5k Handicap

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The third Tuesday of the month (unless notified otherwise) we run a 5k handicap race. Its a lot of fun and because we start the slower runners off first the quick people have to work extra hard if they want to win. We meet at the club as normal but try to be a few minutes early so that we can work out your start time etc.

After the race we either have cake or occasionally head down to the Engineer pub for a bite to eat and a well earned drink. (You can come for / with cake / pub if you didn't run too.)

You can shower at St Georges if you wish.

We run on the Winter circuit from Sep onwards. Please wear high viz clothing. If you can't run please come along and help with the marshalling.

February 2020

Results form this month's 5k Handicap:

24 runners plus three pacers turned out on a chilly and almost dry (till the end) Tuesday for our club 5k.

Some interesting results as ever.

The surprise winner was Andrew Bracey who nearly didn't run, whilst starting a bit out of place I think... he none the less smashed a huge PB, robbing Marta of a third straight win - constant improvements with another PB and first timer Suzanne also PBing by over a minute.

PBs also for Sarah L, Isabel, and first timer Melissa plus Rowland who also got a PB (but perhaps not as much as hoped for? )

Fastest time of the night, just was Allan Morley with 19:13 just pipping Adam M and Rowland by a few seconds....

Times where possible have been double checked on Strava... :D

Fab running by everyone on such a chilly night, making it worthwhile going back in for amazing cake, I don;t know who provided it all, Marta (delish orange cake), Isabel (pancakes with chocolate), there were loads more - all very tasty - I also loved the cupcakes with toffee in them - thank you all bakers.

Finally Thank you to all marshals for standing around in the cold and late rain.

If i have missed you out or got it wrong please do say so....my head-torch picked a good moment to run out of battery.... so could not quite see what times we were going from....

Hope to see you all at the next one...

Pn Name Race Time LR Delta PBDelta

1 Andrew Bracey 00:20:58 PB! -00:05:33 -00:01:19

2 Marta Serra Catasús 00:30:43 PB! -00:01:12 -00:01:12

3 Suzanne Mills 00:29:01 PB! -00:01:05 -00:01:05

4 Sarah Nuttall Laver 00:24:26 PB! -00:00:50 -00:00:50

5 Isabel Green 00:22:58 PB! -00:01:02 -00:00:04

6 Melissa Bridge 00:24:34 PB! -00:00:31 -00:00:31

7 Ben Cullis 00:22:20 -00:02:03 00:01:09

8 Pamela Morgan 00:25:48 00:01:36 00:01:50

9 Peter Thornton 00:22:23 00:00:35 00:01:43

10 Steve Green 00:21:19 -00:00:06 00:01:04

11 Steve Grant 00:20:40 -00:00:11 00:00:24

12 Colin Wareham 00:24:14 -00:00:14 00:00:28

13 Rowland Hughes 00:19:18 PB! -00:00:13 -00:00:02

14 Allan Morley 00:19:13 00:00:12 00:00:12

15 Adam Mattison 00:19:16 00:00:05 00:00:10

16 Ed Rhodes 00:20:18 -00:00:36 00:01:23

17 Louise Crosby 00:25:08 00:00:04 00:01:00

18 Aisling Patterson 00:24:00 00:00:18 00:00:59

19 Alex James 00:20:44 00:00:07 00:00:42

20 David Green 00:19:53 00:00:28 00:01:05

21 Graham Harper 00:25:15 00:01:15 00:03:19

22 James Blackburn 00:31:17 00:03:52 00:05:35

23 Brian Yates 00:35:37 00:01:09 00:06:07

24 Jeremy Weightman 00:23:16 00:02:52 00:04:08

 Marshals: Georgie Hamilton Richard Moreton Chitra Dunn Stephen McKee Rhona McKee Anita White Christine Ferguson Nacho Vicente Scholastica Brimley Alison Cole Elisabeth Grover Mike Ashton

January 2020

Wow that was a chilly and slippy 5K!

Our first 5k of the year got off to a cold start but 23 runners plus two support runners picked their way round the course.

Welcome and congratulations to first timers, Nigel and Alan who came in first and second place respectively plus Martin also a first timer. Also with Tracey, not a new member but first time for a while on the 5K bringing in 3rd place. They all got PBs as did Piloo and Marta (again) despite the slippy conditions.

Also lots of super fast times with three getting well under 20mins... and George was sub 18!

Thank you to all our fab marshals for standing around in the cold and cake bakers - delicious cake!

Please us know any mistakes or if I have missed you out!

Pn Name Time

1 Nigel Marriott 00:27:57 PB!

2 Alan Foster 00:24:10 PB!

3 Tracy Carr 00:24:11 PB!

4 Pierre-Louis Gatti 00:24:25 PB!

5 George Hill 00:17:46

6 Marta Serra Catasús 00:31:55 PB!

7 Alex Smith 00:18:17

8 Adam Mattison 00:19:11

9 Steve Grant 00:20:51

10 Lisa Munt 00:26:06

11 Alex James 00:20:37

12 Colin Wareham 00:24:28

13 Mark Woodcock 00:20:59

14 Graham Harper 00:24:01

15 Julie Horrocks 00:29:00

16 Peter Thornton 00:21:48

17 Patrick McGuinness 00:20:35

18 Neil Hewitt 00:23:05

19 James Blackburn 00:27:25

20 Martin Petersen 00:24:43

21 Ed Rhodes 00:20:54

22 Rosie Coupe 00:31:55

23 Simon Goodall 00:27:57

Marshalls

Georgie Hamilton Richard Moreton Chitra Dunn June Rowlands Stephen McKee Rhona McKee John Rowlands Anita White Christine Ferguson Jeremy Weightman Scholastica Brimley Karen Wilkins Elisabeth Grover Geraldine Carrie Michael Hessey

December 2019 - Xmas Special

Updated results from the xmas 5k special

Some work needed on the finish process for this one! I will blame the fact that you all paced it so well i could not catch everyone manually coming over then line very close to the target time...

It was a surprisingly dry evening, a bit cool and a slight breeze but good for December. That and our xmas special pace yourself "Run Your Time" event tempted 30 runners out.

The object was to finish closest to 8:25 PM ( earlier or later was fine), runners were free to start at their leisure BUT they had their watches taped over - so a real pacing test - not an easy task.

November 2019 "Winter Course"

27 runners gathered on a rather fresh evening - i would say optimum running conditions and with 10 PBs (including first timers) I would suggest it was true! Some amazing times - you all keep getting faster!

First thank you to all marshals from standing around in the cold and dark.

October 2019 "Winter Course"

An amazing cake fest preceded by some running... so much cake to comment on but i suppose you want to know the race results...

27 runners plus two pacers joined us to run round a surprisingly dry route.

Normal service was resumed with a win for first timer and participant to our 5k beginners program Chloe Olivia Hiskett coming in first placed (paced by Jillian Russell, followed by another first timer Andy McWilliams and the Simon (sandbagged my last race) Hodgson. Well run everyone!

Thank you to all marshals 

Georgie Hamilton Richard Moreton Chitra Dunn Rhona McKee Jillian Russell Anita White Taras Huzar Djerk Geurts Christine Ferguson Aly Northedge Nacho Vicente Sarah Huzar Ruth Bennett, Karen Wilkins, Scholastica Brimley

Cakes - wow so much cake all delicious - thank you to all bakers - i think that we had cake from Christine, Jillian, Marta (two cakes!), Rhona, June Rowlands, Lisa, Muiris, Aly Northedge - have I missed anyone?

