One member travelled out to Japan for one of the Big City Marathons: The weather was much hotter than Beth King has been used to but she got to the end feeling strong and finished in a very creditable 4.35. Well done Beth!
Great Yarmouth 10k and Half Marathon – March 2025
Belle Watkins, running the 10k race, ran a personal best bronze standard time of 48.06, and… Mum, Joanne, running the half marathon, finished 3rd female and 1st 35-39 in 1.31.27. Well done ladies!
Southwold Half Marathon – March 2025
One member went down to Southwold for this one, well done Simon Bales who was 13th overall and 2nd V45-49 in 1.24.07.
Royal Norwich Half Marathon – February 2025.
There were three BVH members running on this quite undulating and not particularly fast course although the good conditions made up for this. Michael Eccles had a very strong run, especially over the second half of the race, running negative splits to finish 2nd overall in a platinum time of 1.11.37. Obviously his marathon training is going to plan. Thomas…
National XC Champs – February 2025
Billy Eccles competed in the National Cross Country Champs at the notorious Parliament Hill venue and it was a complete mud bath! Billy, like dad Michael, isn’t a fan of mud and couldn’t get going. Having said that Billy still had a great run to finish 88th out of 319 finishers.
Battersea 10k – February 2025
Leanne Finch, running her first race for 6 months and with 3 months off with various injuries ran the Battersea 10k and said she had fun! In a very busy packed field and in very wet and muddy conditions she finished 26th overall, 2nd lady and first senior lady in 37.48. Well done Leanne. Onward and Upwards.
EACCL Race 7 – February 2025
Well done to our 3 members, James Reed, Lee Quibell and Cee Cook who ran the EACCL Cross Country race at Woburn Farm Corton on Wednesday 19th. This was race 7 in the current Winter series.
Valentine 10k – February 2025
It was great to see 18 BVH members out in their new vests and looking very smart too. As expected, on this tough course, personal bests were few and far between but we did achieve 3, plus one age group best time and some very near misses. We also won 4 individual awards and one team prize. Results as follows:-…
SEAA Cross Country Champs – January 2025
Billy and Michael Eccles were the first members to compete in the new vests in the SEAA main cross country champs at Beckenham. Billy ran 6000m in the under 17 event and Michael 15000m in the senior men’s race. Both had excellent runs with Billy finishing 22nd in 19.58 and only 20 seconds off the top 10. Michael in a…
Reedham 10 Mile – January 2025
On a cold morning but good conditions for running BVH had some excellent results. We had two category awards, 7 Pb’s and 1 first timer at the distance: Michael Eccles was 4th overall and 1st V40 in 53.05 Jack Noble ran a diamond standard 2.30 min pb in 57.10 Thomas Abbs ran a diamond standard 4 min pb in 59.25…