Busy weekend races wise culminating in more solid Half Marathon performances in Croydon, Paddock Wood and Bournemouth
Croydon
| Overall Position | Name | Chip Time |
| 196 | Aldred COETZEE | 01:44:09 |
| 217 | Kenneth BAKSH | 01:45:51 |
| 411 | Jane ELLIS | 02:06:12 |
Paddock Wood
| Overall Position | Name | Chip Time |
| 12 | Carl Ferri | 01:14:54 |
| 1171 | Colleen Williams | 02:00:27 |
Bournemouth
| Overall Position | Name | Chip Time |
| 107 | Stuart Franklin | 01:32:29 |
Well done to everyone who did the Paris marathon, some great times:
| Name | Time |
| Simon Culver | 3:14:53 |
| Sophie Bishop | 3:28:07 |
| Paul Fletcher | 3:36:42 |
| Katie Newell | 3:41:49 |
| Richard Harper | 3:50:42 |
| Nicola Howard | 4:10:09 |
| Andrew Rees | 4:19:22 |
| Andy Hinds | 4:30:35 |
| Vivienne Greig | 4:53:55 |
| Alex Bartelle | 5:23:09 |
Another busy weekend’s racing in arctic like conditions resulted in a win for BRC and some excellent PB’s and times elsewhere. Race reports coming soon.
Ken Fancett, 102 miles in 21 hours 59!
| Position | No. | Name | Category | Time |
| 1 | 474 | ADDISON, JIM | VM40 | 02:10:12 |
| 10 | 96 | THACKERAY, STEPHEN | SM | 02:17:49 |
| 28 | 591 | CARTER, SIMON | SM | 02:24:56 |
| 150 | 517 | SULLIVAN , ANDREA | VW35 | 02:49:04 |
| 192 | 784 | GARRETT, HELEN | VW45 | 02:54:24 |
| 302 | 80 | BAKSH, KEN | VM50 | 03:07:07 |
| Position | No. | Name | Category | Time |
| 7 | 829 | COCHRANE, TOM | SM | 01:41:15 |
| Place | Time | Name | Category | Number | Chip |
| 9 | 01:14:08 | Chris Minns | Men 17-39 | 3391 | 01:14:07 |
| 244 | 01:33:53 | Paul Fletcher | Men 17-39 | 3696 | 01:33:16 |
| 790 | 01:45:25 | Georgina Selway | Ladies 45-49 | 2897 | 01:44:20 |
| 1383 | 01:55:54 | Nicola Howard | Ladies 40-44 | 4235 | 01:54:43 |
| Place | Bib | Name | Division | Country | Time |
| 178 | 4660 | Sequeira, Edgar | M35 | GBR | Chip: 1:21:58 |
…and to finish off what was a wet weekend, very impressive BRC times at Les Witton Dartford 10 miler!…
| Overall Position | Name | Chip Time |
| 2 | Stephen Thackeray | 00:56:31 |
| 12 | Chris Lydon | 01:04:34 |
| 19 | SIMON CULVER | 01:05:44 |
| 73 | Deborah Ford | 01:30:47 |
| 177 | HOLLY MARTIN | 01:31:20 |
…as well as the only BRC runner at Eton Half, Kevin Newman, making the podium with a very fast 1h:19!!
| Overall Position | Name | Chip Time |
| 3 | KEVIN NEWMAN | 01:19:35 |
Great results in another cold, windy, muddy and rainy weekend. Well done everyone!
| Overall Position | Name | Chip Time |
| 20 | Andy EAMES | 43:21:00 |
| 52 | Donna MEWIS | 46:19:00 |
| 69 | Andrew MCCLEERY | 47:42:00 |
| 82 | Vicky EAMES | 48:25:00 |
| 94 | Gail ARNOTT | 49:35:00 |
| 135 | Georgina SELWAY | 52:58:00 |
| 148 | Ian MCCARTHY | 53:59:00 |
Three of the top BRC ladies successfully completed the Lydd half in rather harsh conditions …
Kate reports:
“Helen Garrett, Sophie Bishop and myself left Bromley early Sunday morning in the bitter cold with snow flurries to boot! Whatever it was like in Bromley we knew it would worse at Lydd given its flat, open landscape and close proximity to the sea….none of us were looking very happy, just slightly hysterical!! When we got there we were greeted by a pretty harsh and flipping cold wind, however, it was dry. So, off we went at 10am – the first 600m round a field and then on to the road. The first 10k was largely into the wind with the odd break as we changed direction. Frankly it was rather bleak but good to get the 1st 10k in the bag and then it was a case of hanging on to get to mile 8 at which point we had the wind behind us for a couple of miles. Up to mile 10 then straight back into the wind. Oh. And Icey rain. This made for a fairly gruelling last 5k but I just gritted my teeth and tried to stay strong despite seeing the finish in the distance it didn’t seem to get any nearer. Eventually though I made it to the end and crossed the line in 1.35.50. And then it was back home to a glass or two of wine!!!”
