Category: Running

Great Run Bristol 10k

We had some fantastic running by a trio of Blues at the Great Run Bristol 10k at the weekend! Martin Colwill 36:30, Leanne Avery 43:28, Helen Colwill 46:35

Bideford 10k 2023

Massive congratulations to everyone who ran the Bideford 10k yesterday you were all awesome

The winner was Phil Norman From Woodford Green AC in 30:35, closely followed by Shaun Antell from Bideford AAC in 30:39, in 3rd Ronnie Richmond from Bideford AAC in 31:05

The winning female was Nikki Kelly from Tavistock AC in 35:55, in 2nd Ruby Orchard from Cornwall AC in 38:28, in 3rd in her debut 10k Freya Woodhead from Bideford AAC in 38:51

Full race and category results

Mid-Cheshire 5k

Incorporating the England 5k Championships, Dan Mapp finished in the top 25 in an almighty 14:51 and Simon Mugglestone in 17:33

TCS London Marathon 2023

In the Elite race, another super strong sub 2:20 run by Ronnie Richmond finishing 26th overall and 3rd in category in 2:19:00 – simply wow

All our runners put in a fabulous performance, Arron Kearney is still in shock after running an incredible 2:35:46, Sammy Antell finished in 2:46:16 after setting of at 2:48 pace but felt good so kicked on! Martin Colwill was 3 minutes behind Sammy in 2:49:29, Serane Stone ran her first marathon as a Blue in 2:59:38, Tamsin Stevens finished in 3:09:10 with Gary Blight just behind in 3:09:18, Vince Helliwell was our 2nd speedy postman in 3:18:15, Jo Bedler is super happy to be under 3:30 in 3:28:30, Helen Colwill finished in 3:34:09 and then TeamColwill headed to the pub 🍺 Steve Turner won the club marathon draw and finished in 3:38:50, Lorraine Clements came smiling over the line in 3:40:18, Dave Stevenson couldn’t quite keep up with his daughter Sammy but still crossed the line in a great time of 3:48:42. Linda Eastmond ran a cracking race finishing in 4:03:38. And finally David Fortune who has been injured for most of his training but was determined to complete his run for Water Aid, dressed as a toilet he crossed the line in 6:11:23.

Manchester Marathon

It was again PB central, Josh Benford was first Blue over the line in an awesome PB time of 2:30:07. After being undecided whether to run James Puglsey also ran an huge PB of 2:42:03. It was John O’Donoghue’s debut marathon and he joined the sub 3 club with a time of 2:55:09, Michael Harris finished in 3:00:48, also a PB of over 5 minutes, and Lorna Watts ran a super super quick time of 3:20:24 (30 minutes under GFA)

Newport Marathon and 10k

Jess Gierke smashed it and completed the marathon is a fabulous PB time of 4:12:40. While at the Newport 10k Shaun Antell had a podium finish taking 2nd place in 0:30:11 (and got some flowers too!)

Good Friday Relays 2023

One of our favourite club events of the year – it’s so lovely to have our juniors and seniors of all ages and abilities running together. The sportsman’s ship between every runner is fabulous, and it’s great seeing the adults supporting and inspiring the junior runners throughout the whole race.

1st Team H in 00:56:22, 2nd Team C in 00:57:09, 3rd Team J in 00:57:19, 4th Team E in 00:58:01, 5th Team F in 00:59:12, 6th Team G in 00:59:42, 7th Team B in 01:00:27, 8th Team D in 01:00:59, 9th Team A in 01:08:37

View the full results and lap times

Bristol Track Club 5k

Some amazing performances: Dan Mapp 14:46 (PB!), Ronnie Richmond 14:54, Martin Colwill 17:09, Simon Mugglestone 18:11, Helen Colwill 21:34 (PB!)