The two:26 marathon runner enjoys victory in Northern Eire as we carry you our newest endurance operating outcomes round-up
BELFAST CITY HALF-MARATHON, Northern Eire, September 22
Natasha Wilson (née Cockram), who ran 70:06 in Spain earlier this yr in her solely different recorded outing, discovered 72:47 sufficient to see off the problem of Anne-Marie McGlynn by 9 seconds to take the ladies’s race.
Barnaba Kipkoech received general in 62:48.
General: 1 B Kipkoech (KEN) 63:48; 2 F McNally (N Belf) 67:04; 3 B Gebrebrhan (ETH) 68:24; 4 A Oukhelfen 68:32; 5 C Gallagher 68:34; 6 R Hagan (Newc) 70:22; 7 C Grant (N Down) 70:22; 8 S Donnlley (Attempt) 72:23
M40: 1 T Murphy (BARF) 74:13
Girls: 1 N Wilson 72:47; 2 A McGlynn (L’kenny, W40) 72:54; 3 M Silva 74:59; 4 J Bleakley 75:56; 5 G Ganiel (N Belf, W45) 78:12; 6 I Anderson 79:29
W50: 1 S Benton (N Down) 88:28; 2 L Smith (N Belf) 89:15
W55: 1 L Press 1:40;43
W60: 1 M Slocum (IRE) 88:48
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LARKFIELD 10km, Kent, September 22
General: 1 W Zerom (AShf) 31:12; 2 B Stephensen (Dart, M40) 32:26
M50: 1 R Tomlin son (M&M) 36:39
M60: 1 G Saker (Ton) 38:41
Girls: 1 N Hanicom (S’oaks, W45) 36:42
W55: 1 M Heslop (Ton) 38:37
LANGHAM 10km, Colchester, Essex, September 22
General: 1 O Adedeji (NEB) 31:38
M40: 1 N Filer (Col H) 33:48
M60: 1 P Graves (T’tree) 38:05
Girls: 1 L Gason (Ips J) 39:02
W60: 1 V Jennings (Ips J) 45:30
LARKING GOWAN IPSWICH HALF-MARATHON, Suffolk, September 22
General: 1 J Nixon (St Ed) 78:03; 2 L White (Tun W) 70:44
Girls: 1 C Jacobs (H’leigh) 80:29
OLDBURY 10, Gloucestershire, September 22
General: 1 J Suttle (B&W) 53:48; 2 M Ellis (W’bury, M40) 55:04
M50: 1 Ok Summers (Weston) 56:28
Girls: 1 D Bruce (B&W, W35) 58:15
W55: 1 N Morgan (Chep) 68:57
REDCAR RUNNING FESTIVAL HALF-MARATHON, North Yorkshire, September 22
General: 1 J Anderson (NSP) 71:37; 2 M Banks (Morp) 72:52
M45: 1 M Kearney (Elvet) 75:07
M50: 1 D Smithers (Knaves) 75:10; 2 R Watkinson (Roth) 75:33
M55: 1 W Pearson (Criminal) 79:47; 2 D Parkin (Leeds) 79:49
M60: 1 R McGrath (S’port W) 80:16; 2 D Parker (St Ther) 81:14; 3 Ok Davies (St Ther) 81:55
M65: 1 C Corridor (NSP) 89:47
Girls: 1 A Sneddon (J&H, W35) 79:07; 2 C Williamson (W40) 79:56
W45: 1 H Warr (Almw) 83:13
W50: 1 R McDonnell (Inv EK) 86:43; 2 D Richardson (Quakers) 88:47
W55: 1 Ok Neesam (N Marske) 88:12; 2 T medley (Border) 90:26
W60: 1 R Baker (Camb H) 94:44; 2 D Broom (Peni) 98:43
W65: 1 B Stevens (Manf) 1:44:10
FLAT ‘N FAST 3, Glasgow, September 20
Central Athletic Membership’s Morag Millar smashed the ladies’s course report at Flat ‘N Quick 3 to storm to victory on the West Lothian Cycle Circuit in Linlithgow – as Stride Athletics celebrated one yr for the reason that inaugural occasion.
Millar, who gave delivery to her second daughter little over a yr in the past, improved on her second place in April to smash the earlier report of 16:17 set by Natasha Phillips.
The early phases of the ladies’s race noticed Millar and Shettleston Harriers’ Lynn McKenna push away from the chasing pack, however the tempo was blistering and by the point the pair had reached the midway stage, McKenna couldn’t sustain the tempo, having to work laborious to complete fifth.
Millar, who has represented Scotland on the Commonwealth Video games, was constant all through and slowly pulled away from the group now vying for second and third – battles received by Nancy Scott from Edinburgh AC and Isla Britton. Millar was cheered down on the house stretch to a brand new course report of 16:00, her quickest time over the space in two years. Scott was marginally outdoors the outdated report in 16:19, whereas Britton was rewarded after a well-paced race to take third in 16:29 forward of Jenny Selman and Lynn McKenna.
A yr on from the primary males’s Flat ‘N Quick race ending in dramatic trend, the identical occurred once more with 4 athletes sprinting down the house straight looking for the crown, which might go to Cambuslang Harriers’ Andrew McGill.
McGill, who not too long ago ran 3:55 on the Monument Mile, made up for a tough run at Flat ‘N Quick 2 to cross the road in 14:05 for a brand new private finest. Initially, he determined to face off the tempo set by East Sutherland’s Ross Gollan – as a substitute opting to go along with his teammate Gavin Smith till a mile to go. Whereas Gollan, an completed mountain runner, was trying to fend off Shettleston duo Taha Ghafari and Jamie Burns, McGill added extra drama to the combo, making it 4 on the entrance and making certain heartbreak would come for a type of within the pack.
It grew to become obvious into the ultimate straight that Burns was tiring and would end fourth forward of Smith, that means the long-time chief Gollan needed to hold pushing the tempo, hoping to tire out his opponents. Whereas Ghafari went previous him, so did McGill and utilised that unbelievable tempo over shorter distances to cost away from the person from Iran, persevering with what has been a stellar 2024. Ghafari was second in 14:07 and Gollan third in 14:09.
High quality was proven in each elite races, with Millar and Scott’s outcomes making it into the highest 50 on the Scottish ladies’s all-time efficiency listing, whereas the highest 4 of McGill, Ghafari, Gollan and Burns did the identical. Garscube Harriers’ James Alexander would additionally break the Scottish Underneath 17 5km report with a time of 14:36, beating the earlier better of Giffnock North’s Hamish Armitt.
Falkirk Victoria Harriers’ Luke Sedman was victorious within the junior 3km race, operating 9:22 to say the underneath 15 Boys’ title. Sedman completed seventh at April’s occasion, however acquired a second chunk on the cherry to take 15 seconds off his private finest forward of Garscube Harriers’ Connor Campbell in 9:46 and Finn Smith from Springburn Harriers in 9:47.
Imogen Turner from Staff East Lothian improved the Underneath 15 Women’ course report having completed the race in 10:25 following an amazing battle with Aberdeen’s Emily Taylor, Flat ‘N Quick 2’s Underneath 13 winner. Taylor crossed the road in 10:33 and Victoria Park Metropolis of Glasgow’s Erin Burnett was third in 10:41.
Brooke Walker from Cambuslang Harriers’ improved from second within the Underneath 13 Women’ race at Flat ‘N Quick 2 to return residence for the victory this time in a brand new private better of 11:07. Second was Legislation & District’s Emily Taylor in 11:26 and Harmeny’s Aria Macfarlane, final occasion’s bronze medallist, took bronze once more in 11:36.
Giffnock North’s Sam Deery broke the earlier course report within the Underneath 13 Boys’ class, crossing the road in 9:50, narrowly beating Legislation & District’s Alexander Wotherspoon by one second for the highest on the rostrum. Third place went to Blake Burchill from Harmeny in a time of 10:13.
From 351 finishers, there have been 202 private bests and 259 season’s bests. 24 athletes ran quarter-hour or underneath, 79 ran 16 minutes or underneath, and 125 ran 17 minutes or underneath.
