Gravesend Floodlit 10k and 5k Series
A series of races held throughout the winter at Gravesend Cyclopark organised by Nice Work.

RunThrough Events
Some races organised by RunThrough are taking place. Take a look here.

See Ben Cook’s email for full results. Many thanks to all the volunteers for getting some races going! 

Dorney Lake Marathon
At the same time as the elites were looping around St. James’ Park in wet and windy weather, three Kent runners, desperate for a marathon themselves, were looping around Dorney Lake. First home was Ben Cook in a big PB of 2:36:01 with David Mohring (2:38:43) not far behind with Jonathan Beatty completing the trio of PBs in 2:44:30 in far from ideal conditions, so well done guys!

Virtual London Marathon
Plenty of Kent action with runners pounding the streets to tick off the Virtual ’40th Race’. Technical mishaps with the apps and logging runs mean that not all runs will appear by this week’s publication deadline, however well done to the following who have successfully logged their run so far!
Thomas Thain – 2:48:21
Neil Phillips – 2:56:33
Tim Copley – 2:59:44
Thomas Ballard – 3:06:39
Matt Hall – 3:11:57
Lee Buchanan – 3:18:14
Len Reilly – 3:20:17
Chris Schofield – 3:22:40
Cath Stibbs – 3:24:32
Adam Paterson – 3:29:27
Ali Farrall – 3:34:52
Amanda Nio – 3:50:18
Miki Jablkowska – 5:01:08

Cath Stibbs finishing her Virtual London Marathon

Herne Hill Harriers Open
Will Pitt made use of the end of season track meeting to register a new 800m PB of 2:14.96!

Olympic Park 10k
Paul Crompton was the only Kent runner in Saturday’s race finishing the 10km in 42:49.

Bassingham Bash 5 miles
A fine run from Sean Fitzpatrick in last week’s race saw him set an impressive new 5 mile PB of 25:15 for 10th place overall.

Gravesend Floodlit 10k and 5k Series
A series of races held throughout the winter at Gravesend Cyclopark organised by Nice Work.

RunThrough Events
Although the Battersea races have now been cancelled, there remains several race options organised by RunThrough in venues such as the Olympic Park. Take a look here.

B-Group Training
Training continues with small groups in Greenwich Park for the rest of this month. Please contact Stuart Beaney for more details.

B-Group women
Training continues with Pete Boxshall and Ellie Brown on Tuesday nights meeting at 7.10pm. If interested, please contact Pete or Ellie for more information.  

A-group training
The A-group continue with Fartlek fun around Ladywell, meeting at 7:30pm. For more information please contact Ken.

Many thanks to all the volunteers across the three weeks for making the evenings possible! 

Folkestone Half Marathon:
 On a wet and windy morning on the Kent coast, many braved the conditions with great success. With the event taking place under COVID-secure conditions, small waves of runners started from 8am on an out-and-back seaside circuit, including an unwelcome steep cliff-top climb at about 12 miles in.
Despite the testing weather, the event was worth the early start with Kent runners taking the individual wins for men & women, with six men featuring in the top ten, making the event feel more like a Club Champs race. Our winners were Anthony Johnson and Georgina Wiley, both slightly outside their PBs but in far from favourable weather!
Anthony Johnson – 68:24 – 1st
Dave Morgan – 72:16
Ben Hope – 72:26
Dan Pettitt – 72:32 PB
George Russell – 72:32 PB
Ben Cook – 72:53
Rob Laing – 73:35
Barny Day – 73:53
Tomas Sloan – 77:12
Kieran Page – 81:59 PB
Jamie Stinson – 83:27
Georgina Wiley – 84:17 – 1st
David Venn – 86:51
Adrian Dracup – 91:06
Jeegna Patel-Jones – 1:51:19
Nicholas Walne – 1:54:43

MK5000 PB Special:
The second edition since races restarted saw two Kent runners make the journey up to Milton Keynes. In a good quality elite field Owen Hind ran 14:21 for 4th place in a race won by Australian International Ryan Gregson. Joe Hartley confirmed his good form with a slender road 5k PB of 15:35.

Wimbledon Track Open:
Jim Allchin & Neil Phillips continued their interest in 3000m racing with another race last Wednesday. Jim carried on his remarkable consistency, posting an 8:34 whilst Neil managed a solid 9:47.

Any results missed? Let us know!

Runners have also been asked to consider wearing a brightly coloured top or investing in a head torch as we head into the autumn months. Any questions please contact via email here.

B-Group Training
Training continues with small groups in Greenwich Park for the rest of this month. Please contact Stuart Beaney for more details.

B-Group women
Training continues with Pete Boxshall and Ellie Brown on Tuesday nights meeting at 7.10pm. If interested, please contact Pete or Ellie for more information.  

A-group training
The A-group continue with Fartleks around Ladywell, meeting at 7:30pm. For more information please contact Ken.

Anthony Johnson was crowned men’s club champ with a time of 09:06.7, followed by Dave Morgan in 09:10.5 and George Russell in 09:17.4. A special mention to U20’s Joseph Yee front-running in the penultimate race in 09:21.2 and U17 Lucas Zurdo coming in second in 09:24.2. Both would have placed well in the last race. 

For the women, Alexa Parker captured first place in a 10.22.6 performance followed by Georgina Wiley in 10.26.7 and Victoria Stepanova in 10:53.7.

In the 400m the first race saw every runner go under 60 seconds, however, the race belonged to the young lads with Archie Harper just getting the better of Stanley Forman with 53.5 and 53.9 respectively to be crowned first and second in the champs. Louis Wampler led the second race to come third overall in the champs in a time of 54.3. Vic Buck became the female club 400m champion with Dee O’Brien in second. 

