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.