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Stroud Half Marathon - 21 October

Bourton Roadrunners were out in force at the Stroud Half Marathon, with some superb results. In a field of over 1100 runners, Shona Crombie-Hicks was 8th lady and 1st vet 40 with 1:21:27. With Steph Lane recording a fantastic 1:29:35 and Claire Harrison (just 2 weeks after Chester Marathon) setting a PB of 1:31:14, Bourton won the 2nd placed Ladies’ Team prize.

Darren Long was the first Bourton man home (and 10th male in the race) in a brilliant 1:24:11 and Nigel Frith showed that he is back from injury with a PB of 1:31:30. Rob Humphris finished in 1:37:35 and Andy McCoombes was 3 minutes quicker than in last week’s Cardiff Half Marathon with 1:38:20.

Steph Holton was next in, smashing her PB by an astonishing 7 minutes with 1:41:23, chased by Chris Dry running his first half marathon in a fantastic 1:43:06. A happy Susan Hunt knocked 5 minutes off her PB in 1:44:58, with David Pyne continuing his steady improvement with a PB of 1:46:01 and Liz Hulcup in a well-paced 1:46:17 for 3rd Vet 60.

Next in was Roger Woodley, finishing his 100th half marathon in 1:47:17, accompanied by John Gibson and Brian Hulcup. Ed Rozier finished in 1:54:37, Shirley Creed 1:58:43 and Lynn Hudson (perfectly paced to break 2 hours) in 1:59:10.


Abingdon Marathon - 21 October

Steve Edwards clocked-up yet another sub-3:15 marathon at Abingdon Marathon, managed to finish in 3:13:05; his 498th sub 3:30 and a 249th sub 3:15. On Saturday evening, Steve felt as though he was going down with a bit of a cold with the usual sore throat etc, so was very happy to record another sub 3:15 despite feeling under the weather. So Preston this coming weekend and all things being well, the luxury of a weekend off before the last one on November 11th.


Blenheim 10k - 14 October

A host of Bourton Roadrunners enjoyed the Autumn sunshine and athletic success at the scenic and challenging Rotary Blenheim 10k. Shona Crombie-Hicks, just a week after triumphing at the Jersey Marathon, continued her winning streak finishing 1st Lady and 10th overall in 39:08. Darren Long was an impressive 13th in 39:38.

Steph Lane stormed to 2nd Lady in 41:52. Rob Humphris had a good solid run in 45:35, as did Brian Hulcup with 46:14. A happy Steph Holton cruised to first LV45 in 48:09, closely followed by Susan Hunt with a personal best time of 48:19 and making up the winning Ladies team. Steadily improving Chris Dry finished in 48:38. Liz Hulcup scooped the LV55 prize in 50:08 and Norm Lane ran a strong 52:07.

The steady stream of Bourton finishers continued with Shirley Creed (who everyone is happy to see back racing) in 53:35, newcomer Ruven Torres in 54:34, Lynn Hudson (3 minutes quicker than last year) in 55:12, an improving Gary Holton in 1:02 and Pam Parton in her 10k debut in a fantastic 1.04.


Leicester Marathon - 14 October

Another glorious Autmumn day and another successful addition to the marathon journey for Steve Edwards, this time Leicester where where he managed to clock 3:10:26 to finish 37th from over 525 starters.


 

 

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Highlights

Bourton ladies get 2nd team prize at Stroud Half.

Serval PB’s achieved at Stroud Half.

Roger Woodley completes his 100th half marathon.


Steve Edwards completes his 498th sub-3:30 marathon.


Shona Crombie-Hicks is first lady at Blenheim 10k with Steph Lane second lady.

Bourton Ladies win the team prize.

Ruven Torres and Pam Parton complete their first 10k races


Steve Edwards finshes Leicester Marathon in 3:10:26.

 

 

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