Saturday was a quiet day for events with very few parkruns taking place due to Storm Darragh. However the evening was anything but with the FRAC Annual Awards and Christmas party. The award winners were:
Best Newcomer: Manda Gurung and Dan McCarthy
Most improved: Amy Owen and Thomas Aspinall
Best effort: Carrie Thomas and Ian Vousden
Contribution to the club: Jane Wren, Caroline Curtis and Nick Steele
The Tina Hogg Marshal of the year: Clive Allon
Team Captains prize: Bec Powney and Torben Jesson
Personality award: Louisa Eede and Thomas Aspinall
parkrun A cup: Maria Felicetti
parkrun B cup winner: Pam Allon
Maidstone Turkey Run:
Sunday saw husband and wife team Jenny and Phil Heathfield and their four legged friends take part in the Maidstone Turkey run. Jenny reports; “It was about 7.5 mile canicross race. Myself and Banjo finished in 1:18:38 by my watch ( Banjo struggled so I didn’t realise we could get a print out of actual time! ) Phil however did- he ran it with Marley in 55:41 coming in 9th place overall and 6th Male”. Fantastic efforts by both humans and dogs !!!!
Hurtwood 50K:
Nothing fazes FRAC trail runner Phil Maul not storm Durragh nor annoying calf niggle. Here is his account of today’s race. “The Hurtwood 50 starts from the lovely town of Dorking, and follows the Greensand Way into the forested Surrey Hills, a famous Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This race route is a ‘lollipop’ – essentially an out and back, with a 5 mile loop off the Greensand Way before starting the return journey. The race takes you up and over Leith Hill, Holmbury Hill and Pitch Hill on a well marked, easy to follow trail through the woodlands, ridgelines and valleys of this area that is collectively known as The Hurtwood. The loop at the western end of these hills takes you off the Greensand Way for a short time before rejoining to make your way back over the 3 hills and to the Finish.
It was a super windy, muddy, showery day but everyone was so supportive. I really enjoyed the craziness of loosing a shoe in the deep mud (I recovered it, thankfully) and was happy with my time of 6:59:56. Time to rest up for Christmas”.
parkrun:
This week’s parkrun results are as follows: Sadly due to Storm Darragh Both Folkestone and Dover parkruns were cancelled however an intrepid few did venture further afield for their parkrun fix. Saturdays results are as follows:
Ashford: Guy SLINGSBY 00:19:48 Andrew NOBLE 00:20:00 Deborah JEFFERY 00:20:49 Henry AXON 00:22:1 Martin SALMON 00:22:49 Anh-Van WHITBY 00:26:29 Amy OWEN 00:26:35 Kate LANCEFIELD 00:31:45
Whitstable: Kate EVANS 00:26:36
Opington: Nikki GOODWIN 00:23:46 Vicky SCOTT 00:24:54
Pegwell Bay: Jane WREN 00:27:11 Alan RANDALL 00:27:45