Run Sandymoor Weekly Report

Week Commencing 05/05/2025

Events this Week:

⭐️ Monday: Groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 Mini Away Day
⭐️ Monday: Milton Keynes Half Marathon
⭐️ Tuesday: Naked 5K Club Event (No technology)
⭐️ Thursday: Mow Cop Killer Mile (elevation 574 feet / 175 metres)
⭐️ Saturday: parkruns Championships at Croxteth Hall
⭐️ Saturday: Other parkruns
⭐️ Saturday: RunThrough Tatton 10K
⭐️ Sunday: Sandstone Trail Ultramarathon
⭐️ Sunday: RunThrough Aintree 5K
⭐️ Sunday: RunThrough Aintree 10K
⭐️ Sunday: Widnes RC Chris Lam Memorial Multi-Terrain 5 Mile Race
⭐️ Sunday: Rob Burrows Leeds Half Marathon
⭐️ Sunday: Copenhagen Marathon

Roll of Honour:

🏃🏻‍♂️Mark Austin: Ran 85.2 miles this week
🏃🏽‍♀️Chrissy Proctor: Ran 37.7 miles this week
⛰️ Michael Scowcroft: King of the Hills with 6,581 feet (Mountain Goat Award)
⛰️ Rebecca Beardsworth: Queen of the Hills with 1,637 feet
🏃🏻‍♂️Mark Austin: Ran the longest distance run of 81.3 miles
🏃🏽‍♀️Catherine Craven-Howe: Ran the longest distance run of 26.4 miles
 Mike Sherwin: Run Director (Volunteer at Naked 5K (Widnes))
 Daniel Shannon: Social Media (Volunteer at Naked 5K (Widnes))
 Bob Block: Timer (Volunteer at Naked 5K (Widnes))
 Kate Joynson: Timer (Volunteer at Naked 5K (Widnes))
 Rio Monks: Tokens (Volunteer at Naked 5K (Widnes))
 Gaynor Twite: Clipboarder (Volunteer at Naked 5K (Widnes))
 Chloe Langton: Token Support (Volunteer at Naked 5K (Widnes))
Joe Wilde: 0:06 difference (1st place) at the Naked 5K (Widnes) with 31:34
Matthew McDermott: 0:09 difference (2nd place) at the Naked 5K (Widnes) with 18:26
Christine Loynes: 0:14 difference (3rd place) at the Naked 5K (Widnes) with 26:41
 Matthew McDermott: Naked 5K (Widnes) (18:26 Best ever PB -11s)
 Hannah Garcia: Naked 5K (Widnes) (28:09 Best ever PB -29s)
 Steve Thompson: Widnes parkrun (16:37 Best ever PB -2s) ⭐️ NEW CLUB RECORD⭐️
 Katie Davidson: Tatton 10K (43:05 Best ever PB -3s) ⭐️ NEW CLUB RECORD⭐️
 Peter Marsland: Croxteth Hall parkrun (19:47 Course PB -57s)
 Rio Monks: Croxteth Hall parkrun (23:13 Course PB -6:46)
 Roy Hankey: Croxteth Hall parkrun (26:07 Course PB -10s)
 Carl Stewart: Croxteth Hall parkrun (26:12 Course PB -39s)
 Harrison Wilde: Croxteth Hall parkrun (26:27 Course PB -6:42)
 Linda Moore: Croxteth Hall parkrun (26:27 Course PB -43s)
 Esme Joynson: Croxteth Hall parkrun (26:29 Course PB -4:59)
 Ian Burrows: Croxteth Hall parkrun (28:19 Course PB -7:31)
⭐️Steve Hughes: Sandstone Trail 34 mile ultra marathon in 6:38
⭐️Michael Scowcroft: Sandstone Trail 34 mile ultra marathon in 7:06
⭐️Catherine Craven-Howe: Copenhangen marathon in 04:08:20
Steve Thompson: Widnes parkrun (1st out of 434 / 1st male out of 225) with 16:37
Katie Davidson: Tatton 10K (1st V35 out of 58) with 43:05
Mike Sherwin: RunThrough Aintree 5K (1st M55 out of 6) with 19:21
Carl Pratt: RunThrough Aintree 10K (2nd M40 out of 36) with 41:30
Katie Davidson: Tatton 10K (3rd female gun time out of 379) with 43:05

