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WITNEY ROAD RUNNERS

July Results

Published on 6th July 2018 by web editor

Sunday 29th July

Cotswold Lake 62 Standard Triathlon (1.5km swim, 40km cycle, 8.5km run)

Sam Upton 2:34:51 35:28, 1:22:12, 33:02
Second fastest run leg of the weekend
Jen Horsman 3:17:06 35:29, 1:36:21, 61:00
First standard distance triathlon

Ride London Surrey 100 (100 miles cycle)

Hannah West 7:23:41

Cotswold 24hr report

After having a few days to gather thoughts, I thought I’d let you all know how the weekend went..

Four hardy lads met up just after 8:30am at McDonalds Witney, Billy Rendell and Ben Cook in Bill’s white van, with myself and Callum Hodnett in his black van. A little pre-departure banter was exchanged before we set off for Cirencester, specifically Bathurst Estate. Passing the location of Cirencester Parkrun at 8:55 was not my cup of tea, but I’m (almost) glad I didn’t go!
The estate wasn’t terribly hard for us to find – I recognised we had done cross country there before – arriving just after 9am. This gave us plenty of time to set up tents, food, drinks, and sign our permission slips which had been printed out the night before(!). Taking a brief look around the facilities, myself, ever the bargain hunter, bought one of last year’s shirts for £3, whilst Callum spent the same amount of money on a coffee (his first of many during the weekend). Around 10am our final team member arrived – James Wright, affiliate of Alchester running club, found us with relative ease, only missing the last turning before meeting us and setting up his own tent.
After everything was set up, Billy promptly decided to get out a football, and after 5 minutes I was flat on my face with a near-pulled quad; we decided it best to retire the ball until further notice.
Although Billy had decided upon an order through RNG, at 11:45 we decided to go in the order of myself, Ben, Billy, James & Callum. To my surprise I fronted the start line with Sam O’Neill of Headington AC, who was part of a scarily strong team of 8.
12 noon Saturday – the starting horn sounds. I set off at what felt like a comfortable pace, going by the fact I was talking to another runner for almost the entire first lap. I was 5th in after the 1st lap in 35:18, feeling fresh when passing on to Ben.
All with seemingly well paced first legs under our belt, Callum ended the round of running with the clock showing 3 hours 18 minutes, meaning we were averaging just under 40 minutes each. The second laps were all well and good, with everyone but James (who was testing his supposed injury) being slower than their first lap. This did not stop us still averaging sub-40, however it was a little clearer that although we had felt comfortable, this type of running that we had never done before was going to challenge us both physically and mentally.
Leg 3 was still all good, and as ‘night’ approached (torches had to be worn after 8pm), James set off with an unused torch before handing over to Callum, who himself had a body torch, making him a little easier to identify.
The true test of determination began in legs 4&5. This began by Callum handing over to me, to complete a double lap. I was offered liquids after the first lap, but had eaten too much beforehand and thought if I add anything else to my stomach, it is near certain to come back out. I however managed to get some water on at the last water stop before handing over to Ben.
The other 4 had devised to do their double in pairs, so: Matt, Matt, Ben, Billy, Ben, Billy, James, Callum, James, Callum. However, a mixture of my own poor calculations, Billy’s intense need of the toilet and Ben’s very quick first lap of his double, he had no choice but to go again. He came over to our tents after crossing the start line, told us Billy wasn’t there and received murmurs of swear words, and soldiered on to do the double. This resulted in us going in the order Billy, James, Callum, Billy, James, Callum after Ben was done.
Somepoint during this 6 man cycle I woke up, and had the scare of my life. I absolutely could not stop myself from shivering. Unsure if it was cold or my muscles just spazzing out, I took on fluids and added layers upon layers on myself, and managed to get back to sleep. Big shout out to the rest of the group for this bit, I genuinely thought I was going into shock of some sort and would need the ambulance, but they sorted me out quick enough so I calmed down and warmed up.
Not wanting to take any risks, when Callum returned from his 5th leg (our team’s 25th) and the sun was just peeking its head over the horizon, I set off at around 5:15am with three shirts, two pairs of shorts and two pairs of socks on, consequently returning as a hot sweaty mess, but better than shaking and not being able to stop it – a full shower very much a blessing at this point.
Passing on to Ben at around 6am, I warned him to take the torch just for the forest areas, but for the most part the course was fully lit so we knew the end was near. This seemed to spark something magical in Callum, as he only went sub-40 for his last 2 laps(!), along with James being able to hold his consistency throughout. With the knowledge through that we had guaranteed to win our category, we eased off slightly so I did not have to do an 8th lap.
Finally, at 12:02pm Sunday, Callum finished his seventh lap along with our team effort, meaning we completed 37.8 miles each, along with the aforementioned victory in the all-mens 3-5 category, 2 laps ahead of 2nd and 5th overall, beating many teams with more competitors in their squad. A well-deserved KFC after the presentations ended what was an absolute thrill ride of a weekend.
Overall a fantastic, well-run event with only slight tweaks needed that we have emailed to the organisers ourselves. We recommend it very highly and hope we can take many teams (and bring back many trophies!) next year.

