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Weekend recap: Part 1 – Poli-Moly

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With the K&D massive all over the place this weekend the first part of your weekend round up will be parkrun-centric with a non-5k roundup following tomorrow. Probably. If the results gophers don’t explode with excitement.

Brueton parkrun:
Gary Polihill continued his PB-Spree making it 6 PB’s in 7 weeks. Gary has gone from 18:41 down to 17:45. He’s been a regular at Cross Country and Tues/Thur’s Sub-21 min parkrunner training and is enjoying the benefits.
Gary closed down on K&D’s king of consistency Gareth Wainwright who ran 17:34. Chris Morgan rounded out the K&D Three with an 18:20.

Mary Heald ran 22:09 with buggy and despite the wind-resistance finished first K&D woman on the day. She held off Kerry Ann Thompson who ran a smart 22:54. Kerry Whitehill made a welcome podium return with a 27:02.

Joining the PB party bus driven by PB Polhill is Sarah Barker who ran 29:52. Top PB’ing Barker!

Cardiff parkrun:
A parkrun known for the high quality field it puts out, Max Gimson ran 19:37…. and finished 67th. Blimey.

Old Deer parkrun:
Two of our favourite Old Deers clocked 30:06 and 30:18. Katie Price and Amanda Crees were warming up for Hampton Court Half on the Sunday.

Coventry parkrun:
Three of K&D’s finest trotted over to Coventry as Mike Durkin, Stephen Ray and Kevin Tomkinson all ran Memorial park. Mike led them round in 21:56, Stephen clocked 23:16 and Kev enjoyed a leisurely 29:31.

Cannock Chase parkrun:
Wild winds for wild child Jude Mansfield who ran the numerically lovely 27:27.

Arrow Valley parkrun:
Jack Whitehouse is challenging Gary PB Polhill for the title of most PB’s in the last few weeks. Jack ran an excellent PB of 20:40. Running under 21 minutes for the first time.

Cannon Hill parkrun:
Three. It’s the magic number. An absurdly fast Cannon Hill parkrun (Male Winner, 15:39. Female Winner, 16:21) also saw three K&D Muskateers do battle. Steve McDonald (28:01), Johnny Bellman (28:38) and Steve Marks (40:54) all saw the fireworks.

Durham parkrun:
Paul Jeffrey found himself up North and ran 34:26 in beautiful Durham.

Wootton parkrun:
Jane Evans, on a women’s weekend away took the overall win. Despite being fuelled by Prosecco, or possibly because she was fuelled by Prosecco, Jane Evans clocked 20:21 to win by 1 minute and 20 seconds.

Kingsbury Water parkrun:
Simon Battson’s 24:51 saw him round the picturesque lakeside parkrun.

Ballincollig parkrun:
K&D’s Nordic Import ran 21:09 at the Irish parkrun as she warms up for London.

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Christmas Recap: Brueton Special

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Santa delivered a special Christmas Day surprise for Gareth Lloyd (26:13), Jessica Woolley (20:48) and Greg Turner (18:51). Weird. Because I thought Santa only brought presents for well behaved runners. And we all know there’s no way Greg has been good all year. Congrats on your Baby Jesus Birthday PB’s.

As for the rest of the runners and riders, Chris Sharp led the way like Rudolph, in 16:58, Chris ‘Dasher’ Morgan ran 18:10 and Richard ‘Dobby’ Dixon ran 18:17.

For the women Jessica Woolley took first while the appropriately named Mary Heald ran (with Buggy, no donkey’s needed). Louise Bell rang in Christmas Day with third place in 22:59.

Short and sweet. Like the 6 hours sitting in front of TV with your uncle that smells a little too much of cabbage.

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Weekend Recap: K&D Women On Fire

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Rother Valley Running Festival:
Rosie Marsh took on a 4 lap half today; smashing her PB and only just missing out on a sub 1:30 half as she ran 1:30:19.  Finishing 2nd lady and storming round the lake Rosie edged ever so much closer to a breaking a big barrier. Congrats on the PB Rosie!

