17/02/2008 by Gerry.

Whilst 59 club members were running the Magor Marsh course there were some Harriers busy elsewhere:

Well done to all the runners who ran at the Weston tough ten on sunday. (Message from Mark Jeffries)

Mark jeffries 1:08.05 pos 109 pb
Royston Toon 1:19.16 pos 392
John Sterry 1:19.54 pos 410
Stephen Hill 1:22.49 pos 499
Lesley Sterry 1:40.22 pos 919

At the same time Becky Merriman got oh so close to the elusive target with 70:27 at Plymouth with Andrew following with 78:44.

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17/02/2008 by Andy.

A cold day dawned and 59 runners, plus a few hardy marshalls, gathered at Undy FC for the practice running of July’s new club race - Bill Bewg’s Magor Marsh 10K. The sun shone brightly (though not particularly warmly!) on the pancake flat course - oh, and the slightly undulating last kilometre too…

For a number of the club, this was the culmination of several weeks’ 10K specific training and all were focussed on their personal time targets (after the group warm-up and huddle).

Some fine racing and performances followed, with the field led home by Martin Pengilly, just breaking the 36 minute barrier. Next in was Mark Harvey, in a new PB time of 37:02 followed by Richard Matthews (37:21). First lady was Kath Matthews (8th overall) in 38:39 followed by Sam Mulligan (41:03) and Lou Summers (41:41). Amongst the many great efforts, special mention goes to Suzie Shepherd and Jenni Bell who both broke the magical 50 minute barrier for the first time, commiserations (but a hearty well done) to Jane Bayliss who just missed the target by four seconds. Perhaps in July??

Many thanks to Bill and his helpers for putting on a fine race - I for one am looking forward to the re-run on 20th July (which will be the East Wales Championship 10K for 2008).

Magor 10K results

Magor Marsh Champs scores (attempt 3) - correction to Ladies’ scores

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