Saturday 28th July

Oxford Parkrun

Graham Le Good 21:29
John Abrams 36:22

Eden Project Parkrun

Paul Taylor 28:30

Aberystwyth Parkrun

Tom Garrod 21:19
Lucy Garrod 23:23 1st Lady

Northala Fields Parkrun

Dan Wymer 21:08
Tamsyn Wymer 30:55

Witney Parkrun

Sam Upton 18:26 1st
Matt Lock 18:36
Adam Leary 20:55
Kevin Hennessy 21:29
Billy Rendell 22:41
Chris Miles 22:48
Rachel Stanley-Evans 22:59
Anne McIlveen 23:34
Harriet Howard 24:42 JW11-14
Bethany Jones 24:43 JW11-14
Lisa Holland 25:17
Oliver Schroelkamp 26:37 JM11-14
Tony Burkett 27:20
Judith Le Good 28:04
John McCormac 28:33
Regina Lally 31:20
Darlene Burkett 31:24
Vicki Hopkins 36:20

Challenge Prague – Half Ironman (1.9km swim, 90km cycle, 21km run)

Frankie Snare 5:06:04 31:11, 2:39:31. 1:45:50

Iffley Festival of Miles

Matt Lock 4:56:67 PB

Friday 27th July

SOAR Summer Mile

Dan Wymer 5:50.9

6 years on from the opening ceremony the thunder and lightning greeted us at the Olympic Park. Tucked to the side of the Olympic Stadium and next to the Orbit is the London Marathon Community Track – originally the warm up track for London 2012.

After weeks of no rain, the heavens opened just as we arrived at the track.  The banners and flags got blown down but the spirits were kept up by the trackside DJ. Just as I decided to take the plunge to warm up, the rain eased but the lightning was still slicing across Canary Wharf in the distance.

There were 12 races on the card, each progressively getting faster covering people from 11 minute milers all the way up towards the magic 4 minute mile mark.

I took to the startline in heat 3 with 19 other people so it was a bit hectic around the first bend.  Midway through the 2nd lap I was running alongside a pacer. I had enough breath to ask what pace he was running: 85 second laps.  It didn’t feel like it and as I felt in control I decided to push beyond the pacer.  At the bell I through everything into my legs and pushed as hard as I could down the home straight

It turns out the congested start and lack of confidence to run past the pacer meant I was just a second outside my PB but the free beer at the finish helped me celebrate my first “track season”!

Anyone fancy a running night in London next year?

 

