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…
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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…
Cambridge Half Marathon 2020
Simon Partridge, recovering from a few months of injury, decided to run the Cambridge Half Marathon and with no expectations although secretly he wanted to run 1.20 and did just that finishing in 1.19.33. He’s now determined to knuckle down and get back to his best and, hopefully, quicker too. Simon Bales, who is in training for the Manchester Marathon,…
Inter-Counties Cross Country 2020 Loughborough
Autumn Hales was the first to attack the very tough and muddy course. It certainly wasn’t for the faint hearted and many athletes found the going too tough and dropped out ! To add to this the 10k course ended up being 7 miles. Autumn, running in the county vest for the first time, finished as 4th scorer for Norfolk…
Ringland Half Marathon 2020 & County Championships
15 brave souls battled the strong winds of Storm Jorge, on this half marathon course starting and finishing in the grounds of the dinosaur park. Not only did they have to battle the winds but also a 20 metre long stagnant cold puddle at mile 9. The sun shone not only on the field but also on our team with…
Winchester 10k & Tarpley 20 miles
Both races were run under hard conditions with heavy rain and strong winds. Winchester 10k This is one race that Michael Eccles will want to forget about. Not only were the first 100 runners sent the wrong way but the ‘k’ markers were also in the wrong place. Michael went through 5k in 16.30 feeling comfortable and on for the…
Valentine 10k 2020
Until 7am on the morning of the race we were not sure if the race was going ahead but, as the conditions did improve considerably, the correct decision was made to carry on with the event, although it was still pretty blustery out on the course. Individual awards. Autumn Hales was 3rd lady overall in an excellent pb time of…
Freethorpe 10 Miles 2020
The “Freethorpe 10” always seems to be run on a windy day and that was no different today but our 16 members taking part didn’t let that affect them as the results below show. Michael Eccles 3rd overall in a platinum pb time of 54.15. Michael also broke the club record by over a minute and received a county trophy…