Great North Run/City of Stirling 10k/Druridge Bay Parkrun/Workington Parkrun/Durham Parkrun

Many congratulations to the large number of Harriers who took part in a warm Great North Run on Sunday 13th September. There were some excellent performances and many of our contingent ran half marathon personal bests. 1st Harrier home was Jordan ROGERSON in 1.29.20, followed by Dave HINDMARSH who knocked 14 minutes off last years time to finish in 1.32.05. 3rd Harrier to complete in a big pb was Dominic HARRIS, then came Andrew SHELL and Mark DOUGLAS also in a pb. For our women Pauline AITCHISON was 1st to finish in 1.41.45, followed by Lisa BASTON who knocked 10 seconds off last years time to clock 1.44.55. Mel STEER was next followed by Maureen BARTRUM and Shelley COATES. Well done to everyone for taking part and to all those who ran new half marathon bests! Results:

Jordan ROGERSON 1.29.20

Dave HINDMARSH 1.32.05

Dominic HARRIS 1.34.17

Andrew SHELL 1.38.46

Mark DOUGLAS 1.40.14

Richard JOHNSON 1.41.23

Pauline AITCHISON 1.41.45

Micky AISTON 1.43.27

Paul GODDEN 1.44.32

Steve THORNE 1.44.49

Dave BARTRUM 1.44.51

Lisa BASTON 1.44.55

Mel STEER 1.46.19

Maureen BARTRUM 1.48.36

Phil LEE 1.53.02

Shelley COATES 1.56.27

Mairi CAMPBELL 1.57.02

Stuart EABORN 1.57.21

Ruth DOCTOR 1.58.12

Sarah CROSS 1.58.12

John ROSS 2.00.14

Gail CUTHBERT 2.11.44

Tim SHEPHERD 2.11.54

Dean JACKSON 2.16.11

Sally ARMSTRONG 2.17.23

Finbarr MURPHY 2.22.14

Christine MAVROMICHAELIS 2.33.15

Gaynor AYRE 2.36.46

Sandra HUNTER 2.40.47

Kate LAWSON 3.11.00

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Also on Sunday Daniel LENG took part in the City of Stirling 10k. Daniel clocked 37.26 in a high class field to finish 123rd of over 800 runners.

There was some great performances by Harriers at the Druridge Bay Parkrun on Saturday 12th September, with lots of pbs and age category wins. 1st Harrier of the 102 finishers, on a wet and grim morning at the park, was Nick ARMSTRONG in 6th place. Nick clocked 20.45 to take the male 45 category, whilst Ian HORSLEY was 1st male 55 in 22.11. Next home was Ian ATHERTON who ran a pb to win the male 60 category, whilst Chris FRIEND ran another personal best time to finish 34th. Other age category winners were Pam WHELDON (female 60) and Mark HUME (male 70), whilst Ed WHELDON ran a pb and Dave CHARLTON made his debut in a Harriers vest.

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Results:

6-Nick ARMSTRONG 20.45 (69.96%)

16-Ian HORSLEY 22.11

33-Ian ATHERTON 24.11 (66.92%)

34-Chris FRIEND 24.25 (58.09%)

36-Rachel McCOY 24.30 (60.41%)

51-Ken HODSON 26.24 (50.57%)

55-Pam WHELDON 27.21

57-David CHARLTON 27.29 (55.00%)

60-John ROSS 27.47

68-Kim BRONZE 29.49 (50.70%)

71-Ed WHELDON 30.14

85-Mark HUME 32.08 (54.88%)

90-William FORTUNE 33.10

91-Jayne McKENNA 33.10

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Elsewhere the EASTOE’s were both age category winners at Workington, whilst Kirsty STEED took part at Durham.

Workington:

21-Gay EASTOE 25.58

22-Richard EASTOE 25.59

Durham:

22-Kirsty STEED 40.29

Photos of Nick ARMSTRONG and Ian ATHERTON at Druridge Bay courtesy of Alf MARGISON. More on our Flickr page.

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