Weekly Update - 7th May 2025

Assembly League #2, Victoria Park (Thur. 1st May)

A warm night for the second Assembly League race at Victoria Park, Hackney with some club good performance's over 3.5 miles (ish), post- marathon for some. Liam McLaughlin (pictured) had a fine run, in a close fought battle with three Kent AC runners, finishing second in 18:15. Next in was Mattia Bernardi (13th 18:46) followed by James Macdonald (17th 18:55). First club lady home was Rose Baker in 25:41.

UK Youth Development League (Lower), Hastings (Sat. 3rd May)

Our Under 15/Under 13 team finished a solid 3rd out of 8 in their first YDL fixture at Hastings.

BMC Oxford Bannister Miles, Iffley Road, Oxford (Mon. 5th May)

At the Iffley Road track Oxford where sporting history was made the Bannister Miles celebrated the latest anniversary of Roger Bannister's famous record-breaking run, running the first sub-4 minute mile in 3:59.4s.  

In the elite women’s mile Holly Dixon put in a commanding performance to win in a time of 4:40.05s, a personal best.

Ted Pepper Memorial 10km, Bromley (Mon. 5th May)

The annual Ted Pepper 10km race took place at Norman Park on Monday. The race saw 321 runners complete the course,

For Cambridge Harriers Stephen Hodges finished in 6th place overall and 1st M40 in 36:26. Next in was Mark Penny (38:10). Rose Baker was our only female finisher with 48:43 for 3rd W60. Ian McCarthy recorded a time of 53:45.