Autumn means marathon season is winding down, ultra and cross country seasons are revving up, and the weather – well, the weather is what it is! And no matter the challenge, FRAC is up for it! Let’s find out what you’ve been up to!
Folkestone Rotary Half Marathon – 29 September
FRAC showed up in force for our local half. The course was a little different this year. After a landslide caused the closure of Remembrance Hill, organisers were pressed to find another vertical challenge that would return runners to the Start/Finish on the Leas. We were treated to a rare romp through the Riviera and a familiar one up Radnor Cliff hill, continuing to Sandgate Hill, then Dixwell to the Leas before a finish in front of the Grand.
Our athletes put their best feet forward as they charged into some fantastic wins and massive PBs. Here are a few…
Around 1h 35m, knocking off around 12 minutes from last year’s! – Tom Aspinall First Folkestone 1/2 marathon for me – PB with 1:48. – Phil Haines
A bit to list for this one 😅 1:43 for the Folkestone half, which was a 34minute pb FRAC women’s team prize with Nikki and Manda 🫶🏻 1st in age category too (Vet35) – Bec Powney
PB for me 1.44 and PB at Folkestone parkrun 20.52 – Ian Vousden 2:29 Folkestone Half! Super pleased considering I pulled out about a month ago 😆👏 – Autumn Richardson
My 1 year anniversary of racing in Folkestone. 1h41min. Another year older and 2m13sec faster than last year. The move has done me good. – Miles ‘Gorfy’ Gawthorp
Beat my previous PB set over 4 years ago by 7:24 mins. I’m a very happy chappy defeating that Hill of Doom! – Dave Bowerman
Folkestone Half 1.27.17; 1st VM60, 16th overall, 2 minutes quicker than last year and my quickest Folkestone half to date, beating 1.28.25 in 2017! – Torben Jessen
4 minute PB for me – 1:26:54 – Harry Wall
1:28 Folkestone half, 20 minutes faster than last year, and my fastest half by 7 minutes 🥳🏃🏻♂️ – Dan McCarthy
Half Marathon PB for me (and a 10k PB in the middle – not quite sure how I managed it!) 1:52’40 😃 – Adam Ward
PB at Folkestone Half – 1:28:20. First MV45. First time running the Folkestone Half. Proud to have been representing the club! – Ben Hancox
Full Results
Name
Category
Chip Time
Simon Ramsay
3rd Male Vet 40
01:23:27
Jon Eaton
Male Vet 40
01:25:23
Harry Wall
Senior Male
01:26:53 PB!!!
Torben Jessen
1st Male Vet 60
01:27:17
Trevor Devooght
Senior Male
01:27:57
Dan Mccarthy
Senior Male
01:28:08 PB!!!
Ben Hancox
1st Male Vet 45
01:28:20 PB!!!
Jason Ransley
Male Vet 45
01:30:38
Manda Gurung
1st Lady, 1st Female Vet 40
01:31:29
Alex Jenks
Senior Male
01:32:52
Thomas Aspinall
Senior Male
01:35:12
Nikki Goodwin
2nd Female Vet 45
01:37:53
Jonathan Arana-Morton
Male Vet 50
01:39:26
Miles Gawthorp
Male Vet 50
01:40:58 PB!!!
Martin Salmon
Male Vet 55
01:41:07
Dave Bowerman
Male Vet 45
01:42:01 PB!!!
Jason King
Male Vet 45
01:42:33
Rebecca Powney
1st Female Vet 35
01:43:44 PB!!!
Ian Vousden
Male Vet 45
01:44:37 PB!!!
Karla Larnder
1st Female Vet 50
01:44:53
Andrew Gardiner
Male Vet 55
01:45:02
Jason O’Callaghan
Male Vet 40
01:46:06
Layla D’Monte
Female Vet 35
01:47:56
Phil Haines
Male Vet 40
01:48:45 PB!!!
James Johnson
Senior Male
01:51:37
Dominic Shepherd
Senior Male
01:52:45
Matthew Harris
Male Vet 45
01:52:21
Adam Ward
Senior Male
01:52:40 PB!!!
Simon Coffey
Male Vet 40
01:53:44
Anthony Scott
Male Vet 50
01:54:02
John O’Hara
Male Vet 60
01:55:28
Amir Muhammad
Senior Male
01:55:42
Paul Hannay
Male Vet 40
01:55:51
Deborah Parmenter
1st Female Vet 60
02:01:46
Jordan Bray
Senior Male
02:03:33
Maria Felicetti
Female Vet 50
02:17:23 PB!!!
