Triathlon famous person returns to her roots with victory over Verity Ockenden, as Logan Rees takes males’s race in our weekly street racing assessment
PULFORD 10km, Cheshire, March 23
Fife AC’s Logan Rees headed Falkirk’s Scott Stirling to win total in 28:38 and declare the £500 first prize over what is said to be one of the most quickest routes in the United Kingdom.
Rees, the Scottish cross-country champion, was once simply outdoor his private easiest, a destiny that still fell for Stirling, the 2024 Inter-Counties bronze medallist.
Beth Potter, the 2024 Olympic triathlon bronze medallist, took the ladies’s race and best prize cash in 31:18, as runner-up Verity Ockenden ran 31:35.
For Potter, her Paris Olympics medal got here 8 years after a run out within the Rio Olympics within the 10,000m, however her world profession started lengthy ahead of that and featured a Tenth-place end within the 3000m on the 2007 Global Formative years Championships in Ostrava.
Potter’s 31:18 was once conveniently a non-public easiest and, consistent with The Energy of 10, is her first trip in a mainstream operating match for 4 years.
Ockenden, who was once 2nd within the 2024 UK 5000m championship and who received right here final 12 months, was once additionally smartly within her earlier easiest.
Logan Rees (Invoice Scriven)
General: 1 L Rees (Fife) 28:38; 2 S Stirling (Falk) 28:44; 3 A Manthorpe (Hallam) 28:58; 4 A Hayes (Hallam) 29:24; 5 E Sjerps (NED) 29:26; 6 A Fife (Belg) 29:31; 7 D Evans (SB) 29:32; 8 C Johnson (Gate) 29:33; 9 J O’Connell (AFD) 29:37; 10 J Grey (C&C) 29:38; 11 F Ross-Davie (Gars) 29:41; 12 N Martin (Sale) 29:41; 13 J O’Farrell (Liv) 29:46; 14 F McGrath (B&W) 29:51; 15 T Ter Haar (NED) 29:59
M40: 1 Ok Darcy (Salf) 31:44
M50: 1 M Inexperienced (Merr’ydd) 33:52
M65: 1 A Clark (Osw) 40:02
M80: 1 E Davies ((Rhedyr) 50:37
Ladies: 1 B Potter (VP Glas) 31:18; 2 V Ockenden ((Swan) 31:35; 3 P Anderson (Herne H) 32;17; 4 J Nesbitt (P’pridd) 32:19; 5 A Quirk (Brack) 32:28; 6 H Irwin (C&C) 32:31; 7 A Bell (P&B) 32:48; 8 E Haggard-Kearney (Warriors) 32:52; 9 M Gadsby (Norw) 33:26; 10 B Gunn (Bir) 33:30; 11 C Dannatt (Camb’ly) 33:34; 12 S Dufour-Jackson (Vale R) 33:53; 13 E Davies (Bord) 34:06; 14 S Samuels (Sale, W45) 34:14; 15 J Walsh (Leeds) 34:30
W50: 1 L Tait-Harris (W&B) 39:50
W55: 1 S Avery (Chesh Dr) 39:57
Beth Potter (Invoice Scriven)
READING HALF MARATHON, Berkshire, March 23
Swedish nationwide David Nilsson, whose easiest is 61:40 from 2020, took this race in 64:59 however fresh outings for this match are smartly underneath the ones of earlier years.
In 2nd position, Windsor’s Blake Moore, the 2024 England 5000m runner-up, ran 65:07 in his debut over the gap.
