Not New Year’s Day Wymondham 10k

NameTimePBStandard
Jack Stuttle34:103rd in age categoryDiamond
Andy Foreman44:17Gold
Barry Halkyard45:06Silver
Sandra Roberts46:292nd in age categoryDiamond
Keith Brighty47:03Gold
Doug Barber47:42Gold
Amy Fulcher50:59Bronze
Ruth Gainsford52:56Gold
Emma Fiddy53:08YesBronze
Jackie Bye54:24Gold
Anna Spackman1:09:18

East Coast 10k – 27/11/2022

Whenever I run in Great Yarmouth, I can guarantee that it will be windy in at least one of the directions, and today was no exception. Particularly the 5 mile stretch back towards the Pleasure Beach, I was starting to wonder if we would ever turn! Added to the wind today as well was a delightful splattering of rain, but at least it held off properly pelting down until the finish. Starting and finishing from near the pier, the East Cost 10K is 1.5 laps along the promenade, taking in the glorious sandy beach that Great Yarmouth boasts. Race HQ was the new Marina centre which definitely looks worth a visit in the future, climbing walls looked like a lot of fun. Please indulge me for a few moments as I explain I was running with my 68-year-old Father in his first 10k race. He unfortunately had a stress induced stroke at 55 and lost quite a lot of sensation on the left-hand side of his body. He decided during lockdown that he would like to join me and my husband at parkrun. Since then, I can only say he is absolutely flying and completing today in 1.07.27 just goes to show what is achievable. The Great Yarmouth Road Runners put on an incredibly welcoming race, one which had sold out a couple of weeks beforehand. With so many runners on the sea front it always makes for quite a spectacle and it was great to see people out on the course cheering and encouraging the runners on. The marshals were all so encouraging and there was lots of support on a fairly miserable day. From my own personal point of view, it was just amazing to run next to my father and watch him get his huge PB (although obviously I’m taking double credit as not only was I obviously the inspiration behind taking up running but my perfect pacing got him his PB today!) Definitely one to be remembered.
Amazing to see so many Jags not only out on the course but also PBs and finish positions.

Katie Fenn

NameTimePBStandard
Daniel Smith36:232nd in Age CategoryDiamond
Graham Johnson40:27Yes and 2nd in Age CategoryDiamond
Keith Brighty44:16Gold
Vicky Tovell45:591st in Age CategoryDiamond
Phil Henry46:11Gold
Sandra Roberts46:272nd in Age CategoryDiamond
Julian Smith46:54Silver
Doug Barber47:01Gold
Rachel Jackson47:10Yes and 2nd in Age CategoryGold
Amy Fulcher49:25Silver
Nicola Lambert-John50:43Bronze
Megan Swain52:38Bronze
Lindsay Smith56:51Yes
Hayley Smith1:01:11Yes
Katie Fenn1:07:29
Jenny Norris1:28:30

Houghton Hall XC – 06/11/2022

Seeing a trail Race on the calendar which sounded a bit different, I felt yes let’s try it out, I suggested it to Ben Letzer and Elly Young and we all busy entered also to enter from the Jaguars was Nigel Stallard-Mulford. None of us knew what to expect!. Its a 3 lap course set on a private estate with two pit drops each lap which climbed and dropped multi times. Firstly they put on junior Races for All ages starting/distance/age varying times.  The weather looked horrendous travelling there, however turned out to be an almost dry Race! Although a small attended Race, I highly recommend this to you all as this event is held every year and very enjoyable. 

Finishing Times;

Mel Porter 37-02
Elly Young 41-33
Ben Letzer 42-22
Nigel Stallard-Mulford 45-32 

Mel Porter

NameTimePBStandard
Mel Porter
37:02
Elly Young41:33
Ben Letzer42:22
Nigel Stallard-Mulford45:32

Run Norwich 10k – 23/10/2022

The feeling you get when you run a new PB!
NameTimePBStandard
Jack Stuttle34:1912th place overall!Diamond
Daniel Smith37:00Diamond
Andy Foreman43:37Gold
Julian Smith45:41Silver
Graham Johnson46:26Gold
Barry Halkyard46:29Silver
Rachel Jackson47:27Equalled PB!Silver
Doug Barber48:05Gold
Stephen Pointer48:11
Andy Wicks48:38Silver
Luke Townshend48:51
Phil Henry49:01Gold
Amy Fulcher49:02First TimerSilver
Nick Eley49:19Gold
Sarah Circuit50:05YesSilver
Ruth Gainsford50:49Gold
Karen Evans51:03Gold
Nicola Lambert-John52:08Bronze
Graham Fryer52:39
Megan Swain52:54
Nick Hudson52:54
Hattie Swain53:38
Richard Peters53:52
Laura Johnson55:43Yes
Nigel Stallard-Mulford55:52
Tim Evans57:06
Marion Bensley58:23
Emma Goldsmith58:37
Christine Barnett58:47Gold
Kelly Piesse59:04Yes
Claire Owen59:52
Helen Ganson1:01:30Silver
Lindsay Smith1:01:47
Hayley Smith1:01:48Yes
Clare Hicks1:02:09
Andy Richardson1:02:34
Theresa Dean1:07:30
Anna Spackman1:08:20
Noel Meeks1:11:18
Debbie Hall1:20:31
Paul Bloomfield1:22:20
Caren Maidment1:22:42
Jenny Norris1:39:49

Great Eastern Run – 16/10/2022

I have run this race twice before and on both occasions, it has run like clockwork. Not so on Sunday. I was fortunate to be staying quite close to the start so ambled across after a short warm up fully expecting to be told to go to the starting pens. Instead, an announcement was made that there would be a 15 minute delay. I subsequently found out there had been a 30 minute delay with the 5km race that had taken place early so I was prepared to wait a bit longer but I was not expecting the hour it ended up being!

Thankfully it was a beautiful sunny morning and once the race started there was plenty of crowd support along the route. The course has been altered since I last ran it but it is still generally flat but not totally and the course route is quite varied with a section through Peterborough town centre. The end comes very suddenly with a sharp U turn leaving a very short distance for the final sprint. I was informed by a runner from Tri Anglia he had seen a few Jags as he sauntered past. He had done better than me as in the large crowds I had seen none!!

Sandra Roberts

NameTimePBStandard
Sandra Roberts1:38:58First Timer, 3rd in Age Category and New Club Age Category Record!Platinum
Sonja White1:49:04Silver
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