The first race of the RSE Short stuff specialist championship was at the Chilly 10km in Castle Coombe. As well as being chilly, it was also windy and rainy. Tough conditions didn’t stop our runners with 7 Men and 7 ladies competing. Some fantastic performances also saw RSE picking up the Men’s and Ladies team prizes.

Men’s competition

What a fantastic start! First through the finish line for the men was 2019 Club champion Dave Witnall. But he was closely followed, by not just one, not two but three of our club runners! Mark Garrett, Tom Razanan and Mark Manley all finished within 3 seconds of each other. It’s going be an exciting competition!

Results so far:

1. Dave Witnall – 10 points
2. Mark Garrett – 9 points
3. Tom Razanan – 8 points

Ladies Competition

First lady through the finish line was Nia Glover in her first club race. Nia also smashed her PB by 2 minutes to pick up the 10 points. Rosie Oates had an eventful race! Starting at the back and nearly missing the start, she fought her way from the back to be second lady for the 9 points. Elaine Chapman picked up the 8 points as third lady.

Results so far:

1. Nia Glover – 10 points
2. Rosie Oates – 9 points
3. Elaine Chapman – 8 points

Great start to the 2020 racing season. Fab running by all. Our next short race will be the Highworth 5 in April.

Happy Running!

Elaine, Club Captain

January Update

First round results are in!! Well done to everyone who competed at Cirencester parkrun, in what were challenging, muddy and cold conditions. But who said it was going to be easy!!

23 competitors took park, split into 8 groups of 3, racing head to head to head. Considering conditions were not ideal, everyone put in great efforts to try and qualify for Round 2 in February. The results are in the chart below.

The fixtures for February are as follows. Good Luck to those taking part!

The Gloucester Half Marathon on Sunday 19th January was the first race of the endurance expert championship. Starting in Quedgeley the course consisted of two laps with conditions bright overhead but icy underfoot in parts!

Ladies Competition

Four Ladies wore the RSE yellow vest with pride. Ellie Taylor came home first and took the 10 points in a time of 1:45:09. Second was Rosie Oates -9 points and then Libby Butler setting a new Pb of 2:00:53 earning 8 points with Caroline Terry taking the 7 points.

Men’s Competition

There was four men also taking part, and first home taking the 10 points was Mark Garrett in a time of 1:27:32. He was followed by David Witnall- 9 points, Andy Masser- 8 points and taking part in his first championship race with the club was Tim Wainwright- 7 points.

The next race in the Endurance expert championship is the Wiltshire 10 mile. With over 30 members entered its shaping up to be an interesting race.

Happy New Year! Hope everyone has had great Christmas and is raring to go for the 2020 Club Championship. This years races are on the website, and we’ve updated the document to show links and dates (the ones we currently know anyway!!)

But before we move onto 2020, here are the final results for the 2019 Championship, for those who missed the prize giving.

Endurance Experts 2019

This category covered races with distances above 10km and up to marathon. It was a very close competition in both categories.

Men’s results:

1. David Witnall – 48 points
2. Kevin Joynes-Creed and Andy Masser – 37 points each

Ladies Results:

1. Ellie Taylor – 49 points
2. Rochelle Ravenscroft – 45 points
3. Kirsty Pitts – 37 points.

Short Stuff Specialist 2019

Distances between 1 mile up to 10km covered in this category. Again a great competition for the prizes.

Men’s results:

1. David Witnall – 50 points
2. Mark Manley – 45 points
3. Mark Garrett – 44 points

Ladies competition:

1. Rosie Oates – 50 points
2. Ellie Taylor – 46 points
3. Sharon Smith – 43 points

Overall Championship 2019

This year saw the introduction of the Master’s prize to the overall championship, as well as top 3, a prize was awarded to the highest ranked non-placed Veteran.

Men’s results:

Masters trophy – David Whitlow 56 points

1. David Witnall – 79 points
2. Mark Garrett – 69 points
3. Ben Chapman – 63 points

Ladies results:

Masters trophy – Kirsty Pitts 62 points

1. Ellie Taylor – 77 points
2. Rosie Oates – 68 points
3. Rochelle Ravenscroft – 67 points

Well done all who raced in our 2019 championship, a great range of winners this year. I look forward to seeing how 2020 goes!

Happy Running,

Elaine, Club Captain