An impressive twenty five members of Grantham Running Club
took part in the West Pinchbeck 10K on Sunday 22nd September, a race
that wasn’t part of the club’s Grand Prix Series but has thrust itself into
future consideration given the huge jump in popularity for the race held in the
heart of the Lincolnshire fens near Spalding.
The near pancake flat course run almost entirely along arrow
straight fen roads would be a near perfect course for fast times were it not
for the near ever-present winds that afflict the area. Thankfully for the 2019
edition of the race conditions were fairly kind, with overcast skies and barely
any wind.
First home for GRC was Joaquim Jeronimo, who made a late
decision to enter the race after a short period of running abstinence and was
rewarded with a fine ninth place finish in 38:13. Tony Johnson followed in
fifteenth place and second in his age category with 40:19. One place behind
Tony was Sam Jepson-Rivers who, with 40:42, backed up his triumvirate of August
personal bests with an 85 second improvement on his month old 10K PB.
Sam’s wife Naomi was the first GRC woman to finish, breaking
the 50 minute barrier by one second with 49:59 and in so doing smashing her old
PB, set in May, by over two and a half minutes. Heather Welbourne ran well to
finish under the hour in her first recorded 10K performance, clocking 58:47 and
was followed closely by Alison Clark who broke her month old 10K PB by 58
seconds with 58:52.
Four other GRC runners set personal bests at West Pinchbeck.
Cameron Hoggan bettered his month old 10K PB by two seconds shy of two minutes
with 45:12; Dale Towning (54:00) eclipsed his two month old PB by 40 seconds;
Carole Pigott (59:04) improved her June 10K PB by 24 seconds; and Sara Pask
improved too on her June 10K PB by 44 seconds with 01:01:15.
Rachel Jefferson made her race debut at West Pinchbeck,
crossing the finish line in 1:01:11. Emma Duncan was another race debutante,
finishing in 1:03:57, as was Lisa Williams who finished not far behind in
1:04:48.
Nick Rossington (44:21) and Paul Jepson (49:55) both
finished third in their respective age categories.
Wendy Smith (1:21:26), Simon Smith (1:21:28), and Rachael
Bloomer (1:21:36) appeared on the provisional results but do not appear in the
final published results.
The race was won by Aaron Scott of Helpston Harriers AC in
32:37 with Charlie Nurse of Wigston Phoenix RC the winning woman in 38:30.
There were 278 finishers.
GRC Results:
Name
|
Gender
|
Chip time
|
Joaquim Jeronimo
|
Male
|
38:13
|
Tony Johnson
|
Male
|
40:19
|
Sam Jepson-Rivers
|
Male
|
40:42
|
Nick Rossington
|
Male
|
44:21
|
Cameron Hoggan
|
Male
|
45:12
|
Jack Dodwell
|
Male
|
47:02
|
Paul Jepson
|
Male
|
49:55
|
Nim Jepson-Rivers
|
Female
|
49:59
|
Dale Towning
|
Male
|
54:00
|
Alison Clark
|
Female
|
58:52
|
Heather Welbourne
|
Female
|
58:47
|
Carole Pigott
|
Female
|
59:04
|
Sara Pask
|
Female
|
1:01:15
|
Rachel Jefferson
|
Female
|
1:01:11
|
Chelsea Chell
|
Female
|
1:03:09
|
Emma Duncan
|
Female
|
1:03:57
|
Lisa Williams
|
Female
|
1:04:48
|
Howard Rudder
|
Male
|
1:05:32
|
Vicky Platts
|
Female
|
1:05:40
|
Tracey Gell
|
Female
|
1:05:49
|
Emma Fleet
|
Female
|
1:06:45
|
Samantha French
|
Female
|
1:16:09
|
Wendy Smith
|
Female
|
1:21:26
|
Simon Smith
|
Male
|
1:21:28
|
Rachael Bloomer
|
Female
|
1:21:36
|
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