Results from the festive season races as we move into 2024 and 2025
MIZUNO PODIUM 5km, Battersea Park, London, December 31
Tomer Tarragano just edged out Thomas Keen with a 13:49 clocking as Joseph Tuffini was eliminated at the finish.
The trio, along with Jacon Allen, Liam Dee and half a dozen others, led Bournemouth asylum seeker Abdinasir Elm, who clocked just after the 1km mark in 2:50, some six seconds ahead, and they. at the halfway point they were still lagging behind by the same amount.
The other chasers then began to pull away as the five closed in on Elmy by the 4km mark.Then Tarragano and Keane, along with Taffin, moved past the tiresome leader as the top 15 broke in 14:30.
Tarragano, the BUCS cross-country silver medallist, who had not run 5km since 2021 when he clocked 14:19, was in new territory here, but it was not unexpected from his win and 19th place in the Euro cross-country trials. after: in Turkey that he fell here.
Keane was also in new territory with his second-place time of 13:50, but it was a surprise to see the 1:46.18 800m man line up.
Third-placed Tuffin was another to break 14 minutes for the first time, while Elmy’s class is already popular.
The women had their own elite race, with Paris Olympics 1500m semi-finalist Renee Walcott-Nolan leading Poppy Tank to the line after the pair ran more or less together throughout before winning by five seconds in 15:39. :
The Reading pair of Mia Waldman and Jess Gibbon trailed a few seconds down just after 1km, with around a dozen others along for the ride.
However, Walcott-Nolan and Tank broke through halfway before being separated near the finish line.
It was Walcott-Nolan’s first run on the roads in nearly two years, with a 15:48 under the lights here at Battersea Park topping his personal best of 15:39 at the Euro-Cross earlier in December. 15:44 was also a personal best for runner Tank.
More about the event here.
Tom Keane and Tomer Tarragano (Graham Smith)
Elite men. 1 T Tarragano (B&H) 13:49; 2 T Keen (C&C) 13:50; 3 J Taffin (BRAT) 13:53; 4 A Elmi (B’mth) 13:55; 5 J Allen (High) 14:01; 6 L Dee (SB) 14:07; 7 B Bradley (AFD) 14:18; 8 D Nolan (Croy) 14:19; 9 F Richardson (C&T) 14:19; 10 C Brisley (NEB) 14:20; 11 Jay Millar (B&W) 14:21; 12 F Proffitt (Traff) 14:23; 13 J Grace (AFD) 14:24; 14 E Smith-Rasmusson (Newark) 14:29; 15 L Moses (N levels) 14:30; 16 D Nazareth (Belb) 14:32; 17 M Selby (Ton) 14:34; 18 C Gibbens (Ton) 14:38; 10 J Doye (WG&EL) 14:40; 20 G Mastrolonardo (York) 14:41
U17: 1 T Webb (Wells) 14:49
Open race 1. 1 C carrier (HW, U17:15:40:
Open race 2. 1 E Pettit (Vale R) 14:50
M45: 1 R Laing (Kent) 15:59
U17: 1 S Molero (St Ed) 15:01
U15: 1 F Hayward (Wyck P) 16:05
Reve Walcott-Nolan (Graham Smith)
Elite women. 1 R Walcott-Nolan (Luton) 15:39; 2 P Tank (Plym) 15:44; 3 M Waldman (Reading) 15:53; 4 J Gibbon (Reading) 15:58; 5 L Jones (Herne H) 16:12; 6 B Wood (Salis) 16:21; 7 E Flanaghan (Omagh) 16:31; 8 G Hillier-Moses (N Levels, W35) 16:33; 9 Millie Jordan-Lee (AFD) 16:36; 10 S Hicks 16:38
W45: 1 B Whitfield (Hill) 18:46
U17: 1 K Pye (AFD) 16:38
NOS GALEN 5km, Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales, December 31
In general. 1 B Reynolds (Card) 14:48 2 L Shepard 15:01; 3 A Ed 15:01
Women. 1 L Cooper (W pace) 17:35
BROADSTONE QUARTER MARATHON, Dorset, January 1st
Total (6.55 M). 1 R McTaggart (B’mth) 34:38; 2 H Language 3(U20) 35:01; 3 C Peck (Ex H, M40) 35:10
M50: 1 G O’Brien (Sween) 39:28
M60: 1 J Critchlow (Purb) 41:04
Women. 1 W Ingham (Poole) 39:46
CLEETHORPS NEW YEAR’S DAY 10K, Lincolnshire, January 1
Husband and wife pairing Matt and Sophie Bowser came out on top and M40 Matt took his sixth win in the seaside town, clocking 31:56.
