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It has been a spooktacular week for RSE runners, with Halloween fun and great racing adventures…

30th Oct, Halloween club run 

The Halloween club run saw RSE members in some fantastic costumes taking to the streets of Cirencester. Congratulations to Elaine for the winning costume, and Tim for the epic decorations!  

2nd Nov, Glos Cross Country league, Cirencester  

Cirencester Park hosted the 2nd of the Cross Country League races. A big shout out to Dave who worked hard to plan the course, organise marshals and make sure everything went smoothly on the day. RSE club members marshalled the course and were brilliant. 

• Jennifer Glass 28.02 –  2nd LV55  

• Paul Beaumont  29:15 

• Ellie Witnall  32:04  

Paul Beaumont: I think this was the most I’ve enjoyed a run whilst actually doing it!  Good course and great support from RSE marshals 

Ellie Witnall:  As XC races go, the course wasn’t too difficult – for my race it was 2 large laps and a small lap, all consisting of a long slow rise followed by a nice long downhill. The atmosphere was great and when I started flagging on the last lap, another runner encouraged me to keep going. 

3rd Nov – Guy Fawkes 5, Tewkesbury (RSE Championship race) 

A fast, flat 5 mile course on country lanes round Tewkesbury. A fantastic turnout from RSE, with a plethora of PBs to celebrate.

• Jon Last  30:49 – PB  
• Nia Glover 32:25 – PB  
• Jennifer Glass 34:32 – 1st in age category  
• Alan Powderhill – 37:45 – PB  
• Steve Sandercock – 38:45
• Anne Gardiner 39:35 – New PB, 2nd in age category  
• Sarah Page  42:16 
• Liz Hulcup 43.03  
• Gemma Wright 40.45
• Sharon Smith 41:42 
• Tim  Wainright 43.56 – course PB  
• Sue Navin 44:23 – 3rd LV70 and a PB 
• Felicity Crotty  45:05 
• Linda Edwards 45:13
•  Sylvia Warman 55:54 

 Felicity Crotty: Great turn out from RSE, good support and lots of cake at the end. Really good weather conditions for a race too. Over 5 min faster than last year and 9 minutes faster than the year before which was the same course. Fastest 5 miler for 6 years but still off my PB by 3 seconds!! 

Sarah Page: Great conditions, lovely to see so many of us running  for team RSE and some fantastic results. Hoped to run 8.30 min mile pace and did 8.27 so happy with that. Thanks to our supporters today too 

Sylvia Warman: It was good to be back on the regular course  (last year used the alternative course due to flooding). Great to have so many others from the club running I never lost sight of a yellow vest. Fantastic support from RSE peeps cheering us on. 

Park runs 

Stonehouse parkrun 

• Cheri EDWARDS 00:25:53 

Chippenham parkrun 

• Anne-Marie DAVIES 00:29:38

Tewkesbury parkrun 

• Sarah REYNOLDS 00:25:33

Cirencester parkrun 

• Wayne HEWITT 00:21:53 
• Phil HUDSON 00:22:41 
• Oliver HAZEL 00:23:05 
• Jon CAMPBELL 00:25:46 
• Maria YATES 0:30:10

Gloucester City parkrun 

•  Linda EDWARDS 00:28:54

Tetbury Goods Shed parkrun 

•  Rachel WEAVER 00:36:40

Seven Fields parkrun 

•  Taryn HANCOCK 00:33:19

Quakers Walk parkrun 

• Darren JENNER 00:24:25 
• Felicity CROTTY 00:29:49

Chipping Norton Parkrun  

• Liz Hulcup 30.28 

Dates for the Diary

• 24th Nov – AVR Wiltshire half marathon (RSE Championship race) 
• 28th Nov  – a BICYCLE MAINTENANCE TALK with some practical demonstrations of how to look after your bike and what to do if you get an issue whilst out cycling.  More details to follow. 
• 29th Nov –  end of season disco and karaoke
  ⏰ 8pm till late
  📍The Drillmans Arms, Stratton 
• Jan 17th (or 18th) Annual Awards evening. tbc 

Thanks for reading.  Hope I haven’t missed anything.   Jess

If you are racing next week don’t forget to submit the race report form for your result to be included: https://www.runningsomewhereelse.com/race-report-form/ 

What a nice change to be running in dry conditions and sunshine! Well done to everyone who ran Stroud Half or a Parkrun this weekend. If you were just out for a training run, I hope that you also enjoyed feeling the sun on your face.

Mark

Stroud Half Marathon

Mark GARRETT            1:33:46.

Philip HUDSON            1:35:56

Daniel DRAYTON         1:46:11     PB!

Paul BEAUMONT         1:49:36

Phil NEWMAN              1:49:49

Joanne BEAMES           1:54:14

Sarah PAGE                    1:58:57

“Be nice if the clocks could change in this way before every race! Weather was great. Well marshalled. Found it quite hard at times (running on roads) but very glad I did it!”

Paul Beaumont

“Beautiful day to be out racing in the Stroud sunshine!
Well organised race and good support most of the way round, some cheeky inclines but also plenty of flattish bits too.
Pleased with my time as not done a half since the Stroud race last year and my time was only 12 seconds slower than last year!”

Sarah Page

“Ideal running conditions for the race and well supported. Good turnout from RSE runners!”

Daniel Drayton

“Out with Paul and Dan for a lovely morning run, the course I would describe as fairly flat only a couple of hills to worry about with excellent support at the start and finish.”

