October road action including Great South Run and Bath Half

The early part of this month features good times in Portsmouth over 10 miles and Bath at 13.1 miles

Great South Run, October 16

For a report from the Great South Run, see here.

Men (10M):
1 Ben Connor Derby 47:19
2 Ellis Cross AFD 47:32
3 Omar Ahmed Birchfield 47:49
4 Ross Millington Stockport 47:51
5 Calum Johnson Gateshead 48:00
6 Charlie Brisley N&EB 48:09
7 Joshua Grace AFD 48:43
8 Jake O’Regan St. Johns/IRL 48:55
9 Charlie Davis BRAT 49:18
10 Ben Alcock Bedford 49:23
11 Alex Pointon AFD 49:32
12 Ahmed Abdulle Ilford 49:55
13 George Beardmore Worcester 50:04
14 Marshall Smith Ashford 50:19
15 Tom Butler SB 50:38
16 Ed Bovingdon Istead & Ifield 50:56
17 Nick Dawson Worthing 50:58
18 Stephen Blake AFD 51:05
19 Ayoub Saji AFD 51:51
20 Adam Baker RAF 52:05

5km:
1 Zak Seddon 14:51
2 Victor Urquhart Smangs SWE 15:05
3 Harrison Brown 15:28

Lily Partridge with Steph Twell and Natasha Cockram (Pete Langdown/Great Run)

Women (10M):
1 Lily Partridge Birchfield 54:29
2 Natasha Cockram Micky Morris RT 54:35
3 Stephanie Twell AFD 54:51
4 Michelle Finn IRL 55:58
5 Olivia Tsim Pontypridd Roadents 56:26
6 Rebecca Murray Bedford 56:45
7 Kate Estlea AFD 57:45
8 Gemma Astin 58:08
9 Sarah Winstone Southampton 58:24
10 Hannah Pullen Waverley 59:31
11 Alice Murray-Gourlay Taunton 59:33
12 Lesley Locks AFD W45 59:43
13 Jen Granger 59:43
14 Bobby Searle Brighton Phoenix 60:57
15 Rachel Hillman Lewes 61:20
16 Emma Jolley Portsmouth W40 61:21
17 Megan Zoë Walker St Albans 61:27
18 Sophie Delderfield Vale of Aylesbury AC 61:27
19 Katie Simister Portsmouth 61:44
20 Rebecca Stubbs W40 61:51

5km
1 Cassie Thorp Portsmouth 16:47
2 Annie Mann Winchester 18:02
3 Laila Hellyer Worthing & District 18:36

Bath Half-Marathon, October 16

A total of 7000 runners took part in the 40th anniversary of the event which was first staged in 1982 and was returning after a two-year break.

This year there were a number of changes to reduce congestion, improve the runner experience and enhance the facilities of charity partners, including a new race village in Royal Victoria Park with wave starts and a re-configured course route, which appears to have been positively received.

The men’s race was won by Kadar Omar in a time of 65:03 and the women’s race by Atsede Gidey in 71:54.

Organisers reported that over a million pounds had already been raised on JustGiving before race day.

Men:
1 Kadar Omar Birch 65:03
2 Jonathan Cornish Herc W 65:36
3 Freddie Hessian Notts 65:43
4 Sam Costley Soton 67:30
5 Daniel Haymes Derby 67:38
6 Tom Merson Exmouth 67:54

Women:
1 Atsede Gidey 71:54
2 Jessica Craig Herne H 74:52
3 Sophie Wood Sale H Manchester 75:40
4 Hayley Munn R&N 77:01
5 Megan Davis Newquay R 77:36
6 Ella Burfitt Chelt 78:40

Bath Half-Marathon

Cabbage Patch 10, October 16

Joe Wigfield was a clear men’s winner in a time of 48:44 in his first road race longer than 5km according to Power of 10.

Three others were inside 50 minutes.

Two women were inside the hour with Hannah Viner taking a minute off of her PB with 56:39, finishing 200m clear of Tessa McCormick in her 10 mile debut (57:18).

Men:
1 Joe Wigfield St Mary’s 48:44
2 Dylan Evans Shaftesbury Barnet 49:02
3 Finn McNally Brighton Phoenix 49:30
4 Daniel Mulryan Thames Valley 49:52
5 Joe Morwood AFD 50:19
6 Andrew Penney Hercules Wimbledon 51:15
7 Tom Austin Poole 51:38
8 Paulos Surafel Thames Valley H 51:47
9 Callum Bowen-Jones Newham & Essex B 51:51
10 Chris Rainsford Heanor RC 51:55

M60: 1 Nigel Rackham Metros RC 58:16

M65: Bob Bradbury Woking 63:16

Women:
1 Hannah Viner Highgate 56:39
2 Tessa McCormick Vale Royal 57:18
3 Vicki Ingham Poole Runners W35 61:36
4 Eliza Hawthorn The Stragglers RC 61:40

BLICKLING HALF-MARATHON, MT Norwich, Norfolk, October 16

Overall:
1 K Brooks (Norf G) 74:58; 2 N Marriage (Norw) 77:34; 3 J Johnson (High, M40) 78:40

M50: 1 T Mardall 81:04

Women:
1 L Finch (Norw) 81:20; 2 N Lambert (Colt, W35) 95:54; 3 H Bacon (Tri Ang, W40) 96:02

W50: 1 L Robins (Ryst) 96:20

FRIETH HILLY 10km, MT, Buckinghamshire, October 16

After a quiet year and a couple of modest parkrun wins, Pippa Woolven the 2021 South of England Cross-country champion placed in the top six overall, Martin Duff reports.

The race was won by Findlay Dyer, with Woolven timed at 39:44.

