Cross Country
On Saturday, runners from running clubs across Kent travelled to Somerhill School in Tonbridge for the second race of the Kent Cross Country League. Running this tough, cross country course were runners of all ages from Folkestone Running Club.
U13 Boys
A fantastic start to his first competitive cross country season.
Jacob Gillett came 24th out of 83 boys in the Under 13, 3km race with a time of 12.06 at Foots Cray Meadows on the 12th October and then this weekend competed in his 2nd under 13, 3k cross country run at Somerhill with a time of 11.34 coming 20th out of 64 runners. Jacob is also the Folkestone and district schools Year 7 cross country champion having recently competed in the district schools Cross country event at Brockhill
U13 Girls
This course was very muddy and very hilly with a steep hill to tackle. Tougher than the footscray race but a good experience to understand the differences in endurance required for hilly races.
Poppy came in 31st in a time of 14:49 but has learnt a lot from the race and enjoyed the test.
U17 Men
Oscar Roach 35:00
U17 Women
Daisy Wright 24:41
U20 Men
William Griffin 28:01
Senior Male
Jacob Henwood 34:32, Elliot Chapman-Jones 35:42, Paul Bartlett (M50) 36:00, David Weekes (M55) 37:10, Dan McCarthy 37:43, Adam Hughes (M60) 53:17
Senior Female
Catherine O’Connor (W55) 42:01, Gail Turbutt (W50) 46:14, Trudi Curd (W60) 55:59
Beachy Head
Across the weekend many Folkestone runners travelled to Eastbourne to take part in the various, trail runs that were completed over the torturous hills of Beachy Head and the Seven Sisters. With the Marathon, Ultra and 10k races taking place on Saturday and the Half Marathon taking place on Sunday, it was a busy weekend of running.
On Saturday, Collette Windsor ran the Beachy Head 10k trail course in a time of 1:11:01.
Running her first ever marathon, Deborah Parmenter completed the tough, challenging marathon trail course in 6:31:36. Also running the Marathon were Phil Heathfield 5:56:37, Jenny “Twiggy” Heathfield 5:56:38, Jason Crockford 8:15:40, Neil Sutcliff-Adams 8:15:47, Jane Wren 7:02:35 and Roy Atkins 8:15:42
Combining the 10k course and the Marathon course, 3 runners took part in the 52.6 Ultra Race. Ron Bell ran the Ultra course in a new 50k personal best time of 6:26:02 with Jason King also completing the Ultra in a time of 6:18:58 and Trevor Devooght coming in in an amazing time of 5:32:24. Beachy Head was Trevor’s first ultra, and what an introduction to the discipline! Eastbourne and its neighbouring villages were so supportive, from the dozens and dozens of marshals, to the well-staffed and stocked aid stations, to the dedicated volunteers cooking hot dinners for the post-race meals. The views were incredibly striking and dramatic, whether it was the fog filled valleys in the morning as they crested every hilltop, or the tall white cliffs standing tall, like ivory citadels jutting straight up from the coast. The event and the area lived up to all of the runners expectations.
On Sunday Cassandra Sinclair ran the tough Half Marathon course in a time of 2:26:27.
Running one of these events is tough, but obviously not tough enough for some people. On Saturday, Kate Clipstone ran the Marathon in a time of 7:36:25 and then, on Sunday, ran the Half Marathon in a time of 3:23:54.
Ashford Halloween Runs
Closer to home four runners took part in the Ashford Halloween run. Dan McCarthy ran the 10 mile race in 1:09:25, while three runners ran the 5 mile race, Kirsty Wilson 35:11, Vicky Scott 36:10, Sarah Nunn, 43:55.
This Weeks parkruns
Banstead Woods parkrun
Deborah Jeffery 23:14
Eastbourne parkrun
Alan Randall 27:11, Brent Parker 39:33, Sonia Markwell 42:03
Ashford parkrun
Martin Salmon 21:57
St Andrews parkrun
Philip Maull 24:37
Burnley parkrun
Simon Coffey 22:34
Keswick parkrun
Anthony Scott 25:23
East Coast Park parkrun
Andrew Noble 44:22, Lesley Clancy 48:58
Great Dunmow parkrun
Louisa Eede 25:12
The Leas parkrun, Minster
Karla Larnder was the third woman back in 23:25
Old Railway Trail parkrun, Llangollen
Kevin Whitby 26:49
Dover Waterfront parkrun
Darren Crew 21:03, Jody Stoakes 22:51, Andrew Hadlow 24:01
Parkrun Zalew Leg
Nikki Goodwin was the first female back in a time of 21:51
Bygholm parkrun
Abigail Smith 29:12, Jessica Smith 37:42, Lisa Smith 37:43, Andrew Smith 37:44
Folkestone parkrun
Bec Powney had a fantastic run, finishing as the second female in a time of 20:45. Also running were: Tom Bean 18:20, Nicholas Bryant 18:34, Paul Bartlett 18:37, Rob Collier 18:40, Ian Merrick 19:22, Tristan Bruce 19:36, Andrew Fletcher 20:29, Thomas Aspinall 20:36, Darren Philip 21:01, Rob Hill 21:22, Manda Gurung 22:15, Stephen Deeming 22:30, Ian Vousden 22:39, Andrew Gardiner 23:01, Anh-Van Whitby 23:34, Miles Gawthorp 24:05, Jason Herridge 24:13, Amy Owen 24:51, John O’Hara 25:25, Rosie Smissen 26:47, Anna Thomsen 26:58, Joshua Pine 26:59, Henry Axon 27:00, Stuart Erskine 27:03, Simon Burvill 28:31, Richard Fowles 29:05, Jonathan Drinkwater 29:19, Debbie Fowles 29:52, Amie Howard 30:33, Kate Lancefield 35:42, Helen Merrick 35:45, Catherine-Anne Curtis 36:18.