Our 5th Handicap Timetrial took place on The Groe, on Friday 14th July with Sarah Helliwell taking the victory by over a minute.
The main headlines were; AJ Bridson hit a personal best, he certainly does excel at these races. Joseph Barnes concerned us all with an electric first lap and Christian Prynne moaned about the positioning and the timing he was given.
However, it was first off Sarah Halliwell who took the victory, and by beating her handicap time by over 2 minutes and 30 seconds, couldn’t be caught. 🏆. Emily Hartles was 2nd with a fine, consistent run knocking over a minute off her targeted time, and Stuart Powell looked very strong taking 3rd, exactly 60 seconds ahead of his predicted time.
Thank you to all 32 of you who took part, thank you to Hannah Wilding on creche duty, and thank you to Eric Apperley and Kate Jones on the start line.
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Next Friday evening. Friday 14th July. 7pm. Our club’s 5th, 5k handicap run will take place around the Groe.
First runner will be off at 7pm.
EVERY CLUB MEMBER will be given a start time based on their Season’s Best 5k or their Season’s Best expected time.
The mass finish will be at roughly 7.48pm.
This is a great , all inclusive, club event. Previous winners have been Noreen O’connor, Steve Evans, Chris Burton and Tania Samuel.
If you have child responsibilities then bring them along. If you have family/partners who are free … can they come and manage a safe ‘creche’ for roughly 45 minutes?
Individual start times will be sent out on messenger over the next few days so check your junk inboxes. If you fancy a 5k pb, this is one of the best race formulas to achieve one.
Post run drink and celebrations will be held in the Greyhound from 8pm.
Please come and support.
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The Fourth Handicapped 5k took place on December 22nd on a cold, dark and damp evening. 10 runners chasing down the runner in front or being hunted by the runner behind.
A great opportunity for the competitive beast inside you to run a fast 5k. A personal best 5k by Kate Jones of 20.09 wasn’t quite enough to get onto the podium but well done on a cold, dark and damp evening.
First to cross the line was Chris Burton 🏅 smashing his pb by over 2 minutes, 2nd was our chairman Christian Prynne 🥈 who ran his fastest parkrun course of the year. Third was Raymond Davies 🥉 despite running a 22 mile mountain trail race just 5 days before. Well done all 👏.
Chris Burton is the fourth winner of this challenge following on from Steve Evans, Noreen O’Conner and Tania Samuel
Our Third members 5k handicap was held on the Groe on Monday 2nd August at 6:30pm. Great to see so many club members competing. Results are shown below:
Results of 3rd Members 5k handicap race , 2nd August 2021
| Name | Handicap | Start | Time | Finished Time |
| Tan Sam | 31 | 06:30:50 | 27.02 | 06:57:52 |
| Aj Bridson | 28.33 | 06:33:17 | 26.52 | 07:00:09 |
| Gav Samuel | 23 | 06:38:50 | 21.22 | 07:00:12 |
| Nic Kelly | 30.3 | 06:31:20 | 29.53 | 07:01:13 |
| Sandy Brown | 25.47 | 06:36:03 | 25.2 | 07:01:23 |
| Craig Bufton | 22.3 | 06:39:20 | 22.07 | 07:01:27 |
| Lewis Ward | 23.1 | 06:38:40 | 22.51 | 07:01:31 |
| Gunvor Troelsen | 23.04 | 06:38:46 | 22.48 | 07:01:34 |
| Gareth Price | 20.28 | 06:41:22 | 20.14 | 07:01:36 |
| Stuart Cripps | 32 | 06:29:50 | 31.53 | 07:01:43 |
| David Sutherland | 23.43 | 06:38:07 | 23.44 | 07:01:51 |
| Haydn O’Reilly | 18.54 | 06:42:56 | 18.55 | 07:01:51 |
| Stephen Hambridge | 20.21 | 06:41:29 | 20.26 | 07:01:55 |
| Lee Price | 19.08 | 06:42:42 | 19.15 | 07:01:57 |
| Lewis Davies | 22.11 | 06:39:50 | 22.11 | 07:02:01 |
| Sophie Cook | 21.15 | 06:40:35 | 21.29 | 07:02:04 |
| Stafford Rees | 19.01 | 06:42:49 | 19.15 | 07:02:04 |
| Lisa Weetman | 21.51 | 06:39:59 | 22.06 | 07:02:05 |
| Callum Morris | 28.08 | 06:33:42 | 28.39 | 07:02:21 |
| Mel Graham | 26.41 | 06:35:09 | 27.16 | 07:02:25 |
| Vicky Turner | 31.15 | 06:30:35 | 31.54 | 07:02:29 |
| Sarah Cuthbertson | 33 | 06:28:50 | 34.42 | 07:02:32 |
| Ffion Williams | 23.38 | 06:38:12 | 24.2 | 07:02:32 |
| Anna Georgiou | 26.1 | 06:35:40 | 26.59 | 07:02:39 |
| Christian Prynne | 22.05 | 06:39:45 | 23.03 | 07:02:48 |
Results from the second handicap race
Our second members 5k handicap was held on Monday 5th July, 7pm start from the Groe carpark.
