Sunday October 13th
Centurion Autumn 100 Mile Race
A 100 mile trail race based in the twinned villages of Goring & Streatley on the River Thames. Takes runners on 4 different 25 mile out-and-back spurs, using sections of the Ridgeway and Thames Path National Trails
| Rachel Stanley-Evans | 21.42.12 | 4th Lady & 3rd LV40 |
Well done Craig who ran the last 50 miles with Rachel
Centurion A100 Race Report
So how do you describe such an enormous achievement as the success that Rachel Stanley-Evans accomplished this weekend? I thought the sub 2hr marathon was something to behold but having the privilege of witnessing Rachel run the Centurion A100 this weekend, in my view is even more impressive than Eliud! The weather was a very significant factor battering the runners of the A100, with over 80 of the 230 runners retiring from the race. Not our Rachel. She had her difficult moments, particularly when the sodden muddy trails became almost impossible to run and the cold set in but she just dug deep and did something truly amazing to finish as 4th women in her first 100 mile race. As always she set herself an ambitious target of sub 22 hours and smashed it crossing the line on 21hrs 42mins! She actually passed the 100 mile marker in 21hrs 30mins exactly (the course was long)!
The Centurion A100 Race is a trail race that takes runners on a series of 4 different 25 mile out and back spurs starting from Goring and Streatley. Sitting in the Village Hall, waiting for Rachel to arrive with my PACER number pinned to my shorts, I felt like a nervous patient in a dentist’s waiting room! Rachel arrived an hour ahead of schedule (obvs), full of energy and determination, having completed a very fast 50 miles. She swept me up and we headed out onto the Ridgeway for miles 50 to 75 of the race. Within a couple of hours of running, it was dark and we had to switch our head torches on. It was quite a sight to see so many lone head torches bobbing about on the Ridgeway. Rachel was in good spirits and we had plenty of chatter.
Our final leg headed back out from Goring to Reading along the hilly Thames Path (who knew)! This was a really tough leg (a lot less chatter). The muddy conditions meant we struggled to run and that meant walking in the heavy rain and getting very, very cold. This was the ‘wobble’ moment for us and where many runners admitted defeat and retired but we knew that if we could get to the halfway point, get a hot drink and turn around and head for home we would finish. The final leg ended up being negative splits!
Rachel was awarded with the coveted One Day Centurion Buckle for completing the race in less than 24 hours. A very special medal for an extremely challenging race awarded to an outstanding endurance athlete! Enough said.
I know that Rachel wanted me to thank the great support she had over the weekend, which included Lisa Butler-Jackson, Lucy Harris, Toby Clarke (BBC correspondent), Nick Morley and then Charlie Stanley-Evans and Lindsey Smith who covered the night shift and kept popping up throughout the night to offer desperately needed encouragement. The legendary WRR support machine in action!
Oxford Half Marathon
| Gareth Petts | 1.17.11 | |
| Frankie Snare | 1.26.25 | |
| Will Downey | 1.28.13 | |
| Lucy Harris | 1.45.56 | |
| Lisa Holland | 1.47.14 | |
| Simon Welch | 1.49.58 | |
| Charlotte Reynolds | 1.59.57 | |
| Paul Bowden | 2.11.59 | |
| Louise Henderson | 2.12.00 | 1st Half Marathon |
Eindhoven 10K
| Margaret Mason | 47.18 |
Eindoven Half Marathon
| Ben Godwood | 1.37.43 |
Chicago Marathon
| Steve Young | 2.40.13 | PB |
Royal Parks Half Marathon
| John Green | 2.05.02 | |
| Neil Moglione | 2.12.41 | PB |
Roman River Trail Marathon
| Jenny Moore | 4.18.26 | 1st Lady |
Saturday October 12th
Chiltern Cross Country League – Horspath
Ladies
| Jane Colbeck-McKinnon | 30.51 |
| Anna Flory | 32.51 |
Men
| Tegs Jones | 30.34 | 1st MV40 |
| Chris Colbeck | 36.20 | |
| Stephen Roberts | 45.01 | |
| Lee Vanstone | 49.43 |
Brighouse parkrun
| Tommy Johnson | 17.54 | 1st |
| Abigail Drewett | 28.02 |
Northala Fields parkrun
| Dan Wymer | 21.03 |
| Tamsyn Wymer | 33.55 |
Harcourt Hill parkrun
| Andrew Green | 23.14 |
Witney parkrun
| Matt Lock | 18.37 | 1st |
| Liam Walsh | 21.16 | |
| Fraser Howard | 21.54 | |
| Lisa Kay | 23.20 | 1st Lady |
| Graham Le Good | 23.20 | |
| Mark Crosby | 23.44 | |
| Chris Ellis | 24.29 | |
| Paul Ainslie | 25.25 | |
| Harriet Howard | 26.29 | |
| Paul Molyneaux | 27.29 | |
| Judith Le Good | 29.45 | |
| Regina Lally | 30.59 | |
| Caroline Kay | 36.38 |
Yammy parkrun
| Kirsty Webb | 23.13 |
Watermeadows parkrun
| Sam Upton | 20.10 | 1st |
| James Horsman | 23.58 | |
| Jen Upton | 30.57 |
Sunday October 6th
Loch Ness Marathon
| Trudie Ratcliff | 5.00.06 | First marathon |
| Stephen Ratcliff | 5.00.07 |
Hanney 5 GP
1st Ladies and Mens teams.
