Parkrun 26

A great turnout from NRR on Saturday.  We had six runners and a number of marshals on the course.  Well done to Sally on her Parkrun debut too.

13 Mark GARRETT 21:37 
49 Mick CLARKE 24:29
52 Jo LEE 24:49
58 Mick BHOGAL 25:18
123 Paula PINNEY 34:34
124 Sally GARRETT 35:46

The UK's Toughest Half

Congratulations to Pete Moor for completing the Snowdonia Marathon in 4:24 today.

The Dirty 2 Dozen W’boro X-Country Sun 28th Oct.

The cross country season kicked off at Croyland Park in Wellingborough and organisers W&DAC put on a great show. The course was extended this year to take the distance up to five miles and the field were offered and few more ups and downs. It was a proper cross-country, the mud was very muddy, the hills were very hilly, and the stream was very wet.

Lots of new faces amongst the NRR team, they were initiated into the joys of cross-country running. It was a pity not to have a camera to record just how muddy and dirty we got.

There were many good runs and smiling, mud spattered faces assured me they would be back for more.

For the ladies, Charlotte Yarker, Becky Hollowell and Jocelyn Granger were the scorers. Jo Lee, Jo Smith, Mary Sullivan, Caroline Cope, Keren Irving, Helen Blackburn and Pauline Horne made up the rest of the field. 

Mary somehow managed to return to the finish with the cleanest kit in the club.

The men’s team saw new boy Chris Lamb finish second overall, NRR’s highest ever cross country placing. Keith Jellyman made a great return to scoring and Stuart Drummond made his NRR XC debut. Mark Garrett recovered from a Tom Daley dive in the stream and Mark Kennedy also scored. Martin Andrews and Jim McGowan completed the scoring.
John Fleming enjoyed a good run and Steve Prior took the accolade of being the muddiest on the course. Tom Sullivan and Dave Blackburn were the usual regulars on the XC scene. Jon Panter, Jon Dilworth and Jags Rattu made their XC debuts.

Ladies results
56th Charlotte Yarker     
59 Becky Hollowell
67 Jocelyn Granger
69 Jo Lee
89 Jo Smith
106 Mary Sullivan
125 Caroline Cope
138 Keren Irving
142 Helen Blackburn
150 Pauline Horne

Men
2nd Chris Lamb
55 Keith Jellyman
72 Stuart Drummond
132 Mark Garrett
145 Mark Kennedy
155 Martin Andrews
156 Jim McGowan
159 John Fleming
161 Steve Prior
225 Tom Sullivan
229 Dave Blackburn
247 Jon Panter
268 Jon Dilworth
295 Jags Rattu

Full Daventry 10 Results

Here are the full results for the Daventry 10.  Apologies to anyone who was missed in the first report, the results were not straightforward to find all our club runners.

WE CAME, WE SAW, WE CONQUERED DAVENTRY 10 MILE SUN 21 OCT

17 of us took part in the 1st running of this new event on the local race calendar.

A number of new faces turned out in the maroon and gold and after group hugs and team talks we set about bringing home some bling.

And what a successful day we had especially in the County Champs which was attached to this event.

3rd Danson Njoka 57-25 3rd overall 3rd county champs 2nd men’s team
10 Andy Blaize 1-02-41 2nd men’s team
18 Rosanna Andrews 1-03-50 1st lady 1st lady county champs 1st ladies team
21 Tony Letts 1-04-33 2nd men’s team
37 Jim McGowan 1-07-51 1st race ever!!
42 Mark Garrett 1-09-54
49 Adrian Tuck 1-11-22
50 Penny Andrews 1-11-27 1stFV45 1st ladies team
60 Martin Andrews 1-14-30
63 Roger Taylor 1-14-59 1st race with us
74 Tom Sullivan 1-16-53 1st MV60
95 Becky Hollowell 1-19-42 1st ladies team
97 Jocelyn Granger 1-19-59 3rd FV45
105 Jim Anderson 1-21-52
120 Mick Clarke 1-25-04
121 Jo Smith 1-25 40
132 Jon Dilworth 1-28-45

NRR Take Dav 10 By Storm

Northampton Road Runners took the new Daventry 10 Road Race by storm.  The ladies won the Female Team event and the men came second in the Male Team Event.

On the course, Danson Njoka was 3rd overall breaking the one hour barrier in 57:26.  Andy Blaze was 10th on the course in 1:02:44 and the male team was completed by Tony Letts in 1:04:36.

Mark Garrett enjoyed a great run in 1:10:02 and Martyn Andrews finished in 1:14:35 followed by Tom Sullivan who was 1st MV60 in 1:17:02.  Jim Anderson recorded a 10 mile PB in 1:21:52 and Mick Clarke was close behind in 1:25:10.

For the ladies, Rosanna Andrews finished in 1:03:54 as 1st Lady and her mum Penny Andrews was 1st FV45 in 1:11:31.  Rebecca Hollowell finished in 1:19:42 just ahead of 3rd FV45 Jocelyn Granger in 1:20:03.  A wonderful line up was completed by Jo Smith in 1:25:56 and Mary Sullivan in 1:28:51. 

