On a scorcher of a weekend we had some performances to match. From Shildon to Sunderland and other places that don’t begin in “s”
Sunderland City 10k/Half Marathon
The 3rd event in the club Grand Prix was the Sunderland Half Marathon with 3 big point scorers for the men and none for the women. A reminder for the grand prix can be seen here so you can bag big points later in the series
Half Marathon
131st
George Day
01:32:34
800th
Tom King
01:58:09
1150th
Matthew Moffat
02:18:36
10k
4th
Duncan Hughes
32:08
174th
Tamsin May
54:10
Leeds Marathon
141st
Joanne Slane
03:52:43
North Eastern Athletics Championships – Shildon
A couple of athletes down to Shildon and got rich rewards with a medal a piece in the 1500 and 5000
UK Inter Counties XC Championships – Wollaton Hall, Nottingham
The final major championship of the season had seen a two members of the club travel to Nottingham the same venue (but different course) from previous additions of the English National cross country. Hatti was selected for the North East team (U17 women) for her successes earlier in the season at the North Easterns and Northerns. Jordan having run in two previous British Cross Challenge Races qualified despite not being picked for the North East.
The conditions, in line with most of the country, were hot a solid 10 degree jump compared to a couple of days ago which provided a large challenge in itself. However each lap having a short but brutally steep climb. Unfortunately Injury overcome Hatti part way through the race and could not finish however at the time was 3rd North East runner at the time.
Senior Men – 10k
171st Jordan Bell 35:18
Hyde Park Relays
Jordan Meikle picked up a second medal as in many weeks with his Reading University team clinching bronze in the Hyde park relays
3rd Team Jordan Meikle 18:21 (5k leg)
The Kingdom Of Northumbria Coastal Ultra – Northumberland Coast
A few members of the club decided to test their metal (and sanity) in tackling the 33 mile race with a large amount of technical sections between Bambrugh to nearly Druidge.
A journey to the capital was in store for a couple of the club to compete in the national cross country and their “reward” was by far and away the muddiest cross country of the season with pace being irrelevant and finishing on two feet and uninjured probably being a sufficient achievement.
Senior Men – 12k
461st
Gary Wallace
56:48
N/A
Jordan Bell
DNF – 2 miles
Northumberland Coastal Marathon
3 Bounders took a seaside visit for the challenging Coastal marathon from Alnwick to Bamburgh via Alnmouth
Tamsin May
6:22:24
Rebecca May
6:22:25
Sasha Alderson-Pollock
6:22:46
Derwent Reservoir 5 + 10 Miler
A large contingent made the short trip to the reservoir for the annual 5 and 10 miler hosted by wild deer. The weather being less than ideal (sideways rain) however some good results come back in return
5 Mile
David Best
33:02
2nd Male
10 Mile
Ashley Slavin
1:02:29
2nd Male
Jonathan Richards
1:13:14
Cheryl Richards
1:26:07
Phillip Nevin
1:28:38
Agnes Bastien-Langham
1:48:45
Rachel Malerick
1:50:39
Samuel Thurlow
1:50:39
Old Monks Trail Race
Final race of the weekend was Monika’s little adventure for Hartlepool Road runners hosted Old Monks Trail Race with a 1st Vet placing being celebrated
A large turnout from the club descended onto Hetton’s finest (and only) country park for the annual Royal Signal relays. In contrast to most years, the course was damp and cold, with the temperature struggling to raise above freezing. No real wind though, so that was something.
Race 1
The Senior women’s and veteran women’s race started the programme. Each team of four had to navigate two 1.1-mile laps each, with a large hill near the start of each lap. So, for newcomers to Hetton, optimistic starts (and deaths) were the order of the day.
We fielded 3 teams (2 senior, 1 vet). Positives could be seen from the races despite the conditions and the misfortune of nearly everyone either suffering from illness or having caught it in the week prior.
Vet Women 19th –1:06:24
Monika Molnar 16:07
Kaye Collins 16:46
Leanne Robertson 15:58
Cheryl Richards 17:33
Senior Women 34th –1:21:49
Elisabeth Middlemas 16:18
Joanna Hughes 21:37
Stacey Bell 20:15
Fiona Bell 23:39
Senior Women B 35th – 1:27:03
Lynda Clough 19:48
Mandy Dixon 21:50
Sarah Berry 26:34
Agnes Bastien-Langham 18:51
Race 2
The Second race of the day was the Senior and Vet men. 6 in a team for this one over the same course and 2 laps each. Both the Vet team and Senior team were constantly overtaking each other throughout the day. With a particular strong leg from Gary who recorded the 12th fastest vet leg of the day. However it was the Vet men team who finished first with Jonny getting the team over the line in a respectable 8th place for the vets team.
British Universities Cross Country Championships – Blackweir fields, Cardiff
A Welsh adventure a course so flat that it made the Northerns last week look hilly. Despite this, and the temperatures plummeting during the day, it showed to be an exciting day in store.
First off Duncan (representing Loughborough) in the Men’s Short Course race (8.2k) and true to tradition the race was run to the tactics of run as fast as you can for as long as you can holding together well in the final stages of the race come away with a very respectable 21st place
In the Final race of the day Jordan (Representing Reading) took part in the Men’s Long Course (10.8k) and only had a top 10 finisher of the Olympic marathon to contend with. Despite the opposition Jordan manoeuvred through the field well to come back as 4th counter for Reading
A successfully day was had by both Duncan and Jordan despite it looking weird with them both not wearing black and yellow for one weekend.
Men’s Short Course – 8.2k
21st
Duncan
Hughes
Loughbrough
00:25:07
Men’s Long Course – 10.8k
242nd
Jordan
Meikle
Reading
00:41:23
North East Harrier League – Temple Park, South Shields
In more local, and less glamourous, surroundings was the return for the harrier league at everyone’s favourite set of football fields and underwater marshlands of Temple Park run the “correct” way around for anyone who had run at the northeastern the previous month.
U11’s
16 Jude Harrison 00:04:16
31 Fenn Harrison 00:04:28
42 Fred Buckley 00:04:43
Under 17 Men (3mile)
22 Ben Heckles 00:22:57
Senior and Vet women (4 mile – ish)
74 Elisabeth Middlemas 00:30:30
218 Judith Errington 00:42:25
229 Fiona Bell 00:46:15
Senior + Vet Men (6 mile – ish)
36 Ashley Slavin 00:34:37
83 David Best 00:37:32
236 Luke Aston 00:46:01
251 Stewy Bell 00:47:42
Dewsbury 10k
68th Gary Wallace 33:52 192nd Keiron Lightfoot 36:09 402nd Mark Temple 38:32
Miami Marathon
A couple of the club took the long adventure to the states to run the roasting a humid Miami Marathon