Running Forever members were delighted to be faced with a weekend which wasn’t marked by a named storm and were back on the glory trail.
Georgina Brice clocked up her 49th marathon distance with a 5.17 at the 100 Marathon Club’s AGM event on the Thames Towpath!
Emma Greig was legging it round 27 miles of the New Forest Challenge. This LDWA event provided a cake selection which didn’t disappoint our connoisseur who fuelled up on lemon drizzle and scored a 5.33 time.
Up in Birmingham, Michael Turk was clocking a 2.13 time at the city’s Half Marathon, which was a great PB effort.
Down in Exeter, a hardy trio tackled the Exeter City 10K which provided enough challenges to keep them happy. Chris Adams was first home in 57.18 with Janette Blair (62.55) and Charlie Sargent (64.07) hot on his heels.
Our own group of Corking runners travelled to take part in South Molton Stragglers Castle Hill Corker 10K. This multi terrain event provided plenty of hills and enough mud to keep our crew happy after their enforced fortnight’s rest. George Sherwin hit the line in 59.59, with Ron Foord close behind for a 61.25 finish. Bev Collins earned herself a 1st in age group trophy with her 61.34 with Sally Tuer’s 69.38 scooping a 2nd in age group award. Rob Murr made it home in 69.46 with our final finisher Liz Williams crossing the line in 85.58.
The Weston Prom 5 series continued last Wednesday where Hannah Taunton’s 28.39 earned her first female finisher place and Gill Taunton’s 47.32 was a PB for the distance.
Final word and biggest cheer for to Ali Bisatt who took on the Snowdonia Slate Trail 83 mile event. Despite a lot of the route being seriously flooded and being faced with some seriously challenging weather, Ali got over 70 miles in before calling it a day. Paula went above and beyond any marriage vow I have ever heard by fighting her way through flooded roads to keep Ali supplied with vegan sausage rolls and dry socks. Top supporting Mrs B!
With Longrun Meadow parkrun being off due to ground conditions, our parkrun tourists took the chance to visit Minehead, Northampton, Eastville, Forest Rec, Chipping Sodbury, Yeovil, Burnham, Exmouth and Berkley Green.