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Race Report – 25/08/2025

Pershore Plum 10k

Organised by the Pershore Plum Plodders, this multi-terrain 10k race in Worcestershire is part of the Pershore Plum Festival over the bank holiday weekend. The route is described as flat, with runners rewarded with a medal and a famous Pershore plum to take home!

• Sara Juggins: 57:53

It is a 10km flat race covering three different terrains; road, grass and gravel. It is really well marshalled and they are all very encouraging. The best thing is no cut off time.

Heddington 5k

This was the final of the three races in the Heddington 5k series, a fast and flat route near Calne in Wiltshire. The race is also part of the Wiltshire Road Race League, so attracts a lot of local clubs looking for a speedy 5k time.

• Nia Glover: 20:16
• Alan Powderhill: 22:12 – PB!
• Zoe Markham-Lee: 26:11
• Jade Beaumont: 26:58

Possibly the most nervous I’ve been at the start of a race for a while. Had a slight hamstring niggle a few days before so wasn’t sure how this was going to go. Anyway it went very well, so pleased to squeeze another PB on a really nice 5k course, and very happy with my time. Lovely to run with fellow RSE runners as always, and back running a race with my wingman Robbo for the first part, who paced me very nicely. One to do again in the future. – Alan

The whole reason I entered this one was to get a 5k PB so the fact I was so far off was infuriating! It’s a lovely flat route with a downhill start that I probably used a bit too well! Lesson learnt for next time and definitely one I’d like to have another go at! – Jade

Parkruns

Teifi Marshes Nature Reserve

• Liz Hulcup: 28:12

Plymvalley

• Felicity Crotty: 32:20

Swansea Bay

• Mark Garrett: 20:18

Cirencester

• Jon Campbell: 20:40 – PB!
• Wayne Hewitt: 20:55
• Phil Hudson: 22:01
• Daniel Drayton: 22:39
• Richard Sharp: 24:13
• Steve Sandercock: 24:13
• Robert Baker: 25:29
• Andy Sworn: 27:23
• Jon Collins: 27:49
• Rachel Smith: 29:10
• Maria Yates: 30:15
• Anne-Marie Davies: 30:30
• Paul Robertson: 33:43
• Alan Powderhill: 33:44
• Jade Beaumont: 55:00

Witney

• Vicki Mason: 30:23

Pont y Bala

• Cheri Edwards: 37:25

St Mary’s

• Paul Billinghurst: 22:57

Langley Burrell 10K

Langley Burrell is a very flat, fast course and there are a number of 10K races over the course of the year. Well worth a go, if you feel in form for a PB attempt at 10K.

Phil Hudson and Wayne Hewitt ran this weeks event, in the heat. Well done to both.

“Langley Burrell is a flat 10k in the Lightening Bolt series, running with Wayne Hewitt on a scorching 🥵 morning, was hoping for a good run. Not every race goes to plan and some days you just take it as a bad day in the office, on schedule at halfway until my wheels fell off. It was a wake up call for me to run with how you feel, the conditions and don’t beat yourself up when things don’t go to plan, there is always another race.”

Phil Hudson

Park Runs

Cirencester

This weeks PR was well attended by RSE, so plenty of us were there to congratulate Andy Sworn on completing his 250th Park Run. Well done, Andy!

Also congratulations to Steve Sandercock, who smashed his PB.

“I took up Phil Hudson’s kind offer to pace me to have a go at my ciren pb. Phil’s pacing was brlliant, slowing me down after the start, and encouraging me along the route. But maintaining the pace over the full 5k was a real struggle. I’m sure i would have eased off without the pacing. My mindset to get round became ‘got to do it so I don’t let Phil down’! It worked though and I took 35 seconds off my recent runs. So very pleased”

Steve Sandercock

Bellville

Jersey

Ludlow

Worthing

Exmouth

Tetbury Goods Shed

PB! Well done, Helen.

Aberhonddu

Bugatti 10k

https://www.entrycentral.com/bugatti10k

Set around a single 10k loop of largely quiet country roads, the race takes place on an August Wednesday evening. The course starts with a sharp descent followed by an equally sharp incline before settling into a largely rolling first third. The middle section is very flat before the course starts to undulate again towards a largely inclining final kilometre.

