Self Transcendence 5k Race June 7th

Full Results

Race organised by Sri Chinmoy A.C. Pictures of the Self Transcendence Races can be found in our Gallery.

Men	Time	Name		Club	Medal
Pos.
1	17.28	Jason	Williams	Clevedon AC	1st
2	17.37	David	Mckinally	GWR	2nd
3	18.10	Warwick	Fortescue	Bitton RR	3rd
4	18.11	Jon	Goodland	GWR	4th
5	18.36	David	Fitch-Peyton	ua	5th
6	18.58	Mark	James	Severn AC	6th
7	19.12	Richard	Smith	Clevedon AC	7th
8	19.32	Mike	Gibbs	RRC
9	19.38	Peter	Burton	GWR
10	20.15	Dave	Baldwin	Nailsea RC
11	20.54	Martin	Longhurst	GWR
12	21.17	Steve	Herridge	ua
13	22.18	John	James	Severn AC	1st 50-59
14	22.38	Andrew	Wright	ua
15	22.41	Martin	Church	GWR	1st 60-69
16	23.03	Alisdair	Fyfe	ua
17	23.04	Bruno	laasna	ua
18	23.50	Richard	Ward	ua
19	24.00	Mark	Adams	ua
20	24.14	Dave	Broadbent	ua
21	24.39	Michael	Nutt	ua	2nd 50-59
22	25.27	Matt	Washburn	ua
23	25.29	Roger	Haynes	ua	2nd 60-69
24	25.41	Richard	Ford	ua
25	25.45	Stephen	Chandler	Hogweed Trotters
26	26.01	Richard	Jones	ua
27	26.06	Neil	Webber	ua
28	26.08	Alistair	Morgan	ua
29	26.09	Ian	Mcintosh	Westbury Harriers
30	26.23	Alex	Towers	ua
31	27.03	John	Birchall	ua
32	29.17	Ross	Mckenzie	Hogweed Trotters	1st 70+
33	31.07	Andrew	Glyn	ua
34	32.37	Ben	Buttigieg	ua
35	36.31	Alex	Lyle	Hogweed Trotters

Ladies
Pos.	Time	Name		Club	Medal
1	22.34	Jenna	Curtiss	Westbury Harriers	1st
2	25.09	Sarah	Hoare	ua	2nd
3	25.27	Julie	Green	Hogweed Trotters	3rd
4	27.28	Ann	Wade	ua	4th
5	27.52	Nia	Parry	ua	5th
6	27.57	Shaaron	Cheeseman	ua	6th
7	28.04	Kelly	Hughes	ua	7th
8	29.09	Rebecca	Monks	ua
9	31.07	Alex	Ratcliffe	ua
10	32.13	Ilse	Ferwerdo	ua
11	32.56	Jan	Burke	Thornbury	1st 50-59
12	34.13	Maureen	MacKenzie	Hogweed Trotters	1st 60-69
13	35.49	Julie	Vallier-Green	Womens Run. Net.
14	36.31	Jen	Borg	ua
15	dnf	Louise	Valtesz	ua

Pic: Medal ceremony after the 5k race.

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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.

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