| Overall Position | Name | Chip Time |
| 124 | Kate MARCHANT | 01:35:50 |
| 125 | Sophie BISHOP | 01:35:55 |
| 144 | Helen GARRETT | 01:37:54 |
Not long to go for Paris & London Marathons and BRC is recording strong performances. Jim and OK Chris smashed their PBs at Bath half, while the majority of Paris contingent strived for a solid performance at Essex 20 miler.
Bath Half Marathon
| Overall Position | Name | Chip Time |
| 44 | Jim Addison | 01:13:04 |
| 210 | Chris Lydon | 01:22:06 |
Essex 20
| Position | Name | Time |
| 31 | Simon Carter | 2.12.44 |
| 76 | Claire Sutton | 2.25.53 |
| 82 | Paul Fletcher | 2.28.18 |
| 128 | Richard Harper | 2.36.47 |
| 151 | Andrew Sherwood | 2.41.45 |
| 179 | Stephen Ferrar | 2.48.58 |
| 199 | Andrew Hinds | 2.53.53 |
| 219 | Nicola Howard | 2.56.50 |
| 296 | Alex Bartelle | 3.12.21 |
Another GP race and some great times at Tunbridge Wells half with quite a few PBs. Well done everyone and massive congrats to Chris Minns, Steve Thackeray and Paul Fletcher who won for Beckenham the 2nd team place!
Race reports by Georgina Selway and Chris Minns:
GS -“We are a hardy lot the Beckenham Runners. 12 of us braved some of February’s harshest weather with 0.5C on the car gauge as we arrived. There was certainly a wind chill on top of that. A quick dash to the meeting point and it was an indoor ‘chill out’ or pre race thaw and warm through to pink up those blue lips and hands just in time for taking our pre race starting positions and 10am start. We were off! The course is fabulous, winding through villages surrounding T Wells and the first 5 miles was fast and mainly downhill before a teaser of a hill around mile 6 and then one proper long one shortly after. Once they had been accomplished it was a more manageable undulating but mainly downhill sweep through the remaining miles into Tunbridge Wells to the finish. A tough and challenging race but so well supported in spite of bitter cold and we are very grateful to the marshals and all the organisers who once again put on a great race. Lots of PBs and good times recorded in tough conditions perhaps more than helped by marathon training in abundance amongst us. Same time next year?”
| Overall Position | Name | Chip Time |
| 10 | Chris Minns | 01:14:10 |
| 13 | Stephen Thackeray | 01:15:41 |
| 150 | Paul Fletcher | 01:30:54 |
| 153 | Andrew Eames | 01:31:27 |
| 206 | Donna Mewis | 01:33:37 |
| 367 | Richard Harper | 01:38:25 |
| 492 | Andrea Sullivan | 01:41:54 |
| 533 | Katie Newell | 01:41:30 |
| 554 | Victoria Eames | 01:43:35 |
| 647 | Georgina Selway | 01:44:01 |
| 746 | Ken Baksh | 01:48:00 |
| 1119 | Ian McCarthy | 01:57:00 |
Ed, Simon C. and Steve T. were crazy enough to attempt a not so tidy XC race over the weekend, as part of the Southern Championships…
| Pos | Name | Time |
| 117 | Steve Thackeray | 00:59:10 |
| 328 | Simon Carter | 01:10:03 |
| 443 | Ed Osborne | 01:18:19 |
Conditions were not great and course was quite undulating, though a few Marathon hopefuls dared to fight the elements. Well done to everyone, especially Ben who is recovering from injury and Paul that has PB’d. Looking good for Paris!
| Overall Position | Age Group Pos | Name | Chip Time |
| 36 | 21 | Paul FLETCHER | 01:31:48 |
| 85 | 4 | Melanie BURDETT | 01:39:22 |
| 118 | 31 | Richard HARPER | 01:44:23 |
| 123 | 23 | Stephen FERRAR | 01:45:11 |
| 140 | 37 | Ben CALASCIONE | 01:47:47 |
| 180 | 10 | Andrew HINDS | 01:53:52 |
| 212 | 8 | Nicola HOWARD | 01:54:47 |
