2 Mile Race June 4

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Nirbhasa is originally from Ireland but currently lives in Reykjavik, Iceland. He is an enthusiastic multi-day runner, having completed four times the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race - the longest race in the world.

SELF TRANSCENDENCE 2 MILERACE

BATTERSEA PARK

4th June 2007

(Held under S.E.A.A Rules)

"In this world we are truly happy
Only when we make progress
Which gives us true satisfaction."

Sri Chinmoy

PLACE	NAME	CLUB	TIME	CATEGORY
1	Tom Kingsworth	TH&H	9.46
2	Efren Semreab	London Heathside	10.19
3	Brendon Greene	Queens Park Harriers	10.29
4	Mark Humphrey	Belgrave H	10.36
5	Daz Carter	Iron Head Racing	10.40
6	Matthew Galvin	u/a	10.44
7	Andrew Davies	Serpentine	10.47
8	David Johnson	Sri Chinmoy AC	10.47
9	Mick Barlow	Kent AC	10.51
10	Ray Marriott	South London H	10.52	1st Vet 50
11	John Pembroke	Reading RR	11.05
12	Andrew Aitken	South London H	11.06
13	Mark Delahunty	Ealing Southall & Middx	11.10
14	Jerome Dunne	u/a	11.14
15	Jane Laws	Barnet + District	11.15	1st Lady Vet 50
16	Wills MacFarlane	u/a	11.17
17	Luke Nuttall	u/a	11.20
18	Anthony Buckley	u/a	11.35
19	Kate Swanson	City of London Police	11.57	1st Lady U/50
20	Derek Wardle	Windsor Slough Eton	12.10	1st Vet 60
21	Patrick Maguire	u/a	12.13
22	Robert Thompstone	u/a	12.17
23	Russell Daker	Dulwich Runners	12.18
24	Alison Hamlett	Runner's World	12.18	2nd Lady U/50
25	Steve Seaton	Runner's World	12.18
26	Joanne Wilson	Serpentine	12.26	3rd Lady U/50
27	Jeremy West	u/a	12.29
28	Steve Hutton	Tadworth	12.29	2nd Vet 50
29	Cliff Hide	Serpentine	12.48	3rd Vet 50
30	John Dsouza	Serpentine	12.49
31	Graham Simister	Serpentine	12.56	4th Vet 50
32	Duncan Rimmer	u/a	12.58
33	Peter Gibbons	Dulwich Runners	12.59	5th Vet 50
34	Chris Notton	Serpentine	13.11
35	Paul Hogarth	City of London Police	13.29
36	Morten Pettersen	u/a	13.35
37	Rob Baldi	Defra AC	13.35
38	David Pierson	Medway + Maidstone	13.42	6th Vet 50
39	Ian Hall	Serpentine	13.52	7th Vet 50
40	Steve Edwards	Serpentine	13.55	8th Vet 50
41	Oliver Trenchard	u/a	13.56
42	Philip Hickson	Fulham RC	13.56
43	Jeanette Mueller	Serpentine	14.05	4th Lady U/50
44	Mark Gladding	Fairlands Valley Sparta	14.08
45	Sarah Newton	Serpentine	14.15	2nd Lady Vet 50
46	Rick Burne	Fulham RC	14.15	9th Vet 50
47	Charles Craven	Fulham RC	14.26
48	Mary Walsh	Ealing Southall & Middx	14.28	5th Lady U/50
49	Paul Waller	u/a	14.35
50	Helen Ralph	u/a	14.36	6th Lady U/50
51	Martin Wiggins	Serpentine	14.36
52	Louisa Pritchard	Dulwich Runners	14.51	7th Lady U/50
53	Anthony Warren	u/a	15.11
54	Ian Isherwood	Hercules W	15.15	10th Vet 50
55	Liz Tapp	Serpentine	15.17	10th Lady
56	Yasmin Ramsay	Striders of Croydon	16.29	11th Lady
57	Edwin Bartlett	Vets AC	16.43	2nd Vet 60
58	Georgina Hibbert	u/a	17.11	12th Lady
59	Barnaby Hall	u/a	17.11
60	Judith Buchanan	Fulham RC	17.26	13th Lady
61	Pete Mulholland	Hercules W	19.10	3rd Vet 60
62	Steve Collingham	Haywards Heath H	20.54

Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team articles - more articles

Sarah Webster and Dougie Selman take UKA 100km titles as Webster sets a new European women’s 100km record.

Ronnie Richmond sets a new British 50km mens road record in taking the UKA 50km title. Jennifer Wetton lands the UKA Women's 50km crown.

Full Results HERE

In near-perfect conditions, the Sri Chinmoy 100km and 50km races produced some outstanding performances in Perth on Sunday 24th March. The 1.5 mile /2.831 km course, at the North Inch Park is known for fast times and this year was no exception.

