Our round up this week includes two wins and a 3rd place for our talented members.
Felicity ‘Vice Captain’ Smith got us off to a brilliant start finishing first female at the Les Acorn 10km on Tuesday evening. It’s an undulating and very picturesque route through Hulne Parking in Alnwick, Felicity was rewarded well for her very impressive run, picking up the trophy, prize money and bar of chocolate!
Next up was the Gordon Smith relays – we had 6 teams in total and again it was the ladies who stole the show with a 3rd place finish. Our leading men’s team finished in 13th place. The north east relays are always competitive events and all our runners recorded excellent times – well done all!
On the track we had a few athletes competing in the NECAA Track and Field Championships over the weekend (start lists and results are hard to find, I’ll update when known).
Click for full results – awaiting results
On Saturday, four of our members headed over to the Lake District to compete in two very challenging events.
It was James Sunley and Mike Steven who picked the harder of the two races, they conquered ‘The Lap’ “a beautiful 75K/47 mile trail ultramarathon, following some of the most stunning trails in The Lake District.” Competitors have 24 hours to take in all the best viewpoints as they circumnavigate England’s largest and most iconic lake. On the hottest day of the year so far, Mike was first Elswick home and second MV60 overall with an impressive time of 12:44:31, James was next in with a time of 14:02:41. Both guys are always up for a challenge and showed amazing strength and endurance completing the 47 miles – well done guys!
Also in the lakes, Jonny Lowes and Ben Hall took on the Lakeland Trail Staveley 18km Challenge Race. It is brilliant to see Jonny back training well and running in the Elswick vest completing this very well organised and beautiful run with a sprint finish – did someone say beer! Well done Jonny!
On Sunday, junior coach and marathon runner, Rob Emson alongside committee man David Hodgson took on the Leeds Marathon both running well – well done chaps!
Click for results https://chiptiming.co.uk/events/rob-burrow-leeds-marathon-2023/?bib=&fname=&sname=&category=&gender=&club=Elswick+Harriers#display-results
Also on Sunday and fresh after an impressive run at the Gordon Smith’s on Wednesday, Andrew Bell finished on top of the Derwent Valley Sprint Duathlon. It’s Andy’s second win in duathlon competitions this year – brilliant work Andy!
