A weekend the place cross nation racing options alongside some speedy street instances because the racing highlights. James Rhodes runs by means of the highlights.
How does one maintain a celebration of ten years of Podium 5k? Maintain a race, after all! Podium 5k returned to its birthplace in Barrowford and as soon as extra delivered a sequence of quick instances throughout all races.
It was at this course in August 2023 that Hannah Nuttall set her lifetime better of 15:53. That point isn’t any extra, having made a substantial enchancment to fifteen:19. She now sits alongside Laura Muir in joint tenth on the British all-time record. Hannah broke 15:00 on the monitor twice this 12 months and has additionally set a PB over 3000m indoors in February. It appears like that tremendous kind will proceed into 2025.
Probably the greatest performances got here from Jess Bailey, who broke the British U20 File with a 15:25 PB. Her prior quickest of 15:37 was set on the Mid Cheshire 5k in April, and she or he took seven seconds of Innes FitzGerald’s U20 document from Could. She strikes to eighteenth on the (senior) all-time record, sandwiched between Katie Snowden and Jo Pavey.
Steeplechase specialist Elise Thorner improved her PB to fifteen:41 to take third. Having returned from the College of Florida, Thorner is now a part of Staff New Stability Manchester, coached by Helen Clitheroe, with Hannah as a teammate. Her earlier finest was 18:53, though that was set again in 2018!
Photograph: Podium 5k
Megan Davies (15:51) and Esme Davies (15:56 PB) additionally ran inside sixteen minutes for fourth and fifth respectively. Esme took over one minute off her earlier finest set final summer season. Ty Brockley-Langford (16:09 PB) completed sixth, bettering by 32 seconds. In seventh, Kirsty Longley (16:24) broke the British V45 File.
Speedy Males Too
The boys’s subject had a global flavour to it, with Belgian Robin Hendrix setting the quickest time of 13:36. Two seconds again was British-based Ossama Meslek, coached by Matt Yates, who simply pipped Phil Sesemann to 3rd. Phil shaved one second off his PB, additionally recording 13:38. A reasonably spectacular time for the Leeds runner in solely his third race because the Olympic Video games marathon.
One other marathon runner, Ben Connor, completed fourth in 13:47, taking seven seconds off his prior finest. Matt Ramsden (13:51) and Josh Lay (13:59) completed fifth and sixth, Josh racing for the primary time this 12 months. It was an encouraging efficiency, simply 4 seconds shy of his 2020 PB.
Eight extra males ran below 14:05, together with triathlete (and 2012 Olympic Video games medallist) Jonny Brownlee. It is going to be his first particular person Energy of 10 entry since 2021 (with two Northern Counties relay legs earlier this 12 months).
Photograph: Podium 5k
A Cardiff Basic
The British Athletics Cross Problem kicked off on Saturday with the Cardiff Cross Problem. Due to its standing as a part of the World Athletics Cross Nation Tour, the occasion attracts in worldwide curiosity additionally.
Ugandan duo Keneth Kiprop and Charity Cherop received the respective senior races, with Kiprop retaining his title from final 12 months.
Within the senior girls’s race, Kate Axford had the most effective races of her profession to complete third. The Belgrave Harrier accomplished the 6.4km course in 20:21, simply six seconds behind winner Cherop. She was intently adopted by Cardiff’s Cari Hughes (20:25), with Izzy Fry (20:30) fifth. All three could have their eye on a spot within the British group at subsequent month’s European Cross Nation Championships in Turkey (8 December).
Behind, steeplechase specialist Poppy Tank completed sixth (20:38), Amelia Quirk (20:40) ninth and Meg Gadsby (20:50) tenth.
Zak Mahamed had the most effective British efficiency within the senior males’s race over 9.6km, ending seventh. His 27:36 was exactly 30 seconds behind winner Kiprop. Fife AC’s Logan Rees had a wonderful efficiency to complete ninth (27:42). He completed one place and one second forward of Olympic 1500m finalist Niels Laros of the Netherlands.
Angus McMillan (27:55) and Dafydd Jones (28:02) had been eleventh and twelfth respectively.
Innes FitzGerald recorded a commanding win within the U20 race, her first outing because the World U20 Championships in Peru. She completed the 4.45km route in 14:12. William Rabjohns received the U20 males’s race over 5.6k. An thrilling dash end noticed him get the nod over Matthew Clark, each recording 16:12. Only one second separated the top-four!
