The heat is on! The Olympics have wrapped giving us inspiration to set new goals and reach new heights, and the Paralympians are poised to do the same. Now we knuckle down and look ahead to the challenges we’ve set ourselves for Autumn and Winter (and even Spring 2025!). But we can also see inspiration in those around us, like the hardworking runners who have gone above and beyond in this week’s race report. Let’s get to the action.
SEAA Championships – 11 August
Matty Webb writes that junior athlete Thomas Webb took silver in the U15 Boys Shot Put on 11 August with a PB of 11.42m! A true threat, Thomas will go even further in future events, I’m sure!
Photo credit: Matthew Webb
Gateley Chase The Sun QE Olympic Park 5k, 10k & 10 Mile – 14th August
Club press officer Tom Aspinall lights up the report with a brilliant race in London this past week. Here’s what he had to say:
On Wednesday 14 of August during a murky yet warm evening I took part in the Gateley Chase The Sun 10 Mile event at the absolutely STUNNING Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.
Representing in the red, white and blues of the Folkestone Running & Athletics Club, I put in a personal best effort around this busy, yet flat 6 and a bit lapped course.
It was congested at parts due to the extra 5k and 10k runners who joined in with the 15k ones, which may have made it busier but with the vibes and energy it could not be matched without them.
Incredibly well run and with a fun warm up session to kick off the event, I went home beaming with a new time of 01:10:42 – now onto the Folkestone Rotary Half Marathon in September!
Photo credit: Thomas Aspinall
SAL Crawley – 18 August
Lisa Smith reports from SAL in Crawley where she and Andy chucked around some heavy stuff and went out on a high note!
Lots of fun at the last SAL of the season at the K2 in Crawley for me and Andrew John Smith :-
Lisa Shot – 5.67 (a new pb) Jav – 13.25 Discus – 14.73
Andy Jav – 22.05 Relay 4×100 Discus – 18.05
Photo credit: Andy Smith
Orava Trail 36k & Tatra Trail 15.5k – 17/18 August
Sylwia Tokarska gave it some in Poland this week where the heat was everyone’s toughest competitor. But luck was on their side as previously cancelled competition eventually continued. Here’s what Sylwia had to say:
My Orava Trail (Slovakia -Poland) 36k with 1500m vert got cancelled due to thunderstorms. Fortunately the weather cleared 4h later and all cancelled races could run Tatra Trail 15.5k with 650m vert. The chip time and stats are not published yet, my Garmin says 22:22:37. No happy snappy as it was a rollercoaster day
Hythe Bay Triathlon – 18 August
Our final race reports come from Adam Hughes and Tom Aspinall.
Congrats to Adam on his first tri effort! Adam fills us in on how he tackled the challenge:
My first tri ever. My time 01:13:35 (Fastest was 48:52) 39th out of 57 in the Open Category 46th out of 92 overall.
Anh-Van Whitby was out there representing our ladies. She came in 6th Female at a blazing 1:08:40! She’s a powerhouse!
And now for Tom’s report, this time as correspondent for Josh Pine’s epic tri effort this past weekend. Suffice to say, Josh did NOT lie down on the job. Give him all your kudos! Take it away, Tom!
We just wanted to wish a TRI-mendous well done to our very own Joshua Pine who took on and WON this year’s Hythe Bay Triathlon 👏
Our sports-endurance extraordinaire put his muscles to work by completing and coming first at today’s Ashford Tri Club event which involved swimming, cycling and of course, running!
With a finishing time of 48:52 out of list of 92 outstanding athletes who showed up to participate – it was a smashing day along our gorgeous coastline.
Way to show ’em how, Josh!
parkrun
Old Deer Park parkrun
Position
parkrunner
Run Time
20
Deborah JEFFERY
00:21:54
Maidstone River Park parkrun
Position
parkrunner
Run Time
62
Philip HEATHFIELD
00:24:44
63
Ron BELL
00:24:47
204
Jennifer QUINN
00:30:52
205
Collette WINDSOR
00:30:54
Ashford parkrun
Position
parkrunner
Run Time
6
Andrew FLETCHER
00:19:28
40
Jason KING
00:22:17
43
Martin SALMON
00:22:27
74
Henry AXON
00:23:54
84
Miles GAWTHORP
00:24:12
89
Caroline CURTIS
00:24:20
128
Anthony SCOTT
00:26:09
137
Jane WREN
00:26:27
139
Alan RANDALL
00:26:31
222
Sonia MARKWELL
00:29:47
225
Amy OWEN
00:29:51
Photo credit: Sonia Markwell
Dover Waterfront parkrun
Position
parkrunner
Run Time
10
Ian MERRICK
00:20:29
18
Trevor DEVOOGHT
00:21:03
20
Ben HANCOX
00:21:24
32
Stuart WEST
00:22:46
35
Simon COFFEY
00:23:09
43
Tim WARREN
00:23:34
62
Jason HERRIDGE
00:25:19
77
Sarah NUNN
00:26:29
78
Andrew GARDINER
00:26:33
117
Brian DAVIS
00:29:38
120
Julie GIBBS
00:29:56
124
Kate LANCEFIELD
00:30:07
136
Malcolm GIBBS
00:31:00
137
Maria FELICETTI
00:31:02
142
Andrew TREMAIN
00:32:08
150
Carolyn LEWIS
00:33:18
Poole parkrun
Position
parkrunner
Run Time
18
Nick STEELE
00:18:13
Whitstable parkrun
Position
parkrunner
Run Time
2
David TYLER
00:17:00
34
Vicky SCOTT
00:22:00
39
Paul BARTLETT
00:22:14
66
Ivana COLLIER
00:23:37
68
Nikki GOODWIN
00:23:38
98
Emily CHAMBERS
00:24:30
156
Christopher WOOLGAR
00:27:23
251
Rachel SMITH
00:31:35
Ally Pally parkrun
Position
parkrunner
Run Time
94
Jacob HENWOOD
00:24:53
Dulwich parkrun
Position
parkrunner
Run Time
233
Elliot CHAPMAN-JONES
00:24:10
Lowestoft parkrun
Position
parkrunner
Run Time
118
Philip MAULL
00:24:48
Sittingbourne parkrun
Position
parkrunner
Run Time
27
Karla LARNDER
00:23:05
99
Brian AUSTIN
00:27:51
Bedgebury Pinetum parkrun
Position
parkrunner
Run Time
5
Harry WALL
00:19:18
Worthing parkrun
Position
parkrunner
Run Time
352
Deirdre COOMBS
00:28:33
Photo credit: Graham Coombs
Walmer and Deal Seafront parkrun
Position
parkrunner
Run Time
2
Krzysztof KLIDZIA
00:18:24
Jesmond Dene parkrun
Position
parkrunner
Run Time
191
Julia HENWOOD
00:34:21
parkrun Park Modrzewie
Here are the results with only the Position, parkrunner, and Run Time columns:
