Squirrels shine at MK Festival of Running

The North Herts Road Runners were out in force this weekend, tackling a range of race distances, as well as having a fantastic time celebrating the club’s achievements at their annual awards ceremony on Saturday evening.

​The squirrels were well represented at the Milton Keynes Festival of Running on Sunday, where several runners embraced the challenge of the 20-mile distance following the previous evening’s awards ceremony celebrations. 

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John Auld decided that the opportunity to run for more than 3 hours in the fresh air was “the perfect hangover cure”, completing the 20-mile race in 3:11:57. He was joined by Mike Phillips (2:35:49), Ben Ryan (2:44:23), Ian Harvey (2:45:29), Alice Carty (2:50:36), and Stuart Cocks (2:50:38). Meanwhile, Rachel Arnott completed the half marathon in an impressive 1:32:24, while in the 5k race Hannah Ridley was 2nd lady and 13th runner overall, finishing in a fantastic time of 20:11.

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Also racing this weekend was newcomer to the club Becky Geekie, who competed in the “rather wet” Essex 20 mile race in a PB of 2:41:57. Ben Sewell (2:19:21), Tom Barclay (2:19:20) and Emma Sandham (2:47:26) also completed the race as part of their marathon training.  

​Whilst further afield Joe Dixon ran his first marathon in Rome, he completed the course in an excellent debut marathon time of 3 hours and 36 minutes, despite the rather warm conditions.

​Lots of squirrels took part in parkrun events on Saturday, and this week’s full parkrun results for the club are as follows:

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​Castle Park: Anna Greetham (24:55), Matt Roberts (24:55);

Great Denham: Richard Barker (28:54), Georgia Barker (30:15); Hastings: Alice Noakes (25:10);

Letchworth: Katie Harbon (22:17), Steve Brenton (23:54), James Dalton (24:09), Laura Fairbanks (27:01), Paul Bowal (27:46), Katie Palmer (28:32), Michelle Grudzinski (28:40), James Poulton (28:55), Jo Harbon (30:50), James Berry (30:51), Helen Harbon (30:59), Andrew Grudzinski (32:42);

Pocket: Chris Stokes (20:27), Jon Hunt (22:29);

Severn Bridge: Lorna Chambers (27:53);

Stevenage: Barbara Sayers (25:23), Andrew Coates (25:52), Ellie Scott (28:41), James Godfrey (29:19), Frances Stanton (29:20), Helen Giffin (30:34), Amanda Greig (30:52), Tracey Mccreath (32:52);

Teignmouth Promenade: Elwyn Howell (21:24);

Wimpole Estate: Viv Lucas (27:24), Julie Taylor (34:26), Jane Robson (34:26), Lindsey Lucas (39:09). ​