Saturday July 27th
Banbury parkrun
| Ben Godwood | 20.49 | |
| Margaret Mason | 23.32 | |
| Suzanne Bartington | 27.33 |
Oxford parkrun
| Frankie Snare | 18.33 | 1st Lady |
| Billy Rendell | 21.19 |
Worcester parkrun
| Andrew Green | 24.40 |
Aylesbury parkrun
| Jen Upton | 29.34 | |
| Sam Upton | 29.35 |
Didcot parkrun
| Jim Horsman | 22.36 |
Harcourt Hill parkrun
| Tegs Jones | 17.23 | 1st |
| Rhys Jones | 23.34 | |
| Bethany Jones | 24.46 | |
| Anna Flory | 26.55 |
Witney parkrun
| Matt Lock | 18.07 | 1st |
| Liam Walsh | 20.23 | 3rd |
| Tilly Westbrook | 20.43 | 1st Lady |
| Graham Hunter | 20.46 | |
| Fraser Howard | 20.52 | |
| Dan Wymer | 22.03 | |
| James Webster | 22.12 | |
| Graham Le Good | 23.16 | |
| Roxanne Clark | 24.49 | |
| David Rouget | 25.20 | |
| Lily Sherwood | 25.35 | |
| Kirsty Webb | 25.54 | |
| Gill Sherwood | 26.01 | |
| Paul Sherwood | 26.02 | |
| Paul Molyneaux | 26.56 | |
| Jane Colbeck-McKinnon | 27.15 | |
| Dave Johnys | 27.47 | |
| John Green | 27.49 | |
| Nick Morley | 28.35 | |
| Kate Prinsep | 29.04 | |
| Judith Le Good | 29.09 | |
| Regina Lally | 32.26 | |
| Tamsyn Wymer | 34.22 |
Evesham parkrun
| Martin Crabb | 45.22 | Tail Walker |
Stormont parkrun
| Anne McIlveen | 20.41 |
Thursday July 25th
Motavation Race 4 – Combe 2
| Matt Lock | 24.06 | |
| Joe Godwood | 24.14 | |
| Sam Upton | 24.17 | |
| Tegs Jones | 24.27 | |
| George Reynolds | 26.01 | |
| Thomas Grantham | 26.19 | |
| Callum Hodnett | 26.23 | |
| Nick Key | 26.30 | |
| Tony Lock | 27.00 | |
| Adam Boxer | 27.42 | |
| James Clark | 28.12 | |
| Chris Mulcahy | 28.23 | |
| Graham Ferris | 28.34 | |
| Luke Edwards | 28.43 | |
| Ben Godwood | 29.04 | |
| Fraser Howard | 29.13 | |
| Craig Gibbin | 30.12 | |
| Rob Green | 31.44 | |
| Sally Howard | 32.03 | |
| Andy Church | 32.10 | |
| Graham Le Good | 32.25 | |
| Conrad Bailey | 32.45 | |
| Margaret Mason | 32.50 | |
| Francis Tracey | 33.12 | |
| Simon Welch | 33.29 | |
| Kirsty Webb | 33.43 | |
| Lisa Holland | 33.57 | |
| Dan Wymer | 34.07 | |
| Michele Hustler | 34.47 | |
| Jamie Jones | 34.47 | |
| Alex Townsend | 34.47 | |
| Stephen Roberts | 34.57 | |
| James Hackney | 36.12 | |
| Jessica Wright | 37.02 | |
| David Rouget | 36.57 | |
| Harriet Howard | 37.25 | |
| Bridgid Laer | 37.57 | |
| Jane Colbeck-McKinnon | 39.06 | |
| Lee Vanstone | 39.38 | |
| Anne Rouget | 40.17 | |
| Paul Rushby | 40.28 | |
| Anna Flory | 40.58 | |
| Judith Le Good | 42.37 | |
| Dave Johnys | 43.19 | |
| Lyn Hopkins | 43.46 | |
| Vicki Hopkins | 43.53 | |
| Sharon Christie | 43.56 | |
| Trevor Jennings | 44.54 | |
| Jen Upton | 47.43 | |
| Tamsyn Wymer | 47.49 | |
| Regina Lally | 47.43 |
Sunday July 21st
ASICS London 10K
| Simon Welch | 48.51 | PB |
Castle Howard “Gauntlet” Half Ironman Triathlon (1900m swim, 100km bike, 21km run)
| Jenny Moore | 6.21.23 | (33.34 3.39.53 2.02.34)
2nd VW40 |
Immortal Sprint Triathlon, Farmoor (750m swim, 40km bike, 5km run)
| Conrad Bailey | 2.02.08 | (18.53 1.07.59 27.11) |
Immortal Sprint Triathlon, Farmoor (1900m swim, 90km bike, 21km run)
| Frankie Snare | 4.44.39 | (28.50 2.37.58 1.32.47)
1st Lady |
Saturday July 20th