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EAST NEUK 10km, Anstruther, September 22
General: 1 L Rogers (Fife) 31:08; 2 N Bennett (Dund R) 34:31; 3 A Hart (Dund R) 34:53
Girls: 1 R Burns (Perth R) 38:29; 2 A McNeilly (Dund R) 38:44
W70: G Hanlon (Dund R) 55:08
WESTSIDE RUNNERS 10km, Shawbost, Isle of Lewis, September 21
General: Muriel Macleod (W35) 38:39
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MOURNE MOUNTAIN MARATHON, Atticall, Co Down, September 21-22
Elite course – General (day 1 15.km. day 2 22.5km, in pairs): 1 Paul Pruzina/Philip Vokes 7:47:53 (4:25:49, 3:22:04); 2 Keith Johnston/Tom Crudgington 10:29:55 (5:17:30, 5:12:25); 3 Simon Hodge/Jonathan Gibson 10:50:11 (6:22:41, 4:27:30)
M40: Ian Jones/Duncan Harris 11:07:41 4:50:35, 11:07:41)
Combined: Pippa Dakin/Dom Dakin 11:11:50 (6:31:23, 4:40:27)
Girls: 1 Heather Coden/Helen Ockenden 12:07:29 (6:45:50, 5:21:39); 2 Moire O’Sullivan/Elizabeth Wheeler (W40) 12:30:52 (7:11:11, 5:19:41); 3 Poppy Hill/Ianthe Hill 13:14:16 (7:33:36, 5:40:40)
Course B (14.1km. 19.3km) – General: Alasdair McCallum/Tommy Begley (M40) 10:26:20 (5:45:19, 4:41:01)
Combined: Finbar McGurren/Karen McGurren 10:52:22 (5:58:37, 4:53:45)
Girls: Denise Mathers/Hazel McLaughlin (W40) 12:36:06 (7:02:42, 5:33:24)
Course C (10.7km.15.8km) – General: Rob Truswell/Barney Sowood (M40) 7:48:02 (4:14:51, 3:33:11)
Combined: William Winter/Claire Wilshaw 9:10:02 (5:05:46, 4:04:16)
Girls: Jennifer Allan/Kathryn Powell 10:45:22 (5:55:49, 4:49:33)
Course D (9.1km. 15.3km) – General: Graeme Reid/Cameron Reid 8:48:14 (4:53:48, 3:54:26)
Combined: Kevin O’Reilly/Louise Fitzsimmons 9:32:25 (4:40:56, 4:51:29)
Girls: Jennifer Wright/Ellen Twist 14:49:15 (7:37:42, 7:11:33)
PERIS HORSESHOE (British and WFRA championships counter), Llanberis, September 21
Finlay Grant and Naomi Lang had been victorious within the UKA British Fell Championship (lengthy course) race over the traditional Peris Horseshoe in North Wales.
Regardless of the dry climate, there was poor visibility across the summits which added to the challenges of the steep and rocky terrain for the runners who needed to traverse the summits of Elidir Fawr (924m), Y Garn (947m), Glyder Fawr (1001m), Y Lliwedd (818m), Yr Wyddfa/Snowdon (1085m) and Moel Cynghorion (647m).
At Pen y Go, eight runners, led by Matthew Elkington in 1:38:05, had been separated by lower than two minutes, however on the climb of Y Lliwedd and Yr Wyddfa, lots of them dropped off the tempo leaving 4 in rivalry, headed by Grant in 2:38.05 who was simply forward of Tim Lamont and Chris Richards.
On the ascent of Moel Cynghorion Lamont had a 13-second lead over Grant however the latter proved the stronger over the end part to win by 17 seconds.
The 2024 Snowdon race winner Naomi Lang was the main feminine runner in thirteenth place general forward of Nichola Jackson and Antonia Fan.