Mo Run:
It was a fun run with tashes for K&D’s runners. Newbie Gary Polhill ran a strong 38:16 over the 2 lap course. Gary was followed by Kate Marsh in 50:46 (PB), Graham Edwards (53:31), Caroline Edwards (1:02:47).

Brueton parkrun:
K&D Women continued to burn up the scene as Flick Sharp and Emma Horsefield took the top 2 women’s spots. Both Flick and Emma both delivered stunning new PB’s. Flick ran 19:27 while Emma chased her all the way in 19:35. Sensational times from both of them. Flick now sits #4 and Emma #5 in the K&D Women’s All Time Lists.

K&D men didn’t disappoint either as Gareth Wainwright clocked 17:19 and Jack Bristow clocked 17:35 to finish 1-2. Third K&D man was Pete Makepeace in 20:04 whilethird K&D woman was Treasurer Jan Hornby in 25:56. 

Joining Flick & Emma in PB-topia was Paul ‘PB’ Winwood. Paul smashed his best and ran 22:43. The women ruled the roads though as Penny Taylor ran 30:05, Gail Partridge ran 29:22, Lianne Le Swann ran 27:57. PB. PB. PB. Bish. Bash. Bosh.

Arrow Valley parkrun:
Kevin Tomkinson’s 28:09 was the highlight of Arrow Vally.

Tampere parkrun:
Friend of the club Riina Kuuselo is now no longer a friend of the club. She’s officially K&D again. Wahey! To celebrate she Finnished in 20:16.

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Weekend Recap: Centurions is Back!

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Reminder: Club Ballot for London Marathon will close in the next 2-3 days. If you haven’t put your name in the hat and wish to do so, please do before Wednesday. Also, Cross Country is on Saturday. Look out for race/meet-up details in the next couple of days.

Centurions GP#1: 
Fast times in a misty morning for K&D’ers as Centurion’s Grand Prix returned. With athletes looking to put down a winter marker to base progression on over the next six months it was Greg Turner and Rosie Marsh who led the way. 

Greg ran a superb PB of 31:51 while Rosie Marsh equalled her PB with an excellent 33:12. There were excellent times throughout the field and a K&D debut for Jason Pitcher.

Full Results:
Greg Turner – 31:51
David Carbutt – 32:35
Rosie Marsh – 33:12
Amanda O’Leary – 34:02
Darren Maggs – 35:22
Jason Pitcher – 36:24
Paul O’Donnell  – 38:53
Kevin Tomkinson – 40:35
Catherine Sherlock – 41:45
Kate Marsh – 42:03
Ann Spencer-Dowdeswell – 43:29
Linda Whitehead – 46:59
Katie Price – 47:20
Tracy Davies – 47:41
Smita Deshpande – 47:49
Sue Wassell – 49:03
Siobhan O’Donnell – 50:15
Steve Marks – 53:43
Jo Tork – 55:10

Brueton parkrun:
Rob Michaelson-Yeates showed the form that took him to a superb time at Chester Marathon as he ran 17:26 over the shorter distance of 5k at Brueton on Saturday. He just edged Gareth Wainwright who ran 17:37 as he comes back from a wonky post-Chicago knee. Paul Bentley in 19:02 rounded out the men’s top 3.

K&D women warmed with a parkrun debut for newbie Rachael Gifford who joins us from Worthing & District. Rachel ran 1:24 at Birmingham half a couple of weeks ago and became the latest woman in the sub-1:20 K&D Women’s club running 19:20 on Sunday. Jan Hornby was 2nd K&D woman on Saturday running 27:36 pipping Lynsey Drakeley in 27:50. 

Penny Taylor PB’d on Saturday running 30:32. Bravo Penny!

Black Park parkrun:
We presume its actually green like most other parks.  Paul Winwood ran 24:12 while on his holibobs.

Coventry parkrun:
Jane Hunt ran Coventry parkrun on Saturday. Coventry by all accounts have or will be moving the start. FYI! Jane found the start ok and ran 25:22.

Leamington parkrun:
Anna Wilson was first K&D of three as she ran 31:18 on the hilly course. Behind her Kate Marsh kept a close eye on Darren ‘Wheezy’ John. Kate made it 2-0 as with a late 5m sprint as they both ran 37:46. A well deserved win for looking after Lungy McNoLungs.

