Northbrook Results

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October

Leicester Half-Marathon – 26 OctoberHM

TRACEY WILLIAMS

  Tracey Williams 02:40:01
  Jan Watson 02:41:30

Tamworth 10k – 26 October10K

VERITY BRANNEN

236 Spencer Davies 00:51:10
368 Joanne Evans 00:58:35
437 Verity Brannen 01:02:50
460 Kim Jackson 01:04:46
461 Kirsty Sanders 01:04:47
466 Jenny Stafford 01:05:04

Brewers 10k, Burton-on-Trent – 26 October10k

  Kevin Spare 00:42:37 1st MV70

Back on home turf, in the freezing cold.

Ilmington 10k – Tempo Winter Series, Race 1 – 19 October 10K

42 Andrew Offor 00:38:07
82 Malc Copeland 00:40:42
126 Paul Robbins 00:44:00
131 Tim Hughes 00:44:24
143 Caroline Hughes 00:45:09
146 Cath Fenn 00:45:27
230 Caroline Young 00:52:25
300 Jane Ward 00:59:41

Race 1 of the 10km winter series. Oddly the distance was 8km this round due to road works. Despite not climbing Larkstoke it was still very hilly – Tim

Abingdon Marathon – 19 OctoberM

  Liam Shields 03:02:01  
  Gemma Winch 03:37:05 PB

Majorca Race Weekend, Palma Majorca – 19 October

Majorca Half MarathonHM

640 Sally Eason 01:45:30 2nd FV60
1135 Sarah McNaney 01:55:07 1st FV65
2364 Claudie Combelas 02:10:59

Majorca 10k 10K

61 Terry Moynihan 00:42:39 1st MV55
74 Tommy Dempsey 00:43:22 3rd MV45
250 Peter Kirkhope 00:52:20
288 Ravinder Sangha 00:51:03
336 Karen Brewster 00:53:59
338 Jill Pittard 00:50:17
391 Tony Mackness 00:55:18
406 Sam Ryan 00:50:33
439 Debbie Campbell 00:56:16
727 Spencer Davies 00:59:22
825 Joanne Evans 01:01:36
863 Lisa Bothwell 00:58:02
982 Claire Messenger 01:03:24
1160 Rachel Liggett 01:06:08
1161 Julie Liggett 01:06:07
1343 Tracy Jefferson 01:10:19
1404 Stephen Simpson 01:10:37
1477 Cliff Evans 01:13:35
1696 Tracey Cox 01:17:57
1862 Chris Archer 01:25:20

The long planned trip to Majorca where Northbrook were going to be on tour arrived. With arrivals from Thursday to Friday our numbers gradually swelled.

Friday morning saw the Thursday arrivals participate in the breakfast runs. A 5k out and back organised event that gave the legs a chance to turn over and build up the breakfast appetite. Friday night was the usual hyper-social scene, spread through a few venues. The Saturday morning unofficial breakfast runs saw a few sore heads descend to the event village in a nice 25 degree heat. Timing was irrelevant, it was about being part of something. After a quick refreshment stop and number collection we all retired in our own directions back to hotel pools and bars. Saturday night was a lot quieter with groups everywhere.

Sunday was the big day and the venue struggled to cope with so many runners. Despite this, Northbrook shone our own sunbursts back at the Balearic sun and we raised the temperature. Great runs from all with 4 podium age grade finishers. Well done all. After that the hotel pools and bars started to fill with celebrations before the departures began.

A great weekend in a new venue – Spencer

More than 30 Northbrookers left the gloomy UK weather behind to head off to sunny Majorca for the running festival. With a mix of tourism and running, most opted for the 10k, with three hardy members taking on the half-marathon. With the slight time difference in Palma, we travelled to the race village in darkness ahead of an 8am start to avoid the heat.

Just after sunrise, we all set off on the 10k with the half- marathon & marathon runners starting 15 min later. In contrast to the majority of UK races, there was little streaming of runners by predicted time, so for many the start turned into a congested free-for-all as participants sought to establish race pace.

The majority of the 10k was alongside the historic cathedral and through the medieval narrow lanes, whereas the half & full marathoners had a long out & back looking at the multi-million pound yachts bobbing about in the Mediterranean. For the 10k, we finished before it got too hot, and there was relief for the half-marathoners to run the final 6 miles in the sheltered lanes. Thankfully none of us opted for the marathon as the sun was beating down and it looked an awful slog as the runners melted.

It was excellent to see some Northbrookers cheering us on towards the finish to boost our spirits. There were good performances all round with age category top 3 positions for both Northbrook women & men. Post race, it was time to reflect on a good morning for all over an ice-cream as we planned some sightseeing for the remainder of the weekend – Terry

SPENCER DAVIES

SPENCER DAVIES

Yorkshire Marathon – 19 OctoberM

672 Tom Hughes 03:16:49
1187 Richard Evans 03:24:39
1426 Tom McNamara 03:36:58
  Alan Smith 04:11:08
5171 Tony Forde 04:52:54

Third time I’ve done this, and this time was because of my deferral last year. Weather forecast had been looking grim all week, but suddenly changed to say perfect weather, with the rain not scheduled to arrive till the afternoon.
Extremely well organised with loads of toilets at the start, water/gel/isotonic drink stations every 3 miles, and portable toilets every 2 or 3 miles.

I had a reasonably consistent pace for the 1st 16 or 17 miles, but then started to slow down a bit. This was when my caffeine chewing gum came to the rescue, and I got a second wind from mile 19 until the finish, even managing to run up the final hill.