Hornton 6 (GP)
| Sam Upton | 34.23 | 2nd & 1st SM |
| Matt Lock | 34.56 | 3rd & 2nd SM |
| Tommy Johnson | 37.17 | |
| Tony Lock | 38.08 | 2nd VM50 |
| George Reynolds | 38.13 | |
| Luke Edwards | 39.22 | |
| Chris Mulcahy | 41.21 | |
| Craig Gibbin | 43.34 | |
| Alice Parsons | 44.12 | 2nd SL |
| Lindsey Smith | 44.50 | 2nd VL45 |
| Helen Train | 48.01 | |
| Jim Whelan | 50.00 | 3rd VM50 |
| Louise Rhodes | 55.49 | |
| Simon Rhodes | 55.48 | |
| Abigail Drewett | 56.16 |
Immortal Sprint Farmoor Triathlon (750m, 40K, 5K)
| Conrad Bailey | 2.02.08 | 18.53 1.07.59 27.11 |
Farmoor 10K
| Will Downey | 40.18 |
Hampstead Heath parkrun
| Fred Kirby | 20.09 |
Oxford parkrun
| Justin Kamphuis | 21.47 |
| Charlie Hudson | 24.58 |
Abingdon parkrun
| James Horsman | 23.04 |
parkrun des Dougnes, Cubnezais
| Lucy Harris | 22.56 |
Northala Fields parkrun
| Fraser Howard | 20.03 | |
| Matt Lock | 20.41 | |
| Dan Wymer | 20.42 | |
| Sally Howard | 21.53 | 1st Lady |
| Graham Le Good | 21.58 | |
| Kirsty Webb | 23.37 | |
| Harriet Howard | 23.39 | |
| Lisa Holland | 23.46 | |
| Jane Colbeck-McKinnon | 25.29 | |
| Lee Vanstone | 25.38 | |
| Dave Johnys | 25.59 | |
| Judith Le Good | 27.43 | |
| Regina Lally | 27.59 | |
| Tamsyn Wymer | 30.59 | |
| Sky McKinnon | 33.23 | |
| Ian Fowler | 34.06 | |
| John McCormac | 45.19 |
Harcourt Hill parkrun
| Tegs Jones | 18.56 | 1st |
Lowestoft parkrun
| Fiona Tate | 30.53 |
Witney parkrun
| Stephen Young | 18.46 | 1st |
| Luke Edwards | 19.57 | 2nd |
| Chris Colbeck | 21.18 | |
| Paul Taylor | 21.49 | |
| Liam Walsh | 21.53 | |
| James Webster | 22.03 | |
| Paul Sherwood | 22.19 | |
| Lisa Kay | 22.29 | 2nd Lady |
| Louis Croston | 27.39 | |
| Anna Flory | 27.54 | |
| Suzanne Bartington | 28.57 | |
| John Green | 29.29 | |
| David Rouget | 30.12 | |
| Freddie Fellows | 30.24 | |
| Billy Rendell | 30.43 | |
| Jen Upton | 32.16 | |
| Lucy Bailey | 39.43 | |
| Martin Crabb | 53.19 | Tail Walker |
Wednesday July 17th
Waddesdon 5km
| Joe Godwood | 16.47 | |
| Graham Le Good | 22.33 | 1st MV65 |
| Judith Le Good | 27.65 |
Saturday July 13th
Race To The Stones 100K
| Rachel Stanley-Evans | 10.44.00 | 5th Lady 1st FV40 |
| Lisa Butler | 11.35.54 | 2nd FV40 |
| Toby Clarke | 11.35.54 |
As you may know 🙂 a number of Witney Road Runners a few weeks ago ran Race to the Stones. We entered a Witney Road Runners team for the non-stop 100K which consisted of Rachel Stanley-Evans, Lisa Butler, and Toby Clarke. The rules stated you needed a minimum of three members in a team to cross the finish line, the recorded time is when the third team member crosses the finish line. Witney Road Runners recorded a time of 11 hours 35 minutes and 54 seconds. We found out only recently that we won the team event, the first team to cross the finish line. But that’s not all we also got told that it was a new course record the previous record was 12 hours 12 minutes and 49 seconds. We took some photos after they sent the trophy please see attached. I would not normally talk about it let alone email but I am enormously proud of what we achieved that day on behalf of Witney Road Runners.