General: 1 D Nilsson (SWE) 64:59; 2 B Moore (WSEH) 65:07; 3 J Davies (Learn) 65:10; 4 C Davis 66:12; 5 G Grassley (Belg) 68:08; 6 P Matthews (M45) 68:14; 7 H Abrha ((Learn) 68:28; 8 N Kevern (Brack) 68:37; 9 G Suthon (Learn) 68:37; 10 A Miell-Ingram (Radley) 68:52; 11 C Newnham (Ryde) 69:07; 12 T Holliday (VP&TH) 69:08
M40: 1 L Jolly (Learn) 70:06
M50: 1 M Thomas 74:07; 2 C Compton (Kent) 74:34; 3 M Couldwell (Charn) 74:44; 4 A Rennie (Learn) 75:56
M65: 1 S Sincock (Oke) 88:25; 2 M Bower 89:50
Ladies: 1 Ok Eastlea-Morris (AFD) 74:15; 2 S Weddell (St Alb) 75:19; 3 A Braham (Ealing E, W45) 76:02; 4 J Robertson (Newb) 77:41; 5 E Warren (Learn J) 77:43; 6 E Apsley (THH) 78:22; 7 N Lee (Learn) 80:06; 8 J Hinton (Lon H, W40) 80:58
W50: 1 C Quinn (Newb) 89:24; 2 A Emmerson 91:19
W55: 1 C Hoskins (Learn RR) 92;29
W60: 1 D Steer (St Alb) 1:43:04
ASHBY 20, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, March 23
General: 1 D Narborough (Mickle) 1:52:22; 2 S Marks (R&N) 1:53:39; 3 T Shaw (Worksop) 1:54:18
M50: 1 H Davies 1:58:40
Ladies: 1 E Select (Peel) 2:03:18; 2 A Bourne (R&N) 2:06:29; 3 A Wright (Sale) 2:08:59
W60: 1 Ok Wright (Strat) 2:18:41
BANBURY 15, Oxfordshire, March 23
General: 1 M Lock (Wit) 84:53; 2 J Bolton (W’inventory, M50) 86:31
Ladies: 1 R Weston (Banb) 99:04
BERKLEY 20 & HALF FISSION, Gloucestershire, March 23
General (20M): 1 S Juson (Croft A) 1:49:28; 2 T Evetts (W Pace) 1:50:54; 3 N Pegg (Stroud) 1:55:10
M50: 1 J Jones (Llis) 1:58:28
Ladies: 1 N Frith (Chelt) 2:13:12
W45: 1 D Wright 2:20:59
W55: 1 T Hill (Stroud) 2:55:47
General (13.1M): 1 A Grigg (B&W) 72:19
M40: 1 R Matthews (P Bryn) 72:22
Ladies: 1 C Merwood (Cdf) 81:10
BRENTWOOD HALF-MARATHON, Essex, March 23
After two wins over the gap overdue final 12 months, Adam Hickey persevered his foray into half-marathons with any other victory, this time in 65:33.
General: 1 A Hickey (S’finish) 65:33; 2 O Adedeji (NEB) 68:51; 3 S Bizarre (Ton) 69:32
M50: 1 B Glasgow (orion) 77:04
M55: 1 R Thorpe (B Stort) 79:29
M60: 1 N Rankin (B’fleet) 86:08
Ladies: 1 L Reed (Hav’g, W40) 78:18; 2 Ok O’Neill (Hav’g) 78:54; 3 Ok Kite (Lon H, W35) 80:22
W50: 1 C Jennings (TRA) 88:50
W60: 1 L Butler (B’fleet) 1:51:34
BTR LIVERPOOL HALF-MARATHON & 10, Merseyside, March 23
General (13.1M): 1 I Lawton (Top Tri, M40) 68:42; 2 A Clarke (Herne H) 69:30; 3 J Boden (Wall’sy) 70:25
M50: 1 D Wilkinson (S’port W) 78:04; 2 P Reilly (Marsh L) 78:21
M60: 1 R McGrath (S’port W) 80:12
Ladies: 1 L Fairclough (St Hel S) 78:22; 2 I Jones 78:45; 3 Ok Brown (Lon H) 79:19
W50: 1 L Horrell (Vegan) 94:29
General (10M): 1 P Edwards (Mikkeller) 55:24
Ladies: 1 E Hunter (BAD Tri) 67:27
EASTLEIGH 10km, Hampshire, March 23
General: 1 J Copeland (SC Vets, M40) 30:41; 2 A Lennan (Soton) 30:47; 3 D Studley (B&W) 31:01; 4 P Hart (Soton) 31:22; 5 S Tyas (Belg) 31:30; 6 J O’Hara (Soton) 31:53
M40: 1 A Greenleaf (Win) 32:08
M50: 1 W Inexperienced (Serp) 33:08
M55: 1 T Sales space (G&G) 35:42
Ladies: 1 S Winstone (Soton, W354) 35:12
W40: 1 E Willmers (Win RC) 36:32
W45: 1 Ok Mardle (Finish Hub) 37:40
HILLINGDON 20, inc Herts Champion send, Ruislip, Middlesex, March 23
Jack Millar, who was once 5th within the Inter-Counties cross-country two weeks previous, received total in 1:47:00, however the Hertfordshire championship went to Tenth-placed Oliver Hill.
