Sunday 19 January 2014

Folksworth 15




 In the first of the warm-up races in preparation for this season’s spring marathons Grantham Running Club were represented by six runners at this year’s Folksworth 15 near Peterborough. On a hilly course three experienced runners were making their debut at this rarely raced distance of 15 miles. First home was male senior Matthew Kingston-Lee in sixth place in an extremely high quality field of 500 runners. Also running well was Paul Rushworth with a top fifty finish but the biggest improvement of the day was made by Andrew Pask who reduced his PB for the distance by six minutes! Full results

Position
Time
6
Matthew Kingston-Lee
M
01:28:40
First Timer
49
Paul Rushworth
M
01:42:41
First Timer
74
Andrew Pask
M
01:46:06
PB
141
Gordon Geach
M
01:53:59
First Timer
159
Robert McArdle
M
01:56:12
191
Catherine Payne
F
01:59:55


Newark Park Run

Despite slippy underfoot conditions all three of GRC’s athletes grabbed personal bests at this Saturday’s Parkrun in Newark. Quickest was Gordon Geach in 23:01 followed by Mark Hillson in 23:28 and Yvonne Taylor in 32:59

Wellingborough Dirt Run

Andrew MacAllister, a member of GRC’s Cross Country Team, set a time of 54:32 in the aptly named Wellingborough Dirt Run last Sunday on one of the muddiest courses ever.