The couple married in 2024 and Sophie, a former Miss Wallace, also retained her Cleethorpes title, clocking 34:46 and being chased home by Emily Soanes, whose 34:47 was a few seconds off her best.
In general. 1 M Bowser (Linc W, M40) 31:56; 2 D MacKinnon (Gull) 32:40
M50: 1 D Whiting (Beck) 35:23
Women. 1 S Bowser (Linc W) 34:46; 2 E Soanes (Bev) 34:57; 3 L Skinner (Off Couch, W40) 34:41
W40: 2 N Curtis (Off Couch) 36:40
W45: 1 N Curgenven 37:58
W60: 1 T Gibson (Wolds) 46:27
SERPENTINE NEW YEAR’S 10km, Hyde Park, London, January 1
Malcolm French said for the promoting club. “Parks Royal will keep Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens closed due to high winds, so there will be no New Year’s race. We have asked to be allowed to postpone the timetable.”
WYMONDHAM NEW YEAR’S DAY 10K, Norfolk, January 1
In general. 1 C Bowen-Jones (NEB) 32:35
M45: 1 R Dobson (New J) 34:02
M60: 1 M Tuff (Fenland) 39:28
Women. 1 M Marsh 39:23
W60: 1 V Jennings (Ips J) 49:28
ELI NEW YEAR’S 10km, Cambridgeshire, 31 December
Holly Archer, the European indoor 1500m silver medallist, ran her fourth sub-35min 10km of 2024 in 34:32, but it will not appear on her Power of 10 profile as the event was ARC licenced.
In general. 1 A Melloy (C&C) 32;26; 2 C Darling (C&C) 32:40
M45: 1 D Raimondo (Saffron) 34:24
M55: 1 R Lowe (Harlow) 36:31
Women. 1 H Archer (C&C) 34:32
W45: 1 K Godof (Olney) 38:41
W60: 1 M Twitchett (C&C) 46:06
LOUGH 5, Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, December 31
In general. 1 His Holiness 25:15; 2 J Doherty (Finn V) 25:22; 3 K Kelly (Raheny) 25:28
M60: 1 T Hughes (Strive) 29:55
Women. 1 G Cunningham 30:37
W50: 1 K Wilton (Lisburn) 32:16
Nick Harris-Fry (Mark Easton)
St Albans New Years 10km, Hertfordshire, 31 December
In general. 1 N Harris-Fry (Orion) 32:58
M60: 1 S Townsend (Dac) 38:26
Women. 1 N White (N’brook, W40) 36:50
MARHAM FLYERS NEW YEAR NEW YEAR 10K, Norfolk, December 31
In general. 1 A Jakeman (March) 32:47
M45: 1 N Pollard (New J) 34:21
Women. 1 K Vargeson (3 Counties) 38:52
W60: 1 C Brown (Dim) 45:44
OLD FATHER TIME 5, Cardiff, 31 December
General (masters race only): 1 O Williams (Les C, M35) 26:20; 2N Denton (Card M40) 27:01; 3 O Schiavone (Aber, M40) 27:04
M45: 1 J Thie (P’pridd) 27:12
M50: 1 H Evans (P Breen) 28:04; 2 N Grinnell (Nith) 28:08
M65: 1 I Lloyd (Swan) 29:11; 2 P Reddaway (Ware) 30:26
M70: 1 A Davies (Swan) 31:05
M75: 1 R Morris (San D) 38:48
Women. 1 L Flynn (Les C, W40) 28:54; 2 K Roberts (Swan, W35) 29:45; 3 G Booth (P’cawl) 30:29
W40: 1 L Jones (Les C) 31:27; 2 M Koval (Swan) 31:58
W50: 1 S Bullpin (San D) 33:08; 2 J Dawkins ((Cornell) 33:59
W55: 1 C Fowler (Chep) 34:03; 2 J Hudson (C’philly) 34:38
W60: 1 E Wharmby (Brackla) 33:55
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