On Saturday 11th January, St Albans Striders competed in the Watford Leg of the Chiltern League Relays. We had a strong turnout and achieved some brilliant results. Stephen Buckle (35:23) finished 15^th in the Men’s race, and 2nd in his category. In the Women’s race we had two Top 10 finishers with Keira Stern (3^rd – 20:14), Hannah Burkhardt (9^th – 21:18). In their categories, Louise Bentham came in first and Kate Dixon was third to cross the line.

The following day, a number of Striders competed in a challenging alternative course at the Hatfield 10k. Despite being icy and congested, we achieved some more smashing results. Patrick Hayes came sixth overall, with a time of 35:28, whilst Freya Weddell was the first woman to cross the line, achieving an impressive time of 35:37!

Rory Marsh covered the distance in 37:38, coming in at 16th overall; Jay Wheeler achieved 46:51; and Laura Jane and Charlotte Holloway achieved times of 49:36 and 51:57, respectively. Well done all!

Finally, Steven Harrison has completed the Full Ponty Parkrun by doing the third in North Wales (Pont y Bala) on 4th January, and the final one in South Wales the following week (Pontypridd). The Full Ponty is the latest addition to the Parkrun Tourism series, and comprises all three UK Parkruns with names starting with ‘Pont’.