The Brit equaled her personal best 5km at the FNUL x Adidas x SportsShoes 5km, while Charlotte Dunnatt also ran her fastest time in London.
Jack Cavanagh continued his good form this season with an impressive display to win the elite men’s FNUL x Adidas x SportsShoes 5km (November 28).
The Surrey-based athlete, who clocked 13:44 at the Podium Festival in March, equaled that mark in his four-second win over Joe Wigfield in Battersea.
Not only did Cavanagh break Jack Rowe’s long-standing record of 13:36 from 2021, but only Sam Atkin and Will Barnicoat have gone faster over 5km this season.
It’s been quite a year for Cavani, who represented England and also finished second to Josh Carey in the over 5,000m at last summer’s British Athletics Championships.
Cavanagh left his teaching job at Oxted earlier this season to pursue a full-time running career, a decision he believes has been vindicated.
“I’m incredibly proud because the Liverpool Cross Challenge didn’t go to plan (Kavanagh DNF’d),” he told AW. “I didn’t really put any space or time into this race and the result came, I think.
“I started block running as a hobby and soon became addicted to it. I went down to my local track where I met my coach Neil Denby who is a former Olympian. I trusted him with everything and it went from there.
“It wasn’t easy as a teacher because my mind was always ‘go, go, go’, so I had to learn that rest is important during the day. I also made it important to have a hobby. I want to do my first few indoor races now and continue to be curious in training.”
In the elite women’s race, Charlotte Dunnatt ran a personal best 5km in 16:01 in the FNUL x Adidas x SportsShoes 5km race.
The Brit clocked 15:37 to beat American Taryn Rawlings by four seconds, while she also bettered India Weir’s record of 15:44 from earlier this season.
Dunnatt has had a busy couple of weeks and enters Battersea 15th in the Liverpool Cross Challenge.
Over 5km she is now the eighth fastest British woman this season.
“I wasn’t really focused on the time, I was more focused on the race,” he told AW. “The plan was to stay as long as I could because I knew what these girls could do over 1,500 meters. I thought they would pass me by the end.
“I think I’ll get bored if I only run one track, road or cross country. For my height, as I’m quite tall, I’m probably better suited for both track and road.
“I had a few years where I raced without confidence, so this is the first season where I kind of believed I could do it again.”
SportsShoes.Com awarded both Cavan and Dannaught £2,000 for their entries on the course.