By the time the rain started, I was safely on the bus going back to the Park & Ride – Alan

Rugby Half-Marathon – 19 OctoberHM

  Colin James 01:34:16  
  Rob Richardson 01:38:25  
  Robert Halford 01:49:03  
  Cameron Wilson 02:05:41 PB

Napton 10k – 19 October10K

11 Amanda Deavy 00:38:56 1st female
  Ainsley Wileman 00:45:38  

Midlands Cross-Country – 18 OctoberOTH

Senior Women – 23rd

  Tori Boyle 00:37:17
  Jenn Ennis 00:32:10
  Rebecca O’Harrow 00:35:15

Masters Women – 5th

  Carol Bull 00:41:25
  Michelle Edwards 00:30:58
  Judith Haley 00:48:02

Masters Men A – 12th

  Brian Plumb 00:24:24
  Andy Clay 00:24:47
  Craig Webb 00:27:21
  Kevin Spare 00:25:23

Masters Men B – 14th

  Malc Copeland 00:28:00
  Matthew Hathrell 00:20:45
  Adrian Lowe 00:31:38
  Rob Richardson 00:25:16

The Cross-Country season kicked off with the Midland Cross-Country Relays at Aldersley Leisure Villge, Wolverhampton. Northbrook had four teams competing over a varied and firm 6km course. Special thanks to Jeannie Noonan, Yvonne Boyle and Ruth Hallett for coming to support – Rob

ROB RICHARDSON

Madeira Eco Trail 15km, Funchal, Madeira – 18 OctoberOTH

  Tracey Williams 02:52:04 1st FV60

Centurion Autumn 100 – 18 OctoberOTH

  Tony Bowe 26:41:05

100 miles on the Thames Path and Ridgeway from Goring-on-Thames.

Civil Service Cross-Country Championships – 15 October5M

40 Rob Richardson 00:38:39
67 Mark Baker 00:45:16

The annual Civil Service cross-country championships (5 miles) took place again at the hilly venue of Parliament Hills Fields in London.
Former Northbrook member Tim Wright led us home again, finishing in 38th place in 37.07.
Rob was first of the current Northbrook runners, before he headed back to Coventry, for a Northbrook club session later in the day.
I was happy to be a bit quicker than last year on a challenging course – Mark

Chelmsford Marathon – 13 OctoberM

366 Claudie Combelas 04:34:14 1st FV60

CLAUDIE COMBELAS

A little trip to visit a friend in Chelmsford for a catch-up ended up with an entry to the Chelmsford Marathon, Marathon 101and an opportunity to wear my shiny new 100 marathon club t-shirt. I felt very proud!

It was lovely cool and mostly sunny weather. The nice country lanes were flat in the first half and rather undulating in the second.

I was very pleased to see the finish and grab a lovely ice cream.

Shelton Striders 10k, Alveston – 13 October10K

193 Spencer Davies 00:52:06

Royal Parks Half-Marathon – 12 OctoberHM

JULIE LIGGETT

  Julie Liggett 02:08:14

Peterborough Half-Marathon – 12 October10K

  Craig Holmes 01:22:55

Manchester Half-Marathon – 12 October10K

  Lee Miller 02:04:54

Birmingham Super Sonic 10k – 12 October10K

  Phil Hyde 00:47:38

Cannock Chase 10k Trail Run – 12 October10K

  Caroline Young 01:04:40

Great Eastern Run – 12 OctoberHM

  Craig Holmes 01:22:55
  Rob Fairbrother 01:58:45
  Lisa Bothwell 01:59:50

LISA BOTHWELL

This was Rob’s first half-marathon and he absolutely smashed it, getting a sub-2hrs even with a knee injury. It was very foggy but this lifted halfway through.

There was great support all the way round as it was a closed road race and it was fairly flat with no hills – Lisa

ATW Holdenby House Trail Half-Marathon – 12 OctoberHM

  Tony Bowe 02:14:24

ATW Holdenby House Trail 5k – 12 October5K

  Tracey Williams 00:43:04

The Loop Ultra – Limitless Trails, Camp Plas – 11 OctoberOTH

  Louise Forde 08:43:20

LOUISE FORDE

Yesterday Buddy and I took part in The Loop Ultra, our hardest challenge to date – 32 miles with a total of 5157ft of elevation.

Alcester 10k – 5 October10K

32 Adrian Harbourne 00:36:56
59 Craig Holmes 00:38:44
60 Rhian King 00:38:52
94 Chris Goodman 00:40:00
111 Ralph Atkinson 00:41:03
157 Tommy Dempsey 00:42:36
312 Rav Sangha 00:46:39
328 Emma Handley 00:47:27
331 Abi Williams 00:47:35
387 Phil Hyde 00:48:43
431 Debbie Campbell 00:49:35
532 Peter Kirkhope 00:52:17
696 Spencer Davies 00:55:29
747 Kirstie Murray 00:55:48
810 Lee Miller 00:57:44
851 Joanne Evans 00:58:16
1113 Caroline Young 01:03:54
1407 Tracey Williams 01:12:33
1497 Tracey Cox 01:18:13

Chester Marathon – 5 OctoberM

  Tony Bowe 03:56:20

Bidwells Town and Gown 10k, Cambridge – 5 October10K

  Timothy Devenport 00:43:20

Hoby Hop Multi-Terrain 5-Miles, Melton Mowbray – 4 October5M

  Tracey Williams 01:10:37