Overall:
1 F Dyer (Belg) 36:20; 2 R Peters 36:57; 3 S Barley (Marlow) 37:45

Women:
1 P Woolven (Wyc P) 39:44; 2 G Russell 43;28; 3 L Poulton (W40) 46:32

OXFORD HALF-MARATHON, October 16

Andrew Heyes was a runaway winner in the event that saw over 5000 finishers, Martin Duff reports.

The English National eighth-placer had a disappointing run in the European marathon championships and returned this Autumn with a couple of parkrun outings before notching up his third half-marathon victory of the year.

Heyes won by four-and-a-half-minutes in 65:31 as local runner Alex Miell-Ingram took second.

In her first recorded race for two years, Harriet Freeman had a steady start and gradually worked her way through the field to record a PB of 78:10.

Her first 5km took 18:35 and, maintaining a steady pace, moved up from 53rd at 5km to finish in 27th spot overall.

Andrew Heyes (David Hewitson)

Overall:
1 A Heyes (Hallam) 65:31; 2 A Miell-Ingram (Radley) 70:01; 3 S Symington 71:21; 4 A Winterbottom (Win) 71:58; 5 R Wright (Wyc P) 73:53; 6 D Bruce 74:16; 7 C Job (G&G) 74:24; 8 O Jones (ESM, U20) 74:35; 9 A Betts (M40) 74:48

M40: 1 M Pinell (Oxf C) 77:28; 2 A Scott (Clap) 77:56

M45: 1 J Eve (Head RR) 75:03; 2 D Bird 78:28; 3 R Jackson 79:26

M55: 1 R Sawyer 85:01

M70: 1 K Byrne (Head RR) 1:42:15

Women:
1 H Freeman (L City) 78:10; 2 E Hodson (C&C, W35) 78:36; 3 S Forbes-Smith (Surrey Tri) 81;25; 4 V Simon-Shaw (W40) 83:18; 5 L Bond (WSEH) 84:35; 6 J Bruce (W35) 85:44; 7 C Van-Zyl 85:44; 8 L Brown 86:13; 9 L Bhangal (Leam) 86:16; 10 F Hannon (Oxf C) 86:31; 11 E Strathdee (Head RR) 87:14

W45: 1 L Fraser 88:21

W55: 1 K Angwin 96:13; 2 J Hazirce (Edmon) 1:44:34

W60: 1 V Eastwick-Field 1:44:14

W75: 1 K Williamson (Eynsh) 2:03:50

RISE UNDERCLIFFE 8km, Brighton, East Sussex, October 16

Women:
1 F Hughes (Phoe) 34:08; 2 C Ackley (Ealing E, W35) 38;10; 3 C Fal 39:00

SAXONS 5 MT, Saxmundham, Suffolk, October 16

Overall:
1 R Chenery (Ips J) 28:16; 2 D Saunders 28:35; 3 J Hayward (Stow) 38:43

M55: 1 R Brown (Orion) 30:35

Women:
1 S Caluian 33:48; 2 E Mortimer (Ips Ph) 33:53; 3 S Kingston 35:19

STUDLAND STRAMPEDE MT, Dorset, October 16

Overall (tough 12km):
1 J Cieluszecki (B’mth) 43:34; 2 G Grassly (DMV) 48:17; 3 R Doubleday (Poole, M40) 50:29

Women:
1 A Philps (Purb) 53:09; 2 H Higham (WSEH, W45) 53:46; 3 V Morris (Dorch) 55:56

TAMWORTH 10km, Staffordshire, October 16

While the promoting club’s Ashley Baldwin took the open race, it was Gemma Steel who, finishing a close second, caught the eye, Martin Duff reports.

The 36-year-old who posted the fastest women’s lap in the recent Midland women’s four-stage road relay championship, was just 15 seconds down in 33:25. This was the fastest time since 2018 for the 2012 English National and Inter-Counties cross-country champion.

Gemma Steel (Mark Shearman)

Overall:
1 A Baldwin (Tam) 33:10; 2 G Steel (Charn, W35) 33:25; 3 H Asmelash (Warley) 35:33

Women:
1 Steel 33:25; 2 L Calrow (W&B) 38:17; 3 C Glover 39:56

TITSEY TRAIL 10km, Oxted, Surrey, October 16

Overall:
1 H Hewitt (Craw) 35:39; 2 P Wightman 38:16; 3 R Hastings 39:47

Women:
1 H Chapman (W35) 44:24; 2 R Moxon (Clap, W40) 47:18; 3 S Nixon (W35) 47:40

WHITE HORSE GALLOP MT, Wiltshire, October 16

Overall (8M):
1 M Towler (Avon VR) 48:12; 2 S Padget (Chipp, M40) 49:53; 3 D Colman (Avon VR) 51:35

Women:
1 C Preece (Calne) 58:58; 2 R Strange (Woott B) 59:25; 3 M Maxwell (Chipp, W40) 59:35

WORTHING SEAFRONT 10km, West Sussex, October 16

Overall:
1 J Beckett (Hay H) 35:48; 2 P Blackmore (Ling) 38:53; 3 A Brown (Tun W) 39:15

Women:
1 C Cawte 43:06; 2 C Thornton (Clap) 45:56; 3 H Cunninghame 46:05

AUTUMN DAWN 10km, Battersea Park, October 15

Overall: 
1 G Roux (Reig) 33:00; 2 T Drayton (HW) 33:18; 3 R Donohue (B&B) 33:39

Women: 
1 M Coe-O’brien (S Lon, W60) 45:45; 2 K Monk (U17) 46:50; 3 P Rochford 48:31

RUNTHROUGH CHASE THE MOON OLYMPIC PARK 5km / 10km, London Olympic Park, October 12

Overall (5km):
1 B Kelly 16:21; 2 H Angove (Spring S) 17:10; 3 A Crawford (M35) 18:09