‘From Thirsk to Indianapolis, via Cyprus and Berlin! These hearts are pumping with blood, puff puff, pumping with blood, puff puff
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What do Akrotiri, Berlin, Easingwold, Hull, Indianapolis, Keswick, Leeds, London, Manchester, Otley, Penistone, Redcar, Sedgefield, Sheffield, Stanley, Sutton-on-the-Forest, Wantage, Windsor and York all have in common?
I imagine you can guess! You’ll also find the answer below:
On Sunday, the redoubtable father-son duo Duncan and Josh Fothergill took on the Berlin Marathon. Both Duncan and Josh (who was also the coach) achieved the magic sub-four-hour finish in 3:57:47 and 3:57:48! Huge
congratulations to Duncan and Josh for this fantastic achievement!
Meanwhile, Sara Armitage ran past 3 mounted statues, 2 crenulated lodges, 1 school, 1 chapel and 1 lake in order to reach the oldest occupied castle in the world and to complete the Windsor Half Marathon in a time of 2:19:06.
Meanwhile, Olivia Mulligan ran around the slopes of Latrigg, Lonscale Fell and Blease Fell to finish 3rd Lady at the Keswick 2 Valley’s Trail Half Marathon in a time of 1:46:02.
Meanwhile, Josie Burn, Alan Docherty and Tracey Docherty were out racing city 10ks. Josie completed the Sheffield 10k in 1:00:32, while down in London, Alan completed the Vitality 10,000 in 1:00:16 and Tracey 1:00:17
Meanwhile, a Harrier heptet, Paul Peacock, Ashley Dodgson, Alan Browne, David Tervit, Lazaro Mwandigha, Suzanne Anderson and Joanne Hunt, were weaving their way along the parkland tracks and country roads of the Sutton-on-the-Forest 10k. Paul led the heptet
home in 39:22, with Ashley close on his heels in 39:26. Alan finished in 50:06, David in 51:34, Lazaro in 53:17, Suzanne in 1:03:01 and Joanne in 1:06:38.
Sutton 10k
Meanwhile, at Penistone Showground, 11 Harriers completed the 2026 Yorkshire Veterans’ Athletics Association Cross Country Championships, scooping up no less than 5 prizes between them! Competing in the 5k, Rob Burn took 1st M70 with a time of 24:49, Margaret
Wikeley was 2nd F80 in 39:25 and Alan Wikeley 3rd M80 in 46:28. And in the Team Prizes, Christine Burn (36:49), Carol Thompson (38:51) and Margaret Wikeley took the F65+ Silver, while Rob Burn, Ken Evitt (33:41) and Ian Ord (34:29) took the M70 Silver. Alison
Butcher finished in 32:27, Sharon Keegan in 41:52, Denise Gandy in 43:59 and (choosing to pop round the course four times instead of two) Andy Butcher completed the 10k in 49:39.
Yorkshire Veterans’ Athletics Association Cross Country Championships
Despite the numerous races that took place on Sunday, parkruns remained well attended by TaSH members. Headliners this week were, Nicky Hawkes who completed her 550th parkrun at Sedgefield in the pleasingly tidy time of 39:39. Bronwyn Mayo, who finished 1st
Female at Oakey Park in County Durham in a time of 23:03. Cathy Knott who finished 1st Female at White Lick Creek, Indianapolis, USA, in a time of 26:42 and Liam Nolan who finished 3rd at Millfield.
