8th June 2008. Broome 10k's are here.
The first race in the summer series of 10k races hosted by Bungay Black Dog Running Club was held last week with sixty seven runners tackling an out and back course from the start near Broome village hall.
Three members of Waveney Valley Athletics Club took part with Richard Moore, putting in a typically strong performance, finishing best placed with a hard fought second, in 35:30, just fifteen seconds behind winner Wayne Utting of Norwich Road Runners. He was an award winner, however, for first in the veteran mens 40-44 age category.
James Maycock is having a busy season of races and put in another good effort to finish 14th in a time of 40:10. Bill Kingaby's hectic race programme over the last two weeks has included events at Woodbridge, Wroxham and Ipswich and he found the going a bit tough, losing a number of places during the second half of the race to finish in a slower than usual 42:15 for 24th place.
While on holiday in the United States, Mark Potter took part in the inaugural Minneapolis Half Marathon on 1st June. Jet-lagged and tired having arrived in the U.S. the day before he enjoyed the experience, however, describing the race as well organised and ' full of the American culture '. Not currently race fit, and on a day with temperatures reaching 27 degrees celcius, Potter finished 40th in a time of 1 hour 40 minutes from a field of over 500 runners.
16th MAY 2008. Veterans put on another fine performance
Last week's second race of Great Yarmouth Road Runners 5 mile evening series produced another gritty performance from the veteran mens team from WVAC. Matching their prize winning runs from race 1 were Richard Moore (27:24) with a P.B. and Robert Cheverton (28:33) who again took top spot in their age groups. Both slightly improved their times from the first race and comfortably finished in the top 10 on the night from a record field of 202 runners.
The veterans team prize, with team member Bill Kingaby (32:58), also went to WVAC but by a close margin. They tied with Wymondham AC on 65 points and then the times were added together. The WVAC times proved to be just under 3 minutes faster, so they were presented with the winning team trophy.
James Maycock annd new club member Alan Fairs both put in good solid performances on the night, with 30:17 and 36:56 respectively. Alan knocking some one and half minutes off his previous PB.
9th MAY 2008. Veterans lead the way
Waveney Valley made a great start in the first of the Gt. Yarmouth 5
mile series. Most of the top veterans prizes were taken by WVAC.
Richard Moore took 1st place in the mens 40+ in 27:28 and 6th overall.
Robert Cheverton took the mens 50+ in a time of 28:41 and came in 10th
overall. Whilst Bill Kingaby finished in 49th place, in a time of
32:42. Moore, Cheverton and Kingaby took the veterans mens team prize
of the night.
Young James Maycock also had an excellent run, finishing in a time of 29:45 finishing 14th overall.
Blackpool Marathon
Steve Kenyon recently completed the Blackpool Marathon in 3 hours 13 minutes. This now entitles him to automatically have an entry into London next year under the Good For Age scheme. Well done Steve!
London Marathon
Well done to Paula Lambert, Steve Warman and David Lewis. They all completed their first FLM in April. Paula finished in 4 hours 22 minutes. Steve completed it in 4 hours 55 minutes and David in 5 hours 7 minutes.
Brian Boardley's Semi-Autobiography
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"Five to Fifteen" is a story of the humour, the tragedies and the events of those post-war years and how it affected the lives of every man, woman and child in Britain.
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