Jess Warner-Judd kept herself well up in the field and it was only really the last lap when the three Ethiopians and Dutchwoman put the afterburners on. There was enough excitement already as we watched Hassan pull away, chased down by Tsgay who looked to be in striking distance, when Hassan fell. Post race analysis would suggest that her wide-armed running style meant that some accidental contact with Tsgey knocked her off balance, though Hassan did comment afterwards that she thought she was pushed.

The times will not be the topic of conversation with this race, but Tsgay won in 31:27.17 with compatriots Gidey (31:28.16) and Taye (31.28:21) behind. Warner-Judd came 8th in 31:35.38 – a fantastic, well-run race and a great building block for Paris 2024.

Medals in the relays and 1500m progression

If that wasn’t enough drama for the day, we must mention the mixed 4x400m relay, where GB scored their first medal of the championships. The Netherlands and USA looked to have the 1-2 sewn up when Femke Bol stumbled right before the line leaving Yemi Mary-John to capitalise on the earlier work of Lewis Davey, Laviai Nielse and Rio Mitcham to clinch silver in 3:11.06.

Earlier on Saturday, GB’s women made light work of the 1500m heats – Katie Snowden clocked 4:01.15 to be 4th fastest qualifier overall in the fastest heat of the day, Melissa Courtney-Bryant (4:03.14) was fifth in her race, which was won by Faith Kipyegon(4:02.62), and Laura Muir (4:03.50) was second only to Sifan Hassan (4:02.92). Ireland’s Ciara Magean also qualified in 4:03.52.

The men’s 1500m heats included a few nail-biting moments when watching Neil Gourley boxed in at the closing lap, but in the end he made it through to qualify for the semi-finals in (3:46.87), as did Josh Kerr (3:34.00) and Elliot Giles (3:34.63).  The 1500m semi finals will be a must-watch at 16:05 and 16:30 today.

Courtney-Bryant (4:02.79), Muir (3:56.36 SB), Snowden(3:56.72 PB)  and Mageean (4:02.7) have qualified for the final without drama. They’ll be back on Tues 22nd for the final.

Photo: James Rhodes

Gourley had a similarly heart-rate-raising semi-final as he got boxed in again and left it very late to push forward into a qualifying position. Thankfully, he edged through  by 100th of a second in 3:32.97. He mentioned in post-race interviews that he didn’t have much left at the end, so here’s hoping a few day’s recovery will set him straight and ready to fight in the final.

Josh Kerr took the lead in his semi and was still there at the bell before Ingebritsen show-boated round to the front. Kerr qualified in second place but sadly Elliot Giles did not make the cut.

Back in the UK

Away from Budapest there was a good amount of action happening around the UK, though things are a little quieter this week.

At the BMC Gold Standard Races in Stretford on Tuesday, Ted Chamberlain PB’d for the 800m win in 1:47.77 and Steph Driscoll topped the women’s rankings, running 2:05.04. At the same time the Trafford Grand Prix  saw Harry Wakefield top the men’s 3000m in 8:23.32 and Beth Barlow fastest woman in 9:21.20. In the 1500m race Christopher Fielding clocked 3:53.00 and Laura Galvan 4:06.83 to take their victories.

Jake Shelley won the 5000m race in 14:28.39 at the BMC Regional Races in Eltham on Wednesday. There was no women’s race over that distance, but Georgia Bell was first home for the women over 1500m, running 4:09:18. In the men-only 1500m Zak Seddon was first over the line in 3:48.59.

The Podium 5K was back in Barrowford Saturday and James Gormley took the top spot in 13:49, with James West second in 14:02 and Fintan Stewart third in 14:10. Calli Thackeray may be shifting to the marathon distance but she still had plenty of speed in her legs to run a winning time of 15:36. Christina Fernandez was runner up in 15:44 and Hannah Nuttal next in 15:53. There was also another innovation from Chris Barnes – a 1km TT woth some impressive results, note Calli also running this after recently finishing the 5km;

Podium TT

The line up was ridiculous

The vibe was fantastic

The results utterly class

Female results
1 – 2:42:54 @alexbell1992
2 – 2:49:52 @erin_wallace_
3 – 2:57:51 @callirianne

Male results
1 – 2:28:31 @joewigfield
2 – 2:30:84 @jy0ung97
3 – 2:32:76 @tyler_bilyard pic.twitter.com/Xy6lY7Ri5C

— podium 5k road race (@podium5k) August 20, 2023

Earlier in the week the Haresfield Gloucester 5k was won by Glen Stallard in 15:04 and Ruth Brook in 18:37. 15:26 was enough for the win for Callum Bowen-Jones at the Dereham 5K and Jo Andrews with 17:31.

Going on a 10K tour

A tour round the country provides a raft of 10K results this weekend.

Scott Nixon broke the tape at the Canaerfon 10K in 33:31 and Alison Campbell in 36:43. Then up in Yorkshire the Escrick 10K went to Simon Deakin in 35:53. The Tour of North Clydeside Bowline Bounce 10K was won by Mark King in 36:23 and Claire Heasmen. Birchwood 10K saw a winning time of 31:50 which was run by Daniel Cliffe of Hercules and Wimbledon. Anna Bracegirdle raced a 35:10 to take a confident win for the women. Heading up the country, and to the east of Scotland, Forth Road Bridge 10K went to Ian Whittaker (33:19) and Janet Dickson (39:23). Meanwhile on the west side of the country, Paisley 10K saw Ross Gray race home first in 31:53 with Catherine Camp taking the women’s crown in 35:06.

And finally…Run Through chase the sun  Clapham Common 5K wins went to Patrick Jackson (17:03) and Kate Alpe (19:54). At RT’s Kempton Park 10K, Eliza Hawthorn won overall in 36:32, followed by Jonathan Moore in 36:53. Ollie Garrod was back on the podium for the half marathon  distance, running 72:11. Jess Anand topped the women’s times with 83:39.

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Donnelly’s excellent season continues

Leicester’s New College offers a great looped, smooth track for a 5K race. Despite rather soggy conditions, good times were in attendance at the Podium 5K  on Saturday.

The men’s A race saw Omar Ahmed take a solid win in 13:57, holding Kadar Omar and Fearghal Curtin who had a tight finished to cross the line in 14:03 and 14:04. Both winner and runner up were on the first leg of a double-race weekend so look out for more from them below.

King for the day

Omar Ahmed takes the Asics kit deal with a gun to tape victory at a wet podium Leicester.

1 Omar Ahmed
2 Kadar Omar
3 Fearghal Curtin pic.twitter.com/1Rw6iPliOA

— podium 5k road race (@podium5k) May 6, 2023

A strong women’s field resulted in a chunky PB and a win for Abbie Donnely (15:25). She was followed over the line by Georgie Grgec (15:45) and Hannah Irwin (15:59).

In the Garmin Mile race held at the start of the day, Ricky Harvey (4:16), Jon Escalante Phillips (4:16) and Miles Weatherseed (4:18) went home with shiny new watches. Megan Davies was crown queen of the mile 4:36, with Milan Bains (4:37) and Alexandra Shipley (4:45) on the second and third steps of the podium.  

Courtney & Warner-Judd lead action action

The World Athletics Silver Level Competition & On Track Night – Track Fest in California had  Melissa Courtney Bryant and Jess Warner-Judd competing in the 5000. They ran solid season-operners of 15:02.93 for sixth and 15:13.95 for eleventh resepectivley. 

There are plenty of evening track meets happening in the US at the moment and many with British athletes featuring. James Gormley was sixth in the Oregon Twilight  3000m in 3:44:57.

On Wednesday the Watford Harriers Open Graded Meetings  gave chance for some fast midweek action. Over 1500m, Benjamin Davies and Baljeev Kandola both went sub-four, running 3:57.12 and 3:59.20. Revee Walcott Nolan ran a 4:09.44 to be the fastest woman of the night. In the 3000m races, David Lewis clocked 8:39.39 and Annabel Gummow 9:34.51 to be top of their class.

At the Brighton Open Jack Woods set a new best in the 3000m, winning in 8:28.23 with Beth Kidger running 9:22.25 for fourth overall and first woman. The event also hosted BMC Regional Races where Alex Riley PB’d to win in in 3:51.29 over 1500m and Annie Mann took on the men on her own, running 4:21.55 as the only woman.

