There were 102 performances in a bumper month for GRC. Members covered the Half Marathon distance in Leeds, Birmingham and Market Harborough. There was one appearance overseas at the Riga Marathon and 4 members representing at the 50k Trent Valley Ultra. The continuation of the GP series proved really popular with 34 runners taking to the start line at the Langtoft 10k and 45 members running the Rutland Water Parkrun as it made a return in the 2026 calendar. May also saw the first instalment of the LWAC 5k series.
Nominees
Sophie Carley has been nominated for 2 fantastic performances that saw her come close to a 70% age grading. She achieved PB’s at both the Langtoft 10k (44:09) and the Rutland Water parkrun (21:25).
Agnes Van Rheinberg received nominations for her vast improvement in race times in the Birmingham Half, where she achieved a time of 01:55:15 and an impressive time of 23:42 at the Rutland Water parkrun, giving her a new PB in both distances.
Nick Thorpe has been chipping away at his times recently and his hard work is paying off as he achieved PB’s in both the Langtoft 10k and the Rutland Water parkrun giving him 01:03:55 and 29:44 respectively.
Addelle Towning was recognised for racing twice in the month of May and achieving a PB first at the Rutland Water parkrun, with a time of 25:14 and then only 10 days later, smashing this recent PB with an improvement of 32 seconds to give her a new PB of 24:42 at the LWAC 5k.
Runner Up
May’s runner up is Matthew Sadler. Matt enjoys everything GRC has to offer both training and social wise and he had a great month achieving a time of 50:23 at Langtoft, a new 10k PB, and then a short while later running 24:36 at Rutland Water, giving him a new PB for the 5K too.
Winner
The winner of Member of the Month for May is Nicci Whittaker.
Nicci achieved PB’s at both Langtoft 10k (50:36) and LWAC 5k (25:07) which was a 1 minute and 28 seconds improvement on her previous 5k time, making it a successful month of running for her!
She was also recognised for her hard work and commitment in the lead up to the Solstice race in her role as Race Director.
Well done to Nicci, Matthew and all the nominees in what was a busy and impressive month!