Weekly UK-wide highway racing round-up consists of the Nice Japanese, Royal Parks and Oxford half-marathons
AGE UK LEEDS ABBEY DASH, October 13
Regardless of being held on the identical day because the half-marathon throughout the Pennines in Manchester, this widespread Leeds race, with its propensity to supply quick occasions, once more attracted a major area.
James McMurray took benefit of the course and circumstances to win total by just a few yards, in 28:58, after a detailed race with Charlie Brisley, Dylan Evans and Lewis Jagger as all 4 completed inside six seconds.
Solely tenth right here final yr in 29:42, the St Albans runner took benefit of the aggressive race to enhance his four-year-old finest by 39 seconds. Minor placers Brisley and Australian Evans additionally improved their earlier finest occasions to indicate why it’s that runners flock to Leeds in October.
Within the girls’s part, Georgie Grgec adopted up her quickest leg within the English Highway Relay Championships the earlier weekend, with a 60m victory over Hannah Irwin in 31:39.
This was one other massive enchancment, by 46 seconds, from for the New Zealander who was second right here final yr.
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Irwin improved her earlier finest by much more along with her 31:53 clocking and there have been additionally good performances down the sphere.
Treena Johnson the British masters all-time W60 quickest, over 10 miles, half and full marathon, was high over-60 right here in 38:38 to substantiate her place on the head of the 2024 rankings, which was her 38:10 at Lincoln again in Might.
James McMurray (Leeds Abbey Sprint)
Total: 1 J McMurray (St Albans) 28;58; 2 C Brisley 29:02; 3 D Evans (SB) 29:02; 4 L Jagger 29:04; 5 D James (W Tempo) 29:12; 6 C Avery (Morp) 29:12; 7 C McLean 29:16; 8 O Lockley (Leeds) 29:20; 9 J Sagar 29:27; 10 F Brodie (Morp) 29:28; 11 C Mills (Leeds) 29:29; 12 C Moody (Serp) 29:42; 13 S Moakes 29:45; 14 A Pointon (AFD) 29:48; 15 T MacCambridge 29;50; 16 C Thomas (TVH) 29:50; 17 E Bovington (Leeds) 29:54; 18 N Edmondson (Ilk) 29:58; 19 C Coulson (Hought) 29:58; 20 C Jones (W Tempo) 30:03; 21 M Clowes (Wrex) 30:09; 22 J Corridor (Leeds) 30:10; 23 G Taylor (Leeds) 30:18; 24 J Noblett (Lut) 30:19; 25 J Blevins (Gate) 30:21; 26 R Owen (Mer’ydd) 30:24; 27 J Dutton 30:30; 28 O Roberts (Merr’ydd) 30:31; 29 P Wylie (W Tempo, W45) 30:32; 30 J Johnson 30:37
M40: 1 J McKenna (Tyne Br) 30:40; 2 R Bentley (Merr’ydd) 30:54; 3 J Anderson (NSP) 31:42
M45: 2 J Arnold (Stoke) 32:10
M50: 1 J Prest (Traff) 33:02; 2 A O’Brien (Mersey Tri) 33:06
M55: 1 J Walton (Leeds) 33:07
M60: 1 J Convery (Bing) 35:37
M75: 1 P Younger (Ryde) 49:30
Georgie Grgec (Leeds Abbey Sprint)
Girls: 1 G Grgec (Herne H) 31:39; 2 H Irwin IC&C) 31:53; 3 A Bell (P&B) 32:29; 4 E Davies (Bord) 32:42; 5 V Hopkins (Ton) 33:02; 6 B Gunn Bir) 33:32; 7 S Potter (Leeds) 33:40; 8 S Pennycook (Leeds) 33:46; 9 D Corradi (S&D) 34:48; 10 Ok Ballantyne-Chalmers (Leeds) 34:56; 11 S Hicks 34:58; 12 A Pearse 35:06; 13 M McKnespiey (Leeds) 35:07; 14 E Revitt (Carn) 35:08; 15 E Soanes (Bev) 35:09; 16 L Cooper (W Tempo) 35:30; 17 D Hatfield (Bev, W40) 35:33; 18 Ok Hawkins (Salf) 35:34; 19 M Corden-Lloyd (Belg) 36:20; 20 N Sutton (Prest, W35) 36:30
W50: 1 D Jepson 38:27
W60: 1 T Johnson Dews) 38:38
W70: 1 J Properties (H’gate) 51:59
W75: 1 C Gale NYM) 57:21
AEPG GREAT EASTERN HALF-MARATHON, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, October 13
Jonathan Escalante-Phillips took the race by practically two minutes in a private finest 63:58, some 27 seconds to the nice of his earlier finest set when profitable the Bathtub occasion final yr.
