Merry Christmas, Everyone! (From Malaga, Giza, Pompey and Amersham)

Welcome to the final Race Report of 2025. I hope you all enjoy some peace and enjoyable time with family over the next couple of weeks, whether or not you are celebrating.

First of all, a huge thanks to Sue Slade for organising yet another brilliant Bran Tub Relay. Apparently, no less than five runners beat the previous course record in one fell swoop: evidence of the depth and breadth of talent which we have in the Club. Most importantly, however, everyone had a great morning and went away with a tasty treat. Well done!

A couple of missed results from last weekend’s sunshine special. Club President Neil Thubron completed the Pyramids Half Marathon on 13 December (yes, really!) While there are no official results, he clocked an entirely commendable 2.18.21 on strava. On 14 December our lovely Carys Evans (whom we have to thank for the seniors’ Christmas meal this year) took part in the Malaga Half Marathon, finishing in 1.50.40.

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Moving on to today, Mark Fry was wrapping things up (!) in style, with a time of just over 4.50 in the Portsmouth Coastal Waterside Marathon. He is understood to now be enjoying a well-deserved celebratory pint 

SOME PARTING ADMIN: If you are not running the Pednor 10 next Sunday, 28 December, and you would be available to help out on the day, please contact Trevor Davies. We are still a few marshals and a water station helper short.
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COMING UP LOCALLY: while the schedule might slow up a little at this time of year, the racing certainly doesn’t. There’s still chance to join the Club and Arctic One Foundation at the Pednor 10 or take part in the county cross-country champs(entries close 29 December). For these events and more, check out the Club Calendar.

REMEMBER: Race Report is driven by you. If you’ve done an event, or know someone who has, email the results and any photos to [email protected]. Similarly, if you see events missing from the Club Calendar, let me know in the same way (particularly as I’ll need to do a mass updating for 2026!) 

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