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It’s been another great week for the Harriers, with training sessions, races, and parkruns keeping us all moving!

Tuesday saw our regular club night meet, where the session was a challenging 8 x 600m efforts with 2 minutes of recovery between each rep. While the group was a little quieter than usual, we still had a solid turnout from our seniors — and plenty of determination on show. 💪

Wednesday marked the final race of the Grand Prix series — we’ll have a full run report coming soon, so watch this space!

Saturday brought another round of parkrun action for our members:

Simian Adams took on Belton House with a buggy and still flew around in 22:03!

Giles Hawthorne ran at Great Denham, clocking 20:58.

Michael Gilbert, Alison Burton, and Richard Burton all headed to Snowdon Field. Michael bagged a course PB with 28:08, Richard finished in 33:54, and Alison came in at 36:45, incorporating her run into an interval training session.


Alongside these events, several of our members have been keeping up with their own training plans — fitting in long runs, speed work, and strength sessions to keep progressing.

Well done to everyone who got out there this week, whether in a race, training session, or parkrun — it all counts towards those goals! 🏅

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Bourne Town Harriers were back in action for Race No. 4 of the Peterborough Grand Prix Series – with strong representation, fantastic efforts, and one more race to go in the 2025 series 💙💜

👟 Junior 3K Report:
A huge well done to Oliver Lloyd, who proudly represented the BTH Juniors in the 3K event. Great to see our young athletes stepping up and gaining valuable race experience – well done, Oliver! 👏
🔥 Senior 5K Results:
🔹 18th – Matt Bellis – 17:21
🔹 125th – Carl Cocking – 20:50
🔹 107th – Laura Bailey – 22:53
🔹 174th – Jak Chambers – 23:04
🔹 220th – Michael Gilbert – 24:41
🔹 269th – Richard Pearson – 26:43
🔹 310th – Alison Burton – 29:26
🔹 316th – Maria Merridan – 29:37
🔹 336th – Richard Burton – 30:52

⚠️ Note: The course did come up a little short of 5K, so while we saw some fantastic times and a few unofficial PBs, they won’t count as official.

🏆 Series Update:
With one race remaining, Matt Bellis is still holding strong in 8th place overall in the league standings – a superb and consistent showing throughout the series!

📆 Eyes now turn to the final race of the series – let’s finish strong, Harriers!

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The BTH seniors pulled out a huge team for this year’s Thurlby 10K, and what a day it turned out to be! A fantastic local race with big club energy, impressive individual results, and some serious silverware brought home 💙💜

🌟 Highlights:
🥉 Matt Bellis stormed into 3rd place overall with a superb time of 38:30, earning both the Third Place Trophy and the BTH Club Champs Trophy! 🏆🏆

Even better – thanks to the strength across the team, Bourne Town Harriers took home the Team Trophy, too! 🥇💪

📊 Full Senior Results:
🔹 3rd – Matt Bellis – 38:30
🔹 25th – Del James – 48:33
🔹 26th – Carl Cocking – 48:45
🔹 34th – Jim Sands – 49:45
🔹 36th – Jak Chambers – 50:13
🔹 43rd – Laura Bailey – 51:32
🔹 56th – Victoria Cocking – 54:15
🔹 58th – Michael Gilbert – 56:20
🔹 59th – Gillian Pryor – 57:11
🔹 85th – Alison Burton – 1:11:09
🔹 90th – Richard Burton – 1:11:40

👏 A massive well done to all who raced – brilliant running, brilliant support, and brilliant team spirit all round!

🎉 Our Juniors also did us proud in the Fun Run – with some fantastic performances and more trophies on the way! 🏅
📸 Keep your eyes peeled for the Juniors’ recap post – coming soon!

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