Priory 10k Entries

New page has been added to email the club with any race results we have missed or could miss, plus a facility to let us know your existing pbs. It can be accessed via the drop-down sub menu on the "Results & Stats" tab or click here

Joggle 1 now completed and definitely seems to have been a resounding success.
Preliminary report from Pat Wood

This will again be heldat Fitzwilliam Country Park with food afterwards in the Miners Welfare Club. The course will be the same 3.6m as last year - suitable for all abilities! Once again our friends from Goole Viking Striders will be joining us. Please come along and support the event either as a runner or marshall.
Handicap Target Times

Another attendance of over 200 this week! Aden Ball recorded his best time of the year finishing 5th in a time of 18:11. PBs thisweek went to John Knowles, Nicola Ward and Helen Wainwright (the latter two would like to thank Gail Wrangles for pacing them). It was a close call for Neil Holt who equalled his pb and Richard Smart who was 1 second outside his. Janet Davis and Jeff Denton again improved their best times of the year. Did Victoria Burrows-Bilton make parkrun history by pushing son Croyde around in a buggy with their dog in tow (sorry don't know the dog's name). Pre-race, Ron Dyson was presented with his "50" parkruns t-shirt. 31 members ran this week - why not join them next week?

22 members ran in this event new to the GP series. Mark Mills reinforced his good form being our 1st finisher in 40:30. Joe Leach performed really well in his first ever 10k, recording a time of 46:59. Dan Williams was well ahead of his previous best time and will continue to improve. Becci Winter was our first lady finisher in 44:51. Surprisingly we only had 5 ladies running - those who did scored well with gp points. Prizes for Becci (3rd lady), Janet Davis (1st F55) and Martyn Stearn (1st M60)

This is now organised for the weekend of 20-21July. Balance of cost to Ken Barton by end of June please.

Make a date to come along to the last Trunce race on the evening and enjoy steak and wine afterwards at a fantastic cost of just £12.50. We can accommodate a maximum of 18 for the meal. To reserve your place, contact Mel Owen on training days or email the club.Vegetarians can be accommodated.

We now have a good stock of techical club t-shirts for sale at the amazingly fantastic price of just £6. See Karen Youel on training nights - cash on delivery! Also available to order are new hoodies ( price £16.50) which can have your initials added at no extra cost.
We are still looking to source new club vests - hopefully sorted soon.

A sunny weekend in the Lake District was too much to resist for Paul Danby, Richard Smith and Becci Winter who took uo the challenge of an up and down run in beautiful scenery. Craig Daniels and Helen Wainwright joined them for the weekend ... to provide social support!

Becci Winter is currently ruling the roost at the top of both the Open and Ladies Leagues and is second in the Ladies Age Adjusted League. Stewart Haigh tops the Open Age Adjusted League and Janet Davis the Ladies Age Adjusted League. Things will change as the year progresses due to the top 10 scores only out of a potential 13 counting in the final tables. Plenty to still compete for. Don't forget, Darrington in our next event! Revised tables

Tim and Mel Owen competed in a large field of runners given the opportunity to go under the Mersey rather than use the ferry.

This appears to be an interesting run in the Pennine Hills above Marsden. Our 'hill man', Craig Tipton was joined by new enthusiasts Adrian and Maria MacD/Leach

Tremendous result for Steve Wigglesworth at the European Age Group Sprint Triathlon Championships in Ankara (Turkey) on 15 June. He has competed in Australia, Canada and Spain in previous years but this 2nd place result is his best ever.

A 10m race on a Friday evening? Darren Horobin and Mick & John Knowles enjoyed the evening sunshine. Darren reports "Flat course which should give potential to lots of PB's, but due to Wind and Sun turned out to be a tough run.. Nice to do a race on a Friday evening, little bit monotonous due to a couple of laps round the lake. Mick and John Knowles also ran the race, and seeing the state of Mick when he crossed the line...not sure he enjoyed the run"

Well done to our Brighton based member, Andy Eaton on a new pb of 1:57:25

Midweek run in Dewsbury - entry £5 on night - scenic trail run finishing at a pub - prize for best flat cap worn during race - seems like a good night out.