Extra Cross Nation
Tonbridge took a one-two on the Kent League in Danson Park, due to Cole Gibbens (25:41) and Ted Higgins (25:47). Blackheath & Bromley’s Jack Shayler (26:01) accomplished the rostrum. There was no senior girls’s fixture at this assembly. Shut by in Swanley Park, Alex Cameron (29:47) and Andrea Berquez (33:15) took victories on the first Kent Health League fixture of the season.
Photograph: Mark Hookway
Beckenham Place Park hosted the division one fixtures of the Surrey League. Herne Hill’s Lucy Jones received the senior girls’s race in 19:12, with Guildford’s Evie Warren (19:29) second and Imogen Wolsey of Belgrave third (19:30). Hercules Wimbledon’s Stuart McCallum was an in depth victor of the senior males’s race, ending two seconds forward of Jeremy Dempsey. Stuart accomplished the 7k course in 22:03 to Thames Hare & Hound Dempsey’s 22:05. Hercules’ Alex Milne (22:14) was third. Nevertheless, because the beneath photograph exhibits, there was an sudden race chief within the early phases.
Photograph: Alex from Herne Hill (through X)
Jack Kavanagh was a transparent winner within the division two match at Hurst Inexperienced. He completed nearly two minutes forward of the remainder of the sector at his residence fixture for Holland Sports activities. Rebecca Keddie of Kingston & Poly received the division two girls’s match.
Richard Slade of Chiltern Harriers and Bedford’s Rebecca Murray received the respective senior races on the Chiltern League in Milton Keynes. European U23 medallist on the monitor Will Barnicoat received the primary fixture of the Birmingham League in Northampton. He completed nearly one minute forward of Finlay Ward.
Again to the Roads
Loads extra has been taking place over the previous couple of days on the roads. Quick instances got here on the Heaton Harriers Memorial 10k, led by Adrian Bailes (31:13) and Lucy Crookes (35:34). Comparatively shut finishes got here in each races; Helen Warburton (35:55) and Alexandra Sneddon (36:10) accomplished the ladies’s podium. Connor Marshall (31:20) and Lewis McConnell (31:52) the identical within the males’s.
Gemma Kersey (58:14) and Stephen Unusual (52:50) had wonderful outings on the Stebbing 10. Each had been making their debuts over the gap, Gemma following on from a debut half marathon in Could. Tonbridge’s Stephen Unusual is coached by Mark Hookway, an everyday photo-contributor to the Weekend Spherical Ups.
Matthew Skaife (33:24) and Mel Partitions (40:41) received Fylde Coast Runners’ Windmill Remembrance Day 10k. Additionally named to replicate the date was the Essex Remembrance Runs. Wins within the 10k went to Gareth Carey (34:07) and Sharon Wright (40:26), and to Liam Butler (77:20) and Carol Carter (95:10) within the halt marathon. Run Nation’s Remembrance Day 10 noticed Steven Hardy (61:39) and Kate Storey (68:49) take victories.
North of the border, Bellahouston Street Runners’ Jimmy Irvine Bella 10k noticed Ryan Thomson (30:49) and Rosa Donaldson (36:23) cross the end line first. Staying in Scotland, Ross Macdonald (32:20) and Jo Williams (38:53) received the Newton Street Races 10k.
Extra Racing
Joseph Fitzmaurice (34:52) and Molly O’Connor (42:05) received the Regents Park 10k in London. Staying within the capital, RunThrough organised the Victoria Park Half Marathon, 10k and 5k. The longest race of the morning supplied victories to Laura Boehm (79:00) and Hugh Tibbs (72:05), with the highest three males all working sub-72:00. Native athlete Thomas Holliday (32:04) and Lydia Using (39:23) set the quickest instances within the 10k. Clare Hartley-Marjoram (19:49) and Brett Baker (15:47) did the identical within the 5k.
One other RunThrough occasion, the Run Tatton Half Marathon, supplied Dan Cliffe (67:49) and Donna Morris (82:24) with emphatic victories. Each completed over three minutes away from the remainder of the respective fields. At some point earlier, Nichola Cartwright (41:32) and Callan Rowland (36:15) received the Run Tatton 10k.
In North Yorkshire, Jordan Howe (32:19) and Sarah Attwood (37:59) received the Dalby Sprint 10k. Marie Duhig (36:24) and James Orrell (32:07) took wins within the George Munday 10k, as did Mark Popple (36:31) and Hannah Oswin (42:41) within the Mallard Cake Sprint 10k.
