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
| Name | Time | PB | Standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Smith | 36:23 | 2nd in Age Category | Diamond |
| Graham Johnson | 40:27 | Yes and 2nd in Age Category | Diamond |
| Keith Brighty | 44:16 | Gold | |
| Vicky Tovell | 45:59 | 1st in Age Category | Diamond |
| Phil Henry | 46:11 | Gold | |
| Sandra Roberts | 46:27 | 2nd in Age Category | Diamond |
| Julian Smith | 46:54 | Silver | |
| Doug Barber | 47:01 | Gold | |
| Rachel Jackson | 47:10 | Yes and 2nd in Age Category | Gold |
| Amy Fulcher | 49:25 | Silver | |
| Nicola Lambert-John | 50:43 | Bronze | |
| Megan Swain | 52:38 | Bronze | |
| Lindsay Smith | 56:51 | Yes | |
| Hayley Smith | 1:01:11 | Yes | |
| Katie Fenn | 1:07:29 | ||
| Jenny Norris | 1:28:30 |