Liz Hulcup: 00:55.57 A course PB  🎉🎉

Sharon Smith: 00.48.48  1st LV 75

Felicity Crotty: 01:02:04

Felicity: It has been a couple of years since I’d run this race and I wanted to see if there was any improvement from the last time (even with the big hill at the end). I managed to complete the race in just over 62 min which was surprising as that was over 8 minutes quicker!! And 6 min quicker than wye valley a couple of weeks ago. The big hill at the end wasn’t as bad as I remembered it either!! Nice to see team RSE doing well in the AAAs too.

Hart Relay

Home – The Hart 4 – A scenic trail relay in the heart of Hampshire.

Three RSE teams competed in the Hart relay. Each team of four runners raced a 4k undulating course weaving in and out of woodland. The teams had 4 hours to compete as many laps as possible – some teams did 12 laps some did 10. Great achievements all round.

Anne Gardiner: A big event – over 170 teams took part. There was a great atmosphere. In between our individual runs we chatted and snacked under the RSE gazebo. Our team initially thought that our faster runners, Jon and Sharon, would fit in a 4th lap, but then realized that we were only going to complete 12 laps i.e 3 per runner, in the 4 hours, so Jon took off his chip and did Anna’s 3rd lap with her. Sharon did the same and accompanied me on my final lap – a great team effort! It was an excellent event; I’d do it again.

Carol Sworn: I’m a bit biased but this is a fantastic event hosted by my previous club, Hart Road Runners. Andy and I teamed up with our niece and nephew, Joe and Jasmin, to make team ‘Relatively Speedy’. We managed to complete 11 laps in the given time and all really enjoyed it. It was lovely to have 3 teams made up of RSE runners and family competing, think all had a great day out with friendly competition and a lovely picnic to share both during the event and after…..a winning combination!

Mary Shepherd: What a fabulous event. It was a hot day, trail running through woods which gave us some shade. Great company lots of fun. Loved it.

Parkruns

Albert parkrun, Melbourne

Wayne HEWITT | 00:20:56

Bushy Parkrun

Liz Hulcup | 00:26.41

Hampstead Heath parkrun

Jenny HOFFMANN | 00:37:49

Upton House parkrun

Vicki MASON | 00:30:57

Hanley parkrun

Sue NAVIN | 00:26:38

Colby parkrun

Rachel WEAVER | 00:31:32

Rutland Water parkrun

Darren JENNER | 00:23:18
Felicity CROTTY | 00:30:03

Cirencester parkrun

James BALL | 00:18:49
Jon CAMPBELL | 00:21:08
Daniel DRAYTON | 00:22:45
Paul BILLINGHURST | 00:22:55
Mark GARRETT | 00:23:06
Phil NEWMAN | 00:23:57
Steve SANDERCOCK | 00:24:29
Claire SHARP | 00:24:53
Andy SWORN | 00:26:35
Richard SHARP | 00:26:48
Robert BAKER | 00:26:51
Maria YATES | 00:29:10
Taryn HANCOCK | 00:34:19
Charlotte AUSTIN | 00:34:57

Carlingwark Loch parkrun

Rachel SMITH | 00:27:26

Club News

Delighted to welcome a new club member – little Louis Witnall. Fantastic to see Dave out coaching on Monday and to hear that Louis was the star attraction at Fora on Saturday. As always, Ellie and Dave are clearly taking it all in their stride!

for any updates or amendments, message Jess James

The Uffington White Horse Gallop

The White Horse Gallop is a unique and spectacular trail running event, starting and finishing on the historic Ridgeway National Trail, dropping into the ‘valley of the racehorse’ and  passing Ashdown House, the neolithic long barrow burial site at Waylands Smithy, and finally the iconic Uffington White Horse itself. Representing RSE was Sharon Smith in a time of 2.09.01

“This is the same distance as Stage 4 of the Cotswold Way and I completed it in almost the same time even though the stony tracks and 2-3 miles of tarmac hindered me. The views were amazing as were the marshals and the huge welcome at the finish. I hadn’t seen the White Horse since my childhood and it is beautiful. A long drag uphill for home so this race is not for the fainthearted or anyone over 75 really !”

Well done Sharon!