Thursday 9 September 2021

Handicap 10k


 

Grantham Running Club’s handicap 10k race made its post COVID return on Thursday evening. A bumper 44 runners and 15 volunteers descended upon Ropsley to take advantage of its quiet surroundings and picturesque lanes. The undulating 10k course provided a good end of summer test before runners turn their focus on the longer distances.

Runners were given individual start times based on their predicted finish time. Getting the predictions right and with runners running as they are capable of, everyone was planned to finish at 19:30 at the Green Man pub.

In a race where everyone has a chance to win regardless of standard, six were within 10 seconds of their prediction and 17 were within a minute. One runner, Julie Gilbert even hit her prediction spot-on!

The winners on this hot and humid evening were:

1.       Neil Jameson

2.       Sara Pask

3.       Wayne Baxter

London Marathon bound Neil Jameson proved he’s back to full fitness and was able to capitalize on his higher training mileage to post 1:01:48 and take the glory of the race win. In pursuit of Neil was Sara Pask who returned to racing for the first time since 2019. Clocking an impressive 1:02:05, Sara will go into upcoming races full of confidence. Then there was Wayne Baxter who was within a minute of his PB with 52:33. The top 3 runners were never overtaken.

Surprisingly given the tough conditions some more established runners even managed to run their best ever 10k. Joaquim Jeronimo stormed to a 37:29 which would be a 14s PB had this been an official race. The in-form Sam Jepson-Rivers continues to improve at an impressive rate, posting a 38:23 another would be PB. Hannah San-Hose was another who caught the eye; posting 47:03 and beating her prediction by 42s and her official PB by 30s.

Even runners who were not 100% fit or those who should have been saving their legs for Sunday’s Great North Run were prepared to give this tough race a go, making this whole club event a resounding success. It’s nights like these that make being in a running club so special.

Full results:

1

Neil

Jameson

01:01:48

2

Sara

Pask

01:02:05

3

Wayne

Baxter

00:52:33

4

Joaquim

Jeronimo

00:37:29

5

Simon

Allsopp

00:47:57

6

Richard

Payne

00:48:58

7

Tom

Johnson

00:42:03

8

Phillip

Crowcroft

00:48:46

9

Anthony

Boyle

00:51:27

10

Hannah

San Jose

00:47:03

11

Andrew

MacAllister

00:47:38

12

Chloe

Amos

01:06:30

13

Aaron

Smith

00:41:54

14

Paul

Jepson

00:51:07

15

Julie

Gilbert

00:53:19

16

Russel

Whittaker

00:38:59

17

Kate

Marshall

00:57:05

18

Homer

San Jose

00:57:05

19

Darren

Harley

00:42:19

20

Vicki

Ball

00:51:24

21

Andrew

Pask

00:41:32

22

Sylv

Hull

00:54:03

23

Samuel

Jepson-Rivers

00:38:23

24

Tracey

Gell

01:04:17

25

Sarah

Chynoweth

00:43:31

26

Christopher

Armstrong

00:46:01

27

Judi

Allsopp

01:09:35

28

Mark

Hillson

00:50:39

29

Nick

Rossington

00:43:47

30

Kirsty

Dickens

00:48:20

31

Stuart

Baty

00:48:51

32

Sarah

High

00:53:41

33

Simon

Hartley

01:03:35

34

Holly

Wragg

01:09:17

35

Caroline

Davis

00:50:56

36

Wendy

Fraser

01:06:42

37

Robin

Atter

00:43:26

38

Zoe

Wragg

00:58:03

39

Tommy

Napier

00:54:41

40

samantha

French

01:04:45

41

Robert

Howbrook

00:47:19

42

Rosalind

Sadler

00:59:29

43

Andrew

Tattershall

01:00:05

44

Julia

Hallam

01:12:21

 

Report: Andrew Pask

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