Thank you to Christine and team for helping organise the tea/cakes.

Plus we sold some kit ready for the XC on Sunday!

September 2019 "Winter Course"

So it was back to the Winter/road course in the dark... although it was quite warm. We had nearly 30 runners plus marshals on Tuesday and nearly as many PBs!

In a huge break with tradition congratulations go to Lyndon who it seems has been sandbagging previous races and he ran a nearly 2 minute PB on our club timings. Closely followed by Allan Morely and Piloo.Gatti.

August 2019 "Summer Course"

(Last this year on the Nickey Line)

Results from Richard - Many thanks and to all the marshals and cake bakers too.

28 runners plus four (I think) support runners gathered on a pleasant almost sunny evening along the Nickey Line for the final of the very short summer season - it had indeed gotten quite dark by the end.

June 2019 "Summer" Course

It was not raining when we arrived at club, the heavens opened just before we left for the race, it stopped when the race finished... gotta love the British summer!

Please do check your times - if you think they are wrong please do tell me as the rain caused me some problems with your start times - sorry for that!!! I was trying to avoid standing in the rain for 4 1/2 minutes with nothing going on... If I hear nothing then I assume they are correct!!! I have checked those times I could on Strava.... but a couple of questions remain....

So huge congratulations to Muiris who stormed to a 1st place and a PB, with Anita and Isabel following in 2nd and 3rd respectively also with PBs.

I think Laura also got a PB?

There were also some tired legs out there after STF 24 for Ruth and Natalie plus having just run a small Comrades "Marathon" by Allan Morely.

Welcome to first timers George Hill (second fastest time)and Allan Morely

Sam Cockroft was the fastest on the night with 18:47 - clearly walking on water.

Finally well done Peter Thornton who Guided Simon Goodall through the rain and puddles.

Prize for dirtiest runner goes to Rowland in my opinion.. ;)

Thank you to all marshals who stood around in the rain. Extra thanks to returning members Richard Bruce and Phil Jacobs who were strong armed into helping - THANK YOU!

Thank you to cake bakers - John Rowlands? others?

 

Pn Name Race Time Comment Difference

1 Muiris O'Connell 00:20:22 PB! -00:01:28

2 Anita White 00:23:43 PB! -00:00:19

3 Isabel Green 00:23:02 PB! -00:01:17

4 Colin Wareham 00:24:10 00:00:25

5 Andrew Hazley-Payne 00:23:12 00:00:19

6 Richard Bailey 00:21:39 PB! -00:00:17

7 Julian Jones 00:22:48 00:00:01

8 Gareth Alexander 00:23:43 00:00:56

9 Neil Hewitt 00:22:23 00:00:24

10 Brian Yates 00:31:27 00:01:57

11 Louise Crosby 00:25:04 00:00:56

12 Laura Hicks 00:20:21 PB! -00:00:19

13 Allan Morley 00:20:43 00:00:33

14 Derek Lambert 00:28:05 00:01:48

15 Ben Cullis 00:21:47 00:00:36

16 Simon Goodall 00:24:35 00:01:04

17 Alexander James 00:20:57 00:00:13

18 Steve Grant 00:21:19 00:00:22

19 Ruth Bennett 00:31:10 00:02:27

20 George Hill 00:18:57 00:00:04

21 Steve Green 00:20:43 00:00:28

22 Adam Mattison 00:19:36 00:00:01

23 Graham Harper 00:24:49 00:02:53

24 Samuel Patrick Cockcroft 00:18:47 00:00:01

25 Natalie Edwards 00:30:50 00:03:52

26 Simon Speirs 00:19:21 00:00:19

27 Rowland Hughes 00:20:37 00:01:17

28 David White 00:22:24 00:02:00

Marshals Georgie Hamilton Richard Moreton Taras Huzar John Rowlands Peter Thornton David Green Phil Jacobs Richard Bruce

May 2019 - Summer Course!

First time this year back to the Nickey Line for our easy out n back course - despite half term and a few rain showers we managed 18 runners and several PBs!

Second timer Simon Goodall aided by his guide in training David White only went and won! Great going guys!
First timer Richard Bailey came in second place beating his forecats by just over 1 minute and Steve Grant came in third place. Also PB's for Ben Cullisand Jo Woodcock - well run all of you.

April 2019 (Winter course - Forwards!)

18 runners turned out for the last winter route for a few months - seemed like good conditions with a stack more PB's, we also ran the course 'normally - no surprises! A good turn out given we are in marathon season... with several runners having recently run their marathons.

Thank you to all cake/savoury providers - very tasty and just what was wanted after running.
Thank you all marshals - i'm really not sure if I got everyone so please do shout if you are not on the list.

March 2019 (Winter course BACKWARDS - Race report from Richard)

Update: Final results from tonight's '200m short' reverse route 5k/3M handicap race are out.

Results: In order to allow everyone to use their results for the club league and club standards they have been adjusted pro-rata to 5k.
The finish order stays the same but the times have been corrected - by 1 minute per person - Louise Crosby & Graham Harper checked all the results (Thank you) and found that whilst there was of course a variance in how fast people covered the 'missing' distance, the club average was 59s, For simplicity I will cal this 1 minute. This obviously reduces everyone's time by 1 minute and the number of PBs but bizarrely it seems like a faster direction... definitely some amazing times and still an incredible 13 PBs! - Great running everyone.
BTW - I also had to make a correction as I removed the time for P17 due to a token mistake but that was a mistake so those of you on P17 - P29 have saved 20s but gained a minute.

If you still have questions about your times please let me know. (Don't expect then too match 100% with your Strava time unless you would have covered the missing distance in 1 min.

*old report*
Well what can I say it was a good night for running - moonlight and perfect temperatures... and I hope that running the route in reverse gave you something extra to think about.
Now given that the course was ~200m short almost everyone seems to have a PB or nearly, so to avoid setting you all impossible to reach targets I propose to add 1 minute to our recorded time for next months race so that you don;t have impossible PBs... :) How kind is that? (but it does mean that we can't really count the WAVA grading.... sorry - something to think about before we do it again...

I will try and issue an update with corrected times if there are no major concerns.... comments welcome :)

That said we have some massive PB's even allowing for 1 minute - our winner Steve Mowles ran a massive 2 min (was 3 minute) PB - that is clearly more than the shortness of our course.Second place Audrey also put in a near 2min (was 3 min) PB and that gave first time Andrew Bracey a tough time but he came in third place.

Thank you to all marshals and a huge thank you to all cake/savoury bakers and to Christine for organising it all after the race!

