The month of August saw GRC represented 66 times duringt the summer month of racing. The club Grand Prix series continued with the 5 mile Bassingham Bash and the Sleaford 10k road race. August also saw the conclusion of both the Peterborough 5k series and the Lincs Wellington 5k series, which have both been well represented by GRC runners over the summer months. The Newark Half Marathon and Dovedale Dipper were followed by the multi lap events at Leeds and Sandringham.
Nominees
Kev Wallace has been nominated for his efforts in the LWAC 5k. Kev gained a new pb of 21:42 with an age grading of nearly 69%. Kev also ran the Sleaford 10k and ran a solid 46:16.
Scott Jones entered his second event of the year, also at the LWAC 5k, and earned himself a new pb of 20:20 and a silver age grade of over 72%.
Richard Ruston-Litchfield has also been nominated for his efforts at Lincoln where he earned a new pb of 20:45 and a silver age grade of 70%.
Jake Richardson has been nominated for his efforts at the Peterborough 5k series. Jake ran the final race in 15:37 and overall this earned him 3rd position in the series. Jake also ran 15:46 at the final LWAC race finishing in 2nd place.
Runner up
The Runner up for August is our very own Chairlady, Sylv Hull. Sylv ventured into unknown territory competing in a multi lap ultra event, The Leeds Ultra Loop. The aim was to complete as many 5k laps as possible before the 8 hour cut off. Sylv managed a brilliant 10 laps, covering 50k. On top of this, Sylv also ran in the final LWAC event bagging herself a new 5k pb of 24:28.
Winner
Our August Member of the Month is Peter Jennings.
Peter is the epitome of consistency and seemingly never has an off day. This was hugely evident at Dovedale where Peter was the sole GRC representative of the 27 mile ‘Big Dipper’. Peter finished with a huge 17 minute pb in 5:08:35, placing him first in his age category.
Congratulations to Peter, Sylv and all those nominated!