World Mountain Champs Trials

The England Mountain Running Championships incorporated the British trial for the World Mountain Championghis. In the uphill only race on Friday, Sara Willhoit (Shrewsbury) was first to the top in 45:20, followed by Philippa Williams (Hallamshire) in 45:51 and Kate Avery (Shildon) in 47:12.

First 3 women in @britathletics uphill trial. 1 Sara Willhoit 2 Philippa Williams 3 Kate Avery 4 Ruth Jones. Event was also @EnglandRunning mountain running champs pic.twitter.com/pT0z1Vbwq4

— mountainrunninguk (@mountainrunuk) May 5, 2023

For the men, Joe Steward (Salford) won in 38:12 with Chris Richards (Salford, 38:37) and Jacob Adkin (Keswick, 39:14) taking the rest of the podium places with Joe Spencer claiming England Bronze. 

Men’s results from @britathletics uphill trial for world champs 1 Joe Steward 2 Chris Richards 3 Jacob Adkin 4 Andy Douglas 5 Seb Batchelor 6 Tom Spencer. Photo shows England medallists Joe (centre), Chris, Tom @EnglandRunning pic.twitter.com/YwbQcEAuB2

— mountainrunninguk (@mountainrunuk) May 5, 2023

The England up-and-down champs, mountain Inter-counties and British up-and-down trial took place on Sunday and saw podium places go to Andy Douglas, Chris Richards and Joe Steward. For the women Phillips Willliams went one better to win from Alice Goodall and Caroline Lambert. Times TBC.

On the flatter end of the off-road spectrum, Geoffrey Cheshire won Centurion’s Thames Path 100 in 14:18:18 and Line Caliskaner was the winning woman in 17:02:08

Credit: Pierre Papet

On the roads 

After a relatively quick turnaround from a brilliant performance at London Marathon, Chris Thompson was in action at the Great Birmingham 10K, breaking the tape in 29:27 to beat Kadar Omar (29:34) and Dean Williamson (30:47).

AMAZING times from our AJ Bell #GreatBirminghamRun runners today! ⁰⁰Congratulations to our top 3 racers from today’s event! ⁰⁰Top 3 Mens 10K⁰Chris Thompson – 00:29:27⁰Kadar Omar – 00:29:34⁰Dean Williamson – 00:30:47 pic.twitter.com/PTyWp4ndvj

— Great Run (@Great_Run) May 7, 2023

Rachel Gifford was nine seconds clear at the front of the women’s field – 36:30 her winning time. Rounding out the podium were Roanna Vickers (36:39) and Emily Smith (37:42).  

Some amazing times from our female 10K AJ Bell #GreatBirminghamRun entrants today too!

Top 3 Womens 10K⁰Rachel Gifford – 00:36:30⁰Roanna Vickers – 00:36:39⁰Emily Smith – 00:37:42 pic.twitter.com/PCsCBISxCx

— Great Run (@Great_Run) May 7, 2023

The Great Birmingham Half Marathon saw  on winning form for the second day in a row as he crossed the line in 65:23. Jack Shayler was second in 67:50 and Edward Diamond third in 69:28. It was great to see Hayley Carruthers back on winning form and leading the women home in 81:11. Lisa Thomas (84:02) and Natasha Malin (87:57) took the runner up spots. 

Sunderland City Runs also had a 10K / Half Marathon combo on offer. Liam Taylor (32:17) and Charlotte Penfold (34:59) topped the 10K. Results for the 13.1 are still pending. 

Tracy Barlow took the outright win at the All Nations 10K, Dorney Lake, clocking 35:23. Adrian Thrush was first man in 39:18. The Alderley Edge Bypass 10K saw both winners race home over a minute clear – Ed Shephard in 30:43 and Luisa Candioli in 36:08. Aylesham 10K went to Harry Bishop (33:07.7) and Eleanor Grubb (37:06.10).

Run Through’s Olympic Park races on Saturday resulted in a first place for Raoul Metcalf (33:05) and Anastasia Lyne (40:57) over 10K and Harry Tullet (17:02) and Amanda Riley (19:32) over 5K. Earlier in the week they also held a Chase the Sun edition, where David Jenkins (35:35) and Naomi Lenane (38:01) beat the rest of the field over 10K and Ollie Garrod (15:39) and Coren Hanley (19:35) over 5K. 

Helping runners get over the hump day this week, the Kendall 10K  which saw Marc Brown race home first in 31:59 and Katie Percival in 41:18. The Dudley Kingswinford 10K winners were Henry Brocklehurst in 32:43 and Millie Smith in 37:2

Back on the last bank holiday Monday there was a slew of races which we didn’t catch in the last roundup. Milton Keynes Marathon was won by Alan Derby in 2:30:30 and Sarah Hoskin in 2:53:56. The half marathon went to David Brewis (74:01) and Rose Pefold (83:24) while the 10K victors were Craig Emmerson (32:13) and Olivia Mathias (36:16).. In Sweden, Maxwell Dumbrell came second in the DM 10,000 in 31:48.67

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England titles decided

The Mid Cheshire 5k was a rapid one hosting the England 5km Championships. Jack Gray claimed the national title clocked 13:58, holding off Jordan Skelly and Lewis Jagger who battled for runner-up, coming home in 14:04 and 14:05 respectively.

Ellie Wallace retained the title she won in August, taking eight seconds of her previous best to win in a fine 15:40. Amelia Samuels took second in 15:56 and Laurne McNeil third in 15:59. As ever the race saw some excellent depth with 41 men running 15 minutes or faster and 34 women breaking 17:30.

Photo: Bernie Jones

Fast-Tracking

Belgrave Harriers put on the fantastic Comeback 5000 in Battersea on Friday night, with a strong field lining up to start. The women’s winner, Kate Axford could be one to watch in the future as she set a PB of 15:49.79, followed home by a one second PB from Georgie Grec (15:52.16) and Amy Griffiths in 16:00.23 (PB).

The men’s race was very much the Zakariya Mahamed show, as he stuck like glue to the pacer and took the lead early on, closing in a PB of 13:47.43. Behind him was a much tighter pack in which Ben Macmillan fought all the way to the finish to take second in 14:00.00, just ahead of Andrew Milligan with 14:02.29.

Another track in London offering some weekday 5000m action was the Highgate Harriers Early Season Open, which was won by Phillip Crout in 14:53.3. In Coulsdon, the SLAN Open saw Felix Vaughan cover 3000m in 9:00.35 to take home the win and a new PB. Youngster Kitty Scott was fastest female in 10:24.41

On the Trails

Over on the trails, the Three Peaks Race was the qualifying race for the GB&NI team at the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, with winners automatically making the squad. Making their way to Innsbruck in June will be Austria-based Thomas Roach of Lewes AC (not far for him to go) and Cat Taylor of Black Combe Runners.

Both posted incredibly impressive results given that they were first-timers to the race and that the course was now nearly 39k – nearly one km longer than in previous years. Roach ran a new MV40 record of 25:53:28 and was over 6 minutes clear of second place Alexander Chepelin. After an early battle, Taylor took her victory in 3:34:44 with 10 minutes to spare before runner-up Catherine Williamson came through.

On the Roads

A chance to get in early before Bank Holiday high jinx, the Serpentine Last Friday 5K is always a good opportunity for a burn-up in central London. Harry Lawson bagged his win in 15:40, comfortably ahead of Tom Mackay (16:18) and Rich Mallet (16:42). For the women, Nikki Sturzaker’s 18:19 earned her top-spot, with Rosie Vallance (18:53) and Susan Mcdonald (19:14) rounding out the podium.

The Milton Keynes Marathon Weekend, which hosts a range of distances, will mainly take place after these results have been published. Sunday morning did see fine results in the Rocket 5K though as Jack Rose and Kelly Edwards won in 16:08 and 17:49 respectively.

Robert Farley and World Masters 800m champion Charlotte Taylor-Green were first home at the Weston Prom 5 Mile in 26:39 and 30:09. Jack Richardson (27:44), Stuart Brown (28:50), Kelly Dicks (32:080 and Penny Guess (32:54) took the remaining medal positions. At the East Grinsted 10 John Brame took the win in 34:26 and Anneka Redley in 79:16.

Glastonbury Road Races held the Round Tor 10K and 5K today. Adam Gibson absolutely obliterated the 5K field, finishing over a minute clear with his time of 17:05. The women’s runner is known merely as Runner 543, but we hope she is united with her winning time of 22:58 soon! Over 10K Ben Robinson clocked 31:49 and Emma Baxter 39:01 to take the wins.