If I have missed you off please let me know and I will correct it!
Cake bakers / providers - Christine, Jillian, Aly, Louise 

Pn Name Time Performance Comments
1 Steve Mowles 00:20:31 -00:02:16 PB!
2 Audrey Zilliox Herrbach 00:22:11 -00:01:54 PB!
3 Andrew Bracey 00:21:16 -00:00:31 PB!
4 Christine Ferguson 00:26:07 -00:01:23 PB!
5 Steve Grant 00:21:02 -00:01:07 PB!
6 Isabel Green 00:23:19 -00:00:46 PB!
7 Julie Horrocks 00:28:07 -00:00:14 PB!
8 Gavin Seaton 00:19:29 00:00:19 
9 Graham Halkyard 00:19:09 -00:00:26 PB!
10 Aisling Patterson 00:22:40 -00:00:23 PB!
11 Samuel Patrick Cockcroft 00:17:46 -00:00:21 PB!
12 Rowland Hughes 00:18:51 00:00:00 
13 Adam Mattison 00:19:00 -00:00:05 PB!
14 Neil Hewitt 00:21:14 00:00:14 
15 John Rowlands 00:24:24 -00:00:33 PB!
16 Laura Hicks 00:19:45 -00:00:09 PB!
17 Julian Jones 00:22:05 00:00:18 
18 Claire Price 00:21:58 00:00:19 
19 Ed Rhodes 00:18:27 00:00:32 
20 Michael Birtles 00:34:38 00:00:23 
21 James Blackburn 00:25:33 00:00:51 
22 Ruth Bennett 00:28:42 00:00:28 
23 Jayne Dobbs 00:26:05 00:01:57 
24 Louise Crosby 00:23:59 00:00:51 
25 Ben Cullis 00:21:11 00:00:48 
26 Graham Harper 00:23:09 00:02:13 
27 Karen Wilkins 00:22:03 00:01:25 
28 Simon Hodgson 00:20:46 00:01:47

Chitra Dunn Marshall
Jillian Russell Marshall
David Russell Marshall
Taras Huzar Marshall
Nigel Douglas Marshall
Aly Northedge Marshall
Emma Hobbs Marshall
Jeremy Weightman Marshall
Peter Thornton Marshall

February 2019 (Winter course - Race report from Richard)

Arrows Monthly 5k results:

23 runners + 9 marshals gathered under a nice bright moon to light the way with some close racing too well done all.

Second timer Ruth Bennett came in first place after a strong sprint finish with first timer Stephen Grant followed by Adrian Dixon who was also making his debut, closely followed by Claire Price and another first timer Steve Williams all five bagged PBs as did Christine Ferguson who then kindly dashed off to help organise our cakes. Emma Hobbs was close too just 3s off her PB!

January 2019 (winter course)

Race report from Richard.

January 2019 5k Handicap results:

26 arrows gathered to run off the mince pies in relatively mild (i thought) conditions for the first club 5k of the New Year.

The women ruled the roost tonight with first four places taken by the ladies! Happily the New Year started will with First timers (including one returner) taking the first three places.
Congratulations and welcome to Audrey Zilliox, Isabel Green and Sarah Dumbrill!
Six first timers in all Ruth Bennett, Simon Goodall (our first blind runner guided by Stephen McKee), Angharad Cook and not a new member but first 5k for a long while Christine Esson.

December 2018 (winter course)

We often don't do a 5k in December but this year we did - with a difference!!

This was a 5k with a twist - no handicap - this was a test of your pacing judgement - just for fun (the times won;t be included in the handicap times for January.)

It was dark (of course), it was a bit breezy (but better than earlier), temperature was good (for running), it was raining.

Runners were told that the one finishing closest to 8:15 PM would be the winner - they would be free to run at what ever pace they chose. Time to ~minute precision was available from the start. No watches were allowed. I forgot the duck tape so we had to negotiate a little...but I think the rain kept every one moving.
We had 21 runners brave the rain, although only a handful of marshals but no-the-less good running and fantastic pacing.
Don't underestimate how difficult a task this is, especially with a few inclines, a breeze, rain and in the dark.

Stephen Chaston came in the closest - I felt he was exactly on time, although my random/experimental time keeping effort suggests he was 1s out... with Patrick just finishing ahead of him but 2s early, possibly the standout performance from Sam Cockroft who did race to 19min target and was only 4s out in third place. I think that Laura and maybe others still managed PBs so all in all an interesting night. (webmaster note - they were definitely racing not pacing when they shot past me!)
(scope for improvement on the start finish line I think... like who knew my phone didn't easily display seconds...)

Full results attached, I have not checked them against Strava etc so please let me know any big errors although it won't affect your club league or next months handicap...

(sorry about the likely rubbish text formatting)

Pn Name                           Forecast     Finish Time    Delta       Race Time
1 Stephen Chaston          00:24:00     20:15:01       00:00:01     00:24:01
2 Patrick McGuinness      00:24:00     20:14:58       00:00:02     00:23:58
3 Samuel Patrick Cockcroft 00:19:00  20:15:04      00:00:04     00:19:04
=4 Aly Northedge             00:28:00     20:14:50       00:00:10     00:27:50
=4 Lisa Munt                    00:29:30     20:14:50       00:00:10     00:29:20
6 Graham Harper            00:27:00      20:15:17       00:00:17     00:27:17
7 Taras Huzar                  00:23:30      20:15:20       00:00:20     00:23:50
8 Andrew Hazley-Payne  00:25:00      20:14:35       00:00:25     00:24:35
=9 Laura Hicks                 00:21:00      20:14:33      00:00:27     00:20:33
=9 Jonny / Kate Baker     00:19:00      20:15:27       00:00:27    00:19:27
11 Julian Tall                    00:21:00      20:14:27       00:00:33    00:20:27
12 Djerk Geurts               00:27:30      20:15:35       00:00:35     00:28:05
13 Emma Hobbs              00:23:00     20:15:40        00:00:40    00:23:40
14 Ben Cullis                   00:22:00      20:15:41        00:00:41    00:22:41
15 James Izzard              00:22:00      20:15:41       00:00:41     00:22:41
16 Peter Thornton           00:23:00      20:15:50       00:00:50      00:23:50
17 Viddy David Green     00:22:00      20:15:51       00:00:51      00:22:51
=18 Jeremy Weightman  00:19:30      20:16:23       00:01:23      00:20:53
=18 Mike Ashton             00:26:00      20:16:23       00:01:23      00:27:23
20 Stephen McKee         00:27:00       20:17:03       00:02:03     00:29:03
21 Brian Yates                00:32:30       20:18:29       00:03:29      00:34:29
M Louise Maikovsky 
M David White 
M Georgie Hamilton 
M Richard Moreton 
M Rhona McKee 
M Jillian Russell 
M Chitra Dunn

November 2018 5k (winter course)

It rained
It was cold
It was dark
But we had 28 committed runners turn out to fill the roads round St Georges and deliver 9 PBs and some impressive racing.

October 2018 5k Results (winter course)

29 runners plus almost as many marshals gathered on a warm evening to do their best on our winter/road 5k route round St Georges.
Congratulations to first timer Sharon Davies who stormed to an appraently easy victory - paced by Patrick M beating her forecast by a nearly 3 minutes! Great runs from Suzy and Ali to also bag PBs with second and third places respectively. 
Another eight PB's recorded too including first timers for Colin W, Steve G, Matt Earl, Andrew, Vitoria, Charles, Sam (who also was fastest runner) and Claire! Fab running all.

Sep 2018 5k Results (winter course)

Hello Arrows: Here are the results from this evening's 5k Handicap:
21 Arrows made it out on a mild but breezy evening for the return to our winter/road route. Some super running going on as usual with a great clutch of PBs.

Congratulations to Annie Gass who ran a massive 1:04min PB to come in first, with first timer Colin Williams just behind and Muiris O'Connell rounding off the top three also with a PB.

Aug 2018 5k Results

A rather warm evening and we had 24 racers plus Graham jogging it... gather for our final run out on the Summer route until next year!!!! Can't believe I'm typing that in August - how many shopping days until Christmas?....

Despite the heat and failing light there were many stand-out performances and some great racing and sprint finishes.

July 2018 5k results

26 runners all heat acclimatised ~13 PBS - well run everyone!

Winner: Hannah Russell - also our newest member - joining tonight...
New all time Course Record: Tom Kearns 16:30 - wow!

June 2018 5k results

A slightly warm and humid evening for our monthly 5k handicap saw 34 runners toe the line and we got 17 (recent) PBs (for our 5k) - incredible running Arrows.

Second timer Ben Schneider came in first place - with a huge 3min PB! Joe Grigg, and continuously improving Michael Birtles rounding off the top 3 - well run guys!

May 2018

Arrows 5k Handicap May results:
We returned to the summer route and didnt we do well.
PBs galore! Too many to mention 24 of the first 26 runner PB'd (including new runners - welcome We hope you enjoyed it & we will see you again.)

Congratulations to Geraldine Carrie on coming first, with Anita Burrows second and Patrick McGuinness (I'm not going to run fast) in third.

Thank you to all marshals and cake bakers. - if I have missed you from the list please let me know & I will add you in!

Pn Name Time Performance Comments
1 Geraldine Carrie 00:28:53 00:01:18 PB!
2 Anita Burrows 00:25:05 00:01:40 
3 Patrick McGuinness 00:18:50 00:01:22 PB!
4 John Kearns 00:25:36 00:01:30 PB!
5 Stephanie Rowley 00:29:41 00:01:29 PB!
6 Garry Lindop 00:23:36 00:01:22 PB!
7 Taras Huzar 00:20:36 00:00:55 PB!
8 Julie Horrocks 00:29:21 00:01:20 PB!
9 James Blackburn 00:25:44 00:01:25 PB!
10 Rosie Coupe 00:28:26 00:00:09 
11 Emma Hobbs 00:21:35 00:00:41 PB!
12 Mark Woodcock 00:20:19 00:00:40 PB!
13 Richard Moreton 00:20:07 00:00:01 PB!
14 Ed Rhodes 00:19:28 00:00:45 PB!
15 Ben Cullis 00:21:45 00:00:42 PB!
16 Pamela Morgan 00:24:12 00:01:17 PB!
17 Jeremy Weightman 00:19:07 00:00:14 PB!
18 Giles Horridge 00:18:31 00:00:21 PB!
19 Adam Mattison 00:20:38 00:00:21 PB!
20 Andrew Cripps 00:19:23 00:00:17 PB!
21 Stephen Chaston 00:20:43 00:00:15 PB!
22 Vitoria Wilkinson 00:24:44 00:00:14 PB!
23 Louise Maikovsky 00:25:09 00:00:12 PB!
24 Karen Wilkins 00:21:56 00:00:10 PB!
25 David Vallance 00:23:42 00:00:10 PB!
26 Mike Ashton 00:23:23 00:00:08 PB!
27 Rachael Shergold 00:25:39 00:00:10 
28 Tom Clark 00:21:58 00:00:12 
29 Louise Crosby 00:27:02 00:02:54 
30 David Green 00:19:28 00:00:40 
31 Rowland Hughes 00:19:55 00:00:30 
32 Graham Harper 00:22:50 00:00:54 
33 Simon Hodgson 00:20:32 00:00:44 
34 Louisa Kington 00:23:17 00:00:38 
35 David Salmon 00:27:51 00:00:40 
36 Brian Yates 00:31:26 00:01:56 
37 Neil Hewitt 00:22:54 00:00:50 
38 Natalie Edwards 00:28:56 00:01:58 
39 Chas Andrews 00:21:16 00:01:32 
40 Djerk Geurts 00:22:34 00:01:35 
41 Gareth Alexander 00:25:13 00:02:26 
42 Anita White 00:26:50 00:02:47 
99 Georgie Hamilton Marshal
99 Richard Moreton Marshal
99 June Rowlands Marshal
99 David White Marshal
99 Jillian Russell Marshal
99 John Rowlands Marshal
99 Michael Hessey Marshal
99 Lyndon Hearn Marshal
99 Chitra Dunn Marshal
99 Nigel Douglas Marshal
99 Stephen McKee Marshal
99 Rhona McKee Marshal
99 Christine Ferguson Marshal
99 Andy Jordan Marshal

April 2018

Arrows April 5k Handicap race results.

On one of the warmest days of the year so far we had 27 Arrows line up for the final road race for a few months...

Lots of good racing and people running hard in the unaccustomed heat.. 
Congratulations to Barbra Budowski on coming in first place and bagging a massive 1min47 PB - Well done Barbra! 
First timer Kate Linhart came in a stroing second place with Emily Shone in third.
Welcome to all first timers including Chris Benson Jillian Russell (Wow - who knew!) and Kate Hatton

March 2018

Race Report: Arrows monthly 5k Handicap March 2018.
It was Spring Equinox and a tad warmer than of late, the wind had dropped a little leaving a great night for racing and it was night of the 5k PBs with cake as well.

15 from 24 runners bagged themselves PBs (1-13 plus p16 & p23). Leading the way was Stephen McKee with a 25sec PB and upsetting the first timers by storming past those starting in front to win - great running Stephen. First timer Emily was just a few seconds behind with Aisling in 3rd place.

Welcome to first timers Emily, Tom and Louise we hope you enjoyed it and we will see you soon.
Well done Rhys who managed to go sub 19 min for the first time too!
Andrew Cripps missed a PB by 1 second, and there were several others getting close.

Plus an update & apology to Stephen Chaston who for some reason has a minute deducted from his last months time... but it motivated him to PB this month!

Thank you to all marshals and cake bakers (Christine, Graham, me... please say if you also bought cakes...)

Pn Name Time Performance Comments
1 Stephen McKee 00:24:16 00:00:25 PB!
2 Emily Shone 00:26:00 00:01:06 PB!
3 Aisling Patterson 00:24:03 00:00:51 PB!
4 Peter Thornton 00:21:32 00:00:53 PB!
5 Tom Honnywill 00:24:42 00:00:47 PB!
6 Annie Gass 00:27:26 00:00:46 PB!
7 Anita White 00:23:17 00:00:45 PB!
8 Steve Hoskins 00:22:07 00:00:53 PB!
9 David Salmon 00:27:11 00:00:32 PB!
10 Samuel Patrick Cockcroft 00:19:19 00:00:31 PB!
11 James Izzard 00:18:53 00:00:29 PB!
12 Neil Hewitt 00:22:04 00:00:22 PB!
13 Rhys Morgan 00:18:56 00:00:13 PB!
14 James Blackburn 00:25:59 00:00:37 
15 Andrew Cripps 00:19:41 00:00:01 
16 Louise Maikovsky 00:25:21 00:00:08 PB!
17 Lyndon Hearn 00:20:49 00:00:26 
18 Djerk Geurts 00:21:30 00:00:15 
19 Ben Cullis 00:22:09 00:00:08 
20 Graham Harper 00:22:42 00:00:46 
21 Julian Jones 00:24:34 00:01:47 
22 Colin Wareham 00:24:02 00:01:04 
23 Stephen Chaston 00:20:58 00:00:45 
24 Muiris O'Connell 00:23:26 00:01:28 
Georgie Hamilton Marshal
Richard Moreton Marshal
Jillian Russell Marshal
Taras Huzar Marshal
Chitra Dunn Marshal
Rhona McKee Marshal
Joe Rees Marshal
Christine Ferguson Marshal
Andy Jordan Marshal
Chas Andrews Marshal
Nigel Douglas Marshal

February 2018

33 Arrows plus a good quantity of marshals turned out last night on a chilly evening but a good one for times. with 11 PBs

Huge congratulations to 'Not quite a first timer' Phillippa O'Donovan on winning and getting a shiny new PB! (for this course at least) with Stephen Chaston and Brian Yates coming in close behind.

