Witham runners achieve personal bests across three countries

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WITHAM Running Club members clocked personal bests and strong performances in races across Britain, Denmark and the United States.

At the Saucony Shoreditch Half Marathon, Georgia Blofeld paced Irina Ashdown to a personal best of (1:51:22).

Louis Kitchener also set a personal best at the Victoria Park Pride 10k in (43:51), while James Cooch finished in (50:16).

Georgia Blofeld and Irina Ashdown (Image: Witham Running Club)

At the Felixstowe coastal 10-miler, James Attenborough finished in (85:42) and Sian Tate in (91:57).

Karen Pickering was first lady home at the Mersea Island Half Marathon in (1:42:57), followed by Hayley Ellen in (1:52:43).

Charlotte Roberts ran in (1:58:50), Andy White in (2:30:28), Chrissy Israel-Jones in (2:39:00) and Ross Silverton in (2:46:52).

The club also had 34 runners across 16 Parkrun venues, with Steven Sawyer’s (17:53) at Chalkwell the standout.

Course personal bests came at Walton from Angela Read in (29:57), ahead of her husband Andrew in (30:26).

Steven Alder travelled furthest, running (28:00) in the United States.

Daniel Griffiths ran (23:00) in Wales before completing Swansea 10k in (40:55) the following day.

In Denmark, Giles Sowerby ran (19:15) and Shane Ketteridge (32:06), then completed the Copenhagen Half Marathon in (1:19:20) and (2:11:12), respectively.

Gemma Thomas finished in (2:15:25) and Katy Burgess in (2:15:53).

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