James Graham contested the Folkestone Half on 27th September, from which he reports as follows: "I ran the Folkestone half marathon yesterday on a gloriously sunny but very breezy day. The route is a mainly flat out and back between Folkestone and Hythe along the sea wall, with great views of the English Channel as far as France. The outward leg was fast as it was ‘wind assisted’ but the pay back was on the return leg which was a real grind, only to be compounded by a steep climb back to the top of the Leas up the Road of Remembrance. Not a road that I will forget in a hurry.
I came 15th overall and managed to win the M60 in a PB time of 1:27:31."
The full results are here.
Jim and Heather Fitzmaurice were also busy at the weekend, running the famous Half at Barns Green. Jim says: "...won silver medal at barns green heather was 4 th 1 40." Their results were:
188 | 1:40:04 | Heather Fitzmaurice | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Ladies 45-49 | 1272 | 1:39:03 | 70.99 |
661 | 2:02:06 | James Fitzmaurice | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men 70+ | 1273 | 2:01:05 | 67.96 |
The full results are here.
Four Sevenoaks AC runners tackled the Eridge 10 on 13th September, including Dan Witt, who reported: "As you'd expect from this race it was really muddy and wet challenge, a good warm up for the upcoming XC season. With the added bonus of a pint of Larkins 3.4% abv as a reward for all finishers!"
Dan was 29th in 01:20:55, followed by Clair Thornton 244th in 01:46:18, Jane Morgan 246th in 01:46:28, and Simon Lewis 295th in 01:54:15. The full results are here.
Sam Znetyniak won the September handicap and now leads the series. The details are here.
Five Sevenoaks runners took part in the Kent Coastal Marathon on 6th September. It was a lovely and sunny day but there was a strong head wind which made the course even more challenging.
Andy Ashlee was the first Sevenoaks runner home in 8th position overall followed by James Graham in 9th and Dan Witt 22nd. James won M60 for the race and Sevenoaks AC (Andy, James & Dan) the overall team prize.
The race was also a Kent Championship race and Andy won the M40, James the M60 and SAC also won the Championship team prize.
Jim Fitzmaurice was 3rd M70 in the race, which was also the SCVAC championships, and there was a rare guest appearance by ultra-runner Rob Carr.
The Sevenoaks AC results were:
Pos | Bib | Firstname | Lastname | Gender | Gender Pos | Cat | Cat Pos | Club | Chip Time | Gun Time |
8 | 219 | Andrew | Ashlee | M | 8 | MV40 | 4 | Sevenoaks AC | 3:03:03.65 | 3:03:06.60 |
9 | 103 | James | Graham | M | 9 | MV60 | 1 | Sevenoaks AC | 3:05:29.20 | 3:05:31.85 |
22 | 126 | Daniel | Witt | M | 22 | MV40 | 9 | Sevenoaks AC | 3:23:51.15 | 3:23:54.35 |
132 | 72 | Robert | Carr | M | 112 | MV40 | 45 | Sevenoaks AC | 4:31:13.25 | 4:34:41.75 |
148 | 153 | James | Fitzmaurice | M | 125 | MV70 | 3 | Sevenoaks AC | 4:52:05.90 | 4:52:14.85 |
The full results are here.