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Weekend Recap: Racing All Over

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Oundle 20:
20 miles for Paul Winwood and Paul O’Donnell at the Oundle 20 as they warm up for marathon season. Paul of the O’Donnel variety ran 3:01:38 while Paul of the Winwood variety ran 3:07:37.

Notts 20 Miler:
Three Amigos took on 20 miles round Nottingham as Catherine Sherlock, Anna Bousfield and Sam Morgan all ran within 60 seconds of each other. They ran 3:38:18/3:38:56 and 3:38:58. I’ll leave you to guess who put a sprint in at the end.

Lisbon Half:
Jan Hornby (2:42:48), Amanda Marklew (2:42:49) ran Lisbon Half. As did Penny… but I couldn’t find her in the results. If anyone has her result please let us know!

Stafford Half:
Louise Kemp took on her first half and ran herself the superb time of 2:22. Nice and easy to remember!

Eton Dorney Half:
Flick and Chris Sharp celebrated their 6yr anniversary (congrats!) by doing what all good running couples do. Racing. Chris, ever the gent, paced Flick to the London 2020 Championship Qualifying time of 1:29. Though we’re sure she’d have gone faster without having to drag him round. Although you obviously don’t have to run London if you qualify, a Championship Start is seen as the dream of many a runner. It’s 1:15 for senior men, 1:30 for senior women.

Reading Half:
Rachel Gifford and Jess Woolley warmed up for the spring racing season with a pair of swift HM times. Rachel made it London Marathon 2020 Championship Start Qualifier #2 of the weekend with a super 1:26:04. Jess Woolley will be starting to eye the 1:30 standard as she ran 1:34:30.

Hampton Court Palace Half:
Amanda Crees and Katie Price checked out the local manor in Hampton and came away with a good couple of HM times running 2:21:39 for Amanda an an excellent 2:00:52 for Katie.

Bath Half:
George de Bolla opened up his HM season with a 1:24:42. Quick.

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Weekend Recap: Max Ultra and a Right Royal Half

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Endurancelife Ultra:

Congratulations to Max Mladenovic who completed his first ever Ultra. Max is on a mission training for Comrades in South Africa and as part of his training completed the ultra in siberian like conditions. He still ran in shorts though. Nobbly Knees galore going red raw in the cold. 

Max completed the Endurance Life Sussex 36 mile Ultra in 5:56.

Hampton Court Half:

With snow causing a raft of cancellations around the country one of the only runs that survived was the Hampton Court Half.  Of course K&D were represented there.

Simon Bentley enjoyed a strong 1:22:25 run in dodgy conditions and a day after spending hours in Sutton Park in the bitter cold. Impressive as he returns to his blisteringly fast ways. The long suffering protege of Simon’s, Rachel Aston skated round in 1:57:33. They were followed by Amanda Crees who forgot her K&D buff in the big freeze but still managed a 2:22:48.

Brueton parkrun:

Brueton surprisingly escaped the big freeze. It’s ability to become soggy even in mild conditions can be a pain at freezing point but our runners were able to get a good, if bracing, run out. With 24 K&D runners in Sutton numbers were down but they were led round by Paul Bentley in 19:22. Behind him Lloyd Barton and Steve Armstrong made welcome appearances on the K&D podium. Lloyd clocked 21:34, just pipping Steve in 21:38.

Flick Sharp made another welcome return, enjoying her first post-baby K&D topper. Dipping under 24 Flick ran a 23:58 to take the headlines. Continuing the baby theme Mary Heald pushed her’s to a 24:26. Sarah Cattell rounded out the top 3 in 24:35.

There was a PB for Gareth Lloyd on his third parkrun – running 30:17. He can now start eyeing that 30 min barrier with intent! Just behind Gareth was Kelly Cridland, on her second parkrun she ran 32:12. Well done team!

Bushy parkrun: 

Pre-Hampton Court Half we found Amanda Crees making the pilgrimage to Bushy. Amanda ran 30:14 at the spiritual home of parkrun.

Coventry parkrun:

Simon Battson swapped his usual KIngsbury home for Coventry.  He ran 25:47.

Cannon Hill parkrun:

Ainsley Wainwright ran a very swift 20:52 at Cannon Hill. 

Shrewsbury parkrun:

Ann Spencer-Dowdeswell made a trip to the land of Shrews. She clocked 28:45.

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