Burgess Hill Runners enjoy fine mix of races
Burgess Hill Runners took on a range of races including an international marathon, a local running festival and another fun run.
Te local festival was Run Gatwick, a popular one for the club again this year, featuring a 5k, 10k and half marathon.
Set in the beautiful West Sussex and Surrey countryside on fully closed roads around Gatwick Airport, "a unique and exciting running experience is promised".
In the 5k, Neil Grigg was first for BHR in 16:11, followed closely by Jon Boxall in 17:06.
In the 10k, Tom Dallman took the top spot for BHR in 42:28. He was followed by Linda Beattie (58:53), Joanne Dallmann (1:00:36) and Caroline Santer (1:20:44).
And finally in the half marathon, first for BHR was Mark Santer in 1:33:41. He was followed by Oliver Dewdney
(1:43:37), Kevin Cross (1:43:43), Florence Robinson (1:45:32), Christelle Maugiron (1:58:25), Carole Mills (2:11:08), Louise Fox (2:15:39), Michael Shipp (2:26:49) and Wendy White (2:49:59).
The club had a number of runners take on the West Sussex Fun Run League Hedgehopper 5 organised by the Portslade Hedgehoppers.
First for BHR was Rob Shallow in 37:34. He was followed by Andrew Bishop (39:48), Annette Maynard (40:29), Trevor Symes (41:36), John Palmer (44:55), Richard Light (46:12), Antonia Boxall (46:42), Sally Symes (47:20), Thomas Peel-Yates (49:27), Chris Page (49:39), Karen Harvey (50:46), George Wotton (51:28), Nicola Saunders (54:01), Hugh Stevenage (56:28), Genie Lowson (1:09:00) and Eileen Adlam (1:12:20).
And last but not least, Oliver Day travelled to Prague to take on the Prague Marathon. He completed the cobbled stone course in 3:20:35.
The long awaited Green Belt Relay, a 22-stage 220 mile running relay around the outside of London, was organised by The Stragglers running club.
It was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 in the pandemic, so they were raring to go this year. BHR entered three teams of 11 – captained by Oliver Day, Miranda Skinner and Glyn Merritt. BHR's teams came 41st (Oliver's Army), 42nd (Miranda's Mob) and 43rd (Merritt's Ferrets) many breaking club records.