Brighton Phoenix made the most of the local Worthing RUN-FEST to sandwich the podium of the Half Marathon. Simon Heath was first home in 68:25 and his clubmate Owen Knight was third in 75:17. Karl Spielmann managed drive a wedge between the two, sneaking in just three seconds ahead of Knight in 75:14. In the women’s races, Worth and District owned the day, with a 1,2,3 results from Amelia Brown (84:2), Tracy Thomas (84:09) and Emma Footman (85:47). Over the 10K Mark Burcheett took the win in 35:54, followed by a dead heat of 36:15 for Denis Semenenko and storming run from women’s winner Kate Natkiel.

RunThrough have been working hard this week with plenty of events around the country. Midweek, Chase the Sun Battersea Park 5K was won by Ollie Garrod (15:08) and Maddy Austin (17:53). The 10K went to Nick Hooker in 33:02 and Olivia Desborough in 36:53. On Thursday Media City was the venue and it was Paul Howard (16:30) and Laura Bell (20:15) that won out, while Cameron Hannon (34:30) and Naomi Kingston (37:49) took the 10K crowns.

The podium at Sunday’s Gateshead 10K was topped by Monte Watson in 32:36 and Ruth Cole in 37:32. The Half Marathon victory went to Mathew Alderson in 72:05 and Muriel Macleod in 87:40. Finally, the classic Regent’s Park route earned a freebie place in their next races for 5K winner Zack Mitchell (18:27) and Zoe Illia (19:55), as did the 10K for Joe Walker (33:51) and Holly Pearce (40:44)

Embarrassingly, given that Hitchin is my home town, I have never run the Hitchin 10K. It takes place around the town centre but does not include Windmill Hill (you can imagine what that’s like). The podium was happily filled with runners from local clubs, with Royston Runners’ Oliver Warburton taking the top in 33:14 followed by Andrew Patterson of Fairlands Valley Spartans in 34:27 and Hert Phoenix AC’s Lizzy Janes in third and first woman, clocking 34:45.

Over the Pond

And finally, the Penn Relays took place in Philadelphia USA this weekend. GB talent on the track took the form of Gemma Finch, who ran 2:06.34 over 800m and Callum Elson who took on some tricky conditions to run 3:58.74 over the mile – both were 5th. At the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Chris McLeod clocked 14:06.62 for third in the Senior Men’s Unseeded 5000m.

The results from Cardiff 5km will be added later this evening.

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While the European Indoors Championships have been rightly getting most of the athletics coverage over the last few days, I feel I have to lead with news from California where Eilish McColgan ran the Sound Running Ten. In the midst of preparing for her marathon debut at London in April, she kicked hard over the final lap (run in 64.87) to take the win from Alicia Monson (USA). So far, so impressive while in marathon training. But that’s not it. McColgan’s time was 30:00.86 – a new British 10,000m record which overtakes Paul Radcliffe’s previous mark of 30:01.09 set at the 2002 European championships, Munich 2002.

BRITISH RECORD

What an achievement for @EilishMccolgan

She clocks a personal best of 30:00.86 to smash @paulajradcliffe‘s 21-year-old 10,000m record at Sound Running The TEN in California pic.twitter.com/eoTYsb7CDB

— British Athletics (@BritAthletics) March 5, 2023

Action in Istanbul

Now, onwards and inwards to the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul.

Early on in the competition, Neil Gourlay put himself in the mix right from the start of the 1500m. He worked his way into striking position, sitting on Ingebritsen’s shoulder over the final laps to take silver inside the championship record time, clocking 3:34.23. However, the four time European indoor champion could not be caught and took the win in 3:33.95. Sadly, an on-form George Mills fell only 30 seconds into the race and was unable to make his way back to the pack. His post-race interview was a credit to him and I’m certainly looking forward to his pay-back race.

Photo: James Rhodes

Melissa Courtney-Bryant confidently secured herself the bronze medal in the 3,000m, running 8.41.19 to finish behind Germany’s Klein (8:35.87) and Klosterhalfen (8.36.50). Hannah Nuttall ran a personal best 8:46.30 to finish fifth. Daryll Neita clocked 7.12 for bronze in the 60m.

Photo: James Rhodes

One day later it was Laura Muir ‘s turn to step onto the stage. Despite not feeling at her fittest she definitely delivered and became the most decorated British athlete at a European Indoor Championship as she ran 4:03.40 for the 3000m gold. She raced very smartly – letting Romania’s Claudia Bobocea take the pace out hard before gradually picking the field off and closing in the last 300m. Katie Snowden placed fifth in 4:07.68 but felt that she hadn’t been able to race at the standard she’d hoped, “I really feel like a medal was up for grabs and I think had I raced how I felt at the start of the season I probably could have got one…. I just didn’t have it”. Ellie Baker was 11th in 4:10.96 and was also “a bit confused… I felt in really good shape but…I had no legs from the start”.

Photo: James Rhodes

Keely Hodgkinson closed in all senses as the meeting came to an end and she left everyone in no doubt of her form, defending her 800m title in 1:58.66 – almost two seconds clear. Today wasn’t the day to break the world record of 1:55.82 seconds but Hodgkinson has made it clear that it’s on her radar. We wouldn’t normally cover field events here at Fast Running (clue in the name) but Jazmin Sawyers is a favourite of mine for her clear work ethic and honesty on social media. So, it was very excited to see her take gold in the long jump

Back on home soil

On home soil it was a weekend of fast times and impressive racing. Barrowford Podium 5K morphed into Podium Breaking 10. It was was a series of mile races and a 10 miler this time around. Andy Butchart and Emile Cairess were due to go head to head, with pacers at the start, to attack the European 10 mile record. In the end stomach issues put Butchart out of the running but Cairess looked smooth as he smashed the 30 year old record to finish in 46:02 and was a total gent in his thanks to all the pacers who helped him hit the mark.

EMILE 45:57

BRITISH AND EUROPEAN 10 MILE RECORD @BritAthletics @EuroAthletics pic.twitter.com/qvGoSbCLUl

— podium 5k road race (@podium5k) March 5, 2023

The Trafford 10K saw 33 men run under 30 minutes and 36 women dip under 35 minutes. Fastest of those women was Samantha Harrison who ran 30:55, just 4 seconds shy of her PB set in Valencia in January. It was a tough day for Jess Warner-Judd who “felt awful the whole way round” but was still next over the line in 31:19. Beth Kidger-Thomas took the final podium place in 32:24. The mens’ race was tight at the top with only 13 seconds between the top three. Richard Allen raced home first in 29:03 ahead of Paul Pollock with 29:07 and Daniel Studley in 29:16.

The field at Cambuslang’s Down By The River 10K wasn’t quite as deep, but the top times were still swift. Stewart Fraser’s 30:17 held Ferguson Robbie into second place with 30:38, while Murray Finlay was third in 32:29. First female was Viora Elisa in 39:26.

Battersea’s Sri Chinmoy Mad March 10K was also ready to serve those wanting fast times. Lewis Laylee Herne capitalised on the flat course running 31:45 for first place, followed home by Aaron Wilson in 32:04 and Ben Howe in 32:10. Carole Coulon was fastest woman in 37:03, with Jennifer Nandi running 37:55 and Courtney Hyde 38:24. Over at Castle Combe, the Chilly 10K winners were Harry Davies (31:05) and Caroline Nicholas (38:47).

We often see good times at the Cambridge Half and this year was no exception. Nick Bowker was a clear winner in 65:11 with Charlie Sanderson 17 seconds behind him and Edward Chuck third in 65:44. 31 men ran under 70 minutes. Verity Hopkins smashed out a 73:49 for the women’s win, holding off Dani Nimmock who clocked 74:23 – not far off her best ever time and a great return to form after having her first child. Emma Styles was third in 75:10.

Eastbourne Half Marathon was won outright by v50 Dan Lawson who normally puts his training to the test over 24 hour races. He had plenty of speed over the shorter distance though, racing home in 75:02. V40 Ross Brocklehurst was runner up in 76:24 and Luke Thomsett, just a normal senior (!), third in 77:56. Alison Moore won the women’s race in 89:24.