It’s extremely peculiar for an over-55 girl to win a race however that was once the case right here as Karima Harris ran to a 2:06:22 clocking, a time this is greater than 9 mins higher that the in the past indexed British W55 all-time easiest consistent with the Energy of 10 web site.
The London Marathon now beckons for the Highgate runner and a British easiest is at the playing cards and Harris mentioned: “I tried 3:55 pace per kilometre here and it was okay and Hillingdon is not flat.”
In 2nd spot, Catherine O’Connor took the county name.
General: 1 J Millar (B&W) 1:47:00; 2 S Gebreselassie (Belg) 1:48:57; 3 C Sandison (HW) 1:48:58; 4 T Payne (S Lon) 1:49:11; 5 M Parker (Hales) 1:49;12; 6 J Brockman (THH) 1:49:30; 7 S Renfer (Prime) 1:51:54; 8 J Poole (Serp, M40) 1:51:54; 9 C Haywood (Prime) 1:52:07; 10 O Hill (Wat J) 1:53;46
M40: 2 J Eves (Mattress C) 1:56:08
M50: 1 Ok Sambridge (Ware) 1:59:31
M60: 1 N Rackham (Metros) 2:06:22
Ladies: 1 Ok Harris (Prime, W55) 2:06:14; 2 C O’Connor (St Alb) 2:14:32
W40: A Gabb (Dac) 2:17;15
W50: 1 T Beloou (Perfect A) 2:26;48
W60: 1 H Bolt (Datch) 2:46:16
KEITH HALL MEMORIAL 10km, Thorney, Cambridgeshire, March 23
General: 1 D Rock (Felix, M40) 31:55
M60: 1 M Cann 36:09
Ladies: 1 E Leggate (C&C, W45) 34:44; 2 G Metal (Charn, W35) 35:25
SHEFFIELD MUTUAL HALF-MARATHON, Yorkshire, March 23
General: 1 T Energy (Hallam) 68:22; 2 E Smales (Roth) 69:05; 3 S Flannagan (Leeds) 70:06
M40: 1 T Bailey (Hallam) 72:57
M50: 1 S Pope (Totle) 79:46
Ladies: 1 C Frankland (W Finish) 77:52; 2 L Smith (Hallam) 78:52
W50: 1 C Jackson 86:32
STAFFORD HALF-MARATHON, March 23
General: 1 J Bnnett (Bir) 70:13; 2A Miles (Vale R) 70:31; 3 C Gidlow (Stoke) 70:43
Ladies: 1 C Hawkins (Stoke) 84:24
WILMSLOW HALF-MARATHON, Cheshire, March 23
Kenyan Robert Mwei, who ran 60:21 six years in the past, were given the easier of Jonny Mellor after a 62:35 clocking because the Liverpool Harrier ran 63:10.
Mellor had run 2:11:22 in November’s New York Marathon after which 28:15 10km in Holland in February.
In 3rd, John Gilbert proved himself the only to overcome within the veteran ranks with a 65:21 clocking, which was once simply 3 2nd shy of his lifetime easiest set again in 20:18.
It was once any other Kenyan, Sharon Kimchumba who received the ladies’s phase with a 70:50 clocking two mins transparent of Birchfield Harriers Lily Partridge, who had run a 70:29 in Barcelona one month previous, which adopted a 2:30:55 marathon in New York.