| Tegs Jones | 26.29 | 2nd & 1st MV40 |
| Matt Lock | 29.00 | |
| Tommy Johnson | 29.06 | PB |
| George Reynolds | 29.56 | |
| Frankie Snare | 31.08 | 1st Lady |
| Isabel Stubbs | 32.56 | 2nd SL |
| Graham Le Good | 36.50 | |
| Lindsay Smith | 37.04 | |
| Kirsty Webb | 37.42 | |
| Craig Gibbins | 37.36 | |
| Paul Ainslie | 38.52 | |
| Judith Le Good | 43.41 | |
| Anna Flory | 43.52 | |
| Sharon Christie | 44.48 | |
| Abby Drewett | 46.42 | |
| Mark Bristow | 47.58 | |
| Tamsyn Wymer | 49.53 | |
| Dan Wymer | 53.51 | |
| Alice Parsons | 53.51 |
Cricklade Half Marathon
| Thomas Grantham | 1.21.53 | |
| Chris Colbeck | 1.26.14 | |
| Fraser Howard | 1.29.58 | |
| Sally Howard | 1.39.53 | |
| Lucy Harris | 1.46.42 | |
| Stephen Roberts | 1.48.35 | |
| Alexander Townsend | 1.56.02 | |
| Aukje Raats | 1.56.02 | |
| Michele Hustler | 1.56.03 | |
| Jamie Jones | 1.56.21 | |
| Andy Church | 1.56.22 | |
| Jane Colbeck-McKinnon | 1.56.34 | |
| Sally Mackie | 1.56.42 | |
| Lee Vanstone | 2.01.31 | PB |
| Caroline Stevenson | 2.13.41 | |
| Jen Upton | 2.28.55 |
Cricklade 10K
| Tony Lock | 38.21 | 1st MV50 |
| Chris Mulcahy | 39.38 | |
| Paul Sherwood | 45.03 | |
| Rachel Stanley-Evans | 48.25 | |
| Gail Bell | 53.26 | |
| Paul Rushby | 54.17 | |
| Gill Sherwood | 55.40 |
Cotswold Duathlon (5K run, 18K bike, 5K run)
| Lisa Kay | 1.22.27 | 3rd Lady |
| James Horsman | 1.44.09 | 29.59 39.14 31.17 |
Cardiff Half Marathon
| Justin Kamphuis | 1.41.16 | PB |
Saturday October 5th
Oxford parkrun
| Andrew Green | 23.57 |
| Simon Welch | 27.25 |
Bicester parkrun
| Debbie Marshall-Thomas | 31.12 |
Witney parkrun
| Luke Edwards | 19.25 | 2nd |
| James Webster | 21.25 | |
| Matt Lock | 22.00 | 22 min pacer |
| Billy Rendell | 22.01 | |
| Graham Le Good | 22.09 | |
| Tegid Jones | 22.39 | 23 min pacer |
| Sally Howard | 23.56 | 24 min pacer |
| Harriet Howard | 24.34 | |
| James Horsman | 24.37 | |
| Bethany Jones | 24.58 | |
| Alice Parsons | 25.05 | |
| Fraser Howard | 25.50 | 26 min pacer |
| William Shayler | 26.42 | |
| Emily Howard | 27.01 | 27 min pacer |
| Dan Wymer | 27.23 | |
| Anthony Beardsley | 27.49 | |
| Kirsty Webb | 27.55 | 28 min pacer |
| Linda Field | 28.41 | |
| Judith Le Good | 29.16 | |
| Regina Lally | 29.59 | |
| Charlie Hudson | 34.20 | |
| Liam Walsh | 37.19 | |
| Tamsyn Wymer | 38.52 | 39 min pacer |
| Martin Crabb | 43.20 |
Fire Service College parkrun
| Matthew Thompson | 19.28 | 3rd |
| Kirsty Thompson | 25.29 |