SAC runners turned out at two local events on bank holiday Monday 3rd May, with some impressive results.

Dan Witt was 14th and first M50 in the Hildenborough 5 in 33:58. "It was my first road race since Autumn 2022, so was quite pleased to be just under 34 minutes" said Dan. Also in the 5, Alex Hofmann was 25th and 5th M50 in 37:38 and Lionel Steilow was 93rd and 2nd M75 in 63:51.

The Hildenborough 5 results are here.

In the ten mile race, Anton Mauve was 12th and 2nd M55 in 78:15. The Hildenborough 10 results are here.

In the Ted Pepper 10k at Bromley on the same day, Keith Dowson kept up the defence of his Kent Road Race Grand Prix title with an M60 win in an amazing 39:17 over the twisty and rutted off-road course. Keith was 21st overall.

Simon Hallpike was the only other SAC runner at the KGP event, finishing 144th and 3rd M70 in 51:24.

The Ted Pepper results are here.

Thanks for the photos from the Hildenborough races to Richard Craig-McFeely at Instagram @picsbyrcm.

Eight SAC runners completed the Marathon on 27th April, with some great running in the increasing heat. 

Jo Rodda took more than a minute off her W45 club 2nd best record and Sam Znetyniak set a new club 3rd best at W50. Guillaume Nineven was comfortably under 3 hours leading the SAC runners home. The club results were:

The full results are here.

Alan Male won the April handicap over a slightly lengthened seven mile course, with Jon Maxim second and Chris Desmond third.

Jon was fastest on the day with Heather Fitzmaurice in fifth place the fastest woman.

This year, the series is based on the best three runs of nine, ending with the five-miler on 7th September. After four races, Chris Desmond leads by eight points from Simon Hallpike.

The next race, over the alternate five mile course, starts from the track at 08:30 on Sunday 25th May and all are very welcome.

The details are here.

Jon Maxim won the March (five-mile) handicap race ahead of Anthony Waldron and Heather Fitzmaurice.

Jon was the fastest man and Heather the fastest scoring woman, but Jane Waldron, in her first SAC handicap race, was fastest overall on the day.

After three races, no-one has yet emerged as a likely challenger for the 2025 series.

The fourth race, over the seven mile course, starts from the track at 08:30 on Sunday 6th April and all are welcome.

The details are here.