The Brit’s record-breaking mark leads our street and fell round-up from this previous week.
FLEET HALF MARATHON, Hampshire, March 29
Adam Clarke gained by a minute over Chris Davies with 65:43 within the males’s race, whereas Chelsea Baker took the ladies’s class in 73:23. There was additionally one other new British W60 finest additional down the sector.
Clarke’s better of 61:54 got here two years in the past within the Kagawa Marugame Worldwide occasion, and he had a run out within the Hastings occasion final week albeit for his second declare membership Hy AC.
The occasion additionally once more served because the Inter-Companies championships, so many affiliations weren’t given on security grounds nevertheless it was Chris Davies who was second in 66:44.
Royal Navy runner Baker, who took the Inter-Companies ladies’s title was in new territory by setting a private finest by beating her time at Wokingham in February by 16 seconds in 73:53.
This denied Purdue, Clarke’s accomplice, victory by 39 seconds. The Aldershot runner additionally competed within the Kagawa Marugame Worldwide occasion the place she ran a private finest 71:56, albeit practically 4 minutes exterior her finest from 2024.
There was a spate of W60 new finest instances over the previous 12 months with Gee, Elspeth Turner and Clare Elms all concerned in setting new marks on the street. Right here, Gee eliminated considered one of Turner’s marks by slicing 14 seconds with 1:22.28.
Which means the W60 finest has come down by greater than two minutes in a bit of over two years, when Treena Johnson set the mark at 84:33.
Gee stated: “After having come again from three weeks off in January after which operating 84.10 at Wokingham, I assumed I may go sooner and, by no means executed Fleet earlier than, I discovered it a really quick course. It undulates solely very barely and you’ll profit from the ups and downs.”
The previous double London W45 age group winner timed herself by way of 10km in 39:38, 10-miles in 62:58 and stated: “I knew that point if I merely maintained tempo, I may run 82.30. it was my finest run since returning in 2024.”
Does the London Marathon now beckon for Gee and a bash at one other age group mark?
General: 1 A Clarke (AFD) 65:43; 2 C Davies 66:44; 3 M Walker 66:46; 4 T Loughlin (T Bathtub, U0) 68:15; 5 W Ewens 68:28; 6 R Wooden 68:46; 7 J Hutchins (Wok, M40) 68:48; 8 A Rumball (UCL) 68:50; 9 R McTaggart (B’mth) 69:07; 10 E Denham 69:39
M40: 3 L Gatland 70:05
M45: 1 B Livesey 69:47
M50: 1 B Underwood (Poole) 71:36
M55: 1 N Grinnell 71:15
M60: 1 A Leach (NHRR) &4:44; 2 M Slaney (BMH) 83:59
M65: 1 C Boffin Hart) 91:48
M70: 1 R Burton (BMH) 93:53
Girls: 1 C Baker (B&W, W35) 73:53; 2 C Purdue (AFD) 74:32; 3 L Morrison 75:49; 4 Okay Grinyer (G&G) 78:26; 5 Okay Phipkin (Herne H) 78:59; 6 V Duncan 79:19; 7 C Scobie (Ryde, W35) 80:08
W45: 1 L Locks (AFD) 82:05
W50: 1 A Granger (B&W) 81:51; 2 V Ryan (Wells) 85:53; 3 V Buck (Kent) 86:09
W55: 1 J Rockliffe (W tempo) 83:30
W60: 1 S Gee (Windle) 82:28; 2 C Searle (And) 96:37; 3 S Harrison (G&G) (8:48
W65: 1 L Taylor (Farn R) 95:33
W70: 1 J Georgiou (Farn R) 2:03:39
KEW GARDENS HALF-MARATHON, London, March 29
General: 1 O Garrod (Belg) 71:17
Girls: 1 R Bunting (W40) 78:42
W50: 1 S Kedwards (Xempo) 86:00
W60: 1 M Howell 89:48
LYDD 20, Kent, March 29
Charlie Brisley lined himself up for a very good crack on the London Marathon with a slim victory over Mike Walsh in 1:40:38.
