Results

It's been two weeks of marathon running for various club runners, with Paris Marathon held on the 10th April and London on the 17th April.  The weather was warm for both events, reaching 24C in Paris and 20C in London.

Congratulations to Kate for finishing 2nd in her age category in Paris, and to Natalie for achieving a PB. Jenny may also have achieved a PB, though we're not sure at the time of going to print:

Below are the results from each race:

Paris 10th April:

Graham Bridges 3:49:13

Kate Williamson 3:50:43 (2nd VL65)

Denise Bridges 3:52:01 

London 17th April:

Kevin Dawson 3:23:41

Natalie Dawson 4:05:24 (PB)

Jenny Breaker 4:48:02 (PB)

Jan Kavanagh 5:22:43

Hildy Frenken 5:33:28

Also, not quite a marathon but worthy of a mention was this:

Compton 20 Miles, 23rd April

Katherine Bates 3:04:26, 1st LV50 and 2nd female overall

Stratford, 8th May:

Nigel Clark 3:32:30 (PB)

Hugh Morris 3:43:10

Nik Roberts 4:49:26 (debut)

One last entry, still just about within marathon season.

Windermere Marathon, 22nd May:

Katherine Bates 3:42:07, 2nd LV50

These are the results as far as I know. Well done to Robert and Gemma for their PBs, and to Robert and Katherine for the County Championship medals.

If I have missed any jokers (allowing for the rule below), then please let me know.

Very late addition (8/10): apparently Katherine played her joker, so have altered things accordingly.

Please note that you can't play your joker on a half marathon in the short league (similar to the rule that applies to marathons in the Club Championship).

Now updated with the various previously missing participants and jokers. Well done to Marisa, Kevin (another week, another PB) and Becky.

Despite missing a number of ladies to illness/injury and some men to 'jollity', both the ERR women's and men's teams had a creditable last fixture of the season. In fact the ERR men managed a season's best 4th place in Division 2 for a final position of 5th, whilst the ladies finished the season 7th in Division 2.

There were 110 competitors in the women's race and 197 in the men's.

Some fantastic performances as Bourton lived up to its reputation as a PB course. As a result, I may have missed some PBs or jokers, so please let me know if that means yours.

Firstly, well done to Peter and Sarah for making their cross country debuts. 

Though somewhat depleted in terms of our top runners, both the men's and women's teams managed to hold on to their current league positions (just about), ready for the big push in the final event of the season (subtle hint). There were 134 competitors in the women's race and 236 in the men's. The ERR women are now in joint 6th place while the men are in 7th place, each in Division 2.

Well done to Kate and Katherine for their category wins, and to Robert for finishing 7th overall.

Any missed jokers or PBs (if you can remember that far back), then let me know.

For the first time this race also included the County Cross Country Championships, so well done to Kate and Katherine for their individual prizes, and the ERR ladies 'A' team, who took 3rd prize in the team competition.

In the league, both the men's and ladies' teams were 7th in their respective 2nd divisions. There were 108 competitors in the ladies' race, and 247 in the men's.

Another clutch of PBs on the fast (if cold) course near Bicester.

Well done to Kate for another Kate Award.