We had 6 members running in the second race of this series on May the 4th and they were so lucky to have good weather as it was apparently chucking it down in parts of Norwich. Laurie Woods had a superb run taking over two and a half minutes off his previous best time. He finished 9th overall in a…
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Vitality 10k Results – May 2022
In London, our second claim member, Callum Bowen-jones, running for Newham Essex Beagles had an excellent run to finish in a pb time of 31.17. Bob Carter, a wee bit further down the field finished in 55.02, a great achievement given he hadn’t been very well just a couple of weeks before the race! Well done both.
GEAR – May 2022
The GEAR 10k, one of Norfolk’s big races, was held in King Lynn on Sunday 1 May. As usual this race proved to be a fast course and the weather was kind too. We had 5 members taking part in the main race: Michael Eccles was 2nd overall and first V40 in 32.14. Jack Noble was 8th overall and 5th…
Isle of Wight Challenge – April 2022
On Saturday April 30th, on The Isle of Wight, Katherine Garwood took on her first ultra marathon and finished 4th female in 7 hours 46mins 35 secs. The distance was 53.612k (33.3miles). Very well done Katherine an excellent result!
Great Yarmouth 5 Mile Series Race 1 – April 2022
We had 4 members out for the first race in this popular series. Alastair Leckie, running his first 5 miler for BVH, finished 3rd M40-44 in a gold standard time of 30.22. Joanne Watkins also running her first 5 miler for the club was 3rd in the 18-39 age group in a gold standard 34.20. Leanne Botwright in her first…
Fakenham 5k – April 2022
A few members ran the Fakenham 5k/1k on 17 April. Michael Eccles finished 1st overall in 16.08 and that’s only two weeks after the Manchester Marathon! Billy Eccles was 2nd in the 11-14 age group ran a gold standard pb of 18.45 (over 2 mins faster). Michael Swindells was 3rd in the 11-14 age group and running his first 5k…
Trowse 10k – April 2022
There were some excellent results for club members at the Trowse 10k on 17 April. It’s a tough course and it was a tad warm too. Laurie Woods continues to improve by running a pb in every race and today was no exception. He finished 14th overall in a gold standard pb time of 36.47. Richard Johnson was 2nd in…
Brighton Marathon Weekend – April 2022
Emily Jordan running the 10k and after her non-running over the last 4 weeks due to a persistent achilles problem and a bad cold still finsihed in a very creditable 53.23. Brother Tom, running the marathon for the first time for BVH, was on for a sub 3.30 up to the 35k marker but, as we all know, the last…
London Landmarks Half Marathon – April 2022
Down in London Simon Bales ran the Landmarks Half Marathon on April 3rd finishing in a time of 1.20.00. This was only 15 seconds short of a pb and did really well in the V40 age group by coming 4th. Excellent run Simon.
Manchester Marathon – April 2022
Michael Eccles had a superb run in the Manchester Marathon on April 3rd and although not part of the elite race he would still have faired really well in that too. Michael’s time of 2.27.18 is a personal best platinum standard time and also the BVH club record which has been held by Martin Hewetson for several years. He was…