Jack Eykelbosch took his vistory in 79:18 at the Berkhamstead Half Marathon and it looks like he was half of a winning duo as the women’s top time is shown as Alex Eykelbosch , with 81:02 on the clock. At the Bideford Half Marathon the top times were run by Ronnie Richmond in 65:35 and Rebecca Ezra-Ham in 77:45. Dartford Half Marathon went to Joshua Teece in 71:33 and Stephanie Hutton in 83:15.

North Lincolnshire Half saw Dan Haworth (66:56) take the win from Will Strangeway (67:12) and Simon Birth (67:19). Sarah Kemshall was the women’s winner clocking 77:00 from Abbie Pearse (78:53) and Sarah Louise-Hunter (79:37). The 10km race was won by Abbey Van Dijk (37:25) and Elliot Stones (31:30).

The Essex 20 mile Championships hosted the Inter-Counties event with Essex looking to retain their title against Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. retain their title against Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Pete Robinson led from gun to tape, successfully defending his title in 1:45:59. Jack Nixon (St Edmund Pacers) paced home in 2nd place in a time of 1:48:56 and Pete Coates (Witham RC) managed to power home into 3rd place in 1:49:09. In the women’s race, GB international Helen Davies (Ipswich Jaffa) ran a controlled and experienced race to claim the Ladies win in 2:02:19, ahead of Elle Monk (Southampton AC) in 2:03:34 and Jessie Lutwyche (Birchfield Harriers) 2:06:30.

The Oundle 20 was won by Chris Pickering in 01:58:16 and Hayley Munn in 2:07:23.

Cross Country

The Cross country season is still going and as usual it’s hard to find results but here’s what we know. Hampshire XC League at Kings Park, Bournemouth was won by Thomas Syckelmoore of Basingstoke & Mid Hants in 29:06 and Winchester & District for the team competition. The women’s lead went to U20 Pippa Roessler of Aldershot, Farnham & District in 20:21, with AFD also taking the team win. South East Lancashire League at Heaton Park was won by Michael Harris of Hyde Village in 33:04 and East Cheshire topped the men’s table. There were no women’s races. The North Eastern Harrier League took place at Alnwick Castle (what a venue!) and it was Morgan Kendall running for Durham City Harriers who finished first in 36:44 alongside Charlotte Penfold of North Shields Poly in 27:04

A Marathon Major with Major PBs

Finally, we end on a big race this week – the youngest of the World Marathon Majors took place this weekend and runners too to the streets of Tokyo. Kenya’s Rosemary Wanjiru won in 2:16:28 and Ethiopia’s Deso Gelmisa in 2:05:22. The fastest Brits were Rachel Hodgkinson, who ran a near three minute PB to run 2:36:44, and Peter Mackrell who upgraded his previous best by nearly five minutes, clocking 2:27:35. A rather good day out for both!

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We’re going to kick things off with Josh Kerr, a familiar name in Fast Running, but perhaps not over this distance! The Scott ran a superb 63:44 at the San Diego Half Marathon to place fourth. That’s the 4th fastest half marathon for a Scottish athlete this year, pretty impressive for a 1500m runner!

Also finishing her year with a bang – Steph Twell had a great run at the Corrida pédestre internationale de Houilles 10K in Houilles, France. She placed fourth in a punchy 32:14, her third fastest time ever over the distance. Elle Twentyman was ninth in 33:28 and Hannah Viner tenth, just two seconds later. Tessa McCormick was 13th in 34:03 and Emily Moyes 14th in 34:10. Meanwhile, Phil Sesemann  was 19th in 28:51. Kieran Clements ran 29:03 for 25th and Ian Crowe-Wright 29:48 for 54th. 

Eilish McColgan rounded out a stellar year by winning the Abu Dhabi 10K in convincing fashion, clocking 31:44 (and 21st overall) ahead of Australia’s Chloe Tighe who finished nearly four minutes later in 35:41. Aghaude Amadi was the top GB finisher in the men’s race, running 36:25.

Timothy Kiplagat (KEN 2:05:20) and Eunice Chumba (BRN 2:20:41) won the marathon distance. Brits Tom Millar and Adam Tuck finished in 17th and 18th place with times of 2:50:40 and 2:50:48 respectively. Jill Mair finished in 3:20:17. Over 5k Vicki Matheson was fifth in 22:29 and Graeme Murray 24th in 20:45

Perhaps our favourite result of the day comes from the brilliantly named Bangsaen21 The Finest Running Event Ever 2022  in Thailand. Charlotte Purdue was on her way through to Australia so hey, why not race a jet-lagged half marathon. Who wouldn’t? Oh, and she finished in 72:26 and sixth place. The race wasn’t as niche as you might expect though, as the winner was one Hellen Obiri (in 67:45) and had a generally strong field.

Back on home turf

Ossain Perrin clocked 8:04.09 over 3000m at the Cardiff Met Christmas Classic. Great to see the U20 GB record holder on his way back to fitness.

After qualifying for the world u20 championships back in mid June, I sadly had to cut my summer season short. Big thanks to coach and physio @andy_walling and @WelshAthletics for the rehab and massive thanks to the local leisure centre Plas @Mon_Actif for the support. pic.twitter.com/q1ehNf7LYo

— osian perrin (@OsianPerrin) August 27, 2022

A chilly Battersea Park Under the Lights 5 Mile saw Henry Mcluckie first over the line in  23:37, with Adam Clarke second in 23:46 and Jonathan Escalante-Phillips third in 23:50. Dani Chattenton ran a winning 27:45 in the women’s race. U20 Ellen Weir was second in 28:20 and Sarah Winstone third in 28:45. 

A remarkable night at Friday Night Under the Lights at Battersea Park. With the UK in the grip of the Big Freeze, 108 athletes still came to race.
Congrats to Henry McLuckie and Dani Chattenton for their wins in 23:37 and 27:45.
Image by Graham Smith.https://t.co/bLrcY2kTbv pic.twitter.com/iQMSFk0X3z

— OpenTrack (@OpenTrack) December 17, 2022

Over the same distance, the Kent Christmas Cracker 5 Mile was won overall by Rachel Mcguinness in 29:05 with Jay Bailey runner up in 30:21. The Christmas Pudding Dash 5 Mile went to Michael Stenning in 26:09 and Ivy Buckland in 32:19. 

On Wednesday the Street 5K Series, continued with around 70 runners taking part. Alexander Coombs was man of the night, clocking 16:30, ahead of Wayne Loveridge in and Sophie Nicholls in 17:08. Audley Festive 5k wins went to Ben Bewley 18:56 and Alice Thomas 22:28. 

Jamie Pond took a clear win, breaking the tape in 18:31 at RunThrough Chase the Moon Olympic Park 5K . Victoria Primmer’s 20:30 earned her the women’s title. On Saturday the Draycote Water Running festival had some patchy ice to contend with, but that didn’t stop Chris Wilson (18:20) taking the 5K title alongside Katie Master (21:53 and third overall). Adam Fogg was over three minutes clear at the front of the 10K, clocking 31:04 and Rosanna Andrews was winning woman in 38:46. Over the half marathon, 1:45:25 saw Lucy Tallis first woman home and 1:14:52 for Pete Northall in the men’s race.

Lancaster ACs Power of 5K, The Gravesend Floodlit 10K and the Run Through Victoria Park races had to be cancelled but the Ronnie Walker Saltwell 10K in Gateshead was lucky enough to avoid prohibitive-ice-levels, leaving Sophie Harris to take the women’s crown in 35:59 ahead of Aly Dixon (37:30) and  Caroline Lambert (38:07). Top man was Will Lindsey in 33:05 and runner up spots went to Conrad Franks in 33:07 and Daniel O’Boyle in 33:14. The runners standing on top of the podium after the Cardiff Festive 10K podium were Nynke Kuiper with 38:18 on the clock and Andy Gardener with 35:04.

Frosty Cross Country

In Cross Country news, Tonbridge AC topped the table at the South of the Thames XC Champs, storming home with an 80 point lead over Guildford and Godalming. For the women, Belgrave Harriers beat Herne Hill by 66 points, thought sadly there were only two scoring teams. Individually, Ben Cole of Tonbridge AC ran 38:29 for the men’s victory. Clubmate Alex Howard was hot on his heels in 38:36, followed by Brighton and Hove’s Josh Hobbs with 38:39. Aldershot’s Georgie Bruinvels led the charge for the women, racing home in 45:00. Thames Hare and Hounds took the runner up spot thanks to a 46:10 clocking from Serena Carter and Belgrave nabbed third as Naomi Lenane ran 47:08.