Thursday 26th July

Mota-vation – Race 4 – Combe II

Sam Upton 22:58
Matt Lock 24:38
Chris Colbeck 25:23
Nick Key 25:51
Tony Lock 25:59 3rd VM50
Fraser Howard 27:09
Callum Hodnett 27:27
Craig Gibbon 27:28
Graham Ferris 27:44
George Reynolds 27:51
Billy Rendell 28:26
Lindsey Smith 29:37 2nd VL45
Brian Moore 29:47
Jade Hewlett 29:56
Rob Green 29:58
Ohemaa Powell 30:15
Graham Le Good 30:42
Rachel Stanley-Evans 30:43
Sally Howard 30:51
Alice Parsons 31:15
Andy Church 31:59
Conrad Bailey 33:32
Lisa Holland 33:49
Richard Redford 34:14
Stephen Roberts 34:59
Melanie Cassidy 34:58
Simon Rhodes 36:01
Abi Adams 36:03
Michele Hustler 35:54
Nick Smith 35:50
Toby Clark 35:52
Nick Morley 35:52
Tony Burkett 35:51
Jessica Wright 36:25
Louise Rhodes 36:58
Anne Rouget 37:57
Debbie Marshall-Thomas 37:53
Tracey Moss 38:21
Paul Rushby 39:15
Darren Grayson 39:09
Judith Le Good 39:36
Frankie Balkwill 39:49
Darlene Burkett 39:52
Louise Henderson 40:00
Sharon Christie 40:48
Emily Howard 41:17
Jacqui Gamage 43:07
Hannah West 43:05 2nd VL65
Ian Fowler 43:12
Jen Horsman 45:01
Allison Maybrey 45:09
Dan Wymer 46:02
Tamsyn Wymer 46:06

Wednesday 25th July

Cheltenham Midsummer Open – 400m

James Currah 55.2 s

Sunday 22nd July

National Aquathlon Championships – Peterborough (750m+ swim & 5km run)

Graham Le Good 1st VM65 Gold Medal

Windermere Wild Swim

Jen Horsman 36:21
Sam Upton 36:21

Saturday 21st July

Oxford Parkrun

Ben Lonsdale 25:10
Simon Rhodes 26:01
Louise Rhodes 26:02

York Parkrun

Brian Moore 21:01
Lisa Holland 23:27
John McCormac 28:05

Keswick Parkrun

Sam Upton 17:28 1st
Jen Horsman 33:22

Witney Parkrun

Matthew Lock 20:18
Kevin Hennessy 21:37
Graham le Good 22:10
Chris Miles 23:17
Toby Clark 23:38
Billy Rendell 23:40
Bethany Jones 24:08 JW11-14
Martha Sherwood 24:17 JW11-14
Victoria Munday 25:04
Lily Sherwood 26:46 JW11-14
Judith Le Good 28:19
Tony Burkett 28:47
Emily Howard 30:27
Steve Hopkins 31:41
Richard Stockting 32:04
Ian Fowler 32:06 50th Parkrun
Lyn Hopkins 33:28
Regina Lally 33:29
Vicki Hopkins 34:34
Tamsyn Wymer 34:34
Adam Leary 43:38
Nick Smith 63:34

Hornton 6 Mile

Matt Lock 35:26 1st
Tony Lock 38:54
Craig Gibbin 40:18
Lindsey Smith 42:15 3rd Lady, 1st VL45
Ohemaa Powell 44:51

Bourton 1 mile Challenge

Fraser Howard 5:36
Dan Wymer 5;53
Sally Howard 6:19 3rd LV40
Harriet Howard 6:24

Race to The King – Ultra Marathon

It’s been a few weeks now since Rachel Stanley-Evans and I completed the Race to the King (RTTK) Ultra Marathon – all 53.5 miles and 6,000ft of elevation.  Having had time for the dust to settle and reflect a little on the race, I thought you might like to know a bit more about how we got on – as I’m sure some of you are interested in doing one in the future!

We arrived at the start of the race excited and ready, having trained well in the months leading up to it.  But we also had the usual race day nerves with just a touch more apprehension bearing in mind neither of us had ever run that far in one go before.  And it was hot.

Rachel and I started pretty much at the back of the pack of 650 other runners and spent the first few miles passing quite a lot of slower runners.  All of the time I was thinking that perhaps they knew something I didn’t!  But hey we had a plan to run at a certain pace on the flats and downhills and walk the steep hills – so we just stuck to the plan.  This plan got us to the halfway point in 40th position and feeling OK.

Whilst there were plenty of official pit stops offering everything you could ever need, we didn’t really stop at them as we had a secret weapon at our disposal in the shape of Rachel’s brilliant family and Lindsey.  Our ‘crew’ kept appearing at regular intervals with all of our food and drink and motivational one-liners that truly made all of the difference.  I think they put as much if not more effort into chasing us around the countryside that day than we did running it.

When we passed mile 33 we were both into unchartered territory having never covered a distance longer in one attempt and whilst we both had ‘ a couple of wobbles’ we stuck together and just kept grinding out the miles.

