Monday 29 December 2014

Christmas Fun Part Two - Parkruns

Two Parkruns in two days is enough to challenge those fast legs but the 9am Christmas Day run got everyone in the mood for their turkey (or vegetarian option).  Plenty of Christmas hats, dogs and festive fun were in attendance at the Racecourse as part of the 300+ runners and fantastic volunteers gt the festivities off to a start.

27th December 2014
Northampton parkrun
9 Ilir BRECA 18:31
31 Mark KENNEDY 20:47
52 Sarah JONES 21:55
55 Pete MOOR 22:04
68 Beckie HOLLOWELL 22:54
94 Jon DILWORTH 24:17
96 Eamon KENNEDY 24:25
187 Richard ROSE 29:57

Wolverhampton parkrun
7 Tony LETTS 18:16

Corby parkrun
55 John EALES 38:44


Christmas Parkrun
5 Ilir BRECA 18:24 

12 Richard WILD 19:35
21 Mark KENNEDY 

35 Martin ANDREWS 21:37
38 Pete MOOR 21:40 
39 Sarah JONES 21:41 
51 Wendy PARKER 22:34 
52 Ronnie AMBROSE 22:34
67 Mark GARRETT 23:08
78 Roger TAYLOR 23:25
98 Eamon KENNEDY 24:08 

112 Mark LEWIS 24:35
117 Jon DILWORTH 24:48
125 Mike PALMER 25:07 

138 Elaine PALMER 25:42
200 Andy COTTRELL 28:39
212 Richard ROSE 29:54
252 Lynsey LOU 32:06 

274 Sally GARRETT 34:29
287 Rachel PALMER 36:22

Saints & Sinners Mystery Run

The Friday mystery run proved a great success with gangs of headless chickens running in circles around Kingsthorpe and in all directions of the compass shining lights in people’s eyes.

The format was to visit as many Churches or pubs within one hour gaining 4 pts for a church and 2 for a pub.

Only one team made a plan, (Eamon, John and Suzanne) or were they confident enough to give the others a head start.

Local knowledge and looking where you have been going when out were definite advantages and being able to write whilst running is a skill not many seem to have.

With 58 points winners on the night were the team of Wendy, Beckie and Steve. Good local knowledge and Beckie’s race face were an unstoppable combination.

At 52 points there was then a tie between two teams who followed very different routes.

Team Eamon + Suzanne and John tied with Team Martin + Ronnie, Darren and Dave.

The other teams involved all got beat by the clock and had to suffer disqualification under the severe rules. There is no appeals process either.

48 pts in 2 hrs Mary, Avtar, Rachel, Karen, Colin, Jags.

44 pts in 1 hr and 1 min Jasmine, Martin and Micky (try coming more often you might know your way round) Bhogal.

38 pts Jocelyn, Mark 1, Mark2, Roger (more church required)

I managed 62 pts after spending time at work planning a route with military precision. Therefore well done to all and I don’t think we have lost anyone.

P.s we (Mark, Suzanne, Darren, Dave) then won the jackpot on the quiz so free beer for the evening also.

Merry Christmas, Mark G

Christmas Fun Part One - Letchworth

Another great turnout for the club with 25 party goers making their way to Letchworth for the Christmas Cross Country.  It was Santa hats at the plenty as the large field braved the early morning wind. 

A new course at Letchworth started with a novel meeting point in a converted barn for the changing rooms, sporting a tractor as the centre piece.

The route was a little longer than others just topping 5.5 miles which was mostly flat across scenic countryside.

There was two great team performances, the ladies finished 8th overall with Beckie, Wendy and Elaine scoring.

The men finished 7th and included a storming 3rd place by David and 13th overall for Tony.  Dave Blackburn sported hat of the day and Mark Lewis made his XC debut.

The NRR team continues to go from strength to strength with consistent numbers and fantastic encouragement from all.  This time we almost outstayed the organisers...it must have been the lure of mince pies.



Ladies
161 Beckie Hollowell   
181 Wendy Parker  
224 Elaine Palmer 
245 Jo Smith 
258 Jo Letts
272 Mary Sullivan 
276 Kirsty Turner 
284 Helen Blackburn 
285 Rachel Palmer 
291 Keran Irving 
292 Carol Whatton 
293 Lynsey Brecani 
297 Sally Garrett 

   
Gents
3 David Green 
13 Tony Letts 
41 Ilir Brecani 
82 Mark Garrett 
95 Mark Kennedy 
115 Dave Whatton 
133 Ronnie Ambrose 
154 Dave Blackburn 
172 John Eales 
186 Tom Sullivan 
198 Martin Andrews 
212 Mark Lewis 

Sunday 28 December 2014

Watlington XC 10k

The fearless five took on the Watlington XC 10k on 14th December. The two steep hill climbs don't get any easier but are more than compensated by two glorious downhill sections.