General: 1 C Brisley (INEB) 1:40:38; 2 M Walsh (Wolf) 1:41:04; 3 L Dargan (Hast R) 1:56:13
M40: 1 L Rogers 1:56:44
Girls: 1 M Kane (Petts W) 2:15:59
OKLEY 20, Inc Bedfordshire Championships, March 29
General: 1 J Reep (W’boro) 1:51:11; 2 A Beaumont (B Stort) 1:53:32; 3 D Hudson (Hunts, M40) 1:54:36
M45: 1 D Ball (R&N) 1:57:55
Girls: 1 J Gregan (St Neots, W40) 2:10:54
W45: 1 L McDonnell (Wym) 2:19:20
W50: 1 T Alcaraz (March) 2:25:38
OMAGH HALF-MARATHON, N Eire, March 29
General: 1 S McCauley (L’kenny) 66:56; 2 M Fox L’kenny) 68:48; 3 J Speight (Dromore) 70:16
M40: 1 J Doherty (Finn V) 70:17
M45: 1 J Steed Glens) 72;26
M50: 1 D Reid Derry) 70:15
M55: 1 M Smith (N Belf) 75:49
M65: 1 P McGowan 88:38
Girls: 1 A McGlynn (Strabane, W45) 74:10; 2 M McGee (Rosses) 76:53; 3 C Murphy (IRE) 78:49
W40: 1 C McGuigan (Strabane) 79;36
W50: 1 E Crawford (N Belf) 84:05; 2 J Butler 89:36
SAN DOMENICO 20, Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, March 29
General: 1 M Verran (Swan) 1:55:32; 2 O Webb (Card Tri) 1:57:05
Girls: 1 A Rose (Llis) 2:16:04
SHEFFIELD HALF MARATHON, South Yorkshire, March 29
General: 1 S Moakes (Unsanc) 67:57; 2 D Haworth (Hallam) 67:30; 3 J Martin 70:26
M50: 1 P Faucett (Hailsh) 70:22
M60: 1 D Pearce (R’hoggs) 84:39
Girls: 1 C Frankland (W Finish) 78:57
W50: 1 C Lloyd (H’boro &R) 92:04
SWANSEA 10, South Wales, March 29
General: 1 M Roderrick (Tri Exhausting) 54:39; 2 N Gilford (R&N) 55:44
Girls: 1 G Dunne 80:53
VALE OF YORK 10, North Yorkshire, March 29
General: 1 J Cummings (Ilk) 51:10; 2 J Wynne (Knaves) 53:02; 3 L Shacklock (H’gate) 53:27
M55: 1 J Walton (Leeds) 56:22
Girls: 1 J Grant (St Ther, W35) 59:55
W50: 1 H Corridor (Knaves) 66:53
WHITE HORSE HALF MARATHON, Grove, Oxfordshire, March 29
General: 1 J Ellis (Abing) 69:11; 2 J Davis (Dac) 70:26; 3 M Lock (Wit) 71:00
M40: 1 D Blake (Wit) 71:24
M60: 1 D Wilson (L’down) 87:56
Girls: 1 N Roebuck (Wit) 82:46
W55: 1 Okay Wright (Strat) 86:55
W65: 1 R Corridor (Eynsh) 1:43:26
WOLVERHAMPTON 10km, West Midlands, March 29
General: 1 O Ahmed (Bir) 30:18
Girls: 1 A Hadley (Tip) 38:52
YEOVIL HALF MARATHON, Somerset, March 29
General: 1 S Reynolds 70:48
M50: 1 R Tew 80:09
Girls: 1 H Blundy 78:07
MIDLAND COUNTIES YOUNG ATHLETES 5km CHAMPIONSHIP, Sutton Park, March 28
The younger athletes problem 5km noticed three races the place girls and boys ran collectively in every age group as a prelude to the senior relays which adopted later within the day.
High performer was Newcastle Staffs Charlie Brown whose 15:36 for the undulating Sutton Park course was faster than that achieved by the older under-17s. Brown stated: “We ran collectively for the primary mile after which the uphill was in opposition to the wind.”
In a better race it was Mansfield’s Jack Pares who narrowly took the honours from Noah Homer in 15:54. Pares stated: “We had been collectively all of the was then after I obtained across the final nook and screwed it.”
The youthful ladies and ladies’ outcomes additionally noticed a sooner time within the under-15 class as Evie Clifton of Mansfield ran out quickest with 18:17.
