Relay occasion in Thames Valley kicks off our weekly round-up of endurance operating outcomes from round Britain
FT Nikkei UK Ekiden, Thames Valley, June 24
The inaugural FT Nikkei UK Ekiden introduced the spirit of Japanese relay racing to the UK for the primary time ever in an official capability with Oxford College rising because the winners.
The race befell on the eve of the emperor and empress of Japan’s state go to to the UK, the primary in additional than 25 years.
The long-distance relay race concerned 18 groups of 10 runners who ran a 76-mile route alongside the scenic Thames Path, beginning in Oxford and ending in Windsor. Every runner wore the normal Japanese tasuki sash as an alternative of utilizing a baton.
UK Ekiden founder Anna Dingley mentioned: “It was inspiring to see the power and endurance from the runners and to really feel their sense of camaraderie, which is what the ekiden is all about. We’re deeply impressed that the Hakone Ekiden reached the milestone of 100 races, and hope that the UK Ekiden additionally continues for the subsequent 100 years. Thanks to all of the runners and supporters.”
TEAM (universities): 1 Oxford Uni 7:48:14; 2 Cambridge Uni 8:25:12; 3 Birmingham Uni 8:41:41.
TEAM (firms and golf equipment): Staff Paris Marathon 9:15:07
ALAN BROWN MEMORIAL 10km, Kesgrave, Suffolk, June 30
John Millar, the UK Inter-Counties ninth placer, set a private greatest when profitable by two-and-a-half-minutes in 29:55.
The Ipswich Harrier had earlier set a 5km better of 14:26 as his operating profession resumed final yr after almost 4 years out. This adopted a DNF within the 2019 European Cross-Nation Championships. Earlier in that yr, Millar was fourth within the English Nationwide at Leeds.
Claire Jacobs set a private better of 35:06 when profitable the Nice East Anglia run in Could and right here notched up one other native win in 35:30
General: 1 J Millar (Ips H) 29:55; 2 A Beaumont (B Stort) 32:25
M55: 1 A Mark Ips H) 36:11
M70: 1 J Self (Kesgrave) 42:56
Girls: 1 C Jacobs (H’leigh) 35:30; 2 Okay King (St Ed) 37;26
W65: 1 S Lockhart (Ips J) 48:39
BARNSLEY 10m, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, June 30
Nice Manchester Run Half-Marathon winner and under-20 UK marathon record-holder, with 2:41:01, Eleanor Baker took the ladies’s race in 34:58.
General: 1 S Hinchcliffe (Barns) 32:34
Girls: 1 E Baker (Barns, U20) 34:58; 2 N Drakeford (Barns) 36:01; 3 R Sykes (Holmf) 36:38
W45: 1 S McGill (Peni) 40:41
W50: 1 F Davies (Roth) 40:52
W55: 1 H Morgan (Ack) 41:30
W60: 1 B Coomber (Denby D) 41:13
DROITWICH HALF-MARATHON, Worcestershire, June 30
General: 1 M Parker (Hales) 70:08
KIRKBRIDE HALF-MARATHON, Wigton, Cumbria, June 30
General: 1 D Younger (Heaton) 71:46
M60: 1 C Phelan (Eden) 86:28
Girls: 1 J Woodstock (Heaton) 83:49
W55: 1 Okay Bridge (Eden) 93:02; 2 T Medley (Border) 95:02
LINDLEY 10km, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, June 30
General: 1 H Johnson (Hali) 32:31
NORTHWICH 10km, Cheshire, June 30
General: 1 C Williams (Vale R) 32:19
Girls: 1 Okay Gough (Greatest A) 39:12
RIMROSE VALLEY PARK, HALF-MARATHON, Merseyside, June 30
Emily Haggard-Kearney, who set a half-marathon better of 70:47 in Valencia final yr, discovered 78:46 right here ok for fourth place general.
