More Marathon Mania
As another weekend’s running draws to a close, Shawn Leek begins a mammoth challenge. Running one marathon is no mean feat, let alone seven back to back whilst travelling through […]
Category Archives: Race Reports
Marathon Madness Begins
The blue vests of Bentley packed their passports in more ways than one this weekend. Not only did we have Paris and Brighton marathons, there was some playing away with […]
Bank Holiday Bunny Fun
Bank holiday Monday saw the annual Great Bentley Bunny Doubles, hosted as always by the Easter Bunny and ably assisted by his Honey Bunnies, Des and Theresa. Each participant takes […]
Easter Weekend Racing
Our first bank holiday weekend of the year arrived with some fantastic running by Great Bentley as the Sudbury 5 mile arrived first on Good Friday. A total of eleven […]
Not much fun without the sun
Weather wise it was a gloomy start to the racing weekend. However that did nothing to deter the three teams representing Great Bentley as Harwich RC hosted the 2015 Essex […]
Parkruns and Half Marathons
GBRC runners competed in a variety of half marathons over the weekend, as well as the usual Parkruns. Debbie Cubberley ran Brentwood half marathon in a personal best (PB) of […]
Essex 20
A good number of Blue Vests turned out to compete in the Essex 20 race on Sunday 15th March, for many a vital stepping stone to a spring marathon. Despite […]
100th Colchester Parkrun.
The 100th Colchester Parkrun was held on Saturday 7th March, and no fewer than 21 Great Bentley runners took part. First Bentley man home was Ben Ficken, taking just 19:05 […]
Tarpley Triumphs!
It has taken a little while, but the Tarpley 10/20 results were finally published and some excellent results were had. In the 10 mile race, Alison Clarke took the medal […]
Mud and Hills
The national cross country championships took place at Parliament Hill on Saturday 21st February on a course that beat even Benfleet for mud. Caroline Searle, Belinda Palmer-Barnes and Helene Tyler […]
