First this week, a little teaser about a big story coming very soon.
Some of you may study the race results each week. Some of you may follow our very own marathon man Martin Croucher and his extraordinary antics on Strava. You may then know that, at the time of writing, he is more than half way through an “out of this world” challenge.
To find out more, watch this space (Cowboy) and Martin will tell us all about it at the conclusion. Latest news……all is well……….
Good luck Martin
27th November, Space Cowboy Challenge – Moon, 6 hours timed, trail
1 Alex Marshall (Unattached) 6.10.41 – 39.3 miles
17 Martin Croucher (Cirencester AC) 4.55.36 - 26.2 miles
39 finished
26th November, Space Cowboy Challenge – Earth, 6 hours timed, trail
1 Alex Marshall (Unattached) 6.09.28 – 39.3 miles
13 Martin Croucher (Cirencester AC) 4.56.55 – 26.2 miles
54 finished
25th November, Space Cowboy Challenge – Venus, 6 hours timed, trail
1 Alex Marshall (Unattached) 6.06.55 – 39.3 miles
20 Martin Croucher (Cirencester AC) 4.52.48 – 26.2 miles
69 finished
24th November, Space Cowboy Challenge – Mercury, 6 hours timed, trail
1 Alex Marshall (Unattached) 6.12.56 – 42 miles
19 Martin Croucher (Cirencester AC) 4.54.18 – 26.25 miles
43 finished
On Sunday, Aaron Willis and new club member Mike Hobbs pitted themselves against the fast, flat, two lap course of the Eynsham 10k in Oxfordshire with excellent results.
Aaron reports that it was a cold, grey day and that the race was an Oxfordshire AAA race and had attracted a field packed with quick runners. Aaron was just seconds outside his ultimate goal of sub 35 but was nevertheless delighted to take 30 seconds off the PB he set in April this year.
Mike finished in a superb sub 40 minutes and placed highly in his V50 age group.
Congratulations to them both.
26th November, Eynsham 10k, 10k, road
1 Matthew Lock (Witney Roadrunners) 32.36 (32.36)
18 Aaron Willis (Cirencester AC) 35.07 (35.06) – 3rd MV40
68 Mike Hobbs 39.14 (39.12)
573 finished
In parkrun news, Wendy Nicholls was first lady at Lydiard with a spectacular age grade of nearly 88%. Gordon Jones continues to improve his form and finish times after injury.
Ruth Fulford ran a 73% age graded time at Thornbury. Tom Morgan incorporated Woking parkrun into a much longer run. Ian Barrett was first at Tewkesbury hitting almost 80% on the age grade scale. At Tetbury Rachel and Alan McAdam each placed second in their age group. David Moss had a good run when he tried the Maidenhead event for the first time.
At Cirencester Rob Forbes was second overall in a very close battle. His son Heath ran his 25th parkrun. Ben Conway was just seconds outside his PB. Sam Timms ran her second parkrun of the week having taken advantage of a Thanksgiving Day parkrun in Delaware just days before.
25th November, parkrun, 5k trail
Lydiard parkrun
1 Collin Fox (Unattached) 17.43
16 Wendy Nicholls (Cirencester AC) 20.07 – 1st Lady
109 Gordon Jones 26.44
324 finished
Thornbury parkrun
1 Ben Bohane (Unattached) 19.21
53 Ruth Fulford (Cirencester AC) 33.29
62 finished
Woking parkrun
1 Martin Sunderland (Unattached) 16.50
93 Tom Morgan (Cirencester AC) 25.31
267 finished
Maidenhead parkrun
1 Findlay Dyer (Unattached) 16.29
80 David Moss (Cirencester AC) 25.37
368 finished
Tewkesbury parkrun
1 Ian Barrett (Cirencester AC) 19.03
63 finished
Cirencester parkrun
1 Harry Barnes (Unattached) 18.04
2 Rob Forbes (Cirencester AC) 18.09
18 Benjamin Conway 22.09
19 Heath Forbes 22.10
70 Dorian Matts 26.56
74 Sophie Humphries 27.14
87 Brendan McCarthy 29.07
92 Pamela Wheeler 29.54
108 Samantha Timms 31.56
121 Lorna Harris 34.19
167 finished
Tetbury Goods Shed parkrun
1 Samual Davies (Unattached) 18.05
40 Alan McAdam (Cirencester AC) 25.42
49 Rachel McAdam 26.00
130 finished
In other news, Leo Crawford was the lucky winner in the draw for the club’s place in the 2024 London Marathon. Congratulations Leo and we all wish you well with your training in the new year.
As always, please send your results to Martin as soon as possible after your race at cirenacresults@gmail.com and if you have any words or pictures to add to your results Rachel would appreciate them at rachelelisabethbarrow@hotmail.co.uk or via WhatsApp
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