At various points along the course there were signs which simply said ‘there is more in you’ .  I had been dismissive of this slogan until later in the race when it dawned on me that actually it was true.  That’s not to say it suddenly gets easier but there is certainly a state you get into when you realise that your body can just keep going and all that you have to worry about is telling your brain to do the same – simple!

So, we continued to pass people and by the time we jumped/fell down the steps to the finishing line at Winchester Cathedral we had completed the RTTK in 9hrs 31 mins and were placed 21st and 22nd out of 656 non-stop runners.  Rachel was 2nd Female which was just a phenomenal achievement.  One final stat and the one I am most proud of: only 11 runners covered the second half of the course faster than us.  Rachel must take the blame for this as she pretty much never stopped running.  I on the other hand wanted to take proper breaks at the pit stops and walk for a little bit longer after the hills but Rachel had a very different view and for that I am immensely grateful although it didn’t feel like it at the time.

So, if you want to do one – do it! You won’t regret it.  I’m still smiling, even now every time I think about what we both accomplished.  I would say definitely run it with somebody and preferably with Rachel Stanley-Evans (sorry Rachel)!

Craig

Sunday 15th July

Long Course Weekend – Wales

Gareth Petts 9hr 12m 2nd overall
  Swim 2.4 miles 1hr 05min 56th after the swim
  Bike 112 miles 5hr 21min 4th fastest on the bike
  Marathon 26.2 2hr 45min 1st in the marathon

UK Masters Heptathlon Sheffield 14th &15th  July

Jeanette Ashton VW60 Gold Medal 1st

London British  10km

Conrad Bailey 49:36

High Wycombe Half Marathon

Tony Lock 1:29:51  1st  MV50
Chris Colbeck 1:34:54

Gran Trail Courmayeur 105 km – Ben Lonsdale

I’m still on the hunt for a finish at Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB), which means more qualifying points are required. With that in mind, I joined the back of the joint start pen for the 55 and 105 km events at the Gran Trail Courmayeur, on the Italian side of Mont Blanc, on Saturday. All I needed was a sub-30 hour finish in the 105(ish) km event to get my points, but the race has such a generous cutoff for a reason. It has 7000m gained, and the same lost, with much of it being very technical (fixed ropes provided and crampons compulsory kind of technical); finishing isn’t guaranteed, particularly with only 1 uninjured run under my belt since early March.

We were briefed that mountain guides would man certain sections, and that if we were told to put our crampons on, it was for good reason, with a lot of snow on the high ground (topping out about 3000m). The weather was due to be sunny with cloud (perfect for most of Saturday in the end) with some rain overnight but no storms(!). With crampons taking up space in my smallish race vest, I packed gloves, waterproof trousers and a thin hoody on top of the other compulsory kit and a lot of food, leaving out my insulated sweater.

The first 4 miles was downhill on groomed single track or road, being my only miles that were sub-14 minute. The start of the climb saw the race start properly, with zigzags climbing through the trees. As a somewhat overweight runner, I’m realistic about my chances in most races, but this one was all about gaining the UTMB points in as scenic a setting as possible, and the first of three (different) loops absolutely provided scenery. A long climb to 2000 metres+ saw us traversing clifftops/bottoms, snow fields and some quite exposed sections, before reaching a beautiful rifugio with spectacular views of the Mont Blanc massif. A quick refill of soft flasks and some chocolate, orange slices and crackers pilfered for the next leg, it was on to a section with ropes provided, dropping past some thundering glacial waterfalls, during a very technical 1500m descent over almost two hours (for me).

I met a Brit expat with an impressive ultra distance pedigree, and swapped dits with him throughout the 8 mile climb from the ski resort of La Thuile to the exposed Col Youla as we headed out on Leg 2. While my legs were feeling strong on the descents, my legs, lungs and head were struggling to cope with the steep grassy climbs. Reaching the higher technical section though, the excitement of being in the no fall zone masked the lack of fitness, and I found myself picking up pace on the long exposed traverses. By pushing these sections, I managed to stay 2 hours or more inside the cutoffs.

