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Linda Franks 5 Mile

Runners need to be incredibly quick if they want to enter the Linda Franks 5 Mile race, as it’s always guaranteed to be a sell out – not for the scenery, but for the very flat course with plenty of downhill, including the downward sprint to the end. Thankfully there were plenty of speedy RSE runners who were quick to enter, securing their place in the 1st club championship race of the year! Team RSE were brilliant, many achieving PBs and age category rankings.

• Mark Garrett – 30:00 – 2nd MV50!
• David Witnall – 31:44
• Nia Glover – 33:22 – 2nd SL!
• Rosie Oates – 34:03 – 3rd SL and new PB!
• Ben Mutlow – 34:40
• Sharon Smith – 36:19 – New PB and 1st LV70!
• Elaine Chapman – 37:21
• Cheri Edwards – 37:47 – New PB!
• Darren Jenner – 38:22 – New PB by 3 minutes!
• Ellie Taylor – 38:24
• Paul Beaumont – 39:09 – 3rd MV70!
• Steve Sandercock – 39:12 – New PB by 1 minute!
• Liz Hulcup – 39:21 – 1st in age category!
• Sarah Page – 40:31 – New PB and 1st LV60!
• Kirsty Pitts – 40:36
• Anne Gardiner – 40:43 – New PB and 2nd LV60!
• Martin ‘Ted’ Pitts – 41:49
• Liz Farooq – 43:18 – New PB!
• Vicki Mason – 44:00 – New PB!
• Felicity Crotty – 47:19

I enjoyed the course today as lots of turns and short sections made it more interesting, as well as being there with all the other fabulous club runners!

Steve Sandercock

I really enjoyed the race. It was lovely running past people standing on the end of their drive ways cheering you on, words of encouragement written in chalk on the roads and really friendly marshalls. Great to be with everyone from RSE too.

Liz Farooq

Chalford Cold Turkey 10k Race

Held from Chalford Hill Primary School, the Cold Turkey race is tipped as muddy and very hilly! There were options for 5k and 10k races on the day, with the majority of runners opting for a 5k.

A huge congratulations to Andrew Kewley for running in RSE colours for the first time! Andrew finished the 10k course in a brilliant (unofficial) time of 78 minutes!

Well done also to Jon Collins, who finished the course in a fantastic time of 55:48! It’s Jon’s first race back with Running Somewhere Else – welcome back!

[The] course was up & down to say the least – half off road too – cold & dry! Just needed to break my duck to give me a bit of confidence.

Andrew Kewley

Well done, Andrew and Jon!

Parkruns

Southampton Parkrun

• Sarah Reynolds – 25:11

Cirencester Parkrun

• Richard Hobbs – 22:05
• David Witnall – 26:38
• Ellie Taylor – 27:50
• Liz Hulcup – 30:43
• Cathy Steer – 36:04
• Nadine Brown – 43:02
• Felicity Crotty – 58:15

Jersey Farm Parkrun

• Phil Southworth – 23:09

Tetbury Goods Shed Parkrun

• Paul Robertson – 20:43 – 1st in age category!
• Kathryn Cowdall – 32:24

Parkrun result not mentioned? It may be that you’re not listed as Running Somewhere Else in the parkrun results online. For information on how to change/add RSE as your listed club, click here.

RSE 2021 Championship Awards!

Don’t forget that it’s RSE’s 2021 Championship prize giving this Wednesday (26th January) in the Somewhere Else pub garden! The prize giving starts at 6:30pm – it would be lovely to see as many RSE runners as possible to congratulate our winners.

Congratulations to Darren Jenner who won the Men’s Masters Trophy – as Darren cannot make the awards night this Wednesday, he received his prize before the Linda Franks 5 Mile race!

If you would like a run or race included in the club report, don’t forget to message Ellie Taylor by 5pm Sunday each week 🙂

Welcome to the Club!

As we enter the new year and the Beginner’s running group starts, RSE are excited to welcome all the new (and returning) members who have signed up so far in 2022! Whether you run for fun, friendship or fitness, we are glad to have you on board!

Here are some sign-up inspirations from some of our newest members:

If you’ve just started with us, we have a New Members’ Guide containing everything you need to know about RSE – if you have just signed up or just fancy a refresher, you can find the guide here:

Annual Awards

A date for the diary – 26th January 2022

A message from the Chair, Pauline Tilbury:

Sadly we have decided to cancel our social awards evening (previously booked for Sat 29th Jan). I have consulted with the committee and we feel that it’s the sensible and responsible thing to do in the current Covid situation.

We will replace this with a presentation of the awards at 6:30pm on Weds 26th Jan at the club session – hopefully in the garden at Somewhere Else, (actual location tbc).

We will spend 15 mins or so doing the presentations and start the efforts session late. We will be outside and you have the option to wear masks whilst gathered.

Parkruns

Lydiard Parkrun

• Sharon Smith – 24:23

Keswick Parkrun

• Felicity Crotty – 28:44

Exmouth Parkrun

• Darren Jenner – 24:39

Cirencester Parkrun

• David Witnall – 21:15
• Richard Hobbs – 22:17
• Steve Sandercock – 26:12
• Nadine Brown – 27:01
• Vicki Mason – 27:56
• William Gardiner – 29:06
• Elaine Chapman – 38:50
• Carol Sworn – 58:32

Stratford Park Parkrun, Stroud

• Paul Beaumont – 28:19

Chipping Norton School Parkrun

• Liz Hulcup – 26:18

Seven Fields Parkrun

• Kevin Joynes-Creed – 26:46
• Caroline Joynes-Creed – 31:39

Parkrun result not mentioned? It may be that you’re not listed as Running Somewhere Else in the parkrun results online. For information on how to change/add RSE as your listed club, click here.

