Olympic Park 10k Simon Bales who ran a very hot Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 10k today finished first 40+ in 37.41. The beer after was well deserved Simon.
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Blickling & Boston Half Marathon May 2021
BLICKLING HALF Well that was a warm one and the hill/friend at the end turned out to be a bit unfriendly. Simon Partridge who set off 5 minutes after the first runners overtook all but one which gave him first overall place in 1.17.12. (diamond standard). This was Simon’s last race as a senior man. Arron Coe running with an…
Valentines 10k May 2021
It was really good to see 13 BVH members racing again after such a long time off. Let’s hope it’s the first of many. There were some excellent results with Callum Bowen-jones first across the line in 32.15. This was Callum‘s first 10k for BVH. In 4th place Scott Walford ran a club personal best time of 32.52. Scott was also first…
UEA Open Track Meeting May 14th. Smile mile final. Wildcard Mile & 3000m
Smile mile The final of the Smile mile race was really exciting to watch and must have been so tough for the athletes competing. Having to put a few sprints in the middle of the race just to stay in the race must have had their legs screaming. A big well done to Callum Bowen-jones who was 3rd in a…
UEA Open track meetings 30th April & 7th May 2021
May 7th Smile Mile Semi-final Callum Bowen-jones secured his place in the final by running a 4.27.7 pb. This final will be run on 14th May. Wildcard Mile In a very close fought race Simon Partridge and Simon Bales both ran pb’s in 4.54.5 and 4.54.6 respectively. 800m’s This week Billy and Eva Eccles competed in the 800m with Billy running a massive 20 second…
Snetterton 5k April 2021
We knew it would be windy at the Snetterton race track. We could blame Matt Stone. Wherever he races it always seems to be blustery. The lads were a bit dubious about racing for the first time in over a year and were certainly glad to get this one out of the way. Simon Partridge 16.54 8th overall and 5th in his category…
Athletics Norfolk 3000m & 1500m October 2020
It wasn’t exactly ideal conditions, especially with a gale force wind down the home straight, but it didn’t stop all our members having great runs. Billy Eccles celebrated his 13th birthday with a 1500m personal best time of 5.30.9. Paul Ward, Matthew Crane and Greg Howard were up against each other in the same race and all running the 3000m distance for the first…
Bedford Aerodrome 10k
Michael Eccles had a superb run at the Bedford Aerodrome 10k. He finished 2nd overall and first V40. Not only did he smash the BVH club record by 1 min 36 sec, previously held by Carl Goose, he also ran a 38 second pb. His finishing time was a platinum standard 31.08. This time puts him 4th in the UK…
Coniston Trail & Lake Dorney Marathons
There were excellent results today from both Jeremy Rogers and Colin Robilliard in their respective marathons. At Lake Dorney, on a very wet and windy course, Jeremy ran an excellent diamond standard time of 2:54:56. This gives him the club M45+ age record. Colin, in the tough Coniston trail marathon and in equally bad weather conditions, finished first MVet 60…
Athletic Norfolk 3000, 800 and 1500 Track Events
3000m 12th September 2020 Callum Bowen-jones 8.46.2 Club Record Michael Eccles 9.21.2 Bhaskar Kumar 10.34. 800m 18th September 2020 Callum Bowen-jones smashed the club record to run 1.58.7 breaking the 2 min barrier for the first time. Michael Eccles 2.09.03 Simon Bales 2.15.00 Bhaskar Kumar 2.21.3 Billy Eccles 2.40.7 1500m 26th September Callum Bowen-jones 1st 4:09:5 Club Record Michael Eccles…