3 Danson Njoka 57:26
10 Andy Blaze 1:02:44
18 Rosanna Andrews 1:03:54 - 1st Lady
21 Tony Letts 1:04:36
42 Mark Garrett 1:10:02
50 Penny Andrews 1:11:31 1st FV45
60 Martyn Andrews 1:14:35
74 Thomas Sullivan 1:17:02 1st MV60
80 Rebecca Hollowell 1:19:42
97 Jocelyn Granger 1:20:03 3rd FV45
106 Jim Anderson 1:21:52
120 Mick Clarke 1:25:10
121 Jo Smith 1:25:56
132 Mary Sullivan 1:28:51 

Parkrun

Here are the latest Parkrun results which keep Pete Moor at the top of the Northampton points league.

17 Peter MOOR 20:19
24 Mark KENNEDY 21:25
45 Paul BRADDOCK 23:40
57 Mick CLARKE 24:49
70 Darren BALDWIN 26:14
109 Mark GLENN 29:58

Leicester Marathon

Rob Donovan completed the Leicester Marathon in 4:12, well done Rob.

Mud and Mayhem For Pete

Peter Moor finished 9th in the Mud & Mayhem 10K at Delapre in an impressive time of 45:19.  This was Pete's second race of the weekend after completing the Parkrun the day before.

9th Peter Moor 45:19

The Ridgeway

The Ridgeway is a favourite of Northampton Road Runners.  Of course, road runners by name and off road runners who love nature!

The Ridgeway route is a 15.5K (ish) route that starts with a lovely flat mile before climbing to the top of the Ridgeway for some breathtaking views over the countryside.  After a few more challenging climbs, runners are rewarded with a roller coaster decent through the forest and back to sea level (although the sea is miles away of course).

Mark GARRETT was the first NRR home in 1:12:52 and Alan Burgess, back from France, finished in 1:17:57.  Darren BALDWIN enjoyed a great run in 1:19:44.  Jim Anderson knocked three minutes off last year's time with 1:27:01 and Jo LEE was close behind in 1:27:53.  Jo SMITH completed her favourite event in 1:30:50 just ahead of Suzanne BALDWIN in 1:31:16 and Mick CLARKE 1:35:43.


86 Mark GARRETT 1:12:52
Monsieur Alan Burgess 1:17:57
190 Darren BALDWIN 1:19:44
311 Jim Anderson 1:27:01
325 Jo LEE 1:27:53
379 Jo SMITH 1:30:50
383 Suzanne BALDWIN 1:31:16
442 Mick CLARKE 1:35:43

Perkins Half In Posh Land

As a Cobblers fan writing this report, it is hard to be nice about P*terborough!  Only kidding, Peterborough puts on a great half marathon event and the streets were lined to cheer on a packed field as the Great Eastern Run has now grown to capacity.

From Northampton Road Runners, Andy Blaize was first to finish in 1:23:47 and Rosanna Andrews enjoyed another storming run with a PB of 1:25:02, finishing 157th overall.  Mark Nightingale was close behind in 1:28:11 and Penny Andrews, who is also flying at the moment, crossed the line in 1:35:34.

Charlotte Yarker managed to shake off a recently cold to smasher her PB in 1:43:16.  New member Glen Cousner completed his first half marathon (sporting a Cobblers shirt) in 2:14:04.  Pauline Horne recorded a great time of 2:18:06 and Jagjevan Rattu came home in  2:22:09.

145 Andy Blaize 1:23:47
157 Rosanna Andrews 1:25:02 PB
243 Mark Nightingale 1:28:11
480 Penny Andrews 1:35:34
843 Charlotte Yarker 1:43:16 PB
2669 Glen Cousner 2:14:04
2800 Pauline Horne 2:18:06
2941 Jagjevan Rattu 2:22:09

Seven Park Runners completed the weekly event at the Racecourse on Saturday 13th October.  Well done to Micky Bhogal for making his Parkrun debut.

12 Peter MOOR 20:12
33 Tom SULLIVAN 22:54
36 Rebecca HOLLOWELL 23:12
42 Paul BRADDOCK 23:52
56 Tony KENNEDY 25:03
61 Mick CLARKE 25:46
97 Mick BHOGAL 29:01

Jocelyn's Marathon

London was just a practice for Jocelyn Granger as she compelted the beautiful but tough Kielder Marathon on Sunday 7th October.  The undulating course barely features a flat bit of track but the accolade of "Britain's most beautiful marathon" is correct.

Jocelyn proudly finished in 4.31.15 and was 9th in her age catagory.

Parkrun 6th October

Prior to the second running of the Northampton Magic Mile, the Parkrun took place as normal.  Six NRR members completed the course before Mark and Stuart punished themselves with the mile at 10am.

11 Stuart DRUMMOND 19:28
21 Mark KENNEDY 21:21
34 Steve PRIOR 23:13
42 Jo LEE 23:23
51 Paul BRADDOCK 24:14
61 Mick CLARKE 25:12

The Magic Mile

After this week's Parkrun was the second running of the Racecourse Magic Mile. 

8th Stewart Drummer 5:52.64
13th Mark Kennedy 6:35.62 

Parkrun

A little late but here are the Parkrun results from last week;

13 Stuart DRUMMOND 19:41
15 Peter MOOR 20:08
22 Martin ANDREWS 21:08
26 Mark KENNEDY 21:26
39 Tom SULLIVAN 22:37
50 Steve PRIOR 23:24
70 Paul BRADDOCK 25:04
72 Mick CLARKE 25:15
82 Mary SULLIVAN 25:33