Weekend Round Up 21st/22nd September

Bloomfield and Brockbank take Essex Half Marathon titles at Pleshey Half 

Crispian Bloomfield (Billericay Striders) and Nikki Brockbank (Springfield Striders) were crowned Essex Half Marathon Champions 2013 after winning the Pleshey Half Marathon on Sunday 22nd September organised by Springfield Striders RC. 

Top Three Male Finishers:

1st: Crispian Bloomfield (Billericay Striders) 1:12:01

2nd: Tristan Windley (Springfield Striders RC) 1:12:48

3rd: Mark Newton (Springfield Striders RC) 1:13:01

Top Three Female Finishers:

1st: Nikki Brockbank (Springfield Striders RC) 1:26:02

2nd: Jo Newens (Road Runners Club) 1:27:00

3rd: Catherine Stunt (Benfleet RC) 1:31:15

Well done to everyone that took part in the championships, full results can be found here

George Elliott's latest blog

The track season has now finished for me and I've just been on holiday to rest my legs up all ready for the cross country season ahead. I'll carry on taking it easy in September and begin building up my stamina over the forthcoming weeks. For now its all about easy sessions for and understanding the purpose of each session that is set. 

Once I begin to regain my fitness me and my coach will discuss what my targets are for the year and what sessions that I will have planned. 

I was reasonably pleased with my track season, never satisfied though. I'm looking forward to those muddy fields this winter though!!

George

Note from Editor - The team at Run Southend think George has been pretty modest within his latest blog and would like to congratulate George on running PB's over 400m (51.77s), 800m (1:56.92), 1500m (4:02.82) and the mile (4:23.41) this season which we'd be more than "reasonably pleased with"! 
Great work George from the team at RunSouthend.com

Weekend Round Up 14/15th September

Last weekend was a big one for sport in the UK, with the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in London over both days and the 33rd Great North Run in Tyneside but more locally it was also the 50th Southend Parkrun, the Dedham 10k and the Ingatestone 5mile.

50th running of Southend Parkrun

Saturday morning, 119 runners from across Essex and afar assembled in Shoebury's Gunners Park for the 50th running of the Southend Parkrun. On this occasion there were 14 new timers and a total of 41 personal bests recorded.

First 3 male finishers:
1st: Adam Hickey 14:57 (Southend AC)
2nd: Ian Anthony 16:57 (Havering Mayesbrook AC)
3rd: Neil Spicer 17:22 (Leigh on Sea Striders)

First 3 female finishers:
1st: Tracy English 21:08 (Leigh on Sea Striders)
2nd: Anna Meggitt 22:33 (East Essex Tri)
3rd: Veronique Dorothy 22:36

Well done to everyone that took part, latest results can be viewed here.

 Southend Parkrun's Race Director Keith Passingham gives instructions

Sterling and Holland take the titles at Ingatestone 5

Chelmsford's Scott Sterling made it two wins in two weekends as he took the overall title at Sunday's Ingatestone 5 mile race. Sterling took the win in 25:59 which followed on from his win in the Langham 10k the previous weekend where he ran 33:17. On the women's side, the first female across the line was Southend Athletics Club's Kerry Holland. At present the results haven't been published but when they are we will put up the top three male and females with a link to the full results.

Record turnout for Dedham 10k

Organisers were delighted on Sunday as a record number of runners turned out for the Dedham 10k. A total of 383 runners completed the event, raising funds for Dedham Primary School.

The first 3 males were:

1st: Tom Fairbrother 34:58 (Ipswich Jaffa Runners)

2rd: Steve Hewes 35:33 (Harwich Runners)

3rd: Matthew Hunt 36:13 (Ipswich Jaffa Runners)

The first 3 females were:

1st: Katie Keeble 41:05

2nd: Sandra Roberts 42:04 

3rd: Claudine Tisbury 42:45 (Harwich Runners)

Well done to everyone that took part, full results can be viewed here.

Non Stanford wins ITU World Triathlon Champs & Overall series title in London!