Race To The Stones 50K
| Francis Tracey | 5.48.20 |
Wendover Woods Centurion 50K
| Ben Lonsdale | 7.46.00 |
I have Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc coming up in a few weeks, which is an evening start. Centurion Running had put on a night 50k race coinciding with their Wendover Woods 100 mile event this weekend, so I took the opportunity to practice running while tired. The Wendover course is three 10-mile laps, each with about 3000’ of climb (and, more critically, descent) with a short loop at the start to make it up to 50k.
We started at 2300 on Friday, with the 100 mile runners having been going for several hours already (can you imagine doing 10 very technical loops with that much height climbed?). I got carried along for the first few miles, trying to keep pace with those around me and pushing myself more than I normally would, with it being a relatively short race. It was a good mix of (rarely flat) tracks, technical and root-covered single track and off-path climbs through the woods, with an aid station at 5.5 and 10 miles on each loop. I got through the first lap in sub-2h15, which was slower than I had expected (having failed to account for the terrain) though faster than I should have done.
I carried on to lap 2, still more or less by myself. I was determined to push myself, and carried on (slowly) running the flats, and letting myself go on the technical and dusty descents. Being alone brought the benefit of not having dust kicked up in front of my headtorch but meant it was easy for morale to dip. The usual pattern emerged of runners passing me as I slowed, and I made the effort to stick with each group for as long as I could as they came past. The eventual podium all flew past me near the end of lap 2 (including Dan Lawson, the best (very) long male distance runner in the UK at the moment), which was pretty fun. By the time I finished lap 2 at 0400 though, the effect of pounding 15 stone through my lower limbs on the alternating technical and track descents was beginning to tell on my joints. Conversely, the strength training had paid off and my muscles were feeling pretty good. Time to muster some willpower and crack on.
With lap 2 taking 2h45, I decided to push on and try and hit 2h45 again, or at least less than 3 hours, to finish by 0700. Unfortunately, circadian rhythms being what they are, I was a mile in to lap 3 when the sleep monsters caught up with me and I slowed down. Fortuitously, my friend Steve (companion for the second half of Lakes in a Day 50 mile a few years ago) and Sinead soon caught up with me too. With Sinead running a very well judged evenly split race, I jumped on and stuck with them through to the aid station. By this time, it was light enough not to need a headtorch, and it was nice to see the terrain. With a few digestive problems however, I couldn’t match their pace and dropped off the back. After an emergency stop deep in the woods however, I felt much better, moving strongly for the final section (and actually overtaking people!), coming in before my 7 o’clock target and close to my target lap time.
It was a good lesson in the importance of mental resilience in maintaining pace. While you have physical challenges occasionally (stomach issues being prevalent in longer distance events), the fact that my fastest split for the final leg was on lap 3 is indicative that your body can normally take the strain as long as you can convince your brain to let it. Of course it helps if you have a healthy diet and train well too, but I haven’t learned those lessons yet!
74th of 117 starters on 7h46.
Ben Lonsdale
Bourton Mile
| Dan Wymer | 5.48 | PB |
| Harriet Howard | 6.17 | PB |
| Sally Howard | 6.26 | |
| Tamsyn Wymer | 8.38 | PB |
Iffley Festival of Miles
| Joe Godwood | 4.43:37 | |
| Matt Lock | 4.44:08 | |
| Stephen Young | 4.57:50 | |
| George Reynolds | 5.08:28 | |
| Kirsty Webb | 6.22:43 |
Fire Service Training College parkrun
| Anthony Beardsley | 26.47 |
Oxford parkrun
| Frankie Snare | 18.33 | 1st Lady |
| Will Downey | 19.16 | |
| Graham Le Good | 21.37 | |
| Simon Welch | 23.41 | |
| Judith Le Good | 27.58 |
Lanhydrock parkrun
| Anna Flory | 32.15 |
Belton House parkrun
| Roxanne Clark | 24.28 |
Witney parkrun
| Fraser Howard | 19.39 | |
| Anne McIlveen | 21.15 | 1st Lady |
| Matt Lock | 21.28 | |
| Oliver Schroelkamp | 22.17 | |
| Mark Jarret | 22.42 | |
| Bertie Field | 23.22 | |
| Chris Ellis | 24.25 | |
| Harriet Howard | 24.27 | |
| Bethany Jones | 24.39 | |
| Kirsty Webb | 24.57 | |
| James Webster | 26.47 | |
| Lee Vanstone | 27.02 | |
| Lisa Holland | 27.42 | |
| Linda Field | 28.00 | |
| Suzanne Bartington | 30.58 | |
| Skye McKinnon | 34.02 | |
| Emily Howard | 38.52 | |
| John McCormac | 57.28 | |
| Tamsyn Wymer | 57.29 | Tail Walker |
Newborough Forest parkrun
| David Rouget | 24.27 |
| Anne Rouget | 29.07 |
Marlborough Common parkrun
| Alice Parsons | 23.32 | 2nd Lady |
| James Horsman | 24.30 | |
| Jens Upton | 32.32 | |
| Sam Upton | 32.33 |
Sunday July 7th
Bavarian Run 5km – Munich Olympic Park
| Dave Johnys | 27.22 |
| Regina Lally | 27.53 |
Lovely route around the Olympic Park – and there’s a 10km & 15km available (it’s laps so glad we only picked the 5k after arriving late last night!)
