TCC 10k and 5k - Sunday 12th July

Karl C · TCC 10k and 5k - Sunday 12th July

Starting a role call for this one -

5k - 10.15am start

Karl
Godfrey

10k - 11am start

gmike

5k - 10.15am start

Karl
Godfrey
Mike G

10k - 11am start

debbie g

Keiron and Mike Briggs are doing the 5k. Looking for 1st and 2nd no doubt. Should be interesting...

mikemoreton

Might turn up and pay on the day for the 5k to bring up the rear for BRC

Darren Emmett

does anyone know the tcc 10k route

Karl C

twice the 5k route

Darren Emmett

ha ha !! and what would that be

Ian J

Andy F

Im entering the 5k on the day. If they have spaces!

Morgan

I'm also going to try and enter on the day to do the 5km. Failing that i'll do the 10

Tony Mead

I fancy this one.Is it hard to get in on the day? That's the 5k i don't want to over do it.

debbie g

Hi Stranger! How you doing Tony? Isn't this a bit long for you?? It has always been easy enough to enter on the day both 5 and 10k in the past but it is looking a bit more popular this year. Could be a very impressive 5k field with you, Mike B Keiron and Jez - if you can persuade Crispian that Felsted is a better option could have those 1st 4 places sown up! Go for it Tony!

Jez

No I have entered Felsted, but should be an interesting battle in the 5km for Benfleet.I look forward to seeing the results!

Tony Mead

Hi Debbie. Me doing a 5k is a bit like you guys doing a 20mile run but i think i can manage it. As for the competition don't forget I'm an old boy!
so I'm really only out to win my age group (yer right!!!)

david thomson

good luck you ><~@:@~s im very envious.
if i can pick myself up ill pop out to cheer you all on and maybe take some photos

Co-Skipper

Well done to everybody who entered the 5k and 10k races today.

This was my first time out at the 5k event and on viewing the course in advance, I have to admit that I was quite relishing it. The sun shone down just before the start and it was beginning to get uncomfortably warm.

There was much banter on the startline as the race was delayed momentarily while a couple of runners retrned from a toilet break. But soon we were all off and Mike Briggs took a very early lead, pursued closely by the pack including Southend athlete Geroge Moxon and our own Tony Mead. I tried sitting back off the leading group but to my delight, was homing in on them just around the 2k marker.

I sat on Tony's shoulder for a short time but then had to go after the lead group. A group of 3 passed Mike around halfway and it appeared 4th would be contested between Mike, a Thurrock athlete and me. We then passed the 3k marker and it had seemed to go in a flash. Only 2k to go then.

However, this included the long drag up a slope past the Virgin Active Gym and it was here then I fell off the back of the Mike/Thurrock battle. The last k was spent desperately scrambling up the slopes and trying to hang on. However, I fell into the clutches of Tracey Ranson, the first lady who was creeping up unnoticed. She overtook me coming into the schooll for the last time. The finish was a lovely downhill down a field and I just managed to get enough momentum for a last push, and pass the tiring Ranson into the last corner. Mike finished 4th after a spurt of his own, Thurrock athelte 5th and me 6th.

When I checked with Mike afterwards, he had done 17.45 a PB time for him. Now I face a tantalising wait to see if I made it under 18 minutes, my target pre-race. My old PB was 18.12 set at Barking last year so I am fairly sure that has been broken.

Well done to all our athletes, and hope to see good 10k results!

JBD

Another excellent report keiron !

I myself sat on a road sign in Kenneth Road at about 10.18 waiting in anticipation of cheering on the brave benfleet runners....and I waited, and waited, and thought I'll wander down to where the marshalls are and see them coming along Hart Road.

'They've all gone mate'
'What....wasn't it supposed to start at 10.15 ?'
'Dunno ? Yeah, maybe they started earlier....erm, dunno....'

So anyway took a wander along to see how everyone got on and saw the start of the 10k. Pleasingly I got that exciting race feeling and wished i was doing it....however it was my birthday yesterday and i didn't get to bed till nearly 4 so i think i did well to give it a miss.

Waiting reports and results with interest....hope you all had good runs

debbie g

I was sorry to miss supporting this race this year as I knew it would be a cracker. Keiron well done and those reporting skills are getting really tuned in now! But think it's Mike's turn for the limelight. Congratulations guys what a race. How did the old boy Tony do? :blackeye:

MikeBriggs

Really enjoyed todays race, felt up for it and was eager to put in a good performance. I was out of the blocks quickly which has seemed to become a trademark of mine. I found myself leading the race coming through 1k and thinking I should steady off a bit. I tried to pacemake the race, slowing down slowly hoping the opposition would be happy to sit behind me. Unfortunately this was not the case as 3 guys overtook me and I decided not to go with them as we came past the college. As I looked over my shoulder I lost another place and there was Keiron. At this point doubt set in. Did I go off too fast and had Keiron paced it just right? At the turn home from Kiln Road onto Rayleigh Road i tried to look for another gear and keep 4th place in sight as I was confident I could outkick him if I kept him within 20 metres or so. With 1k to go I looked back and had managed to shrug off Keiron and pushed hard for home. Coming round the field at the school with 200m to go I put the burners on and took 4th place with a gentlemanly 'well done mate' being received from the guy I overtook. 17:45 was my time, a 25 seconds PB from my Crown to Crown time on Wednesday. Really happy to grab another top 5 finish, another PB and hope my speed from these 5k's will hold me in good stead for the Brentwood 10k next weekend. Great Benfleet turnout, and typically great support, thanks guys.

