somewhere Else	F	71	00:54:17

Nia was 1st lady
Jenni was 3rd lady
Rebecca 1st in age category
Mark was 1st in age category
Jon was 1st in age category
Sue was 1st in age category
Also 1st Men’s team and 1st Ladies’ team.

10 mile race

Scott Williams 1.16:55 (7th overall)
Paul Beaumont 1.41:06(1st in age group)
Jess James 1.52:55

Well done RSE – what incredible results today!

Ben M: “A lovely Sunday morning run in the countryside, my first time and will be back again! ”

Jade : “A lovely scenic race with a river crossing around 3 miles in, followed by a hill which goes on forever! Really nice to run most of the race with Sue and we had a great sprint finish which was good fun!” ☺️

Nia : “This is a great trail race with a variety of terrain and some strong hills. We were lucky and the weather was perfect, with no mud to contend with. The river crossing wasn’t as deep as I was expecting but I think some scaremongering had been going on before the race! It was tough work but well worth the effort with the club taking lots of awards and great homemade cakes afterwards too.”

Al : ” God I love trail 🤦‍♂️ great morning of running with RSE taking over. Wasn’t my best day, and really struggled today. Anyway some excellent results from everyone else, good to see everyone enjoying the hills and water crossing.”

Sue: “I really enjoyed this race. Friendly marshals (thank you RSE volunteers), long downhills and the uphills were either so steep or went on so long that I felt fine about walking up them. And the stream wasn’t too deep.
It was lovely to run round with Jade too, she kept me going”

Cheltenham Half Marathon

Set in the heart of the beautiful regency town, Run Cheltenham offers splendour and Cotswold charm plus an epic grandstand finish at Cheltenham Racecourse.

Dan Drayton 1.43:59
Tom Burdett 1.55:09
Rachel Weaver 2.16:32
Monica Farthing 2.41:27
other RSE members – Sophie Dickenson, Russell Young, Samantha Lane, Amanda Robson

Monica: “Nice route around Cheltenham with lots of drums at different spots on the course. I was near the back 🙂 I was happy to be overtaken by a tiger or might have been a lion!”

Tom: “Returning to my most repeated race.
This year they started the race in waves – splitting the pace groups. This meant I started in the wave behind the two hour pacers I wanted to keep eyes on. Thankfully I was able to catch and pass them in the first mile or so and never saw them again. I hadn’t done enough long distance recently, but pleased to get comfortably under the 2 hour mark.
Ideal running conditions and some good crowds made this quite an enjoyable half. And not having to run a lap of the racecourse itself is a vast improvement on the route! Getting in and out of the racecourse before and after the race however…”

Rachel: “The most challenging part of the morning was getting to the start! I started after the official start, no problem due to chip timing.
My race plan was to take it steady and enjoy. Which is exactly what I did. I ran to feel, not caring about the watch. The conditions were perfect for me. The support was amazing, loved seeing the children supporting and handing out sweets. I really
enjoyed the course with just a couple of inclines. I would definitely recommend this HM. This was the Improvers’ Group first outing to a Half – Marathon. How lucky we are to have joined RSE with such amazing encouragement to get us to this distance.”

Parkruns

Event Date: 20 September 2025

Lydiard parkrun (#699)

Vicki MASON – 31:08

Plymvalley parkrun (#603)

Darren JENNER – 25:47
Felicity CROTTY – 32:59

Pomphrey Hill parkrun (#519)

Anne-Marie DAVIES – 31:04

Cirencester parkrun (#310)

Wayne HEWITT – 20:34
Phil HUDSON – 21:39
Jon CAMPBELL – 22:11
Paul BILLINGHURST – 23:31
Steve SANDERCOCK – 26:09
Rachel SMITH – 29:15
Phil SCOBLE – 29:17
Cathy STEER – 31:55
Elaine CHAPMAN – 31:56
Paul ROBERTSON – 1:03:34

Gloucester City parkrun (#288)

Jade BEAUMONT – 26:48

Marlborough Common parkrun (#269)

Elliot GARDINER – 25:04

Diary Dates

Your club needs you!

Gloucestershire League Cross Country fixtures – October 12th Woodchester Park, November 1st Cirencester Park, December 14th Bath University (inc. County Championships), February 14th Pitville Park. The aim is to get 5 men and 3 women at every race. You don’t need to be able to do all of the dates. If you are a fairly speedy runner and are interested, chat to Ben or Elaine Chapman or Jon Campbell.

November 1st. Dave Witnall is looking for marshalls to help with the Cross Country race in Cirencester Park – either 9.30-12.30 or 12 – 15.30.