January 2018

A cold evening with an even colder wind didn't stop 33 runners plus marshals turning out for our first 5k handicap race of 2018 to run off the mince pies :)

Happily tradition prevailed and first timer Sarah Grant won - great running Sarah!
Welcome to all first timers - Great to have you run with - some fabulous times recorded too and I think surprising themselves: Sarah Grant Phillippa O'Donovan, Tom Kearns, Aisling Patterson. Barbra Budowski, Sophie Weaver, Scott Efford and John Kearns.

December 2017 - no race - Snow

November 2017

Wow 36 runners on a mild but breezy night and a god bag full pf PBs to boot - great running
This is the limit of runners as FB only lets me tag 50 people which when including marshals I am at the limit... ;)

Michael Birtles came first - sorry don;t seem to be able to tag you... with a huge 2min PB!
First timer and new member Jonathan M. Taylor in 2nd place... and Geraldine Carrie in 3rd.
For those of you who were given finish numbers of 24 or above you will notice your final position is one place lower because Sam Hazelton was running so fast he forgot to take his number after finishing... (17:48...)

October 2017

Another perfect night for running - cool, it remained dry for the run although may have been damp underfoot - First 12 places getting PB's (including first timers...)

Sorry to those I could not tag...

THANK YOU to all cake bakers - I don;t know who you were so please claim your thanks - very good cakes as ever - I enjoyed the Victoria sponge too much ;)

An unexpected winner with Chas, who clearly had some sort of undetected issue on his last run and claimed a 2min+ PB. Michael Birtles with his second 5k run on returning to the club also bagged a huge PB. 
Then first timers - and new members filling slots 3-7 - welcome - I hope you enjoyed it and hope to see you next month.
Also PB's for Joanne (I can't see in the dark - yeah right!) Nia, Annette, James Izzard, Claire W - 1s sub 30 (perfect pacer Stephen McKee!), Christine and Lee! Great running All!

Results sorted by times at the end with visitor Ollie Gray beating the lot of us with 19:10! (1min faster than his prediction... saw me coming ;0 ) close followed by James and Lee - all three getting sub 20 mins. :) and Simon H 3s outside... good running!

Pn Name Time vs PB Comments
1 Chas Andrews 00:20:17 -00:02:13 PB!
2 Michael Birtles 00:28:44 -00:01:57 PB!
3 Muiris O'Connell 00:21:58 -00:01:38 PB!
4 Steve Mowles 00:24:06 -00:01:23 PB!
5 Tom Clark 00:23:13 -00:01:13 PB!
6 Nicola Philips 00:26:24 -00:01:03 PB!
7 Ollie Gray 00:19:10 -00:01:00 PB!
8 Joanne Richards 00:26:59 -00:00:28 PB!
9 Nia Sheppard 00:29:01 -00:01:12 PB!
10 Annette Alleyne 00:27:23 -00:00:05 PB!
11 James Izzard 00:19:22 -00:00:11 PB!
12 Claire Watts 00:29:59 -00:00:10 PB!
13 Simon Hodgson 00:20:03 00:00:15 
14 Christine Ferguson 00:28:34 -00:00:04 PB!
15 Lee Scott 00:19:44 00:00:11 
16 Elliot Sarah Lamb 00:20:48 00:00:12 
17 Neil Hewitt 00:22:48 00:00:17 
18 Brian Yates 00:31:26 00:01:56
19 Andrew Cripps 00:20:19
20 Anna Wisniowski 00:28:43 00:00:40
21 Jayne Dobbs 00:26:07 00:00:59
22 Rob Dobbs 00:22:38 00:01:14
23 Michael Edmond 00:24:42 00:01:24
24 Colin Wareham 00:24:49 00:01:51

Finally thank you marshals - many of whom were resting legs after weekend marathons:

If I have missed you off - sorry - please shout out so you can claim your club league points!
Georgie Hamilton
Richard Moreton
Jillian Russell
David Russell
Nigel Douglas
Taras Huzar
Chitra Dunn
Ed Rhodes
Natalie Edwards
Rowland Hughes
Stephen McKee
Rhona McKee
Taras Huzar
Djerk Geurts
Andy Jordan
Graham Harper

September 2017

Here are the provisional September 5k results - first time back on the Winter course and again PB's galore - awesome running!

Another perfect evening for running as we took to the streets of Harpenden.

Congratulations to new member Emma (who signed up tonight after having run with us a few times), Emma came in first place beating her estimate by 2 minutes! Joe Rees came in 2nd also with an amazing 2 minute PB, Then PB's for Geraldine, Julie, Claire, Derek, Louisa, Rosie, David, Elliot, Craig, Nathan, Graham, Michael B (running with us for the first time!), Terry, Julian, Stephen, Hilary, Rowland, Steve B (18:45!) and Ben Cullis.
Even those who did not manage a PB were really close - fabulous running by everyone - well done.

Followed up by amazing cakes from Natalie (please share the recipie!), Rowland, me .... who else bought cakes????

If I have missed anyone please let me know.

Pn Name Time Performance Comments
1 Emma Maggott 00:22:53 00:02:12 PB!
2 Joe Rees 00:21:13 00:02:01 PB!
3 Geraldine Carrie 00:29:58 00:01:58 PB!
4 Julie Horrocks 00:30:01 00:01:56 PB!
5 Claire Watts 00:30:09 00:01:00 PB!
6 Derek Lambert 00:24:58 00:00:59 PB!
7 Louisa Kington 00:22:39 00:00:56 PB!
8 Rosie Coupe 00:28:17 00:00:55 PB!
9 Simon Hodgson 00:20:09 00:00:21 
10 David White 00:20:54 00:00:43 PB!
11 Elliot Sarah Lamb 00:20:36 00:00:30 PB!
12 Craig Harper 00:19:56 00:00:38 PB!
13 Nathan Scott 00:19:33 00:00:37 PB!
14 Graham Harper 00:21:56 00:00:36 PB!
15 Michael Birtles 00:30:41 00:00:28 PB!
16 Terry Atkinson 00:18:54 00:00:27 PB!
17 Jonny Kate Baker 00:19:21 00:00:09 
18 Julian Tall 00:20:57 00:00:16 PB!
19 Stephen Chaston 00:21:53 00:00:10 PB!
20 Steve Bowran 00:18:45 00:00:07 PB!
21 Hilary Cade Birt 00:26:51 00:00:05 PB!
22 Rowland Hughes 00:19:25 00:00:03 PB!
23 Ed Rhodes 00:19:32 00:00:19 
24 Djerk Geurts 00:21:29 00:00:15 
25 John Rowlands 00:26:13 00:00:16 
26 Natalie Edwards 00:27:46 00:00:48 
27 James Blackburn 00:25:48 00:00:26 
28 Ben Cullis 00:23:35 00:00:30 PB!
29 Rachael Shergold 00:26:33 00:01:04 
30 Jason Smith 00:25:12 00:01:20