U17 Males: 1 J Pares (Mansf) 15:54; 2 N Homer (RSC) 15:58; 3 T Mumvuri Newc St) 16:00
TEAM: 1 Mansfield 15; 2 OWLS 35; 3 Daventry 38
U15 Boys: 1 C Brown (Newc St) 15:36; 2 J Mayneord (Swin) 15:52; 3 F Byrne (Swin) 16:47
TEAM: 1 RSC 37; 2 BRAT 40; 3 Mansfield 48
U13: 1 J Beeching (Notts) 17:52; 2 C Coleman (Right here) 17:56; 3 F Evans (Newc St) 18:03
TEAM: 1 Mansfield 21; 2 Notts 29; 3 Tipton 43
U17 Girls: 1 I Ciancio (Worc) 18:55; 2 F Collins (Hales) 19:01; 3 L Dundas (Stoke) 19:10
TEAM: 1 Halesowen 23; 2 Mansfield 29
U15 Women: 1 E Clifton (Mansf) 18:17; 2 L Williams (Tip) 18:58; 3 E Griffiths (Corby) 19:02
TEAM: 1 Mansfield 11; 2 Tipton 18
U13: 1 S Brumfit (Mansf) 19:19; 2 Z Dushkina (Charn) 20:05; 3 R Tanassee (N’ton) 20:06
TEAM: 1 Mansfield 20; 2 Tipton 38
NORTH OF ENGLAND YOUNG ATHLETES 5km CHAMPIONSHIPS, Carlisle, Cumbria, March 28
Jake Norris took a detailed under-17 males’s race from Alfie Cook dinner in 15:20 nevertheless it the ladies and ladies’ races it was under-15 Gabrielle Pinder who was quickest with a 17:18 clocking.
This was nicely exterior her 16:21 private finest set in Cheshire final Could.
The North of England, not like the opposite areas, didn’t provide an under-13 occasion for boys or ladies.
U17 Males: 1 J Norris (Leeds) 15:20; 2 A Cook dinner (Gate) 15:27; 3 P Hayton-Powell (NSP) 15:28
TEAM: 1 Blackburn 20; 2 Darlington 43; 3 E Cheshire & T 44
U15 Boys: 1 P Wayman (Border) 15:55; 2 H Shatwell (Inventory) 16:01; 3 M Gaylor (Morp) 16:12
TEAM: 1 Darlington 27; 2 Border 40; 3 Elswick 65
U17 Girls: 1 R Murphy (Liv) 18:18; 2 H Cross (Liv) 18:21; 3 O McManus (Salf) 18:36
TEAM: 1 Liverpool 10; 2 Salford 19
U15 Women: 1 G Pinder (N Marske) 17:18; 2 O Murphy (Birt) 17:28; 3 B Soper (Sale) 18:08
TEAM: 1 Liverpool 22; 2 Sale 23; 3 Salford 32
SOUTH OF ENGLAND YOUNG ATHLETES 5km &3km CHAMPIONSHIPS, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, March 29
Ewan Piley and Daniel Wooden made the lengthy journey up from Jersey to Milton Keynes and got here out on prime of the under-17 males’s race, however there have been solely 18 different runners of their age group.
It was higher within the under-15 boys’ occasion the place Oliver McDonald was first house from the 36 rivals with a 15:36 clocking.
For the ladies and ladies, the most effective efficiency got here from Sutton & District’s Aaliyah Tharmakulasingam who took the under-17 ladies’s 5km by greater than two minutes in 17:31.
Not a lot slower was under-15 ladies’ race winner Sophie Bickerstaff who ran 17:41 for her 5km.
The under-13s ran simply 3km and Madison Kindler saved her unbeaten profitable streak with a ten:12 effort.