This follows up a sequence of three current highway race victories together with on the Windsor Half-Marathon.
The ladies’s part noticed Georgina Schwiening proceed her unbeaten stretch that goes again a few years and accomplish that by taking properly over a minute from her earlier finest with a 70:46 clocking to maneuver into the highest 10 for the yr.
Total: 1 J Escalante-Phillips (C&C) 63:58; 2 J Arundel (B’mth) 66:43; 3 M Kallenberg (Swan) 66:54; 4 A Tovey (WSEH) 67:45; 5 M Waddington (Ware) 67:58; 6 C Pacey (Newark) 68:13; 7 G Phillips 68:32; 8 J Bell (SB) 68:54; 9 A Hill (R&N) 69:19; 10 B Kruze (Strat, M40) 69:26; 11 C Patterson (Mansf, M40) 69:28; 12 M Chaney-Baxter (Norw) 69:28; 13 L Mullen 69:38; 14 D Clarke (Cov) 69:41; 15 J Carr (C&C) 69:48
M40: 3 T Windley (Kesw) 70:05
M45: 1 J Bailey (Mansf) 70:07; 2 P Melling (R&N) 70:15
M50: 1 R Keal 70:27; 2 C Compton (Kent) 72:43
M55: 1 A Porter (Bramhall) 78:01; 2 M Allen Ips J) 78:16
M60: 1 M Cann 81:06
M65: 1 P Mingay (Col H) 80:06
Girls: 1 G Schwiening (Camb R) 70:46; 2 E Grubb (Norw) 76:34; 3 H Davies (Ips J, W45) 76:42; 4 L Bailey (Strag, W40) 76:55; 5 C Thornton (Linc W) 77:05; 6 B Proctor (Kent) 77:55
W45: 1 S Semmens (L Eaton) 83:06
W50: 1 C Hay (Mansf) 84:09; 2 Ok Sung (M&M) 86:01; 3 S Eadsforth (Der) 88:16
W55: 1 J Holl (Thanet) 96:02
CHELMSFORD MARATHON & HALF, Essex, October 13
Hannah McGowan-Jones retained her half-marathon title and did so with a greater than three-minute enchancment to her earlier finest with a 77:46 clocking.
Total (26.2M): 1 R Baronowski-West 2:35:07; 2 N Filer (Col H, M40) 2:35:40; 3 G Carey (S’area) 2:39:28
Girls: 1 H Leggett 2:55:33
Total (13.1M): 1 B Adams 73:02
Girls: 1 H McGowan-Jones 77:46
W50: 1 M Lynch (LoS) 96:58
GOOSE FAIR GALLOP, Nottingham, October 13
Total: 1 M Campion (Notts) 31:34
M55: 1 Ok Fitch 37:48
GIVAUDAN ASHFORD 10km, Kent, October 13
Total: 1 A Hasan-Ogato 30:09; 2 W Zerome 30;17; 3 M Smith 30:24
Girls: 1 A Walsh 40:02
LIGHTNING BOLT 10km, Chippenham, Wiltshire, October 13
Total: 1 D Lengthy (P’pridd) 30:51
M50: 1 N Grinnell (Neath) 34:37
Girls: 1 P Quinn (Torbay, U17) 34;40
W60: 1 A Graham (Corsh) 44:43
LOVE LUTON RUN FEST HALF-MARATHON, Bedfordshire, October 13
Total: 1 M Elbayan (Lut) 67:56
M50: 1 S Coombes (L Buzz) 79:02
M60: 1 R Michael 89:09
M70: 1 C Lamont (Stops) 1:42:35
Girls: 1 S Cliffe 94:00
OXFORD HALF-MARATHON, October 13
European Championship steeplechaser Mark Pearce gained from Hugo Fry by precisely two minutes in a private finest 65:18.
Within the girls’s part it was Clapham’s Harriet Freeman who gained in 74:35, two weeks after profitable the Ealing occasion over the identical distance.
Additional down the sphere, there was a British W55 fastest-ever time for newly turned 55-year-old Karima Harris with a chip time of 79:02.
“I’m assuming that the Oxford Half is a correct race as 30,000 runners took half and it had the timer issues you need to run throughout,” mentioned Harris. “Nevertheless, I’ve simply bought a message from Mara Yamauchi, who I do know, she has simply advised me that Oxford isn’t licensed. I had no thought, so I’ll attempt once more for the document at Fleet in March.”
Total: 1 M Pearce (SB) 65:18; 2 H Fry (Belg) 67:18; 3 C Davies (RAF) ^7:21; 4 A Miell-Ingram (Radley) 68:24; 5 S Symmington 68:36; 6 M Kunov (Learn) 69:19; 7 A Hill (BRAT, M40) 69:39; 8 D Rigby 70:09; 9 T Humphries (Bord) 70:12; 10 O Knowles (Petts W) 70:15
M50: 1 S Winder (E&E) 74:10
M55: 1 J Richardson (Oxf C) 79:46
M60: 1 J Crew 83:46
M65: 1 B Whitehead (W’boro) 86:11
M70: 1 G Allen (Head RR) 83:39
Girls: 1 H Freeman (Clap) 74:35; 2 A Eykelbosch (Dac) 75:11; 3 G Baker (Hast) 77:57; 4 B Pembroke 78:55; 5 Ok Harris (QPH, W55) 79:02; 6 A Rai (Fulham) 79:47
W50: 1 E Hines (Swin) 83:40; 2 C Pettigrew (Harwell) 90:45
W55: 2 J Johnson (Launc) 87:26; 3 Ok Allred (Abing) 89;11
W60: 1 M Williamson Leam) 90:39; 2 R Martin 94:00
W75: 1 Ok Williams (Eynsh) 2:06:56
ROYAL PARKS HALF-MARATHON, London, October 13
Oscar Bell improved his earlier finest by practically two minutes when profitable in 65:12.
Total: 1 O Bell (Herts P) 65:12; 2 A Soffienti (St Mungo’s) 69:04; 3 G Grassly (Merch T) 69:14; 4 P Bailey 69:36; 5 I Farnworth 69:58; 6 J Davies 71:24
M45: 1 C Braisher 72:06
Girls: 1 N Jackson 78:15; 2 B McGreevy 79:35; 3 S Bowles (W35) 79:44
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RUN BOURNEMOUTH HALF-MARATHON, Dorset, October 13
Total: 1 S Cousins (S’area) 67:54; 2 J Dominey (Salis) 67:58; 3 C Newnham (Ryde) 70:46
M45: 1 J Baker (Chich R) 73:26
Girls: 1 L Williamson (Mynnyd) 79:47
W45: 1 M James (S Lon) 83:59
W50: 1 T Thornewill 92:35
W60: 1 L Geyer (TROTS) 93:47
RUN LEICESTER HALF-MARATHON &10km, October 13
Total (13.1m): 1 M Hussein (R’hoggs) 67:28; 2 DV Hallam (Wreake) 69:52; 3 D Brewer (Excessive) 71:33
M70: 1 P Whelpton (Charn) 99:11
Girls: 1 E Types (W40) 80;29
W50: 1 H James (100Mara) 92:01
W60: 1 E Whittlestone (Birst) 96:34
Total (10km): 1 M Scarsbrook (Badgers) 31:22
M60: 1 P Makepiece (Leic C) 35:58
Girls: 1 G Metal (Charn, W35) 35:20
SHELTON STRIDERS 10km, October 13
Total: 1 R Weir 31:51
M55: 1 C Nicholl 34:09
M75: 1 M Weir (Mid M) 43:09
Girls: 1 A Van Dijk 36:53; 2 J Potter Charn, W40) 37:09
TIPTREE 10, Essex, October 13
After a few years within the sport, 35-year-old Paul Whittaker broke 50 minutes for the primary time with 49:54, regardless of recurrently competing over the space for the previous 10 years.
Total: 1 P Whittaker (RRC) 49:54; 2 B Jenkins (Orion) 55:14; 3 C Bloomfield (Invoice’cay) 55:17
M40: 1 M McTernan (Orion) 57:25
M50: 1 H Mizon (Orion) 57:46
M60: 1 C Ridley (Col H) 62:14
Girls: 1 N Stretton (S’area) 61:25; 2 R Rising (Halstead) 62:31
W40: 1 J Bolton ( Invoice’cay) 65:01
W50: 1 V Simpson-Thomas (B Stort) 69:00
W60: 1 C Kennedy (Orion) 73:58
W70: 1 D Wooller (Col H) 86:29
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WEYMOUTH 10, Dorset, October 13
Total: 1 C Peck (Eg H, M40) 54:49
M50: 1 D Hicks (Poole) 57:49
Girls: 1 I Davis (Purb) 66:08
W50: 1 Ok Perrett (Wey) 69:53
York 5km Sequence, October 11
Total: 1 D McKinnon (Goole) 15:04; 2 J Johnson (Durh U) 15:16
M55: 1 A Holliday (York Tri) 17:58
Girls: 1 E Whitworth (Linc W, U17) 16:48
W40: 1 L Race (Barns) 18:20
W55: 1 J Mastrolonardo (York) 21:12
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