Results update 18 October 2015 – Amsterdam Marathon, Northern XC Relays, Sheffield 10 10 10 and parkruns

Town Fields time trial start 20 October.

I have added lots of races to the bottom of this post for you to consider, lots of us are doing the Stamford 30k and if you are looking for a 10k consider Leeds, Barnsley, Dewsbury and Gainsborough.

Gruesome Twosome – 17 October 2015

We had 6 DAC athletes compete in 4 teams in this tough off road half marathon.Capture

Michelle said “Enjoyed gruesome twosome today with Marie-Louise Taylor can just about feel my legs team M&M smashed it in 2 hrs 12 mins”

Russell said “Another great race with Mark Benson at the Gruesome Twosome. New race PB 1:44 by 7 mins. Cheers Beno”

27 257a 23 Nicholas Germain M 102 15 M
257b Chris Moran M 102 15 102 15
33 44a 28 Russell Walker M 104 06 M
44b Mark Benson M 104 06 104 06
148 199a 19 Michelle Ward F35 132 49 F
199b Marie-Louise Taylor F40 132 49 132 49
208 55a 42 Andrea Robinson F40 145 04 F
55b Christine Moore F50 145 04 145 04

Northern Cross Country Relays – 17 October 2015

Doncaster Athletic Club ‘A’

        Harry McCrae     (27)  8:26
        Daniel Newcombe  (24)  9:30

Capture29 Doncaster Athletic Club 49:19

        Dean Watson      (19) 11:05
        Peter Simpson    (32) 12:43
        Wayne Martison   (31) 12:52
        Martin James     (31) 12:39

Set of photos from the day

Amsterdam Marathon 18 October 2015Capture

James Smith ran this marathon for fun with no pressure or worries about hitting a time.  He found the course very crowded and the roads not wide enough to accommodate the volume of runners.

James finished with a time of around 4:48.

The Sheffield Ten 10 Ten (10k) Race – 18 October 2015

Great running by our ladies team who supported each other in the race, superstars!

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778 Fiona GABBITUS Sen 1:05:31 1:07:05
854 Deborah THOMPSON Sen 1:10:10 1:11:17
856 Vicky JACKSON Sen 1:10:13 1:11:19
936 Gemma TYLER Sen 1:16:02 1:17:30
937 Ann Marie JONES Sen 1:16:02 1:17:30

World Duathlon Champs

Massive well done to Mark Higham (3rd Briton in age group), John Micklethwaite (5th in age group) and Ian Micklethwaite.  They all competed this weekend in Australia representing GB.

 Parkruns – 17 October 2015

A total of 35 Doncaster AC athletes of all abilities ran at four different parkruns with people visiting Scunthorpe, Rother Valley and Clumber Park for the first time

Scunthorpe

8 Dave BIRKETT 19:41 VM50-54 77.39 % M 8 Doncaster AC First Timer! 10 Strava logo
11 Martin HOOKWAY 20:07 VM35-39 65.53 % M 11 Doncaster AC PB stays at 00:19:42 44 Strava logo
175 Lucy HOOKWAY 30:23 JW10 56.17 % F 52 Doncaster AC PB stays at 00:28:53 25 Member of the parkrun 10 Club
177 Susan HOOKWAY 30:25 VW35-39 49.97 % F 54 Doncaster AC PB stays at 00:28:06 35 Strava logo

Rother Valley

17 Janet KERRY 22:07 VW40-44 69.18 % F 6 Doncaster AC First Timer! 19 Strava logo

Clumber Park

19 David WATTS 21:08 SM30-34 61.20 % M 18 Doncaster AC First Timer! 6 Strava logo
28 Samuel LAWSON 22:12 JM11-14 66.97 % M 27 Doncaster AC First Timer! 10 Member of the parkrun 10 Club
93 Finley LAWSON 27:30 JM10 57.39 % M 80 Doncaster AC First Timer! 2
113 Lysander LAWSON 28:48 JM10 59.09 % M 93 Doncaster AC First Timer! 1
116 Chris LAWSON 28:50 VM40-44 48.79 % M 94 Doncaster AC First Timer! 10 Strava logo
159 Jane YOUNG 32:05 VW55-59 55.69 % F 58 Doncaster AC PB stays at 00:30:53 7 Strava logo
196 Jacky LAWSON 38:50 VW45-49 40.90 % F 80 Doncaster AC First Timer! 1

Doncaster

First DAC athlete to finish was Wayne MARTISON who then went on to race at the Northern Cross Country Relays.  First Lady to finish was DAC Nicola DEVINE.

