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John West Liverpool 10k

Well done to Jayne to getting first place in her age category and a PB. Also congratulations to Ellie on a 10km PB. [gallery ids=“10896”]

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Brinklow Handicap

Thank you again to Jayne, Andy Mc and Ninj in organising another great handicap race. Well done to Jo Charley for crossing the finish line first. The results are as follows…. Position Run Time Athlete Name 1 00:31:06 David Brewis 2 00:33:41 Allen El-Sour 3 00:34:00 Jack Edwards 4 00:34:16 Sergio Torija 5 00:35:33 Pawel Langer 6 00:36:22 Alex Bartlett 7 00:37:10 Rob Wheatley 8 00:37:11 James Abrams 9 00:37:14 Dave McLean 10 00:38:25 Ann Mosby 11 00:38:34 Stuart Banbrook 12 00:38:38 Craig Robinson 13 00:38:56 Wayne Broadbent 14 00:40:39 Nick Gilkes 15 00:40:41 Mark Moran 16 00:41:27 Mitch Timms 17 00:41:32 Will Robertson 18 00:41:52 Imran Ali 19 00:42:03 Phil Wilson 20 00:42:05 Sam Ward 21 00:42:33 Amarjit Randhawa 22 00:42:36 Steve Court 23 00:43:03 Anthony O’Brien 24 00:43:05 Al Harris 25 00:43:14 Eleanor Davies 26 00:44:47 Laura Pibworth-Dolinski 27 00:44:58 Andy Hales 28 00:44:58 Jackie Timms 29 00:45:42 Ian Cunningham 30 00:45:45 Laura Duggins 31 00:46:35 Collette O’Keefe 32 00:47:13 Graeme Smith 33 00:47:53 Vicki O’Brien 34 00:48:08 Jackie Stuart 35 00:48:20 Lucian Morogan 36 00:48:48 Caroline O’Brien 37 00:50:14 Fiona Quinn 38 00:51:17 Jodie Charley 39 00:56:12 Tom Marchi 40 00:57:04 Graham Nicholson 41 00:57:33 Victoria Hand 42 01:02:23 Sally-Anne Tully 43 01:05:52 Lorraine Deakin

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Parkrun results

Woodhouse Moor 1 Sphinx AC runners/family/friends ran this weekend, with no first-timers and 1 PB. Official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/woodhousemoor/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=613 155 Tom Padgett 24:26 SM25-29 52.80% 127 New PB! Rugby 4 Sphinx AC runners/family/friends ran this weekend, with no first-timers and 2 PBs. Official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/rugby/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=123 27 Craig Robinson 21:08 VM40-44 66.09% 25 New PB! 69 Phil Wilson 23:54 VM55-59 65.41% 66 PB stays at 22:37 76 Colin Piper 24:11 VM35-39 54.

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Ciderton half marathon

Thank you to Vickie Hand for the following write up Bank holiday weekend and 2 sphinx embarked on a journey to Taunton for the 2nd year of the ciderthon event. Deciding to camp on a cider farm it was certainly going to be a cider fuelled weekend. Getting started with 4 pints of scrumpy whilst setting up camp. Saturday morning there was an opportunity for parkrun tourism which couldn’t be overlooked, so off we went to Street parkrun.

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Northbrook handicap - 2

results from the second Northbrook handicap [gallery ids=“10882”]

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Stratford half & marathon part2

Following on from the results posted earlier, here is write up from Craig Robinson On a chilly but clear Sunday morning 8 Sphinx took on the half and 3 the 2-lap full marathon through the town centre and onto local villages and back into town via the dusty ‘Greenway.’ Conditions soon warmed up making for an enjoyable run around picturesque Warwickshire. The organisation was superb, as were the volunteers and crowds cheering us along our way.

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Boston UK Marathon

Thank you to Stuart Bankbrook for this write up I ran the Boston UK Marathon on the 14th April (not the famous one in the USA), it is said to be the flattest marathon in the UK. Well I can confirm it is the flattest one I have ever run and I managed a new PB of 3:17:50. There are three races on offer the marathon, half marathon and fun run.

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Parkrun results

Results for parkrun at the weekend Frimley Lodge 1 Sphinx AC runners/family/friends ran this weekend, with 1 first-timer and no PBs. Official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/frimleylodge/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=481 76 Karen Timothy 22:38 VW55-59 79.97% 8 First Timer! Coventry 18 Sphinx AC runners/family/friends ran this weekend, with no first-timers and 1 PB. Official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/coventry/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=462 3 David Brewis 17:13 SM25-29 75.02% 3 PB stays at 16:42 16 Ian Wilkinson 19:40 VM40-44 71.

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London Marathon 2019

Congratulations to Ann, Rachel, Claire, Sergio, Darren and Pawel on taking part in the VLM. Thank you to Ann for the following write up I ran the London Marathon on 28 th April 2019. The whole experience really was amazing. The lead upto the Marathon was a challenging and a great experience. The early 5 am 20 mile training runs proved difficult through the winter training in all weather conditions.

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