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The Race Report is back after time off over the holidays.

Happy New Year everyone! Here’s to another enjoyable year of running….

Mark

Park Runs

Eastville

Vicki MASON                     00:30:35

Cheri EDWARDS               00:30:35

South Shields

Naomi ALLEN                    00:29:34

Evesham

Darren JENNER                00:24:47

Felicity CROTTY                00:29:45

Cirencester

Scott WILLIAMS                00:21:11

Phil HUDSON                     00:22:48

Paul BILLINGHURST       00:23:54

Mark GARRETT                 00:24:16

David WITNALL                 00:24:57

Jon COLLINS                      00:28:08

Andy SWORN                     00:29:10

Anne-Marie DAVIES         00:30:55

Jade BEAUMONT              00:31.27

Samantha WARD               00:33:09

Gloucester

Liz HULCUP                      00:27.41

‘Tis the season for Christmas races and dressing up and our members were out joining in the fun over the weekend. Here’s what they were up to….

Mark

Westonbirt Christmas 10K

Alan Powderhill, Rachel Weaver, Samantha Lane, Mandy Robson and Donna Jefferies took part in this race, in which Paul Robertson volunteered as a pacer.

“Lovely Christmas 10k running with pacer Robbo for 55 minutes, all the while wearing a Santa outfit (that was warm by the way). Great to run/chat and bump into Zoe at the end. Nice course with a couple of short hills.”       Alan

“A great outing with the RSE Improvers Group. We all beat our personal goals for the race. It was great to see the RSE support crew !”       Rachel

Forest of Dean Christmas Tree Run

Well done to Mark Foyn, who came 1st in his age group and 19th overall.

“A 5 mile trail run in the middle of the forest on mixed surfaces and hilly plenty of mud. Senior race field of 116 finishers. Great course and well organised event plenty of fancy dress , Father Christmas, elves, stars etc, good fun. I finished 22 overall 19th male and first in the over 60s”

5K in Seattle

Congratulations to Sarah, who was 1st female and second overall!

Park Runs

Hampstead Heath

Jenny HOFFMANN                              00:37:35

Harrogate

Kate SEDGWICK                                   00:33:25

Cirencester

Phil HUDSON                                       00:22:06

Oliver HAZEL                                        00:22:52

Paul BILLINGHURST                         00:23:48

David WITNALL                                   00:24:52

Sharon SMITH                                      00:25:50

Robert BAKER                                      00:26:21

Steve SANDERCOCK                          00:26:43

Jade BEAUMONT                               00:29:49

Kevin JOYNES-CREED                      00:31:35

Vicki MASON                                       00:31:42

Anne-Marie DAVIES                          00:32:22

Sue NAVIN                                           00:32:22

Caroline JOYNES-CREED                00:36:12

Cathy STEER                                       00:36:14

Simmons Park

Darren JENNER                                 00:25:06

Felicity CROTTY                                 00:30:56

Congratulations to everyone who managed to get out racing despite Storm Darragh’s best efforts to dampen our running enthusiasm…

DB Max Christmas Chilly 10k

Sarah Page 52.38.4

Elaine Chapman  52:52.5

Linda Edwards 55:54.5

Jade Beaumont 58:12.9

Jade : A very windy one and definitely lived up to its ‘chilly’ name!

Sarah : Not called Chilly 10 k for nothing but would have been better called chilly and windy today. Luckily it stayed dry which counts as a bonus! Well organised race and lovely flashing 🏅 Was chuffed to get 1st place in age category

Gloucestershire Cross Country League – Bath

Nia Glover: 28:41
Sharon Smith:  33:53 1st LV70

Nia: This was the third Gloucestershire Cross Country League race of the season, hosted at the University of Bath. It was also the Inter-Counties Championship (whatever that is!). Storm Darragh made for tough conditions, thankfully it stayed dry but gusty winds and strong headwinds on the uphill sections were a bit mean!

For women the course consisted of a “short” two laps followed by one longer lap which added in an extra hill over slightly rougher terrain. Generally the course had long downhills and long uphills and we were lucky the footing was mostly dry. Beforehand we weren’t particularly keen to run in the storm today but in the end we both agreed we were glad we did it!

Park Runs

Kingsway parkrun, Gloucester
Phil HUDSON 21:20

Lydiard parkrun
Cheri EDWARDS 31:46

York parkrun
Samantha WARD 29:58

Gloucester North parkrun
Carol SWORN 33:10
Andy SWORN 33:11

Warwick Racecourse parkrun
Felicity CROTTY 31:46

Alton Water parkrun
Sylvia WARMAN 39:00

Race report by Jess James – let me know if there are any errors or omissions!