Stevie

Great reports guys and fantastic runs too :notworthy: and everybody else that took part. I had one person say to me on the start line that he couldnt believe how many Benfleet runners there were

Not the best performance by myself, felt like I had a fairly decent run, just 2 mins slower than I should have been but still it was good to be back racing again amd wearing the Benfleet vest

Tony Mead

Its all ways so good to see so many Benfleet Athletes running. I think most people had good runs. I found it harder than it should have been.The first 1500m was okay( funny that) then i found my self working a lot harder than i had anticipated trying to keep up with keiron and mike.
I found the whole 5k very hard so when the school came in to view i was so pleased running down towards the field then i realised we had to run a lap of it i could have stopped there and then and walked in . I'm not to sure of my end position. Well done every one else.

hotspurs

This was my first TCC 10K......... foud it ridiculously hard and almost wanted to get injured just so I could stop running but being the stubborn girly I am, finished it but in a pants time!

Next time 90% of the club opt for one distance over another I am going to follow the herd rather than scoff and think I know better!!!!!

Well done everyone, great to see so many of us out xx

Sarah (F)

Karl C

5k

4. 00:17:42 64 Michael Briggs Benfleet Running Club 5K 23 M
6. 00:17:55 120 Keiran Mcgill Benfleet Running Club 5K 28 M
9. 00:18:33 138 Antony Mead Benfleet Running Club 5K 42 M
11. 00:18:44 44 Charlotte Peppiatt Benfleet Running Club 5K 27 F
13. 00:19:59 125 Andy Frith Benfleet Running Club 5K 39 M
14. 00:20:07 165 James Hall Benfleet Running Club 5K 13 M
15. 00:20:11 139 Mike Grooootie Benfleet Running Club 5K 39 M
18. 00:20:32 157 Catherine Stunt Benfleet Running Club 5K 37 F
20. 00:26:38 143 Morgan Reddish Benfleet Running Club 5K 41 M
21. 00:20:46 126 Steven Dear Benfleet Running Club 5K 29 M
22. 00:20:55 105 Jacqui Watson Benfleet Running Club 5K 39 F
27. 00:21:44 111 Sharon Garrard Benfleet Running Club 5K 39 F
32. 00:22:54 89 Karl Cadman Benfleet Running Club 5K 42 M
33. 00:22:58 33 Terry Cockell Benfleet Running Club 5K 39 M
36. 00:23:54 90 Godfrey Mather Benfleet Running Club 5K 58 M
38. 00:24:08 114 Katie Wilkinson Benfleet Running Club 5K 16 F
40. 00:24:14 72 Suzanne Barton Benfleet Running Club 5K 38 F
46. 00:26:54 117 Sarah Norton Benfleet Running Club 5K 37 F
55. 00:28:58 156 Alexandra Stunt Benfleet Running Club 5K 10 F
60. 00:29:51 149 Carol Adams Benfleet Running Club 5K 50 F
66. 00:31:08 169 Tara Pellin Benfleet Running Club 5K 40 F
75. 00:32:30 144 Ian Jordon Benfleet Running Club 5K 43 M
79. 00:33:12 118 Michael Morton Benfleet Running Club 5K 48 M
84. 00:34:04 75 Ken Eaton Benfleet Running Club 5K 79 M

Karl C

10k

15. 00:42:50 202 Oliver Thomas Benfleet Running Cl.ub 10K 21 M
17 00:43:32 115 Peter Adeleke Benfleet Running Club 10K 46 M
20. 00:44:35 142 Morgan Reddish Benfleet Running Club 10K 41 M
23. 00:44:50 76 John Boram Benfleet Running Club 10K 51 M
51. 00:51:31 225 Robert Johnson Benfleet Running Club 10K 0 M
60. 00:53:34 209 Darren Emmett Benfleet Running Club 10K 41 M
64. 00:54:35 32 Terry Cockell Benfleet Running Club 10K 39 M
67. 00:55:29 215 Martyn White Benfleet Running Club 10K 47 M
72. 00:57:10 26 Claire Lewis Benfleet Running Club 10K 41 F
76. 00:57:53 150 Sarah Formosa Benfleet Running Club 10K 32 F
97. 01:01:55 201 Cynthia Thomas Benfleet Running Club 10K 54 F
99. 01:02:57 223 Ruth Docherty Benfleet Running Club 10K 54 F

Karl C

Results spreadsheet here

http://www.benfleetrunningclub.com/extras/tcc.results.09.xls

mikemoreton

*phew* no one was twice as quick as me. Result!!

However, big hats off to Morgan. Just one thing though. How does he run a 10k at a quicker pace than a 5k?