General (28.2km/2600m): 1 F Grant (Darkish Pk) 3:14:58; 2 T Lamont (Helm H) 3:15:15; 3 H Bolton (Kesw) 3:19:06; 4 Joseph Wright 3:20:16; 5 B Townshend (Kesw) 3:20:21; 6 C Richards (Helm H) 3:21:32; 7 D Connolly (Mercia) 3:27:13; 8 M Elkington (Amble) 3:28:19; 9 T Simpson (Amble) 3:29:31; 10 C Balogh (C’thy) 3:30:03; 11 S Stead (Kesw) 3:30:31; 12 A Thornton (Howg) 3:30:47; 13 N Lang (C’thy, W) 3:30:50; 14 H Cooling (Howg) 3:31:12; 15 S Hebblethwaite (Kesw, M40) 3:32:05; 16 G Roberts (Calder V, M40) 3:32:24; 17 B Gard-Storry (Eden) 3:32:50; 18 Ok Cooper (C’thy) 3:33:06; 19 A Fallas (C’thy, W40) 3:35:19; 20 J Harris (Amble) 3:37:01; 21 J Battrick (Kesw) 3:37:17; 22 R Jones (Rhd He) 3:38:28; 23 J Woodley (Darkish Pk) 3:39:49; 24 B Tetler (G’dale, M45) 3:40:08; 25 S Chepelin (C’thy) 3:41:22
M50: Ok Grey (Calder V) 3:41:56
M55: Ok Richmond (Helm H) 3:54:39
M65: P Pearson (N Fells) 4:25:08
M70: R Bellaries (Clay) 5:52:06
TEAM (provisional): 1 Kesw 53; 2 Helm, H 107; 3 C’thy 121; 4 Mercia 174; 5 Calder V 186
Girls: 1 Lang 3:30:50; 2 N Jackson (Kesw) 3:45:25; 3 A Fan (Amble) 3:54:07; 4 E Cowper-Coles (Darkish Pk) 3:54:57; 5 F Collett (Darkish Pk) 4:01:32; 6 E Pannone (Amble) 4:08:23; 7 A Watkinson-Powell (Darkish Pk) 4:09:41; 8 S Richards (Eryri) 4:20:37; 9 L Watson (Darkish Pk) 4:26:45; 10 S Fawcett (Darkish Pk, W40) 4:27:02; 11 J Henderson (Denbigh, W45) 4:29:41; 12 B North (Eryri) 4:34:53; 13 A Rowlands (Eryri, W50) 4:43:27; 14 M Worth (Mercia, W50) 4:43:52; 15 R Probert (Mynydd D, W55) 4:44:20
W60: D Gowans (Tod) 5:17:02
W65: A Daykin (Clay) 5:45:54
TEAM (Provisional): 1 Darkish Pk 16; 2 Eryri 33; 3 Amble 43; 4 Mercia 55; 5 Calder V 77
JOHN HEWITT MEMORIAL SHELF MOOR, Outdated Glossop, September 21
General (9.1km/457m): 1 B Houghton (Darkish Pk) 43:15; 2 J Crickmore (Darkish Pk) 44:07; 3 T Saville (Darkish Pk) 45:08; 4 J Williams (G’dale) 45:26; 5 H Webb (Darkish Pk) 46:17; 6 M Jones (Darkish Pk) 46:22
M40: P Hodges (Darkish Pk) 51:00
M50: Steve Knowles 51:36
M55: M Nolan (Darkish Pk) 56:40
M60: A Barnett (Darkish Pk) 61:19
M65: J Webber (Darkish Pk) 63:45
M70: M Mcloughlin (Prest) 76:43
Girls: 1 L Robertson (Darkish Pk) 56:50; 2 A Whelan (Bux) 60:55; 3 Jane Crowson (W60) 68:36; 4 C Tregaskis (Ross, W60) 69:25
GREAT WHERNSIDE, Kettlewell, September 21
General (96.5km/457m): 1 S Bentham (Ilkley) 33:00; 2 E Evans (Wharf) 35:22; 3 E Hassell (Wharf) 35:32; 4 M McGoldrick (Sett, M40) 36:09; 5 A Cairns (Wharf) 36:26
M50: I Gibbons (Ilkley) 42:29
M60: B Foreman (Mat) 42:41
M80: G Howard (Ilkley) 52:55
Girls: 1 Helen Smith 89:55; 2 Joanne Massey 42:04; 3 H Cairns (Wharf) 43:21
W40: L Mollison (Wharf) 49:56
W50: F Whitworth (Holm) 49:57
W60: Ok Forster (Ross) 53:36
W70: L Lord (Clay) 63:45
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