Thank you to all our amazing marshals :)
Georgie Hamilton Marshal
Richard Moreton Marshal
Jillian Russell Marshal
Michael Hessey Marshal
David Russell Marshal
Amy Russell Marshal
Nigel Douglas Marshal
Lyndon Hearn Marshal
James Izzard Marshal
Anita White Marshal
Karl Tull Marshal
Taras Huzar Marshal
Chitra Dunn Marshal
Chas Andrews Marshal

August 2017

With records broken everywhere - here are the August 2017 Arrows 5k Handicap results:

A perfect evening for running 35 runners turned our for probably the last trip of this year on our Summer course... 
There was so much good running I almost don't know where to start... and so sorry if miss anything out.

35 runners - new record?
20 PBs! - new record? - in first 21 places
Paul Goodwin runs 17:41!! a new record! (1.1/2 mins faster than the next best time...)

Five new members - Julie Horrocks, Geraldine Carrie, Nia Sheppard, Nicky Carter, Jo Lane, plus several existing members running the 5k for the first time in a while - it was amazing to see you all. (Please feel free to let me know if I have missed anyone...)

BUT a first timer did not win - not quite a record but unusual - there was however very tough competition with proof that training does work... our winner Sharon Neely taking a whopping 2 min 17 seconds from her PB (Arrows 5k records)
With Chitra in 2nd place also with a huge 2:05 min PB and new member / first timer Nia Sheppard in coming in third place.

Three runners sooo close to a PB - within 1 or 2 seconds - Graham, Rhys and Nicky Carter - next time guys?
Plus a super time back from injury Louise!

THANK YOU to all cake bakers - it really is a most welcome treat after the 5k - I don't know who yo all were - sorry!!! - Please do say so you can get your credit - Great choc chip cookies and Victoria Sponge!

Finally thank you to our marshals - we will need you all and more on the more complex 'Winter course' next month.

Results in finish order and then by time order are below - Please do let me know if you spot any errors/queries.
Apologies from Mark Zuckerberg for the formatting - it doesn't look like this when I post...

Pn Name Time Performance Comments
1 Sharon Neely 00:26:40 00:02:17 PB!
2 Chitra Dunn 00:22:08 00:02:05 PB!
3 Nia Sheppard 00:28:36 00:01:37 PB! First timer!
4 Pamela Morgan 00:23:58 00:01:31 PB!
5 Jo Lane 00:25:59 00:01:29 PB! First timer!
6 Djerk Geurts 00:21:14 00:00:42 PB!
7 John Rowlands 00:25:16 00:00:41 PB!
8 Alex James 00:20:56 00:00:27 PB!
9 Jeremy Weightman 00:19:21 00:00:39 PB!
10 Stephen McKee 00:24:11 00:00:30 PB!
11 Geraldine Carrie 00:31:56 00:00:34 PB! First timer!
12 Julie Horrocks 00:31:57 00:00:33 PB! First timer!
13 Claire Price 00:22:51 00:00:02 PB!
14 Anita White 00:24:42 00:00:25 PB!
15 Paul Goodwin 00:17:41 00:00:19 PB!
16 Graham Harper 00:22:32 00:00:02 
17 Christine Ferguson 00:28:23 00:00:15 PB!
18 Riana Walsh 00:23:22 00:00:13 PB!
19 Michael Hessey 00:23:23 00:00:12 PB!
20 Lyndon Hearn 00:20:23 00:00:11 PB!
21 Alison Plummer 00:23:44 00:00:03 PB!
22 Nicky/Nicola Carter 00:23:36 00:00:01 First timer!
23 Rhys Morgan 00:19:10 00:00:01 
24 Annette Alleyne 00:27:42 00:00:14 
25 Nigel Douglas 00:19:51 00:00:49 
26 Ed Rhodes 00:19:43 00:00:30 
27 Suzi Walton 00:29:09 00:00:31 
28 Jo Davies 00:29:11 00:00:33 
29 David Green 00:19:19 00:00:31 
30 Andy Jordan 00:19:30 00:00:46 
31 Louise Crosby 00:24:55 00:00:47 
32 Gill Holland 00:30:27 00:00:59 
33 Natalie Edwards 00:27:57 00:00:59 
34 Brian Yates 00:32:48 00:03:18 
35 Simon Hodgson 00:22:09 00:02:21 
99 Georgie Hamilton Marshal
99 Richard Moreton Marshal
99 June Rowlands Marshal
99 David White Marshal

July 2017

PB's galore at Arrows 5k kit n cake night!!!

22 racers including a few hardy TR24 er's plus a few other non racing runners gathered along the Nicky Line for our monthly 5k
First timers Mark Simmons and Alison Plummer came 1st and 2nd with Djerk bagging a PB for 3rd place! 
8 PBs!!! with great racing between Rowland, Ed, Rhys and Viddy, the later running a stunning 18:40 course PB.
Rachel + Nacho also ran course PBs :)

June 2017

Our first ever 5k handicap on a Tuesday! Summer Course - Results

Wow, Wow, Wow - what a fab turn out on a boiling hot Tuesday for our joint 5k/kit/cake night - your feedback is most welcome :)

37 runners - some sort of record - and it nearly bust the spreadsheet - that's my excuse for any errors - please do shout if you think I have something wrong - it's entirely possible as my spreadsheet was like my school homework - well it was done but very messy....

Anyway normal service resumed - First timer Raff Shergold won it! Well done Raff and welcome!
Loads of PB's (from our recent club races) too - surprising in the heat! Amanda >2mins PB!!!, Djerk, Frances, Lyndon,Steve Hoskins, Adrian James, Hilary Birt. Ed Rhodes equalled his best time...several were also so close - well run all!
Some started in unusual positions - Johny Baker! - must have been an error in my spreadsheet...
So many ~<20min times - with Tom C managing 18:33 - wow!

So many club regulars running the 5k for the first time too - hope you all enjoyed it and see you next month I hope!
Super to have such great cake afterwards too!
Apologies to those I was unable to tag...
Apologies for whatever FB does to the formatting....