Phill Newman

Park Runs

Chippenham

Cheri EDWARDS             00:28:23

Cirencester

Jon CAMPBELL               00:22:34

Daniel DRAYTON            00:23:30

Paul BILLINGHURST     00:23:33

Oliver HAZEL                   00:24:17

Phil NEWMAN                 00:27:05

Alan POWDERHILL       00:27:07

Sue NAVIN                        00:27:28

Robert BAKER                 00:28:05

Jessica JAMES                 00:33:06

Witney

Vicki MASON                     00:31:04

Seven Fields

Anne-Marie DAVIES        00:29:51

Maria YATES                     00:29:52

Taryn HANCOCK              00:33:02

Central Fields, Plymouth

Darren JENNER               00:25:27

Felicity CROTTY               00:41:30

University of Galway

David WITNALL                 00:22:55

Eleanor TAYLOR                00:27:25

Wolford Wood

Liz HULCUP                       00:34.03

Lydiard park run

Julie TAYLOR                     00:35:44

A challenge with water laden tracks and steep hill at the finish of both laps. Lots of laughs with Donna and Kathryn accompanied by swearing from me.

Exmouth parkrun

Darren JENNER                00:22:50

Felicity CROTTY                00:27:31

Cirencester parkrun

Phil HUDSON               00:22:46

Wayne HEWITT           00:22:47

Jon CAMPBELL           00:25:04

Oliver HAZEL               00:25:12

Sue NAVIN                    00:27:59

Seven Fields parkrun

Taryn HANCOCK         00:33:46

I don’t think the following has appeared in a report yet

Trelissack park run

Julie TAYlOR

28th September  00:38:06

5 th October         00: 37:43

Gloucestershire Cross Country Series

• Nia Glover 27:30
• Ellie Witnall 34:54

“This was the first race in the Gloucestershire AAA Cross Country League for the winter. It was held at Yate Outdoor Sports Centre and for women was 3 loops (two large one medium) around the fields including a muddy bank to climb up each time totalling just under 4 miles. It was a generally flat course but felt like tough work on the grass! Nevertheless I had good fun and very pleased the sun came out for us.” Nia

 “A good choice if you like getting muddy! It was surprisingly warm and the race wasn’t too hilly, although there was a short steep hill which was pretty tough – thankfully Dave was there screaming ‘Attack it! Attack!’ to spur me on ” Ellie😉

London Royal Parks Half Marathon 

This stunning central London Half Marathon, takes in some of the capital’s world-famous landmarks on closed roads, and four of London’s eight Royal Parks.  There are over 16,000 runners.

• Anna Field 1:49:19 New PB!!

Oxford Half Marathon

More than 13,000 runners have taken part in this year’s Oxford half marathon, raising around a million pounds for charity.

Thousands of spectators lined the route of the annual race, which began in the city centre, passing the sites of Old Marston village, the River Cherwell, Oxford University’s Lady Margaret Hall, before finishing on Parks Road.

• Rebecca Southerington 1:43
• Elliot Gardiner 2:02:19

“I initially booked this race for my half marathon PB attempt this year. However, the Achilles tendinitis that’s been dragging on since August, meant I had to turn it into a training run after 5 weeks off 😒 The Achilles didn’t feel as bad as expected thankfully and I managed to knock a couple of minutes off my time since my last race at the GNR last month, so I’ll take that as a positive! The course was very flat and it was good to be able to take in the historic sights of Oxford city centre, as it wasn’t a head down PB attempt. Will definitely be back to do this one again when fit.” Elliot

Bournemouth Half Marathon

Part of the Bournemouth Marathon Festival, the half marathon course follows the full marathon coastal route, which sets off from Kings Park before making its way down to the seafront, taking in Boscombe and Bournemouth pier along the way. It offers the ideal combination of flat roads and sweeping views.

• Leah Brown 1:50:38 New PB!!

Lightning Bolt 10k

Fast, flat 10k racing for all abilities. With an elevation of just 14 metres, the Lightning Bolt has established itself as one of the fastest 10k races in the UK. This was also an RSE Club Championship race.

• Jon Last 39.05 New PB!!
• Mark Garrett 41.20
• Phil Hudson 41:31 New PB!!
• Jenny Glass 45.09 1st in age category
• Al Powderhill 47.01 New PB!!
• Darren Jenner 47.36 new PB!!
• Jo Beames 48:17
• Jo Wood 49.17
• Anne Gardiner 49:55 New PB!!
• Zoe Markham-Lee 53.30
• Sue Navin 54:34 New PB!! 1st in age category
• Felicity Crotty  55:36

“Great conditions, once you were warmed up! Nice to see so many RSE runners. Extra motivation from the pacer too”. Jon Last

“Although not a PB it was the first time I have run that fast since 2017!! A chilly flat run in the countryside, lovely to run with RSE and very good pacers especially Robbo running the 55 min. Thanks to Phil H for helping me run in the final 200 metres too.” Felicity

 “A great day of racing with fellow RSE members. So happy to achieve another PB today with a consistent pacing plan, certainly helped by the pacer. If only I could have found a few more seconds! Will have to have another go next year.” Al Powderhill

Parkrun Results

Newbury parkrun

• Darren JENNER Running Somewhere Else 00:25:07
• Felicity CROTTY Running Somewhere Else 00:29:23

• Russell YOUNG Running Somewhere Else 00:22:40
• Liz Hulcup 2nd Claim RSE 28:49

• Phil HUDSON Running Somewhere Else 00:24:13
• Paul BILLINGHURST Running Somewhere Else 00:24:13
• David WITNALL Running Somewhere Else 00:25:40
• Cheri EDWARDS Running Somewhere Else 00:59:30

• Rachel WEAVER Running Somewhere Else 00:33:59

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