General: 1 A Haggard-Kearney (Warriors) 72:30; 2 O Chadwick 72:49
Girls: 1 E Haggard-Kearney (Warriors) 78:46
W55: 1 M Alty 1:41:45
SEA WALL 7, Haverrigg, Cumbria, June 30
Former Bristol & West runner Kate Maltby, the 2022 Midland Cross-Nation third placer, gained general in 43:17
General: 1 Okay Maltby (Border, W35) 43:17; 2 Okay Wallace 43;47
Girls: 1 Maltby 43:17
SOLWAY COAST MARATHON, Wigton, Cumbria, June 30
General: 1 E Garner (Shrews) 2:48:58
Girls: 1 C Williamson (Loftus & W, W40) 2:51:27
W50: 1 F Todd (Border) 3:17:48
STEVE MORRIS 5, Desford, Leicestershire, June 30
Mo Hussein and Gemma Metal got here out on high of this Leicestershire Street Race League 5 miler, however their instances is not going to seem on the Energy of Ten rankings web site because the occasion was an ARC Licensed race.
General: 1 M Hussein (R’hoggs) 24:57; 2 M Scarsbrook (Badgers) 25:26
M55: 1 P Critchlow (Beau) 28:49
M60: 1 A Inexperienced (Hunc) 30:34; 2 B Benson (Hunc) 30:35
Girls: 1 G Metal (Charn, W35) 27:53; 2 C Frankland (W Finish) 28:46; 3 R Nealon (Hunc) 29:35; 4 C Nurse (W Finish) 29:49
W60: 1 R Whittlestone (Birst) 34:44
THAME 10km, Oxfordshire, June 30
General: 1 M Lock (Wit) 32:07
M40: 1 W Burrard-Lucas (Wyc P) 34:13
M50: 1 J Richardson (Oxf C) 36:06
M60: 1 M Turney (Chilt) 37:48
M75: 1 J Exley (Oxf C) 49:43
Girls: 1 H Rees H Rees 38:25
W50: 1 D Godwin (M;head) 42:24
ERME VALLEY RELAYS, Devon, June 28
Males (4×2.5M): 1 Erne V 52:20; 2 Tavistock 52:30; 3 Teignbridge 54:58
Quickest: B Neale (Tav) 12:17; A Holland (Tav) 12:43; M Gilvear (Erme V) 12:48
M40 (4×2.5M): 1 Erme V 57:07
Quickest: R Haynes (Erme V) 13:08
M50 (4×2.5M): 1 Teignbridge 61:49
Quickest: A Bristow (Erme V) 14:20
M60 (4×2.5M): 1 Teignbridge 73:04
Quickest: N Rutley (Teign) 17:46
U18 (4×2.5M): 1 Portsmouth 57:12
Quickest: I Lamerton (Ports) 13:17
Girls (4×2.5M): 1 Tavistock 60:36; 2 Portsmouth U18 65:56
Quickest: C Walker (Tav) 14:48
U18: E Goodspeed (Ports) 16:06
W45 (4×2.5M): 1 Exmouth 72:45
Quickest: L Nuttall (Teign) 16:04
W55 (4×2.5M): 1 E Cornwall 76:27
Quickest: R Crowle (E Corn) 18:18
96 groups completed
POWER OF 5km JUNE, Morecombe, Lancashire, June 28
Luca Messenger-Jones was simply two seconds outdoors his greatest when profitable in 14:54 after narrowly heading Edinburgh College team-mate Matthew Knowles.
Girls’s first placer Emma McColm repeated her profitable efficiency from the Could race of the sequence, with a 16:48 clocking and this was her sixth win within the sequence over the previous three years.
General: 1 M Messenger-Jones (Edinburgh U, U20) 14:54; 2 M Knowles (Edinburgh U) 14:55; 3 M Emmerson (Bolt) 15:08
Girls: 1 E McColm (Preston) 16:48
W45: 1 Okay Longley (Liv PS) 17:17
SERPENTINE LAST FRIDAY 5km, Hyde Park, London, June 28
Belgrave’s Sam Gabreselassie equalled the course file for the not too long ago used two-lapper in 14:42 and is now equal fifth quickest for the race over a course.