Berkshire County XC Championships saw Samuel Thompson of WSE&H first home in 26:08 and clubmate Jemima Ridley in 22:20. Team wins went to Reading AC for the Senior Women and Bracknell AC for the Senior Men. And finally, at the time of writing Phil Briley was 7th and 207,200k into the Barcelona 24 hour race.

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With a lull in the big road race calendar, cross country was at the sharp end of racing this week and nowhere more so than in Milton Keynes. Teardrop lakes was the venue for the British Athletics Cross Challenge, the Home Countries International, Chiltern League and a match between Oxford University and the RAF.

The weather was good and the ground was hard, resulting in some fast times. Mahamed Mahamed and brother Zakariya were back and forth at the front of the race. With 2k to go Mahamed pulled ahead and gained himself a six second lead to finish take the win Cross Challenge title 27:49. Zakariya was second in 27:55 and Alex George third in 28:16. Last year’s winner Hugo Milner was fourth (28:28) and Callum Elson fifth (28:49). England took the team win and all three medal positions.

Alex Millard and Mahamed Mahamed take the senior honours at the Cross Challenge in Milton Keynes

Read all about it in our report: https://t.co/jJWLbXaKpC pic.twitter.com/ZvMnxXTDTW

— British Athletics (@BritAthletics) November 12, 2022

Alex Millard made her move at the end of the second lap and raced home to victory in 24:13. Grace Carson (who trains with Millard) was second in 24:16. Last year’s winner Jess Gibbon was third in 24:20. Cari Hughes (24:29) and Eloise Walker (24:39 )placed fourth and fifth. England took the home countries win. Both winners will be hoping to represent their country at the Euro Cross challenge in Liverpool in two weeks’ time.

A busy week of league action

Edward Potter of Loughborough Students was first through the funnel at Birmingham League Division 1 in Stoke on Trent, running 28:34. It was the University of Birmingham who came out top in the team results, with Loughborough runners up. Manchester Area League at Kenworthy Woods saw Sarah Dufour-Jackson take the win for Vale Royal AC in 26:48, with Sale Harriers taking the team win. Joe Steward of Salford Harrriers was first home in the men’s race, running 29:33 and leading his team to the top of the team table as well.

The Met League headed to Wormwood scrubs – a classic course. London Heathside took the women’s team honours and Highgate Harriers the men’s. Alexander Lepretre was fastest in 24:05 and Rebecca Bunting (back from the Euro 50k champs) in 28:47. On Wimbledon Common the Surrey League saw Georgie Ggrec race home in 16:34. Marc Scott made a guest appearance to run 25:30, though Ian Crowe-Wright was fastest scoring male in 25:48.

Red Rose League at Burnley saw Carla Davies of Preston Harriers cross the line first in 19:15 but it was Hannah Lucas of Bury Athletic Club who was first scorer in 20:06, leading her club to the team win. Blackburn Harriers’ Callum Davidson was first man home in 29:22 and Rossendale Harriers came out top in the men’s. North Midlands League took place at Glebe Park, where George Phillips (Notts AC) ran 30.31 and Mansfield Harriers for top positions. Claire Frankland of Westend Runners clocked 21.44 and Derby AC won the team competition.

Road Racing around the Country

It was a rapid top three at the Battersea Park Half Marathon as Mohamed Hashi broke the tape in 69:57 followed by Chris Mason in 72:00, but it was Georgia Schwiening’s 72:08 for third overall which was the standout performance of the day. Elisha Tait ran 75:34 for a brilliant runner-up spot. Oli Lum(74:04) and someone recorded just as Patryca (78:20) were third.

Earlier in the week Wells City Harriers hosted the 193rd running of the Street 5k Series with 110 participants. Felix Rusby was the winner over 5 laps, clocking 15:51 ahead of Thomas Humphrey (16:03) and David Awde (16:06). Gill Pearson was winning woman in 18:30, with Alexandra Palolhai-Avel (19:36) and Amy Lavett (19:37) within a whisker of each other for the other podium places.

The Essex Remembrance Run hosted multiple distances with the results as follows: Marathon – Alistair Steel 2:43:59 & Alex Marshall 3:37:37, Half Marathon – Andrew Patterson 72:31 & Abigail Wollaston 86:13, 10K – Chay Hopkins 34:22 & Kayleigh Williams 41:33, 5K Scott Williams 15:12 & Vashti Macdonald-Clink 20:40

James Eggleston was fastest at Run Through Alton Towers 10K, with 32:40 on the clock. Lucy Charles-Barclay ran 35:49 for the women’s win. On Sunday the half-marathon option was won by Michael Roderick (72:06) and Tracy Thomas (86:45) and the 5K wins went to Malachy Clarke (16:48) Helen Smith (18:17) . Their Greenwich Park 10K went to Calum Boyce in 35:36 and Virginia Silio in 41:55 and the 5K to Nicolas Cocchiararo (18:39) and Jo Muddle (22:59)

Leverington’s George Munday 10K was won by Mitchell Bunn in 33:39.3 and Marcela Gracova 37:55.2. Sandringham 10K went to Nathan Brown 34:20 and Marie French 39:33. Jimmy Irvine Bella 10K was won by Ryan Thomson 30:50 and Rosa Donaldon 36:55. Scott Cousins ran a rapid 51:12 at Stebbing 10 with Heidi Hogan-Steele clocking 62:24 for her victory. Glen Cova Half Marathon first place went to Rory Scott in 73:18 and Halina Rees in 83:23.

At the Tenerife Half Marathon the top three women were all GB athletes with Rachel Hodgkinson winning in 77:49, Sophie Wood second in 78:35 and Laura Barber third in 84:47.

In Ultra Land

At Wendover Woods 50 Jamie Rutherford was first to the finish in 8:05:44 followed by Scott Newburn in 8:20:04. Fiona Pascall (sister of similarly brilliant runner Beth) was third overall and first woman home in 8:33:44.

Congratulations to Fiona Pascall on setting a new female record for Wendover Woods 50 in a fast time of 8.33.44.#centurionrunning #centurioncommunity #WW50 pic.twitter.com/qyf7PERVF0

— centurionrunning (@centurionrunner) November 12, 2022

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Morocco’s Taoufik Allam won Dublin Marathon in 2:11:30, holding off Ashenafi Boka (2:13:59) and Birhanu Teshome (2:14:28). In sixth place, Adam Bowden (GBR) clocked 2:20:16 and Irelands Martin Hoare was seventh in 2:20:22. The women’s gold went to Ethiopia’s Nigist Muluneh in 2:28:32, with Hawi Alemu Negeri (2:29:36) and Courtney McGuire (2:32:52) rounding out the podium.

Our first woman over the #IrishLifeDublinMarathon finish line – Nigist Muluneh of Ethiopia in 2:28:31 #PowerOfSupport pic.twitter.com/Z6ZewwrAzQ

— Irish Life Dublin Marathon (@dublinmarathon) October 30, 2022

Pre-race favourite Selly Chepyego Kaptich didn’t manage to break the course record as hoped, though she did look like she was at risk of breaking something else when she tripped over the finishing tape. Nevertheless, she’d already won by that point, topping the Frankfurt Marathon podium in 2:23:11 and leading a 1-2-3 for Kenya.

Aldershot’s Louise Small was 11th in 2:41:02 and Lara Bromilow 28th in 2:54:40. The men’s victory also went to Kenya thanks to Brimin Kipkorir Masoi running 2:06:11. Fastest Brits were James Dunne – 17th in 2:23:03, Gregor Yates 18th in 2:23:04 and Peter Huck 22nd in 2:25:23.

The heatwave put a brake on what might have been a crop of personal bests on the traditionally fast course but one record was set: temperatures of around 20 degrees Celsius towards the end of the elite race made this the warmest Frankfurt Marathon in 33 years.

On the more gnarly end of the marathon spectrum, Marathon Eryri Snowdonia treated runners to hail, horizontal rain and some tasty climbs. Daniel Kashi of Sale Harriers still managed to knock out a 2:39:51 for the win – incredible. Equally awesome, Caroline Brock of Steel City Striders took her victory in 3:13:43 .