Didcot 5 Mile
| Matt Lock | 28.47 | |
| George Reynolds | 29.29 | |
| Tommy Johnson | 29.53 | |
| James Clark | 31.19 | |
| Luke Edwards | 31.31 | |
| Isabel Stubbs | 32.03 | PB 3rd Lady |
| Chris Mulcahy | 32.52 | |
| Billy Rendell | 33.50 | |
| Alice Parsons | 34.48 | |
| Lindsey Smith | 34.51 | |
| Lucy Harris | 36.09 | |
| Conrad Bailey | 37.26 | |
| Kirsty Webb | 38.42 | |
| Tracey Moss | 42.27 | |
| Anthony Beardsley | 42.34 | |
| Ian Fowler | 1.02.32 |
Birmingham Half Marathon
| Jim Horsman | 1.58.05 |
Windermere Sprint Triathlon
| Jen Upton | 1.36.45 | PB |
Windermere Olympic Triathlon
| Sam Upton | Result not yet online |
New Forest 10 Mile
| Sally Mackie | 1.32.34 |
Evesham 10K
| Will Downey | 39.20 |
Long Course Weekend, Wales
Swim 2.4 miles – Friday, Cycle 112 miles – Saturday, Run 26.2 miles – Sunday
| Gareth Petts | 9:21:05 | 4th overal |
| Swim | 1:05:24 | 4th |
| Cycle | 5:25:35 | 4th |
| Run | 2.50.06 | 1st |
Saturday July 6th
Bushy parkrun
| John Abrams | 37.40 |
Well done to John, who took the pilgrimage to Bushy Park for the annual “Over 80’s” meet up, where almost 50 Men and Women took part. The fastest VM80 time on the day was 27:17 !!
Tamar Trails parkrun
| Andrew Green | 25.41 |
Oxford parkrun
| Simon Welch | 26.56 |
Ludlow parkrun
| David Rouget | 27.31 |
| Anne Rouget | 31.22 |
Witney parkrun
| Paul Taylor | 20.36 | |
| Luke Edwards | 21.06 | 21 minute pacer |
| Lisa Kay | 21.40 | 1st Lady |
| Anne McIlveen | 21.40 | |
| Bertie Field | 21.53 | |
| Matt Lock | 21.54 | 22 minute pacer |
| Sally Howard | 23.38 | 24 minute pacer |
| Harriet Howard | 25.03 | 25 minute pacer |
| Fraser Howard | 26.08 | 26 minute pacer |
| Gill Sherwood | 26.09 | |
| Emily Howard | 27.03 | 27 minute pacer |
| Linda Field | 27.55 | |
| Toby Clarke | 28.19 | 28 minute pacer |
| Kate Prinsep | 28.53 | |
| Kirsty Webb | 29.03 | 29 minute pacer |
| Ian Fowler | 32.00 | |
| Anna Flory | 37.29 | |
| Lucy Bailey | 37.40 |
Cotswold Big Swim – 2 miles
| Jenny Moore | 1.02.41 |
Friday July 5th
European Aquathlon Age Group Championships, Targu Mures, Romania (1km swim, 5km run)
| Graham Le Good | 44:12 (21:29, 21:27) | 2nd VM65 Silver Medal |
Thursday July 4th
New York Firecracker 10K
| Dan Wymer | 20.11 | PB |
| Tony Burkett | 21.59 | 2nd MV50 |
| Tamsyn Wymer | 31.05 | |
| Darlene Burkett | 31.06 | 1st LV60 |
Cub Handicap
| Adam Boxer | -10 seconds |