General: 1 R Mwei (KEN) 62:35; 2 J Mellor (Liv) 63:10; 3 J Gilbert (Kent, M40) 65:21; 4 G Cunliffe (R’dle) 66:28; 5 J Sagar (Leeds) 66:34; 6 A Davis (Maldwyn, M45) 66:51; 7 J Carnelly (Ok&C) 66:55; 8 M Campion (B&W) 66:56; 9 J Corridor (Leeds) 67:03; 10 P Robertson (Sale) 67:57; 11 G Beardmore (Sale) 68:00; 12 J Martin (Hallam) 68:10; 13 J Visitor (Stoke) 68:12; 14 A Doyle (Vale R) 68:13; 15 F Davies (Heaton) 68:13
M45: 2 D Hawley (L Eaton) 71:38
M50: 1 R Keal (Beest) 70:10
M55: 1 A Porter (B’corridor) 77:28
M60: G Davies (Hoad H) 86:24
Ladies: 1 S Kimchumba (KEN) 70:50; 2 L Partridge (Bir) 72:56; 3 H Townsend (Leeds) 73:22; 4 N Mithell (BRAT) &4:07; 5 E Taylor (Stoke, W35) 78:55; 6 F Hughes (Wirral, W40) 80:06
W40: 2 A Hollingworth (Newc St) 81:20
W50: 1 J Johnston 88:53; 2 L Dixon (Newc St) 89:27; 3 J Bentley (Velo) 89:56
W55: 1 C Aryeetey 94:09; 2 S Taylor (Trenth) 94:13
W65: 1 J Moore (Wig) 1:51:53
W70: 1 H Todd (Inventory) 1:59:23
WOLVERHAMPTON 10km, West Midlands, March 23
Birchfield’s Omah Ahmed received total through smartly over two mins in 29:23.
General: 1 O Ahmed (Bir) 29:23; 2 R Wood worker (Tip) 31:51
Ladies: 1 L Callaghan (Trenth, W50) 40:00
WYMONDHAM 20, Norfolk, March 23
General: 1 D Williamson (Col H) 1L47:40; 2 C Bowen-Jones (NEB) 1:52:01; 3 Ok Bowling (Col H) 1:52:25; 4 B Shearer (Camb H, M45) 1:52;36; 5 M Tub (Norw RR) 1:53:10; 6 M Westley (Harl) 1:56:59
M50: 1 S Mann (Norw) 2:04:25
Ladies: 1 E Grubb (Norw, W40) 2:10:57; 2 Ok Murrell (Norw RR, W40) 2:12:56
W45: 1 C Cummings (Norw) 2:17:19
WELSH ROAD RELAYS, Pembrey Nation Park, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, March 22
Dewi Griffiths anchored Swansea to any other Welsh name with the quickest lap however, by the point of his 15:53 clocking for the 4.54km shuttle, his membership had been already mins transparent.
With every degree being run over two laps, Swansea sooner or later completed greater than 4 mins transparent of competitors Cardiff.
A Swansea guy led the oping degree as smartly but it surely was once Jac Hopkins from the B staff ahead of Jonathan Butler took the A Staff narrowly forward mid-race.
Swansea made it a double as their ladies then received but it surely was once nearer as Parc Bryn Bach held them to 95 seconds and it was once Lauren Cooper who gave her membership the lead at the opener with a quickest time of 18:59.
Then again, her Parc Bryn had been not able to carry directly to the early merit as Kate Roberts took Swansea forward mid-race.
Swansea additionally took the Masters M35 name after their Marc Hobbs was once sooner than all however Griffiths with a 16:08 break up at the opening degree, a time that was once then crowned through James Thie’s 16:04 on the second one degree for M45 winner Pontypridd.
Speaking concerning the males’s race, Swansea supremo George Edwards mentioned: There was once no one to overcome.”
Typically this match would additionally function the junior age teams however Welsh athletics mentioned: “It has become necessary to split the events due to the numbers competing in the senior race, where it now requires an additional race in the programme,” so the junior races will now happen within the autumn.