Talking of dodgy weather – after gales and torrential rain last year, runners at Leicester Half Marathon were treated to near perfect conditions today. Capitalising on that fact, the top four men finished under 70 minutes – Ryan Creech being the first home in 66:31. Local speedster Mo Hussein clocked 68:41 for silver with Danny Hallan 69:03 and Jason Bennet 69:43 just behind. It was a tight race at the top for the women with less than a minute in it. Kate Wells raced home for the in in 85:21, closely followed by Vicky Baddick in 85:35 and Rebecca Randell in 85:43.

5k speedsters

Podium 5k was back at Barrowford this weekend. Andrew Milligan topped the rankings in 14:23 ahead of Sam Charlton in 14:30 and Jack O’Leary hot on his heels in 14:33. Sophie Harris is making the most of the move up north, clocking 16:30 for her win. Eleanor Anderson was runner up in 16:48 and Sinead Bent third in 17:02.

Battersea Park Chase The Moon had a tight top three in the 10k as Connor Treris took the win in 33:17 with Samuel Barnes hot on his heels in 33:20 and Ben Goddard right behind in 33:31. Yanyan Jiao was first woman home in 40:41. Helen Gaunt (V40) was first woman in the 5k running a blistering 17:17 to place eighth overall. Nicky Payne came tantalisingly close to breaking 19, running 19:03 to take the runner up spot, followed by Harriet Lord in 19:25. Gus Withers was well ahead in the men’s race, taking the win in 15:02. Daniel Wolff (16:40) and Jean-Marie Wecker (16:42) rounded out the podium.

Also in the capital during the week, the Last Friday of the Month 5k. The top three dents dipped under 16 minutes – Ollie Garrod first in 15:21, Harry Allan second in 15:24 and Ben Short third in 15:55. Sophie Cowper topped the women’s rankings in 18:15 with Carolina Pena (18:30) and Susan Macdonald (19:20) next over the line

Elsewhere on the roads

City of Lincoln 10k produced some punchy times. Abbie Donnely ran a storming 32:51 to win the women’s race. Runner-up Sophie Wallis was hardly shirking with a 33:56 clocking and Emma Hodson in third with 35:44. Lewis Jagger logged a 30:32 to win the men’s race ahead of Shane Robinson’s 30:52, with Cameron Dockerill keeping it sub-31 with 30:55.

Wins at the Preston Western Distributor 10k went to Karl Hodgson in 34:49 and Gillian Draper in 41:17. The 5k race went to Adam Bartlett (17:45) and Hailey Fletcher (20:03). Accrington 10k was won by Aidan Holgate (33:34) and Sally Armitage (38:54). Hove Prom 10k saw James Baker cross the line first in 33:21 and Bobby Searle (F) in 37:50.

Run Chester Zoo 10k can’t be an easy course (having spent hours going up and down the hills and round the wolves there!) but that didn’t deter Jack Bromley (32:18) and Eleesha Charnley (38:16) who both went home with top spots. Lee Valley Velo park hosted a range of distances, with the results being as follows: Half Marathon – Daniele Biagi 77:05 & Hester Scotton 1:31:01, 10 mile – Rob Lowe 58:30 & Annabel Rutherford 85:38, 10k – Jonathan Hilling 34:39 & Fer Nakoneski, 5k – Michael Mcccarthy 16:34 & Martina Mazacova 20:04.

Cross Country finally gets some mud

The British Masters Cross Country Relays saw V35 upwards hurtling around Long Eaton in Derbyshire yesterday. Fastest legs across all female runners were Gemma Steele and Joanna Marsden both V3 and both clocking 14:02. Carol Parsons (V45) was just a second behind. Charnwood won the W3, Cheshire Dragons W45, Bristol & West W55, Hogweed Trotters W65. For the men, Tipton Harriers won the M35, Dulwich Runners M45, Leicester Coritanian M55, Bristol & West M65. The fastest legs all came from the M35 runners – Karl Darcy 11:24, John Beattie 11:25 and Joe Smith 11:26.

Surrey Vets XC also took place on Saturday in Nonsuch Park. There were two races – 6k for W35 & M60 and over, then 9k for M40 plus . We don’t have official results but are told that the ladies winner was Gabby Reynolds of Herne Hill and men’s winner was Duncan Walmer of Walton.

At the South East Lancashire Cross Country League in Heaton Park, Bury AC won the women’s race as Rachel Marshall logged 30:17. East Chesire’s Joe Hudak was first home for the men in 33:35.

Over in the States Charles Hicks won the Pac-12 XC Champs representing Stanford.

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XC is Back

One of the highlights of cross country season is the British Athletics Cross Challenge. Saturday saw the first in the series being run in Cardiff. The race was also part of the World Athletics Cross Country Tour so the quality was always going to be high. The women’s race (6.4k) was won by a familiar sounding name – Pamela Kosgei (20:31). She is indeed the younger (18 years old) sister of Brigid and this was her first race on European soil – not a bad start at all!

After showing fantastic form at the Road Relays last week, Amelia Quirk backed that up by coming home second and first Brit in 20:34. Jess Gibbon was third in 20:44. Elle Twentyman ran 20:50, Jenny Nesbitt 20:57 and Megan Keith 20:58.

Senior Women’s race:

1st Pamela Kosgei
2nd Amelia Quirk
3rd Jess Gibbon@BritAthletics@WorldAthletics#MuddyBrilliant pic.twitter.com/Ls1dMLe9Qu

— Cardiff Cross Challenge (@CrossCardiff) October 15, 2022

In the men’s race (9.6k) Edward Zakayo won in 26:20. Having been runner up to Mahamed Mahamed at English National Cross Country Championships in February, Emile Cairess turned the tables to take the domestic win in 26:39 (fourth overall), with Mahamed fifth in 27:06, closely followed by his brother Zakariya in 27:16. Alex George ran 27:37 and Callum Elson 27:49.

The England Masters Cross Country Team Selection race took place in Markeaton. Adam Stokes (v35) was fastest over 9.6k in 36:33 and Juliet Potter over 6k in 23:20.

Other available XC results at the time of writing are as follows:

Manchester Area Cross Country League included wins for Kate Moulds (Vale Royal Ac) 30:49 & Callum Rowlinson (Salford Harriers & AC) 31:56, Mid Lancs Cross Country League with Jacob Deacon (Chorley A & T) 30:29 taking the spoils, the Surrey League at Effingham Common with wins for Andy Coley Maud (Guildford and Godalming AC) & Katie Snowden (Herne Hill Harriers).

Connor and Partridge claim GSR titles

It was a great Sunday morning’s work for the Partridge/Connor household at the Great South Run as Lily topped the women’s podium in 54:29 and her partner Ben the men’s race in 47:19. It was a pretty tight race on both counts though with all the podium placers within thirty seconds of each other. Natasham Cockram was second in 54:35 and Steph Twell third in 54:51. Battling with Connor all the way, it was Ellis Cross who got closest, clocking 47:32 and Omar Ahmed with 47:49. On the previous day Zak Seddon clocked 14:51 for the victory at the Great South Run 5k with Cassie Thorp ninth overall and first woman home in 16:47.

Some INCREDIBLE times from our elite and club male entrants at today’s #GreatSouthRun!

Top 3 Mens
Ben Connor 00:47:19
Ellis Cross 00:47:32
Omar Ahmed 00:47:49 pic.twitter.com/vKsVnwKZGR

— Great Run (@Great_Run) October 16, 2022

Looked like it was a battle all the way pic.twitter.com/0EVdF54dgU

— David Colman (@Huang_dawei) October 16, 2022

In Peterborough the Great Eastern Run was won in 65:57 by Norwich’s Logan Smith. Chris Darling was next home in 66:15 and Peter Robinson in 66:27. Fastest female by some margin was Highgate’s Nina Griffith in 76:03, with Alice Belcher runner up in a still-rapid 77:47 and Rosie Wild third in 79:12.

Road racing around the UK

A lovely day for racing meant more fast times at the Bath Half. Our mystery parkrun lady from last week, Atsede Gidey, won in a storming 71:54. Jessica Craig was second in 74:52 and Sophie Wood third in 75:40. A pack of three men raced ahead to leave over a minute between them and the rest of the field. The medallists all finishes in under 66 minutes – Kadar Omar 65:03, Jonathan Cornish 65:35 and Fredie Hessian 65:43

Huge congratulations to the top 3 male & female winners of the Bath Half Marathon.
Official times:
Male:
1. Kadar Omar 1:05:03
2. Jonathan Cornish 1:05:35
3. Fredie Hessian 1:05:43
Female:
1. Atsede Gidey 1:11:53
2. Jessica Craig 1:14:52
3. Sophie Wood 1:15:40 pic.twitter.com/aojEFxQNGZ

— Bath Half Marathon (@bathhalf) October 16, 2022

Andrew Heyes was a class apart at the Oxford Half Marathon with his 65:30 clocking. Alex Miell-Ingram (69:59) and Sebastian Symington (71:19) nabbed the other medal positions. Harriet Freeman (78:01) held off Emma Hodson (78:34) to take the win, with Srah Forbes-Smith home third in 81:19.

