Closing off meteorological Summer

It has been a busy weekend, with club members turning out in force at both the Last Friday of the Month 5k and today's Bovi 10k.

Last Friday of the Month 5k – 28 August
Four club members took on the popular (and very competitive) Last Friday of the Month 5k in Hyde Park and all produced strong performances.

Leading the way was Graham Collett, who clocked an impressive 19:23. Ben Hannen continued his strong form with 20:50, while Sylvia Moss ran 22:01. Simac Konkader completed the line-up, finishing in 24:36.

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Bovi 10k – 30 August
The Bovi 10k saw a fantastic turnout from the club, with plenty of strong performances across the field.
Richard Moss was first club runner home in 40:48, followed by Tom Wright in 41:50. Carys Evans had an outstanding run to finish as 3rd female overall in 44:15, just ahead of Ben Hannen with 44:18 and Tim Oh-Look-There’s-A-Race Margetts in 44:53.

There was further success for Abi Askey, who claimed 1st place in her age category with a time of 45:32. Close behind came Sylvia Moss in 45:39 and Grant Whitaker in 45:40, followed by Ian Lawson (46:26), Ed Wright (47:30) and Jonathan Heath (48:13).

Rounding out the club results were Jessica Moss (50:43), Heidi Folkard (50:58), Beth Lang (51:17), Rebecca Lawson (55:10), Pav Singh (57:18) and Trevor Brawn (1:05:07).

The club also enjoyed team success, with Carys Evans, Abi Askey, Sylvia Moss and Jessica Moss combining to take home the Ladies' Team Prize.

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Saucony 10K London – 11 July
A special mention goes to Simac Konkader, who ran a superb personal best of 51:02 at the Saucony 10K London on 11 July. Even more impressively, that time was 2 minutes and 47 seconds faster than his previous PB, highlighting the progress he has made this year.

COMING UP LOCALLY: the SEAA U10/U12 Quadrathlon and Open Races, New Forest Marathon, Second Sunday 5, Last Friday of the Month, SEAA Road Races, the Windsor Half and our very own Shardeloes 10k. Check out these events and more on the Club Calendar.

We want you to run the Shardeloes 10k, but if – for whatever reason – that’s not for you this year, or you have family members who could help out, or you could help before / after, please email [email protected] to snag a volunteer’s hi-viz.

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