Cransley Half

Well done to Tom Sullivan and Jon Dilworth for completing the Cransley Half Marathon, Jon's second half in as many weeks.

43 Tom SULLIVAN 1:47:32
55 Jon DILWORTH 1:51:43

Northampton Parkrun

20th September
8 Ilir BRECA 18:51
62 Wendy PARKER 23:19
74 Mark KENNEDY 23:58
81 Eamon KENNEDY 24:23 - pacer
91 Elaine PALMER 24:55
105 Paul GRAY 25:23
145 Tony KENNEDY 27:26
181 Pauline HORNE 29:50
232 Elizabeth PARKER 35:27
233 Ronnie AMBROSE 35:41 - pacer

13th September
27 Ilir BRECA 21:02
28 Ronnie AMBROSE 21:04
41 Sarah JONES 22:15
71 Tom SULLIVAN 23:52
143 Jo LETTS 27:41
218 Elizabeth PARKER 35:05
219 Wendy PARKER 35:06
232 Suzanne BALDWIN 41:05
236 Claire SPOKES 41:44

Northampton Half Marathon

The second running of the wonderful Northampton Half Marathon offered a course with plenty of interesting twists and turns.

Starting in the Town Centre, runners did two laps along St Giles Street, down Spring Lane and along Derngate past the Guildhall before heading towards Beckets Park towards Brackmills via Midsummer Meadow.  

The first big climb came at Hardingstone then a lap of the village along Newport Pagnell Road past plenty of well wishers on the course.  

Mile seven started another long climb up to Great Houghton before slipping off road through the lovely Brackmills Country Park.  Thankfully the loop of the industrial estate had been removed but the sting in the tale was an extra half mile off road in front of Delapre Abbey to sap the legs before a well suported finish.

A beautiful point to point course in our home town and well worth a shot at again next year.

On the course, David Green finished second overall and was first in the County Champs in a time of 1:13:05.

Tony Letts also picked a medal winning his age category and grabbing a PB too in 1:20:18.

Mark Kennedy enjoyed a good run in 1:36:41 and Sarah Jones also scored a PB in 1:42:30 with Richard Wild accompanying her around the route.  Rob Donovan finished in 1:44:58 John Eales was next in 1:45:01 followed by Jon Dilworth with a huge PB of 1:46:30.  

Richard Franks was delighted to break two hours in 1:59:20 and a huge well done to Paige Pinckard finishing in 3:25:30.

Massive thanks to all the supporters around the course and at the finish line too.

2 David Green 1:13:05
8 Tony Letts 1:20:18
102 Mark Kennedy 1:36:41
147 Sarah Jones 1:42:30
148 Richard Wild 1:42:30
178 Rob Donovan 1:44:58
182 John Eales 1:45:01
199 Jon Dilworth 1:46:30
326 Richard Franks 1:59:20
389 Paige Pinckard 3:25:30

Dunstable Challenge

Mark Garrett, Martin Rowe and Jasmine Banks completed the Dunstable Downs Challenge Marathon on Sunday 14th September, which is now 27 miles long.

 

Mark actually entered in the 20 mile but missed the cut-off and did the full marathon plus two extra miles when the group he was with all went the wrong way, so 29 miles for in all.

Great North Run

Were any of these the one millionth finisher? Of course not, they were all too quick.

Well done to everyone who coped in the huge crowds and hot conditions, celeb spotting and high fiving all round.

407 Matthew Brand 1:26:28
6705 Tom Sullivan 1:50:41
8170 James Anderson 1:53:38
8323 Eamon Kennedy 1:53:57
9820 Des McGrath 1:56:42
25956 Kirsty Turner 2:24:58
27623 Keren Irving 2:28:16
41357 Alan Hackett 3:57:07

This Sunday is the bigger and better Great Northampton Run...

Parkruns

6th September
Northampton Parkrun
41 Sarah JONES 22:03
42 Joe MCMANUS 22:04
112 Mick BHOGAL 26:22
134 Tony KENNEDY 27:15
151 Helen BLACKBURN 28:29

Cannon Hill parkrun, Birmingham
43 Mark KENNEDY 20:49

Poole parkrun
416 Jonathan TICE 30:10

30th August
7 Ilir BRECA 19:03
27 Ronnie AMBROSE 21:33
37 Sarah JONES 22:04
50 Wendy PARKER 23:08
53 Tom SULLIVAN 23:14
64 James ANDERSON 23:38
65 Mark KENNEDY 23:39 Pacer
87 Elaine PALMER 24:33
119 Paul GRAY 26:00
138 Mick BHOGAL 26:39
160 Tony KENNEDY 27:53
174 Helen BLACKBURN 28:48
244 Mary SULLIVAN 34:51 Pacer