Results are listed below
| Name | Predicted | Race | Handicap | Finish |
| Noreen O’Connor | 34.00 | 30.14 | 1.00 | 31.14 |
| Matthew Jones | 28.00 | 24.39 | 7.00 | 31.39 |
| Jo Jones | 35.00 | 31.50 | 0.00 | 31.50 |
| Molly DeWinton | 31.15 | 28.20 | 3.45 | 32.05 |
| Nic Kelly | 33.00 | 30.30 | 3.45 | 32.30 |
| Shannon Price | 32.00 | 29.32 | 3.00 | 32.32 |
| Callum Morris | 30.30 | 28.08 | 4.30 | 32.38 |
| Gareth Morris | 30.00 | 28.21 | 5.00 | 33.21 |
| Gareth Price | 22.00 | 20.28 | 13.00 | 33.28 |
| Ffion Williams | 25.00 | 23.38 | 10.00 | 33.38 |
| Lewis Ward | 24.30 | 23.10 | 10.30 | 33.40 |
| David Sutherland | 25.00 | 23.43 | 10.00 | 33.43 |
| Sandy Brown | 27.00 | 25.47 | 8.00 | 33.47 |
| Lisa Weetman | 23.00 | 21.51 | 12.00 | 33.51 |
| Jo Rees | 22.00 | 20.57 | 13.00 | 33.57 |
| Stuart Cripps | 33.00 | 32.02 | 2.00 | 34.02 |
| Mel Graham | 27.30 | 26.41 | 7.30 | 34.11 |
| Jack Hammond | 20.00 | 19.12 | 15.00 | 34.12 |
| Sophie Cook | 22.00 | 21.15 | 13.00 | 34.15 |
| Stafford Rees | 19.30 | 19.01 | 15.30 | 34.31 |
| Steve Smith | 22.00 | 21.33 | 13.00 | 34.33 |
| Bronwyn Price | 32.00 | 31.34 | 3.00 | 34.34 |
| Christian Prynne | 22.30 | 22.05 | 12.30 | 34.35 |
| Lee Price | 19.30 | 19.08 | 15.30 | 34.38 |
| Anna Georgiau | 26.30 | 26.10 | 8.30 | 34.40 |
| Jenny Farrow | 22.30 | 22.32 | 12.30 | 35.02 |
| Gunvor Troelsen | 23.00 | 23.04 | 12.00 | 35.04 |
| Chris Offa | 25.15 | 26.19 | 9.45 | 36.04 |
| Jack Price | 23:00 | 24.43 | 12.00 | 36.43 |
First members 5k handicap race , 29th May 2021 . Results and picture below.
Results:
| pos | name | handicap | time | diff |
| 1 | Steve | 39 | 33.36 | -5:24 |
| 2 | Calum | 32 | 30.24 | -1:36 |
| 3 | Lisa | 24 | 22.58 | -1:02 |
| 4 | Kate | 24 | 23.17 | -0:43 |
| 5 | Christian | 23 | 22.22 | -0:38 |
| 6 | Lewis | 25 | 24.28 | -0:32 |
| 7 | Owen | 26 | 25:29 | -0:31 |
| 8 | Stafford | 19.30 | 19.23 | -0:07 |
| 9 | Haydn | 19 | 18.54 | -0:06 |
| 10 | Sophie | 22 | 22.01 | +0:01 |
| 11 | Anna | 26 | 26.27 | +0:27 |
| 12 | Jo Rees | 21 | 21.38 | +0:38 |
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