Week 15 : Manchester Marathon & Cathedral To Castle

What an epic few months it’s been for the Essington Harriers putting in some Long Sunday Rundays during the winter months in preparation for the Manchester Marathon & London Marathon next week.

All that hard work paid off with outstanding runs from the Marathon team, 9 runners doing their 1st in person marathon, 7 runners getting a marathon distance PB!

Along with the Marathon, we had two runners doing the Cathedral To Castle run, and the Saturday morning Parkrunning too.

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Parkrun

With a lot of our runners either tapering or resting before the Manchester Marathon, we had fewer members running Parkrun this week.

PositionNameTimeNotes
Beacon Hill Country Park parkrun event #7
188Claire Haywood01:08:42Tail Walker (with Taly)
Wolverhampton parkrun event #453
123Glyn Rowley00:27:20
199Rachel Rowley00:31:10Parkrun PB
322Kerry Garratt00:40:57
323Laura Mew00:40:57
Walsall Arboretum parkrun event #508
211Mick Elwell00:29:30
Isabel Trail parkrun event #132
87John Acton00:25:45
Chasewater parkrun event #106
74Geoff Green00:27:54
75Tammy Edwards00:27:552nd in Age Group
80Drew Allen00:28:153rd in Age Group
81Martin Holyhead00:28:16
114Gary Jenkins00:30:32
East Park parkrun event #102
53Robin Tinsley00:30:29
* Did not run under ‘Essington Harriers’
** Ran under a different name


Cathedral To Castle

The Rotary Cathedral to Castle 10 Mile Multi Terrain Run ā€“ or ā€˜Cathedral to Castleā€™ as it is affectionately known, is one of the most exciting urban and country road events in the UK. It is also aiming to be the largest charity fundraising running event in the Staffordshire region, with our chosen charities being local throughout Tamworth and Lichfield.

The course itself is fast and relatively flat making it suitable for all abilities ā€“ for beginners whose key objective is to complete the course, to more regular long-distance event runners, looking to beat their personal best time. It covers a 10 mile multi-terrain course from Lichfield Cathedral, passing through Hopwas Woods and finishing at Tamworth Castle where youā€™ll be greeted by an action-packed family fun day across the Castle Grounds.

Official Photos https://mickhallphotos.photohawk.com/galleries/cathedral-to-castle-2023

Official Results https://results.racetimingsolutions.co.uk/Results.aspx?CId=16269&RId=1589

PositionNameTimeNotes
699Matt Dodd01:45:20Course PB
918Claire Haywood01:59:53
* Did not run under ‘Essington Harriers’
** Ran under a different name


Manchester Marathon

After Dave (did you know he run a marathon) Poynton and Holly Thomas completed the Virtual London Marathon last year, a buzz of FOMO spread around the club, and largely bullied and harrassed encouraged and spurred on by Phil Mew, several members started the training for Manchester Marathon 2023.

When out club Grand Prix was created, it incorporated the Manchester Marathon and so it’s set to be a fixture in the club calendar for the foreseeable future, though not everyone who ran the event is so keen to sign up again.

Unfortunately, a late bout of illness meant Phil could not take part this year.

Official Results: https://results.sporthive.com/events/7039548795219704576/races/485067

Official Photos: https://live.awol.io/event/12855/home

It was an epic experience & what a club, not just yesterday but for the months of training, the route plans, support, advice and encouragement off every member along the way. Gary supporting around the route on the mic šŸŽ¤ Rachel and Glyn coming to support us. Itā€™s been an amazing journey topped off by a lap of honour yesterday and a šŸ…

And a special shout out to Philip Mew, gutted you were not able to make it today but you lead by example from the moment you ā€œmotivatedā€ people to sign up to the final training runsā€¦ being a marathoner is only a matter of time for you.

Sarah & Tammy
PositionNameTimeNotes
6890Holly Thomas03:50:051st in person Marathon
Marathon PB
9297Ralph Taylor04:03:181st in person Marathon
Marathon PB
9470Martin Holyhead04:04:521st Marathon
9514Tammy Edwards04:05:21Marathon PB
9515Drew Allen04:05:22Marathon PB
10069Geoff Green04:09:53Marathon PB
10070Matthew Kingston04:09:531st Marathon
12451Helen Ward*04:28:36Marathon PB
12952Sarah Blackshaw04:33:201st Marathon
13364Darren Phillips04:37:47Marathon PB
13983Chris Bate04:44:031st Marathon
14863Lisa Hickman04:53:421st Marathon
15512Dave Poynton05:01:411st in person Marathon
Marathon PB
16010Robin Tinsley05:10:29
16989Ian Gardner05:31:221st Marathon
* Did not run under ‘Essington Harriers’
** Ran under a different name

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