Sweating it out

The Resolution 5k
On Wednesday evening, 11 squirrels braved the 25c heat, alongside runners from Stevenage Striders, Fairlands Valley Spartans & Stevenage Phoenix, to take part in the Resolution 5k at Ridlins athletics track, Stevenage. Running a 5km track event presents a unique experience due to the predictability of the course, allowing runners to focus more on pace, form, and consistency rather than the route.

The event was split into 3 races based on runner’s expected finish times, starting at 18:45, 19:30 & 20:00 respectively, with the fastest runners competing in the final race. If the heat & humidity did affect anybody’s performance, it wasn’t obvious from the amazing results, and afterwards, the consensus seemed to be that people really enjoyed the challenge. 
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Linda Aird commented that “those of us in the first race were running on a track almost completely bathed in sunshine, so we knew that running 12.5 laps at 5k pace would be a challenge” and that she was “very pleased to have finished in 26:33 - over a minute faster than last year's time” with “consistent lap times showing only a couple of seconds variation between laps”.
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Results as follows:

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Ben Hadman (16:16)
Ben Sewell (16:43)
Shaun Allin (18:00)
Rhia Botha (19:37)

Ian Datlen (19:49)
James Godfrey (21:34)
​Richard Weber (22:53)

Laurie Scott (25:59)
Lucy O'Connor (26:22)
Linda Aird (26:33)
Sheila Leavy (38:14)

First Saturday of the Month
The hot and humid weather proved no obstacle to our dedicated club runners, 27 of whom completed our monthly sojourn around Norton Common. There were some cracking performances on display:

1              Richard Springall (19:55)
2              Mike Phillips (20:23)
3              James Keogh (20:36)
5              Michael Over (21:07)
6              Eva McCabe (22:55)
10           Joanne Hoare (25:28)
12           Natalie Phillips (25:59)
14           Anna Greetham (26:02)
15           Matt Roberts (26:02)

16           Kyle Stout (26:03)
17           John Auld (26:15)
21           Paula Adams (26:38)
22           Lucy O'Connor (26:48)
25           Adam Wilson (28:00)
​26           Alice Bates (28:01)
28           Tash Pitman (28:31)
29           Laurie Scott (28:32)
31           Dawn Power (29:12)​

32           Andrew Robson (29:13)
35           Helen Cromack (29:43)
36           Philip Flack (29:58)
39           Jane Robson (31:16)
40           Julie Taylor (31:22)
41    Eugene Concannon (32:26)
42           Ian Sutcliffe (32:27)
48           Caroline Nobbs (33:42)

Wokington Running Festival
 Tom Barclay competed in and won the 5K race as part of the Workington Running Festival Tom completed the course in 17:03 to take the win. Tom commented that it was a super friendly event organised by local club, Cumberland AC.

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Parkrun Roundup
With our First Saturday of the Month taking place on the same day, there were perhaps fewer parkrun results than usual to report on, but for those who did get to run, there were some excellent times to report:

​Bedford: Steve Brenton (23:27)

Boston: Nick Malpeli (18:53)

Congleton: Sam Coxon (16:11)

Fulbourn Hospital: Kris Whitmore (20:15)

Great Denham: Peter Sibbett (20:19), Chris Stokes (20:46)

Hastings: Daniel Wrigley (22:11)

Henlow Bridge Lakes: Steve Tracey (23:16), Bob Davis (29:48)

Land's End: Jane Clarke (24:38), Sarah Mitcherson (24:47)

Lanhydrock: Emily Yossarian (35:06)

Letchworth: James Poulton (29:03)

Millennium Country: Joseph Barker-sherry (28:58)

Rheinaue: David Weston (22:41)

Sandringham: Andrew Coates (25:09)

Sheringham: Katie Harbon (20:42), James Berry (25:46), Helen Harbon (30:14), Jo Harbon (33:24)

Stevenage: Ian Datlen (20:00), Ian Harvey (20:52), Ellie Scott (29:33), Laura Preston (35:37)

Valentines: Darren Matussa (20:27)

Woodley: Jon Hunt (23:24)
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Workington: Tom Barclay (22:43)