Men’s Distance:

🥇 85.3m Mark Austin
🥈 51.0m Michael Scowscroft
🥉 50.5m Steve Thompson
  45.4m John Houghton

Women’s Distance:

🥇37.7m Chrissy Proctor
🥈33.1m Louise Norcross
🥉 29.9m Catherine Craven-Howe

King of the Hills:

🥇 6,581ft Michael Scowcroft (Mountain Goat Award)
🥈 4,413ft Mark Austin
🥉 3,780ft Steve Hughes

Queen of the Hills:

🥇 1,637ft Rebecca Beardsworth
🥈 1,391ft Katie Davidson
🥉 1,286ft Louise Norcross

Distance Runs (15m+):

⭐️ 81.3m Mark Austin
⭐️ 34.3m Michael Scowcroft
⭐️ 34.1m Steve Hughes
⭐️ 26.4m Catherine Craven-Howe
⭐️ 21.4m Chrissy Proctor
⭐️ 20.1m John Houghton
⭐️ 16.2m Matthew McDermott

May Day Bank Holiday Club Runs:

⭐️ Combined groups 1 & 2 met at the Costa Coffee car park in Runcorn at 9:00am and ran 9.2 miles to the Childe of Hale and back. Followed by coffees at Costa Coffee.

⭐️ Combined groups 3 & 4 met at Picow Farm Road near to Runcorn Railway Station at 9:00am and ran 5 miles to and around Wigg Island and back. Followed by coffees at Costa Coffee.

⭐️ Group 5 will met as at Sandymoor School at 9:00am.

Milton Keynes Half Marathon:

= Best ever PB

01:49:21 Robert Taylor
02:09:32 Kate Joynson

Naked 5K Event (no watches or phones etc.):

= Best ever PB

The first time is the difference between the predicted time (shown second) and the actual time (shown last):

0:06 31:40 31:34 Joe Wilde (first place)
0:09 18:35 18:26 Matthew McDermott (second place) (PB -11s)
0:14 26:55 26:41 Christine Loynes (third place)
0:17 26:07 25:40 Esme Joynson
0:17 27:30 27:13 Louise Norcross
0:24 32:00 32:24 Melvin Dua
0:29 27:08 26:39 Ian Burrows
0:35 32:00 31:25 Martin Hughes
0:41 20:40 19:59 Peter Marsland
0:48 25:40 26:28 Harrison Wilde
0:56 33:33 32:37 Laurie Chandler
0:57 19:59 19:02 Craig Weatherill
1:10 25:00 23:50 Jake Newall
1:11 21:30 20:19 Michael Scowcroft
1:13 29:30 30:43 Olive Hall
1:21 29:30 28:09 Hannah Garcia (PB -29s)
2:08 33:56 31:48 Alison Langton
2:09 29:59 27:50 Mark Lightfoot

Volunteers:
 Mike Sherwin: Run Director
 Daniel Shannon: Social Media
 Bob Block: Timer
 Kate Joynson: Timer
 Rio Monks: Tokens
 Gaynor Twite: Clipboarder
 Chloe Langton: Token Support

Mow Cop Killer Mile (elevation of 574 feet / 175 metres):

= Best ever PB

13:11 John Houghton

parkrun Championships at Croxteth Hall:

Key: = Best ever parkrun, = Course PB, = Course 1st, = milestone = Gender top three places

