Members of Folkestone Running Club have been gaining lots of new personal bests and have run in the Canterbury Riverside 10k race, Whitstable 10k and Folkestone Parkrun this weekend. Ellie Hayes smashed the Whitstable 10k and was the first lady to win (coming in 12th) and also a personal best time of 44.21. In addition … Continue reading Ellie’s win in Whitstable
Month: March 2019
Three Folkestone RC Junior Athletes travelled up to Lee Valley for the Kent Indoor Championships. All three came away with medals. U15 girl Catrina MacArthur won a silver medal in 60m Hurdles achieving a pb of 10.09 winning her heat and taking 2nd place in the final, unfortunately being slowed down after clattering the first hurdle. … Continue reading Folkestone Running Club Juniors win medals at Kent indoor championships
It was all about the 20 milers this week in the build up to marathon season. Jamie Whitham kicked things off on Saturday by taking part in the Windsor and Eton 20 Miler at Eton Dorney Lake. Jamie came 26th overall in a time of 2:29:24. On Sunday it was the Ricki Savage Thanet 20 … Continue reading A weekend of 20 milers
On Sunday it was the very popular Lydd Half Marathon and 20 miles races. The races are on a pancake-flat course through the lanes surrounding the Marsh town of Lydd. Perfect for road racing. Aside from the distance the runners faced the extra challenge this year of 40mph winds with gusts in excess of 50mph on … Continue reading Teams win at Lydd