Another fun week comes to a close here at Croft Ambrey Running Club, with our runners making the most of the final few Summer days and evenings. There has been plenty of action this week from our Uphill Time Trial to training evenings and races. Shall we take a look at all of the Croft shenanigans?
Our annual Uphill Time Trial kicked off the week on Tuesday evening at High Vinnalls. We had over 30 Crofties turn out to take part, with 12 runners making their Uphill Time Trial debut! There were also 5 new PBs recorded, as well as new records for a couple of age categories!
Top 3:
Eric Apperley – 10:32
Grant Womack – 11:18
Henry Eastman – 11:34
PBs:
Grant Womack – 11:18 – by 27 seconds
Mia Davies – 12:21 – by 42 seconds
Sue Wood – 17:15 – by 37 seconds
Frank Luscott – 18:31 by 1 minute and 3 seconds
Nicola Luscott – 19:07 – by 1 minute and 8 seconds
New Age Category Records:
Grant Womack – 11:18 – MV40 Record
Mia Davies – 12:21 – Senior Female Record
Sue Wood – 17:15 – FV65 Record
Also, shout out to two of our Junior runners – Owen S and Elsie, who took part. It’s not an easy climb and they smashed it! Well done to all runners who took part! And, a big thank you to Clare, Theresa, Roland and Bronwyn for timing, marshaling and picture snapping! Full results:
Eric Apperley – 10:32
Grant Womack – 11:18
Henry Eastman – 11:34 – Debut
Mia Davies – 12:21
Joe Lynch – 12:54
Kath Hardwick – 13:25 – Debut
Miles Davies – 12:36 – Debut
Nina Walmsley – 13:36 – Debut
Mark Paviour – 14:11
Richard Coultart – 14:12 – Debut
Toby Spicer – 14:16
Jamie Symonds – 14:18 – Debut
Johnathan Felgate – 15:01 – Debut
Natalie Covill – 15:05 – Debut
Mike Bending – 15:12 – Debut
Owen Spicer – 15:27 – Debut
Emma Jones – 15:48
Oli Cameron-Swan – 16:49
Sue Wood – 17:15
Guy Whitmarsh – 17:22
Gary Gunner – 17:40
Steph King – 18:01
Anna Bromley – 18:31
Frank Luscott – 18:31
Rob Wood – 18:46
Nicola Luscott – 19:07
Elsie Morgan – 19:38
Sam Harper – 19:38
Angus Kirby – 19:53 – Debut
Tom Davies – 24:20
This week’s training session took place on Thursday evening at Wigmore School with Huw at the helm and a double rainbow painted across the sky! Using the flat playing field, our runners practiced their sprinting forms.
Onto the racing!
Bank Holiday Monday saw a couple of different races taking place. This included Leominster 5k and 10k, where 7 Croft runners took part. There were plenty of Top 3 and Top 10 age category finishes for all of our runners.
5k result:
Angus Kirby – 26:33 – 2nd MV60
10k result:
Mike Bending – 48:56 – 3rd MV60
Jamie Symonds – 53:13 – 2nd MU17
Steph Main – 53:22 – 2nd FV50
Dawn Hargadon – 01:11:07 – 2nd FV55
Rachel Thomas – 01:11:23
Reachel Kenny – 01:12:11 – 3rd FV60
Elsewhere, Flora and Gary ran at the Cilcain Mountain Race in North Wales. With over 240 runners taking part in the 4.5 mile race, Flora and Gary both finished well, placing 2nd in their respective age categories. Flora’s time was 55:39 and Gary’s, 01:02:12. Flora told us: “It’s a good day out there’s a lot of talent show presentations, selling home made cakes and more. Good excuse to go out during bank holiday Monday.”
CARC Junior, Saffi, was over in Stourport on Monday taking part in track. She finished 1st in the 800m and then picked up her 19th UK ranking in the 300m. The following day, Tuesday, it was more track in Exeter with a big PB in the 1500m!
On Friday evening, Toby A ran at the Summer version of the Mid Cheshire 5k. He finished in 17:59.
Parkrun Saturday was once again full of Crofties vying to beat their personal bests. At Ludlow, it was a 3rd place finish for Simon in 22:16, with Steph K finishing 3rd female in 27:24. Jamie, running his 250th parkrun, finished in 26:44. Paul L, Jamie and Michelle S volunteered. Two Croft runners; Sam J and Jo M, ran at Hereford Parkrun, with Sam taking the win. He finished in 16:43. Jo M finished 3rd female with a time of 23:57. We also had Croft runners; Vanessa, Tom D and Ali D running at Riverside Walk Parkrun in Hay. Oliver M and Liv headed over to Groe in Builth Wells. Oliver ran a new PB in 21:15. Liv finished in the Female Top Ten. Toby S ran at Sharpham Estate Parkrun in Totnes, Devon. He finished in 23:53. Rounded out Parkrun Saturday, Angus ran at Cranleigh Parkrun in Surrey. His time was 31:41.
Elsewhere, on a very rainy Saturday evening, 2nd claim Croft runners, Eric and Lucy, were down in Bute Park, Cardiff to take part in the SportsShoes Home Nations 5k event. There would be 5 races on the evening, with Eric running in Race 3 at 6pm, and Lucy in Race 4 – the Elite Womens race at 6:30pm. In what was a very competitive field in all races, Eric would finish in 15:49 and Lucy in 18:31. This would also be a new 5k PB for Lucy.
Sunday was relatively quiet in terms of racing.
Saffi ran at Ross-on-Wye 5k. She finished in 2nd position overall with a time of 21:23. She also came home 1st female.
Well done all! The upcoming training schedule will be live on our Facebook on Monday morning. In the meantime, don’t forget, we’re always on the look out for your race reports for the website, so get posting them on Facebook or send them to either Sam H, Huw or myself (Bronwyn).
…and Mike Bending came first in the over sixties at Ludlow ParkRun with a time of 25:49