Metropolitan League Cross Country Claybury Saturday 13th October Ilford’s Tom Gardner opened his account for the start of the X country season at Claybury, with a solid run on a 3 lap course. After 2 laps Tom was laying in the 29th place, but not being race sharp yet he slipped back on the final lap to 35th in 28-09. Two other Ilford athletes guested in the race, Gary Coombes finishing in 30:47 for 119th place and Trevor Robinson who came in on 43:37 for 453rd place TIPTREE 10 Sunday 14th October. Sunday morning saw the running of the 2018 Essex 10 mile Championship incorporated into the Tiptree 10 mile road race. The race was held on quiet rural …Read More
Press Report October 9th 2018
Chicago Marathon 0730 Sunday 7th October Trying to complete all the Abbott Marathon majors, Seb Parris took on his 5th in the series over the pond in Chicago. A new event record of 44,571 runners hit the downtown ‘loop’ headed by the speedy event winner, Mo Farah. The race began unusually early at 0730 and conditions were cold and wet throughout. A good recent training cycle due to an ironman event meant Seb was hunting a new marathon PB despite falling a last-minute victim to the dreaded food poisoning less than 48 hours pre-race. The rain was persistent all morning but so too was Seb’s determination. Crossing the line at the city’s Grant Park in a 6-minute PB for 03.03.39 …Read More
Press Report 1st October 2018
Essex County Relay Champs Halstead Essex Saturday 29th September Ilford AC youngsters win the Essex XC relays U17 A stunning run by Ilford youngsters on saturday brought them home first to be crowned Essex champions beating some high quality teams Jak Wright ,Mungo Prior and Aaron Samuels all ran superb on the day and were worthy winners of their title.
Press Report. 1st October 2018
Valentines Park 5k Sunday 30th September 2018 Ilford AC fielded a team of 31 runners in the 8th and final race of the East London FiVe Interclub Series (Elvis) held at Valentines Park and hosted by East London Runners last Sunday. Held over the traditional two lap 5k course, 275 runners enjoyed the warm September sunshine. The club used the race, and social event afterwards, to celebrate our ‘Super vets’. Five of our longest serving veterans, having a combined membership of over 300 years between them, were in attendance on the day with three of them also running in the race. Gerry Pells who no longer races has 69 years under his belt. Pam Jones who came 2nd FV70 68 …Read More
Press Report Monday 24th September 2018
Southern Counties Road Relays Crystal Palace Sunday 23rd September On a wet day at Crystal Palace, Ilford AC u17s competed in the Southern Counties road relays over 4.5km. This is the first time for many years Ilford AC have been in a position to enter a team in this event. Three of the team have just moved up to the u17 group so have another year left in the age group..The whole team performed extremely well so early in the season and came 15th out of 49 top class teams performing First leg saw Mungo Prior run a very consistent leg in 17.02 to bring the team home in around 28th . Next up was Farris Patel, who slightly …Read More