PB’s for Wayne MARTISON, Sebastian PUGH, Callum WRIGHT, Kevin WAUGH, Julie GUEST, Sophie JAMES, Dawn HOLLINGSWORTH and Jo HOLLINGSWORTH.

2 Wayne MARTISON 18:43 SM30-34 70.08 % M 2 Doncaster AC New PB! 3
4 Martin JAMES 19:33 VM35-39 69.31 % M 4 Doncaster AC PB stays at 00:18:09 30 Strava logo
8 Sebastian PUGH 20:30 SM25-29 62.93 % M 8 Doncaster AC New PB! 33
10 Nicola DEVINE 20:44 SW25-29 71.38 % F 1 Doncaster AC PB stays at 00:20:40 24
20 Richard RANDLE 22:19 VM55-59 68.86 % M 19 Doncaster AC PB stays at 00:21:17 48
22 Phil WHITEHEAD 22:34 SM25-29 57.16 % M 21 Doncaster AC PB stays at 00:20:26 48 Strava logo
34 Trevor LAMBERT 23:28 VM55-59 66.05 % M 33 Doncaster AC PB stays at 00:21:50 52 Member of the parkrun 50 Club
37 Martin BOYD 23:36 VM50-54 64.05 % M 35 Doncaster AC PB stays at 00:21:55 57 Member of the parkrun 50 Club
43 Simon HUNTER 24:04 VM50-54 62.26 % M 41 Doncaster AC PB stays at 00:22:48 56 Member of the parkrun 50 Club
64 Martyn WALTER 25:28 VM55-59 60.34 % M 55 Doncaster AC PB stays at 00:23:15 47 Strava logo
65 Callum WRIGHT 25:36 JM15-17 52.73 % M 56 Doncaster AC New PB! 4
67 Bill TOPPING 25:44 VM65-69 67.03 % M 58 Doncaster AC PB stays at 00:24:14 54 Member of the parkrun 50 Club
86 Kevin WAUGH 28:40 VM50-54 51.86 % M 73 Doncaster AC New PB! 12
95 Julie GUEST 29:40 VW50-54 58.71 % F 18 Doncaster AC New PB! 40
96 Paul BROWN 29:47 VM60-64 55.79 % M 78 Doncaster AC PB stays at 00:23:05 66 Member of the parkrun 50 Club
114 Sophie JAMES 31:54 JW10 53.50 % F 30 Doncaster AC New PB! 4
119 Sharon FIELDHOUSE 32:18 VW55-59 58.41 % F 34 Doncaster AC PB stays at 00:29:02 20
135 Dawn HOLLINGSWORTH 34:04 VW50-54 50.44 % F 43 Doncaster AC New PB! 5
140 Rose FELLS 34:43 VW45-49 46.66 % F 46 Doncaster AC PB stays at 00:32:14 33
151 Michelle GUEST 37:36 VW50-54 45.70 % F 52 Doncaster AC PB stays at 00:35:48 9
159 Jo HOLLINGSWORTH 39:29 VW45-49 40.23 % F 60 Doncaster AC New PB! 13

Some Races to Enter

The Ultimate 7 Lakes Xtreme Challenge & Mini Extreme – 31 October 2015

Leeds Abbey Dash – 15 November 2015

Normanby Hall Adventure Race – 22 November 2015

Clowne Half Marathon – 22 November 2015

Barnsley 10k – 29 November 2015

Ferriby 10 Mile – 24 January 2016

Dewsbury 10k – 7 February 2015

Stamford 30k – 14 February 2016

Gainsborough 10k – 16 March 2016

Cross Country Fixtures

  • 19 September – Yorkshire Veterans’ Cross Country Championships – Whitby
  • 11 October – South Yorkshire Cross Country League
  • 17 October – Northern Cross Country Relay Championships inc. SOUTH YORKSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIPS – Graves Park, Sheffield
  • 25 October – South Yorkshire Cross Country League
  • 31 October – Saucony English Cross Country Relays, Mansfield
  • 15 November – South Yorkshire Cross Country League
  • 28 November – British Athletics Cross Country Challenge
  • 13 December – South Yorkshire Cross Country League
  • 2 January 2016 – Sheffield Open, Graves Park
  • 9 January 2016 – Yorkshire Cross Country Championships – Light Water Valley
  • 30 January 2016 – Northern Athletics Cross Country Championships – Blackburn
  • 27 February 2016 – National Cross Country Championships – Donnington Park, Derby