The Coronation weekend bonus Bank Holiday saw the running of the Berkeley 10k, the third race in the county road race series this year and the County 10k Championship race. A small contingent of Cirencester runners consisted of Brian Harris and Ruth Fulford.
Not long since his fabulous London Marathon adventure, Brian clocked his 2nd best ever 10k race result with his 42.24 finish. Whilst he was 4th MV60 overall he took the bronze medal in the county championship.
Ruth Fulford took home the gold medal as 1st FV75 finisher.
In current standings, after three races, Brian and Ruth are in top spots in their age groups as is Kate Sackett. Jo Musk is in third position in the FV40 category.
Well done all.
8th May, Berkeley 10k, 10k, road
1 Ben Robinson (Bristol and West AC) 31.34 - chip time
56 Brian Harris (Cirencester AC) 42.24
200 Ruth Fulford 1.06.01 – 1st FV75
207 finished
David Wright completed the first in a series of six summer evening races. David was 1st MV65 finisher in the Upton Summer Series trail race over 3.5 miles.
3rd May, Upton Summer Series, 3.5 miles, trail
1 Thomas Corbin (Poole AC) 19.16
38 David Wright (Cirencester AC) 23.19 – 1st MV65
237 finished
In parkrun news this week some highlights were Gordon Jones 2nd MV70 at Lydiard with his sub 25 finish. Ollie Campbell was victorious in a close run battle at Coventry. Colin Tapley tried the Woolford Wood event for the first time.
At Cirencester, Wendy Nicholls brilliant 83.73% age graded run earned her 1st lady. Jo Musk tried some speed after her marathon adventure and was 2nd lady. Ben Conway, one of our talented juniors, ran his best time yet at Cirencester.
At Maryport Prom parkrun, Kate Sackett’s 22.28, 88.87% age graded finish time was her best ever there and set a new course FV60 record.
Fantastic results from all parkrunners this weekend.
6th May, parkrun, 5k trail
Lydiard parkrun
1 James Trevithick (Unattached) 17.25
25 Neil Morrissey (Cirencester AC) 21.16
75 Gordon Jones 24.48
295 finished
Coventry parkrun
1 Ollie Campbell (Cirencester AC) 17.15
657 finished
Cirencester parkrun
1 Frederick Slemeck (Unattached) 18.02
8 Wendy Nicholls (Cirencester AC) 20.248 – 1st Female
17 Jo Musk 21.59 – 2nd Female
27 Paul Timms 23.33
35 Benjamin Conway 26.56
73 Brendan McCarthy 27.41
82 Gary Wood 28.05
100 Samantha Timms 30.57
115 Ruth Fulford 32.35
147 finished
Maryport Prom parkrun
1 Daniel Mills (Unattached) 16.58
15 Kate Sackett (Cirencester AC) 22.28 – 3rd Female
67 finished
Wolford Wood parkrun
1 Adam Paterson (Unattached) 18.45
15 Colin Tapley (Cirencester AC) 25.41
92 finished
Send your racing news to Rachel at rachelelisabethbarrow@hotmail.co.uk or via the WhatsApp group. A link to your race results to Martin using cirenacresults@gmail.com as soon as you can is incredibly helpful.
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