As I bimbled down from the highest peak on the course, the rain that had threatened earlier started in earnest. By the time the epic thunderstorm we had been told wouldn’t happen arrived, we were making our way down the rubble slope from the exposed ridge, and so enjoyed a mix of hail, rain, wind and sheet lightning and thunder overhead. The dark cloud brought night earlier than expected, and with the storm still in full swing (about the time the winner finished) a lot of runners opted to drop at this point rather than climbing back on to the ridge with the storm in full swing.

The storm eased as we headed towards the check point by the start however; I grabbed a ten minute power nap before yet another technical descent in the dark, waited for Ben (the guy I had run with earlier) then set off up the first steep thousand vertical metres of the third loop. We were both hallucinating rocks and trees as various things (my favourite being the Trump Balloon) until we topped out and started the long traverse with, as the sun came up on day two, spectacular views of the back of Mont Blanc.

We had left Courmayeur with more than 2 hours in hand, but had both slowed right down on the climbs, so we were both concerned that over 26 hours of moving, including heat and hail, would stop us getting to the finish. We cracked on up the final pass, discovering that we had enough time to take the final challenging and at times dangerous descent, including a number of snow covered torrents, at a sensible pace without putting a finish at risk. We jogged down the high street to applause as 28h30 approached. It appeared the plaudits were mainly from faster runners who had finished, showered, eaten and had a full night’s sleep while we slowly followed behind them.

Happily, the finish was right next to an Italian ice cream shop…

Marathon Challenge – Radley on Sunday 15th July

WRR Seniors defeated the juniors by 30 secs in the marathon relays in a close contest.  The lead changed several times right to the last lap. A new record for both teams.

Seniors         2:07:50

Juniors         2:08:20

A great day out for all

Saturday 14th July

Oxford Parkrun

Simon Welch 22:53
Suzanne Bartington 26:33
John Abrams 36:36

Abingdon Parkrun

Jane Colbeck-McKinnon 28:06
Skye McKinnon 39:05

Amager Strand, Copenhagen Parkrun

Graham Le Good 21:42
Judith Le Good 26:55

Jersey Parkrun

Victoria Munday 25:35

Witney Parkrun

Sam Upton 17:57 1st
Matthew Lock 19:39 3rd
Chris Ellis 21:13
Ben Godwood 21:47
Sally Howard 22:16
Chris Miles 23:22
Bethany Jones 24:18 JW11-14
Oliver Schroelkamp 24:44 JW11-14
Lily Sherwood 24:44 JW11-14
Conrad Bailey 25:00
Martha Sherwood 25:43 JW11-14
Mia Lawson 28:32
Alex Burch 29:46 JW11-14
Steve Hopkins 31:51
Richard Stockting 31;57
Jen Horsman 32:05
Regina Lally 32:24
Luka Clarke 39:29 JM10
Toby Clarke 40:21

Thursday 12th July

ITU World Aquathlon Championships, Elite and Age Groups, Fyn Denmark (1km swim, 5km run)

Graham Le Good 42:13 (19:51, 20:45) VM65 Bronze Medal 3rd & 1st GB

Sunday 8th July

Adderbury 10K

Matthew Lock 41:30 1st
Jade Hewlett 52:16 2nd Lady
Graham Le Good 53:05
Lucy Harris 54:26 3rd Lady
Judith Le Good 71:11

Adderbury Half Marathon

Sam Upton 124:37 3rd
Ohemaa Powell 1:50:58
Rob Green 1:57:43

Evesham 10km

Fraser Howard 40:24
Sally Howard 46:18

Saturday 7th July

Oxford Parkrun

Graham Le Good 20:57

Bushy Parkrun

Sam Upton 17:12
Jen Horsman 31:55

Havant Parkrun

Regina Lally 31:29

Brighton & Hove Parkrun

Jane Colbeck-McKinnon 28:09
Skye McKinnon 35:45

Banbury Parkrun

Alice Parsons 22:08

Witney Parkrun

Matthew Lock 20:31
Fraser Howard 20:51
Toby Clarke 21:39 PB
James Clark 22:02
Chris Miles 23:22
Lucy Garrod 24:09
Harriet Howard 24:32
Roxanne Clark 24:36
Tina Hepworth 25:59 PB
Zak Durkin 28:17
Dan Wymer 28:30
Judith Le Good 28:53
Lyn Hopkins 29:04 PB
John McCormac 29:35
Emily Howard 29:38
Darlene Burkett 30:59 PB
Hannah West 33:45
Tony Burkett 33:45
Graham Ferris 37:40

