Tiptree Road Runners

Results from the first summer series race on Tuesday.  

Sean  Ketteridge        14:31

Paul Mingay    15:11

Simon Morgan   15:24

David Milligan  15:35        (new member)

Jamie Fairfull 16:03

Stuart  Meddemmen      16.22

Graeme Moon   16.58

Chris  Long     17.11

Phill Clarke  17:12

Mark  Lawes      17.18

Rob Hadgraft  17.43

Marcos Morley   17.53

Tracey Harrington 18.10

Jim Slater 18.19

Glen Reeve 18.40

Anthony Knight 18.58

Abaigal Morgan 19:22

Gerry Dolden 20:34

Tina Clarke 20.53

Jodie Reeder 20:53

Jo Roblin 21:08

Martin  Avent 21:09

Jo   Dickman 21:14

Paul Shrewbridge  21:18

Chris King 21:19

Roger Duffield  21:19

Val  Rees 23:41

Sarah  Greenham 24:37

John  McVelia  24:58

DawnShilling  24:59

Rose  Haskey – Jones 26:19

Tracy Harrington continued her outstanding season with a county gold medal in the F45 category at the Halstead marathon. Her run of 3:40:30 was just outside her personal best on a tough hilly course. James Haskey-Jones completed his second marathon in a week, running a strong 3:16:29 which gave him a top 50 place and 7^th in the M40 category. Craig Dawson made a great club marathon debut  in 3:29:53, with Stuart Meddeman also completing his first club marathon in 3:42:43.  Graeme Moon continued his improvement with a personal best of 3:49:15, over 9 minutes faster than his time on the much easier London course. Mark Lawes and Richard Lyles made encouraging debuts at the distance with Mark running 3:55:05 and Richard 4:02:02. Peter Bouldstridge was just behind in 4:03:01, with Lynn Baines, 4:39:09, and Andy Goodson, 4:56:46, completing the Tiptree line up.

The Colchester Charity 10K saw another superb performance by Paul Mingay who broke his previous best by 45 seconds, running 35:45 to claim 6^th place and win the veteran’s category. Matt Davey finished in 45:08, with Marcos Morley making his debut at the distance in 49:24. Abigail Morgan ran a huge personal best of 51:27 taking 6 minutes off her previous mark. Simon Morgan finished in 51:30, with Dawn Shilling coming home in 63:36. Rose Haskey-Jones made her 10K debut in 66:04, with John McVelia also completing his first race over the distance in 66:04.

Anthony and Vicky Knight competed in the Tough Mudder, a 12 mile extreme race that featured 25 obstacles including a crawl through electric wires, jumps into rivers from a 15 feet high plank, barbed wire, walls, water, underwater tunnels and plenty of mud. They both completed the course in 2 hours 40 minutes, although Vicky had to go to hospital with bruising and muscle damage.

Ted Skinner posted his fastest Parkrun 5K of the series at Valentines Park, running 20:36 to earn a 75% age grading. The previous week, he completed the Kingston Parkrun 5K in 21:25.

Rob Hadgraft finished the Frinton & Walton 5 mile in 37:37, with Roger Duffield running 43:28 to take 1^st V70. Ian Linton made a cautious return to racing after a six month absence, completing the undulating multi-terrain Alton Water 10K in 54:37. Karen Pearce made her club debut at the distance in 1:10:38.

The London Marathon saw a series of superb performances for Tiptree Road Runners. Sean Ketteridge in his club debut at the distance ran 2;47;34 to take a top 500 place and finish 82^nd in the V40 category. Vicky Knight improved her personal best by two and a half minutes, running 3;26;34 to clinch a top 500 place in the ladies race and set her third personal best of the month. Simon Morgan got over his recent injury problems to finish in 3;41:30.

Graeme Moon, running his second marathon, took more than 20 minutes off his previous mark as he broke the four hour barrier with a run of 3:58:37. Anthony Knight finished in 4;15;23. Chris King ran an even paced race to finish in 4;33;12 to set a new club record in the F50 category. Alison Youles exceeded her target of breaking the 5 hour barrier by taking 14 minutes off her previous mark with a run of 4:53.

Marcos Morley showed great powers of recovery to complete his second marathon of the week in 4:57, following his run at the Brighton Marathon. Carolyn Bownes completed her first marathon with a steady run of 5:10:04.

Entry is now open for the Tiptree 10 - 28th October 2012

See Race web site for full details

RunBritain online Entry form

For online entries, please read the Race Preview before entering.

Adult Main Race and BMAF, please select Adult Main from drop down.

For Eastern Vets, please select Championship levy from drop down.

For further information - office hours - call Mark 01621 817829

May Club race is the Colchester Charity 10K on Sunday 13th May - http://www.colchestercharityraces.org/default.htm

June Club race is Mersea Round the Island race on Sunday 24th June - http://www.merseaislandraces.co.uk/index.htm

Most clubs have now published their race dates for 2012. I've put together a list of local road and trail races from March to November which you can download here

Some of the dates are provisional so check the events page on the site for final details. I'll add race details over the next week or so. You can also check details on club websites - details are on the Links page.

Ian

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By ROB HADGRAFT
Foreword by Dave Bedford

A mild-mannered dispensing optician from suburban Essex, when Peters pulled on running kit he became a demon running machine. His motto was „kill or be killed‟ and his fierce training programme horrified friend and foe alike.

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