Harlow Running Club

Essex 20 (Essex Championship) - 7th March

Several Harlow Running Club members competed in the Essex 20 Mile Championships held at Great Bromley near Colchester. First home for Harlow in his first race at the distance was Gavin Brett in a superb 2hrs 23min 59 sec. He was followed home by Jamie Jephcott in a personal best time for the distance of 2hr 25min 40sec and Andy Terrell, also in his debut at the distance, in 2hr 27min 14sec. First Harlow lady was Dionne Jones in a personal best time of 2hr 32sec 29sec and which was also a fantastic 10min improvement on the HRC Ladies Vet 40 record. Not far behind was Katie Herrington in her debut race at the distance in 2hr 45min 19sec. There were also personal best times for Steve Ambrose, Jon Steadman and Sean Flynn.

Gavin Brett 2.23.59
Jamie Jephcott 2.25.40 PB
Andy Terrell 2.27.14
John Bull 2.28.24
Dionne Jones 2.32.29 PB and V40 Club record.
Steve Ambrose 2.34.53 PB
Jon Steadman 2.36.41 PB
David Croly 2.40.44
Katie Herrington 2.45.19
Sean Fylnn 2.41.00 PB
Derek Seymour 2.55.12
Matt Jones 3.04.32
Joanne Chung 3.11.31
Clare Williams 3.18.42
Alison Bull 3.24.41
Susan Dewen 3.33.37
Susie Morley 3.36.59
Wendy Spring 3.39.22

Berkhamstead Half Marathon - 7th March

Emma Wadding 1:58.19 779th (debut)

The Grizzly  - 7th March

At the Grizzly Run in Devon, a twentyish muddy, hilly, boggy, beachy miles of the multiest-terrain running.

Graham Pugh 3:36 406th

1500 finishers

Milton Keynes Half Marathon - 7th March

Marc Lowers completed the Milton Keynes Half Marathon in a personal best time for the distance of 1hr 35min 01sec.

Marc Lowers 1:35.01 PB

Newham London 10K 2010 - 7th March

Joanne Mills completed the Newham London 10K in 55min 18sec and finished as second Vet 60 Lady.

Joanne Mills 55.18 251st (2nd in category)

February

CROSS COUNTRY: Saffron Striders (Race 4/4) - 28th February

Men
Alan Broughton 8th
John Evans 9th
Gavin Brett 13th
Jason Haigh 14th
Rick Ricketts 16th
Andy Sims 17th
Steve Mackenzie 18th
David Ayling 20th 
Roy Steven 25th
Jon Steadman 28th
John Bull 35th
Pasquale Pellechia 39th
Matt Jones 40th
Graham Pugh 45th
Martin McColgan 48th
Alan Moir 56th
Graham Saville 65th

Women 
Sharon Wright 15th
Claire Williams 20th
Julie 24th
Karen Moir 26th

Roding Valley Half Marathon - 28th February

Jamie Jephcott 1:29.26 48th

826 finishers

CROSS COUNTRY: Bishop's Stortford (Race 3/4) - 14th February

Jared Bethell finished 28th out of 826 runners in an excellent 1hr 18min 36sec. He was followed home by Alan Broughton in 1hr 22min 15sec and the steadily improving David Ayling in a PB time of 1hr 25min 45sec. First Harlow lady to finish was the also steadily improving Katie Herrington in an excellent PB time of 1hr 32min 57sec. She was followed home by Dionne Jones and Sharon Wright in 1hr 42min 53sec. There were also personal best times for Jon Steadman, Jamie Jephcott, Adrian Fell, John Bull, David Croly, Alan Moir, David Page, Janice Page, Alison Bull, Wendy Spring and Susan Dewen.

28 Jared Bethell 01:18:36
58 Alan Broughton 01:22:15
84 David Ayling 01:25:45 PB
116 Roy Steven 01:27:54
119 Jon Steadman 01:28:30 PB
121 Andrew Terrell 01:28:37 debut
126 Jamie Jephcott 01:28:53 PB
133 Adrian Fell 01:29:37 PB
171 John Bull 01:32:03 PB
181 Katie Herrington 01:32:57 PB
216 John Tennant 01:35:10
228 Dionne Jones 01:35:50 PB V40 club record
258 Grahame Thomas 01:37:30
291 David Croly 01:39:26 PB
333 Jim Martin 01:42:14
346 Alan Moir 01:42:47 PB
348 Sharon Wright 01:42:53 debut
367 Martin McColgan 01:43:40
457 Howard Gaines 01:49:04 debut
521 Donna Whitehead 01:52:26 debut
522 Matthew Jones 01:52:44
554 Linda Selby 01:54:40 1st V60, 3rd Essex V55
570 David Page 01:55:36 PB
577 Janice Page 01:56:05 PB
612 Karen Moir 01:58:16
616 Alison Bull 01:58:28 PB
679 Wendy Spring 02:04:20 PB
766 Susan Dewen 02:15:25 PB
805 Susie Morley 02:24:00 debut

826 finishers

627 finishers

Folksworth 15 - 24th January

Several Harlow Running Club members took part in 15 mile races at the weekend in preparation for running the Virgin London Marathon. At the Folksworth 15 first Harlow runner to finish was David Ayling in an excellent time of 1hr 41min 25sec which earned him a trophy as the first under 25 age group winner. Not to be outdone, first Harlow lady to finish was Katie Herrington in a superb 1hr 49min 50sec which is a new HRC Senior record for the distance by over 8 minutes. Not far behind was second Harlow lady Dionne Jones who finished in a fantastic 1hr 53min 38sec to create a new HRC Vet 40 record by over 20minutes! Also running for Harlow were John Bull 1hr 52min 45sec, Claire Williams 2hr 17min 32sec, Joanne Chung 2hr 20min 28sec and Linda Selby 2hr 22min 38sec.

44 DAVID AYLING 01:41:25
95 KATIE HERRINGTON 01:49:50
121 JOHN BULL 01:52:45
130 DIONNE JONES 01:53:38
329 CLAIRE WILLIAMS 02:17:32
345 JOANNE CHUNG 02:20:28
356 LINDA SELBY 02:22:38

416 finishers

CROSS COUNTRY: Ware (Race 2 of 4) - 17th January

Harlow Running Club competed in the second 'Run-In' Cross Country League Race hosted by Ware Joggers and run over a 5 mile farmland course. After the recent snow had melted the running conditions were extremely heavy and muddy underfoot making for exhaustive running. Harlow, suffering from a poor turnout and missing some top performers, finished in last place in the mens , womens and overall leagues behind Saffron Striders, Bishop's Stortford and Ware Joggers. This was a disappointing result after finishing in second place overall in the first race. After two races Harlow are now in third place overall. First Harlow runner to finish was Alan Broughton in a creditable 8th place. He was followed home by the consistent John Evans in 11th place and Jamie Jephcott in 17th place. First Harlow woman was Katie Herrington in a superb 7th place, followed by Dionne Jones in 11th place.

Men     

9th Stansted Stagger - 3rd January

We have official times, but these are complicated by the fact that we did not actually leave at the time we said we would, and even though we all finished essentially together, I was chatting to some people before I checked in, so my 'official' time is 3 minutes slower! However it must be said that David and Katie could have run faster and were only slowed by feeding me emergency jelly babies in the last 5 miles or so.

Times are official (watch), but they also include a coffee/sandwich/cake stop that was provided at the halfway checkpoint as part of the entrance fee, of ca. 20 minutes. I am also yet to check K&D's times.

Katie Herrington 4:51.00 (4:43.12)

David Ayling 4:51.00 (4:43.13)

Jon Steadman 4:54.00 (4:43.14)