On Bank Holiday Monday, four Newmarket Joggers lined up for the start of the Downham Market Sublime 10K race. Simon Harris was first Jogger home in a time of 40:09 and finished 15th of 326 competitors, while Alex Cairns was very close behind in 21st position in a season’s best time of 40:49. That beat his previous best in the St Albans 10K three weeks ago by 6 seconds. Jo Curtis and David Blackstock were also competing and crossed the line together in a time of 54:44.
Over at Mildenhall on Sunday, Sara Brown tried her luck in the Triathlon Sprint and did well to complete in 1:30:43, clocking 28:20 in the final 5K run.
On Saturday, James Tweed was up in the Lake District in Patterdale and competed with two of his sons in the Arnison Crag Horseshoe, a 3 mile fell race with 900ft of uphill and beautiful views on the way down if you survive the climb. It’s a really tough course and James did well to finish a respectable 37th of 51 competitors in a time of 34:13. His quicksilver sons Bertie (27:33) and Archie (30:40), not members of Newmarket Joggers, finished in 14th and 22nd position respectively, with Bertie setting a new junior record.
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