Ilford AC Press Report – 17/02/2013  

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BRISBANE PARKRUN

While on holiday in Australia Neil and Dianne Crisp took the opportunity to take part in a local roadrace. On a very wet but warm morning Neil & Dianne Crisp toed the line in the local Parkrun at Sandgate, Brisbane. The course was out and back along the seawall at Sandgate, a quiet residential suburb. Neil was first man home in 18.38 in a field of 123. Dianne, just coming back from a foot injury, ran well to finish 5th lady, 21st overall, in 23.07.

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Ilford AC Open 10 mile Cross-Country Race

On a fine afternoon for running Ilford Ac staged their annual 10 mile cross-country race at Hainault Forest. The field was smaller than usual due to a clash with the rearranged South of England Cross-Country Championship at Parliament Hill on Hampstead Heath. The conditionals underfoot were heavy and challenging after the recent snow and rain. Despite this the home team’s Malcolm Muir put in fine display to win comfortably in 61 mins 02 secs, Second was clubmate Tom Gardner with 63m 39s while Steve Philcox was the first Veteran home in 4th with a time of 65m 48s. Also in the top 10 for Ilford were Kevin Newell in 7th (68m 01s) and Sam Rahman 9th (69m 14s).Recent recruit Paul Holloway ran well for 12th with 74m 35s and Breege Nordin won the ladies race in 85m 02s and took 19th overall. Also in action were Martin Clarke (87m 11s) Billy Greene (99m 36s0 and Rachel Allen (102m 29s)

Report from Hank in the Bushes

  Great Bentley Half Marathon – report 10/02/2013  

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Great Bentley Half Marathon

On a dull drizzley morning with the temperature at 2C, but a stiff easterly breeze made it feel much colder, the Great Bentley half marathon was raced over a fast course but conditions meant that runners times were slightly slower than usual. However, the 9 runners from Ilford AC returned a set of impresive performances. Leading home the group, all of who train with the ‘Warriors of Time’ squad, who are coached by Rob Sargent at the track, was Kevin Newell in 22nd position out of a field of 605 finishers with the excellent time of 1hr 20mins 44secs while Sam Rahman set a new personal best of 1h 22m 01s for 35th. The next 2 Ilford men home also set new pbs; Paul Holloway with 1h 26m 58s in 69th and Richard Mould finished 121st with 1h 32m 52s. Breege Nordin, who has only recently returned to training following injury, recorded 1h 38m 18s which won her the trophy for 1st lady O55 and Nicola Hopkinson placed 3rd in the lady O50 category in 1h 44m 52s. Billy Green battled hard in the elements to finish in 1h 54m 25s and Rachel Allen and Nicola Chester ran well in the first race at the distance to finish in 1h 58m 16s and 2h 132m 48s respectively.

Report from Hank in the Bushes

  Ilford AC Press Report – 04/02/2013  

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Chingford League Fixture There were 5 Ilford AC members running as guests in the latest Chingford League match, a 4.9 mile road run in Hackney’s Victoria Park. On a chilly afternoon all 5 showed that there training for this years’ London Marathon is on target. leading home the squad was Kevin Newell in 19th place in an excellent time of 27mins 44secs. Next home was Steve Philcox with 28m 29s for 29th while Sam Rahman improved by over a minute from his run last year recording 28m 42s in 33rd spot. Richard Mould impressed on his club debut finishing 61st in 30m 50s and the only lady in action for the club, Rachel Allen came home in 40m 49s, which is over 2 minutes faster than she has run for the full 5 miles. Report from Hank in the Bushes

  Ilford AC Press Report – 21/01/2013  

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Chingford League Fixture There were 4 athletes from Ilford AC running in the Chingford League fixture at a frozen snow covered Hackney Marshes on Saturday. The 4 were guests in the match which was over a 5.4 mile course. Neil Crisp was in good form finishing 32nd in 33mins 17 secs and was the 2nd runner in the M50 category to finish. Nicola Hopkinson showed her training for the London Marathon is going well with 145th overall in a surprisingly large field in 43m 25s. Coach Rob Sargent came home 154th with 44m 35s and Nicola Chester finished 183rd in 55m 22s in her first cross-country race Benfleet 15 This years Benfleet 15 mile race was held in much different conditions to usual. Most years the race has been held in very muddy conditions with a few road sections making the choice of footwear difficult. However, this year the course was frozen and the event took place in falling snow. Ilford AC had two runners in action and both fared extremely well. Steve Philcox came home 11th in 1 hr 40mins 37 secs and place second in the o40 category, while Kevin Newell was close behind in 13th out of the 373 finishers with 1h 41m 42s.

Report courtesy of Hank in a snowdrift