Cannon Hill parkrun:
Kevin Tomkinson warmed up for Centurions with a 28:25 at Cannon Hill.

Penallta parkrun:
Penallta is based in Ystrad Mynach, Which is possibly made up. Steve Marks ran it in 32:37 as he returned to the motherland. 

Portobello parkrun:
Obviously named after a mushroom. Portobello is to be found in Edinburgh. As was Neil Letham who ran 27:50.

Conwy parkrun:
Pete Makepeace, who’s recently been in the form of his life continued making sub-20 look easy with a 19:55.

Swansea Bay parkrun:
Ann Spencer-Dowdeswell bumped into K&D Royalty in Gavin Davies at Swansea Bay. Ann ran 28:06. Gavin, for old time’s sake, ran 21:53.

Dolgellau parkrun:
A perpetual favourite of K&D’er on the Tourist trail, Richard Lisiecki was the latest to toe the line running 25:55. 

Ballincollig parkrun:
These names are just getting ridiculous now. Speaking of past club members, lets drop in with Riina Kuuselo who ran 20:08. 

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Weekend Recap: Snowdonia Marathon, High’s and Former Lowes

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Snowdonia Marathon:
Congratulations to Karen Ratcliffe who took on the fast and flat (LOL!) Snowdonia Marathon. Karen ran 4:58:56 for the marathon distance. A more than respectable time for any marathon that doesn’t include a mountain! 

Life’s little up’s and down’s! 

Brueton parkrun:
A quietish K&D weekend at Brueton was enlivened by a brand new female inductee into the sub-20 club. Emma Horsfield stormed round in a  19:52 PB as the women continued to smash barriers over the last few weeks. That puts Emma 5th fastest K&D woman at Brueton ever, booting Mary out the top-4 by a mere 4seconds. We doubt it’s the end of that little tooing and fro-ing in the near future

Emma on Saturday was joined by Kerry Ann Thompson who ran 21:51 and Louise Bell who ran 23:38.

The gents had the headlines stolen from them by the women this week. That didn’t stop Pete Makepeace climbing the podium summit. Running 19:23, Pete just missed his PB. Warning though, Gary Polhill who just joined K&D was ran 19:17 but misses out by just a few days on a week 1 podium. Paul Bentley and Anthony Dutton rounded out the K&D Top-3 this week with a 19:31 and 19:34.

Joining Emma Horsfield in the PB Teepee this week is Jack Whitehouse who rewrote his parkrun PB with a 22:11.

Ipswich parkrun:
Which Witch is Rob Michaelson Yeates Twitching? His 18:05 got in a pre-Halloween win at Ips-witch Parkrun.

Walsall Arboretum parkrun:
A coven of Calvert, Partridge and Taylor attended Walsall Arboretum parkrun on Saturday as Lissy, Gail and Penny enchanted their way to runs of 29:15, 29:40 and 30:08.

Coventry parkrun:
The only thing scary about Coventry parkrun is that ring road on the way in. Shudders. Simon Battson survived to run 25:01

Holkham parkrun:
Ainsley put the (f)right in Wainwright as he ran 26:10 in Holkham.

As ususal.. if there is anything we’ve missed pop it in the comments box on facebook!

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Weekend Recap: AmsterDamn Yeah! Brueton PB Jamboree

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Amsterdam Marathon:
Smita Deshpande added Amsterdam to her list of marathon’s over the weekend. She took on the 26.2miles and looked very happy afterwards. Smita ran a superbly paced effort averaging between 6:30 & 7:08/km the entire way. Top, top pacing.

Brueton parkrun: 
Wowzers from Mary Heald and Kerry Ann Thompson as the two of them made mincemeat of their PBs over the weekend. Mary broke 20 minutes for the first time, blasting round in 19:45. Welcome to club-sub-20 Mary! Kerry continued her rapid progress as she ran 21:45. 17 PB’s for Kerry Ann Thompson in 24 weeks.  Bonkers. The ladies were joined by Paul Winwood, who made it the PB Three-peat. Marathon, Half and 5k in three weeks. Paul ran 22:54, breaking 23 minutes for the first time. 

