On Saturday Sylwia Tokarska ran 53 km through Tricity Landscape Park. According to Sylwia “This course never gets any easier!” With 1200 m of climbing, constant rolling hills and technical forest trails, however on Saturday everything came together. Sylwia crossed the line in 6:21:40, taking a huge 48min 20s course PB, finishing 165th out of 392 overall, 28th of 86 women, and 6th out of 27 in her age category. After such an amazing run Sylwia says “the climbs humbled me, and the finish line felt incredible. Proud of the grind, grateful for the journey, and already hungry for the next challenge”
Also on Saturday Folkestone Running and Athletics Club had the 3rd fixture for the Kent cross country league at Swanley park on Saturday. This was for juniors and ladies only.
Guy Slingsby and Oscar roach ran in the under 17 /under 20 men’s race.
Catherine O’Conner, Carrie Thomas and Zoe Neale ran in the ladies race, scoring as a team of 3.
On Sunday four club members took part in this years Maidstone Turkey Run, which is an annual event across 7.4 miles of a mixture of road and trails.
First up was Phil and Jenny Heathfield for the canicross race. Jenny ran with their youngest dog, Marley and completed the course in a time of 01:03:45 coming in as 3rd female and 13th overall. Phil and Banjo crossed the line in 01:15:10 coming in 30th place.
Next up to take on the 7.4 mile muddy race was James Barney and Sarah Nunn. James crossed the line in an impressive 55:28 and was 31st out of a field of 414 runners. Sarah took on her first ever trail race and came in at 01:05:41 and was 6th out of 66 in her age category.
In Folkestone, a large group of FRAC runners took part in the Mental Elf 5k Fun Run in the wind and rain on the Leas. Thomas Aspinall was the first runner back for the club and 3rd overall with Nicole Dodd finishing in 4th place and the first female back.
This weeks parkruns;
Eastbourne parkrun
Brian Austin 27:21
Ashford parkrun
Martin Salmon 26:21
Shape parkrun
Nikki Goodwin had a fantastic run, coming home first in a time of 20:55.
Dover Waterfront parkrun
Stuart West 23:43, Sarah Nunn 23:54, Amy Axon 25:47
Greenwich Peninsula parkrun
Deborah Jeffery was the 3rd female back in a time of 20:03. Andrew Noble also ran the course in a time of 19:32.
Folkestone parkrun
Prakash Gurung was the first runner back in a time of 17:27 with Simon Ramsay coming in 3rd place in a time of 17:59. Vicky Scott was the 2nd female back in a time of 22:02 with Carolina Curtis the 3rd place female in a time of 24:32.
Also running:
Jason Brett 18:41, Krzysztof Klidzia 19:05, Elliot Chapman-Jones 19:49, William Parry 19:57, Nick Steele 19:57, David Gillett 20:34, Ian Merrick 20:35, David Hitching 20:57, Thomas Aspinall 20:59, James Springett 22:20, Phil Haines 23:13, Jacob Henwood 24:26, Tristan Bruce 24:27, Anthony Scott 25:08, John O’Hara 25:45, David Botting 26:51, Ian Vousden 27:02, Louisa Eede 27:03, Alan Randall 27:27, Hilary Collins 27:45, Rosie Smissen 27:46, Lara Parsons 27:57, Diane Parsons 27:57, Simon Burvill 28:03, Jane Wren 28:27, Deirdre Coombs 28:47, Miles Gawthorp 29:20, Jason King 29:43, Rebekah Newton 29:56, Sophie O’Callaghan 31:26, Beth Goodchild 33:50, Jason Crockford 34:13, Katy Eastwood 35:38, Adam Eastwood 35:39, Kate Lancefield 36:25, Jacob Burvill 45:21, Julie Gibbs 56:11