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Coln Valley 2k/5k/10k

It’s rather appropriate that for the 1st week of school RSE turned out in force to support Taryn’s school fundraiser at the Coln Valley 5k/10k.

Lovely to see some RSE kids in the 2k, with Jade’s Evie and Isla, and Jess’ Reggie and Theo scampering over the hay bale hurdles with great enthusiasm.

Podium places for Rebecca (second lady in the 5k) and Jo (3rd FV50 in the 10k). great performances all round!.

5k-ers:

Rebecca Southerington 22:45

10k-ers:

Dan Drayton 00:52:07

Elliot Gardiner 00:53:48

Jess James:

Ann Gardiner 1.00.32

Lee Jones 01:04:41

Jade Beaumont 01:05:08

Mary Shepherd 01.06.00

Lee Jones: My first trail run & my first run in an RSE running vest. I wouldn’t agree that it was gently undulating, so quite challenging for a road runner! Great turnout from RSE.

Rebecca southerington: Lovely trail race with scenic views, great organisation with cakes, coffee and friendly atmosphere, hill start with undulating parts, think the 10km was a lot worse so I got off lightly but still found it tough! Did this last year and although injured again and the weather not being as nice, I placed 2nd female for the 5km. Loved the finishing  socks but not my sore Achilles. Great to see so many RSE runners and most people took on the 10km which can’t of been easy!Great trail race which I would definitely do again, well done to everyone who ran it.

Elliot Gardiner: First ever 10K trail race (I think?!). Bit of a test run to find out where my lungs are at after covid, turns out they’re nowhere to be seen! 🫣 Went out too quick and struggled on the hills, so dropped the pace and just tried to enjoy the scenic route 😅 Would like to do this race again when back to fitness! It’s a great local race with homemade cakes & a bbq too 👍🏻 Official chip time 53:48 (almost 10 mins slower than my 10K road PB 🤦‍♂️)
The roast at the local pub afterwards cheered me up though! 😋

Cranham boundary chase

Steve Sandercock  00:48:33

Liz Hulcup 00:57:57

Zoe Markham-Lee  00:54:37

Zoe Markham-Lee : 594ft elevation. Need I say anymore. The good thing about the race is the fete at the end. Gemma and I had conversations about pigs before the race (don’t ask) and I won a pig calendar in the tombola! Great encouragement from the marshals, even though they were holding back laughter at points. A nice day out for the RSE county runners, with Steve getting us all there in his ‘battlebus’.

Steve Sandercock: Cranham Boundary Chase is a 5.6 mile AAA road race. 5 RSE runners completed the circuit which comprised an estimated 450ft of 14% total ascent – half each at the start and end!! Plenty of walking was involved by most competitors! The 2km of almost continuous downhill was a good compensation. But 5 RSE runners were done in at the end. Well done Sue Navin for 1st place in category

Cotswold Classic – Witney Road Runners

Sarah Juggins 1:44:17

Rachel Weaver 1.50.08

Sara Juggins: It was a lovely road race with some very scenic routes. They were a few hills. It was very well marshalled and organised.

Rachel Weaver: The  Cotswold Classic 10 mile road race is a firmly established event with its undulating course. The marshals created a fantastic atmosphere around the course. The race is completed after all the ups and downs with, a very fast finish. This was my longest race since joining RSE , yes I would definitely do it again.

Great North Run

Linda Edwards: 2:23:46

Linda: This was my 10th GNR and it was touch and go if I would be able to run it due to injury. I started at the back in a slower pen with a friend who had a different bib pen allocated. Although very crowded and generally slower much more fun. This also allowed us to see the start of the race with the elite men as the gun went off.
I ran with 4 friends from Bourton Road runners in total and they all loved it too. The red arrows were out with their display overhead, music on route and the support amazing.
There were over 60, 000 runners so if you don’t like crowds this is not one for you. The course has a fair share of hills and it is a point to point course finishing with a view of the sea before turning onto the mile before the finish where my family were there waiting.
The party atmosphere afterwards continued into the apres area with a band and post run drinks.
A great medal and T shirt but if you saw the BBC news there was a design error resulting in some local controversy which makes it unique.

Parkruns

Kingsway parkrun

Hackney Marshes parkrun

Plymvalley parkrun

Aberystwyth parkrun

Cheltenham parkrun

Cirencester parkrun

Leazes parkrun

Ganger Farm parkrun

Blaise Castle parkrun

The Flying Monk 10K

An undulating route taking in the famous “Fosse Way”, the oldest Roman Road in the country, the rest being run on the quiet country roads surrounding Malmesbury. All participants  earn either a Lilley’s Mango Cider, Lilley’s Scrumpy Cider (so where was  Sylvia?) or a Mimosa. Alcohol free options are also available. Congratulations to the club’s  3 runners with Nia being the  2nd lady overall.  Great stuff.

Nia GLOVER         41:42.9

Ben MUTLOW      48:57.5

Joanne BEAMES  51:06.7

This is my hometown race so I know the roads well which I think really helped me today make the most of the downhills and pace the uphills. It’s an undulating course but a nice downhill finish and it’s really well supported. This year a group of firefighters ran it in their full kit raising money for the Firefighters Charity – it was great motivation as no matter how hard I was working I knew it was far worse for them! There was a great medal and free cider for finishers too. I ran my fastest 10k time for a while and really enjoyed it, with a bonus finishing in second place lady. Chuffed!

Nia

Parkruns

Gloucester North parkrun

Cheri EDWARDS               00:26:05

Aberystwyth parkrun

Felicity CROTTY               00:29:31

Tonbridge parkrun

Samantha WARD             00:29:16

Keswick parkrun

Phil HUDSON                    00:21:13

Bideford parkrun

Jade BEAUMONT             00:26:48

Cirencester parkrun

Wayne HEWITT               00:20:52

Jon CAMPBELL                00:21:39

Oliver HAZEL                    00:22:12

Mark GARRETT                00:23:26

Andy SWORN                   00:25:40

Ben CHAPMAN                00:25:57

Robert BAKER                  00:26:55

Phil NEWMAN                 00:27:43

Katy MILLER                    00:28:44

Rachel SMITH                  00:29:21

Vicki MASON                   00:29:58

Phil SCOBLE                    00:30:52

Elaine CHAPMAN            00:30:52

Alan POWDERHILL         00:31:10

Nadine BROWN               00:31:53

Cranbrook Country Park parkrun

Darren JENNER                00:24:24

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