From the dark blues to the light blues – it was Cambridge’s turn to host the Town and Gown 10K. Running for the “C-Squad” Alistair Steele was pronounced first, though he and Camrbidge & Coleridge’s Fredrik Krylander both crossed the line with 32:58 on the clock. Fellow C&C AC runner Matthew Slater was third in 33:25. Jo O’Regan (St Neots) is showing some fine form at the moment and despite 10Ks not being her normal wheelhouse, clocked a brilliant PB 35:45 win. Cambridge and Coleridge were back again for second place, thanks to a 36:17 from Clare Thurgood, with Sheffield’s Eve Pound third in 36:58.

The Cabbage Patch 10’s flat course, prize pot and actual cabbage-prize always makes for a fun race and this year was no different. 1500m runner Joe Wigfield earned a gold medal and cabbage in his first ever race longer that 5k. He came home in 48:41 to beat Dylan Evans’ 49:00 and Finn Mcnally who matched his bronze placing from last year, running 49:28. For the womn, Hannah Viner was a confident winner in 56:37 – over a minute faster than her PB set at the Great South Run last year. Teresa McCormick took silver in 57:14 abd Vicki Ingham bronze in 61:32.

Sri Chinmoy’s Autumn Dawn 10k saw George Roux break the tape in 33:00 followed by Tom Drayton in 33:18 and Robert Donohue in 33:39. Michele Coe-o’Brien (v60) was first woman home in 45:45. Wednesday night in the Olympic Park, Run Through’s 10k was won by Paul Woodmansey in 36:15 and Lisa Briggs in 47:03. It was a 1-2 for Tavistock AC at the Tavy 5k where Sam Larkham was first in 15:43 and Nikki Kelly second overall and first woman in 18:04.

Marathons at home and abroad

At the Amsterdam Marathon it was the day of the Ethipian debutante’s as Almaz Ayana, Genzebe Dibaba (2:18:05) and Tsehay Gemechu (2:18:59) filled the podium on their first competitive outing over the distance. Ayana obliterated the course record, running 2:17:20. V50 Emma Stepto of Redruth ran 2:53:25 to be first British woman home. In the men’s race Ethiopia’s Tsegaye Getachew clocked 2:04:49 for the win. First Brit was Ben Fish in 2:23:41. At Amsterdam Half Marathon Joe Sagar finished fifth in 67:41.

Personally, I really rate Yorkshire Marathon – it’s a great course and the support is proper Yorkshire loveliness. So, though I wasn’t racing it this year I’m always keen to pore over the results. 2:22:56 was the winning time this year for Benard Bosuben and 2:54:18 for Samantha Antell. Sarah Lowry (2:54:25) and Keri Pearson (2:58:37) rounded out the women’s podium. Tom Charles (2:24:41) and Patrick Martin (2:28:47) were second and third for the men. We believe that may have be Charles’ third marathon in a month including Berlin and Chester…

Our top 3 Female Finishers #YorkshireMarathon

Samantha Antell 02:54:21
Sarah Lowery 02:54:24
Keri Pearson 02:58:40

Huge congrats guys, you smashed it pic.twitter.com/ysliq0S3hF

— The Yorkshire Marathon (@RunYorkshire) October 16, 2022

Chris Burgoyne was fastest over 26.2 at Chelmsford Marathon, breaking the tape in 2:34:54. Anna Farello topped the women’s rankings in 02:54:33. In the Half Marathon the wins went to James Nial in 75:50 and Jackie Stretton (seventh overall) in 84:35. New Forest Off Road Half Marathon wins went to Georgia Wood and Dominic Townsend.

Excellent Ultras

Owen Davies won the Salomon Cappadocia Medium Trail CMT, taking in the 63 km and f 2030+ m variation in altitude in only 5:21:59

Despite having won many hundred mile races, Centurion’s Autumn 100 has eluded Debbie Martin-Consani who has placed second twice – until now. 2022 was the year for her as so took the women’s victory in 17:58:57. Harry Geddes only has two hundo’s to his name, one being a fourth place at A100 last year. This time he upgraded it to first in 14:52:35.

Annaka Charters took a fine victory at the Run to the Sea 50km in Bournemouth finishing in 4:02:42 with the men’s title going to to Peter Lawrie in 3:36:17.

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The IAU 50k European Championships took place in Avila, Spain on Saturday and GB’s Ali Lavender took the lead in the early stages. Ireland’s Caitriona Jennings took over to claim European 50k gold after her World 100k bronze in August but Lavender held on for a brilliant second-place finish in 3:21:26. That time puts her 5th on the GB all time list. The GB women’s team had some great performances overall, resulting in a team gold. Sally O’Gorman was fourth in 3:22:23, Rebecca Bunting fifth in 3:26:04 having been two minutes clear at the front of the race at one point, Chloe Richardson was 14th in 3:49:56 and Elizabeth Renondeau 24th in 3:55:30.

One of the greatest weekends ever @Lavender_Ali pic.twitter.com/RzdTYWh6wJ

— Callum Rowlinson (@callumrowlinson) October 9, 2022

In the men’s race, Andrew Davies took an excellent bronze in 2:53:09. The team all finished in the top ten and went home with gold thanks to William Mycroft – fourth in 2:53:23, Alex Milne – sixth in 2:54:33, Daniel Nash – seventh in 2:55:00, Nigel Martin – eighth in 2:55:42, Aaron Richmond – ninth in 2:56:29.

Credit: IAU

The Valsir Mountain Running World Cup reached its conclusion at the Chiavenna-Lagunc Vertical Kilometre. Scout Adkin ran a brilliant 38:55 for second place, with Austria’s Andrea Mayr taking the win in 36:34. While not at this race, the series winner was Joyce Njeru of Kenya. After injury and post-covid issues, Jacob Adkin showed that he is returning to fine form, winning the men’s race in 32:11 – just 12 seconds clear of Italy’s Matteo Eydallin. Both Scout and Jacob are off to the World Mountain Running Championships in Thailand next month.

Marathons around the world

Kenya’s Phillimon Kipchumba won the Munich Marathon in 2:07:28 and the fastest British man was Highgate Harriers’ Tom Cowling in 2:49:25. It was a double win for Kenya as Agnes Keino took the women’s gold in 2:23:26 with Hyde Park Harriers’ Flick Burton running 2:58:58 to palace tenth and first British lady home.

Elsewhere in the world, Julia Davis was in fine form at her first post-partum marathon. Not only did she win and come fifth overall, but she set a new course record of 2;42:50 at the Palma Mallorca Marathon.

At the Chicago Marathon Sarah Inglis clocked 2:29:37 having gone through half way in 73:04. Rachel Hodgkinson ran 2:39:13 and Rebecca Gallop ran 2:43:20 to break the 2:45 barrier. For the men Jonathan Hiley (2:19:37) and Alex Wallace (2:24:13) broke the 2:25 mark.

ERAA Road Relays

Back on home soil there was plenty of fun to be had in all forms of racing. XC is just starting to kick off (results are notoriously difficult to get hold of in time for the round-up so do send them in) but before it gets into full swing it was time for a classic in the club-calendar – the National ERRA Autumn Road Relays at Sutton Park. Tonbridge AC took the win in the women’s race in 58:26 thanks to Lucy Thompson (15:48), Phoebe Barker (14:20), Nicole Taylor (14:08) and Lucy Reid (14:10). Salford Harriers were second in 58:37 and Aldershot, Farnham & District third in 59:09. Fastest of all the legs was a lighting speed run from Bracknell’s Amelia Quirk who clocked 13:38, with Lincoln Wellington’s Abbie Donnelly logging 14:00 and Blackburn’s Jess Judd 14:02.

