WOMEN'S RUNNING 10K RACE SERIES: Nottingham St Ives

WOMEN'S RUNNING 10K RACE SERIES: Nottingham

Grantham Running Club's Abi Schofield was delighted to finish in sixth place just one place behind model and charity fundraiser Nell McAndrew in 44:17 in a race attracting almost 340 runners. Here they are pictured together at the end. This race is part of a series of women only events specially designed to overcome any barriers women may feel in taking part in this type of event with touches including tea and cake for all finishers.

St Ives 10k

This undulating race climbs from the Cambridgeshire town of St Ives to a fast section on the taxiways of RAF Wyton's Airfield and before returning on rural lanes to the Leisure Centre. In a field of 500 runners GRC's Catherine Payne picked up the prize for first in her age category in a time of 43:23, teammate Robert McArdle finished in a season's best of 45:02

Notfast and Bushy 10k's

Notfast 10k

Despite the hot weather this revised route starting and finishing at Newark Rugby Club produced some fast times for our local runners with both Paul Rushworth and Ben Hatherley from GRC going sub 40 minutes for the first time this season and Penny Hodges picking up a prize as forth lady home.

00:39:09		Paul	Rushworth	Grantham Running Club
00:39:47		Ben	Hatherley	Grantham Running Club
00:44:40		Penny	Hodges	Grantham Running Club
00:45:22		Sophie	Hunt	Grantham AC
00:48:12		John	Bainbridge	Grantham AC

 

Bushfield 10k

Also with a revised route the Bushfield 10k in Peterborough attracted a very strong field with the Grantham Runners being led home by GRC’s Dave Kay completing his third race in five days, although not his best time of the season it was still good enough to give him a top twenty finish. Running well as GAC’s sole representative Keith Measures picked up a prize in the Vet 60 category with a season’s best.

38:51.3	David Kay	Grantham Running Club (Photo)
44:00.0	Catherine Payne	Grantham Running Club
45:06.2	Scott Jones	Grantham Running Club
46:11.7	Robert McArdle	Grantham Running Club
46:39.0	Keith Measures	Grantham AC