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We look back at the performances of the past week, including those at the Kielder Marathon and National Road RelaysIt was a busy week and weekend of action in both Britain and abroad on a variety of surfaces. Multi-terrainKielder Marathon, October 5 The 1989 national under-17 cross-country winner Ceri Rees won his third successive Kielder Marathon title on Sunday. Men: 1 Ceri Rees 2:39:42; 2 Lee Muir 2:44:08; 3 Cees Van der Land 2:46:42 Women: 1 Sarah Burrell 3:22:38; 2 Ruth Jones 3:25:57; 3 Julie Oswald 3:27:34 For results, report and David Hewitson photos see Thursday’s Athletics Weekly WalksRWA 50km Championships, Hillingdon, October 5 Spain s Mikel Odriozola Dominquez won in 3:59:02 and fourth placer Dominic King was the first British finisher in fourth in 4:12:41. Italian Tatyana Gabellone won the accompanying women s 10km in 49:39. Men (50km): 1 Mikel Odriozola Dominquez 3:59:02; 2 Luis Manuel Martinez 4:05:16; 3 Ivan Pajuelo Paredes 4:11:43 Women (10km): 1 Tatyana Gabellone 49:39; 2 Grazina Narviliene 51:31; 3 Heather Butcher 53:09 For results, report and Mark Easton photos see Thursday’s Athletics Weekly RoadERRA National Road Relay Championships, Sutton Park, October 4 Aldershot, Farnham and District repeated their South of England Autumn Road Relays double as both their men and women took comfortable victories. A fuller online report can be found here. Results, an in-depth report from Martin Duff and photos from Mark Shearman will appear in Thursday’s Athletics Weekly ERRA National Young Athletes Road Relays, Sutton Park, October 5 Leicester Coritanian and Charnwood were among the winners at the National Young Athletes Road Relays. A fuller online report can be found here. For results, report and David Griffiths photos see Thursday’s Athletics Weekly Bournemouth Marathon and Half Marathon, October 4/5 Around 10,500 runners took part in the second running in the events over the weekend. Kenyan Andrew Lesuuda won the marathon on his debut in 2:21:41to beat last year s winner Ebisa Merga of Ethiopia, while Ukranian Kateryna Stetsenko won the women s race in a swift 2:30:58 from Kenya s Joan Kigen. Steve Way was the marathon starter and he finished second in the half-marathon to his training partner. Men marathon: 1 Andrew Lesuuda 2:21:41; 2 Ebisa Merga 2:25.30; 3 Andrew Clark 2:40:50. Men HM: 1 Jacek Cieluszecki 69:30; 2 Steve Way 69:43; 3 Peter Baksh 71:22 Women marathon: 1 Kateryna Stetsenko 2:30:58; 2 Joan Kigen 2:33:13; 3 Juliet Champion 3:03:48. Women HM: 1 Helen Dyke 85:28; 2 3 Charlie Barnard 86:00; 3 Cerri-Anne Santos 86:49;. For full results, report and photos see Thursday’s Athletics Weekly Lloyds Bank Cardiff Half Marathon, October 5 Boniface Kongin and Joan Chelimo made it a Kenyan double. A fuller online round-up can be found here. A full report and photos will appear in Thursday’s Athletics Weekly Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run, Glasgow, October 5 Stephen Mokoka of South Africa won the men s half marathon which saw the withdrawal of Ethiopian long distance great Haile Gebrselassie in the early stages, while Kenya s two-time world marathon champion Edna Kiplagat won the women s race in an event record time. A fuller online round-up can be found here. A full report and photos will appear in Thursday’s Athletics Weekly Chester Marathon, October 5 Romanian Marius Ionescu of Altrincham won in 2:21:25 while veteran Cathy Stibbs of Kent AC was a surprise women s winner breaking three hours for the first time and running 27 minutes quicker than she ran in this year s Virgin London Marathon. Men: 1 Marius Ionescu 2:21:25; 2 Matty Adcock 2:28:08; 3 Tom Beedell 2:28:54 Women: 1 Cath Stibbs 2:53:28; 2 Melissah Gibson 2:55:09; 3 Catherine Lee 2:56:40 Full results, a report plus photos from Harry Shakeshaft will appear in Thursday’s Athletics Weekly Rock n Roll Marathon, Lisbon, October 5 Kenyan Samuel Ndungu won the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon in 2:08:17, while Visiline Jepkesho won the women s race in 2:26:42. Men: 1 Samuel Ndungu 2:08:17; 2 Robert Kwambai 2:10:27; 3 Lawrence Kimayo 2:12:12 Women: 1 Visiline Jepkesho 2:26:42; 2 Agnes Kirop 2:28:45; 3 Azalesh Masrescha 2:29:43 QEOP Winter 10km Series, London Olympic Park, October 4 Lauren Deadman won the race outright by just three seconds in a time of 34:59 and she was first woman by 10 minutes. Men: 1 Peter Downie 35:02; 2 Daniel Mutlow 35:18; 3 Andrea Fraquelli 37:18 Women: 1 Lauren Deadman 34:59; 2 Kate Tancred 45:19; 3 Shauna Paice 45:47 TrackLeeds, October 1 University of Leeds student Ellie Dooley set a British junior record of 7:13.5 in the mile walk. OTHER HIGHLIGHTSCross countryNotre Dame Invitational, Notre Dame, October 3 Briton Charlotte Arter won the women s 5km race in 16:09.3. parkrunOctober 4 Daniel O Boyle ran the fastest time of 15:14 at Netley Abbey. Discounting performances which were involved being pulled by dogs, W65 Jane Davies again had the top age-graded performance with a 21:33 at Bushy Park scoring 96.98% on age-grading. The above events, plus lots more, will be included in this week’s edition of Athletics Weekly magazine, on newsstands October 9 The post Weekly round-up appeared first on Athletics Weekly. Read the full article at: www.athleticsweekly.com
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