Women's 100km race

Sarah Webster ( Northern IOM AC) broke the European women’s 100km record (subject to confirmation ) with a new time of 7 hours, 3 minutes and 48 seconds. It bettered the previous time, of 7:04:03, set by Florianne Hot of France, in August 2022 by a mere 15 seconds.

Webster, the defending champion, had run a faster 7:03:40 to win the 2023 championship in Craigavon, Northern Ireland, which set a new GB mark. However, due to a technicality, it was not ratified as a European record.

This time Webster went through 50km in 3:26:01 with Melissa Gibson, Ealing, just 40 seconds back. Julia Davis, Newquay, was a further 4 minutes back on 3:30:46. Webster powered on to run remarkably even splits with a second 50k of 3:27:39. It was an extraordinary performance from Webster who now has the 5th and 6th women’s global best tomes for 100km.

Gibson and Davies times, now move to 2nd and 3rd on the GB all-time women’s 100km rankings behind Webster.

Gibson took the silver medal in 7:13:23 and Davies the bronze medal in 7:25:48 It made for a clean sweep for England in the women's Home Countries team competition, with all 3 runners well inside the previous course record of 7:41:12 set by Jo Murphy in 2002.

Mens 100km race

In a very exciting finish to the men’s race, just over a minute separated the first three runners. Once the race had settled down a solid group of around seven runners seemed to be working together, then after the 50 miles the group started breaking up with James Turner, Brighton, leading the charge, Scotland's Dougie Selman, Corstorphine, and Joe Turner, Cambridge, were the only ones to respond and although working hard, were still very much in touch.

Going into the last lap Turner (Brighton ) held a slim 9-second lead over the local favourite Dougie Selman, with Joe Turner ( Cambridge) a further 35 seconds back.

In a storming last lap, Selman was to overhaul Turner, to take the tape in 6:34:28 and raise a huge cheer from the local crowd, James Turner taking second in 6:34:38just 10 seconds behind and Joe Turner 3rd in 6:35:37

All three runners were inside the course record of 6:39:34 set by Matt Dickenson in 2022. And are now the 7th, 8th and 9th ranked All time Gb men at 100km

In the Scottish Championship for the Don Ritchie cups, Selman took the men's title from Chris Richardson (Metro Aberdeen ), who finished 4th overall in the race in a new PB of 6:40:44. Sage Pierce-Higgins, running his first road 100km (Edinburgh AC)took the bronze dipping under 7 hours with 6:56:14.

Sheena Logan ( Fife AC), running her first 100km race, took the women's Don Ritchie trophy, finishing in 6th overall in 8:19:26. Catherine Cowie of Portobello took the Scottish silver medal in 8:26:31 and Fiona Gibson Dundee Hawkhill the Bronze in 10:22:05

The Anglo Celtic Plate Team Competition.

Selman backed up by Richardson and Michael Deason (Shettleston) took the men's Plate ahead of England, Northern Ireland and Ulster.

In the women's Team competition, England with their clean sweep of the podium took the honours, with Ireland in second and Northern Ireland & Ulster third.

In other notable record performances, Ciaran McGonagle set a new Irish 100km record of 6:50:28 finishing in 6th place and first V/40.

Shettlston Harrier, John Duffy, who turned 60 on Friday 22nd March, set a new Scottish V/60 100km record of 8:50:59, TBC, bettering the 8:58:51 recorded by Bill Hutchison (Anster Haddies) at Perth in 2016.

UKA and SCOTTISH 50 KM CHAMPIONSHIP

Mens Championship

In a day of records, Ronnie Richmond, Bideford, and Andy Davies, Mercia Fell Runners, both GB internationals at the distance, ran together for practically the whole race, helping each other to exceptional times. At the end of lap 19 of the 21 laps, they were locked together at 2:32:16

At the bell, Davies had broken clear to have a narrow lead of 10 seconds.

On the last 2.382 km lap, Richmond turned that around to take the UKA 50km title in 2:48:25, just eight seconds clear of Davies with 2:48:33.

They were both under the previous GB road record of 2:49:01 set by Dan Nash in 2019. And just outside the long-held British track 50km of former Olympic marathoner Geoff Norman's 2:48:06, set in 1980. Tom Charles, Chorlton Runners, took the bronze dipping under 3 hours with 2:57:45.

Womens 50km Championships

The Women’s 50km Championship, also doubled as the Scottish 50km championship. This race was more clear cut with Central AC’s Jen Wetton in her first foray beyond the Marathon, leading from the start and recording an excellent 3:29:03 less than a minute outside the course record of 3:28:07 set by Hannah Oldroyd in 2019. Alison McGill (Fife AC), using the race as a stepping stone, as she builds to defending her West Highland Way title in June, took the silver while Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin (Portobello), the bronze in 4:03:18.

Men's Scottish Championship,

John Spiers of Cambuslang took the honours in 3:21:21, with Tony Golabek, Inverness in second, 3:24:11 and Martin Heggie 3rd in 3:24:27.

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