Tiptree Road Runners

The second Harwich 5K saw ideal conditions and some great performances all round, with  club records and personal bests for Laura Shewbridge and Helen Ivory, plus personal bests for four other club runners. Laura’s time of 19:11 took six seconds off the previous record and ranks as the eighth fastest all-time run for a lady at the Harwich 5K series. Helen’s run of 23:19 improved the club F50 record by 21 seconds and was over a minute faster than her time in the previous Harwich race. James Haskey-Jones was first home for the club with a personal best of 18:13, followed by Paul Dellar making his club debut at the distance in 18:50, a great result following a serious injury in the autumn. Simon Morgan ran 12 seconds faster than his previous Harwich race with a time of 19:09, while Jamie Fairfull broke through the 20 minute barrier with his third personal best of the month, running 19:50 to take more than 30 seconds off his previous best. Malcolm Bailey shrugged off the effects of a recent marathon to knock 27 seconds off his previous Harwich time with a run of 21;20, while Beckie Ivory completed a family double with a personal best of 21:34, an improvement of 25 seconds. Matt Kett just missed a personal best with a time of 21:53, with Jim Slater posting his best 5K of recent times in 21:57. Mark Brewer ran his first 5K following a serious injury in a time of 22:34 while Ian Linton improved on the previous race by 37 seconds, finishing in 23;10. Dawn Shilling improved by over a minute on her previous race with a run of 26:11 with Roger Duffield, feeling his way back after illness, finishing in 27;12. Rose Haskey-Jones in her club debut at the distance finished first in the race with a run of 30:33. Debra James improved again with a personal best of 33:06, more than three and a half minutes quicker than her first race with Tina Clarke giving pace-making support in 33:07. Debra and Tina finished in the top ten with Debra fifth lady in the overall series.

In the junior race, Charlene Duffield finished 3^rd in a time of 7:34, while Abigail Morgan (6:59), Georgina Haskey-Jones (7:55) and Daisy Greenwood (9:33) all made big improvements from the previous race.