19:00 Matthew McDermott
19:08 Mike Sherwin
19:47 Peter Marsland   (Course PB -57s)
21:16 Michael Scowcroft
21:46 Daniel Shannon
23:13 Rio Monks  (Course PB -6:46)
24:15 Mark Payton
24:57 Simon Twite
26:07 Roy Hankey  (Course PB -10s)
26:12 Carl Stewart  (Course PB -39s)
26:27 Harrison Wilde  (Course PB -6:42)
26:27 Linda Moore  (Course PB -43s)
26:29 Esme Joynson  (Course PB -4:59)
27:49 Gaynor Twite
27:56 Kate Joynson
28:19 Ian Burrows  (Course PB -7:31)
29:39 Katie Hankey
29:55 Dec Murphy
31:24 Olive Hall
31:54 Joe Wilde
33:00 Kate Shannon
33:34 Alison Langton
35:12 Lain Riley
36:12 Melvin Dua

Other parkruns:

Key: = Best ever parkrun, = Course PB, = Course 1st, = milestone = Gender top three places

Phoenix parkrun:
24:54 Robert Taylor
25:52 Helen Dunbebin
26:30 Gary Evans

Poole parkrun:
52:33 Clive Morrison

Sutton Manor parkrun:
24:10 Clive Conway

Warrington parkrun:
28:12 Louise McAdam
35:01 Andrea Kelly
37:46 Les McAdam

Widnes parkrun:
16:37 Steve Thompson  (Best ever PB -2s)  (1st out of 434 / 1st male out of 225)
25:26 John Houghton

⭐️ NEW 5K CLUB RECORD⭐️ achieved by Steve Thompson.

York parkrun:
28:42 Paul Quigley

RunThrough Tatton 10K:

⭐️ Considering that Steve Thompson ran a new ⭐️ NEW CLUB RECORD⭐️, here is the updated 5K club record lists:

Men’s sub-17 times:

 16:37 Steve Thompson ⭐️ NEW CLUB RECORD⭐️

 16:39 Steve Thompson

 16:42 Steve Thompson
 16:44 Steve Thompson
 16:44 Steve Thompson 

 16:45 Steve Thompson

 16:48 Steve Thompson
 16:48 Steve Thompson
 16:51 Steve Thompson
 16:52 John Myers
 16:54 Aaron Spenceley
 16:55 Steve Thompson
 16:55 John Myers
 16:56 John Myers
 16:57 Aaron Spenceley

Women’s sub-21 times:
 20:22 Katie Davidson
 20:36 Chloe Holman
 20:39 Chloe Holman
 20:42 Katie Davidson
 20:43 Chloe Holman
 20:53 Katie Davidson
 20:55 Katie Davidson
 20:57 Hayley Metcalfe
 20:58 Emma Fraser
 20:58 Louise Norcross
 20:59 Chloe Holman
 20:59 Emma Fraser

RunThrough Tatton 10K:

42:42 Carl Pratt
43:05 Katie Davidson  (Best ever -3)  (1st V35 out 58) (3rd female gun time out of 379)

 ⭐️ NEW 10K WOMEN’S CLUB RECORD⭐️ achieved by  Katie Davidson, whom now has the top two fastest times.

Sandstone Trail 34 mile Ultramarathon:

06:38 Steve Hughes
07:06 Michael Scowcroft

Well done to both Steve Hughes and Michael Scowcroft on their 3,800 feet of elevation and over 34 mile ultramarathon on a particularly warm day. That takes some stamina.

RunThrough Aintree 5K:

19:21 Mike Sherwin   (1st M55 out 6)

RunThrough Aintree 10K:

41:30 Carl Pratt (2nd M40 out of 36)

Widnes RC Chris Lam Multi-Terrain Memorial 5 Mile Race:

38:10 Clive Conway
47:30 Ian Burrows
63:53 Lain Riley

Rob Burrows Leeds Half Marathon:

01:25:16 Matt Haslam

Copenhagen Marathon:

04:08:20 Catherine Craven-Howe

Well done Catherine Craven-Howe on her international marathon completion!

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 Well done to everyone that ran with and/or for the club this week.