If you would like a run or race included in the club report, don’t forget to message Ellie Taylor by 5pm Sunday each week 🙂

Hair of the Dog

An aptly named race for the start of the new year, the Hair of the Dog trail race took place on the 3rd January between Chippenham and Lacock. The event is known for its picturesque route along the River Avon and an incredible medal!

Taking on the route for RSE was Zoe Markham-Lee and Sharon Smith!

Hard, muddy and very ‘traily’!

Zoe Markham-Lee

[It’s] a 7.75 mile trail race between Chippenham and Leacock. [It] runs along the river Avon and onto Reybridge and along the towpaths of the Wiltshire and Berkshire Canal. Downside: About 10 styles! But otherwise lovely!

Sharon Smith

• Sharon Smith – 1:05:03 – 1st LV60! 🥳
• Zoe Markham-Lee – 1:28:00

Incredible running from both of you!

Cotswold Farm Park Gloucestershire Cross Country Championships

Cross country races are known to be tough, muddy and hilly, and the weather on the 8th January only added to the difficulty of the Gloucestershire AAA race, but that didn’t stop Fran Penny, Sharon Smith and David Witnall taking on the challenge! Held at the Cotswold Farm Park, the race was this year’s Gloucestershire County Cross Country Championship.

For those of you who are new to cross country races, there a different distances for men (approx. 10.2k) and women/VETs (Approx. 6.75k).

Women’s/VETs Race:

• Fran Penny – 37:54
• Sharon Smith – 39:17 – 1st LV70! 🥳

Men’s Race:

• David Witnall – 49:28

The course had a little bit of everything, lots of small ups and downs, mud, wind and rain. A good course without being too hard so suited new and experienced cross country runners. Personally I had great fun, with my fitness not being great at the moment, my aim was to enjoy the occasion of a County Championships. Well done to Fran and Sharon our lady club representatives!

David Witnall

Well done for braving the bad weather!

January Jaunt 10k

Held in Plympton, the January Jaunt is a 10k multi-terrain race that starts and finishes at Plymouth Speedway track. Taking place on the 9th January, the course was an out and back to Saltram House.

Felicity Crotty ran for RSE, finishing in an brilliant time of 1:03:34! (unofficial)

I ran the January jaunt which is a 10k around the trails at Saltram in Plymouth. A nice route which was an out and back (mostly uphill out), ran with my friend Jennie.

Felicity Crotty

Well done Felicity!

Parkruns

Tamar Trails Parkrun

• Darren Jenner – 26:27

Cirencester Parkrun

• Vicki Mason – 37:59
• Elaine Chapman – 40:09

Parkrun result not mentioned? It may be that you’re not listed as Running Somewhere Else in the parkrun results online. For information on how to change/add RSE as your listed club, click here.

If you would like a run or race included in the club report, don’t forget to message Ellie Taylor by 5pm Sunday each week 🙂

50k WinterCross

Starting at the Meon Hall in Meonstoke, the WinterCross consists of 3 out and backs along different terrains. The challenge is to finish before dusk on one of the shortest days of the year… and run after all of the Christmas food!

Running for RSE were Mark Manley and Lesley Hinsley – it was Lesley’s 2nd ultra after completing her 1st in only November, whilst Mark rounded off the year with his 10th ultra!

Mark and Lesley completed the course in a brilliant time of 5:58:53!

We beat the cut off for the 70k by 15 mins but took over 10 minutes making up our minds whether to call it a day so the time is 10 minutes quicker! Lots of water, mud, rain, wind and hills sapped us.

Lesley has done amazing. She did her first ultra in November, just one month after smashing her marathon PB at Manchester and today was her furthest ever distance.

Mark Manley

It was fab. Really enjoyed it. Very, very wet, muddy, rainy and cold. We set off to do 70k with the option of bailing at 50k. We did meet the cut off by 20 min and set off to do the last 20k but them bailed ( a bridge too far in the bad conditions). Only 28 runners went on to do the last 20k! I finished 4th in my age group! A great course and I would do it again… and a great medal!

Lesley Hinsley

Incredible running from both of you!

Christmas Day Parkruns

Bushy Parkrun

• Taryn Hancock – 30:01

Littlehampton Prom Parkrun

• Darren Jenner – 24:32
• Felicity Crotty – 30:31

Tetbury Goods Shed Parkrun

• Ellie Taylor – 25:51
• Dave Witnall – 25:52
• Anne Gardiner– 26:19
• Kirsty Pitts – 26:20
• Martin Pitts – 26:24
• Kevin Joynes-Creed – 28:02
• William Gardiner – 30:21
• Caroline Joynes-Creed – 32:15
• Cathy Steer – 32:16

New Years Day Parkruns

Cheltenham Parkrun

• Taryn Hancock – 30:16

Cirencester Parkrun

• Paul Robertson – 24:36
• Steve Sandercock – 26:45
• Elaine Chapman – 28:20
• Kevin Joynes-Creed – 28:58
• Caroline Joynes-Creed – 33:17
• Vicki Mason – 37:31
• Cheri Edwards – 44:28

Babbs Mill Parkrun

• David Witnall – 21:23
• Ellie Taylor – 26:13

Seven Fields Parkrun

• Darren Jenner – 25:35
• Felicity Crotty – 32:29

Parkrun result not mentioned? It may be that you’re not listed as Running Somewhere Else in the parkrun results online. For information on how to change/add RSE as your listed club, click here.

If you would like a run or race included in the club report, don’t forget to message Ellie Taylor by 5pm Sunday each week 🙂

Happy New Year!