40 members of Waveney Valley A.C. converged on Gt Yarmouth seafront for race one of this year’s 5-mile Promenade Series. More than 500 athletes took part in the event and the highest placed WVAC runner was Jim Burgess who finished 13th in a personal best 29:22. Leon Neeve was 61st in 32:44, Bob Milner 112th in 34:50, Darrel Roberts 114th in 34:55 and Mike Illingsworth in a pb 35:25. Other club times:- Colin Galer 35:49, Alex Chalmers-Wilkes 36:14, Bill Kingaby 36:45, Ian Hawkes 37:15, Nicole Goffin 37:32, Daniel Critoph 38:03 pb, Susannah Close 38:00, Sonny Neeve 39:18, Daniella Liffen 41:48 pb, Paul Peek 41:16, Jon Andrews 42:10, Louise Harrod 42:50, Dave Catchpole 43:48, Tina Winney 43:40 pb, Steve Betts 44:24 pb, Natalie Brown 44:39, Lisa Cone 46:18, Demelza Hammond 46:30 pb, Donna Milner 47:09 pb, Lauren Finch 47:21, Debbie Foster 49:40, Emma Branch 49:51, Sarah James 50:09 pb, Caroline Clamp 50:12, Tara Carroll 50:47, Angelene Ayers 50:50, Rachael Finch 50:58, Alison Barnard 50:59, Simon Cross 51:38, Samantha Paolantonio 51:44, Rachel Calver 51:50, Kim Stone 54:16 pb, Lorraine Barker 54:32, Jenny Green 58:14.
On a very hot Bank Holiday weekend, club members raced in distances ranging from 5k to the marathon. At the GEAR Kings Lynn 10k, Ricci Wilson finished 101st in 41:59, Mike Quantrill 134th in 43:09 and Ian Hawkes 314th in a personal best 47:22. Just under 2,500 runners competed.
Milton Keynes was the setting for a busy weekend of races with a 5k warm-up event on Sunday, followed by the main event of a half marathon and marathon on Bank Holiday Monday. 5k results:- Sarah Norman 23:17, Matt Baldry 23:17, Angelene Ayers 29:52, Andy Ayers 29:53. There were over 2,000 competitors in the marathon with Waveney’s Karim Ouaddane finishing 73rd in 3.20:51, Andy Ayers 246th in 3.47:45, Matt Baldry 848th in 4.34:20 and Sarah Norman 944th in 4.41:17. In the half marathon, Beth Stephens ran a time of 2.34:55.
In East Sussex, Lisa Wilson took part in the Three Forts Challenge, a 27-mile event over the picturesque South Downs. She completed the tough course in 6.25:57