Along for the PB-Party were newbie Sam Webster (26:15) and the ever-improving Gareth Lloyd (26:46). Top running team!

Ainsley Wainwright took the overall Brueton honours for K&D on Saturday. Keeping up the family tradition of a Wainwright on the podium Ainsley ran 19:50. Not far off his own PB of 19:28.  PB-tastic Mary took 2nd overall and 1st woman on saturday, while Russell Davies rounded out the podium in 21:02.  Lloyd Barton took bronze for the men in 21:22 as Kerry Ann Thompson’s PB saw her take 2nd woman overall and Louise Bell was 3rd woman overall and herself only 3 seconds shy of her best.

Beckenham parkrun:
Sarah Connors (not the one from Terminator) was found in Beckenham this weekend as she ran 25:59.

Kingsbury Waterparkrun:
Lakes galore for Simon Battson as he enjoyed a trott round Kingsbury in 40:51.

Sutton parkrun:
Kate Marsh took the honours for K&D on tour at Sutton parkrun. The trail run took her 26:12 including a stop to check on Wheezy McWheezy and his dodgy lungs. Splitting Kate and Wheezy was Kevin Tomkinson who ran, with child, in 28:34. Wheezy The Chairman ran 29:44 for a personal worst parkrun time. 

Coldham parkrun:
John Garside clocked a 21:47 as he enjoyed a post-Chicago adventure. Coldham parkrun is in Cambridge and is vegan and vegetarian friendly despite the name.


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Weekend Recap 2: Rugby 10 + parkrun roundup

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Rugby 10:
The WRRL rounded out with it’s season closer at the Rugby 10. Torsten Roesler led the men home in 21st place overall, followed by Rosie Marsh who was K&D’s first senior woman.

Full Results:
Torsten Roesler – 1:01:09
Dave Carbutt – 1:04:46
Robert Mundy – 1:08:01
Rosie Marsh – 1:09:28
Pete Austin – 1:10:31
Steve Armstrong – 1:11:59
Nick Atkin – 1:14:53
Gary Welsh – 1:19:57

Full WRRL will be available soon. 

Brueton parkrun:
With out men scattered round Chicago, Chester and Mordor Paul Benley led the team home at Brueton running 19:00 on the nose. He was followed by Danny Malone and Anthony Dutton who both also clocked 19’s… 19:17 and 19:58 to be precises. 

For the K&D women it was the now familiar Kerry Ann Thompson who took the honours. Her rapid improvements being consolidated with a superb 22:13. Louise Bell took the #2 spot with 23:11 and none other than Ann Spencer-Dowdeswell celebrated her recent HM pb by finishing third in 25:50.

It was a superb PB for Danny Malone who ran 19:17. Kerry Ann Thompson’s 22:13 equalled her PB from last week. Making it 8 weeks in a row she’s either PB’d or =’d her PB.

Arrow Valley parkrun:
A big congrats to Richard Dixon who took his first ever parkrun #1 tag.  Running 18:31 saw Dicko crowned Arrow Valley King for the week. Behind him Hala Atkin, Kevin Tomkinson and Ian Curtis (not the Joy Division one) made up a K&D Quartet.  Hala ran 25:18, Kevin clocked 25:34 and Ian notched up a 37:26.

Burgess parkrun:
Jack Bristow scorched round the fast and flat Burgess parkrun in 17:10. He finished 2nd overall and continued to nibble away at the 17 min barrier. It’s going to happen! Keep the faith JB! 

Bristow was joined at Burgess by the Quarmby’s by chance as Chris ran 28:23 and Jane stopped the clock at 29:31.

Ballincollig parkrun:
We like to drop in with friend of the club Riina Kuuselo who still lists K&D as her club. She scorched round in 19:42. Wonder if she fancies a regular scandi-uk commute for XC still?

Exmouth parkrun:
A late autumn Devon trip for Ainsley Wainwright who clocked 19:44.

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Weekend Recap: Tissington Away Day, Robin Hood

Tissington Trail Half Marathon:
The annual pilgrimage. En Masse some of K&D’s finest now  routinely spend their end of summer days in Derbyshire. Like some East Midlands Best Exotic Marigold Half Marathon.

