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Result for the MK Festival of Running 10k, 11-Mar-2018

Will Robertson completed this 10k race as part of a bigger weekend of running in Milton Keynes. Results: http://results.sporthive.com/events/6378566586833769216/races/3# Overall Position Name Guntime Chiptime Category Category Position Gender Gender Position 110 William Robertson 00:47:59 00:47:52 M40 20 m 96

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Result for the Chester 10k, 04-Mar-2018

Sally-Anne Tulley completed the inaugural running of this 10k race that started and finished in Chester. Results: https://ale.niftyentries.com/Results/Chester-10K-2018 Position Finish time First name Last name Net time Net position Gender Gender position Category Category position 1679 1:19:19 Sally-Anne Tully 1:17:47 1697 Female 844 FV40 154

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Results for various parkruns, 10-Mar-2018

Congratulations to Alex Bartlett on completing his 200th parkrun! Ellie Davies was a first-timer at Stratford-upon-Avon. Coventry 25 Sphinx AC runners/family/friends ran this weekend, with no first-timers and no PBs. Official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/coventry/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=406 6 Paul Slatford 19:10 VM35-39 70.70% 6 PB stays at 18:11 13 Jack Edwards 19:49 SM25-29 65.10% 13 PB stays at 18:29 17 Andy Wilkinson 20:13 VM40-44 67.52% 17 PB stays at 17:30 24 Lore Paterson 20:32 JM15-17 67.

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Results for the Midlands Police & Services XC League (race 10 – Hewell Grange, Redditch), 07-Mar-2018

Tom Marchi and Mitch and Jackie Timms completed this 5.7 mile cross-country race, the 10th in the Services XC league season. Results: POSITION NAME TEAM CAT TIME 72 JACKIE TIMMS GUEST FV50 56m 48s 73 MITCH TIMMS GUEST V55 56m 49s 77 TOM MARCHI PRISON/CIVIL SERVICE V75 62m 40s

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Results for the Peatling Challenge, 04-Mar-2018

Thanks to Mitch for the following report: With local events such as Centurion 5 and the Warwick Half both cancelled we went on the hunt for an off-road run that might just have survived the weather and found an absolute gem! The Peatling Challenge, starting at the village hall in Peatling Parva, consisted of a seven-mile loop, all off-road (more xc Wayne!), through the scenic South Leicestershire countryside. This was another run raising money for the local community and its facilities, organised and supported by the villagers themselves.

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Result for the Vitality Big Half, 04-Mar-2018

Well done to Pawel on a great time at the inaugural Vitality Big Half, finishing in 01:23:32 Results: https://www.thebighalf.co.uk/results/2018/?event=the-vitality-big-half&first_name=&last_name=langer&gender=&bib_number=&team=&age_group=&paginate_by=25&order_by=position&sort=asc Name Position Position in Age Group Position in Gender Finish Time Pawel Langer 410 25 383 01:23:32

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Result for the Cambridge NZ parkrun, 03-Mar-2018

Welcome to the Vicky Brewin edition of parkrun results. With the snow decimating the UK parkrun options, Vicky managed to find a New Zealand parkrun that was not affected ;) Cambridge NZ 1 Sphinx AC runners/family/friends ran this weekend, with 1 first-timer and no PBs. Official results are here: http://www.parkrun.co.nz/cambridgenz/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=54 30 Vicky Brewin 30:29 SW30-34 48.88% 10 First Timer!

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Result for the Carsington Water half-marathon, 25-Feb-2018

Thanks to Ian Cunningham for the following report: The Carsington Water half was an undulating off road half on paths and trails around Carsington Water near Ashbourne in the Peak District Results: https://www.nice-work.org.uk/races/Carsington-Half-Sun/sunday-2018 Pos Gun Time Chip Time Name Gender Category Gen. Pos Cat. Pos 178 2:13:09 2:13:02 Ian Cunningham M Male Vet 50 125 12

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Results for the National XC Championships (Parliament Hill), 24-Feb-2018

Thanks to Wayne for the following report: This year’s national cross country championship, meant a sphinx day out in London at Parliament Hill, We had 12 sphinx men putting on the spikes for the final time this season, great effort from everyone over the constant hills and swamp in windy conditions thanks to Fi for not only supporting everyone but arranging the train times and a top quality recovery session in the pub after the race Thanks for everyone who has taken part in all the xc races this season for the club, and it won’t be long before we are getting ready to go again in November, and if you not done one before just give them a go,

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Results for various parkruns, 24-Feb-2018

Congratulations and well done to Ellie Davies and Vickie Hand on their PBs at Coventry and Markeaton respectively. We also had a few first-time appearances, with Luke Torpey and Daniel Metcalfe making the first appearances at Coventry, and Vicky Brewin experiencing warmer conditions at East Coast, Singapore. Coventry 19 Sphinx AC runners/family/friends ran this weekend, with 2 first-timers and 1 PB. Official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/coventry/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=405 7 Jack Edwards 19:40 SM25-29 65.

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