Latest 5k best times this year:-

Aden Ball M40 - 18:38
Michael Higgitt M65 - 25:05

Karen Ball F35 - 21:16

All Age Category best times 2013

It has been decided to replace the Doncaster Town Centre 5k (clashes with Priory 10k) with York Parkrun 5k on Saturday 28th September. The race calendar is crowded and it was felt that this was the best option. Many in the club already do parkrun and the advantage is its FREE. The York course is flat and should be a real pb opportunity. It is a 9:00 am start, but no registration and parking won't be a problem.

We do seem to have an increasing number of Traithletes, but here's a new one. Well done to Neil Warren who completed his 1st Half Ironman. Wife Liane reports "I am very pleased to report that Neil completed a Half Ironman - he did the 1.2 mile open water swim, 56 mile bike ride and half marathon in 6 hours 28 minutes. He left home before 4 a.m for a 6.38 a.m start! Can't believe he was mad enough to do it but fear this is the start of further madness....

Adrian & Maria McLeach have joined our other 'mountain' runners and took part in this 23m challenge across the moors. The 1200m of ascent was pretty good hill training.

Adrian and Maria McL found this race. Adrian reports " the 1st 5k was definatley more "Fell" than "Trail" then back down hill on the tracks around the reservoirs . Awesome scenery even in the low cloud & drizzle - muddy fun followed by hotdogs & beer - already on the calendar for next year to try for a more respectable time".

Suspicions are growing that Ron Dyson has a Council contract to keep footpaths open! Having previously taken the Sunday group across newly ploughed fields, this week the task was to cut a path through nettles! Putting the stinging legs aside, it was another really good run of between 8-9 miles.The view from the bench at the top of the hill on Heath Common provided fine views almost as far as Morecambe Bay! Well worth the effort to run up it. There's lots of race reports on this page, but lets not forget that Sunday runs with friends provides another aspect to club running - and is a vital part of training....with coffee and cake afterwards.

Results found for 3 members - Craig Tipton (4:00:22), Richard Smart (4:21:40) and Martin Overton (4:51:04). If was Richard's and Martin's first runs at the distance - await feedback! Any other members run?
15 members have now completed a marathon this year - will we exceed last year's total of 15?

Martyn Stearn and Roy Young completed this run in year best times. Martyn's remarks on the event: "Very tough race this year. Headwind for first 11 miles. First 21.5 miles is a climb on an exposed course.... . I struggled for last 10 miles so was surprised that I was faster than Lonon this year on a much harder course. I was 7th and Roy 8th out of 11 in age category. This race could well be the next challenge for those at the club who have run a marathon!!!" You've really sold it, Martyn!

Just 7 members went along to this first race in this year's series with 3 competing there for the first time. Mark Mills was our first to complete the "saucepan" course in a time of 19:26. Jo Leach (21:00),left dad behind. Dan Williams also did well, finishing in 23:19. Hopefully a few more will join them for the next race.

Maggie Hawksworth is due to compete in the Inverness Marathon later this year and decided to include this event as part of her build-up and acclimatisation. No pb but still a decent run finishing in 2:03:50.

Now 4 runs in 4 days for our dynamic duo from Hillam - will they last the distance? To help out, they took along son Joe Leach.

To simulate how hard the last 6 miles of a marathon are, Adrian & Maria ran up and down Ilkley Moor. Richard Thackeray and Ron Davies were also there to witness the completion of their marathon challenge.

Day 5 and a 400 mile round trip to run 1 mile! We are talking Leach World though. 20 miles done now - quickest pace so far. Vicky Nicholson ran with them as pacer!

Day/Race 3 for Adrian and Maria saw them run up the "steepest hill I've ever climber - twice in one race. Great fun if a little daunting"

This run marked the start of Adrian and Maria McLeach's challenge of doing the marathon distance by running 6 races in 6 days! Adrian described this as a nice, but hilly trail race.