The Belgrave Harrier gained by greater than a minute from extremely man Ollie Garrod, as Naomi Lenane made it a membership double when taking the ladies’s part in 17:52.
General: 1 S Gabreselassie (Bel) 14:42; 2 O Garrod (Bel) 15:49
M60: 1 S Corfield (SoC) 18:12; 2 A Inexperienced (North Tri) 18:20
Girls: 1 N Lenane (Bel, W35) 17:52
W45: 1 Z Oldfield (Lought) 18:46
W50: 1 A Farrell (Tun W) 19:59
W55: 1 S McDonald (S Lon) 20:15
W60: 1 M Wadman (Horsh J) 23:52
W70: 1 A Riddell (Serp) 25:52; 2 N Stanford (Sertp) 26:23; 3 R Tabor (Dulw R) 26:28; 4 M Raynor (W4H) 28:15
STOWMARKET FRIDAY 5, Suffolk, June 28
General: 1 Okay Clements (SB) 25:12
M45: J O’Brien (St Ed) 26:39
Girls: 1 E Moyes 29:04
GREAT CHALFORD 10km, Wiltshire, June 27
There was a Staff Bathtub over-50 double from Stephen Rose and Suzanne Clarke.
General: 1 S Rose (T Bathtub, M50) 36:52
Girls: 1 S Clarke (T Bathtub, W50) 42:01
MOTAVATION SERIES, Race 3, Coombe, Oxfordshire, Oxford, June 27
Marcus Shantry made it three wins out of three on this night sequence of various size distance races, with a slender victory of a number of earlier sequence winner Matthieu Marshall.
The Headington runner’s time for the 3M 1585 yards journey was 19:41, as Matthew Lock, second within the earlier spherical of the sequence, slipped to 3rd, a spot decrease than in final month’s race.
There was additionally a repeat winner within the girls’s part as Steph Giles comfortably got here out on high
General (3M 1585yds): 1 M Shantry (Head RR) 19:41; 2 Marshall (Head RR) 19:46; 3 M Lock (Wit) 19:57; 4 D Blake (Wit, M40) 20:09; 5 C Jardine (Abing) 20:24
M45: 1 L Newell (Abing) 21:35
M50: 1 J Bolton (W’inventory) 22:29
M55: 1 D Watkinson (W’inventory) 24:14
M60: 1 C Haden (Oxf C) 24:58
M70: 1 R Grant (Oxf C) 28:50
TEAM (6 to attain): 1 Abingdon 79; 2 Head RR 81; 3 Witney 179
Girls: 1 S Giles (Alch) 23:39; 2 F Hannon (Oxf C, W35) 24:04; 3 A Scrivens (Wit, W35) 24:27
W45: 1 S Davies (Oxf C) 25:09
W55: 1 J Pennington (Abing) 28:45
W65: 1 J Fabes (Abing) 30:43
W75: 1 Okay Williams (Eynsh) 34:10
TEAM (6 to attain): 1 Head RR 53; 2Alchester 91; 3 Witney 111
RUN MEDIA CITY 10km, Salford, Higher Manchester, June 27
Duathlete and mountain runner Martha Tibbott completed second general.
General: 1 J Manning 34:23
Girls: 1 M Tibbott (Saddleworth) 35:27
SCOTTS MIDWEEK LEAGUE Royston 10km, mixed Div 2 & Div 3, Race 4, Trent Park, Cockfosters, June 27
The second and third divisions accomplished their four-race programme and now go to the mob match with division 1 on July 10.
