OVERTON 5 ROAD RACE
Overton 5 Mile was the first race of the 2023/24 road race league. Nearly 500 runners raced five miles under a very hot September sun. Two racers pushed themselves so much on the hilly course in the heat, that they all but collapsed. Showing dogged determination they dug deep in the finishing straight as they staggered to the line. CoSARC’s results were : Aaron Wilson 28:40, Shaun Brown 29:53, Matthew Gervais 29:58, Dave Gervais 31:42, Mark Wilde 32:50, Tamara Lake 33:01, Angus Payton 33:25, Ollie Stone 33:39, Ruth Holloway 35:06, Ollie Martins 36:58, James Ballard 37:07, Edward Cane 37:22, Vicky Clark 41:44, Alison Sloane 44:10, Alison Scott 44:37, Paul Slaughter 44:57, Heather Hitchens 45:28, Jo Marks 50:03, Michelle Boucher 51:28, Colin Martin 1:07:20.
CoSARC Squad
Aaron Wilson
Shaun Brown
Matthew Gervais
Dave Gervais
Mark Wilde
Tamara Lake
Angus Payton
Ollie Stone
Ruth Holloway
Ollie Martins
James Ballard
Edward Cane
Vicky Clark
Alison Sloane
Paul Slaughter
Alison Scott
Heather Hitchens
Jo Marks
Michelle Boucher
Colin Martin
South Coast Ultra Challenge
The South Coast Ultra Challenge is a 100km race from Eastbourne to Arundel, along the South Downs Way, via Beachy Head, Seven Sisters and Devil’s Dyke. The hotter than expected weather, with hardly any wind, challenged all the runners. Al Bayliss still finished is a superb time of 14:28:53.
Al Bayliss
Churchill Gardens Junior Parkrun
On a hot morning at Churchill Gardens Junior Parkrun, CoSARC runners took 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. Their finishing times were James Gabriel 6:54, Freddie Bosworth 7:00 and Stanley Stuart 8:44.