It was a special day for the squirrels with records broken and a life saved at the Cambridge Half Marathon. They fielded their biggest ever squad with 52 runners racing and two long standing club records shattered: Astrid McKeown’s time of 1:31:24 took almost 7 minutes off the previous best veteran female 50 record; Andrew Leach’s 1:13:51 beat the previous best veteran male 60 time by more than 18 minutes. The first female squirrel over the line was Katie Harbon, 8th female in a field of 12,000 runners in an impressive 1:17:31. First male home for the club was Mike Roberts, 50th in a personal best time of 1:10:49. Experienced squirel Phil Hunt summed up the conditions, “Other than a quagmire on Midsummer Common at the start, the weather was perfect, cold and bright.” There were at least 9 female and 12 male personal best times with the biggest improvement from Nicola Withington taking a massive 27 minutes off her previous best time to finish in 1:56:58. Eight other females followed suit setting personal best times. Rhia Botha achieved her first sub 90 minute half marathon and a huge PB of 1:28:10 and said she was “surrounded by the most amazing team mates. Jane Clarke finished an impressive 5th in her age category and took over 5 minutes off her previous best time in 1:31:46. Claire Fisk was next in 1:38:41 and Katrina Slisane looked strong in 1:40:16. Emma Sandham and Alice Carty looked in great fitness for their spring marathons in 1:42:24 and 1:43:39 respectively. Natalie Phillips 1:47:22 and Jenna Manggos 2:01:18 who said “Fab run today at Cambs half with Richard Springall. Thanks to Rich for running it with me, shaving nearly 8 mins off last year's time.” Among the men setting personal best times were a closely packed group led in by Tom Barclay in 1:13:59, Ben Sewell 1:14:53, Matt Sayers 1:14:54 and Shahab Ahmad 1:15:44 who said “50+ second PB, but really wanted to give a massive shout out to the NHHR crew - on course support, fellow runners in the race and during training but mainly the coaches for their unwavering support and commitment. Karen's enthusiastic support during training and David Annetts in particular for his commitment on and off the Brandles Loop!” Elliot Jackson bettered his time by almost 10 minutes in 1:18:44, while Ian Datlen was delighted to improve by 2 minutes in 1:21:45 and followed by bests from Ollie Parsons in 1:22:27 and Shaun Allin in 1:25:00. Mike Phillips took 7 minutes off his previous best in 1:28:23. Next PB was Mike Over who was delighted with 1:31:03 and Lee Varley in 1:32:34. The club’s Helen Nuttall was a true hero on the day by sacrificing her own race to provide essential CPR along with two other doctors to a fellow runner who had collapsed at the 12.6 mile mark. Thankfully they revived the young man and he was taken off in an ambulance and reports received he made a good recovery. Full results: Female: Katie Harbon 1:17:31 4th F25, Rhia Botha 1:28:10 PB, Astrid Mckeown 1:31:24 V50 club record and 3rd FV50, Jane Clarke 1:31:46 PB and 5th FV45, Natasha Pitman 1:38:15, Claire Fisk 1:38:41, Katrina Slisane 1:40:16 PB, Caroline Thrussell 1:40:54, 4th FV60, Emma Sandham 1:42:24 PB, Alice Carty 1:43:39 PB, Natalie Phillips 1:47:22 PB, Helen Cairns 1:48:46, Nicola Withington 1:56:58 PB, Helen Nuttall 1:57:39, Shauna Lawless 2:00:05, Jenna Manggos 2:01:18 PB, Emily Yossarian 2:14:26, Andreea Weisl-shaw 2:32:02, Tracey Mccreath 2:34:57, Clare Hooley 3:01:37, Farzana Bhatti 3:28:28, Male: Mike Roberts 1:10:49 PB, Andrew Leach 1:13:51 V60 club record and 1st V60, Thomas Barclay 1:13:59, Benjamin Hadman 1:14:04, Ben Sewell 1:14:53 PB, Matthew Sayers 1:14:54 PB, Shahab Ahmad 1:15:44 PB, Rob Jowett 1:18:15, Elliot Jackson 1:18:44, Michael Banister 1:21:10, Ian Datlen 1:21:45 PB, Oliver Parsons 1:22:27 PB, Vincent Wright 1:23:15, Shaun Allin 1:25:00 PB, Mike Phillips 1:28:23 PB, James Keogh 1:29:46, Michael Over 1:31:03, Ian Harvey 1:31:46, Lee Varley 1:32:34, James Dalton 1:37:21, John Auld 1:38:05, Ben Ryan 1:38:52 PB, Kris Whitmore 1:44:13, Matt Farr 1:49:35, David Weston 1:49:37, Phil Hunt 1:55:24, Richard Springall 2:01:19, Geoff Davis 2:15:32, Jeff Salter 2:18:23, Philip Stapleton 2:22:41,Andrew Porter 2:34:23
First Saturday of the Month The Common was the muddiest on record on Saturday morning and John Auld our mud loving men’s team captain and cross country rep said, “Perfect conditions and not sure I could design it any better. What a fun course to run in the puddles. And fantastic morning with the team.” John won the event and Becky Geekie was the first lady home. John Auld 22:18,Steve McKeown 23:42,Peter Clarke 23:50,James Dalton 24:10,Dave Braybrook 24:44,Richard Harbon 25:32,Becky Geekie 26:15,Joanne Hoare 27:00,Dervla Downing 27:23,Grace Cleary 27:38,Viv Lucas 28:28,Georgia Head 29:32,Caroline Thrussell 29:46,Katie Palmer 30:13,Andrew Robson 30:19,Helen Cromack 30:33,Helen Harbon 30:51,Anna Priestley 33:09,Helen Giffin 34:45,Philip Flack 37:07 Parkrun Roundup
Dunstable Downs: Meyrick Jenkins (36:10) Letchworth: Steve Brenton (25:50) Preston: Lindsay Cook (31:51) Stevenage: Chris Stokes (21:19), Jon Hunt (23:06), Barbara Sayers (29:18), Ellie Scott (29:18) Teignmouth Promenade: Elwyn Howell (22:27)
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