General:1 A Lepretre (Barn) 32:05
M50: 1 Okay Sambridge (Ware) 35:22
Div 2 TEAM: 1 Dacorum 236
M40 TEAM: 1 Ware 50
Closing standings
Div 2 TEAM: 1 Ware; 2 Backyard CT; 3 Dacorum
M40: 1 Ware
Div 3 TEAM: 1 Bishops Stortford
M40 TEAM: 1 Bishops Stortford
Girls: 1 H Turner (Dac, W45) 40:18
W55: 1 Okay Murphy (Barn) 42:56; 2 J Kent (Barn) 44:21
Div 2 TEAM: 1 Backyard CR 116
W35 TEAM: 1 Backyard CR 25
Div 3 TEAM: 1 Harlow Run & Tri 158
W35 TEAM: 1 Harlow Run & Tri 33
Closing standings
Div 2 TEAM: 1 Ware; 2 Backyard CT; 3 Dacorum
M40: 1 Ware
Div 3 TEAM: 1 Bishops Stortford
W35TEAM: 1 Bishops Stortford
BEXHILL 5km, East Sussex, June 26
The 2014 English Faculties champion and 2015 European junior fifth placer Robbie Fitzgibbon gained by greater than two minutes in 15:13 as high girl Kate Natkiel took second general in 17:19.
General: 1 R Fitzgibbon (Phoe) 15:13
Girls: 1 Okay Natkiel (Phoe) 17:19
W55: 1 O Webb (Hailsh) 21:41
LAKESIDE 5km Sequence, Portsmouth, Hampshire, June 26
General: 1 R James (Soton) 15:14
M60: 1 A Turner (Liss) 18:10
Girls: 1 S Winstone (Soton, W35) 17:44
W50: 1 N Moxham (Gosp) 18:44
W55: 1 E Prinsep (Roms) 21:33
W60: 1 J Harrop (Chich R) 21:12
EMGP WEEDON 10km, Northamptonshire, June 25
General: 1 P Melling (R&N, M45) 34:14
M60: 1 A Inexperienced (North Tri) 40:27
TEAM: 1 R&N 2:20:04
M40 TEAM: 1 R&N 2:21:54
WOMEN: 1 A Bourne (R&N) 38:17
W45: 1 Okay Godof (Olney) 39:59
W50: 1 R Cooke (Bucks & Stowe) 40:38
W75: 1 A Copson (R&N) 57:25
TEAM (3 to attain): 1 R&N 1:59:49
W35 TEAM: 1 R&N 2:08:53
LINCOLN WELLINGTON 5km SERIES, Race 2, June 25
EllaRose Whitworth, the fourth ranked 3000m under-17 within the UK this yr and English Faculties cross-country fifth placer, ran her maiden 5km in 17:05, as Lincoln Wellington team-mate Will Strangeway made it a membership double.
General: 1 W Strangeway (Linc W) 15:21
Girls: 1 E Whitworth (Linc W, U17) 17:05; 2 C Thornton (Linc W) 17:38
W50: 1 J Baldwin (Donc) 20:59
SRI CHINMOY DASHING DEER 5km, Battersea Park, London, June 25
Jack Ramm simply received the decision over Nick Bester and Josh Mitchell in 14:46, as the ladies’s race noticed race file holder Lucy Reid come out on high in 16:16.
There was a detailed battle for second among the many girls as Elisabeth Apsley received it forward of high W45 Helen Gaunt in 16:57.
General: 1 J Ramm (Dulw R) 14:46; 2 N Nester (Greatest A) 14:47; 3 J Mitchell (Battersea) 14:47
M50: 1 A Bond (Dulw R) 15:56D Marsden 16:24
M55: 1 S Mugglestone (Bide) 16:38
M75: 1 M Mann (Dulw R) 23:20
Girls: 1 L Reid (Ton) 16:16; 2 E Apsley (THH) 16:57; 3 H Gaunt (Ton, W45) 16:58
W35: 1 T Barlow (TVH) 17:14
W40: 1 R Bunting (Lon H) 17:21
W50: 1 M Lennon (Dulw R) 21:16
W70: 1 R Tabor (Dulw R) 26:26
ANITA KNOTT MEMORIAL WOMEN’s 5.4km, Newcastle, Tyne & Put on, June 24
Girls: 1 L Turner (Birt) 17:55; 2 N Tempo (NSP) 18:18; 3 S Haston (Gste) 18:36
W45: 1 J Heslop (Elsw) 18:41; 2 H Bough (Elsw) 20;10
W55: 1 J Murdie (S Shields) 20:41; 2 S Stephenson (Elsw) 22:45
W60: 1 D Weightman (Alnw) 25:58
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