U17 Males: 1 E Piley (Jers) 15:30; 2 D Wooden (Jers) 15:40; 3 L Hemmings (P’boro &NV) 15:46
U15 Boys: 1 O McDonald (Dac) 15:36; 2 F Williams (Mattress C) 16:13; 3 L De Giovanni (Ports) 16:16
U13 (3km): 1 B Welch (WSEH) 9:42; 2 Z Evans B&B) 9:45; 3 N Mazieres (Learn) 9:47
U17 ladies: 1 A Tharmakulasingam (S&D) 17:31; 2 C Bulloch (WSEH) 19:39; 3 S So (B’wooden) 19:48
U15: 1 S Bickrstaff (B’wooden) 17:41; 2 Z Tate (Wyc P) 18:07; 3 Okay McCrabbe WSEH) 18:12
U13 (3km): 1 M Kindler (B’wooden) 10;12; 2 L Graham (St Mary’s) 10:22; 3 L Esterhuysen (B’wooden) 10:48
DONCASTER 5km, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, March 27
General: 1 G O’Connor (Sheff U) 14:58; 2 M Jones (Sheff RC) 15:03
M50: 1 A Glossop (Hallam) 16:49
M60: 1 J Harlock (CoH) 17:53
Girls: 1 L Skinner (Off Sofa, W35) 16:41
W55: 1 N McNally (Peni) 20:42
LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 5km, Hyde Park, London, March 27
General: 1 N Taylor 15:29
M50: 1 R Taylor (Serp) 16:58
M60: 1 J Barker (Hav’g) 18:41; 2 A Inexperienced (North Tri) 18:46
M70: 1 I McKie (E Lon) 21:03
Girls: 1 P Henson (Leeds, U18) 17:03
W50: 1 a Farrell (Tun W) 20:17
W55: 1 J Kent (Barn) 20:46
W60: 1 R Hutton (S Lon) 20:38; 2 P Main (S Lon) 22:47
U13: 1 S Davies (B’wooden) 17:23
CHICHESTER CORPORATE CHALLENGE, Race 3, West Sussex, March 25
General (4.5km): 1 O Sumba 13:29; 2 G Gathercole (THH) 13:39; 3 O Tipping 13:44
M45: 1 J Baker (Chich R) 14:08
Girls: 1 A Klidjian 15:26; 2 E Hill (Chich R) 15:29; 3 B Naylor-Davis (Seaf Col) 15:34
INTER-SCHOOLS ROAD RUNNING CHALLENGE, race 3, Chichester, West Sussex, March 29
Within the age group races, yr 9 and South of England Beneath-15 cross-country sixth placer, Jonah Tildesley broke the two.8km course document with 8:15.
Boys Yr 9 & 10 (2.8km): 1 J Tildesley (St Ed) 8:15; 2 J Stewart (B Luffa) 8:23; 3 E Galloway (Fareham) 8:26
Yr 7&8 (2.1km): 1 S Liddiard (Meon) 6:41; 2 F Smith (Cams H) 6:41; 3 I Hatton (Durr) 6:43
Women Yr 9/10 (2.1km): 1 B Lendrum (B Luffa) 7:03; 2 I Shaw (Swanmore) 7:09; 3 F Fooks (Ports Col) 7:22
Yr 7/8: 1 E Pemberton (Churchers) 7:04; 2 S Grainger (H Cort) 7:16; 3 A Adams (Ports) 7:32
CHASE THE MOON 10km, Battersea Park, London, March 25
General: 1 M Sanderson (B’wooden, U20) 31:20
Girls: 1 M Bryan (VP&TH) 35:14
Listed below are some additional outcomes, courtesy of Denis Shepherd
KILOMATHON, Edinburgh, March 29
General (13.2km): 1 M Smith (Ashf) 2:22:16; 2 B Holmes (S&SH) 2:26:14; 3 Okay Lecher (CoH, M35) 2:27:01; 4 S Cumming (E Suth) 2:27:28; 5 D Selman (Cors, M35) 2:28:08; 6 J Johnson (Bev, M35) 2:30:46
M40: E Cameron (VPH&TH) 3:32:23
M50: T Gavin (Edin) 2:47:20
M55: M Stewart (Keith) 2:53:16
M60: Rob Soutar 2:57:20
M65: Tadeusz Zaranko 3:24:41
