On Thursday evening, Jenny Twiggy Quinn and Philip Heathfield ran the Out of the Blue 5k trail run through the grounds of Ashburnham Place near Battle. Out of 260 runners, Phil was 11th overall and 2nd in his age cat in, 23:37 and Jenny was 64th overall and 4th in her age cat in 29:29. The Highlight of the race was a heard of deer who ran across the running path!!

On a gorgeous, hot Saturday, Phil Maul ran the Run to the Sea ultra, which starts in Horsham and follows the Downs Link way and then the South Downs Way to Brighton and finishes in the sea front. According to Phil, The first half of the race is flat, and the second half pretty hilly! There were Beautiful views from the Downs and lovely weather. I’m really pleased that I managed a 50km pb of 5:28:32.


Also on Saturday, Noah Paterson was at the Kent T&F Championships and came 4th in the Under 17 men’s 1500, in a time of 4.16.25.
Lisa Smith, Kate Lancefield and Hazel Green did a virtual Moonwalk for Cancer Research on Saturday. From Canterbury to Whitstable along the crab and winkle way and then along the sea front to Margate. And on Sunday it was the Hastings 5 mile. The run goes from the town hall down to St Leonard’s and back up to the old town and then back into the town. It was the first time that they’d ever run up and back Hastings pier which was good but a bit slippy!! Jane Wren finished in a time of 38:48 and Alan Randall in a time of 39:50. Added bonus was that Jane Wren got 1st V55, which she wasn’t expecting.


There were quite a few runs in the FRC Parkrun cups this week.
A Cup – Round 1
Catherine O’Connor 21:18( 103.8 ), Chris Addison 21:09 (103.5) Catherine wins (Parkrun PB)
Kevin Whitby 21:59 ( 102.7), Jason Herridge 26:32 ( 96.1) Kevin wins
Rob Hill 19:20 (104.3), Oli Collier 19:29 ( 103.5) Rob wins
Neil Trett 22:09 ( 98.6), Bill Woledge 24:00 (102.1) Bill wins
Bob Collier 18:20 (104.2), Paul Bartlett 18:55 (105.7) Paul wins (Parkrun PB and first sub 19 mins)
Daren Wild 20:56 ( 99.9), Jody Stoakes 24:30 (114.3) Jody wins
A Cup – Round 2
Marie Brazier 25:35 ( 102.9), Kirsty Wilson 21:10 ( 101.2) Marie wins
B Cup – Round 1
Rich Fowles 22:07 ( 100.5), Will Jarvis 19:13 ( 101.1) Will wins
Hackney Marshes Parkrun
39 Darren Crew 00:20:44
104 Jody Stoakes 00:23:50
Maidstone Parkrun
134 Andrew Tremain 00:27:15
Ashford Parkrun
61 Caroline Curtis 00:23:39
257 Brent Parker 00:33:50
Folkestone Parkrun
It was a very successful day for FRC runners at the Folkestone Parkrun with first and second place going to Danial Voller and Phil Hoyland, and many club runners achieving PB’s.
1 Daniel Voller 00:16:48
2 Phil Hoyland 00:17:06
5 Rob Collier 00:18:20
6 Ian Merrick 00:18:38
7 Tristan Bruce 00:18:47
8 Nicholas Bryant 00:18:53
9 Paul Bartlett 00:18:55
10 Krzysztof Klidzia 00:18:59
11 Will Jarvis 00:19:13
13 Rob Hill 00:19:20
14 Oliver Collier 00:19:29
27 Daren Wild 00:20:56
31 Chris Addison 00:21:09
32 Kirsty Wilson 00:21:10
33 Deborah Jeffery 00:21:11
35 Catherine O’Connor 00:21:18
36 Stuart Erskine 00:21:20
43 Kevin Whitby 00:21:59
46 Richard Fowles 00:22:07
47 Neil Trett 00:22:09
50 Ivana Collier 00:22:24
53 Vicky Scott 00:22:33
55 Nick Steele 00:22:35
56 Martin Murray 00:22:36
59 Anh-Van Whitby 00:22:49
75 Alan Randall 00:23:57
85 Anthony Scott 00:24:48
97 Marie Brazier 00:25:35
104 Jonathan Drinkwater 00:25:51
116 Paul Hannay 00:26:14
124 Jason Herridge 00:26:32
133 Catriona Watts 00:27:06
134 Christopher Woolgar 00:27:07
136 Richard Dyer 00:27:13
203 Leah Westwood 00:29:33
220 Trudi Curd 00:30:52
225 Angela Warren 00:31:06
230 Clive Allon 00:31:33
240 Hannah Machona 00:32:20
249 Elizabeth Tew 00:32:36
252 Catherine-Anne Curtis 00:33:10
254 Keli Warriner 00:33:19
262 Margaret Whitham 00:33:32