Males (4×5.4km): 1 Swansea 66:10 (M Verran 17:27, J Butler 16:36, D Jones 16:14, D Griffiths 15:53); 2 Cardiff 70:36 (H Evans 17:39, M Ward 16:29, E Esterban-Prothero 17:51, B Alainzay18:37); 3 Neath 71:40 (S Williams 17:45, J Perry 17:43, S Williams 17:58, T Loynes 18:14); 4 Swansea B 72:32; 5 Les Croupiers 72:50; 6 Swansea C 74:32
Quickest: D Griffiths 15:53; D Jones 16:14; Ward 16:29
M35 (3×5.4km): 1 Swansea 49:04 (M Hobbs 16:08, M Harvey 16:29, C Jones 16:27); 2 Swansea B 49:55; 3 Neath 53:25
Quickest: Hobbs 16:08; D Newton (Swan B) 16:23; R Everett (A’dare) 16:26
M45 (3×5.4km): 1 Pontypridd 49:34 (J Vanstone 16:55, J Thie 16:04, A Howe 16:35); Neath 54:12; Swansea 54:50
Quickest: Thie 16:04;
M55 (3×5.4km): 1 Les Croupiers 55:53 (A Mason 18:02, C Granger 18:47, A Blair 19:04); 2 P Bryn 56:22; 3 TROTS 62:25
Quickest: L A’Hearne (P Bryn) 16:45; Mason 18:02; P Lloyd (3M) 18:24
M65 (3×5.4km): 1 3M 73:45
Quickest: D Hardie (3M) 21:06
Ladies (4×5.4km): 1 Swansea 78:14 (M Gold 19:17, Ok Roberts 19:43, S Howells 19:55, G Tutton 19:49); 2 P Brun Bach 80:19 (L Cooper 18:59, E Clesielska 20:29, L Stockley 20:29, E Mattey 20:22); 3 Les Croupiers 82:24 (L Flynn 19:53, A Beyon-Thomas 19:49, R Younger 21:22, A Griffiths 20:52); 4 Swansea B 83:59, 5 Swansea C 90:03; 6 P Bryn B 89:52
Quickest: Cooper 18:59; M Williams (Swan B) 19:06; Gold 19:17
W35 (3×5.4km): 1 Swansea 54:28 (J Callan 19:03, M Kowal 18:02, C Edwards 17:23); Les Croupiers 55:39; 3 Aberdare 59:07
Quickest: Edwards 17:23; L Flynn (Les C)/A Benyon-Thomas (Les C) 17:52
W45 (3×5.4km): 1 Les Croupiers 62:31 (C Goddard 21:00, M Amblin 23:43, L Morgan 17:48; Swansea 62:46; 3 Bridgend 64:09
Quickest: Morgan 17:48; G Dando (B’finish) 19:53; J Hartley-Inexperienced (Swan) 20:23
W55 (3×5.4km): 1 TROTS 65:05 (M Anthony 21:30, M Holliday 22:42, L Gayer 20:53); 2 Swansea 67:51; 3 Les C 76:24
Quickest: Hayer 20:53; Anthony 21:30; A Delaney (Swan) 21:39
W65 (3×5.4km): 1 TROTS 86:08
Quickest: M Colbourne (TROTS) 27:18
WESTON PROM RUN 5, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, March 20
Ladies’s race winner Charlotte Taylor stepped forward her private easiest to 26:43 with a repeat win alongside the Weston Prom.
General: J Williamson (S’burn) 25:18
M50: 1 Ok Summers (Weston) 28:13; 2 S Picket (Cleve) 28:18
M70: 1 J Malone (Nailsea) 36:20
Ladies: 1 C Taylor (B&W) 26:43
W60: 1 S Capstick (R Ceaselessly) 37:25
CHICHESTER CORPORATE CHALLENGE West Sussex, March 19
General (4.5km): 1 C Walker-Powell (Solent Finish) 13:06; 2 P Navesey (Solent Finish) 1;16; 3 T Beasley (Solent Enf) 13:25
Ladies: 1 M Smithers (Chich R, U17) 14:52; 2 R Laurie (Chich R) 14:54; 3 C Jones 15:46
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