P'n Name Time Performance Comments
1 Raff Shergold 00:21:32 First Time!
2 James Blackburn 00:25:22 First Time!
3 Nathan Scott 00:20:10 First Time!
4 Amanda Busby 00:28:44 00:02:16 PB!
5 Djerk Geurts 00:22:23 00:00:38 PB!
6 Lauren Amond 00:28:27 First Time!
7 Jonny / Kate Baker 00:19:20 00:00:08 
8 Louisa Knighton 00:23:35 First Time!
9 Neil Hewitt 00:23:01 00:00:30 
10 Frances Quartly 00:23:05 00:01:06 PB!
11 Jeremy Weightman 00:20:00 First Time!
12 Scott Clarke 00:22:34 First Time!
13 Rachel Shergold 00:27:12 First Time!
14 Rhys Morgan 00:19:21 First Time!
15 Lyndon Hearn 00:20:25 00:00:39 PB!
16 Andrew Hazley-Payne 00:23:30 00:01:38 
17 Steven Steve Hoskins 00:22:30 00:00:30 PB!
18 Alex James 00:21:23 00:00:32 PB!
19 Annette Alleyne 00:28:40 First Time!
20 Ed Rhodes 00:19:27 00:00:00 =PB!
21 Adrian James 00:19:39 00:00:09 PB!
22 Hilary Birt 00:26:56 00:00:04 PB!
23 Graham Harper 00:23:27 00:00:56 
24 Rowland Hughes 00:19:55 00:00:16 
25 Mark Amond 00:31:10 First Time!
26 Tom Cochrane 00:18:33 00:00:09 
27 Andrew Cripps 00:19:58 00:00:18 
28 Elliot Sarah Lamb 00:21:30 00:00:24 
29 Aly Northedge 00:26:06 First Time!
30 Christine Ferguson 00:28:38 First Time!
31 Roger Montgomery 00:20:13 00:00:43 
32 Claire Price 00:23:39 00:00:45 
33 Stephen Chaston 00:22:03 First Time!
34 Stephen McKee 00:25:26 00:02:30 
35 Nigel Douglas 00:20:11 First Time!
36 Chas Andrews 00:22:30 First Time!
DNF James Pickett 00:20:37 First Time!

Thank you also to our awesome marshals:
Chitra Dunn Marshal
Georgie Hamilton Marshal
Jillian Russell Marshal
John Rowlands Marshal
Taras Huzar Marshal
Richard Moreton Marshal
Justin Busby Marshal
Michael Hessey Marshal
Emily Hooper Marshal

Feb 2017

 Arrows do Doris (and beat her)!

13 wind hardened Arrows turned out to face down storm Doris and they did it in style! Five PB! - including the first four places - Wow - good running and that into a headwind up Stewart Road!

Congratulations to Michael Edwards who having sussed out the course last month came back with a huge PB and won by a good margin. Further back there was some very close racing and a photo finish with Jo and Neil both sprinting for the line but Jo just managing to hold on. Two 5k first timers Frances and Patricia - welcome to the first 5k - hope you come back again next month - even if you turned up not realising it was 5k night ;)

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Jan 2017

Wow - that was a cold one:-2C but a fab turn out from both marshals and runners *Thank you!*. All wanting to lay down a marker for the rest of the year and/or get some speed work under their belts for upcoming marathons etc...

The New Year continued in good tradition - several first timers running and they took 5 of the first 6 spots. Congratulations to Sammy Farrell on winning! Now we know your times you may have to run a bit faster next time ;)
The only PB of the night goes to Pierre-Louis, although Jonny Baker was just 1s off his PB!

October 2016

 5k Handicap race results.
Newbie robbed of a win ;) 5k smack-down fail....fab times again.

Well that was an interesting one - we had everything tonight - except marshals... several first timers - surely they would win as usual... plus the tantalising prospect of a 5k smack-down between the speediest club runners - all on a perfect evening for racing...

April 2016 - full results spreadsheet

As we used the Summer course on the Nicky Line it must be Summer - right?! We clearly had perfect running weather - perhaps motivated by the threat of rain or the excitement of getting back to the Nickey Line out-n-back route produced a stunning set of time with stacks of PBs and near PBs. This was evidenced by the the unusually large number of runners doubled over trying not to be sick at the end.

Great to see first timers Rob Dobbs and David Hilton, hope to see you back next month.
Everyone was so keen to get started there was even an attempt to shorten the course Manchester style by moving the start line wink emoticon

Mar 2016

Latest Results  - latest spreadsheet - Mar 2016

16 runners plus 6 marshals gathered to run off their Easter eggs for the Arrows monthly 5k race round the Winter course. A cool, clear evening with no wind making it a perfect night to run and this resulted in 11 PBs! 
Absolutely amazing but clearly not enough chocolate eaten - well run to all. Those PB's explain why there was so much recovery going on at the bus stop afterwards!

Congratulations to Stephen McKeen on winning by a country mile - clearly going the right way helps a lot!
PB's (at least recently on this course) for Daisy, Ed, Rowland, Jo, David R, Justine, Taras, Andy, James and Rebecca : Congratulations to all.

Natalie who was running on her birthday - just missed out on a PB by a few seconds and her husband Jonathan who also marshaled - thank you. 

Feb 2016

Latest Results  - latest spreadsheet - Feb 2016

We had 19 intrepid Arrows gather on a literally freezing night to leave it all out on the roads of Harpenden on Thursday.
What an exciting race we too with lots of good racing and tight finishes and PB's!

We had seven first timers Joanne White, Laura Barrett (training for VLM), The rest of the Highnam family - Laurence & Paul (well done James!), Jo Griggs, David Russell, and Rebecca Coffey.

Well done Joanne White who won the race with about about 45s to spare despite an alleged ailment/injury! Our new runners took the first three positions with Graham Harper coming in fourth over a minute quicker than his last outing after pacing Laura - I think she made him work for it - good running.

The cold made for a speed evening with 6 PB's: 
Neil Hewitt, Andy Duckworth, Natalie Edwards, Jo Desborough and James Highnam who also ran the fastest time of the night beating David Greenby 1s.

Just missing out on a PB was Taras - again by 1s frown emoticon

The challenge for David Green next month is to run 19:39 for 3 races in a row having managed to finish in exactly the same time as last month according my records...!

Finally Thank you to our awesome marshals:
Jillian Russellll Marshal
Georgie Hamiltonn Marshal
Pierre-Louis Gatti Marshal
Chitra Dunn Marshal
Louise Crosby Marshal
Richard Moreton Marshal

Hope to see you all again in March - thanks again!

RESULTS:
Position Name Time Comments
1 Joanne White 00:27:11 First Time
2 Laura Barrett 00:23:39 First Time
3 Laurence Highnam 00:25:21 First Time
4 Graham Harper 00:24:05 
5 Jo Griggs 00:22:19 First Time
6 Neil Hewitt 00:22:31 PB!
7 Andy Duckworth 00:24:22 PB!
8 Jayne Dobbs 00:26:55 PB!
9 Natalie Edwards 00:29:06 PB!
10 David Russell 00:21:50 First Time
11 Paul Highnam 00:22:33 First Time
12 Gareth Alexander 00:22:47 
13 James Highnam 00:19:38 PB!
14 Jo Desborough 00:25:35 PB!
15 Taras Huzar 00:22:14 
16 Justine Thorpe 00:26:17 
17 Simon Hodgson 00:20:43 
18 Rebecca Coffey 00:30:14 First Time
19 David Green 00:19:39

Nov 2015

Archive Results  - latest spreadsheet - Nov 2015

The last Arrows 5k handicap race of 2015 was the night of many PB's!

We had 14 runners on what turned out to be a perfect evening for racing.

Welcome to Rachael Shergold who joined us for the first time and led off as well and came in 30s under target - we hope to see you again! Ed Rhodes route guidance seemed to do the trick - thanks Ed!

The race was won by Rowland Hughes who also recorded a massive 50s PB! 

In total we had an incredible 6 PBs from 12 runners who had previously recorded times.

