In June, GRC was represented by 38 runners in 6 races throughout the month of June. The month also saw a big turnout for the club’s GP series race being the Woodhall Spa 10k. The first two races of the Peterborough 5K series and the 2nd LWAC 5K race of the series took place.
Nominees
We start with Brian Hawkins, who ran a new personal best time at the Grimsby 10K, running the course in 36:50 beating his previous best time set at the Lincoln 10K.
Our Runner-up for June is Emma Duncan, who after only beating her previous 10K time by over 2 minutes last month at the Langtoft 10K, smashed it again by 2 minutes 53 seconds at the Woodhall Spa 10K clocking 48:29 and breaking the 50min barrier for the first time.
Winner
The Member of the Month for June is Catherine Payne, who raced in both Peterborough 5K series events, firstly clocking a season’s best time of 21:28 at the Eye event. This was also Catherines best 5k time for 5 years. Catherine then ran the 2nd race at Stamford in 22:01. The most impressive stat is that for both races, Catherine scored an 85+ Age Grade %.
Congratulations to Catherine and all other nominees