Thornbury Running Club round-up including the Sodbury Slog

Henry was coming into Sunday’s Bath Hilly Half race, which starts and ends at the racecourse, after a strong run in the previous weekend’s cross country and carried over his form to the Cotswold Way terrain.

His finishing position in the ‘Hilly Half’ was 19th overall in a competitive field in 1 hour 47:24 mins.

Matt joined the masses at the highly popular Sodbury Slog on Sunday morning.

After gaining some places in the first half of the race, Matt lost a similar amount of places in the second half after succumbing to the effects of one of the leg-sapping muddy trenches.

Matt’s final position was 14th overall and 4th in the MV40 age category in 1 hour 12:25 mins.

A selection of runners also laced up their shoes for the Severn Bridge races.

The first race on Wednesday evening was ran in a howling wind. Rebecca Dunsford finished well on the Wednesday, whilst Carina Cobb raced on Friday. Both representing the club as they ran across the Severn.

A number of members of the club also took to the roads and races as they took part in Parkrun's across the region.

There was plenty of Parkrun action from Thornbury runners on Saturday. On the home course, Dylan Roberts was 3rd finisher in 20:21 and was followed by Hannan Kinlock-Haken 22:10 mins and 2nd female finisher, Moray Sloan 23:14 mins, John Mann 25:34 mins, Malcolm Carr 28:13 mins, Nigel Hale 31:46 mins and Peter Blenkiron 43:20 mins.

On Severn Bridge, Clare Evans ran 30:53 mins and Pamela Macleod 32:33 mins. Paul Newnes was the lone TRC runner at Chipping Sodbury and finished in 32:08 mins. Nick Langridge finished Stonehouse parkrun in 22:03 mins and Kevin Arnold was back on Eastville Park, his time was 24:53 mins. David Palmer ran 27:21 mins at Worcester parkrun, followed by Anne Palmer in 34:14 mins.

In the north of the country, Rachael Underwood had her first run at Sheffield Hallam parkrun, her time was 27:47 mins and Carol Mosses ran 40:41 mins at Bolton Parkrun