Co-Skipper

Thank heavens for that - under 18 for the first time. What a weight that is off the shoulders. I am delighted with that. A 17-second PB in all, beating Barking Park 5k 2008.

Debbie - I saw the article last night for the first time and found it hilarious. Thank you very much for the write-up. The 'Crispianator' will be rushing to join us - if he sees that much publicity being extended to someone who has never broken 61 mins in his life, he will have visions of movie-star status with his times!

Mike is long overdue a similar write-up. He ran a great race here, setting a furious early pace, and then coming alive again at the end, seeing off his 2 direct rivals from a kilometre out. He must also be delighted with his 17.42, 3 seconds faster than he thought. Great to see a good set of times through the field in both races.

gmike

STEWARDS ENQUIRY!!

15. 00:26:11 139 Mike GROUT Benfleet Running Club 5K 39 M

Mine should read 20:11 ... not giving up my hard earned pb thank you very much

Well done Andy .. got those couple of seconds under after all .. result

Karl C

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mikemoreton

david thomson

well done everyone good to see so many pbs on not the fastest course around. its much hillier than you think, very easy to get carried away going past seevic and having to slow down to go through the fence/gate thing aswell.
and sarah the first time i ran this i opted for the 10k but never again i know better now especially as im always training on it anyway.

mike was so fast hes completely blurred out in the pic i got (actually the whole field was there about 2 mins earlier than i was expecting and i hadnt set my camera up properly)

gmike

Thanks Karl

I have queried both mine and Morgans times as they both read 26 instead of 20, a quite obvious typo as shown by the finishing places

rgds

Mike

debbie g

Well done everyone excellent results.

Ah Keiron it was my pleasure had a lot of fun with that report. When I took on the job of Press Officer Clive told me it used to be Press and PR but he didn't feel the PR bit applied anymore. Well he didn't bank on me!! As Graham Booty said about me - Max Clifford eat your heart out! Give me something to work with and I'll make a headline grabber out of it! I still think you are a star anyway Keiron and trust me Mike is getting a cracker of a report this week. And I am still suffering the moans of Ernie by making his "failure" into a 3/4 page feature!

Ladies did well on this race too - well done

Tony Mead

Well done on the pb Keiron.

MikeBriggs

Awesome, another PB and I didn't even have to run!? where did those 3 seconds come from? I'm not going to argue with the official timekeepers! Thanks Deb, it's great that the club is getting so many column inches, maybe we should get the articles scanned in and put somewhere on the site?

It sounds like we are gonna have quite a turnout for Brentwood 10k on Sunday, lets hope we can bring home some medals!

Andy F

Well done all, some great performances. Thanks for the support on the course, not sure if a could muster anything cohearant by the time I passed David and Brian nearer the end, I suspect not!

Im well happy to have broken the 20 min barrier. I have to admit though that was cutting it a bit fine. I also gained 3 secs on my watch time but like you Mike I will take it. Still a big pb for me, 52secs of my previous from last year.
Will have to a have a go at the Little Havens 5k in gloucester park on Aug 9th, which will be on my Birthday so hope to celebrate with a quicker time on a flat course.

Finally Mr Groot, you surely dont think there were any typos do you?

Cheers
Andy

gmike

Finally Mr Groot, you surely dont think there were any typos do you?

Getting my name wrong I can live with ... 6 minutes on my time UNACCEPTABLE

Stress Head

Another Senior & Junior.......... Chapman missing from the above results.

debbie g

Yes I spotted those Sarah. And what about this one in the 5k

28 00:22:01 182 Antonia Tidy-Jones 5K 11 F
Awesome running and 2nd female junior.

Sharon's son Joe also ran.

gmike

Hi Karl,

Received reply from tccraceentry as follows:

"Thanks Mike. I apologise for that.

Being the efficient webmaster that you are Karl I am sure you picked this up and corrected my error."

Grooootie ... Oi!

Don't forget to change Morgans as well .. efficient webmaster .. :-p

bobby · Dark Lane

Adam was 13th in the 10k ina time of 41.41 and Bob's time was 59.12. Entered on the day and not down as Benfleet.

Morgan

Cheers Mike for looking into it, I've also sent an e-mail but still waiting for a reply (well I did send it at 10pm...lol)

If the result is confirmed to be 20:38 (which was 3 seconds less than my watch) then I would have shaved off just over 5 minutes from the last time I ran this race. I also sneaked in another PB in the 10k too. I must be doing something right!

Well done to everyone who ran either race - a good day out!

bobby · Dark Lane

Morgan, apparently you came 20th in both races. How amazing is that!!!

Morgan

Hi Bobby,

I know, very weird!

Karl C

5K - I have updated the results page.

Notable Juniors:
14th 00:20:07 James Hall Benfleet Juniors Running Club 5K age 13
28th 00:22:01 Antonia Tidy-Jones Benfleet Juniors Running Club 5K age 11
55th 00:28:58 Alexandra Stunt Benfleet Juniors Running Club 5K age 10

10K - also updated.

debbie g

Joe joined the club last night too Karl

His results are

52 00:28:08 112 Joe Garrard 5K 14 M

TCC 10k and 5k - Sunday 12th July

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