Gloucestershire AAA 5k Road Relay Championships - 5 March 2016
A good turn out from Bourton at the latest Gloucestershire AAA road race relay championships saw our teams haul in the medals.
Our shining stars were the evergreen Vet 70 men’s team storming home for the gold with outstanding running from Norm Lane, Bern Cartlidge (out of retirement) and Bill Ridley.
Not to be out done our ladies Masters team of Pauline Teague, Ali Lane and Liz Hulcup showed their class also winning gold.
A solid performance from our men's vet 50 team claiming silver for Chris Dry , Dennis Walmsley and Tony Goodwill.
Our men also claimed gold in the MV60 category, with Graham Lane, John Gibson and David Turnbull.
Mike Smith on the comeback trail ran strong to finish in the top 5.
Bath Half Marathon - 13 March 2016
Mike Hobbs gave an outstanding performance at the Bath Half Marathon, who smashed his PB by 4 minutes in an awesome run of 1:24:37. This stands him in good stead for the London Marathon.
There was also an impressive run from Lucy Walmsley in 1:26:48 and another PB from the growing in confidence Claire Harrison oh-so-close to breaking 90 minutes in 1:30:20.
Spring Shakespeare Marathon - 12 March 2016
Steve Edwards Chalked off marathon number 719 with a very solid performance at the Spring Shakespeare Marathon in 3:16:48. Steve finished 3rd overall and 1st MV45.
Highlights
Bourton teams win gold and silver at the Gloucestershire AAA County Road Relay Championships.
Bourton’s MV70 Gold medal winners at Gloucestershire AAA Road RElay Championships.
Mike Hobbs still knocking 4 minutes off his half marathon PB at Bath.
Mean while, Steve Edwards finsishes 3rd at the Shakespeare Spring Marathon, completeing full-marathon number 719.
Other reports may be found on our recent race reports page.