Many thanks to all the volunteers for making the evening possible! 

Night of the 1500 PBs
Last Tuesday night Belgrave Harriers hosted the night of the 1500m PBs at Battersea park. Kent was well represented with Owen Hind, Jim Allchin, Ben Harding and Dan Pettitt participating in a tactical ‘Soar Battle of South London (SW vs SE)’ race prior to the A races on the night. While they were unfortunately defeated by the SW Cottage team both Jim and Dan picked up 1500m PB’s for their efforts. Additionally, Ian Ellwood continued his run of PBs with a 04:23.1 in one of the previous races. 

RunThrough Olympic Park 10k and Kew Gardens 10k
It was a big week for both 10k’s and PBs with Tom Sloan running 33:42 at the RunThrough 10k in Olympic Park and Christopher Schofield running 37:19 at Kew Garden. Susie Fairbrass and Ivona Gongolva also ran strong times at Kew on what sounds like it was a hugely twisty (although beautiful!) course.  

Runners have also been asked to consider wearing a brightly coloured top or investing in a head torch as we head into the autumn months. Any questions please contact via email here.

B-Group Training
Training continues with small groups in Greenwich Park for the rest of this month. Please contact Stuart Beaney for more details.

B-Group women
Training re-commenced last week with Pete Boxshall and Ellie Brown with sessions on Tuesday nights meeting at 7.10pm. If interested, please contact Pete or Ellie for more information.  

A-group training
The A-group continue with Fartleks around Ladywell, meeting at 7:30pm. For more information please contact Ken.

Club Champs
The next round of Club Champs kicks off on Wednesday with entries for the popular 3000m full. Further details for participants racing this week will be sent out by Ben & Rob separately.
16th September – 400m and 3000m
23rd September – 100m and 800m
If you would like more information get in touch with race directors /" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ben Cook and Rob Laing.

Nathan Stevens ran a strong 22.9 in the 200m, ahead of an impressive 23.6 from Louis Wampler after doubling up in the 1500m. Dee O’Brien took the women’s crown in 33.3, with Ben Cook’s race report from Saturday worth the read. Many thanks to all the volunteers for making the evening possible:
Ben Cook, Rob Laing, John Barron, Spenser Lane, Dan Pettitt, Len Reilly, Heather Castle, Pete Boxshall, Dave Devlin, Simon Allen, Kate Williams & Rowan Crichton

Short but sweet triathlon season in Hamburg for Alex
With only one event possible in this year’s World Triathlon Series, the season was limited to a one-off World Championship in Hamburg. Alex Yee had a storming run (fastest of the day) in fifth and the first Brit home, before anchoring the Mixed Relay team to bronze the following day.

Sprinters make their mark
Sprinters Joe Appiah and Nathan Brown have been making the most of a shortened season. Joe was in competition this weekend finishing his season with a SB in the 100m (11.79w) over in Dagenham, ahead of moving up to the M50 category next month. Since opening the season over in Budapest, Joe has been busy competing across the country over the hurdles in Nuneaton and Trafford, leaving him top of the 110H UK Masters rankings.
Nathan currently leads the club rankings with a 11.02 in the 100m having run a 10.89w in the same meeting at Stratford on the 6th September.

Highgate Harriers Open
Three made the journey up to Parliament Hill for some 3000m action on Wednesday evening:
Neil Phillips – 9:31
Dave Morgan – 8:58
Jim Allchin – 8:36

South London Harriers Open
PB-man of the summer, Ian Ellwood, took another 2 seconds off his recent 800m PB, with a 2:07 clocking. Doubling up, he also took the win in a 1500m later on in 4:30.

Antrim Coast Half Marathon
Kent AC participation was limited to second claimer Ross Braden, but his great run is worthy of a mention, claiming a big PB of 66:30.

B-Group Training
Training continues with small groups in Greenwich Park for the rest of this month. Please contact Stuart Beaney for more details.

A-group training
The A group continue with Fartleks around Ladywell, meeting at 7:30pm. For more information please contact Ken.

Folkestone Coastal 10k, 6th September:
Oliver Cobb – 35.21

SLAN Open 800m, 5th September:
Dan Pettitt – 2.06
Ian Ellwood – 2.09 – pb
Olly Buck – 2.22 – pb

Herne Hill Harriers Evening Open, 2nd September:
800m – Ian Ellwood – 2.11 – pb
3000m – Neil Phillips – 9.29

“We are doing all we can to secure Ladywell Arena access. A plan to restart training will be issued very shortly, but we will not be waiting on the track reopening.”

You can read the results of the survey on the club website now.

Update to EA Return to Competition Guidance
From 22nd August up to 12 athletes can compete in middle distance events on the track and eight in sprint and relay events, England Athletics announced. However, race distances are still capped at 3000m. Read the guidance here.

MK5km PB Special
Elsewhere, Owen Hind ran 14.46 at the MK5km PB Special backing up after his win University of Kent Canterbury 10k last weekend.

Bromley Twilight Meeting
Alex Yee ran a big 3000m pb at the Bromley Twilight Meeting clocking 7.45.81. This was his first time under eight minutes for the distance and followed his 13.26 5k earlier this month. You can watch highlights of the race here.

Race director, Dave Morgan, and the club still have ambitions to host an event this year and will be in touch as soon as conditions allow.

Other races
With the success of several events over the past couple of weeks, new races are appearing on runBritain, so take a look if interested.

Canterbury University 10km
Owen Hind returned to racing at this low-key 10km race organised under COVID-guidelines earlier today, securing a win over training partner Ross Braden, a regular 2nd claimer for the club in the Surrey League.

Any other Kent members managed to find a race? Let us know…