In the men’s race, Aldershot, Farnham & District raced home first in 1:43:37. The team of Josh Grace (17:15), Will Barnicoat (16:50), Ricky Harvie (17:35), Ben Bradley (17:37), Sam Eglen (17:41) and Jack Rowe (16:39) held off Leeds City AC who finished five seconds later. A hat-tip goes to Phil Sesseman who was part of the Leeds team and ran 16:53 – third fastest time of the day behind Rowe and Barnicoat – just a week after setting a marathon PB in London. The bronze medal went to Cambridge and Coleridge AC in 1:44:04.

Roads and Parks around the UK

Back to more standard distances – Mollie Williams clocked 73:29 for the win at Manchester Half, followed by Leila Armoush who was 2nd in 74:58 and Kirsty Longley who ran the 4th fastest GB V45 time to take third in 75:05. Kris Jones took gold for the men in 63:46, with James Tilley (67:12) and Tom Charles – who raced Chester Marathon last week! – (67:25) completing the podium.

This morning we have seen perfect conditions for running and some of our speediest runners have already crossed the line.

Congratulations to our amazing winners, Kris Jones (1:03:46) and Mollie Williams (01:15:08)!

What a run! #MCRHalf pic.twitter.com/qSppDGV3iT

— Manchester Half (@ManchesterHalf) October 9, 2022

Dan Bradley (75:18) edged out Matthew Jones (73:50) at Tonbridge Half Marathon with Oliver Waymark collecting third in 76:43. Helen Gaunt was over 10 minutes clear of her nearest rival, taking gold in 79:42.

The parks of London were apparently filled with runners this weekend. Richmond Runfest hosted a range of races over two days – Kew Gardens AIR 10K was won by Jordan Bryant (36:20), Imogen Parker-Elms and Lily Zechmann (both 38:44). On Sunday, both half marathon winners took their victories with over three minutes clear – Ollie Garrod in 72:51 and Clare Rosdeth 83:38. The marathon top spots went to James Baker in 2:37:18 and Rachel Dent in 3:15:18.

In Victoria Park, RunThrough wins went to: 5K Joseph Wood 16:24 & Vikki Wallace 17:49, 10K Tom Brookes 32:00 & Marina Johnson 41:21, Half Marathon Thomas Beedell 71:12 & Maeve Conway 88:56

10K’s everywhere!

If you wanted to run a 10K this weekend and didn’t then there’s no help for you as it seems like every town had its own race. Here’s a whistlestop tour of some of them.

RunThrough Tatton 10K was won by Chris Pownell (34:14) and Sara Barron (41:47). Down south, Worthing 10K podium spots went to Finn McNally 31:07, Jack Woods 31:42 and Matt Geddes 32:12, Cassie Thorp 34:40, Emma Navesy 36:52 and Lucy Lavender 37:54. Givaudan Ashford 10K was won by Wegahta Zerome 32:03 and Amy Seager 39:12. East Grinstead 10K went to Robert Donohue 34:45 and Alison Moore 39:51 and Hight Easter 10K saw Oscar Graham Pereira 33:47 and Lucy Barnes 36:31 finish first.

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At the Big Half in London today there were plenty of big names lining up to test their fitness ahead of London marathon. One such was Mo Farah who has decided that he will have another bash at 26.2. Having won this race twice before, he’s well versed in the course and claimed his third victory in 60:49. Eilish McColgan was one of the few on the elite start line who are not targeting the longer distance, after her recent announcement that she will defer to 2023 (understandably after an epic track season). She put a good amount of the work in solo, running a huge course record of 67:35 (previous was 69:51).

Photo: James Rhodes

In the men’s race Jack Rowe logged 62:04 for second place and Jake Smith, 62:10. Andrew Butchart set a big new PB running 62:59 and fifth place when to Omar Ahmed who stayed with the lead pack until the second half of the race to clock 63:20 only a week on from Antrim Coast Half.

In the women’s race it was Charlotte Purdue (70:15) and Samantha Harrison (70:22) who filled out the rest of the podium. Calli Thackery set a new PB after her fantastic season over 5km running 72:01 and fifth place went to Steph Twell who ran 73:55.

Brilliance in Brussels

Despite being late-on in a busy year of track racing, the Diamond League in Brussels had plenty of excitement. Ciara Mageean has been rising up the ranks fast this season and this time she took the gold spot that has marginally eluded her, running 1500m in 3:56.93 – an Irish National record and beating Laura Muir into second place (3:56.86) – more to come in our Irish roundup. The rivalry between Muir and Mageean has been brilliant to watch this season as they give everything to beat each other in their races and then heartily congratulate each other afterwards.

Photo: James Rhodes

In the 800m Jake Wightman unleashed a winning kick to put himself fifth on the UK all time list and set a new scottish record of 1:43.65. He’s off to Zürich next for another 800m and then defending his road mile title in New York to finish. I suspect he’ll be bettering his 3:49.6 from last year! 

Brilliance in Brussels

At the Spitzen Leichtathletik – World Athletics Continental Tour Silver, second place over 1500m went to  George Mills in 3:37.53 and Calli Thackery was fifth over 3000m in 8:48.10 at the Palio Città della Quercia – World Athletics Continental Tour Silver. Izzy Fry and Hannah Nuttall also ran and set new PBs of 8:48.10 (ninth)  and 8:57.92 (11th) respectively.

In the UK, at the BMC Regional Races in Exeter the 1500m top spots went to Katie Knowles (4:39.89), Emily Field (4:41.23) and Iris Courtney (4:42.31). In the men’s race, Oliver Capps ran fastest in 3:57.56, followed by Liam Edwards (PB 3:58.19) and Sam Nesbitt (PB 4:03.88). Glasgow’s Milnbank Shettleston Harriers open Graded Meeting saw Duncan Robinson win the men’s 3000m in 8:17.78 and Lynn Mckenna the women’s in 9:35.15.

Around the roads

It’s that time of year when shorter races are still being competed at a high level, but the longer distances are also  churning out some epic results. It’s always hard to know which races to include so here’s our best stab covering the range of opportunities to log a new PB on the roads this week:

While the Big Half hogged the headlines, the Village Bakery Half Marathon, Wrexham can always be relied upon for some fast runs. This year was no different, with Gavin Tomlinson topping the podium in 68:01, followed by Russell Bentley in 68:36 and Michael Young in 69:03. There was no doubting the winner of the women’s race as Rachel Hodgkinson clocked 75:41, leaving the silver to Becky Penty in 78:50 and bronze to Claire Clancy in 79:28.

Alex Lawrence rinsed the rest of the field at Worcester City Half Marathon, breaking the tape in 76:45, well ahead of Malachi Cashmore (72:16) and Owen Jones (74:54). The women’s podium was taken by Kate Telford  (87:19), Louise Collins (88:20) and Jaydee Peters (01:30:18).

In the 10k race Gemma Tutton and Kadar Omar were first over the line in 38:11 and 30:58 respectively. The Wissey Half Marathon win went to Alistair Steele in 74:20 and Suzy West in 01:31:04.

Earlier in the week, Liam White was first over the line at the Canterbury Half Marathon on bank holiday in 74:07. Both runners-up, George Marshall (U23, 74:31) and Jay Smith (V40, 75:02) set new bests. In the women’s race, 89:34 was a winning time for V40 Hannah Roberts.

In the Midlands, Wilne 10k was on fire this year, with the top 5 all finishing in under 31 minutes. Samuel Moakes was oh so close to going under thirty, taking victory in 30:02 to narrowly hold off Freddie Hessian who was two second behind him and Charlie Brisley who ran 30:19. Honourable mentions go to Cameron Smith (30:47) and David Bishop   (30:59). The ladies’ race was a swift one too,  with 34:02 being the time in which Charlotte Taylor took victory. Ellie Stevens ran 34:02 and Donna Sherwin 36:55 to round out the podium.

The Southport Seaside 10k resulted in a 33:22 win by Andrew Parkinson and 35:31 by Kirsty Longley  – a brilliant run which put her fourth overall. At the Leominster 10k top three were Eric Apperley (35:19), Luke Mason (35:19) and Donna Morris (36:25).

North Yorkshire’s Tolthorpe 10k saw a convincing win from Jordan Howe in 32:16, with Rhona Marshall fastest woman in 40:37. Over in West Yorkshire, the Wetherby 10k win went to Scott Hinchcliffe (32:39) and Catherine Williamson (37:35). William Fuller clocked 33:05 for his win at Stratford’s Big 10k, with Natalie Bhangal fastest female in 39:20.

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