Saturday:
Ann Spencer delivered a fine PB performance on Saturday. But it was sibling teamwork that had Isabel & John Collins leading the men and women for K&D home.  A great day for the Collins’ as Isabel, John and Alice all took 3 of the top 4 K&D led spots (Alice recently moved to Watford but as a Collins she’s always K&D of course!). Their dad Nigel also rounded out the Collins Saturday with a super 1:59:51. His first sub-2 Half. 27 K&D ran the half on the Saturday.

Chip TimeFirst NameSurnameChip TimeFirst NameSurname
1:53:11
1:53:11		Isabel
& John		Collins02:11:35SusanWassell
01:54:22AnnSpencer-Dowdeswell02:13:50AmandaMarklew
01:56:15AliceCollins02:14:31KellyRock
01:59:10RichardDrakeley02:15:24ClaireDeeley
01:58:24JanHornby02:15:33JackiePaterson
01:59:51NigelCollins02:15:35SiobhanO’Donnell
01:59:48AnnaWilson02:23:36IsabelArthur
02:00:40LornaDavies02:23:41ChrisQuarmby
02:01:00ClaireMaggs02:23:40JaneQuarmby
02:04:20LindaWhitehead02:24:59AmandaCrees
02:05:54LouiseTaylor02:28:47FrancesRamsden
02:11:14TracyDavies02:31:24RebeccaBlunt
02:11:35KatiePrice02:32:44FionaHolland

Tissington 5k:
Three K&D took on the shorter distance on the Saturday too, enjoying a fun five-k frolic:

00:34:34PennyGarnerKnowle & Dorridge
00:35:43JoTorkKnowle & Dorridge
00:37:46MarieHowarthKnowle & Dorridge

Tissington Half Sunday:
The only K&D representative on Sunday, Flick Sharp left a scorching trail behind her as she ran an excellent 1:30:19. Only just outside the 1:30 London Marathon Women’s Championship cut-off. Will we see two Sharps in the Championship pen soon?

Chip TimeFirst NameSurnameClub
01:30:19FelicitySharpKnowle & Dorridge Rc

Robin Hood Half:
Big Dave Carbutt ran a superb 1:27:20 at Nottingham’s Robin Hood Half. With a tough first 5k uphill thats an excellent time for Carbutt. Darren’s lung issues kept him to a training run; wheezing round in 1:37. Kate Marsh was first K&D woman, just pipping Liz Williams 2:03 to 2:04.

NameChip Time
David Carbutt01:27:20
Darren John01:37:46
Kate Marsh02:03:18
Elizabeth Williams02:04:47

Brueton parkrun:

As he warms up for Chicago Marathon Gareth Wainwright put down a superb 16:51 to build his confidence before heading stateside. Watch out Mo!  Newbie Nick Wolley put the cat among the puddings with a 17:27 on his first Brueton outing, whilst Richard ‘Tricky Dicky’ Dixon ran 18:28 to keep the young whippersnappers honest.

Mary Heald battled her lesser half (well, he is a Centurion) Peter to a 20:44 clocking. mary was first woman and most importantly claims Heald House-hold honours. Newbie, and 2nd Wolley was Jessica who clocked 21:11 and left Women’s Captain Rosie rubbing her hands in glee at the additions of Jessica and Kerry Ann Thompson who herself ran 22:13.

Also rubbing his hands, and not just because it was cold, was Gareth Lloyd who PB’d in 27:35. Kerry Ann Thompson’s 22:13 was her 7th PB in a row! Ridiculous form!

York parkrun: 
Novak said it was fast and flat, and his time backed it up as Chris Morgan ran a superb 17:11.

Cannon Hill parkrun:
Johnny Bellman ran a superb 18:44 at Cannon Hill. Equalling his all-time PB.

Huntington parkrun:
23:45 for Kevin Tomkinson on Saturday. Thats a PB on event 321!

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Weekend Recap: Late. Oops.

Apologies champs. Running later than a drunken alligator. 

Great North Run:
Just behind Mo Farah four of our K&D besties beasted the Great North Run. Martin Dedicoat led the way in 1:34:26, Adam O’Nions ran 1:39:08, Mark Ramsay clocked 1:50:07 and Kevin Tomkinson rocked his way round in 2:12:31. Top Running Chaps!