RunSouthend.com couldn't finish our weekend round up without saying a HUUUGE congratulations to Non Stanford for what can only be described as an incredible race in Saturday's ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in London! Despite receiving a time penalty for not placing her wetsuit in her kit box at the end of her swim, Non showed her class, storming through the run to take the World title!

Congratulations Non from the team at RunSouthend.com

Weekend Round Up 7/8th September

Southend Parkrun

A total of 153 runners took part in Saturday mornings Southend Parkrun 5km.

First 3 male finishers:

1st: Ian Anthony 17:11 (Havering Mayesbrook AC)

2nd: Neil Spicer 17:44 (Leigh on Sea Striders)

3rd: Adam Jordan 17:58 (Southend AC)

First 3 female finishers:

1st: Gemma Russhard 20:29 

2nd: Anna Meggitt 23:34 (East Essex Triathlon Club)

3rd: Lianne Drake 24:06 (Southend AC)

Well done to everyone that took part, view the latest results here

Southend Parkrun's Alex Thornton enjoying the Southend sun

Canvey Rotary 10k

Sunday morning saw 132 runners of all abilities take part in the Canvey Rotary 10k. 

First 3 male finishers:

1st: Adam Hickey 32:09 (Southend AC)

2nd: Crispian Bloomfield 34:03 (Billericay Striders)

3rd: Jack Fitsall 36:46 (Basildon)

First 3 female finishers:

1st: Kerry Holland 38:32 (Southend AC)

2nd: Sarah Jeffery 42:04 (Southend AC)

3rd: Joanne Randall 47:47

Well done to all that took part, provisional results can be viewed here

Top 3 males (L-R) Jack Fitsall, Adam Hickey, Crispian Bloomfield

Women's winner Kerry Holland finishing strong

Sterling takes title at Langham 10k

Scott Sterling made a successful return to racing with a win in Sunday's Langham 10k. 

First 3 male finishers:

1st: Scott Sterling 33:17 (Newham & Essex Beagles/Chelmsford)

2nd: Brad Jones 33:35 (Ipswich Jaffa)

3rd: Tom Cammack (Springfield)

First 3 female finishers:

1st: Katie Keeble 40:09 

2nd: Tracey Ranson 40:30 (Springfield)

3rd: Carys Sutton 41:33 (Chelmsford)

Well done to everyone that took part, full results can be viewed here

Weekend Round Up 31st Aug/1st September

80 Personal Bests set at Southend Parkrun!

The weekend got underway, as usual, with our local Southend Parkrun on Saturday morning. The 5km timed run was completed by just under 200 runners with a whopping 80 PBs being set - a fantastic achievement!

First across the line was Earl Cadman (Unattached) in 17:54, with Paul Russhard second in 18:08 and Adam Jordan of Southend AC third in 18:13. 

First female home was Gemma Russhard (Unattached) in 20:25, with Lorna Garrod (Benfleet RC) second in 21:13 and Southend AC's Jordan Lacey third in 21:32.

Well done to everyone that took part on Saturday, latest results can be viewed here.

Busy weekend for Pitsea's International Hurdler Gianni Frankis

It was a very busy weekend for our local GB Hurdler Gianni Frankis as he competed in two races in  two countries in just 24 hours! His first race 110m Hurdles race was in The Flame Games in Amsterdam, where he finished 3rd in a close race in 13.79. Then came the 400 mile journey from Amsterdam to Berlin's ISTAF meet where Frankis managed to improve his time from the previous day down to 13.72, finishing 6th. No doubt Gianni will now be looking forward to a well-earnt rest before his indoor season gets underway!

Springfield Striders win Essex Way Relay Title

Sunday morning saw the popular Essex Way Relay race take place with runners coming from all over the county to take part. The race covers 82 miles of the Essex Way starting at Epping Station and finishing at Harwich Old Lighthouse, with teams running 10 legs of varying distance - the shortest being just 5.5miles and the furthest being 11.2miles.

Springfield Striders won the overall race with Benfleet RC winning the ladies title. Full details of the race can be found on the event's website http://www.essexway.org.uk although full results are not yet available. Well done to all that took part from Run Southend.