Great PB's for Roger, Laura, Paul, Gareth, and Mathew - super well done all. 

Steve Hoskins - we hope your Hamstring is easing now after sensibly deciding to pull up after lap 1.

Thank you also to the marshalls: Sarah Dumbrill, Louise Crosby, Annette Alleyne, Chitra Dunn, Andrew Neal Wilkins, Tom Cochrane and Ed Rhodes.

Posn Name Time Improvement
1 Rowland Hughes 00:21:28 PB! -00:00:50
2 Roger Montgomery 00:19:22 PB! -00:00:36
3 Laura Hicks 00:20:37 PB! -00:00:39
4 Paul Goodwin 00:18:21 PB! -00:00:06
5 Rachael Shergold 00:26:23 First Time
6 Gareth Alexander 00:21:51 PB! -00:00:31
7 Andrew Hazley-Payne00:21:40 00:00:05
8 Mathew Davies 00:22:51 PB! -00:00:01
9 Patrick McGuinness 00:20:19 00:00:58
10 Claire Price 00:23:11 00:00:41
11 Graham Harper 00:25:14 00:03:36
12 Simon Hodgson 00:21:03 00:01:16
13 Elliot Lamb 00:22:12 00:02:07
14 Steve Hoskins DNF

Please remember there is no 5k in December - as the last Thursday is the 31st. See you in January! (feels too early to say that...)

Sep 2015

Cue drum roll... results from September 5k are ready...!
Back to the Winter route but it was a perfect evening for running with 13 Arrows starting - all we had to do is remember the route!
Congratulations to Justin (sandbagged his last result!) Busby who came in first with a splendid 18:45!
Welcome and well done to first timers Rosie Coup and to Taras Huzar who came in second place.
It was welcome back to Phil Jacobs but a last 5k for Jen who is moving soon - Hope to see you back one day!

Aug 2015

The August 5k Results are in...! brought to you in by Atomic Clocks Inc..
15 Arrows gathered along the not too wet at all Nickey Line for the last of this seasons Summer Route 5k. 
We had five first timers - hope you all enjoyed it! Well done and welcome to Trudy Mayles, Steph Mair, Angela Barnes, Claire Watts and Tim Cunningham.
It was a great night for the newcomers with the ladies taking 4 out of the first 5 positions!

July 2015

Results for this months' (July) Arrows 5k are in - subject to the usual complaints and bribery etc..

20 runners and 7 marshals gathered for the run on a clear evening - perfect running temperature. According to my records we had a fantastic 8 first timers - welcome! - we hope you enjoyed it - several of you coming from Thunder run - well done.

Congratulations to Joanne White who came in first - even after her Thunder run exploits - great running.

June 2015

Here are the results for June's Monthly 5k Handicap race, sorry for the delay.

We had 18 runners (+2 or 3 pacers) turn up on a lovely warm night to run the Nicky Line Summer course route.

The race was won by first timer Djerk Guerts - Congratulations!
We had five first timers - Welcome and well done, we hope you had a good time!
Despite the heat we also four PB's for Gareth, Simon H,Margaret and Chris S - well done!

May 2015

Arrows monthly Handicap race results are in! (as ever please let me (Richard) know if you spot any errors!)
A lovely evening, 17 runners assembled along the warm the Nickey Line, waiting for the starting timer. Well done to all, we had two first timers, several 'haven't run it for ages', some super PB's and sandbagging wink emoticon. Thank you to all marshals Sarah,Georgie, Colette, Louise, Graham, David/Viddy & Colin for impromptu computer services.
Happily the stopwatches worked perfectly (phew!) Justine came in in first place in her first race! Loads of PB's including Justine, Simon H, Steve H, Debbi, James, Michael and Andy J! In fact the first seven runners all got PB's - well done - seems a bit fishy to me. Fastest time of the night goes to Simon Speirs. Most exciting finish goes to Riana who managed to pip Chitra on the line followed by a big group finish which was hard work for the results takers but the stopwatch saved the day! 

April 2015

The first run of the year on the Nicky Line summer route (yay!) 

Follow the link above for the (provisional - subject to complaints, errors, bribery, drug testing etc..) results for April's Arrows 5k Handicap race.

Well done to all who ran and thank to the marshalls: Georgie, Justin, Ed,Louise, Jenny, Graham & Colin especially to Louise who has been organising this run for the last couple of years. Hopefully you can run next month now I have worked out the stop watch!

We had four first timers - welcome! - We hope you enjoyed it & see you next month!

Well done to Jane Fish who came in first place, running in her first handicap race since October '13.

Extra special well done to those returning after running VLM just a few days earlier! Patrick, Roger, Gareth.

We had six PBs: Riana 1m47s. David W 1m04s, (obviously tapering for M-K Half!), Tom 54s, Peter: 43s, Tracy 27s,  Patrick 7s (not bad after VLM!)

Fastest lady was Riana and fastest man was Viddy (also tapering for MK!)

March 2015 - No Race

Feb 2015 (Winter course)

Here are the results of last Thursday's handicap race. Congratulations to Gareth who smashed it with a 2m3s PB and 1st place, in 2nd place was newcomer Margaret Cowan, and storming into 3rd place with a 1m3s PB was Louisa. There was also a PB of 8sec for Philippa. Great running! We also welcomed first timers Alex Duffy, Claire Fenwick and Rob King. There were 16 runners in total, but only 6 marshals (although some runners did offer to marshal which was appreciated). Thanks to Georgie, Pierre-Louis, David, Jennifer and Sarah for marshalling.

Jan 2015 (Winter course)

 Great turnout of marshals (thanks to Georgie, Sarah,Colin, David, Ed, Julia, Jillian, and Louisa) - definitely a preference to stay warm on what was a bitter evening! But we had a good turnout of runners too and Anna sped round to come in 1st with a 1m35s PB, closely followed by Peter with a 39s PB - great running! James Izzard came in 3rd with other first timers Graham Halkyard, Gareth Alexander and Tom Cochrane following on. Well done everyone. Full results will be on the website shortly.

Nov 2014 (Winter course)

It was great to see lots of runners and marshals for the final race of the year. Jennifer flew over the line in 1st place, closely followed by Chris S in 2nd place with a fantastic 1min19 PB and Karen in 3rd place. There were also PBs for Peter (33sec), Steve H (26 sec) and Pierre-Louis (5 sec) - well done all of you. Welcome to newcomers Sheryl, Fiona S and Matthew - hope you enjoyed it and we see you again. Last, but not least, thank you to Georgie, Philippa, David, Brian, Steve, Paul, Louisa and Julia for marshalling - it looked like we weren't going to have enough marshals, so it was really appreciated that you came forward (and thanks to those who also offered, but were not needed in the end),

Oct 2014 (Winter course)

A small group of runners tonight, but good to see new members giving it a go. Welcome and well done to Anna who crossed the line in 1st place , Chitra came 2nd (on post-marathon legs - great running) and Jo came in 3rd (welcome back to the club!). Also welcome to Peter, who came in a respectable 5th place narrowly beaten by 'yet-another-PB' Richard who took 35 secs off last month's PB (is there no stopping you?), there was also a PB for Andrew (11 secs) - well done.
Thanks to the marshals: Georgie, David, Roger, Jillian, Philippa, Laura.

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