John Mackenzie  

Aug 092020
 
John Mackenzie

Name:  John Duncan Mackenzie Born:  06/09/1954 Date Joined : March 1978 Personal Bests: (all in the 1980’s) Track 800m         2min 00.1sec 1500m        4min 05sec 3000m        8min 35sec   3000m s/c    9min 42sec  5000m        15min 10sec 10000m        32min 50sec Road 5 miles        25min 12sec 10 miles        52min 06sec Half Mar        69min 50sec 20 miles    1hr 47min 48sec Marathon    2hr 29min 47sec   First Club Race: Cambridge 10 1978 (I ran in Frank Heaney’s name and he did a pb of 57min 35secs !!! as a veteran) Favourite Race: Great North Run ( This was …Read More

  Press Report 4th August 2020  

Aug 042020
 
Press Report 4th August 2020

Ilford AC 5K Champs Barking Park Saturday 1st August 2020   The Ilford AC 5k Champs were able to take place this year with careful planning, stringent risk assessments and a slight change of format. Whereas normally all athletes would have set off together and first past the post wins, this year’s event was held as a ‘handicap’ with runners set off singly at timed intervals with prizes for first finishers and fastest runners. Barking Park was chosen as this year’s venue due to its wide paths and long straight sections, and a sunny morning greeted the 38 participants and throng of time keepers and marshals from the club socially distanced around the course.   For the ladies Kim Baxter …Read More