With peak Spring marathon season just around the corner there was lots of 20 mile race action this weekend for those wanting to make those long training runs a bit more……..fun?
Saturday saw four club members at Berkeley for the Rogue Runs Fission 20, a two lap, country lane course. Jo Musk and Harrie Siebanaller are preparing for the Manchester marathon, whilst Kate Sackett and Brian Harris will be grinding out the miles in London.
Brian was first home and 3rd MV60 and reports being pleasantly surprised to dip under 2:30 with a bit less effort than last year and fairly even pacing. He felt it was good practice for London in 5 weeks time and a likely 10 points in the Glos AAA road race series was an added bonus.
Jo Musk, in training for her first marathon, was rightly delighted with her run. Her pace throughout was brilliantly consistent, and much quicker than her planned 8 minute miles. Her super impressive performance took an enormous 24 minutes off the previous club FV40 record. We can’t wait to see what she can do over 26.2 miles! Huge congratulations to Jo.
There were fine runs too from Harrie Siebenaller and Kate Sackett who was pleased with her time and a negative split. She took 3rd FV60 spot too.
The race was the second in the club road race championship and Brian has updated the tables. If you are interested in taking part in any of the remaining races, take a look at the News Feed post from 3rd February for full details.
18th March, Fission 20 Mile, 20 miles, road
1 Marcus England (Western Tempo) 1.49.36
89 Brian Harris (Cirencester AC) 2.28.57 – 3rd MV60
102 Jo Musk 2.33.20 – New Club WV40 Record
156 Harrie Siebnaller 2.45.27
183 Kate Sackett 2.52.44 – 3rd FV60
370 finished
Also covering the 20 mile distance this weekend were Chris Miller and Dave Musgrove who chose the Hullavington 20. They both had fantastic races and a friendly battle along the way. With just a minute and a bit between them they finished in 4th and 5th overall and were 1st and 2nd MV40. Chris is getting ready for another bash at the London marathon. Well done to both of them.
18th March, Hullavington 20, 20 miles, road
1 Michael Kallenberg (Swansea Harriers) 1.50.28
4 Chris Miller (Cirencester AC) 2.07.01 – 1st MV40
5 David Musgrove 2.08.18 – 2nd MV40
127 finished
Last weekend saw four club members in action at the Chippenham Spring 10 mile event.
Great performances from all of them brought some good age group placings. Ian Barrett and Nicola Denning each took 3rd spot in their V50 categories and Carole Rayner was 3rd FV55.
12th March, Chippenham Spring 10 Mile, 10 miles, road
1 Max Davis (Bristol and West AC) 51.24
24 Ian Barrett (Cirencester AC) 1.03.22 - 3rd MV50
63 Neil Morrissey 1.12.24
112 Nicola Denning 1.21.37 - 3rd FV50
132 Carole Rayner 1.24.25 – 3rd FV55
327 finished
In parkrun news, Ollie Campbell was 3rd at Chippenham just seconds outside his best time there and has now exceeded 300 parkruns. Holly Willis ran well at Poole.
There was a top ten finish at Cirencester for Brecht Grieten. Jos Randall was 2nd FV55.
At Tetbury, Kate Jacobs did her first parkrun in 7 years and was 1st lady. She was really pleased with her sub 20 finish, an age graded 81.4% performance. And there were age group placings for Paul Timms, 2nd MV55, Alan McAdam, 2nd MV65 and Rachel McAdam 1st FV60.
18th March, parkrun, 5k trail
Coventry parkrun
1 Dan Clarke (Unattached) 15.59
3 Ollie Campbell (Cirencester AC) 16.25
493 finished
Poole parkrun
1 Lewis Clarke (Unattached) 15.57
131 Holly Willis (Cirencester AC) 22.58
645 finished
Cirencester parkrun
1 Harry Barnes (Unattached) 18.33
6 Brecht Grieten (Cirencester AC) 19.56
58 Jocelyn Randall 29.41
65 Gary Wood 30.32
73 Pamela Wheeler 31.28
78 Ruth Fulford 33.03
129 finished
Tetbury Goods Shed parkrun
1 James Bellward (Unattached) 17.11
7 Kate Jacobs (Cirencester AC) 19.41
20 Paul Timms 23.08
26 Alan Mcadam 24.30
37 Rachel Mcadam 25.50
137 finished
Send race news to Rachel at rachelelisabethbarrow@hotmail.co.uk or via WhatsApp. Or send a link to your race results to Martin at cirenacresults@gmail.com