Brass Monkey 10k

Two members of Grantham Running Club, who made the journey to the Rockingham Speedway racetrack in Corby, competed in this years Brass Monkey 10k. On a surprisingly hilly course, the two GRC runners made their way through the strong field of 425 .Gavin Meadows finished in a respectable 48th place with a time of 41:39, whilst his teammate Paul Davis completed the course in 43:35, earning him 61st place.

Picture: Gavin Meadows

Folksworth 15

Gav racing to the line Grantham Running Club was well represented at this year’s Folksworth 15, with members using this hilly 15 mile race as the first in a series of essential pre-marathon races. A long week of training with many members running in excess of 40miles did not stop the fast times coming in. Manchester Marathon bound Holly Durham was the first GRC lady, returning to excellent form only 8 months after the birth of her 2nd child finishing as the 18th lady overall in an speedy time of 1:51:47. A difficult race to pace, the impressive times kept coming in with Catherine Payne finishing in 1:53:33, 4th in her FV45 age category. Meanwhile, in the men’s race Andrew Pask continued his Rotterdam Marathon preparations, finishing in 74th place overall, first GRC runner with a time of 1:46:57. Brendon Buckley finished  6th in his age category as he builds his race fitness ready for the London Marathon, his first at the age of 66 with a time of 2:51:45. Next up for GRC’s marathon runners is the longer but equally hilly Stamford St Valentines 30k (18.6 miles). Folksworth 15
Overall Place	Gun Time	Name	Pace		Gender	Gender Place	Category	Category Place	WMA	Chip Time
74	1:47:02.5	Andrew Pask	7:08/M		M	63	M Sen	26	64:09%	1:46:57.7
86	1:48:17.4	Gav Meadows	7:13/M		M	74	M Sen	31	63.53%	1:48:12.3
114	1:52:47.9	Holly Durham	7:27/M		F	18	F Sen	8	68.22%	1:51:47.6
118	1:53:02.2	Scott Jones	7:32/M		M	99	MV40	21	63.38%	1:52:56.4
123	1:53:43.0	Catherine Payne	7:34/M		F	21	FV45	4	75.27%	1:53:33.8
138	1:55:58.2	Robert McArdle	7:43/M		M	113	MV55	8	70.23%	1:55:49.1
147	1:57:09.5	Andrew Spencer	7:45/M		M	120	MV50	21	68.17%	1:56:09.8
157	1:58:20.6	Sophie Stanley	7:52/M		F	29	F Sen	10	64.66%	1:57:57.0
201	2:03:47.2	Ben Mason	8:14/M		M	163	M Sen	51	56.63%	2:03:27.4
215	2:06:16.1	Anthony Chamberlain	8:21/M		M	171	MV50	33	63.78%	2:05:16.2
237	2:10:08.0	Neil Emerson	8:37/M		M	183	MV55	10	62.42%	2:09:08.5
241	2:10:43.8	Sarah High	8:40/M		F	56	FV50	5	69.02%	2:09:54.1
319	2:25:16.8	Louise Payne	9:38/M		F	103	FV35	18	53.98%	2:24:25.4
374	2:36:48.9	Nikki Carr	10:24/M		F	138	FV55	10	59.17%	2:35:57.8
375	2:36:49.0	Ruth Dunstan	10:24/M		F	139	FV40	34	50.32%	2:35:53.5
403	2:51:34.6	Yvonne Buckley	11:22/M		F	158	FV55	11	54.12%	2:50:31.8
406	2:52:48.6	Brendon Buckley	11:27/M		M	246	MV65	6	51.58%	2:51:45.9

Folksworth 15

Grantham Running Club was well represented at this year's Folksworth 15, with members using this hilly 15 mile race as the first in a series of essential pre-marathon races. A long week of training with many members running in excess of 40miles did not stop the fast times coming in. Manchester Marathon bound Holly Durham was the first GRC lady, returning to excellent form only 8 months after the birth of her 2^nd child finishing as the 18^th lady overall in an speedy time of 1:51:47. A difficult race to pace, the impressive times kept coming in with Catherine Payne finishing in 1:53:33, 4^th in her FV45 age category. Meanwhile, in the men's race Andrew Pask continued his Rotterdam Marathon preparations, finishing in 74^thplace overall, first GRC runner with a time of 1:46:57. Brendon Buckley finished  6^th in his age category as he builds his race fitness ready for the London Marathon, his first at the age of 66 with a time of 2:51:45. Next up for GRC's marathon runners is the longer but equally hilly Stamford St Valentines 30k (18.6 miles). 

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Portsea twilight 8km

Portsea twilight 8km

'GRC's John Blair was among the 1,100 runners to race through the spectacular Point Nepean national park. A perfect way to begin the New Year. The course is undulating with short ,sharp hills and exquisite natural landscape. John completed the 8km course, in windy conditions but not too hot, in 38min 12 seconds, finishing 182 male and 12th in his age group.

Tadworth 10

Debut 10 Mile for Dobbs

GRC's Rick Dobbs made his 10 mile debut on Sunday, competing at the Tadworth 10. The tough course consisting of 50% road and 50% off road was made even more difficult with the extreme wind and rain on the day. Rick, a graduate of GRC's spring beginners class finished in a respectable 376 out of 591 finishers with a chip time of 1.36.49. The race finished on the famous Epsom racecourse. Rick now has spring Half Marathons in his sights.

Photo: Rick Dobbs