Girls: 1 M Gibson (Ealing E, W40) 2:38:48; 2 Kirsty Oldham 2:45:40; 3 E Soanes (Bev) 2:47:10; 4 Antonia Seeger 2:53:32
W45: Katja Juhart 2:57:20
W55: W Chapman (Sund S) 3:06:19
TOM SCOTT MEMORIAL 10, Strathclyde Park, Motherwell, March 29
General: 1 L Hannigan (Kilb) 49:08; 2 C Hawkins (Kilb) 49:35; 3 L Rodgers (Fife) 51:18; 4 J Heathwood (Kilb) 52:54; 5 T Connelly (Bella R) 53:29; 6 S O’Neill (L’gow) 53:34
M40: C Reilly (Cambus) 54:13
M50: J Reid (Cambus) 60:02
M60: G Matheson (Falk VH) 63:39
M70: J Scott (Edin) 75:02
TEAM: 1 Kilb 7; 2 Fife 30; 3 Dund R 45
Girls: 1 Y McNairn (Giff N, W40) 60:10; 2 E Curran (Kilb) 61:15; 3 M Reid (I’clyde) 61:30; 4 M Sandison (Spr’brn, W40) 64:29
W50: A Mason (Shett) 65:00
W60: N Crombie (Kilb) 80:24
TEAM: 1 Dund R 29; 2 Regulation 37; 3 Bella R 51
MORAY ROAD RUNNERS 10km, Miltonduff, March 29
General: 1 R Regan (I’ness) 30:42; 2 S Cumming (E Suth) 32:15; 3 G Lennox (E Suth, M40) 33:02; 4 S Milton (Moray) 34:28
M60: R Wynne (Gari) 40:23
Girls: C Fraser (I’ness) 37:53
W60: J Nicol (Forres) 47:22
U18: Elena Margallo 43:04
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BIRNAM HILL CLASSIC, Birnam, Perth-shire, March 28
General (4M/1100ft): 1 M Knowles (C’thy) 27:26; 2 L Fisher (C’thy) 28:24; 3 F Lydon (C’thy) 29:35; 4 Okay Hardie (Hurt, U20) 29:48; 5 L Thomas (Ross C, U20) 29:55; 6 F Selmer Duguid (Birn W, U20) 31:18
M40: C Pantrey (Q Prk) 34:35
M50: G Baxter (Ochil) 35:55
M60: D Reid (W’lands CC) 40:20
M70: N Bradley (Meirion) 49:18
Girls: 1 E Atkinson (Hadd, U20) 35:59; 2 H Czebreszuk (A’deen, U20) 36:47; 3 L Mclelland (L’ber) 38:04; 4 H Mcinally (S’earn) 38:30
W50: A Mudge (Ochil) 40:07
W60: M Hetherington (C’thy) 48:39
U18: A Ross (VPCG, U18) 39:10
COLEDALE HORSESHOE, Ellenborough, March 28
General (13.7km/915km): 1 T Spencer (Darkish Pk) 69:06; 2 S Bentham (Ilkley) 71:16; 3 F Grant (Darkish Pk) 72:18; 4 C Allmond (Amble) 73:07; 5 R Ashworth (Amble) 74:48; 6 M Elkington (Amble) 74:50
M40: G Greenhow (Amble) 80:16
M50: R Jebb (Helm, H) 80:59
M60: D Prosser (Kesw) 1:43:26
M70: Paul Fairman 2:01:08
Girls: 1 G Culling (Helm H) 93:18; 2 S Murray (Kesw) 97:17; 3 R Ratcliffe (Sadd) 97:32; 4 S Taylor (Helm H, W40) 97:46
W50: H Robinson (Kesw) 1:40:46
W60: S Hodgson (Kesw) 1:48:40
PENDLE, Barley, March 28
General (7.3km/457m): 1 W Walker (Clay) 32:22; 2 L Foley (Horw) 32:34; 3 Sam Gunning 32:40; 4 T McKee (Cald V, U20) 33:00; 5 J Daly (Traff) 33:19; 6 S Eastwood (Slaith) 34:08
M40: T Mason (Wharf) 34:16
M60: I Holmes (Bing) 35:55
M70: Okay Taylor (Ross) 58:18
Girls: 1 H Smith (Wharf, W40) 39:07; 2 R Sinclair (Nidd) 40:22; 3 A Whelan (Bux) 41:14; 4 T Duffy (Ross, U20) 44:25
W50: N Geere (Spen) 51:34
W60: L Whittaker (Wharf) 56:11
