The club had representation in just three events this weekend, most were partaking of various Platinum Jubilee celebration opportunities instead.
Sam Wharton and Mark Wilson risked the bank holiday traffic for a trip north to race the beautiful Ullswater 20-miler. They were rewarded with a rare day of sunshine in the Lake District, adding to the already stunning scenery. As is traditional for a trail race it was a bit over distance at 21.5 miles and they finished together in 4h38m.
The Somerset Series races are largely back on track this year and so a half dozen headed over to Crewkerne for the combined 10k and 5k race. All RFRC entrants opted for the 10k and were lead home by Ben Timpson in 42m15s, followed by Sally Tuer in 56m50s whose speedy time won her the 55+ Female age category first prize trophy. Helen Prescott dipped under the hour at 58m05s, and Paula McShane (1h04m), Sherri Dingle (1h05m) and Emma Salter (1h07m) all finished just over the hour and within a few minutes of each other.
Simon Rowland continued his series of triathlon events but going for more distance this time in the Cotswold 113 70.3 miles event, turning in a very good time of 7h16m.
Most club members who managed to fit a parkrun in to their long weekend did so at Longrun Meadow where we had 29 runners, with two further runners just up the road in Burnham on Sea. The award for most exotic location of the week goes to Claire Allison who was at Vallaskogen in Sweden.