Tony Letts 41.58 (3rd place)
Ronnie Ambrose 55.57
Wendy Parker 1.01
Jocelyn Granger 1.03
Joanne Letts 1.06

Monday 22 December 2014

Parkrun

Northampton 20th December
9 Ilir BRECA 18:38
22 Mark KENNEDY 19:56

63 Sarah JONES 22:41
80 Jo LEE 23:56
172 Helen BLACKBURN 29:26


Northampton 13th December
8 Stuart DRUMMOND 19:10
14 Richard WILD 19:55
28 Mark KENNEDY 20:45
38 Sarah JONES 21:41
99 Jo LEE 25:51
111 Mick BHOGAL 27:04
172 Richard ROSE 32:02

Corby

56 John EALES 33:59

John's Chrstmas PB

John Eales gained a new PB at the Sneyd 10 mile Pudding Run on the 14th December with a time of 1.16.54.

Well done John.


Wednesday 10 December 2014

Bedford Half Marathon

The Bedford Half is always a popular event for local runners and this year was no exception for NRR.  A challenging course offers a generally downhill finish which can surprise a few with a PB.

Fantastic run from Ilir with a 1:26:58 finish and Mark Kennedy and Roger Taylor made there half comebacks with 1:35:44 and 1:48:20 times.

Huge PBs for Jon Panter and Sarah Jones who both broke 1:40 for the first time and well done to Lyndsey Brecani for knocking around 25 minutes off her last half.

Great runs by everyone and special mentions go out to Richard Wild and Sharky for pacing Sarah Jones and Sue Summers.

Also, great work from Caroline for arranging a good social afterwards too.

Ilir Brecani - 1:26:58
Mark Kennedy - 1:35:44
Jonathan Panter - 1:38:17
Sarah Jones - 1:39:40

Richard Wild - 1:39:40 - pacer
Penny Andrews - 1:41:50
Charlotte Yarker - 1:44:15
Pete Moor - 1:44:57
Roger Taylor - 1:48:20
Eamon Kennedy - 1:49:51
John Eales - 1:49:51 (were they tied together?)
Caroline Powell - 1:57:57
Jon Dilworth - 2:01:53
Bob Bateman - 2:04:20
Andy Cottrell - 2:13:26 - pacer
Sue Summers - 2:13:28
Lynsey Brecani - 2:34:06

Parkrun 6th December

A quiet Parkrun this week with many recovering from Christmas parties and resting for Bedford.

10 Ilir BRECA 19:39

40 Mark KENNEDY 21:58 - Pacer
 41 Pete MOOR 21:58
156 Helen BLACKBURN 29:18

Tuesday 2 December 2014

Two or Three in One Weekend

Another weekend over and plenty of running. 

Mark Kennedy decided to try two races in a day with the Northampton Park in the morning and the Charity Cup 10K in the afternoon.

If two in a day isnt enough then John Ealeswood did three in two days with the Corby Parkrun on Saturday morning followed by a great run at the Wolverton 5 in the afternoon.

Then after a good night's rest, Sunday morning run at Coombe 8 cross country great course.

Wolverton Five

Eight NRR members did the 50th Wolverton Five on the afternoon of Saturday 29th November.

Some great results, John Eales did Parkrun in the morning and Gavin Harris completed his first road race in NRR colours.

133 Dave Whatton 35:24
162 John Eales 37:03
184 Andy Cottrell 38:04

191 Eamon Kennedy 39:04
197 Jon Dilworth 39:20
205 Caroline Powell 40:44
208 Gavin Harris 40:53
250 Colin Bricher 45:30

Charity Cup Kettering

Two NRR members took on the Charity Cup Challenge at Wicksteed Park on Saturday 29th November.

The men's race was the last of the day meaning the 10K route had been churned up for maximum muddiness.  A small field featured some of the best in the county.

7 Tony Letts 38.33
51 Mark Kennedy 46.44

Parkrun 29th November

5 Ilir BRECA 18:32
10 Richard WILD 19:33 - PB (again)

70 Tom SULLIVAN 23:31
81 Mark KENNEDY 23:54 - pacer
86 Paul GRAY 24:14
138 Mick BHOGAL 27:03
167 Helen BLACKBURN 29:09

Corby parkrun
18 John EALES 24:18

Colworth Hare & The Tortoise Marathon

Sharky decided to have a go at a marathon on Saturday 22nd November.  This weekend's adventure was the Colworth Hare and Tortoise Marathon, a five lap multi terrain event with plenty of mud and puddles. Highly recommended by Sharky .. very small field of 29 but great snacks including flat cola.

Andy managed to come in 13th with a time of 4.20.49 ... Colworth Striders certainly know how to stage a race.

St Neots Half Marathon

Apologies to those who ran, missed this one out. Huge PBs for Sarah Jones and Darren Byfield.

307 Sarah JONES 1:41:51
325 Darren BYFIELD 1:43:03
364 John EALES 1:44:20
415 Eamon KENNEDY 1:46:45
485 Pete MOOR 1:50:03
1053 Caroline POWELL 1:53:50
599 Andy COTTRELL 1:55:30