Sunday, 22 September 2019

West Pinchbeck 10K



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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