Leo Holmes' Roundup 30th September

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We start this week’s roundup on the shores of Loch Ness for the Loch Ness Marathon, where Susie Bowes and Peter Heath were racing!

Susie was back in 3:15:12, a fantastic result for the marathon specialist, and Peter has a brilliant run, completing the course in 5:52:09!

Moving to Berlin, where we had several croups taking on the marathon.

Sam Griffiths was first back for the club in 2:20:26, a PB, and a result that puts him second all time in croups Marathon rankings!

First back for the women was Carole Goddard in a brilliant PB of 3:20:26, another fantastic result in the marathon for Carole this year!

Tom Flitcroft also shone, running an amazing sub 2:30, finishing 2:29:35! This puts Tom among five men who have broken 2:30 this year, the most in the clubs history!

A huge shoutout too to Mark Price, who was home in a fantastic 2:34:45, and Ben Kennedy, who was back in 2:47:16, an impressive result given his injury in the buildup!

Barnstable Marathon also took place on Sunday. We had Wendy Cole & Dave Walker in action! Wendy was over the line in 5:23:28, and Dave completed in 4:29:42. Da iawn both 👏

Turning now to the Forest of Dean Half, which was selected as a Wales vs England Masters international race. We had a few runners in action representing Wales:

Nynke Kuiper 🥈 F35 in 1:28:21!

Emily Jones 🥈 F Senior in 1:34:11

Susan Watson 🥉 F60 in 1:44:54

A huge congratulations to Judi Rhys and Phil Hodge for also completing 👏

Heading next to the London vitality 10k. Paul Francis was back in action, finishing in a brilliant 36:38!

Another 10k that took place over the weekend was Loughrea 10k in Ireland! The Bruces took part! James completed the race in 44:10, and Claire was home in 1:13:25! 👏

Swindon Half marathon:

Gab Stuokus was 1:50 pacer in this race, clocking an impressively accurate 1:49:58!

The most popular race however over the weekend was the Sports Shoes Podium 5k. We had runners representing the club in four of the races this year!

Elliott Richards was in the elite men’s race, clocking 15:26!

Emily Fell ran in the Elite women’s race, coming home in a fab 17:45!

Anthony Smets was in action in the 2nd race, finishing in 15:53, a fab new PB!

Here’s a lowdown of the first race:

Angharad Mair 🥇 W65 in 19:54

Emyr Morgan 🥇 M55 in 19:31

Tom Hall first was first back for club in first race in 17:34!

Matt Jones achieved a big PB, finishing in 17:45!