April 2017 - Romsey Road Runners

Marathon Magnificence!

What a weekend this was for runners! Our road runners were out in force, representing Romsey in the London Marathon, Southampton Half Marathon, Full Marathon, 10K and the Houghton 11k trail race. The blue and yellow vests provided some stunning performances both home and away.

RRR Southampton and London Finishers - 2017 — RRR Southampton and London Finishers – 2017

In sunny London, the 26.2 miles of tarmac, starting at Greenwich and ending in front of Buckingham place, were pounded by five Romsey representatives amongst 40,000 other runners, the most finishers ever to date. First time London marathon runner Joanna McKenzie represented Romsey by taking up the esteemed club place. Jo completed the race in a time of 4:20, a personal best despite cramping for the last six miles! Tamatha Ryan experienced the privilege of taking up her well-earned championship place finishing in 3 hours 41 minutes. Other fantastic times included Marie Duignan 3:23, James Cole 3:41 and Ian Winkworth 3:57 all who enjoyed the atmosphere despite the pain!

Closer to home, ten thousand runners took part in the three Southampton races. Neil Jennings completed his debut marathon blasting it out in sub 3 hours, finishing an awesome 12th overall with a chip time of 2 hours 59 minutes. Fantastic marathon performances were also recorded by Paul Burnage 3:44 and Dave Gardner 3:49 (a personal best). The Southampton half marathon was entered by eleven Romsey runners recording a good set of strong results: Mark Stileman 1:24, James Battle 1:26, Dan Lurcock 1:37 (PB), Paul Whitaker 1:49, John Quayle 1:49, Penny Jennings 1:50, Mark Winkworth 1:55, Jeremy Hartley 1:55, Ben Sharman 1:55, Liz Prinsep 2:03, Jane Jackson 2:22. Last but no means least, six runners took part in the Southampton 10K which was entered by more than 1,600 runners. First home for Romsey was Alex Princep 41:42, followed by Ray Webb 50:46, Colin Williams 57:29, Lynda Webb 1:02, Ruth Page 1:10 and Naomi Farrington 1:16.

Houghton 11k - 2017 — Houghton 11k – 2017

Meanwhile off-road at Houghton, just outside Stockbridge, ten Romsey road runners completed the 11k trail race. This cross-country course is set in beautiful scenery through bluebell fields and incorporating a few hills. The runners soaked up the sunshine enjoying both the course and the cakes at the end! Times included Steve Reed 52:44, Steve Edwards 54:20, Becca Lurcock 54:31, Andrew Archibald 56:00, Lynda Brown 57:07, Dorota Hatch 1:07, Nikki Skeats 1:08, Bridget Wells 1:11, Derek Kelly 1:15 and Julia Abab 1:15.

Finally, the previous weekend saw Mark Stileman complete the Isle of Wight’s West Wight three hills race finishing 8th overall in a time of 54:26 and Sue Sleath ran a fabulous time of 3.36.20 in the Boston marathon.

Beer Race has sold out!

Beer Race

Due to popular demand, the Beer Race has sold out a record 7 weeks in advance of the race! More details to follow about race number collection on the day. The new 1km fun run for children will be open for registration on the day, and is open to 4-14 year olds.

Pasta Party

Members

We are pleased to announce that our annual Pasta Party has been booked for Tuesday 18^th April 2017 at The Sun Inn (Winchester Road, Romsey SO51 7JG) at 7pm for 7.30pm sit down to eat. (Parking available behind the pub.)

There’ll be a set menu, at a special price of just £10.00 per head (drinks, desserts and coffee can be ordered and paid for separately on the night).

If you wish to come along and support our London Marathon and Southampton Half Marathon/Marathon entrants, please complete this form and hand it to David Nixon or Liz Slade by Thursday 13^th April – along with payment details (cheques made payable to Romsey Road Runners). Alternatively email the form to [email protected].

MENU

Beef lasagne
Mild Bean Chilli with Rice (suitable for gluten free and lactose intolerant)
Garlic bread
Green Salad

Please let us know if you have any other dietary requirements (the pub is very accommodating)

Results Round Up – 28/03/17

Results

Eastleigh 10K, one of the largest 10K’s in the south, attracted over 2,800 runners again this year. This fast, flat event which took place on Sunday 19^th March saw ten Romsey Road Runners taking part and it lived up to its reputation as being the ‘home of the PB’ with at least two of the runners finishing with personal bests amongst a collection of other fantastic times. The line up of results were: Neil Jennings 35:42 (PB), James Battle 37:02, Matthew Brown 37:30, James Cole 38:50, Alexander Prinsep 42:21, David Gardner 43:13 (PB), John Quayle 43:43, Paul Whitaker 44:42, Joanna Blatherwick 53:12 and Elizabeth Prinsep 53:37.

On the same weekend, Romsey’s Becca Lurcock ran the Ringwood 15k in a fantastic time of 1:11:13 providing another victory for Romsey as she finished first lady!

Last weekend, despite losing an hour’s sleep, Romsey Road Runners made an early start, traveling to Cranleigh in Surrey to run a slightly undulating but scenic 21 mile race. The course that is mainly on quiet country lanes consists of a 9 mile loop followed by a 6 mile loop run twice. The weather made up for the early start and the enjoyable sunny conditions provided an ideal race for the runner’s last push in their training for a spring marathons. For Romsey first home was James Cole 2:47 (93^rd), followed by Mark Suddaby 2:48 (102^nd), Tam Ryan 2:51 (116^th), Dave Gardner 2:53 (124^th) and Becky Tovey 2:58 (139^th) out of 349 finishers.