Brueton parkrun:
Gareth Wainwright and Jane Evans went 1-2 for K&D. Gareth ran 17:24 to Jane’s 18:41. Second K&D man was Paul Bentley in 18:46 and third was Pete Makepeace, just missing his PB in 19:33. Behind Jane Evans, Kerry Ann Thompson ran a superb 22:28 and Louise Bell clocked 23:41.

Kerry’s 22:38 was a new PB. High Five. That was Kerry’s 5th PB in a row. Wowzers. She was joined by Lynsey Drakeley in 27:43. Top work ladies.

Leamington parkrun:
Ann Spencer-Dowdeswell ticked Leamington off her bucket list with a 30:26.

Worcester parkrun: 
Phil Wood ran 23:02 down Worcester way.

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Weekend Recap: Kenilworth Half, Keswick Capers and Ann Spits Fire

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Kenilworth Half:
Warwickshire Road Race fun as Kenilworth Half’s new route rolled into town. Chris Sharp and Amanda O’Leardy took home K&D First Finisher’s honours. Chris was 4th overall while Amanda won her age category. Top running. 

Elsewhere a whole host of K&D turned out. See below for the full results:
Chris Sharp – 1:14:56
Rob Michaelson-Yeates – 1:19:52
Richard Dixon – 1:23:24
Paul Bentley – 1:25:28
Michael Swann – 1:26:41
Tim Price – 1:28:45
Amanda O’Leary – 1:32:34
Monica Green – 1:34:24
Andrew Connors – 1:35:50
Max Mladenovic – 1:36:53
Steve Armstrong – 1:37:26
Max Gimson – 1:41:57
Claire Magee – 1:42:20
James Hillier – 1:48:24
John Garside – 1:49:08
Hannah Gibson – 1:49:31
Rob Houlston – 1:51:17
Paul Winwood – 1:51:34
Mark Owen – 1:53:07
Kevin Boake – 1:56:36
Rob Stewart – 1:58:38
Caroline Edwards – 2:28:18

Derwentwater Trails 15km
Beautiful Keswick was home to the Davies and Whiteheads for the weekend as Tracey, Russell, Linda and Keith all took on the Lakeland Trails 15k event.  Superb views going up hill (except for those behind Russell), and wild times downhill for two premier K&D pairings.

Spitfire 10k
Celebrating a 100 years of the RAF, Ann Spencer-Dowdeswell took on the Spitfire 10k at historic Cosford. Home to the RAF museum and of course former home of indoor athletics in England.

Brueton parkrun:
5 of the first 10 men on Saturday at Brueton were K&D. Gareth Wainwright narrowly missing out on a sub-17 as he ran 17:02. Jack Bristow backed him up in 17:30 and Chris Morgan dropped in an 18:30 in the middle of a training run. 

Jane Hunt’s 23:08 led our women while Sarah Cattell (25:05) and Jan Hornby (26:55) rounded out the top 3 for our women. With a 28:05 run Lyndsey Drakeley set a new PB on Saturday. Great running Lyndsey.

Bushy parkrun:
The pilgrimage for Jo Tork, Steve Marks and Sarah Laxton this week as they ran 33:40, 33:48 and 36:09. The Three also got to celebrate Jo Tork’s 50th parkrun.

Chippenham parkrun:
Darren and Kate travelled all the way to the Cotswolds to visit Darren’s favourite ice cream makers. They stopped off to parkrun too on the Sat. Darren’s lungs continued to fall apart as he ran 21:26 and Kate eased her recent sore foot back into things with a 27:11.

Marlay parkrun:
Marlay and Me. Except the dog doesn’t get put down. Siobhan Cotter and Alan Marshall did a spot of touristing running 26:04 and 27:39.

Keswick parkrun:
Two Whitehead’s and a Davies. You bump into K&D everywhere. Russell Davies ran 23:25, Keith Whitehead clocked 26:03 and Linda Whitehead ran 31:01. Was Tracy Davies still in bed?

Stratford-upon-Avon parkrun:
Phil Wood run good. 22:35.





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