Tuesday 3rd July

Cheltenham Open: Mile

Dan Wymer 5:50 PB

Sunday 1st July

Buscot 10km

Brian Moore 3rd
Graham Le Good 48:07
Lucy Harris 49:12 1st Lady
Paul Rushby 59:26
Judith Le Good 61:28

Didcot 5 Mile

Chris Colbeck 28:56 1st MV40
Gareth Petts 30:34
Craig Gibbins 32:08
Callum Hodnett 32:27
Isabel Stubbs 33:36 3rd SL
Lindsey Smith 34:09 1st FV45
Kirsty Davies 38:33
Nigel Moss 42:24

Monmouth Challenge – 7.5 miles

Sally Howard 56:37 1st Lady

Monmouth Challenge Aquathlon – 1km swim + 12.5km off road run

Fraser Howard 16:32 swim + 53:32 run 1st

Lake Windermere Triathlon

Standard Distance (1500m swim, 40km bike, 10km run)
Sam Upton

 

Sprint Distance (750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run)
Jen Horsman

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Bumper crop of hardy WRR beating storm Bert at @ey Bumper crop of hardy WRR beating storm Bert at @eynsham_road_runners 10k 

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Don’t forgot to email you results in to appear in next week newsletter 

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Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the Snowdon Marathon trophies - Rachel Stanley-Evans (4:07:07) and Matthew Lock (2:47:36)

Well done to the 19 Witney Roadrunners who ran this year. Congratulations on your incredible achievement.
A bumper #MedalMonday this week. We had an incred A bumper #MedalMonday this week.

We had an incredibly busy weekend of half marathon races this weekend. With Witney Roadrunners out in force at the Oxford Half Marathon, Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon and the Manchester Half Marathon.

Congratulations to you all on your individual achievements. For quite a few yesterday it was also their first ever half marathon👏🏻
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Ahead of the 20th anniversary next weekend a group of Witney Roadrunners, @eynsham_road_runners and a few other special guests made the trip to run the famous course.

A great morning was had by all those who joined. Attendance this weekend at Bushy Park was 1525.

Answers on a postcard for the next venue for us to visit!
That is a wrap on another Mota-vation series for a That is a wrap on another Mota-vation series for another year. 

We had 74 runners taking part in the fifth and final race of the series at Stratfield Brake.

Well done to everyone who has taken part across the series and congratulations to those who won prizes. 🏆
Last night was the final of the 2️⃣0️⃣2️ Last night was the final of the 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣’s Club Time Trial and the incredible @leevanstone cross the line as the winner in 29.53 🏆 Last year winner @fredaford215 handing over the silver ware to the new TT winner 🤩

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Well done to all the runners but especially the top 5:

1st Henry Vincent (1st Time trail) 
2nd @leevanstone 🥇
3rd  @ge_andrews96 🥈
4th John Green 🥉
5th  @sfyoungmit 🏅

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Tonight saw the return of the annual Club Handicap Tonight saw the return of the annual Club Handicap where we had 45 runners run a course that was only revealed just before tonight’s run. 

Each runner has to predict their finishing time to get around the 4.4 mile course and there is no watches allowed.

Rules: If you are a second over your predicted time you are out and the person who is the most under their predicted time is awarded the infamous Wooden Spoon award.

🏆Congratulations to this years winner Tracey A who was the closest 

🥄 Lindsay S is the new recipient of the Wooden Spoon award

Thank you again to all those who were involved with organising tonight’s handicap.
A brilliant turnout from the club for the @alchest A brilliant turnout from the club for the @alchester5k this evening. We had 48 runners race this year. 

The cooler temperatures made for perfect conditions.

Well done to the following runners who placed in their  categories:

🏆 PaulA 2nd V60M, HollyPR 3rd V35F, PaulT 3rd V40M, JohnMc 3rd V70M.

 🏁 Congratulations also to the 6 runners who also completed the league following tonight’s race
A brilliant turnout once again for the fourth Mota A brilliant turnout once again for the fourth Mota-vation race of the series - Combe II

Well done to the 74 runners who took part and represented the club. 

