After a two year enforced absence, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Salisbury’s Race For Men was back. On a cool, dry and overcast day 235 runners were blessed with a gentle breeze as they ran to raise awareness of prostate cancer. Between them they walked, plodded and ran 3K, 10K or a Half-marathon race.
Results of CoSARC runners are :
3K
Freddie Bosworth 10:27
Art Mitchell 11:02
Milly Rayner 11:31
James Chant 13:22
10K
Anton Weatherhead 36:26
Andrew Ingleton 39:42
Lee Syrett 40:24
Matt Bosworth 40:49
Dave Gervais 42:45
Matthew Gervais 43:28
Andy Budgell 48:25
Kieran McManus 48:28
Mark Cole 48:48
Nick Lay 48:51
Chris Rogers 50:34
Richard Williams 53:22
John Chamberlain 55:12
Patrick Schneider 57:58
Colin Warrington 58:16
Paul Slaughter 58:17
Ben Freyne 1:05:02
Paul Brown 1:14:24
Michael O’Connell 1:15:30
Jane Martin 1:22:22
Colin Martin 1:22:22
Half Marathon
Harry Pannell 1:34:14
Jason Bennet 1:44:31
Anna Patrickson 1:44:57
Catherine Morgan 1:48:54
Peter Manning 1:57:14
Edward Cane 1:58:56
Thomas Meikle 2:05:15
Stuart Wood 2:12:52
Ashley Lewis 2:15:28
Grace Cousins 2:20:58
Charlotte Routledge 2:21:07
A number of CoSARC runners did exceptionally well to earn themselves a trophy, and in some cases multiple trophies.
3K
Freddie Bosworth 2nd place
Art Mitchell 3rd place
Milly Rayner 1st Female.
10K
Anton Weatherhead 1st place.
Lee Syrett 1st Vet and 3rd place finisher.
Matt Bosworth 1st Male 45+
Dave Gervais 1st Male 50+
Matthew Gervais 1st Male U16
Al Moutray 1st Male 55+
Mark Cole 1st Male 60+
John Chamberlain 1st Male 65+
Lee Syrett 10K
3rd place overall
1st Veteran
Matt Bosworth 10K
1st 45+
Team award
Half Marathon
Harry Pannell 2nd Mens Open
Jason Bennett 1st Male 45+
Anna Patrickson 1st lady
Catherine Morgan 1st Female 45+
Anna Patrickson Half Marathon
First Female
First in age category V40
Team Award
Full Results.
See Annex for photos of CoSARC runners.
White Star Moreton Marathon
The White Star Moreton Marathon was a trail race around the grounds of the Moreton Estate & Equestrian Centre. James Mills ran a fantastic race to finish in first place in a time of 3:30:29.
Iffley Festival of Miles
The Iffley Festival of Miles was run on the Roger Bannister Track. Thomas Dewey was the well deserved winner in a PB time of 4:54:31. This was Thomas’s first mile race on a track. Richard Davidson just missed out on a sub-5 minute by finishing in 5:00:39.
Brutal Events Midnight Mountain
This was a marathon in the mountains of the Brecon Beacons, taking in a number of summits including Pen y Fan.The first few hours were sunny and dry for the outward leg. For the return leg from Pen y Fan the weather turned nasty with thunder, lightning, torrential rain, hail & sleet. Although these were challenging conditions to run in the scenery was stunning. Pete Bott still managed a great time of 6:01:25.
Romsey 5 mile Beer Race
In the Romsey 5 mile Beer Race Mike Brewster finished in 32:32, and Sarah Brewster in 36:20. She was 1st in her age category.
Parkrun
At Salisbury parkrun Charlotte Ingram and Olivia Barnett bagged themselves PBs. At Churchill Gardens Junior parkrun James Gabriel was first finisher and George Sutton also got a PB.