News: Road Running

On Sunday, Peter Crisp finished 50th in the Wokingham Half-Marathon in a time of 1:15:37. In the same race Dean Makar ran 1:24:34 to finish 163rd. There were 2,185 finishers.

On Saturday, eleven club members took part in the Newbury Park Run. They were led home by Sam Hall who was 5th in 17:15. Lucy Hartley was 2nd Lady in 21:58. Full results can be found on the Park Run website (see sidebar)

Newbury athletes were out in force at the Bramley 10/20 and at the first running of the weekly Newbury Park Run 5K.

James Craggs led home a large Newbury contingent in the Bramley 20 finishing 57th in 2:10:42. He was followed home by: Chris Pudney 75th, 2:12:15; Wayne Lillis 83rd, 2:13:42; Rick Wyatt 233rd, 2:30:01; Nicola Rodger 473rd, 2:51:04; Rebeca Coxhead 487th, 2:54:46;  Julie Coxhead 518th, 2:57:44; Charlotte Winton 540th, 2:59:50; Bill Weaver 718th, 3:38:03.

Dean Makar was first Newbury runner to finissh in the Bramley 10 taking 24th place in 1:03:53. Other Newbury finishers were: Mike Robbins 41st, 1:06:23; Floence Barry 325th, 1:32:24; Desmond Fielding 363rd, 1:34:58; Debbie Auer 424th 1:46:57.

At the Park Run, over 300 runners braved the freezing temperatures. David Fry won comfortably in 16:59. Other Newbury finishig times: Sam Hall 17:40; Dave Wright 18:57; Mike Robbins 19:20; James Thomas 22:25; Sam Shopland 23:36; Rebecca Coxhead 26:40; Charlotte Winton 26:43; Liz Harkenss 27:25; Florence Barry 28:04; Emma Carter 32:50; Liana Hamilton-King 32:55; Debbie Auer 33:53.

Entries are now open for the Bayer 10K, 13th May and the Ollie Johnson Kintbury 5, 27th May. Follow the links for details.

Newbury AC athletes were in action at the Romsey 5 and the Basingstoke Park Run.

Irwin Fairclough (30:20) and Rose Metalli (38:48) took the runners-up places in their respective age-groups M55 and F50 at Romsey.

Paul Reeves set a new PB of 21:10 for 5K at Basingstoke where Emiliano Espinar finished 14th in 19:44.

The following races will make up this year’s County Road Running Championships:

Wokingham Half Marathon – Sunday 19th February 2012

Maidenhead Easter 10 Mile – Good Friday 6th April 2012

Wargrave 10K – Sunday 10th June 2012

Abingdon Marathon – Sunday 21st October 2012

Race fee only, no extra cost – but must register for both hosting race and Berkshire Championships

Gold Silver and Bronze for 4 age groups (male and female)

Full details & rules at: www.berkshireathletics.org.uk/rr.htm or contact rr@berkshireathletics.org.uk

Nine Newbury AC athletes were in action on Sunday at the Rough ‘n’ Tumble 10 near Pewsey. Dave Wright was the highest placed amongst them fihishing 16th (1:14:36) in this multi-terrain challenge which features 1200 feet of climbing. Other finishers were: 69th Chris Hobson: 1:23:25; 79th (1st O60) Geoff Anderson: 1:24:38; 121st Karen Kennedy: 1:28:30; 122nd James Thomas: 1:28:32; 159th Bob Taylor: 1:31:47;  212th Peter Choules: 1:35:56; 315th Julie Coxhead: 1:44:30; 325th Becky Coxhead: 1:45:05. There were over 500 finishers.

On Saturday, three club members ran in sub-zero temperatures at the Basingstoke Park Run 5K: 8th Irwin Fairclough: 19:00; 9th Dean Makar: 19:28; 110th Florence Barry: 27:09. There were over 200 finishers,

Many of you have participated in the free, weekly Park Run 5K events at Basingstoke, Swindon, Andover etc. Starting from Saturday 11th February, Newbury will have its own event based at Greenham Common. This should be a great event whether you are looking for a race, some speed-work or a weekly “social” run.

For details see the event website

Seventy-six members and friends completed the 46th running of thel Boxing Day Handicap. Kind weather conditions meant we could use the “normal” course for the first time since 2008. The winner was Ed Fry, following on from his brother Benji’s win in 2010. Alex Muir ran the fastest time of 9:01. Thanks to Keith Scott for organizing the event and to all who helped with marshalling and at the start & finish.

Full results / Photos (thanks to Emma Carter)