Hayley Crocker
Senior Female
02:18:29
Autumn Richardson
Senior Female
02:29:19
Amie Howard
Senior Female
02:35:58
credit: Rebecca Powneycredit: Rebecca Powneycredit: Thomas Aspinallcredit: Rebecca Powneycredit: Thomas Aspinallcredit: Rebecca Powneycredit: Thomas Aspinall
Berlin Marathon and 5k
The fourth marathon major of the year rocked Berlin, as it always does. A fast course known for world record performances, FRAC runners turned on the speed for their own efforts, too. Kudos to Dan Radcliffe and Tom Bean who clocked some blazing fast times!
Place
Name
Chip Time
714
Dan Radcliffe
02:36:34
1934
Tom Bean
02:47:48
Amy Owen had a cracking 5k through Berlin! She brought it home in 25:08, a new PB! Strong effort, Amy!
East Invicta Open Meet, Canterbury – 28 September
Finally, Lisa Smith reports in from the East Invicta Open Meet. Love to see the next generation coming up!
A fabulous last of the season javelin competition for Lisa (14.66) and Abigail Smith (24.18) at the East Invicta Open meet at Canterbury. Next time Abigail competes she’ll have moved up to U17. – Lisa Smith
Credit: Lisa Smith
parkrun
Folkestone parkrun
Position
runner
Run Time
3
Rob COLLIER
00:18:31
4
Paul BARTLETT
00:18:32
6
Nicholas BRYANT
00:18:38
7
Jacob HENWOOD
00:18:51
10
Tristan BRUCE
00:19:05
11
Nick STEELE
00:19:07
14
Ian MERRICK
00:19:32
15
Guy SLINGSBY
00:19:51
16
Derek MATCHAM
00:19:55
17
Dominic SHEPHERD
00:20:19
21
David WEEKES
00:20:51
22
Ian VOUSDEN
00:20:52
23
Bec POWNEY
00:20:58
28
Manda GURUNG
00:21:48
31
Phil HAINES
00:22:06
32
Stephen DEEMING
00:22:10
34
Catherine O’CONNOR
00:22:29
35
Louisa EEDE
00:22:30
41
Rob HILL
00:22:49
42
Thomas ASPINALL
00:22:52
59
Jonathan ARANA-MORTON
00:23:30
78
Anthony SCOTT
00:24:31
93
David BOTTING
00:25:19
94
Alan RANDALL
00:25:21
96
Sylwia TOKARSKA
00:25:28
101
Jason HERRIDGE
00:25:53
110
Jennifer HEATHFIELD
00:26:09
121
Stuart ERSKINE
00:26:30
129
Caroline CURTIS
00:27:07
131
Christopher WOOLGAR
00:27:16
142
Bethanie LEWIS
00:27:36
156
Deirdre COOMBS
00:28:24
162
Tomas LANE
00:28:40
167
Neil ADAMS
00:28:59
183
Paul HANNAY
00:29:28
188
Carolyn LEWIS
00:29:35
190
Kate LANCEFIELD
00:29:38
195
Jason CROCKFORD
00:29:48
Moors Valley parkrun
Position
parkrunner
Run Time
207
Brian AUSTIN
00:28:07
Horsham parkrun
Position
runner
Run Time
288
Andrew TREMAIN
00:31:10
Burgess parkrun
Position
runner
Run Time
79
Deborah JEFFERY
00:20:37
Dover Waterfront parkrun
Position
runner
Run Time
1
David TYLER
00:18:06
45
John O’HARA
00:24:55
52
Richard FOWLES
00:25:23
88
Stuart WEST
00:28:14
96
Debbie FOWLES
00:28:53
Thetford parkrun
Position
runner
Run Time
51
Sarah NUNN
00:25:56
Margate parkrun
Position
runner
Run Time
34
Karla LARNDER
00:23:42
73
Nikki GOODWIN
00:26:51
Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge
Position
runner
Run Time
101
Layla DMONTE
00:26:42
Dishley parkrun, Loughborough
Position
runner
Run Time
122
Julie GIBBS
00:31:10
127
Malcolm GIBBS
00:31:53
Julie and Malcolm at Dishley parkrun, credit: Julie Gibbs
