Leo Holmes' Roundup 13th October

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Aside from the cross country fixture (a roundup of which will be coming separately later this week), it was a weekend of marathons for the Croups.

Starting in Chester, we had a number of croups taking part.

Sarah Hamill finished a fantastic 🥉 F40, recording a huge 6 minute PB in 3:11:40!

Alfie Sargeant, in his marathon debut, recorded an impressive 3:05:09. No doubt a result of his incredible training block!

Simon Gay & Zoë Gay were also in action in Chester, finishing in 3:12:11 and 3:28:16 respectively, this is a brilliant 12 min PB for Zoë! Awesome results from the running power couple!

Turning now to Chicago Marathon, we also had a good number of croups taking part!

First back for the club was Lauren Green in a brilliant 3:27:02, completing her first ever Chicago marathon!

Maria Zubizaretta was back soon after in 3:27:26, followed by Carole Goddard in a brilliant 3:34:40, amazing running!

Sue Watson and Angela Potter rounded off the club representation, finishing in 3:46:59, and 3:56:10 respectively. Hope you both are celebrating!

Finally a big shoutout to Mike Goddard who achieved his 5k PB in the Chicago 5k the day before. Mike achieved 27:08, paced by Carole who finished in the same time!

Staying abroad but back to Europe now, Jeremy Thomas was in action at Munich Marathon. He finished in an impressive 3:30:40, recording a brilliant 🥉 place M65 finish!

Elsewhere in Europe, we had several croups participating in Pisa Half and 10k on Sunday.

In the half, Siân Taylor-Jones was back in 2:24:15, an excellent result!

In the 10k, Angharad Price was in action, and was home in under an hour in 59:28! Ann Taylor-Jones also took part in the 10k, coming home in 1:07:14! 👏

Closer to home, Tim Petrides was up on the 3am coach to London to take part in the Royal Parks Half. Tim was back in 2:00:33, incredibly impressive given his early start. Pure dedication 🫡

Elsewhere in England. A huge congratulations to Liz Neville and Brian for completing the Bristol railway run on Sunday, a 25k trail run along the old railway line connecting Bath & Bristol! Liz was 5th female in 1:58:13, and Brian was back in 2:21:38 👏

Lastly, but very much not least, a huge congrats to Michelle Amblin and Shannon Jones who completed Portcawl Sprint tri on the weekend! Looked like great weather for it!