Congratulations also to those members who won awards in their age categories. 👏🏻
Last Sunday saw the return of the annual Marathon Last Sunday saw the return of the annual Marathon Relay at Radley College.

The relay is a great opportunity for the juniors and the seniors to get together as a club and compete against each other on the track.

The juniors were the winners this year in an impressive 2:02:18. 

Well done to all of the runners and everyone involved in the organisation before and during the event. 

The times this year were as follows:
🏆 Juniors - 2:02:18
🥈 Seniors - 2:03:06
July saw the return of the annual Eynsham Challeng July saw the return of the annual Eynsham Challenge. 

Each host club holds a leg on their own course.

Courses are roughly 4miles/6.5K. The winning club being the club with the fastest average time. Each club runner therefore counts towards the final time.

Witney were victorious 🏆

Will Witney win the Eynsham Leg next month and reclaim their trophy?

Thank you to @witneyproperty for kindly sponsoring the top raffle prize of a Fit2Run voucher.
Good luck to Witney Roadrunner’s Thelma & Louise Good luck to Witney Roadrunner’s Thelma & Louise - Freda and Lynn who are doing Trek26 Cotswolds 2024 today.

Best of luck from all of us at the club 👏🏻

Today they are trekking for the Alzheimer’s Society a charity that means a lot to them both.

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Freda-Ford2
We had 35 runners race at the Thame 10K on Sunday. We had 35 runners race at the Thame 10K on Sunday. 

Congratulations to all those who ran and notably to the following 3 runners who placed/won overall:

🏆 Matt L - 1st overall. 
🏆 Sally H - 2nd V45
🏆 Lisa H - 3rd V55

We had several PBs smashed and 4 more runners completed the WRR league.

🏁 Next Race: Didcot 5
It’s voting time! There’s an important one on It’s voting time! There’s an important one on Thursday, but here at WRR HQ we need your help to solve a ‘debate’

Which of our two fabulous races does the running community love more?!

🦆 Are you a fan of the fast, flat 5km at the edge of Ducklington? Our new duck on the block - The Duck Dash.

🏃🏻‍♀️ Or are you more of a Classic runner? The established, ‘fundulating’ 10miler with the fab swag (shirt & beer!) waiting for you at the end after you’ve conquered Hillzakilla in the middle - The Cotswold Classic.

We can’t choose between them so it’s time to put your X in the box and choose.

Comment below with a 🦆 or a 🏃🏻‍♀️ for your favourite and tell us why! 

Share to increase the sample size and improve the validity of our very official study! 🤓
What a lovely evening Friday was. Great to see lot What a lovely evening Friday was. Great to see lots of faces come join us at the Plough in Witney for our pub garden social.

It was a good opportunity to catch up with one another, to  discuss the upcoming few races and for some, their upcoming training blocks.

Already looking forward to our next one. 

Thank you for those who came. The weather was kind(ish) to us 🙏🏻
Well done to all of the WRR ladies who individuall Well done to all of the WRR ladies who individually placed in their age categories at the final Sri Chinmoy race of the 2024 series this week.

Monday saw 49 runners race the final 2 loops around the Peace Mile at Cutteslowe Park.

This race also doubled up as another club league race, which helped 9 more runners complete their 8th race to complete the league.

Congratulations & well done to all of the runners who ran during the series 👏🏻
An amazing turnout for the final Sri Chinmoy race An amazing turnout for the final Sri Chinmoy race of the 2024 series yesterday evening. 

Last night we had 49 runners race the final 2 loops around the Peace Mile at Cutteslowe Park.

This race also doubled up as another club league race, which helped 9 more runners complete their 8th race to complete the league.

Well done to the Juniors and the Senior Men who individually placed in their age categories. Ladies pictures to follow.

Congratulations & well done to all of the runners who ran during the series 👏🏻
A brilliant turnout this evening for the 2nd Sri C A brilliant turnout this evening for the 2nd Sri Chinmoy race of the series. The first out of the two 3 mile race (3 laps of the Peace Mile)

Well done to the 43 runners who ran tonight’s league race. So big we had to split the team picture into two😂

A busy week with another league race tomorrow and the 2nd time trial later in the week.

#running #runners #witneyroadrunners #runningclub #oxfordshirerunningclubs
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